Casper: I think it's getting pretty late. I'm going to go to bed.
Player: But you haven't even made your bed yet! How can you go to bed if your bed isn't made yet?
Casper: Sometimes I like to lay in messy sheets and covers. There's nothing wrong with that. Sometimes I think that it's better to be able to experience what the night before was like once again. And there's nothing wrong with that.
Player: But you can't go to bed yet! It's not even that late?
Casper: I can see the stars. The sun has already set.
Player: But I don't want you to go to bed.
Casper: Why won't you let me go to bed? I'm getting tired. You should go to bed too.
Player: Because I don't want to go to bed. I don't want you to be alone. I don't want you to be somewhere where I am not.
Casper: Then I'll make my bed.
Player: But that won't solve my problem. I mean, that's not what I meant.
Casper: What did you mean then?
Player: I meant your problem. None of this stuff will solve your problem.
Casper: Then why did you say your problem?
Player: If you go to bed now then I won't have the chance to say goodnight.
Casper: You can say it now. Nothing is stopping you.
Player: Something is stopping you.
Casper: What? What is it?
Player: You.
Casper: We'll see you on the otherside!
Jax: You can't just say that!
Casper: Why not? I'm sure we will. I know we will.
Jax: You're going to *jinx* it!
Casper: I don't believe in that bullcrap. Bye bye for now, Jax!
Jax: Wait!
Penelope: I told him that he was crazy.
Player: Why do you think he was crazy?
Penelope: I don’t know. I guess it’s because he’s always coming up with crazy plans? What kind of a man would think that letting her in this house is a good idea?
Player: Maybe a crazy man.
Penelope: Now you understand.
Player: No, I don’t fully understand. I don’t get why you let her be the caretaker.
Penelope: I didn’t *let* her be the caretaker. She did it herself.
Player: But you almost did let her in the house.
Penelope: No I didn’t.
Player: You’ve been dancing around that this whole time. *Yes*, you did.
Penelope: Casper was the one that almost let her in. And he *did* eventually let her in. If he didn’t, none of this would have ever happened.
Player: I wish this didn’t happen.
Penelope: I know. Me too. But there’s nothing we can do about it.
Player: Maybe if we just…
Penelope: I’ve tried. We’ve all tried to fix it. The house is gone now though.
Player: Maybe it’s not.
Penelope: It is.
Player: But maybe…
Penelope: Casper already burnt it down.
Player: Casper was the one to start the fire?
Penelope: I thought you knew that!
Player: Autumn said that it was Ruby that started the fire.
Penelope: Well Autumn lied to you. Why do you think Casper had that lighter in his coat?
Player: I just thought he was a better person than that.
Penelope: Of course he’s a good person, don’t doubt that. He’s just a crazy-good person, I guess.
Jax: I don’t know if I can trust Hunter anymore.
Casper: Why?
Jax: He just seems off to me. And he lied about the whole Penelope and Autumn thing.
Casper: Did she?
Jax: Yea. He tried to tell me that it was Penelope that he went to the graveyard with.
Casper: And it was Autumn?
Jax: It was Autumn. When you left that night to go find the two of them, I thought it was just going to be me and Hunter. Hunter was just acting weird. I know he cares a lot about Lukas and Casper, and everyone else too, but he was just acting weird.
Casper: He was the one that called the cops though.
Jax: I know that.
Casper: I’d say that if someone did that then they’re a pretty trustworthy person. He was looking out for you at the lake.
Jax: I know.
Casper: You almost died, Jax.
Jax: I know. Everyone says that. Everyone says that I almost died. That I shouldn’t have been out on the boat. That me and Lukas had no place being there. But y’know what? I don’t really care. I had a great time with Lukas. It meant a lot to me.
Casper: Yeah.
Jax: And Hunter wasn’t even supposed to be on the shore anyways. He ruined the whole thing. He was watching the whole time.
Casper: Was he recording?
Jax: What? No, he’s not that much of a creep. And he’s not even a creep. He’s just a weirdo.
Casper: You’re a weirdo too.
Jax: No I’m not.
Casper: I’ve seen your closet.
Jax: My paper skeletons?
Casper: Yeah.
Jax: Those are just fun to make.
Casper: I see.
Jax: What do you mean “I see”?
Casper: I don’t really know. I was just trying to think of something to say, and I guess I said the wrong thing.
