empty=_ND_
tutorialDeactivateTutorial=_ND_
plyr=Well, let's see what we've got here. Wait... am I talking to myself? Hmm... I guess everyone does that from time to time, right? At least that's what I like to tell myself. But anyway!
plyr=Explaining stuff to yourself is a great way to repeat what you've learned. So let's do that! Even if I start feeling a little bit crazy talking to myself like that... But hey, the world would be a boring place without some crazy people, wouldn't it?
plyr=And should I get too much on my nerves I can always deactivate this tutorial. I wouldn't recommend doing that if it's my first time playing, but checking out where it's possible would at least be a great first lesson to learn how to open the menu!
plyr=So let's open the menu and go to the Wiki tab.
tutorialFirstLake=_ND_
plyr=See, there I can flip the switch to shut up, should I feel skilled enough. That was quite easy, wasn't it? Now let's get started with the good stuff. Building my first lake!
plyr=That spot over there next to the village, where Tomi placed the flamingo, that looks like a place where I can easily build a lake by just adding a little wall. So I should probably head over there. Or even sprint over there! I mean, I'm still quite young and sprightly after all...
plyr=I just gotta hope that this time Tomi got an actual lawn flamingo and didn't just stick a dead flamingo on a stick again...
plyr=But anyway, let's build the first lake!
tutorialFlying=_ND_
plyr=Nice! Building something just always feels good, doesn't it? And after all, that's what I'm here for. Building lakes. Building lots of lakes. I want this entire world to be covered in lakes and plants! No barren spots shall remain! Well, apart of course from the areas where the wave hits. Don't want to mess those up.
plyr=So, yeah, lots and lots of plants to satisfy people's needs and allow them to upgrade their homes, that's the goal.
plyr=But anyway, you know what's even better than building? Flying! Haven't done that in quite a while though.
plyr=Guess it's about time for a little flight lesson.
tutorialMoreBuilding=_ND_
plyr=Easy-peasy! Or I'm just that good. I mean, I'm the guy who can kinda control the sea, that's already quite an achievement, isn't it? But speaking of which, let's show these waves who's boss around here!
plyr=I should probably build some more walls over there to control and divert them.
tutorialRemovingSand=_ND_
plyr=Nah, actually, I don't even know if that's a good direction to divert them to, let's destroy these walls again.
plyr=Besides, as I've said, I better leave the area where the wave hits free, otherwise the water might not reach the back of the beach.
plyr=Luckily removing walls is as easy as building them! Unlike debt...
tutorialWikiWin=_ND_
plyr=Man, I still got it in me, ain't I? Only problem is... with all that excitement I kinda forgot what I was actually supposed to do.
plyr=But as my teacher always says: you don't have to know every single piece of information, you just gotta know where to find it! And luckily she gave me this brochure for dummies and losers, so, where did I put it... ah yeah, there it is!
plyr=Let's pause this thing and check the win conditions and recap of what I've just learned.
tutorialWikiTourist=_ND_
plyr=Ah, yep, making people happy, that was it. That's pretty much always it, isn't it? Providing everything they need, so that they can upgrade their houses.
plyr=So all I gotta do is use the water to build lakes and rivers, which makes plants grow, that have fruits, that satisfy people's needs, which makes them upgrade their buildings, until I reach the necessary score. Sounds easy enough. Just gotta be careful that the water, besides bringing life, doesn't also cause floods and destruction. Speaking of which, I wonder where exactly the waves around here are.
plyr=Good thing I grabbed this tourist guide!
tutorialWikiPlants=_ND_
plyr=Ah yes, those waves should be enough to cover this land in beautiful forests.
plyr=I'll just have to pay attention to get enough trees of all the different types. Because different trees, or rather their fruits, satisfy different needs. And the trees all have different growing conditions. Some grow closer to the sea, some further away. Some need sunny hills, others prefer the shadow or flat land. And some just grow next to certain plants. But luckily I got this book for my birthday that contains all these information!
plyr=I just hope I still know how to use this vegetation encyclopedia.
tutorialWikiNeeds=_ND_
plyr=Yeah, that doesn't look too complicated. I mean, the Cheat Sheet told me already the most important stuff anyway, but I guess it's nice to have a place to look up the details, in case I'm into that stuff. So, to summarize:
plyr=Cocoa trees grow close to the sea on sunny hills and satisfy the need for pleasure.
plyr=Soapberry trees grow close to the sea on shadowy hills and satisfy the need for hygiene.
plyr=Banana trees grow close to the sea on flat land and satisfy the need for fun.
plyr=Watermelons grow close to a water source on flat land and satisfy people's thirst. Oh, and they only grow next to pomegranate trees.
plyr=Date palms grow far away from the sea. As do miracle berry bushes.
plyr=Although initially I don't have to worry about miracle berries too much, since most people don't even know how to craft those things. First they need some pineapples to teach the kids about that stuff.
plyr=Oh, and a couple papaya trees might be neat too, those are good for healing purposes. And finally I need coconut palms of course, otherwise people are gonna starve to death. But luckily those grow pretty much everywhere.
plyr=And luckily I grabbed this fancy magazine, because that thing taught me that having soap apparently speeds up crafting mortar from dates. Helps dealing with all that sticky mess, I guess.
plyr=If someday I have the time for it, I should probably skim a bit more through that thing.
plyr=But more important than that fancy magazine is my fancy map! Because on that thing I can actually check what needs are satisfied, where and how many plants there are and all those important things.
plyr=So let's review all that needy stuff.
tutorialBridgesValleys=_ND_
plyr=And I should remember, even though their basic needs are the same all over the world, I might encounter some people along my journey that are quite different in terms of behaviour.
plyr=But the tourist guide and society tab will always help me out if it comes to those things.
plyr=Oh, and I shouldn't forget that just providing enough plants isn't enough. They need to be easily reachable too! They're of no use if it takes people ages to reach them and collect the fruits.
plyr=So I should always pay attention to building bridges over rivers, dig valleys through mountains and generally provide direct, flat paths towards plantations.
plyr=But luckily I can always check on my map if there are any unnecessary detours.
tutorialCollecting=_ND_
plyr=Well, at this point there probably aren't any inefficient paths yet, but there surely will be in the future. So I gotta remember to keep an eye on that.
plyr=Oh, and one more thing where good paths are important: I can actually help people collecting fruits! Wrap them up in my blanket and bring 'em to their buildings.
plyr=The only problem is: it's quite difficult walking with all that stuff, so whenever I'm in collecting mode, I can't climb any steep hills. And need to be careful not to slip into lakes and stuff. Oh, and obviously I can't sprint, swim or fly either. So yeah, I'm not actually that useful as a fruit harvester... But hey, if I got nothing better to do, it's better than nothing!
plyr=So let's at least check out how I can enter the collecting mode.
tutorialAltitude=_ND_
plyr=Yep, that doesn't look too complicated. Just gotta remember that I lose all the stuff I collected when I leave that mode, so as I said: gotta be careful not to get stuck before finishing the delivery!
plyr=And yeah, I guess that's slowly it. Oh, one more thing I need to keep in mind. People don't like hills. So the ancient village right next to the first lake that I built, I should probably lower that at some point. It's gonna make people happier. Unfortunately that thing was built back in the days when people didn't know yet about the dangers of sleeping on hills. But lowering it shouldn't be a problem, just gotta make sure it's still protected from being flooded.
plyr=And on my map I can always check if the altitude is good enough.
tutorialRest=_ND_
plyr=Ah, now I remember, Jimmy the Nitwit, he also lives on a hill. He's a bit weird and does stupid things.
plyr=Like that one time the kids were worried a coconut might fall on their head, when taking a nap under a tree. So they asked Jimmy if he knew how long you could sit under a palm until a coconut would inevitably fall down on you. He didn't know. But he said he would try to find the answer for them. Two weeks later they found Jimmy unconscious in the woods. He passed out of dehydration after sitting non-stop under a palm for 13 days. The palm was dead and fruitless for many years.
plyr=So yeah, if I got nothing better to do, I might help that poor fella too.
plyr=Speaking of clumsy fellows and withered plants though: should I ever have a little accident and destroy some plants, no reason to panic. They'll regrow and at least the new ones will be younger again. In fact, it's not even a bad idea to deliberately destroy them from time to time, since the younger ones yield more fruits.
plyr=But yeah, that's it. Now I can start building some lakes and get enough plants to satisfy people's needs and reach that score they want to see from me! It may take some time before people have crafted all their stuff, used it and upgraded their homes, but as long as I provide enough of everything, at least apart from miracle berries, it'll get there eventually. And the Blukena people beyond the hill don't even count towards the score, so I don't even need to care about them.
plyr=So with that: let's take a quick look at where I can save and where I need to click to complete this mission and then... let's have fun playing!
tutorialFurtherCocoa=_ND_
plyr=Okay, that should be it! If I feel ready, I can now deactivate this tutorial. But if I'm still a little bit unsure what I'm actually supposed to do, I guess I can keep talking to myself to feel safer.
plyr=So yeah, I guess... I guess if I'm still hearing this...
plyr=Man, I'm really not the most confident guy, ain't I? But hey, nothing wrong with that. So yeah, I guess.. I should probably go build some more lakes!
plyr=Around those markers for example might be a good spot to build a little dam. Although I'm obviously gonna need more than just that. At the end of the day, I want this entire beach to be covered in plants!
plyr=So let's go.
tutorialFurtherBanana=_ND_
plyr=Nice job, I'm really good at this, ain't I? I'll probably need more though. And make sure they're available everywhere, people don't like to travel too far from their homes.
plyr=Next I could focus on, let's say, bananas!
plyr=Maybe around these two markers I can build some nice, wide dams with an evenly flat top. And then flatten some more spots.
plyr=Let's go.
tutorialFurtherSoap=_ND_
plyr=Oh, I'm getting the hang of this! Okay, one more and I think I should be ready.
plyr=Let's go.
tutorialFurtherCollecting=_ND_
plyr=Nice! And I should remember that once there are enough trees, I can even help people collect the fruits.
plyr=If I do that I should make sure though to deliver them to somebody who actually knows how to craft them into something useful. Luckily I can check that on my map.
plyr=So let's go collect some fruits!
tutorialFurtherMythsQuest=_ND_
plyr=Okay, I hope I've understood now what I gotta do. I mean, the easiest approach is just to start building lakes everywhere and cover this entire world in plants. Just have fun building and not worry too much about all the details. And only once that is done...
plyr=I gotta make sure I have enough of all the plant types around all villages. Keep an eye on the map and wherever certain plants are missing, I shape the terrain accordingly and make them grow.
plyr=I guess this is also a good moment to take a look at my Cocoa Trees and see if they've already had any effect.
plyr=Oh, and one last thing, in case I haven't seen that yet.
plyr=There are some myths that actually help in some aspects, so I should check that out too. Oh, and some side quests that I can try, if I have the time.
plyr=So let's take a look at those and I should be ready to go!
lvlMain1PreIntro=_ND_
tomi=Once upon a time in a kingdom far away, people lived peacefully from day to day
tomi=That was until the earth was torn asunder and the beast emerged underneath with thunder
tomi=A rupture, chaos, blood and fire, they tried to fight the beast so dire
tomi=With no success... just more distress
tomi=All hope was gone, the night concealed the sun
tomi=But then, the day had come, the hero arrived! The hope to live, it once more thrived!
tomi=The shots of his bow, the swings of his sword, the beast too had found its lord!
tomi=From up her tower, in this darkest hour, the princess witnessed this mystical power
tomi="This knight, his horse, this force! If we find its source... maybe evil will have run its course?"
tomi=Meanwhile, down below in her destroyed bower, after many years, grew the very first flower
lvlMain1PreMain=_ND_
dummy=(now you need to press a button to continue, 't was just to sync the music)
tomi=!
tomi=This...
tomi=This has never happened before.
eddi=Tomi dropped the cards again?
plyr=He dropped the cards again.
timi=He sure did.
plyr=He's really bad at this.
tomi=But... but... but
tomi=It was so good, so great, so gorgeous, so g... g...
plyr=Generic?
timi=Don't be too harsh on him, he's a bit dizzy today. When he ran out of the house this morning, he fell over some string that was taut between the two trees in front of our door. I think his head hit the ground quite hard...
plyr=Damn, why was there a string?
tomi=Why?
timi=I guess someone must have built a trap during the night.
plyr=Any idea who it was?
tomi=What?
timi=Nope, Tomi saw some shadow walking towards him when he was lying on the ground, but whoever it was, they ran away when our mom was calling for him.
plyr=Damn, some crazy shit happening these days.
dummy=BOOM!
plyr=WHAT WAS THAT?!
eddi=Crazy shit.
dummy=BOOM!
timi=I guess we better head to the beach? This doesn't sound good at all.
plyr=Definitely not good at all, let's go.
tomi=B...
tomi=But...
tomi=How?
news=Oi! There you are! Breaking news, breaking news!
plyr=What happened?
news=Don't know yet, pretty unclear situation, lots of chaos, doesn't look good. There were explosions, lots of explosions. Half the beach got destroyed. Looks like another attack of the night wanderers. After all, those wildlings love grenades. But they disappeared once again before they could get caught. Anyway, your help is required. The elders sent me. There's just too many farms destroyed. They need your terraforming powers to rebuild everything. Unfortunately it's necessary this time. You know, build some lakes and hills for plants to grow and provide food and everything. But don't worry, there are still some trees left so take your time, at least there's no imminent risk of famine. And yeah, once you've reached the necessary score you can continue playing with your friends. Oh, and those blue Blukena people on the other side of the beach, you don't need to look after them. I mean, we live together but they're from a different tribe, so they don't contribute to your score. Although you're still free to help them of course, if you got nothing better to do. And yeah, I guess that's everything you need to know for right now.
news=So let's go!
plyr=Oki doki.
lvlMain1Post=_ND_
plyr=Dude, what are we doing here?
tomi=We gotta talk to Yu.
plyr=Yu?! The time traveller?! You know that your parents told us to stay away from him...
tomi=Yeah, but I mean... he's from the future! We've all seen him arrive in this time travelling machine or whatever that was! If there's one guy who knows something about the night wanderers, it's him. If we wanna find out who's responsible for those attacks on the beach, we gotta talk to him.
plyr=I don't know. I doubt that he knows anything about them.
tomi=I'm sure he knows more than he claims to know.
timi=Sounds like you found your counterpart.
tomi=He certainly has information about the night wanderers.
tomi=And if not, it might mean that he conspires with them. Either way, he's the key.
plyr=How do you know that?
tomi=I'm a detective, knowing things is what we do! So, yeah, are you pondering what I am pondering?
plyr=Well, I guess so but...
plyr=I-
plyr=I guess not.
plyr=And I'm not sure if...
plyr=that's really such a...
timi=He's gonna die.
plyr=He's so dead.
eddi=Eddi thinks he sees a dead duck.
timi=Should we run?
tomi=Hi, I'm Tomi, nice to meet you, sir!
yu=What? Oh, hi... little... Tomi?
tomi=How do you do? It's a beautiful day today, isn't it?
yu=Uh, yeah, it kinda is.
tomi=You know, me and my friends here, uh... 
tomi=...over there, we would like to ask you a couple questions.
yu=Well, I should be working but, okay, always nice to have a break. As long as you keep that stick where it is.
tomi=Oh, don't worry, that's just in case I need to fight off a toger. See, every one of us has their special item. Eddi's wearing a pomegranate because he's scared of coconuts falling on his head. Our little godlike friend over there has a blanket because see, he can already change the terrain so why not also be able to fly, right? Kids these days, never satisfied with anything... And my little brother Timi, he hasn't decided yet for an item. He can never decide for anything.
tomi=Do you have any item too?
yu=Oh, I'm just carrying this calabash around with me.
tomi=What's in it?
yu=That's a secret.