Jax: Well, I think Lukas hates me now.
Casper: Oh come on, Lukas doesn’t hate me.
Jax: Yes, he does. He thinks I started the fire.
Casper: We don’t really know who started the fire. And if anything, it was probably one of the girls. But that doesn’t matter now because no one’s being accused of it. That’s all behind us, right?
Jax: I guess so. I just still feel bad, because even if I wasn’t the one who did it, they still might think that it was. Then, like I said, Lukas will hate me for it.
Casper: Jax, he doesn’t hate you.
Jax: How do you know that?
Casper: …
Jax: How?
Casper: Would someone that talks to you on the phone for hours hate you? Would someone that saved you from drowning hate you?
Jax: No.
Casper: Right?
Mystery: Sorry. I know I look a little weird. My arms are lopsided. There’s nothing I can do about that, though.
Penelope: Stop standing there and do something!
Player: But I don’t know what to do! All you guys ever do is yell at me and belittle me, and I don’t think I can take that anymore! It’s too much.
Penelope: Maybe it wouldn’t be too much if you weren’t such a baby.
Player: See? Just like that. You’re belittling me. Maybe that’s why all your other friends moved away!
Penelope: You couldn’t even open the door. You’re such a crybaby. Leave it to a girl to have to take things into her own hands.
Casper: Penelope, you should maybe be a little bit nicer to him. He’s trying his best. We all are.
Penelope: You’re all useless.
Mystery: I heard someone say something about them listening through your telephones. What’s that about?
Mystery: You’re not going to tell my mom, are you?
Hunter: If you think I’m evil, then tell me I’m evil. But I’m not going to go on guessing that you think I am.
Penelope: Of course I don’t.
Hunter: Then why do you act like you do?
Landgrave: Have you heard about the Sunlit King? You have? Oh, well then I shouldn’t go on about him. No need to bother your ears, haha!
Landgrave: A traveler like you must know all the tales of the kingdom, aye?
Landgrave: You’ve come to challenge me? No? Oh, then go along. Haha!
Prince Wryn: Lay here I, a noble man. I put myself upon such a bed so that I may wait for the coming of the end of this eternal sunlight.
Prince Wryn: Nay, you don’t think… Yourself to be the savior? Foolish boy.
Prince Wryn: Many men have been killed in their fate. You march ever onward just as they.
Prince Wryn: My father, burning bright.
Prince Wryn: I await your arrival, Oh, father! May we be united once again.
Manamir of the Depths: You… Have come to see me?
Manamir of the Depths: Me? You have come to see me, a lowly pygmy?
Manamir of the Depths: You’re a soldier, are you not? A traveler? A knight? A king? What are such titles in these depths?
Manamir of the Depths: Be careful, traveler. If you misstep, you may be lost forever.
Manamir of the Depths: Oh… My father. How you have abandoned me.
Hunter: I always thought you hated me.
Player: Why would you say that?
Hunter: Because I messed that whole thing up. You know, with you and Jax.
Player: I never hated you. You’ve never given me a reason to hate you.
Hunter: I thought that was enough.
Player: You’re my best friend. You always have been. And you always will be.
Hunter: Thanks, man.
Player: I may be mad at you sometimes, but I never would hate you. And even if I were to hate you, you would know it. I mean, look at Penelope. She knows I hate her.
Hunter: Does she?
Player: Actually, now that I think about it, maybe she doesn't.
Hunter: I’ve always thought you hated Autumn.
Player: What? No! I love Autumn. Well, I don’t *love* Autumn. But I do like Autumn.
Hunter: You like her?
Player: No! Not like that, idiot. You know who I like.
Hunter: Do I?
Player: Yes, you do. You know who I like.
Hunter: I’m just kidding. Yeah, I know. I mean, that’s why I apologized.
Player: I know. I’m a mind reader.
Hunter: You don’t need to be a mind reader to know that.
Player: But I still am a mind reader.
Hunter: If you’re a mind reader, wouldn’t you be able to tell if Penelope hated you or not?
Player: It only works for certain people.
Hunter: And I’m one of those certain people?
Player: You’re a special person, to me at least. So maybe you are one of those certain people. There’s gotta be something there.
Hunter: Can you read Casper’s mind?
Player: Casper’s an open book.
Hunter: Not really.
Player: Well, he is to me.
Hunter: Casper never tells me anything.