tomi=Oh, you better be careful then, because I'm Tomi, the Unveiler of Secrets! I'm on a big quest currently to find out where our friend's powers come from. Because you see, he can just make infinite amounts of sand appear and disappear out of his tiny little pockets. Like this, 'poof', it's gone, 'poof', it's back again. It's crazy, the same thing happens with my socks.
tomi=But anyway, when I solve that mystery, emphasis on when, I'll finally be able to go into my well-deserved retirement.
plyr=Did you hide his socks again?
yu=What if you don't solve it?
timi=Yep.
tomi=I will. I solve every mystery.
yu=Every one?
tomi=Every single one.
yu=What about the Devil's Tongue Incident?
tomi=What?! How do you know about the Devil's Tongue Incident?! It never even happened!
yu=Just heard some people talk about it. But anyway... what do you do if you really can't solve this one either? I mean: can't solve this one?
tomi=Won't happen. "You may not always know the answer, but you can always imagine one."
yu=Who said that?
tomi=Who do you think?
yu=I don't know, maybe your dad?
tomi=People say that a lot. People don't seem to know my dad...
tomi=But enough about me, what are you doing here?
yu=Gardening. Although I'd say that should have been obvious to a detective, shouldn't it?
tomi=Well, of course, it was. But you confused me since you seem to be pretty bad at it. That tree over there, it's planted upside down.
yu=What? Oh no, that's a baobab.
tomi=Oh. You don't like them baobabs or why did you plant it upside down?
yu=No, no, that's just the way they look. The legend says that initially the baobab was a beautiful tree, prettier and stronger than any other plant. But unfortunately this also made it very arrogant. It would constantly boast and talk bad about other plants and animals. After some time, this was annoying the gods so much that they ripped it out of the soil. They didn't want to kill it though, so they just put it back upside down. And since then its comments were never heard again. Instead, everyone can now make fun of how stupid the baobab looks.
tomi=Hmm, so what does it look like underground?
yu=What?
tomi=Underground. What does it look like? Is it really that pretty? Does it have branches? Leaves? Maybe even fruits?
yu=You know, to be honest, I have no idea. I've never actually thought about that.
timi=Maybe it has pretty flowers.
plyr=I could try and move the ground so we can see what it looks like.
eddi=Maybe it has cucumbers. Eddi loves cucumbers.
tomi=No! You know what the elders said, you should only use your powers if it's absolutely necessary.
eddi=Ma'am, do you have cucumbers?
tomi=Children like you should have fun and play outside.
tomi=Do the children in the future play outside too?
timi=Like caiques. Those parrots always have fun doing some wrestling outside.
yu=Sometimes, but they also spend a lot of time inside playing video games.
eddi=Black Head had a sweet season so far.
tomi=What are video games?
timi=Yeah, that jump kick against Banana Tail last week was amazing
yu=Like... a game inside a moving picture.
plyr=Sounds interesting.
tomi=Sounds boring as hell... Not that it really matters to me anyway. I mean, I'm a responsible citizen. I gotta spend quite a bit of my precious time solving mysteries and fighting off evil monsters and all that stuff. I mean, if those things enslaved us, we'd no longer have time for any fun at all, right? So you need heroes, like me.
tomi=In fact, that brings me to my current theory about where our friend's powers come from. See, I think he is the one mentioned in the old Melgagish prophecy. A civilization that vanished hundreds of years ago but is said to have been more advanced than any other culture in the world. And they had this prophecy, the story about a mason, a young boy with the wisdom of an old man, who, together with his friend, would build a gigantic wall to protect the people from the Great Flood! It all makes sense, because that's what he does: change the terrain to build walls and stuff. He is the god, the hero, the superhero of the prophecy. Man, I'd like to be a superhero too. Being able to become invisible and fly around and all that stuff. That would make solving mysteries so much easier. What kind of superhero would you like to be? Timi?
timi=I'm satisfied being Timi.
tomi=I see, low standards as usual... And you, Yu?
yu=None, superheroes are boring. They have absolutely no creative force, no vision how to change the world. In fact, they actively avoid any change. They just sit at home waiting for some villain to show up and then beat them up and keep everything as it is. Superheroes are purely reactive. If anything, I'd like to be a trickster god. Oh, don't get me started on trickster gods, they are the true driving force in the-
tomi=What if the superhero lives in an already perfect world, why shouldn't he defend that?
yu=Well, I guess in that case you might have a point.
tomi=See, where's the problem then? Why do adults always look for problems?
yu=Have you ever seen the perfect world?
tomi=No, but did you know that I can draw a perfect circle?
yu=Uh... I do now. But let me just assure you that the future is not what you would call... a perfect world.
tomi=Hm, okay. But then why do people like superheroes that much?
yu=Do you want the easy answer?
tomi=Yes.
yu=People always want an easy answer.
tomi=Yes, I know, what is it?
yu=People always want an easy answer.
tomi=Are you stuck?
yu=That's the answer: people always want an easy answer. Superhero shows up, saves the day, problem solved. No complicated solution, no hard work, no change.
tomi=But what's wrong with wanting an easy answer?!
yu=There's nothing wrong with that, it's just not how most things work.
tomi=Well... most things suck then. Besides, I don't want superheroes to help me, I wanna be one myself!
tomi=Be the one who beats up all the evil villains with my fists!
timi=Yeah, 'cause you wanna feel like you finally matter.
yu=What villains?
tomi=Well, there gotta be some villains somewhere, belonging to some secret organization that wants to conquer the world, scheming to destroy us.
yu=Have you ever seen a secret organization like that?
tomi=No, that's why they're secret.
yu=Well, okay... I'll give you that one. But... what if it's just the idea that
tomi=Night wanderers! Actually, that's the whole reason why we're here: do you have any information about them?
yu=Night wanderers?
tomi=Yes.
yu=No.
tomi=No?
yu=No.
tomi=Sure?
yu=Yes.
tomi=Damnit... so that's how my career as a detective dies. The one time you decide to rely on an adult...
yu=Hey, that doesn't sound like Tomi the "unveiler of secrets".
tomi=But how should I gather information if they only show themselves during the night?
yu=Strict parents that don't allow you to stay outside at night?
tomi=Worse, parents that told me there's a monster under my bed. I'm traumatized I tell you! And I've heard it moan, it sounds bad. Even stole my slingshot.
tomi=That thing wants me dead I tell you.
plyr=Does he still not know you took it?
tomi=There's no way I'll leave my bed at night.
timi=Nope. Still hidden under my bed.
tomi=Parents should be punished for telling their kids such stuff...
yu=What do you do when you gotta pee?
plyr=We don't talk about that!
timi=We don't talk about that!
eddi=Eddi don't talk about that!
yu=Oh... Well, if the monster's the only problem, I could build you a flashlight, if that helps.
tomi=A... flash... light? Wow, that sounds so badass and futuristic and awesome! I want one! Give me the power of thunder and lightning! Does it help against ghosts too? Because a couple days ago our house started being haunted by that weird whistling ghost.
yu=Pretty sure, yeah. Gotta be careful with those whistling ghosts, they like eating kids...
plyr=I still think these video games sound cooler.
tomi=What?!
yu=If you want to we could go play some games.
tomi=Maybe that's why I only hear the whistling ghost in the kitchen...
plyr=What do you do in them?
tomi=That bugger wants to push me into the oven!
yu=Well, I'm currently playing one where you kind of have to try and conquer the world.
tomi=Don't want that to happen...
plyr=Why would you wanna do that?
tomi=again.
yu=I... I mean, it's just the goal of the whole thing. Get more powerful, expand your empire, rule over everybody and-
plyr=What for?
yu=I... I guess I better start working on that flashlight...
tomi=Great idea! We gotta leave anyway now, my grandma made some vinegar! I don't know what vinegar is, but I wanna have some. So I guess we'll see you later? By the way, do you have any other cool machines from the future?
yu=Well, obviously a time machine. There's not much juice left in it and it's pretty broken, so you can only go back in time a couple days, but you can still use it to retry a mission.
tomi=Yeah, just casually mention that...
gen1CartographerInit=_ND_
carto=Oi! Wait, I know you!
tomi=Me?
carto=Yes!
tomi=Well, everybody knows Tomi, the great det-
carto=Last month at school, you asked me where the loo was.
tomi=Wait, what?!
plyr=You forgot where the toilet is?
tomi=I, what?!
carto=He seemed pretty panicky and frantic.
tomi=Speaking of frantic, I think my mom's calling me! I better go, see you later guys!
carto=And... well, okay, bye... anyway! I love explaining paths! So I was glad I could help. Because, see, I want to become a cartographer. And I made this map here of the entire island. I mean, it was supposed to be for your friend, but... I guess you can have it too. I tried to mark some spots that could be interesting to discover and explore. Or where people could need a little hand. So, yeah, I hope it's gonna be helpful to you!
gen1CartographerInitHighNat=_ND_
carto=Oh, and by the way: I saw how you helped the Blukena people even though that wasn't even necessary. You seem like a good person, I like you. Hopefully we'll meet again someday!
gen1CartographerInitEnd=_ND_
carto=Bye bye!
gen1EmiliaIntroFirst=_ND_
emil=Hi, I'm Emil Tikitiki de Maui, but most people call me Emilia. And as you can see, I'm a dove. I'm also the postboy on this island. That's something I'm very proud of, I mean, it's an important job. Staying connected to those people that are important to you is quite important. Not having any people to write or talk to, that's how you end up all lonely and said. At least that's what the old lady beyond the lake told me. I don't really know, I'm never alone. Oh, and sometimes I also bring people a torch if their fire went out. Or I bring them food. I guess that's important too. Being hungry isn't nice either. That feeling I definitely know. But anyway, if you want something to be delivered, I'm your guy. There's no one better on this island than me at delivering stuff. But I'll tell you a secret: the secret's XP.
gen1EmiliaIntroOther=_ND_
emil=Do you want me to explain XP again?
gen1Emilia=_ND_
emil=XP is short for Xanthine Particles. They enhance some of your body functions and allow you for example to run faster. So if you get some XP, head over to Peppy's Mud Pie Bakery on the other side of the island. She'll bake them into some delicious snacks that will upgrade your abilities. As for getting XP in the first place, just try to be a helpful fella! I usually get mine from doing people a favour. And if there's one thing there isn't a shortage of, it's people in need. But even if they won't be able to give you some XP in exchange, they will always give you at least their gratitude. That can mean a lot too. And at the end of the day, you've still made someone happy. That's most important after all, isn't it? But anyway, if you want your first XP, I've got some left that I don't need. So just head down to the pier and we'll make a little race! If you manage to beat me, which you won't, you'll get the XP. Oh, and not just that: I'll also increase the collecting capacity of your blanket. Because if there's one thing I've learned in all those years of delivering stuff, it's how to stuff a bag.
gen1CafeInfoUnvisited=_ND_
npc=Hey, ya heard of the Caf deep in the eastern woods? The '36 rpm or whatever they call it? Oh, I tell ya, that is some shady looking place. I mean, I ain't never seen it, but you can smell it! Oh, they be doing some nasty forbidden stuff in there... I don't wanna call it by its name, but ya know what I mean. They're eating them.... them durians. Oh grwblouaoua, getting them shudders just thinkin' about it. Ya better stay away from that place. Need a password to enter it anyway. Only shifty lookin' dudes going in and out there. Some revolutionaries or some shit, who knows. Although the Fruits of Labour are apparently playing at the Caf. Would really like to hear those one day, supposed to be a great jazz band.
gen1CafeInfoVisited=_ND_
npc=Ya've been to the '36 rpm?!! And ya've heard the Fruits of Labour play?! Damn, I gotta say, I'm jealous now, quite jealous I am. I mean, I'm obviously kinda scared of ya too now since ya hang out with these shifty lookin' dudes, who knows what the hell they're hatching, but damn... the Fruits of Labour?!
gen1JimmyAliveFirst=_ND_
jimmy=Hey, aren't you the guy who lowered the hill where I live? Man, you... you... you are my new favourite person! Like, do you know how many times I fell down that stupid hill?! I actually had a calcium excess from all the sand I constantly swallowed when I face planted it... Now I can finally drink milk again! And chocolate milk! Do you know how much I love chocolate milk? Unfortunately I don't know what you like, so all I can give you to show my gratitude is this XP.
gen1JimmyAliveOther=_ND_
jimmy=You know, to be honest, I have no idea what that thing is even used for. I hope it is useful somehow, I would feel pretty bad if I just gave you some useless crap.
gen1JimmyDeadFirst=_ND_
kid=Hey, aren't you the guy who lowered the hill where Jimmy lived? You know, even though people always said that he's the stupidest craziest guy in town, us kids, we really liked him. He was the only one who would play and laugh with us. Always was up for whatever stupid shit we came up with. I mean, there gotta be some crazy people in the world too, right? Would be pretty boring without them. Anyway, he may have never had the chance to tell you so, but... he was really glad that you lowered that hill. The poor guy fell it down pretty much every single day. Once he crafted a shovel to remove it but... he had barely started digging when we asked him if he could give it to us, so that we could build sandcastles, and... of course he gave it to us. And before he died he gave each one of us some of these. I'm sure he would have wanted you to get some too, so please, take this XP.
gen1JimmyDeadOther=_ND_
kid=If you want to make use of it go to Peppy's Mud Pie Bakery. She's baking the best mud pies on the whole island! She actually baked the cake I had on my last birthday.
lvlSide1LifeDeathPreMain=_ND_
archae=I've been looking for you. You're the one they call a true god.
tomi=Well, I wouldn't say that he is a true god...
archae=Oh, sir is. Oh sir is for sure... He's the god of life, death and resurrection.
tomi=Well, the resurrection part kinda fits, considering he almost drowned that one time he fell into the blue hole. But I don't know, the god of life and death? That kinda sounds like a contradiction to me.
archae=What sounds like a contradiction, needn't be one. Death is part of life as much as birth. Like the tides that come and go. And your friend here has the power to control the tides. The power to flood land and bring life to beautiful plants. Plants that bring life to us peasants. But water can not only bring life, it can bring death too. But then again, so can a drought.
tomi=He makes you sound kinda scary and creepy...
archae=Don't worry, even if there are dark times, as long as he stays benign and youthful, he can always bring rebirth.
tomi=Dude, I have no idea what you're talking about... Ya know, I'm a simple little guy, I have no time for all them fancy words. Especially since I'm dying...
plyr=You're dying?!
tomi=Yeah, you didn't know?
plyr=No, you never told me. What... what is it? I mean, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to, but...
tomi=I'm ageing.
plyr=You're... what?
tomi=I'm ageing. Statistically I have around 60 years left. Please don't tell my mom, I don't know if she knows yet.
plyr=...
plyr=I'm pretty sure she's thinking about turning you into a statistical outlier...
tomi=Well, anyway Mister, get to the point, how can we help you?
archae=Recently we destroyed most of our plantations. They were old. Very old. I still remember when we helped build them as little kids. It was a warm, bright and sunny day...
tomi=Ahem, as I said, if we... if we could get to the point?
archae=Well then...
timi=Kids these days...
lvlSide1LifeDeathPrePlayerAlone=_ND_
archae=I've been looking for you. We need your help.
lvlSide1LifeDeathPreDescr=_ND_
archae=Recently we destroyed most of our plantations. They were too old. Old plants don't yield as many fruits as young ones. So now we need to rebuild everything and get strong, young, fruitful plants. This is where we need your help. The area has a very high amount of erosion. We just can't manage to build the plantations and get trees with their strengthening roots before the waves have washed everything away. But you, you with your power, you should be able to get enough plants. All while protecting our homes from destruction of course.
plyr=Okey dokey, sounds good to me.
lvlSide1LifeDeathPostIntro=_ND_
archae=You did a good job, revived our plantations, protected our homes. It really is a true god standing there, in front of me. An inspiration for people.
lvlSide1LifeDeathPostMain=_ND_
tomi=He better be, no one likes a god who floods villages and destroys everything.
archae=And you young man, you show your lack of comprehension once again.
tomi=What?!
archae=In old days, when a flood happened that destroyed a village, and that happened more than once, it wasn't their god that people hated. They hated themselves. For they saw the flood as god's way of punishing their sins. Divine retribution for leading the world to violence and oppression. For not helping the poor and needy. For a lack of hospitality towards strangers. Today when something bad happens, people don't even consider that they may have made a mistake. It's always somebody else's fault. It's those other people. Those outsiders causing trouble in their perfect lives.
tomi=Yeah, but see, the difference is that back then people just didn't understand why these floods actually happened. They weren't as advanced, civilized and educated as we are now. I'm probably more intelligent than a dozen of these ancient people combined!
archae=An interesting choice of words. When one considers pride to be the original sin and most severe of all.
tomi=I don't care, it's not as if I'm punished by daily floods.
timi=Hmm...
tomi=Anyway! I think we gotta go now, there's probably more people in need of our generous and... incommensurable help.
lvlSide1LifeDeathPostReward=_ND_
archae=As an acknowledgement for your hard work I got these things for you. They look like seeds but someone said they're parts of some god. The powerful. Spread throughout the land. Waiting to be collected and giving you strength. So please, take these as a sign of my gratitude.
lvlSide1BureaucracyPreMain1=_ND_
yu=Hey boys, solving some mysteries again?
tomi=Oh god, I wish! The only mystery is how people that stupid are able to survive! There's these nitpicky nitwits from Banaguana who recently settled in our village and gushed about their top level bureaucracy and how they're gonna improve our lives, but now their first task was to build a village and, and, and when they received the plans from the architect, who used a comma instead of a decimal point, they're like "nah uh, we don't know what commas are, so... WE'RE GONNA ERASE THEM"! They erased all the commas and now the whole thing got built miles below the sea level! One rainstorm and the entire place is gonna be flooded! Man, I hope in your future they've created some fancy doodads and stuff that allows you to no longer having to deal with these bureaucratic halfwits...
yu=Oh, I wish. In my time there's probably more of these useless bureaucratic bullshit jobs than ever before...
tomi=What?! But that doesn't make any sense! Why?!
yu=Well, I'd love to explain but I have a tough row to hoe here...
tomi=Don't worry, we got you! Guys, get some sticks and start digging!
yu=I can give you the hoe, should go much faster with that.
tomi=Okay great. But there's only one hoe? I don't wanna be the only one who has to do work.
yu=Oh, don't worry, we'll find something to keep your friends busy too.
plyr=What are you gonna do with all those vegetables anyway?
yu=Honestly... I don't really know.
plyr=I could go tell all your neighbours how amazing your vegetables are and that they totally need to try them!
tomi=Oh, sounds like plan! I see, we're getting a team here. I'm already sensing some great synergy!
yu=But you know, once you have a team, you definitely need some teambuilding seminars and...
plyr=I... I didn't mean that seriously...
tomi=Eddi! Organise a teambuilding seminar!
plyr=Guys, I don't really have to go tell the neighbours, right? I mean, it's just potatoes and tomatoes like... all other potatoes and tomatoes...
lvlSide1BureaucracyPreMain2TimiAlive=_ND_
eddi=But where? Where, Eddi wonders. That cabin up there on the hill?
timi=Hmm, you're right. There's a cabin up there. I've never seen that.
eddi=Eddi wonders what kind of cabin that is.
timi=It looks interesting...
eddi=Looks like...
eddi=oak.
timi=Maybe someone up there is observing us.
tomi=Oh god, what if it is the vegetable inspection?! Timi, you gotta make sure we have all the regulatory papers ready!
timi=The what?
tomi=We gotta make sure we comply with the cucumber-curvature-act!
eddi=CUCUMBER WHAT?!!
lvlSide1BureaucracyPreMain2TimiDead=_ND_
eddi=Eddi senses a great opportunity.
lvlSide1BureaucracyPreMain3=_ND_
plyr=I... I feel like we're wasting our time here.
yu=Oh, I think this is a lot of fun. Better than sitting 8 hours in an office with only 1 hour of work.
plyr=That happens? What do you do during the other 7 hours?
yu=You pretend to do work.
plyr=But... why?
yu=Because if you don't do work you'll get in trouble.
plyr=No, I mean, what's the point of sitting 8 hours if you only have... no, you know what. Forget it. It's probably one of these adult things that I don't understand anyway.
tomi=Guys, I did it! The soil is done! There actually wasn't that much to do in the end, wasn't it?
plyr=Well, I guess now we can go save this village then and... maybe just play some nice games afterwards?
yu=Sounds great. What exactly do you have to do?
plyr=See, the village was supposed to become a date farm but it's built at such a low altitude, that dates don't even grow there. So we gotta raise the terrain to make the date palms grow. Unfortunately there are no waves on that beach, so the only water available is the one in the village ponds. Might become a bit tricky to elevate those without spilling all the water and losing it, but well, we'll see.
lvlSide1BureaucracyPrePlayerAlone=_ND_
yu=Hey, if you have some time, they need your help at the beach. There's a village that was built far too low because of some bureaucratic nonsense, don't know the exact details. It was supposed to become a date farm but dates don't grow at such a low altitude so yeah... they need somebody to raise the entire area. All without spilling and losing the water in the ponds though, since there are no waves at that beach. But hey, shouldn't be a problem for you, right?
lvlSide1BureaucracyPostMain=_ND_
tomi=Man, that was so incredibly boring, just filling a hole all day long, how stupid is that. Didn't even get much of a reward. Although I guess at least people now know that they can trust you more than these jerks. Bureaucrats really are the worst. Torture everyone else with their crap just 'cause for them wasting time with meaningless shit is the most satisfying thing in the world! Adults really get passionate about the weirdest things, don't they? Thank god adult magazines are always on the top shelf, wouldn't even wanna look at that stuff... And then these people act all enlightened and superior, just 'cause they know some stupid rules and paragraphs by heart! That one guy was barely taller than us but thought he was the king of the goddamn planet. Just because he had some stupid rule on his side... Wait... that's it! My idea for a superhero! A bureaucrat who gets his superpowers from regulations! He will defeat villains by the pure power of regulations!
plyr=Why exactly is he the hero and the other one the villain?
tomi=Didn't Yu say that heroes are the ones who hinder progress and change?
plyr=Fair point...
lvlSide1BureaucracyPostPlayerAlone=_ND_
yu=Hey, good job.
plyr=Mhm...
lvlSide1BananaPre=_ND_
picc1=Hey, do you want to help us prank our brother?
picc2=He's this super arrogant guy who lives on top of the high mountain.
picc3=He always thinks that he's better than anyone else just because he can safely live there.
picc1=Even though he obviously has constant bulges from falling down the mountain when sleepwalking...
picc2=And even though we're quite pissed off that he's such a cocky dick... we're also kinda worried about his health and safety.
picc3=Yeah, someday his arrogance and stupidity are gonna end up killing him.
picc1=We need to get him away from that mountain.
picc2=Initially we wanted to just blow up his home, but I don't know... that's kinda gonna turn us into the bad guys, doesn't it? Even if we just wanted to help.
picc3=But then recently, when we were watching the Banana-Peel-Skiing-Championship, we got an idea!
picc1=We'll put banana peels under his home and when he does his daily boxing training where he hits the walls of his house to show off...
picc2=The whole building will start sliding down the hill!
picc3=He may get some injuries when he runs behind it like a fool but you know...
picc1=The laughs we'll get out of that are totally gonna be worth a couple bruises!
picc2=And afterwards he'll finally live in a safe spot.
picc3=So now, all we need is...
picc1=Lots and lots of banana peels!
picc2=And that's where you come into play.
picc3=Unfortunately this terrain is quite hilly so there aren't a whole lot of banana trees growing here...
picc1=But we've heard that you have the power to flatten the terrain!
picc2=And make it possible for lots and lots of bananas to grow!
picc3=You just gotta be careful to not waste any of the water in the ponds and lakes, 'cause there ain't no waves around here.
picc1=So what do you say? Are you gonna be our partner in prank?
plyr=I guess so.
picc1=Then let's go bananas!!
lvlSide1BananaPost=_ND_
picc1=Oh man, that was amazing!
picc2=Best day of my life!
picc3=Did you see his face when he was running behind the house?!
picc1=We should have hired a painter to capture that moment...
picc2=Damn, those would have become great New Year cards for the whole family...
picc3=But anyway, many thanks for your help cute little guy!
picc1=You probably saved our brother's life.
picc2=And gave us a memory for life.
picc3=So take this as a little thank you gift.
lvlSide1MiraclesPre=_ND_
farmer=Hey, have you ever tried miracle berries? Ooh, I tell you, they're marvellous! I mean, not the berries themselves but the fact that they make sour food like lemons taste totally sweet. It's magical! Or as my grandma used to say: "when life gives you a lemon, eat a miracle berry". Unfortunately our miracle berry farm here doesn't produce quite enough yet. We need 30 more bushes. But don't worry, if you're not in the mood to build yet another farm, here's a trick I recently heard from a friend or read in some wiki, I don't remember: if you flood miracle berry bushes, they'll regrow twice! So instead of creating 30 more bushes you can simply wreak havoc and destroy 30. I'll take care then of bringing everything back in order and wait on the 60 bushes to arise from the dead nutritious dirt. Quite a useful trick, isn't it? Makes life so much easier. So yeah, build or destroy, it's your choice. I mean, that's what life is all about in the end, isn't it? Making choices. And of course you'll get a nice reward for helping out, that's a promise!
lvlSide1MiraclesPostIntroCollective=_ND_
farmer=Oh thank god, you saved my ass! We would have completely wrecked the farm and set us back months!
lvlSide1MiraclesPostIntroIndividual=_ND_
farmer=Oh my, oh my, what have I done! What have I done! We completely wrecked the farm and set us back months!
lvlSide1MiraclesPostMain=_ND_
farmer=I just skimmed through my botanical encyclopedia and I was totally wrong! It's a common misconception that miracle berries regrow twice when destroyed, but there's absolutely no truth behind that! Some idiot must have told me this and I didn't bother checking it up. Well, guess I'm an idiot too then. Should have looked it up in a wiki immediately, I mean, when things sound too good to be true, they usually are too good to be true, aren't they? There just ain't always an easy solution. Sometimes you gotta get your hands dirty...
lvlSide1MiraclesPostRewardCollective=_ND_
farmer=But anyway, you can't imagine how thankful I am that you've saved me. Here, take these XP, you've more than earned them. It's all I've got, twice as much as I actually planned on giving you, but damn... you've saved my livelihood, I can't thank you enough!
lvlSide1MiraclesPostRewardIndividual=_ND_
farmer=Damn, I can't believe what I've done... But I wanna at least keep my promise, so here's your XP for helping. Or rather for blindly doing what I've said...
lvlParkour1=_ND_
emil=Ah, glad to see that you actually have the courage to compete against me. Not a lot of people are that brave. I gotta say, I have quite the respect for your spirit. But I'm not gonna make it easier for you. In fact, in order to make it fair, you'll have to carry a bag of letters too! Just as I do. It's gonna make it a little bit harder to glide. I wanna see what that legwork of yours can achieve. Oh, but don't worry. After talking so much about how great XP upgrades are, you'll get some short term doping too to show you how awesome it really is! I just hope I didn't overdose it... otherwise it might kinda influence your vision... But anyway, all you gotta do is run from checkpoint to checkpoint and reach the goal before your time runs out!
emil=So let's see what you've got!
mini1PomeMain=_ND_
tomi=Oh, look at all these beautiful, firm grenades!
plyr=What?
tomi=One day, they'll explode!
plyr=Uhm...
tomi=Explode in the most glorious, colourful explosions you can imagine!
eddi=Eddi grab.
plyr=Tomi, they're... they're pomegranates, not grenades.
plyr=They may look similar, but look... they don't explode.
tomi=Nonsense! Of course they explode! Where do you think they got their name from?! You're a man of such little fantasy...
eddi=Eddi aim.
plyr=I mean, I'm pretty sure that...
eddi=Eddi throw!
timi=Watch out!!!
eddi=OMG, he dead?!
plyr=Ayayay...
tomi=Ho...
tomi=ly...
tomi=shit!!!
tomi=That was awesome!!
bob=Boys, oh boys, what're ya doing?
tomi=He didn't believe that pomegranates explode like grenades.
bob=Well, I guess he ain't believing that no more. Of course them pomegranates explode. That's what we do here. Grow pomes for them fancy fireworks.
tomi=That's so cool! Can we help you grow even more?!
bob=Well, y'all can help me collect them. Ain't nothing I'd appreciate more.
tomi=Awesome, what we gotta do?
mini1PomeAltTimiDead=_ND_
bob=Ya see all them beautiful pomegranates? They used to be used for even beautifuller fireworks. In the good ol' days. I miss those days. Now they're used... used in war. For killing people. Used to bring so many smiles to people's faces. Now... that's all gone. But ya know... I gotta live from something too. Can't feed my family with pomegranates. And this... it's all I've got. Could need a little hand with collecting them though. You interested?
mini1PomeAltElse=_ND_
bob=Hey, wanna help an old man on his farm?
mini1PomeDescr=_ND_
bob=Collect as many pomegranates as possible. Either when they be falling down or still hanging on them trees. Actually, I'd recommend ya to collect them when they're still on the tree. 'cause the higher up they be hanging when ya collect them, the more points ya'll get. In fact, don't even collect all those that are falling down. 'cause when they hit the ground, ya can use the debris to get higher up on the tree and reach those ya would have never reached otherwise. And when ya stomp down during a jump, ya can even make the closest pomegranate fall of the tree prematurely. Quite useful if ya quickly need a lift. And yeah, I guess that's all ya gotta know.
bob=Happy picking!
mini1Dodge=_ND_
tomi=Hi grandma, we've brought some friends over! We're gonna collect those flowers at the stream that you wanted for your garland.
granma=Oh, that's very nice of you. And it's always nice to have some guests.
tomi=Right? Oh, and what does it smell like here? Is that the vinegar you've made?
granma=It sure is.
tomi=Oh, can we taste it?!
granma=Well of course.
tomi=Timi, what's vinegar?
timi=I would explain it to you but I don't know either.
tomi=Well, let's try it then!
tomi=...
tomi=Damn, that's sour! Someone with experience needs to fix this stuff!
timi=Oargh, that's bitter, if this won't give me tummyache I don't know what will.
eddi=Hmm...
eddi=Sweet, some fine vinegar.
tomi=Grandma, I think this stood a bit too long in the sun...
timi=I don't know, tastes rather undercooked to me...
eddi=Just the right balance. Eddi loves it. You are a very good cook, madam.
granma=Oh, I don't know about that, I made that vinegar without doing much at all. Just happened to get the right ingredients I guess. They're the ones giving it such a good flavour. Everything else happened naturally. Oh, and no need to call me "madam". Titles are for people who need to pretend to esteem somebody. No need for those if you're a good boy who truly means it anyway.
eddi=That's very kind of you, madam.
tomi=Ah, no need to kiss up to her that much Eddi, she's gonna give you a bottle of vinegar anyway, right grandma?
granma=Oh, of course I will.
eddi=That's very kind. But Eddi doesn't know if he's strong enough to carry it home.
granma=Who cares about how strong you are, look what a weakling I am. Just throw the bottle into the sea. At the mouth of the river. With the current it will flow right to your village. Should arrive tomorrow morning. 
timi=Grandma always knows a solution.
tomi=And speaking of flow, it's about time we go collect those flowing flowers at the waterfall!
mini1Gambling=_ND_
npc=You guys gambling too?
tomi=Gotta give everything a try, you only live once, right?
npc=That's a fair point. Do you know how it works? I suppose you have gambling tokens?
plyr=Yep, I get a handful of tokens every time I finish a main mission.
npc=Good, good, 'cause without those you can't play. Neither the slot machine nor the duck race. Be careful though, even though you can win XP, playing doesn't just cost a gambling token but also some XP itself. So if you're not good enough, you might actually end up losing XP.
tomi=Are you the guy running this whole business?