Player: Casper is Casper. You can’t really do anything to change that. He’ll always be the same. He’ll always be that kid that was on the swings at kindergarten. He’ll always be that kid that never wanted to play basketball. He’ll always be that kid that made up some excuse so that he didn’t have to play any game with us, for that matter. And he’ll always be that kid that never had the courage to ask Autumn to homecoming.
Hunter: Well, I don’t blame him.
Player: Why?
Hunter: Uh, I don’t know, she’s gorgeous?
Player: I don’t see it.
Hunter: Of course you don’t.
Player: I’m just saying.
Hunter: You’re always “just saying”.
Player: Want another one?
Hunter: Sure. Whose lighter is that?
Player: Casper’s.
Hunter: Did you steal it from him?
Player: Penelope did.
Hunter: Typical.
Player: Do you ever think she’ll change?
Hunter: We all will. Well, like you said, maybe not Casper. But we all will.
Player: Why do you say that?
Hunter: Look at our parents. There’s no way they’re the same people that they were in high school. Maybe part of them is. But they definitely have changed.
Player: I can’t imagine my dad being the way he is now in high school.
Hunter: Wasn’t your dad a pothead?
Player: There’s some speculation.
Hunter: Then he found God.
Player: Tell me about it. Being a pastor’s kid sucks.
Hunter: I thought it wouldn’t be that bad.
Player: Are you kidding me? Glad I got out of all that stuff and now have a brain of my own.
Hunter: I guess it does put a bunch of eyes on you. But hey, you’re kind of famous.
Player: For all the wrong reasons.
Hunter: Famous is still famous. All press is good press, or whatever they say.
Player: I don’t think that really applies to this situation.
Hunter: Sure it does. The “bad press” is that your dad is the town’s pastor. The “good press” is that you’re you.
Player: The “bad press” is that I kissed Jax.
Hunter: I didn’t see that. No one saw that. You just claim you did.
Player: And I did. I totally did.
Hunter: Keep thinking that. A boy can only dream. Tomorrow I’ll tell you that I kissed Autumn.
Player: She’s way out of your league.
Hunter: Didn’t you just get done saying you couldn’t tell whether or not she was hot?
Player: Something like that.
Autumn: You what?
Hunter: I, uh…
Autumn: Come on, spit it out kid.
Hunter: I wanted to ask you to go to homecoming this year.
Autumn: Oh?
Hunter: With me. You and me.
Autumn: I see.
Hunter: And if you don’t want to, that's totally fine. And if you do want to, then that’s totally fine too. That’d be awesome, actually. But you don’t have to.
Autumn: What if I do want to?
Hunter: I said that’d be awesome.
Autumn: I’ll have to think about it.
Hunter: Oh… okay.
Autumn: Unless there’s some glaring incentive.
Hunter: Not really.
Autumn: Come on, you have to have more confidence than that. I’m just yanking your chain. I’ll go.
Hunter: Really?
Autumn: No.
Hunter: Oh…
Autumn: Come on! Don’t act so surprised that I want to go with you. Again, you need more confidence. Yes, I’ll go with you.
Hunter: I knew Lukas was wrong!
Autumn: What’d Lukas say?
Hunter: That you were out of my league.
Autumn: Don’t let him talk to you like that.
Hunter: He wasn’t being mean, it’s just the truth.
Autumn: If I was out of your league would I accept your invitation?
Hunter: That’s true.
Autumn: And if I was out of your league then would I even talk to you in the first place? Would I have even listened to you for even a second when you stopped me in the hallway?
Hunter: Well, I don’t know.
Autumn: You’re a better guy than you think you are Hunter.
Autumn: You bastard.
Player: I didn’t mean to.
Autumn: It’s gone, it’s all gone.
Player: We didn’t mean to.
Autumn: You didn’t mean to what? You didn’t mean to ruin everything? You didn’t mean to light my house on fire? You didn’t *mean* to open that door? You didn’t mean to let her in?
Player: I don’t even know who “her” is!
Autumn: Everything goes to the sidelines when you like someone. Everyone doesn’t matter anymore so long as you're with this guy. So you were the one who set the fire. You were the one that took the lighter. You were the one that walked down that road.
Player: I didn’t mean to. They made me do it.
Autumn: Who? Who made you do it? Penelope? Casper?
Player: Casper had nothing to do with this.
Autumn: Then it was Penelope. I knew it was her, that bitch.
Player: She made me take the lighter. She made me blame everyone else. She made me burn the carpet.
Autumn: You’re so stupid.
Player: I know.
Autumn: Letting her do that to you. Letting her get to you like that.
Player: I’m sorry.
Autumn: It’s not your fault.
Player: …
Autumn: What am I saying? It is your fault! It is obviously your fault! But she play a bigger part in this than I thought she did. Why’d you open that door?
Player: I don’t know.
Autumn: You never will know, will you? Did you block that out too?
Casper: Just come home. We can play some games, like we used to. And we can go in the backyard and play pretend, if you want to.
Mystery: You’re never going to go back to that building. You’re never going to go back to school. That’s what mom says.
Mystery: Mom says that she doesn’t think that you’re going to grow up.
Mystery: Mom says that she doesn’t think anything will ever change.
Mystery: Mom says that you still miss him.
Mystery: Mom says that you still miss her.
Mystery: Mom says that she still watches you from the window as you kick that ball around.
Mystery: Mom says that she still has to tell you not to play out in the street.
Mystery: Mom says that she still has to hold your hand whenever you go with her somewhere.
Mystery: Mom says that she still helps you study the night before a test.
Mystery: Mom says that she still reads you stories before you go to bed.
Mystery: Mom says that she still makes your bed for you when you go off to school.
Mystery: Mom says that she still has to stand with you as you wait for the bus.
Mystery: Mom says that she still waits for you on the porch when school is over.
Mystery: Mom says that she still packs your lunch for you every morning.
Mystery: Mom says that she still sees you look at dad’s picture.
Mystery: Mom says that she still gets the bath ready for you.
Mystery: Mom says that she still picks up your toys when you forget to.
Mystery: Mom says that you’re just a kid, and that that’s probably what you will always be.
Sign 1 (Test Room): This is an example sign.
Sign 2 (Test Room): When you want to read a sign, press “Z” to interact!
Sign 3 (Test Room): Hopefully you know how to read…
Sign 1 (Empty Room): How’d you find this sign?
Sign 1 (Bedroom): I like to think that this is my quiet space. It’s even more quiet than the closet sometimes.
Sign 2 (Bedroom): If you stick around for a while, maybe Mom will come in and say “hi”!
Sign 3 (Bedroom): She’s at work though, isn’t she?
Diary Interact (Bedroom): It’s a diary with a lock on it. You don’t know where the key is. Maybe you’ll remember soon.
Diary 1 (Bedroom): Dear Diary… Today I didn’t do too great on my test at school. Hopefully I’ll do better next time. Mom says that I should study more, but I don’t know. Maybe I’m just not as smart as I always thought I was.
Diary 2 (Bedroom): Dear Diary… Today I sat next to that girl finally. She didn’t talk to me. Maybe next time she’ll talk to me. Mom says that I should be the one to talk to her first. I don’t think I’m going to tell mom about her anymore.
Diary 3 (Bedroom): Dear Diary… I don’t know what to write for today. What do you think I should write, diary?
Diary 4 (Bedroom): Dear Diary… Today they took me to the doctor. The doctor asked me what my name was. The doctor asked me what my favourite subject in school was. They asked me what my favourite color is. They asked what my favourite animal is. They asked me why if I wet the bed. They asked me if I cry when I don’t get my way. The doctor asked me how I felt. The doctor isn’t as scary as I thought.
Diary 5 (Bedroom): Dear Diary… It’s my birthday today! I haven’t had cake or ice cream today yet. I don’t know what my present is going to be. I didn’t ask for anything this year because I didn’t have any ideas. The only thing I really want is for dad to come back home. Mom says that he won’t, but I don’t believe her.
Diary 6 (Bedroom): Dear Diary… Sorry I didn’t write yesterday. I went to the doctor again today. The doctor asked me if I have friends at school. Of course I do. I don’t know why the doctor would ask something like that.
Mystery: I think Mom is in the kitchen. And if she’s not, she’s in the living room. And if she’s not, she’s in the basement.
Autumn (Phone): Listen, I just want things to be how they were. Before all of that, y’know?
Player: Of course I do. But I don’t think it ever will.
Autumn (Phone): Whose fault is that, Lukas?
Player: Hey, I can’t do anything about it, just like you can’t do anything about it.
Autumn (Phone): But you can, you just don’t want to.