npc=Oh, no no no, not at all. That would be a guy named Boros. Maybe you've already attended his show, his quiz show. Lots of people love watching it. Although personally I would advise against that. There are rumours that he might be, well... that he might be a cannibal. What's for sure though is that he's addicted to betting. People say that he even has a bet going on with the devil himself. Betting his life against immortality. He is so obsessed with winning bets that he's trying to obtain all-embracing wisdom. 'cause you know, once he's all-knowing, he can easily win every bet. Which would be kind of an interesting state of mind I guess. Experience life in its highest form with endless wisdom. And simultaneously in its lowest form with non-stop gambling. But most of all he would of course win his bet with the devil and become immortal. Personally, I'm petty sure that's the whole reason of existence for his quiz show too. He's just trying to find the most intelligent people around and then, well, eat their brain to absorb their wisdom.
tomi=I gotta say, I like that Boros guy.
plyr=What?!
tomi=I mean, can you imagine how awesome it would be to become all-knowing! I'd solve mysteries even faster than I do now! People would love me even more than they do now!
plyr=I don't know...
tomi=Does Boros have any children? Do you think he could adopt me?
npc=Well, he once had a girlfriend, Thena. Very well educated and intelligent girl. Apparently she was even pregnant by him. But then she disappeared. Nobody really knows what happened...
tomi=Hmmm... so there's a chance?
npc=I guess there might be. But no matter what, with your optimism you're the right target group for this establishment! Because as creepy as all of this sounds, and despite probably being used to finance his shady quiz show, even I gotta admit that the slot machines and duck races are quite fun. So yeah, enjoy yourselves guys! Oh, just one last advice though: don't try to cheat, they don't like seeing that around here.
rand1Stone=_ND_
kid=This morning something really weird happened to me. I was standing here, throwing stones into the lake as usual, trying to throw them as far as possible. Suddenly this old man walks by and says I should make the stones jump instead. You can't make stones jump! How is that even supposed to happen?! I've thrown stones all my life, they just sink immediately. That's what they do. But then I gave it a try and... and... after a few hours of testing stones and techniques... it... it actually happened! The stone jumped over the water! It was amazing. I didn't know that stones wanted to have fun too. And it actually flew much further that way, almost to the other side of the lake. I... I gotta tell my dog about this.
rand1Direction=_ND_
npc=Where the Caf is? I don't know, I just walk around here... trying to find a way. I mean, that's the fun part, isn't it? Although I can imagine that for farmers it must be kinda frustrating to wander around, so you should make sure to always provide them with enough bridges, valleys and levelled paths to avoid detours. But as an explorer, I praise the impenetrable land.
rand1Oysters=_ND_
kid=What I'm doing here? Collecting oysters. Have you seen any? I love oysters. You've never tried any? Oh, you're missing out on something! They're delicious. What they taste like? Hmmm, I'd say like... like summer vacation at the beach.
rand1BloodOrangeNoWarPeaceful=_ND_
npc=Do you want some blood orange juice? Here, take this cup. Of course it's free! Everyone deserves to taste something that delicious.
rand1BloodOrangeElse=_ND_
npc=Do you want some blood orange juice? Here, take this cup. Can you see it? The remnants of all the soldiers, all the young men deceased on the battlefield, from the Mustard Silk Rebellion to the Farmland Wars, all these poor souls starved among ruins, their blood, seeped into the ground, absorbed by the roots, cumulated in the fruits, squeezed out of its flesh by the same hands that squeezed it out of its heart in the first place! Now, turning this chalice that used to be filled with orange juice... into a chalice of blood orange juice.
plyr=...
plyr=What the hell?!
lvlMain2PreMain1=_ND_
plyr=Ah, a new dawn, a new adventure. What are we looking for today?
tomi=Well, this morning I've heard that the seven mothers left to go search for the talking bird and ask him about a solution to the fruit scarcity problem. So I thought... we're gonna look for the talking bird too and ask him where your powers come from!
timi=Oh, I always wanted to see the talking bird!
plyr=How do you want to get him to talk to you?
eddi=Eddi always wanted to see kappas. They love eating cucumbers. And little children. Just like togers.
tomi=I've brought him some rambutans.
plyr=They like those?
tomi=I don't know. But they look funny. If I was a parrot, that's what I'd like.
plyr=Hmm... "You may not always know the answer, but you can always imagine one"?
tomi=You've got it!
timi=I would have brought him something to play with.
tomi=Oh, silly you. Do you really think an animal as old and wise as the talking bird would be interested in playing with some useless toy?!
timi=Of course! Maybe that's the reason he got so old and wise in the first place.
tomi=Timi, Timi, little Timi... that doesn't make any sense. Playing is unproductive, you're just wasting energy...
timi=But then why do animals play so much? Look at dogs, whenever they're not eating or sleeping, they're playing. And every other morning we're woken up by sparrows playing at our window!
tomi=See, that's simply because... uhm... see, that's why they're stupid animals and we're not!
timi=And what's that worth? What's the point if you can't have fun?
plyr=And what's the point of talking to the talking bird anyway, if I may ask? Why do you think he knows anything about my powers?
tomi=Oh, right, I haven't told you about my newest theory! See, I think, I mean I'm pretty sure that... that you can telepathically communicate with animals!
plyr=...
plyr=What?
tomi=See, you just, you... you ask worms, moles and all that other stuff to... to change the terrain. That's it.
plyr=But... don't you think I'd realize it if I did that?
tomi=Not if it happens subconsciously!
plyr=I'm rather thinking subconsciously that we should have probably stayed in town and helped everybody else with picking fruits and stuff.
tomi=Oh, don't worry, that problem will soon be solved.
plyr=Once the seven mothers find the talking bird?
tomi=Nah, who knows if they'll even find him. I mean, the factories!
plyr=The what?
timi=Are we ever gonna find a way back?
tomi=Haven't you heard? The officials from Banaguana that recently arrived in our village, they've told us to build factories. Fence off the land and get some organization into all that stuff.
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plyr=Uhm... the nitwits that built the village too low?
timi=?
tomi=Oh, come on, that was ages ago! They just had to get used to how things are done here. But I've recently heard them talk and they've totally convinced me!
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tomi=They've done all of that before in Banaguana and they've started to produce so much more than they ever did!
timi=Do you think the talking bird will be able to tell us how we get back home again?
tomi=I've seen a painting and you wouldn't believe in what beautiful mansions they live!
eddi=Probably should have laid down rope to find our way back.
tomi=With the factories, crafting stuff will become so much easier and faster.
timi=Do you have a rope that long?
tomi=The production will skyrocket, we won't even know what to do with all that stuff!
eddi=Eddi has a pet snake. Looks like a snake cucumber.
tomi=Well, granted that you still provide the right terrain for the trees to grow.
timi=Do you think that's long enough?
tomi=But with all that additional competition, innovation, motivation, oh, it's gonna be so great.
eddi=Maybe when stretched?
tomi=The officials even installed these cool new letterboxes for everyone working at a factory.
timi=Uhm, I don't know if that's gonna do the job...
tomi=Oh, and the factories will finally employ some policemen!
eddi=Eddi's pretty good with stretching. Once stretched a rubber rope from one side of the garden to the other.
tomi=Because I tell ya, something's going on... Remember that string that made me fall?
timi=Wow, that sounds pretty cool! What happened?
tomi=Now there's been a dead bird in front of our house!
eddi=Eddi got flung over half the village.
tomi=Something's going on...
timi=Oh.
plyr=Poor little bird.
tomi=And then there's still the question of how Yu knew about the Devil's Tongue Incident. Only you guys should know about that. Unless one of you is a traitor... But I don't know, I don't trust that Yu guy. Besides, there was this smell in his house. It... it smelled weirdly familiar. I definitely know that smell from somewhere.
plyr=I don't know, I didn't smell anything. But anyway, did you bury him?
tomi=What? Why the hell would I bury Yu?! I'm not burying him alive, I'm not that kind of psycho!
plyr=I mean... the bird.
tomi=Oh, yeah, Timi did.
plyr=What if the talking bird has died too and we just didn't hear of it?
tomi=Nah, there would have been a big funeral. We would have heard of it. But speaking of which, and write this down so you don't forget it: when I die, I want a biiiiig-ass funeral too! And everyone's gotta be dressed in black and weeping in the rain about the great detective Tomi that they've lost! And you'll lower me down into my beautiful grave, wondering how you shall continue without your best friend.
plyr=What about the menu?
tomi=What?
plyr=The food, I mean, you seem to have this planned out quite... meticulously. You gotta have a menu written down too.
tomi=Oh, right, as an appetizer I would like a kumquat quinoa casserole with a touch of thyme and-
plyr=Tomi...
tomi=Well, okay, I'll just give you the note later. But anyway, how would you like your funeral?
plyr=See, I don't know. Your whole thing there maybe makes sense when you die young, but, I mean, when I die of old age, people should celebrate my life. Or death, whatever you prefer. But let people be happy. I want them to be dressed as colourful as possible and sing and dance and remember the beauty of life. After all it's the last time we come together. Don't make it all sombre and stuff. Oh, and don't put me in one of those stupid boxes! Coffins make me claustrophobic. Just burn me and throw my ashes somewhere in the woods, much nicer there.
plyr=How about you Eddi?
eddi=Eddi too wants to be thrown in the woods. But without being roasted first. Let maggots eat tasty Eddi. And birds eat maggots. And raptors eat birds. And Eddi becomes part of nature again. And then Eddi gets shat down on your-
tomi=Timi, how about you?
timi=I... I don't know. Whatever's causing you the least trouble... I guess.
tomi=You really gotta learn to take a decision like a man!
timi=Sometimes it's actually useful if you can't decide.
tomi=Like when?
timi=Like when you want to kill yourself but can't decide for a method and then never get around to do it.
tomi=That's... what the hell... I mean... damn, no reason to get so damn dark when we're talking about death. But I got an idea! Remember when we played hide-and-seek and you hid in that old dead hollow tree trunk and we didn't find you and you were stuck and couldn't get out? Man, we almost died of laughter when we finally found you! But anyway, maybe we can just stick your corpse back into that tree because it really looked like it could have been your coffin. Although you insisted that it was a cocoon. Maybe it's gonna resurrect you as a beautiful butterfly? Speaking of which, just think about all the pretty flowers you could get on your grave!
plyr=You've started collecting flowers again?
timi=Mhm, need them for my bees.
tomi=Can you imagine that? The guy has bees as pets. Told him already to get something manlier. Like a crocodile.
timi=Hey, bees are fascinating! Especially when they clean themselves. The way they scrub their little big eyes. And pull their antennae through their tiny hands. And wipe their probo... probos... their trunk! Aww, I could cuddle them when they do that.
plyr=So you make honey?
timi=No I make, yeah, honey.
news=Ah, here you are guys! Man, that was quite the task to find you. I have an important message. Before the seven mothers left they decided to ask you for your help again. See, they recently destroyed some dams in order to improve the food scarcity situation, since the plants had gotten quite old and didn't yield that many fruits anymore, so yeah... your powers are needed to rebuild and regrow everything. But luckily people have started building some factories already, so that should help! Although some tribes have refused to join them, so we gotta see how all that works out. Hopefully people won't start stealing from each other. And hopefully there won't be any more attacks from the night wanderers. There's still reports of occasional explosions. Guess these new policemen are gonna have plenty to do. Oh, and before I forget it: on this beach, water slowly seeps away. So make sure your irrigation system doesn't let any lakes dry out! So yeah, take care of everything while the seven mothers are gone and when they return, they want to see everything still doing fine! And remember: the Blukena beyond the mountains still don't count towards your score.
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news=Speaking of the Blukena though, they're very skeptical of those factories enclosing land and demand that they do not expand their territory any further. But I mean, even though they're still a pretty strong faction, especially after how much you've helped them, what do they wanna do? Destroy every single piece of fence wood before it can be turned into an actual fence? Now that's gonna be a lot of work. But then again, you never know what some people are willing to do to protect their freedom, right? Anyway, I guess that's not really any of your business.
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news=Oh, and by the way: good job with that miracle berry farm that you've created! The fruits that it provided were used to train some people on crafting them, so they can do it much faster now!
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news=And one more thing: remember the Picciotto sisters that you've helped with their prank? They had some leftover banana peels that they no longer needed, so they gave them all away and guess what: having fun keeps people young! And they actually have so much fun at work, they take better care of the new plants and make those stay younger too and yield even more fruits! Just like that old myth told us. So I guess you'll have to worry a bit less than usual about plants ageing.
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plyr=Okeley dokeley.
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yu=Hey guys, enjoying the sunset?
plyr=What? How did you end up here? This is our secret spot, adults aren't supposed to know about this place!
timi=Still "hi" though.
yu=Well, looks like I know about it too. Always liked this crag. Reminds me of my childhood. Especially with the birds flying south.
plyr=The banned weaklings?
yu=The what?
plyr=The birds. Tomi says the one's flying southwards are the weak ones who got banned from their colony and had to flee.
yu=What?!
plyr=Yeah, that's how nature is. It's brutal. Selfish. A war of each against everyone. The survival of the fittest. Which only the toughest and strongest will master. That's evolution, he says.
yu=That's... not how evolution works. I mean, just take a look at Darwin's finks. Well, you may not have heard about them but in the future they'll be the classical example for evolution. If evolution was about being the strongest, the toughest, they wouldn't have different beaks. They'd all have the same sharp and pointy beak to kill their opponents and keep all the food for themselves. But they don't. They have different beaks adapted to many different sources of food, the most common and easiest types of food to gather on their island. That's not how you win a fight. That's how you avoid a fight. Because there's enough food for everyone. Evolution is not about surpassing each other, it's about living next to each other.
timi=But then what about the birds fleeing to the south?
yu=Oh, that's simply because up in the north winter has started. You know, it gets super cold, everything freezes, water becomes as hard as rocks.
plyr=How can water become as hard as rocks?!
timi=Yeah, that's kind of hard to imagine.
plyr=How should that even work? I mean, honestly, it sounds kinda scary. Imagine you're doing a water fight and then suddenly...
timi=Total bloodshed!
yu=Well, it doesn't happen that quickly. It's a lot of fun as a child though, you can build snowmen, go sledging, have snowball fights and all that stuff. Adults kinda hate it though for some reason. But anyway, birds don't like it too much either. It's rather hard to find enough food under these conditions, so instead of fighting over what little remains, they simply work together and help each other flying south, where there's plenty of food for everyone. Mutual aid instead of selfishly fighting over everything, that's all. And you get a nice vacation on top of it too.
timi=Hmm, that actually doesn't sound too bad. I like that way of thinking.
yu=Most people probably would, because most people prefer kindness and peace over cruelty and war. They may not always act like that, because whatever they do is influenced by so many factors, but what they want, well, that's what they actually want. And most people just want peace. Enjoy their life.
plyr=Well except Tomi.
yu=Oh, Tomi wants to live like that too. The only problem is that he was told by everyone that he can't because it's against human nature. So he keeps repeating that and never asks himself if there's actually any truth behind that statement.
plyr=Is there?
yu=Obviously not. Until recently people have pretty much always lived in peaceful, egalitarian societies. Just think back a couple weeks to when you first helped everyone at the beach: people made what they were good at, gave away what they didn't need, and got from others what they couldn't make. And everyone's basic needs were met. Some might have wanted a bit more than the basics, so they worked a bit more to get that fancy luxury stuff. But all in all, everyone just crafted as much as necessary. Had a good amount of free time too. But this might soon be forgotten. Soon more and more people might think like Tomi that, even though they could still live like that, they can't because everyone else is a selfish prick who cannot. Now I guess I don't have to explain what happens when everybody thinks like that.
timi=So that's why they say "the most violent element in society is ignorance"?
plyr=But isn't it naive to think that everyone is good? Aren't there some assholes too?
yu=Of course there are.
plyr=Like, with those birds, what would happen if there's one bird who doesn't want to fly away or is scared of flying away.