Player: Hunter’s going to go to college. You’re moving away. I just feel like everything’s changing.
Autumn (Phone): Because everything is changing. That’s just what happens. Life can’t always be the way that it used to be. You’re going to have to come to terms with that.
Player: I don’t think I can.
Autumn (Phone): You’re just telling yourself that. You can, because you’re human. Thousands, no, millions of people throughout history have done that before. Billions. Upon billions.
Player: I don’t want to.
Autumn (Phone): There’s a difference between you thinking that you can’t do it and you not wanting to do it. That’s it. You just don’t want to.
Player: I know, I just said that.
Autumn (Phone): I know. Look, it’s the end of an era. But that doesn’t mean that we can’t still *try* and stay in contact. Sure, I’ll make new friends, yet I’ll never forget about you. And I’m sure Hunter won’t forget about you either. Come on now, don’t bet like Casper.
Laseo: Let’s try again.
Laseo: Pick up your sword and strike the mannequin in front of you.
Laseo: Again.
Laseo: Don’t believe that you can’t do it. You can do it. I’ve seen you do it before.
Laseo: We’ll have to reforge your blade, but don’t worry. Every sword gets chipped once in a while.
Laseo: A chipped sword doesn’t mean that all hope is lost. It means that you have the chance to try again.
Laseo: Again. Try again.
Note (Bedroom): The doctor said that if I draw everything that I saw throughout the day, then maybe I will be able to remember everything that happened. So that’s what I’ll do. Today I will draw what I saw. The doctor also said that it helps if you write down what you saw too first, that way you can organize all of your thoughts. I’ll do that. I saw a car. It was red. I saw the road. It was black. I saw two cats fighting in my neighborhood. I saw my friends, and I played with them. I saw the creek, and I saw the drainage pipe. I saw a group of trees that were very tall and very thin. I saw a dog that was peeing on one of the trees. When I went to the doctor’s office, I saw the entrance and I saw the waiting room. Behind the door to the waiting room, I saw three doors. One was already open. The second was closed. The doctor said to not go into those two doors. The doctor said to go into the third door, which the doctor opened for me. I saw my Mom, who was waiting for me outside. I saw the sky, which was full of big fluffy clouds. I saw my spaghetti. I saw my night light that my Mom left on for me. I think that’s everything I saw. Let’s get to drawing!
Vent (Basement): It’s a vent. There’s nothing special about it.
Bear (Basement): Someone must have left him down here.
Bear (Drawing Room): Someone must have left him in here.
Note (Drawing Room): Don’t forget where you put all of your supplies! Don’t want to lose those. They’re in your bedroom. And if you forget where that is, just follow the line on the floor.
Godfell the Hungry: Where have you come from?
Godfell the Hungry: You are not where you are supposed to be, are you?
Godfell the Hungry: Traveled too far from the beaten path. I’ve seen it many times before.
Godfell the Hungry: Try to retrace your steps. But if that does not give you any benefit, then I suppose you are stuck here with me.
Godfell the Hungry: It’s not as terrible as you first might make it out to be.
Casper: You really hate me that much, don’t you?
Player: I don’t hate you. What ever made you think that?
Casper: A whole lot of things.
Player: Don’t ever think that I hate you.
Casper: Everyone hates me. What makes you any different?
Player: Because I have trouble hating people who didn’t do anything wrong. I have trouble hating people in general. It’s not a good thing to do. It’s not good for your soul.
Casper: I see.
Window (Hospital Room): You can’t see anything out it. It must be too dark.
Bed (Hospital Room): It wasn’t even that comfy.
Cabinet (Hospital Room): There’s nothing of interest in here.
Board (Hospital Room): What do you think they mean by “Don’t forget to close the door”?
Sink (Hospital Room): It’s wet.
Toilet (Hospital): You can flush it, but you don’t feel like doing that right now.
Mirror (Hospital): It’s you, and that’s it.
Plant (Hospital Room): It’s not even a real plant.
IV (Hospital Room): What’s in here?
Monitor (Hospital Room): It’s not on.
Plant (Hospital Hallway): This one’s real. How many others in this building are real?
Painting #1 (Hospital Hallway): It’s a picture of a house. It’s not your house. You don’t know whose house it is. Now that you think about it, it’s a painting, not a picture.
Painting #2 (Hospital Hallway): Dogs don’t wear hats.
Painting #3 (Hospital Hallway): Some abstract art that you don’t really understand.
Exit Door (Hospital Hallway): It’s locked. You don’t even know if it uses a conventional key.
Plant (Waiting Room): It’s real. This one is definitely real.
Phone (Waiting Room): There’s a dial tone. You try to remember your home phone number, but you can’t. You try to remember any other phone number, but you can’t. The dial tone is waiting.
Desk (Waiting Room): This isn’t your desk. Where’s the lady that’s supposed to be behind it?
Calendar (Waiting Room): What day is it? All the days are marked off.
Exit Door (Waiting Room): It’s locked. You don’t even know if it uses a conventional key.
Window (Waiting Room): You can’t see anything out it. It must be too dark. Except, for a second, there’s a flash of light that’s barely visible. That happens about every ten seconds.
Filing Cabinet (Waiting Room): Should you really be going through all of this stuff? Then again, no one is around. But none of it makes any sense to you anyways. Just close it, I guess.
??? (Phone): Hello?
Player: I didn’t think you’d pick up.
??? (Phone): Of course I’d pick up. You called. Why wouldn’t I pick up?
Player: I thought you wouldn’t *want* to pick up.
??? (Phone): Nothing’s stopping me from picking up the phone. But something was stopping you from calling me.
Player: No, there really wasn’t anything stopping me. Other than myself, maybe.
??? (Phone): That’s what I meant.
Player: Oh.
??? (Phone): So maybe call me when you get the chance next time, okay? Before something like this happens again.
Player: I’ll try.
Couch (Autumn’s House): Would she be comfortable with you sitting on her couch?
T.V. (Autumn’s House): She told you that she had a name for the T.V. once, but you can’t remember it.
Sink (Autumn’s House): It’s dry. You don’t need to was your hands right now.
Bathroom Door (Autumn’s House): It’s locked. Wait, no… The door’s just stuck.
Cabinet (Autumn’s House): Don’t go through her things.
Basement Door (Autumn’s House): That’s where you guys used to play a lot, don’t you remember? But you can’t play like that anymore. That’d be too childish.
Basement Staircase (Autumn’s House): Why would you go down here? There’s nothing down here.
Basement Light Switch (Autumn’s House): Well… There’s the light.
Toys (Autumn’s House): You used to play with these.
Stuffed Bear (Autumn’s House): You used to play with this guy.
Small Chair (Autumn’s House): You used to sit here. But you’re far too big to sit in it now. It’d be awkward.
Kid’s T.V. (Autumn’s House): Old cartoons were always the best on this one. The one upstairs was way too big anyways.
Blanket (Autumn’s House): Still smells like mothballs.
Closet Door (Autumn’s House): It’s great that Autumn’s parents finished this basement for all of you to play in. I wonder if there’s still a pile of toys behind this door?
Closet (Autumn’s House): Yeah. There is.
Washing Machine (Autumn’s House): You were never allowed to touch this.
Dryer (Autumn’s House): You were never allowed to touch this.
Rug (Autumn’s House): You called the town some obscure name.
Toy Gun (Autumn’s House): You weren’t allowed to point it at each other. That was her dad’s rule.
Music Room Door (Autumn’s House): The door is open.
Piano (Autumn’s House): She used to be able to play so well.
Toy Guitar (Autumn’s House): You remember this one. You couldn’t play it too well so you always acted like you could. It was better than an air guitar.
Drumset (Autumn’s House): Playing this too loud would always wake up her dad. Don’t want that to happen.
Mr. Brightside: Where do you think all that stuff goes?
Desk (Classroom): There’s nothing in here.
Closet (Classroom): There’s nothing in here.
Trash (Classroom): There’s nothing in here.
Chalkboard (Classroom): Nothing written on it makes any sense.
Teacher’s Desk (Classroom): There’s nothing in here.
Locker #1 (School Hallway): It’s locked.
Locker #2 (School Hallway): It’s locked.
Locker #3 (School Hallway): It’s unlocked. There’s a sticky note on the inside of the door. It reads, “Don’t forget to do your homework. (You always forget to do your homework)”
Locker #4 (School Hallway): It’s unlocked. There’s nothing inside, though.
Locker #5 (School Hallway): It’s unlocked. You know that there’s nothing inside, so you don’t look inside it.
Locker #6 (School Hallway): It’s locked. It seems like it wants to open.