eddi=Speaking of assholes, does anyone have toilet paper for Eddi?
plyr=And he tells everyone that it's safer to stay where they are and keep everything as it is. Then they'd have to fight over what little remains and many might die. And in the end, the scared bird might even try to still fly away and have all the food for himself. What if there's no one with power to prevent that?
yu=Have you ever seen that happen among birds?
plyr=No.
yu=Have you ever seen a bird tell another bird what to do?
plyr=No.
yu=That's the thing. If you can't have any power of others, there's no asshole to abuse that power. And it's usually the assholes who strive for power. And get it. But even if it's not, power corrupts and sooner or later they will become the asshole. It's not naive to think that most people are good. It's naive to think that a select few are good enough to rule over everybody else. Besides, how people behave depends a lot on their environment. I mean, you don't go to a zoo to study animal behaviour, that's not how they truly behave. And that's where you come into play. You are part of what creates the environment, you have the power to change 
timi=the terrain!
yu=Yeah, that too. Although sometimes I wonder if it wouldn't be better to give you kids an axe and just let you wreak havoc with that. Let you smash those fences. And the fence wood before it becomes fences.
plyr=You don't like the fences?
yu=Nope.
timi=Me neither. They're kinda stupid. They just hold you back. Why would you block a path like that?
yu=I guess these people don't care about progressing. Just about enclosing their land. Shielding their factories.
plyr=Tomi said the factories are great though and that they're gonna help to satisfy the needs of even more people.
yu=Well, he's not wrong with that. The factories themselves, the technology, they're marvellous achievements. Could do so much good. Take so much work off your shoulders. The problem is how they're used. How they're owned. The factories, the farmland, all the means of production, owned by a small minority. Fenced off from those actually working them.
yu=As some guy named Rousseau will say someday in his "Discourse on Inequality": "The first one who enclosed a piece of land and dared to say 'this is mine' and found people naive enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society.
yu=How many crimes, wars, murders, how many miseries and horrors might that one have spared humanity of who, pulling out the posts and filling up the ditch, shouted to his fellows:
yu='Beware of listening to this imposter; you are doomed once you forget that the fruits of the earth belong to us all, and the earth itself to nobody.'"
yu=It's an interesting thought, isn't it? Now, of course there have always been some crimes and wars, the world was probably never perfect, but I don't know. Wasn't it more just... an occasional thing? Something happening in times of scarcity or something? And not... a constant state of being? I don't know, I don't like those fences.
plyr=...
plyr=I hope we haven't missed the moment yet to keep all these awful things from happening.
timi="The law locks up the man or woman - Who steals the goose from off the common, - But lets the greater felon loose - Who steals the common from off the goose."
yu=You seem to pick up a lot of quotes.
plyr=...
timi=Yeah, unlike Tomi I don't spend all my time talking.
plyr=You know, thinking about it...
yu=Wise move. But anyway, yeah, not only do they steal the land, they even steal from workers what they produce. That's how they become richer and richer.
plyr=It's really all about the birds, isn't it?
timi=That's kinda mean. I hope that in your future they've at least gotten rich enough and stopped.
yu=See, no, it's like when you try to share chocolate with Tomi and...
plyr=They always want more?! God, I hate it when Tomi's like that. Especially when he's done nothing but bossing around all day long.
yu=And that's why Tomi would love the future: as long as he starts with enough chocolate, he could take even more chocolate from those who actually make it. While contributing nothing meaningful himself at all.
plyr=And people accept that?
yu=Of course.
plyr=But why?!
yu=Because they think that everyone should get what they worked for.
plyr=Uhm... uh, I, yeah, but... didn't you just say the opposite?
yu=I know.
plyr=The future sounds confusing. This doesn't make any sense at all. Why don't people fight these leeches?
yu=Because they've convinced everyone that those opposing it are the leeches.
plyr=Wait, what?! This does not make any sense at all!
yu=Oh, just wait for the part about paying taxes, that's the truly irritating part.
plyr=The hell are taxes?
yu=The thing that keeps adults up all night long and makes them forget everything else.
plyr=I don't know if you're supposed to tell us about that kind of stuff.
yu=The part of their work the government takes from them.
plyr=Oh... I, okay, but... wait... didn't you just say that they don't mind if someone takes their money? This is starting to become ridiculous...
yu=See, the difference is that the government is stupid enough to tell them exactly how much they take.
plyr=Aaahhh, yeah, that's really stupid indeed. That government thing, that's gotta be run by morons, isn't it? But I mean, what if you simply don't give them what they want?
yu=Then they lock you up. They're the ones who are actually allowed to beat you up.
plyr=Damn, they're worse than Tomi. Tomi never beats anyone to get chocolate. He just somehow convinces you that he's an indispensable friend you couldn't live without and that in order to stay friends he just needs some chocolate from time to time.
yu=See, I don't know which of the two is actually worse...
plyr=What I don't understand though is, if people are actually good, and having power over others leads to all these problems, how could it come this far? Who gave the jerks all the power?
yu=Oh, there are lots of possible reasons. Remember, you don't have to be evil to do bad things. You just have to believe that you're doing the right thing. In fact, I have an old and valuable book about that whole topic. It's quite rare but I could give it to you.
plyr=Oh, that's really nice but I don't know if I can accept that.
yu=Don't worry, I'm sure you'll take good care of it. Besides, soon it's harvest time so...
plyr=I will certainly help you with some garden work in return!
yu=See, already you are in my debt and I have power over you, just because we both wanted to be nice.
plyr=Damnit.
eddi=Pwned!
yu=Debt is a powerful tool, isn't it? But hey, be glad we're not some birds and I asked you to stay in that freezing cold winter wasteland.
plyr=I wouldn't have done that anyway, you could have asked as much as you wanted...
timi=What if he wouldn't even have to ask you a single time? What if you decided to stay... more or less by yourself?
plyr=Hey, I may look stupid but I'm not that dumb!
timi=I mean, we've never seen winter and still... we believed him that it actually exists. What if we lived in a place with winter and he somehow convinced us that... that everywhere else winter is even harsher? That this is how it has always been, that this is the best we can achieve. I mean, it does sound like the easiest answer. We would never see the rest of the world. Tell our children to never leave either. Thinking we're doing them a favour, when actually... when actually we condemn them to never leave the cold... We wouldn't have to be evil to do those things. We'd simply believe we're doing the right thing.
plyr=Timi, your mom told me to tell you to stop having these depressing thoughts.
yu=Sounds all too familiar...
plyr=Besides, you could still hope that at least someone would discover and give you... fire.
yu=Why are you two suddenly grinning?
plyr=Because we love good segues.
yu=What segue?
plyr=Ahem, that at least someone would discover and give you fire... like... Prometheus!!!
yu=Where... the hell did you hear that name?
plyr=Well, let's just say that for once Tomi was kind of half successful with his investigations. "Prometheus", "Project Golem" and "Operation Janus". Prometheus is the one who created mankind, isn't he?
yu=She, in this case Prometheus is a she. After all it's women who give birth to new life, isn't it?
plyr=Okay, she, and then she gave people fire, right? The fire to cook... or the fire to burn?
yu=Depends on how you look at it.
plyr=Like Janus, the god with two faces?
yu=I guess Tomi put these pieces together?
plyr=Yeah, he did. I'm kinda surprised though that for once he seems to have done something right... But anyway, you put something together too, golems, right? Artificial creatures made out of clay... by men. I mean, that kinda sounds like it's bound to go wrong. Is that why you fled from the future?
yu=Just because words sound bad doesn't mean they are. Things can be quite the opposite of what people think they are.
plyr=So Prometheus didn't bring life but death? This is getting confusing again...
yu=It's also getting dark. I'd say we'll keep this story for next time.
plyr=Don't say shit like that! That's the kind of thing you would say right before I die!
yu=Don't worry, you won't die. Now go to bed guys. Don't want to get into troubles with your parents. People are suspicious enough of me.
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fred=Oh, you're exactly who I was looking for! I heard that you have a lot of experience with "low-level stuff", right? From when you had to fix that mess that these bureaucrats caused? Well, I should probably introduce myself first.
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fred=I'm Frederick the fig farmer. And I just loooove figs! Did you know that they were among the first plants to be cultivated by people? If not the first one! And I mean, they are beautiful plants, aren't they? Whenever I'm feeling bad I just look for a nice pretty fig tree to lie beneath and let the relaxation and imagination flow through me. As I always say, a fig tree is your best "bodhi". Oh, and don't even get me started on the fruits, they're soooo delicious! You have to try them with some goat cheese.
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tomi=Do I like that?
plyr=What?
tomi=Goat cheese?
plyr=What? Wait, what? Why the hell would I know that?
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tomi=Timi, do I like that?
timi=Mhm, especially after being baked in the oven.
tomi=Sounds great!
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tomi=Why does nobody know stuff...
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fred=But see, the best thing about them is that they don't only satisfy your hunger, but also your need for pleasure, thirst and hygiene! That way you need less chocolate, watermelons and soap.
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plyr=Less soap sounds like a good thing, soap is quite dangerous. Have you heard Tomi, one of your neighbours, little Sloop, he slipped on a piece of soap yesterday. The stupid thing was somehow lying around his front door, no one knows how it got there.
tomi=Damn, did he get hurt?
plyr=A little bit. Luckily Boros was right around the corner and immediately looked after him. He even gave him a box full of agate marbles to comfort him.
tomi=What?! Agate marbles?! I collect those, I love those, I want those too!! Man, that Boros really gotta be one of the nicest and greatest people to ever live...
plyr=Uh, yeah...
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timi=If I may say though, as amazing as these fig trees sound, I'm kinda disappointed that they don't have any flowers.
fred=Oh, just because you don't see them at first glance doesn't mean that they don't have any. You gotta look underneath the surface, look inside, inside the syconium. And see, there are hundreds of flowers in there.
timi=Whoa!
fred=The way towards those flowers is so tight, that only a very small type of wasp can crawl inside. And even then, they usually lose their wings when trying to get through. And most of their antennae.
fred=But once the wasp is inside, it lays its eggs, pollinates the flowers in the process, and dies.
eddi=It always starts with a tiny little egg.
fred=After some time the eggs hatch.
eddi=But how does the egg know how to grow into a walking, living thing?
fred=The larvae develop inside the fig.
eddi=And metamorphosis, oh my, how can a thing suddenly turn into a completely different thing?!
fred=And once they've matured, the males, who usually don't have wings, mate with a female, dig a tunnel out of the fig, and then they die.
eddi=The wonders of life. Makes Eddi go nuttier than a fruitcake.
fred=The females escape through the tunnel, pick up some pollen and fly to another fig tree where the cycle begins anew. And that's how fig trees and fig wasps have lived together for millions of years.
timi=That's so cool...
fred=Yep, but if you want to see more of these, I need the help of you guys.
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fred=Anyway, if you guys happen to have some time, I need your help.
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fred=But unfortunately we're a bit low on figs right now. But if you'd like to help us, that would be great!
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fred=See, we're building a new fig farm here. As you probably know, figs need to grow quite a bit below the normal ground height. Which is a bit tricky in this area, 'cause water is seeping away quite quickly. So you need to refill the lakes from time to time. Without completely flooding the pits of course! And on top of that, there's also quite a bit of sand erosion. So you gotta be careful that the dykes don't break, because that would obviously flood everything too. But yeah, I guess apart from these little peculiarities it shouldn't be too difficult to get a nice big fig farm with charm.
plyr=Okey dokey.
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fred=Man, can you imagine? Now we have this beautiful farm and what do people do? They ask for fig leaves to cover their stupid genitals instead of enjoying the delicious taste of the fruits! I mean, what's suddenly the deal with letting your willy wave around? What's next? People wearing togas like togers? Covering their entire body? People are going crazy these days, I tell you. But anyway...
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fred=Thanks for your help! You would actually deserve a lot more than these XP for your work, but unfortunately this is all I've got. But you can be sure that the figs you made possible will make a lot of people full and happy!
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enginr=Oh, you're exactly the type of person I've been looking for! Heard a lot of stories about how you built aqueducts to help the Blukena people. Impressive work I gotta say. You're the man I need.
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enginr=Hey young man, if you've got some time, I may need a little helping hand here.
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enginr=See, I don't know about you, but I just love aqueducts! Aqueducts, Cisterns, all these marvels of technology, it's just fabulous! For you young boys this might be nothing special but oh my, in my old days you had to carry buckets of water every day. For miles and miles! Now, with people like you, there's ditches almost right to your door. Life has gotten so much easier. You have so much more time to spend on the fun things. Although I guess you always have to hope that none of those dykes break, 'cause oh boy, if that happens, then you're truly in trouble. And not just the flood. I mean, at that point you're so dependant on that thing, what're you gonna do without it? Do people even still know where the next well is? But anyway, as I was saying, I need your help. The area here is extremely dry, pretty much no lakes at all. Just one wave in the very west. But the thing is: the only existing lake with plants is all the way in the east! And that's also the only area where there are currently seeds flying around. So I guess you see where I'm heading to, right? We need you to build an aqueduct from that wave in the west, all the way to the plants in the east. And thus spread the plants along the aqueduct through our entire region! Although you don't have to wait for that to happen of course, just building the infrastructure is already enough. Oh, but as I've mentioned, if these dykes break, things get nasty. So yeah, please be careful that something like that doesn't happen. Flooding the houses would be bad, very bad. Oh, but also make sure that they don't end up on top of a hill of course, because that's gonna downgrade them too.
plyr=Oksey doksey.
lvlSide2AqueductPreAdd=_ND_
yu=Wait! Guys, before you start, an important question: does anyone of you have beer by any chance?
plyr=What? So the rumours are true that you're an alcoholic?!
yu=What? No, it's for snails.
tomi=Oh... we usually eat those with herb butter.
yu=What? No, for snail traps. These damn things, I hate them...
tomi=Eating all your plants?
yu=Nah, the bastards decided to settle down in my fuse box. Caused a short circuit and now I've been without electricity all day long! It's driving me crazy...
plyr=So... if you're looking for beer... it's not beer that's in your calabash?
yu=What? No, of course not.
tomi=Looks like we need a new theory then.
yu=You really that curious to know what's inside?
plyr=Yes!
tomi=Yes!
yu=Well, maybe instead of asking what's inside, you should be asking: why the outside? Why is it in a calabash? Maybe that's where the answer comes from.
plyr=So it is something alcoholic!
tomi=And you use the calabash to hide it!
plyr=Maybe palm wine?
tomi=I heard it's quite delicious. Even some animals drink it. Oh, and speaking of alcohol, about the mystery of the whistling ghost: I solved it!
plyr=You solved the ghost in alcohol?
tomi=What? No, alcohol's the solution!
timi=That's what grandpa used to say.
tomi=See, there was a watermelon in our kitchen. And it had a little hole in it. So it began to ferment. And the gases, when they left through the little hole, it made a whistling sound! Only found it with my magnifying glass. Science I tell you, gives you so much power.
yu=Yeah, yeah, so much power, I gotta continue my mission now, just can't live like this, I'm going nuts, a whole day without electricity, can you imagine that?! I really need this beer, lots of it, lots and lots of beer...
plyr=...
tomi=...
enginr=The hell's electricity?
lvlSide2AqueductPost=_ND_
enginr=Oh man, you truly are as skilled as I thought you were. A true architect, an engineer, a genius! People will surely respect someone with that much skill. And here, take these XP, you've more than earned those.