Locker #7 (School Hallway): It’s stuck. Seems like the lock is sticky. Someone tried to put gum inside it.
Locker #8 (School Hallway): This is your locker. You forgot that this was your locker. You don’t remember the code to it. Even if you did, it doesn’t seem like the lock would work. It doesn’t even turn.
Locker #9 (School Hallway): You think long and hard about whose locker this might be. This used to be the locker of someone important to you.
Pareus: What brings you here? The garden has been closed for some time.
Pareus: Why do I still guard these gates? I know not.
Pareus: Perhaps you would find more good fortune in the keep, not here. The gardens have been long abandoned.
Pareus: Lady Dira? I know nothing of her.
Pareus: Well, I do suppose I know something of Lady Dira. But I do not want to talk about her. There is too much trouble there.
Pareus: You want to know of the Sunlit King? I can not help you there. He’s been gone for some time.
Mr. Brightside: There’s no trouble in having a frown. Let me help you turn that thing upside down!
Player: What is this place?
Mr. Brightside: You’ve never been here before, that’s right! This is the INVALID. Everything that comes here usually never escapes.
Player: That’s horrifying. Why would you tell me that?
Mr. Brightside: Oh, no… It’s not so bad. I’ve been here for a long time ever since you locked me away.
Player: I never locked you away.
Mr. Brightside: You two stopped watching me.
Player: Well, that’s because your show ended. We didn’t have any part in that.
Mr. Brightside: But you stopped thinking about me.
Player: Yeah, that’s true. I grew up though.
Mr. Brightside: You did? It doesn’t look like you did.
Player: Yeah, I did.
Mr. Brightside: Why are you lying?
Player: I don’t remember you being so accusative. You were much more cheery when you were on the T.V.
Mr. Brightside: Is that what you remember, or is that just what you want to remember?
Player: Why are all you guys like that? You keep asking me the same sort of questions. I don’t like that.
Mr. Brightside: How’s a conversation supposed to happen if you don’t ask questions?
Player: Plenty of conversations don’t involve questions.
Mr. Brightside: Not any conversation I want to be a part of. If there’s no questions, you can’t learn anything. You should always ask questions. Stay curious about the world. You know that.
Player: I know. You taught me that.
Mr. Brightside: I sure did.
Player: I thought you’d be a lot happier.
Mr. Brightside: Just because of my name?
Player: That *and* you acted a lot happier. On the screen.
Mr. Brightside: You’re basing how I actually am only on the way that you saw me on screen?
Player: What am I supposed to do?
Mr. Brightside: When was the last time you went to the playground?
Player: That was a long time ago. Why are you asking?
Mr. Brightside: Just came to my mind.
Player: Where am I supposed to go now?
Mr. Brightside: That’s for you to decide. That’s for you to figure out.
Lost Girl: I think I’m lost.
Player: You’d be stupid to think that.
Lost Girl: What makes you say that?
Player: No one ever really is lost.
Lost Girl: I thought that you said that you were lost.
Player: I don’t know where I am. I never said that I was lost. There’s a difference.
Lost Girl: It doesn’t really sound like that. Those sound like the same thing.
Player: I don’t think you’d ever get it.
Lost Girl: I might.
Player: Even if you tried really hard, you wouldn’t.
Lost Girl: Do you think it’s because I’m a girl?
Player: Being a girl has nothing to do with it.
Lost Girl: Do you want me to tell you where you are?
Player: Of course I do. But how can I trust that you’re going to tell me the right thing?
Lost Girl: That’s true. I could tell you a million different things and you’d never know the difference. You can’t ever confirm whether or not I’m telling the truth. You can only trust me. Trust me that I’m telling you the truth. Or you can believe.
Player: And I could never trust you.
Lost Girl: Why’s that?
Player: You got lost. If you can’t even trust your own sense of direction, then how can I trust you as a person?
Lost Girl: I know where you were, though.
Player: Where I was? You knew where I came from?
Lost Girl: I saw you walk in here.
Player: I woke up here. What do you mean I walked in here?
Lost Girl: You know what I mean.
Player: No I don’t.
Lost Girl: Yes, *you do*.
Player: I blacked out at in my bedroom. That’s what I always do. And now I’m here.
Lost Girl: Were you smoking again?
Player: Yes.
Lost Girl: Are you surprised that you’re here now?