lvlSide2NightWanderersPre=_ND_
ludwig=Hey, you wanna help old Ludwig Hades Coleman and his village with a problem? 'cause you gotta know, no one else really cares about our abandoned land out here. And now our peaceful little town is on the brink of being attacked by night wanderers! For others they may just be a myth, but for us out here, they're a bitter reality! And us common people have it already hard enough. There's all these stories about factory owners trying to grab land, fortunately there ain't none of those already out here, but those damn night wanderers, oh, I tell you, it's scary, truly scary. They live right on the other side of the beach, beneath the volcano. And constantly, day in and day out, you can hear the explosions of them testing their grenades! My wife and children are living in constant fear. And if you look out the window, everything's filled with pomegranate trees! It's crazy, that's all they care about! We can't even use the terrain as farmland. We're in constant risk of starvation... But there's one last hope we have. There was a lot of rainfall recently. Completely filled the volcano's caldera with water. So it would be possible to flood their entire village... and get rid of them for good... Because, you see, that's how we deal with troublemakers out here. If there's someone we don't like, causing trouble for everybody else, we flood their home. Be done with them once and for all. Always works. So that's what we want you to do. Be careful though to not waste any of the water. There are no waves in this area, so the one in the volcano is all we've got. It's our only chance. Oh, and be quick too. There's no time to lose. You only have about 5 minutes. And it takes already some time for the buildings to get destroyed. Fortunately the place is easy to find, just straight ahead from here. But if you still manage to get lost in the fog out here, remember, you can always take a look at your map. Always a good idea to check the map if you're in a new area, as my grandpa used to say.
ludwig=Oh, and one last advice: be careful that those bastards don't attack you, these creatures can be nasty...
lvlSide2NightWanderersPostCollective=_ND_
poor=Thank you, thank you very much. We can't thank you enough. You are definitely a much greater detective than this Tomi guy. Looks like you immediately saw through Ludwig's lies. I mean, of course we're no night wanderers, we're just some old common people who've never moved away from this area after it was abandoned. All we want is peacefully finishing our lives out here, in our homes, while taking care of the old graveyard, where all of our ancestors are buried. And we probably too in the near future. But at least not in the next days, as it might have happened had you fallen for Ludwig's lies. This guy, he arrived here some time ago, immediately started taking our land, destroyed our farms and turned them in pomegranate monocultures. We've lost pretty much everything we had. And that wasn't even much to begin with. So unfortunately we can't give you anything to show our gratitude, but you can be sure that we'll be eternally grateful to you for saving our village. And we'll make sure that more people will remember what a hero you are. Being such an upright person will certainly pay off someday, that I can promise.
lvlSide2NightWanderersPostIndividual=_ND_
ludwig=Good job. Very good job. I like you. Here's your XP. And if one day you're open to doing some more business, hell, I'd love to work with you again. You seem to have no morals whatsoever. Flooded that village like a pro. Giving no shit about the people living there. Didn't even check if they actually were night wanderers. Because honestly, I have no fucking clue if they are. I just know that they're annoying old people. I gotta say though, your ruthlessness, man, that's the vigour of a true businessman, I love it. Truly a man who knows how to make a buck. Or, who knows, maybe you're just clueless. Because as somebody once said to me: you don't have to be evil to do bad things. You just have to believe you're doing the right thing.
lvlSide2FirePre1=_ND_
firefi=Hey, you look like a man who wants action! Excitement! The rush of adrenalin! If that's true then get your certified firefighting license today! Not only will you be a great help to your community, you will also receive an additional perk in the form of bonus gambling tokens whenever you finish a main mission!
lvlSide2FirePre2BorosAlive=_ND_
firefi=Because you gotta know, Boros, the owner of the casino and duck racing, he's kind of a pyromaniac. That guy just loves his fireworks. And us firefighters had to save his ass already more than once. But hey, he's actually become our biggest donor because of that. And I gotta say, as problematic as his fireworks are, they're quite gorgeous too. And always free to attend!
lvlSide2FirePre2BorosDead=_ND_
firefi=Because you gotta know, Boros, the owner of the casino and duck racing, he was kind of a pyromaniac. That guy just loved his fireworks. And us firefighters had to save his ass more than once. But hey, he actually was our biggest donor because of that. And I gotta say, as problematic as his fireworks were, they were quite gorgeous too. And always free to attend!
lvlSide2FirePre3=_ND_
firefi=But anyway, if you want to become a firefighter too, well, all you gotta do is finish our training. Which means: save the trees from burning down on our testing ground. Just the trees count, the grass doesn't matter. You can try as many times as you want. And yep, that's pretty much all you gotta know!
lvlSide2FirePost=_ND_
firefi=Nice job, nice job. Good use of the water, great time management, very agile movement over the terrain, and most of all: courage and the will to fight! I have to say, you've more than deserved your firefighter license. Oh, and of course you'll also get your bonus gambling tokens next time you finish a main mission. And don't worry, here's already your share for the missions you've already completed.
lvlSide2SuicidePre=_ND_
timi=Hey Mister, what's going on?
man=What? Oh, hi.
timi=Hi, I'm Timi. I hope I'm not bothering you, but you looked kinda sad, so... I just wanted to ask how you are?
man=Oh, well... yeah, I'm not feeling too good.
timi=Why?
man=I... I don't know how to explain... I'm probably going on vacation very soon.
timi=Where?
man=Probably somewhere... somewhere way up high in the sky.
timi=Oh, like the mountains?
man=Yeah... kinda like that.
timi=And that makes you sad? Shouldn't you be excited about that? I love the mountains.
man=See, the thing is, I'm a bit scared of leaving.
timi=Then why don't you stay?
man=Because... there's nothing left that keeps me here. You gotta know, I lost everything. Absolutely everything. Everyone. All hope.
timi=So... you're not gonna return?
man=I guess not.
timi=Hmm... in a way I can understand that. I mean, from what I've heard the mountains are wonderful! My brother Tomi says that you can find beautiful mountain cherries up there. Apparently they're totally pink! He also says that as a guy I shouldn't be that excited about the colour pink, but still, I am. I'd really like to see them one day. There are so many things that I still want to see. And do. Like, could you imagine making a little campfire between these trees during the night, watching the stars, wrapping yourself in a fluffy warm blanket and drinking a good cup of hot chocolate? Man, I tell you, a good cup of hot chocolate is exactly what you need after a rough day of school.
timi=So if you're heading towards the mountains, keep an eye out for those mountain cherries! If it's true that there is a tiny spot at the far end of the mountains where they grow, maybe that'll cheer you up a bit. Maybe enough that you still enjoy your little vacation. I just hope there are enough of them. Otherwise one would have to try and get a little more water up there, close to the trees, to make more of them grow. Because who knows, maybe that experience will give you enough inspiration for more things you'd like to discover... and... get back home safely. So, yeah, just gotta hope that enough mountain cherries are growing up there before you arrive.
lvlSide2SuicidePost=_ND_
man=Thanks, those trees really are beautiful. Maybe there is still some beauty left in this world. Maybe I should give this whole thing another try. I mean, this is the only life I've got, right? Maybe there are still some nice things that I would miss. But maybe I should leave it at that, I don't know if it's right to talk about all that stuff with a kid. You probably don't even understand it all. Although I kind of have a feeling that you do. Anyway, thanks, many thanks.
lvlParkour2Main=_ND_
emil=Hey, by the way, does anyone of your friends want to try and beat me too?
timi=I would love to, but...
timi=My legs are too small.
emil=Well, maybe one day they'll no longer be! Trust me, it's crazy how things can change. From one day to the next, boom, totally new life, everything different.
timi=Mhm. But you know, if someday you'd like to play tag, oh, I would love to play tag with you and everybody else.
emil=Why tag though? I mean... it's still kinda the same if you're too slow, isn't it?
timi=Oh no no, not at all. The philosophy of tag is a completely different one. You'd think that the slowest one should be the first one to be caught. And consequently being incapable of catching anybody else. Thus pretty much ending the game already. It sounds like horribly bad game design. But the thing is... I've played dozens and dozens of games of tag and... somehow this just never happens. If the slowest one gets caught, well, then people start teasing him, doing risky stuff, deliberately get close to him. And if you're trying to catch someone, you don't just always go for poor little Timi. Instead you might try to catch Tomi, because he's such an annoying prick.
tomi=What?
timi=People don't just always try to be the best one and beat everyone. Sometimes they... they just wanna play. Have fun.
emil=Hmm, sounds irrational but also... kinda natural.
tomi=Wait...
tomi=So you're telling me that...
tomi=All these times where I've won tag it wasn't because I was the best one, but because you let me win out of admiration?!
plyr=You've never won tag.
eddi=Can one win tag?
emil=Well, I guess we all have to play tag then someday!
emil=But first some parkour action!
lvlParkour2Info=_ND_
emil=This time I won't give you a boost like in the first race, just a little one to make sure you have a chance to manage the parkour.
lvlParkour2Callback=_ND_
emil=We don't want your eyes to go all crazy again, don't we?
mini2Dodge=_ND_
plyr=Oh, so this is the place where you collect most of the flowers for your bees?
timi=Yep, grandma showed me this place. It's beautiful, isn't it?
tomi=A bit too much pink for my taste...
eddi=Is it pink if you can't hear it?
timi=She also told me how to collect them without destroying everything. She used to be the best maker of flower coronals on the whole island!
granma=Ahem...
timi=Still is of course!
tomi=I just realized...
tomi=Man...
tomi=That is a big old tree over there...
granma=That's Gnarly Charly.
tomi=That one gotta be much older than you, grandma. Looks really gnarled and rotten though... Why has no one cut it down yet? 
granma=Because its wood is gnarled and rotten, no use for it.
tomi=Hmm, weird that such a gnarly useless tree would grow to be that old... I'd still cut it though, I mean, it's just standing there, doing nothing but casting a shadow on the ground. Why keep it?
granma=Because it's standing there. Casting a shadow on the ground. And providing shade when it's hot.
tomi=Hmmm... interesting. But, I don't know... it's so crooked!
eddi=Promising politician.
tomi=It's kinda ugly.
granma=Oh, no no no, not at all Tomi. Quite the opposite. It has character. Lots of character. If there's one thing this tree will always be useful for, it's looking at it. There once was a painter, actually, you might know his great-grandson, Pota the red river hog who paints treasure maps, but as I was saying, his great-grandfather, he loved painting this tree. Was a great painter that hog. Although some people rumoured that the sole reason he was such a good painter was because he had this magic brush, that could turn any object from 3D into 2D and vice-versa. But people tell a lot of stories. Anyway, I don't know about you but your old grandma is slowly getting hungry. I guess we better head home again?
timi=Yep!
plyr=Wouldn't mind that.
eddi=Eddi yo!
tomi=Hmm...
mini2DancePreIntroParkour=_ND_
teachr=Oh, look at you, aren't you that famous little guy who won the parkour race?! Oh my, with your stamina we're gonna turn you into an amazing little dancer!
mini2DancePreIntroElse=_ND_
teachr=Hey, you, yeah you, you don't really seem to be super fit, aren't you? But don't worry, maybe we can still manage to turn you into a decent dancer. You interested?
mini2DancePreMain1=_ND_
tomi=Oh my...
plyr=I don't know if that's a good idea.
tomi=It really isn't...
teachr=Come on, don't be shy, be like... a butterfly!
tomi=He's still more like a clumsy caterpillar though.
teachr=Little guy, you seem to be full of pessimism.
tomi=You know, once you've seen the things that I've seen, with my eyes, the horror, it... it changes you...
teachr=Oh, stop being so theatrical! You need some positive energy! Some ideals! Do you have any role models? Any... inspiring heroes?
tomi=My parents.
teachr=Oh, that's so sweet! In what way do they inspire you?
tomi=They show me exactly what I don't want to become.
teachr=Oh... well, then... you, yeah, come over here, I don't like your little friend here. I prefer you.
plyr=I...
teachr=Dance with me!
plyr=Oh, my...
mini2DancePreMain2TimiAlive=_ND_
timi=He's gonna die, isn't he?
mini2DancePreMain2Else=_ND_
eddi=One's gonna die.
mini2DancePreMain3=_ND_
tomi=I'll get your toys, right?
teachr=Gretchen, come over here! You're gonna dance with Gretchen, she's one of our best dancers. Despite being as young as you are.
gretch=Hi, I'm Gretchen, nice to meet you.
tomi=Oooh, look, he's getting all red!
gretch=Don't worry, I'm gonna try and slow it down for you. I gotta warn you though, if you fall, I might laugh. Don't take it personally, I just can't help it. Always gotta laugh if I see someone fall. Especially children, oh my, they just fall over like a wooden log. Bam! Face into the ground. It's so damn funny. But anyway, I'm sure we'll have a lot of fun together!
mini2DancePreAlt=_ND_
teachr=You look depressed. Have you ever tried dancing? Maybe it'll cheer you up again! Or at least you'll meet some new people. Gretchen, come over, this little guy here wants to dance with you!
mini2DancePreDescr=_ND_
teachr=Okay, let's get started then! Just move over the dance floor in the rhythm of the music. Try not to bump into other people though! Oh, and don't just always stay in the same spot, try and cover as much ground as possible. People want to see action!
mini2DancePost=_ND_
gretch=See, that wasn't too bad, wasn't it? I hope I'll see you again someday, was a lot of fun dancing with you. So until then, see you sweetheart!
rand2Sign=_ND_
sign=I'm a happy sign. Why? Because there are some kids around here who spin me around all the time, it's so much fun! People just seem to love me: often they walk by, look at me, and an hour later they come by again and look at me once more, it makes me feel so pretty!
rand2GuanoNoWarPeaceful=_ND_
miner=I used to be a guano miner in Banaguana, it was the shittiest job I've ever had. Luckily I fled though, life is so much nicer here! Now I actually kinda love the smell of manure, it smells like... peaceful life in the countryside.
rand2GuanoElse=_ND_
miner=I used to be a guano miner in Banaguana, it was the shittiest job I've ever had. Then I fled... but life around here isn't any less crappy. Nothing but misery wherever you look. And iguanas, damn iguanas everywhere. My life is a shithole. Should have listened to my mom and become a proctologist, whatever that is.
lvlMain3Pre=_ND_
plyr=So, what are we gonna do today?
tomi=Looking for a fossil! A dinosaur fossil to be exact.
timi=Oh, I love dinosaurs!
tomi=Everybody loves dinosaurs, right?
plyr=Right!
timi=Right!
eddi=Right!
timi=And I like digging holes.
plyr=And I'd like to know why exactly we're looking for a dinosaur?
tomi=Well, in order to find out where your powers come from of course!
plyr=But why a dinosaur fossil?
tomi=I need something old. Old and wise.
plyr=New theory?
tomi=New theory: you are actually much older than you think you are.
plyr=How old? Like Yu?
tomi=Nah, more like... like walking fossil old.
plyr=Oh... But then how am I still alive?
tomi=Yeah... that's the part I haven't really figured out yet. But any- wait a second! What if... what if you are already dead?!
plyr=...
tomi=...
tomi=... ...
plyr=Ouch!!!
tomi=OK, my bad, sounds quite alive.
plyr=Idiot...
tomi=Anyway, what I wanted to- what if you're a zombie! That's it! 
timi=A what?
tomi=It all makes sense now, the prophecy. The Melgagish prophecy said that the hero would strive for eternal life.
eddi=A duck.
tomi=Strive to cheat death. What if that's what happened? What if you're the last survivor of the Melgagish?
timi=What?
tomi=Wandering through this world for centuries, looking for wisdom, gaining more and more power through practice and meditation.
eddi=Eddi sees a big duck.
tomi=Or technology! Maybe you've built some tiny little device that does all these things for you. I mean, you gotta become quite intelligent when you have hundreds of years to study. Although... 
plyr=What?
tomi=That doesn't explain why you're still so stupid.
plyr=Screw you! I'd say first and foremost your theory doesn't explain why I don't remember a single thing about all of that.
tomi=Maybe you're cursed to lose your memory every now and then?
plyr=I think right now the only thing that's lost is us in this forest.
tomi=Maybe you had an alcohol problem and forgot everything?
plyr=I doubt that we're even gonna find a way out of this, let alone a dinosaur skeleton.
tomi=Hey, "you may not always see the X on the map, but there are treasures to be found everywhere"!
plyr=You just made that up, didn't you?
tomi=Maybe we'll find the banana isle on the other side of the woods. A mysterious island shaped like a banana where a wise, but slightly crazy, old hermit lives, who's cultivating pink bananas. Eats nothing but those pink bananas.
plyr=You just made that up too, didn't you?
tomi=It's true! I swear it exists!
plyr=Well, maybe there is an island shaped like a banana, but there's no way that there's a hermit living on it eating nothing but... pink... bananas. You can't even eat regular bananas, you can just have fun with their peels. Besides, why would he do that?
tomi=Because of his hearing. He could hear every little sound around him, everything his neighbours did, all the happiness, all the sadness, all the banalities in the world. He overheard it all. The constant noises were driving him crazy. At one point he even cut off one of his ears. Smashed it, burned it, hoped the sacrifice would make the gods have mercy upon his soul. But nothing changed. So he built a boat and rowed out to the sea, to the banana isle, where he spent the rest of his life all alone. Far away from those excruciating noises.
plyr=Sounds like you're becoming a bit crazy too.
tomi=Pff, you have no idea what you're talking about...
plyr=You have no idea where to find this skeleton.
timi=Don't fight! At least I found some flowers.
plyr=Yeah, I guess that's all we're gonna find.
tomi=With that attitude for sure! The wisdom of the skeleton only reveals itself to those worthy of it.
plyr=Where do you even get that stuff from?
tomi=Well, one of our chiefs said that...
plyr=We have chiefs now?
tomi=that he was talken to from an 'I forgot the exact name of it' that descended from the sky in the name of our new god and blessed him with all his thousand-year-old knowledge!
timi=But... but where's the dinosaur in this? I thought we were gonna look for a dinosaur?
tomi=Yeah, the thing, the thing from the sky. He said it was really large. And the only thing that's large and can fly is?
timi=A Pterodactyl!
eddi=A fat duck.
tomi=Exactly! And that dinosaur told him that great dangers lie ahead.
tomi=But he also told him that the chiefs are destined to be our guidance through this darkness and that they will save us!
eddi=There's a really huge duck over there.
tomi=Especially from those filthy Blukenas. They're stealing all our fruits, causing explosions everywhere and will probably take our freedom too if they aren't stopped!
tomi=And our dinosaur!
eddi=There's a cucumber called "exploding cucumber". When one is ripe it explodes and squirts a stream of liquid everywhere! It contains its seeds.
plyr=We... we don't have a dinosaur.
tomi=Not yet. But as soon as we find the fossil we're gonna revive it and it's gonna be my pet!
plyr=Didn't you just want to ask it some questions?
tomi=Not just some questions, the big questions! Where does your power come from? Where does the world come from?
eddi=Cosmic egg.
tomi=Why's the sky blue?
eddi=Light scattering.
tomi=And all the other big questions!
eddi=Why is that duck so fat?
tomi=Like what's the meaning of life?
timi=To live?
tomi=What?!
timi=I mean, there's just not a whole lot of other possibilities that make sense. Life is simply there to be lived. Enjoyed. Have children and make sure they will be able to enjoy it too.
tomi=That's just stupid and childish. You can't say the meaning of life is to live! That's like asking what colour does a blackbird have? Black. It doesn't work that way!
timi=But... a blackbird is black?
tomi=You're crazy...
plyr=I start to think that you're the one who's crazy.
tomi=I've never been crazy!
timi=Not even that one time you ate fermented fruits and got drunk?
tomi=I can't remember that...
timi=I am Tomysus Debility; god of wine, madness and fertility
timi=Drink and dance until you faint; and you'll be free from all restraint
timi=Bring me my tiger underpants; and I'm gonna show you what a bull here stands
timi=They call us fools; for we don't follow their rules
timi=But one day they'll see; that we are the ones that are free
timi=And this wine of mine; it's also thine
timi=So just have fun; in whatever way you wan'!
plyr=Be careful not to fall into that pond.
tomi=Maybe then he'll stop stinking like the stinky people. When I have my dinosaur, I'll wash him every day. He'll never stink.
plyr=You really think that you're gonna have a living dinosaur?
tomi=Yes!
tomi=And I'll fly on it, it will fly up into the sky with me!
tomi=All the way up, up to the moon...
timi=There's lots of birds flying up there.
tomi=What?! Maybe it's the talking bird!
tomi=Oh... no. It's just those weak ones fleeing from their homeland.
timi=That story is not true by the way.
tomi=Of course it is!
timi=They're just temporarily leaving their home because up there it's becoming winter.
tomi=What the hell is 'winter' supposed to be?!
timi=That's when water gets as hard as stone. So instead of fighting over the remaining food, they all fly together southwards where there's plenty for everyone.
tomi=Bullshit, water can't be as hard as stone! You're truly crazy...
news=Hey, I'm sorry to interrupt, but it's about that area that you were supposed to help next week. The old ruins. The situation there has become pretty tense. So if it's possible for you to help right now, yeah, that would be great.
plyr=Oh, sure. What's going on?
lvlMain3PreDescrNatAbove=_ND_
news=Well, there's a bit of a rickety situation between the two ethnicities. The Bromahali and Blukena have decided to cooperate, but only as long as the Bromahali don't build any factories that would push the Blukena into a famine. So I guess you need to somehow keep that agreement alive, while trying to reach the goal that we agreed upon. But I mean, if you wanna avoid that any land is enclosed, you can always make sure that there's no fence wood to make fences out of.
tomi=It's a trap!
lvlMain3PreDescrNatElse=_ND_
news=I have good news and bad news. The good news is: the factories are starting to become less exploitative and pay their workers more. The bad news is: after expanding into Blukena territory, the Blukena are now threatening to fight if the Bromahali are enclosing any more of their land and pushing them even further into a famine.
tomi=See, I told ya! These filthy animals are probably collaborating with the night wanderers to kill us all!
plyr=Well, guess I'll have to try and reach the goal among that dispute then.
lvlMain3PreDescrFigs=_ND_
news=Oh, and it's not really that important, but still kinda interesting: the fig farm that you built seems to have attracted a lot of insects. The seeds in this area are now being scattered over a larger area than they were before.
lvlMain3PostIntro=_ND_
plyr=Where's Timi?
tomi=Timi...
tomi=He's...
lvlMain3PostMain1TimiDeadMain=_ND_
tomi=He's dead.
plyr=...
plyr=What?
plyr=Is this another one of your stupid pranks?
tomi=I went into the garden this morning to get some coconuts. And there I saw him, lying in a puddle, trying to break my record. "Timi" I said. "Don't be stupid. You can't hold your breath longer than your older brother." But he seemed really determined. So I stood there. And watched. And he did break my record. By a lot. "Get up Timi" I said. "You broke my record, you can stop now. How should I ever be able to get the record back if you keep on doing this?" And so I walked towards him. And shook him. But his body felt really weird. It was so... hard and stiff. "Timi" I said. "Did you build a puppet of yourself and trick me?! Wherever you are, come out, you got me real good this time!" But he didn't answer. And I looked around. But nothing moved. And so I tried to lift the puppet and turn it and, and... my mother came running out of the house, and I looked and the puppet truly was, and she was crying, and my little brother Timi, I, he-
plyr=STOP IT!
plyr=Stop it.
plyr=Please, stop it...
plyr=It's not true... it can't be... it doesn't even make ANY SENSE!! WHY?! Why would Timi be dead?! He didn't do anything wrong. He always helped everybody, never harmed anybody, why would he be dead?! It doesn't make any sense!
plyr=It doesn't...
plyr=make any sense...
plyr=Please tell me you're just joking...
plyr=You gotta be lying right? Please...
plyr=Please tell me...
plyr=Why would that have happened?
plyr=Why?!
plyr=It can't...
plyr=It just can't...
plyr=It can't be true...
plyr=Timi...
lvlMain3PostMain1TimiDeadOutro=_ND_
plyr=...
plyr=I haven't seen Tomi in weeks.
eddi=Eddi neither.
plyr=...
lvlMain3PostMain1TimiAliveGood=_ND_
tomi=He's caught the queen!
tomi=Timi has caught the queen bee!!!
timi=I GOT IIIIITTTTT!!!!
eddi=Timi yooooo!
timi=Look, I caught the queen bee!!!
plyr=That's... I... I can't believe it... how did this...
tomi=Nice job little brother! Guess now we're gonna built that beehive among the orchard!
plyr=Wait, but... didn't the chiefs say that it's forbidden to build anything there without their permission?
tomi=Aaarrh, screw these nutjobs. They just wanna have all the honey for themselves! We're gonna build a beautiful beehive!
timi=Yay!!!
tomi=Oh, and look at what a beauty you've caught there. Seems like that net really does its job.
timi=Oh, it's awesome. Look, the queen didn't get a scratch. It's perfect. I love it.
plyr=Where did you get that butterfly net from?
tomi=Oh, right, we haven't even told you yet. Little Timi finally decided for an item! The butterfly net! I mean, that was such an obvious choice, you really could have chosen that ages ago, couldn't ya?
timi=Shut up!
tomi=But you know little Timi here is kinda on the slow side. One wonders if we really have the same parents. I mean-
timi=Get him bee!
tomi=What?!
tomi=Did you bastard release that thing?!!
timi=Get him!
tomi=DUDE! You fucking CRAZY or what??!!!
tomi=Aaarrrggghhh!!!!
tomi=Whoaaaarrrggghhh!!!!
tomi=Whoaa whoaa whoaa whoaa whoaaaaaaaargh!!!
eddi=On the fast side indeed.
plyr=Now you've lost that bee though.
timi=Doesn't matter, I'm just gonna catch it again. Besides, that sight is totally worth it.
plyr=It really is.
eddi=A sight to behold.
lvlMain3PostMain1TimiAliveBad=_ND_
tomi=He's decided to not talk to you for some time.
plyr=What? Why?
tomi=Timi said that... that you knew they were starving. The Blukena people. Young. Old. Everybody. You let everybody die. You killed them. Timi said that... that you once were his idol. But you are that no more. That you once were someone who wanted to help people. But that you are now someone who wants to defeat people. Dominate people. And Timi doesn't want to talk to people like that. I'm sorry.
lvlMain3PostMain2IntroTimiDead=_ND_
plyr=...
plyr=Wars are such a weird thing, aren't they.
plyr=Everybody hates them. Yet everybody seems to wage them. It doesn't make any sense. I just don't understand it. And every day that passes... I wonder... if I could have prevented it...
yu=...
yu=I know what you mean.
yu=The thing is...
yu=There's always gonna be some people who want to wage war. But you know...
yu=in order to actually do wage a war, you need an army. Imagine there's a war and nobody shows up.
yu=If you give people, on both sides, everything they need, something they could lose, maybe they no longer wanna risk losing that. So long as you make sure that no side feels superior to another. Entitled to dominate the other. Because in the end, hierarchies, no matter their form, they tend to lead to inequality... oppression... and misery.
plyr=You lost someone too, right?
yu=...
lvlMain3PostMain2IntroTimiAliveGood=_ND_
plyr=You wanted to talk to me?
yu=Yeah... I just wanted to say...
yu=Thank you.
plyr=What for?
yu=For doing such a great job. You truly helped all those people. You possibly can't even imagine how much... happiness... you've brought to the world. To their lives. How many lives... you've saved.
plyr=Aww, thank you. But I don't even know what exactly I did. I mean, I just helped a little bit here and there, nothing special. By the way, don't you wanna open a window or something? It's pretty dark in here.
yu=I prefer it like that. If I want to see light I go outside. In here, I prefer it dark. Makes it easier to think about certain things. Recollect certain memories...
plyr=...
lvlMain3PostMain2IntroTimiAliveBad=_ND_
plyr=Can... can I ask you something?
yu=Hmm?
plyr=All those deaths that I caused. All these people that died. I... I don't know how to feel about all that.
yu=Well... you did what you considered to be the right thing to do.
plyr=But... was it the right thing to do?
yu=...
yu=Probably not.
plyr=...
yu=But you know, sometimes, in order to save those dear to us, we do weird things. Inexplicable things.
plyr=Have you ever done something like that?
yu=Let's say... I've seen similar things.
lvlMain3PostMain2Main=_ND_
plyr=Prometheus?
yu=...
plyr=Who was she? What happened?
yu=First of all you need to know that the future was not exactly the best place to live. Well, if you were lucky and were born in the right place, yeah, in that case you might have had a rather comfortable life. At least until the Wave Particle Calamity. Because of rising temperatures, both floods and droughts became more common. Entire cities were devoured by the sea. Entire plantations reduced to dust.
plyr=And there was nothing you could do?
yu=Of course there was. But those with the power to do so, they didn't have any interest in doing so. They would peacefully die of age in their mansions and penthouses long before anything would become an annoyance for them. And everybody else, well, everybody else was glad if they managed to survive until the next paycheck. Especially with the continuing rise of automation. With machines taking people's jobs, unemployment, inequality and poverty were rising even faster than the temperatures. Most people just accepted this reality. Hoped, or rather were convinced, that someday they too would live in one of the penthouses above the clouds and forget about all the darkness below. But some didn't accept it. Some genuinely believed that they could improve the world. Get rid of all the inequality, suffering and pain. And Prometheus was one of those people.
plyr=With Project Golem?
yu=Yes. As I've said, automation was taking over more and more jobs. And Project Golem took this idea to the extreme: spread automation so fast that welfare programs couldn't absorb the effects. Accelerate the inevitable collapse of the entire system and save the world before it reached a point of no return. Create a world where machines satisfy all the material needs and provide enough free time to satisfy the mental needs.
plyr=But then the machines killed everyone?
yu=What? No, not at all. The machines worked perfectly. The problem were the people. Project Golem was led by anarchists, a group called AnCon. And people didn't trust those. They thought that they would bring tyranny and chaos, when all they wanted was equality and peace. People could have chosen free time and shared wealth, but instead they chose to work and hope to get rich. Hope to become one of the very few, very rich people.
plyr=You're just making this all up, trying to see how I react, right? Because there's no way I can believe that story. I mean, it just doesn't make any sense at all. Why would anyone choose that? Why would anyone be so stupid? I don't understand how-
yu=And there's your answer: you don't understand. They didn't understand either. They didn't understand automation. They were told all their life that you need to work to get rich. So how could life be improved by working less? They kept working but still got poorer and poorer, while the people owning the machines got richer and richer. But they didn't see any of that. All they saw were even poorer people and immigrants in the streets. And blaming those was just so much easier. One of the golems, an AI supposed to be a stupid obedient machine, asked us why in the world people were so stupid and obedient. The golem became the thinking man, people became the machine.
plyr=So that's what you meant with "things can also be the opposite of what people think they are".
yu=Yes. And no, Prometheus didn't try to bring death as you suggested. It was indeed life. She tried to give people back their life. But in the end it was just the golems whom she brought to life. Sometimes things turn out to be the opposite of what you think they are.
plyr=So, this is where Janus, the two-faced god comes into play?
yu=Many years later, when inequality reached heights never seen before, when environmental destruction, pollution, floods and droughts killed millions, then people finally started to realize that they had to do something. Something that would at least allow them to survive and live a life somewhat worth living. But at this point they literally lost their steam. The only energy source that was in major use were fusion reactors, which were finally operational after a century of research. But of course those in power did everything to keep this technology under their control. This last insurance guaranteeing their survival. The survival of their power. So AnCon made one final attempt to save what was left of the world: steal the fire from the gods. Steal fusion reactor technology from the elite. Give people not just the fire to cook food and water, but the fire to actually create food and water. Operation Janus, named after the god of transitions, of beginnings and ends, of life and death.
plyr=What happened?
yu=What was supposed to be a small stealth attack turned into a full-scale battle in one of the biggest cities in the world. The Battle of the Neverending Day. Thousands of skyscrapers, towers and spires were burning under the clouds. It seemed as if the sun wasn't setting for weeks. Millions of people died. It's weird how, once you stand in a room between dozens of burned corpses, you finally begin to wonder what life actually means. What these people must have been doing in these rooms just a couple of weeks before. What their dreams and wishes for the future were. What you could have done. What your responsibility is. If you could have prevented it. Stopped this one person causing this all. This one traitor. That you knew. That sold you out to the government. But despite this horrific battle being the consequence of a ruse by the government, it was AnCon that got blamed once again for causing nothing but chaos and destruction. In their fight towards a brighter future, a world of peace and equality, all people saw was violence and death. Maybe Operation Janus was quite the fitting name in the end. But anyway, afterwards the government launched their retaliation, Operation Pandora. I can only imagine what happened afterwards, since this was when I was sent back to the past.