Player: Yes.
Lost Girl: I thought you’ve been to places like this before.
Player: I’ve been to a few. I always go places when I sleep.
Lost Girl: Where was the last place you went when you fell asleep?
Player: I went to the “INVALID”, that’s what he called it at least.
Lost Girl: Where’d you go before that?
Player: They called it “the Lost World”.
Lost Girl: I’ve never been there, but I’ve heard of it. Where’d you go before that?
Player: “The Paper Sky”.
Lost Girl: Who was there?
Player: He never told me his name.
Lost Girl: How many places have you gone to?
Player: How many times have I fallen asleep? I can’t count.
Lost Girl: So you always go somewhere?
Player: Maybe I do, now that I think about it. One of the ones I went to was a library. At least, I think it was a library. It looked like it was from either the ‘70s or ‘80s. There were barely any books on the shelves. Everyone must have already checked them out. The carpet was gray, the parts of the walls that weren’t covered in wooden paneling were this creamy yellow color. Overheard lighting.
Lost Girl: I’ve never been there before. If you can, can you take me?
Player: I don’t know. I don’t know how I could take you to a different place. I thought you were stuck here.
Lost Girl: Maybe I’m not stuck here if you believe that I’m not stuck here.
Player: How does that work?
Lost Girl: I don’t know. I read it in a book once. I don’t really know what it means.
Player: Where was the book?
Lost Girl: I don’t know where the book was. Maybe it was in your bedroom. Like in your bookshelf or something.
Player: How do you know what my bedroom looks like? That there’s a bookshelf?
Lost Girl: I kind of just assumed.
Player: Well there is a bookshelf in my room. You were right.
Mystery: You’re transitional. You’re shifting. You think that’s a normal thing?
Player: It could be.
Mystery: Have you ever been to the pool?
Player: Yes, of course I’ve been to the pool.
Mystery: Have you ever almost drowned?
Player: No. Not yet.
Mystery: That’s what I thought.
Caretaker: You’ll find what you’re looking for if you keep searching. But if you give up, you’ll never find it.
Player: Isn’t that how looking for something works?
Caretaker: It really depends on what you’re looking for.
Player: No, I don’t think it does.
Guide: There’s this place that I’ve heard talked about before. It’s always day there.
Player: Really?
Guide: Yeah. But it isn’t like this place. This place is always dark.
Player: And what’s this place called?
Guide: I’m not too sure, but everyone calls it “the Gentle”.
Player: That’s a weird name. Doesn’t make any sense. And who is “everyone”? I haven’t met a single other person here.
Player: What’s the Zerometro?
Guide: It’s the thing that takes you from location to location. You know, like from INVALID to any other place throughout this world.
Player: I’ve never heard of it.
Guide: Oh, I’m sure you have heard of it. Maybe it was just called a different name.
Player: Nope, not that I’m aware of.
Guide: Well, you’ll be able to take it soon. It’ll be here in about five minutes.
Player: Really?
Guide: Yes. It’s quite fast.
Player: If I were to take the Zerometro, could I take it out of here?
Guide: What do you mean?
Player: Leave this world. Whatever I’m stuck in.
Guide: Why would you want to leave?
Player: Because I’m ready to wake up.
Guide: Don’t you keep coming back anyways? This is the fifth or so time I’ve seen you.
Player: Yeah, I know. I think I’m done with this world now though.
Guide: Not too sure if you can just take the Zerometro out of here. Since there isn’t really a “here” to get out of. See, the Zerometro only takes you where you want to go.
Player: Well, if I want to get out of here, or wherever “here” is, wouldn’t the Zerometro be able to take me if it only takes people to where they want to go?
Guide: I’ve never wanted to leave, so I don’t know.
Player: Have you traveled to other places?
Guide: Yes, but all of those places are here.
Player: You’re not making any sense.
Guide: I’m making total sense. You’re just refusing to understand.
Lab Assistant: That’s what the Doctor said. He said that there’s many people out there that are just like you.
Player: How do I meet them?
Lab Assistant: I have no idea.
Player: Will they find me?
Lab Assistant: I have no idea.
Player: Will they call me?
Lab Assistant: I have no idea.
Player: Will they send me a letter?
Lab Assistant: You’re asking a lot of questions that I don’t have the answers to. I’m sure at *some* point they will find you, but I’m not too sure when that’ll happen.