plyr=So that's how you ended up here? And what about her? Prometheus?
yu=Elena, her real name was Elena.
plyr=What happened to her?
yu=I guess today was sombre enough. I'll tell you the whole story another time. Besides, I think it's time for you to leave anyway.
lvlMain3PostMain2OutroTimiDead=_ND_
plyr=Yeah, you might be right. People are constantly worried since... you know what happened. I guess I'll leave then.
yu=One more thing. If... if you ever need flowers, feel free to take as many as you want from the backyard.
lvlMain3PostMain2OutroTimiAliveGood=_ND_
plyr=Oh, you might be right. Damnit, I wanted to pop in at Timi's before going home. Well, I guess, I can always visit him tomorrow. It's not like he's about to die. So... see you!
lvlMain3PostMain2OutroTimiAliveBad=_ND_
plyr=Yeah, you might be right. Well, I guess we'll see each other then.
yu=Yeah, see you.
gen3WarnNorth=_ND_
npc=Hey, you. I don't wanna scare you too much, but... be careful. These northern forests, they're no place for a kid. In fact, I'd say they're no place for anybody. It's nothing but dark woods, dangerous swamps and, well, the stinky people. Oh, for everything that's holy in this world, stay away from the stinky people... But yeah, if you really have to travel through this area, as I said, be careful. And try not to stay too long here. I've heard some gruesome stories about people going crazy...
gen3WarnCharon=_ND_
npc=Have you heard of Charon? Oh, he's this creepy old dude, you better stay away from him! I've heard stories about him abducting children to this abandoned island... I've asked my mom what he does to them but... she said that I shouldn't ask about those kinds of things. That's not a good sign, not a good sign at all!
gen3GretchenDate1=_ND_
gretch=Oh, there you are!
plyr=H... hi.
gretch=Hi sweetie!
plyr=I... I tried to bring you a buffet as you asked, but unfortunately it was a pretty long way to the lake and... and... the seagulls ate it all before I arrived...
gretch=Oh, silly you, I didn't ask for a buffet.
plyr=So, it was clay! I knew it, I couldn't quite remember the word so I asked Eddi and Eddi said it must have been buffet, since he said women love to eat. And that I should be careful to keep your stomach full, because girls can apparently get really angry if they're hungry, so I, but anyway, I... I'm sorry, I can go get you some clay and-
gretch=Oh, will you shut up already! Even if I gotta admit, you're quite cute if you're stumbling like a little boy. But you know, it was all just a joke anyway, saying that you should bring a bouquet. I'm not gonna demand such a thing of you, silly you.
plyr=Oh... well, okay, that's good to know. See, I'm not really quite experienced yet with this whole, this... this dating thing...
gretch=What's your favourite animal?
plyr=What?
gretch=Your favourite animal? What is it?
plyr=Hmmm, I'd say... probably parrots, they're quite fun. And penguins. I like penguins.
gretch=Ah, a bird lover, I see. But good choice, I like those too. Although my favourite would probably be... crabs! Yeah, crabs. They're really cute with their little claws. Snip, snip!
plyr=We could try and go find some crabs at the beach. And watch them do crabby things?
gretch=Oh, I like that idea! Let's go!
gen3GretchenDate2=_ND_
gretch=That really was a lovely afternoon.
plyr=It really was. But I think I have to head home now. You probably too.
gretch=Oh, well not really. I can kinda stay out as long as I want. But yeah, I guess it's time to say goodbye now. But hopefully not for long! Would love to do this again some time. Actually, as soon as possible.
plyr=Yep, we'll definitely do that! Maybe next time we can explore the other side of the island. I've heard there are quite a lot of hermit crabs there. And lots of sea anemones.
gretch=Oh, sounds great! So until then, bye bye!
plyr=Bye bye!
gen3StranglerFigInfo=_ND_
npc=Have you ever heard of strangler figs? Oh, they're such marvellous plants, look at these beauties! They're a type of fig that starts growing in the canopy of another tree, like for example from a seed dispersed by a bird. And then the roots start growing down the tree to touch the ground, and grow around the tree and start covering it, and strangling it, oh, it's so... so attractive! Beguiling! Truly breath-taking. And sometimes, sometimes the strangler fig encases the host tree so much, that the host just... just dies. And the fig becomes this hauntingly beautiful columnar tree with a hollow centre. And you can stand inside of it, look up to the sky, through all these roots and... it's beyond all description.
lvlSide3MiasmaPreTimiDead=_ND_
plyr=I need your help!
yu=What is it?
plyr=After all the destruction and uncared land from the war, there's like, there's like... hundreds of parasitic plants at the beach! They're spreading like crazy and killing all the plantations and, and people are starving, the commanders have no idea what to do!
yu=God fucking damnit, can you people not for once try to prevent disease and hunger after you're done killing each other?! But okay, listen: you gotta keep those parasites from spreading and destroying the entire banana plantations. And you have absolutely no time to lose because once they've spread over the entire region, it's pretty much gonna be impossible to get rid of them without destroying everything. And as far as I remember there's only one wave on that whole beach, so rebuilding the plantations would be a whole lot of work. But fortunately the parasite's seeds don't fly too far, so you should be able to at least contain some of them first and then later destroy them without a hurry. Because you gotta eliminate every single one of those things. Oh, and remember that you can use your map to plan how to proceed and check out where the parasites are located. Because as I said, you have absolutely no seconds to lose...
lvlSide3MiasmaPreElse=_ND_
plyr=I need your help.
yu=What is it?
plyr=There's a parasitic plant at the beach. What should I do?
yu=Just drown the stupid thing.
plyr=Okey dokey.
lvlSide3MiasmaPostTimiDead=_ND_
plyr=Looks like the plantations are safe again.
yu=Yeah, at least for once they managed to tackle a problem before it was completely out of control...
lvlSide3MiasmaPostElse=_ND_
plyr=That was kind of a joke...
lvlSide3GrimReapingPreMain1=_ND_
plyr=Wait! Aren't you.... aren't you the night wanderers?!
nw=The so-called night wanderers we are indeed, yes.
plyr=I'm so dead, aren't I? I'm gonna die, it's over, isn't it?
nw=Well, that depends on whether or not you paid your dirty-feet-fee after traversing the swamp and entering our village without cleaning your feet.
plyr=I... uh...
nw=You didn't pay it?
plyr=I didn't know about any such thing!
nw=Death sentence it is. It's game over for you man. Your save file is hereby erased.
plyr=What?!!!!
nw=I'm just kidding. Welcome to our village.
plyr=You guys have... humour?
nw=Don't make me bring out the gallows again...
plyr=I'm sorry! But... so... you seem rather friendly. Right? Not at all how people always describe you. That's kinda... surprising.
nw=Is it really though?
plyr=So why all those stories about you being these brutal murderers?
nw=Oh, that's a long story.
plyr=I have time.
nw=Well, then take a seat.
nw=It all started a long time ago. Originally we're from a place on the other side of the Sour Sea, Banaguana. 
lvlSide3GrimReapingPreInterNoOfficials=_ND_
nw=You might have heard of it because some officials from there tried to cause a mess here too with enclosing land and everything, but you seem to have done a pretty good job preventing that.
lvlSide3GrimReapingPreInterElse=_ND_
nw=You've probably heard of it because some officials from there have started causing a mess here too with enclosing land and everything.
lvlSide3GrimReapingPreMain2=_ND_
nw=But first things first: many generations ago enclosure happened already in Banaguana. Land got fenced, factories erected, and our ancestors got forced to work for their new lords. Most conceded, but some refused. They wandered around on the streets, lived from day to day, tried to find a way. Some became artists. That goose poem you've probably heard by now, it was first written on a wall in the town my family originally came from. The lords of course condemned this lifestyle. It didn't take long until they made being a vagabond illegal. Not only had our fathers no longer land to live from, now they didn't even have land to walk on. In order to avoid the harsh punishment of not working in a factory, they started to hide during the day and just came out at night. Wander the streets at night. And that's how we got our name. Quite a catchy name, isn't it? And kinda scary. Because what better way to keep people away from following these night wanderers, than making them scared of them. Fear is such a useful instinct in the wild, but in civilization, with barely any actual danger around you, well, there it can be quite misleading. We became the personification of death, used to make adults obedient like scared little kids. These stinky scruffy people in big warming coats wandering through the night, stealing and killing, waiting behind every corner. I gotta admit, it is quite clever to blame someone who looks different for all the problems in the world. Makes it so much easier for people to know immediately who to hate: those impoverished migrating people with the filthy faces and funny accents. Just get rid of those and your problems are solved. People love to make life harder, by using hate to make it appear easier.
plyr=And that's when you fled to this place?
nw=We realized that people were so afraid of us, we could actually use it for our safety. Scare them away with a pomegranate here and there. And this remote peninsula here has quite a lot of pomegranate trees. You'll always find one somewhere. They can't take them away, they can't fight us. And if they no longer want to be bothered by us, well, what they could do is eradicate the reasons why we fight. Grant us what we need to live, land, education, peace, and we won't give a shit about you.
plyr=Is there any way I could help you?
nw=We recently built a new part of our town but currently there aren't enough soapberry and cocoa trees in that area yet. Which means the people living there are quite grim and unhappy as of right now. So if you could provide them with enough soap and chocolate to cheer them up, that would mean quite a lot to us. There's one little catch though: there really should only be a minimal amount of pomegranate trees. Because see, Old Vesta tends to be quite the pyromaniac whenever she's grim and yeah... you don't want her to accidentally stumble upon a pomegranate when she's in that mood. So unfortunately we gotta subtract some points from your evaluation for every pomegranate tree there is. But remember, they only grow on flat ground, so just keep the area quite steep and uneven and you should be fine.
lvlSide3GrimReapingPostIntro=_ND_
nw=I have to say, you did a good job. I did not expect it, but you truly live up to the myths that surround you.
lvlSide3GrimReapingPostMainGood_Intro=_ND_
nw=And from what we've heard this wasn't the first time you did a good job.
lvlSide3GrimReapingPostMainGood_Mid=_ND_
nw=And not only that.
lvlSide3GrimReapingPostMainGood_Outro=_ND_
nw=We hope that you continue to be such a relentless fighter for those oppressed and exploited.
lvlSide3GrimReapingPostMainBad_Intro=_ND_
nw=Unfortunately it seems as if in the past this had not yet been the case.
lvlSide3GrimReapingPostMainBad_Mid=_ND_
nw=And also...
lvlSide3GrimReapingPostOutro=_ND_
nw=Oh, and by the way, all that destruction that happened some time ago on one of your beaches, no, that wasn't us. That was a volcano. Seriously, do you guys not know what a volcano is?
lvlSide3GrimReapingPostPart_FearGood=_ND_
nw=When confronted with fear from alleged night wanderers in the Eastern Forest, you did the right thing and faced the one propagating true hate and fear.
nw_b=Blessed are the brave that go through darkness upright, for they will see the light.
nw_c=Here is some XP to thank you for your work.
lvlSide3GrimReapingPostPart_FearBad=_ND_
nw=When confronted with fear from alleged night wanderers in the Eastern Forest, you caved in to the lies of a fraud and left innocent people to die.
nw=But it's never too late. Maybe someday you will be able to withstand your fear and face those spreading true hate.
nw_b=Blessed are the brave that go through darkness upright, for they will see the light.
lvlSide3GrimReapingPostPart_InequalityGood=_ND_
nw=When confronted with inequality in the Northern Woods, you did the righteous thing and helped those in need. 
nw_b=Blessed are the gracious that withstand greed, for they won't be poor.
nw_c=Here is some XP to thank you for your work.
lvlSide3GrimReapingPostPart_InequalityBad=_ND_
nw=When confronted with inequality in the Northern Woods, you helped the one fuelling that inequality.
nw=But it's not hopeless yet. Maybe someday you will be able to help those in need.
nw_b=Blessed are the gracious that withstand greed, for they won't be poor.
lvlSide3GrimReapingPostPart_Forgiveness=_ND_
nw=But don't worry, even if you did do some mistakes in our eyes, we don't hold a grudge against you because...
nw_b=Blessed are the forgiving, for they will not be forgotten.
nw=Making mistakes is only natural. Expecting life to be flawless, that's a waste of hope. And holding a lifelong grudge against someone, that's nothing but a waste of life itself.
lvlSide3GrimReapingPostPart_MixIntro=_ND_
nw=Unfortunately it seems as if this has not always been the case yet.
lvlSide3GrimReapingPostPart_MixMid=_ND_
nw=Besides...
lvlSide3GrimReapingPostPart_MixOutro=_ND_
nw=And we are confident that in the future you will be able to continue making the right decisions.
lvlSide3TrickleDownPre=_ND_
entrp=Didn't expect to see you in this remote area. This is the home of the stinky people. Usually no one even comes near them because they smell like hell. Unfortunately, their dire situation and poverty even lead to the first deaths already. Because you gotta know, they have a huge lack of hygiene since it's almost impossible to grow soapberry trees under the harsh conditions you find up here at the shore. But I'm there to help, I'm pretty much the only one who cares about these poor people. Built a factory here some time ago and employed them. I mean, that truly shows how much I love these people, doesn't it? Unfortunately, I'm not capable of shaping the terrain as you do. But now my prayers have been heard and you've actually arrived! Maybe this godforsaken corner of the island will finally see some light! If you manage to turn this wasteland into some decent farmland, that is. But wait, before you get started: I know that you would probably just build soapberry farms around the stinky people's village, but that's not gonna help the situation. I mean, it would of course, but here's a better plan: as I've said, I built this factory and you know what, we're gonna grow cocoa trees on that land! Because screw soap, soap prices hit rock bottom recently, you can't make a profit with that stuff. But chocolate on the other hand, everybody loves chocolate! We're gonna make so much money and it's gonna trickle down to the stinky people and they'll get rich too! It's a win-win situation for everybody! The wealth's gonna trickle even more than their broken showers! And then they'll finally be able to buy soap. So yeah, just grow some cocoa trees around my factory and we're in business.
plyr=Okedi dokedi.
lvlSide3TrickleDownPostIndividual=_ND_
entrp=I gotta say, you're my man. The economy is not about satisfying needs, it's about making a profit, isn't it? Because who cares about those pesky consumers, they know nothing, it's all about us producers, we're the important ones, we're the ones making the money! The ones owning the money... And who knows, maybe someday some of it might actually trickle down, I mean, it hasn't worked so far but hey, next time, next time it'll work for sure! And then I'm responsible for saving these people, wouldn't that be great? They might even name a street after me, me their saviour... Anyway, you're one of the lucky few who don't have to wait to maybe get their reward eventually probably someday in the future, because you get it right now, so here you go.
lvlSide3TrickleDownPostCollectiveTimiAliveGood=_ND_
plyr=You're just a greedy jerk.
tomi=Yeah, a greedy jerk you are!
entrp=Whoa, whoa, whoa, slow it down boys.
plyr=Where the hell did you come from?
entrp=I'm not greedy, it's just that, I mean, I have a family to feed! Can you imagine what that's like? Fearing every day that you might no longer be capable of caring for them? Have some sympathy for my difficult situation, you don't have a family, you don't understand that!
plyr=Uhm... you could buy enough food to feed the entire island.
entrp=Oh? I do? Man, my accountant does such a good job of hiding my profits from taxes, I completely forgot... But see, that's the thing with money: you can collect sooooo much of it! You don't even realize how much you have! It's not like food, at some point you have enough food, but money, oh man, I love money, you can just always get more and more and think of all the stuff that you can buy with it and all the money that you will never spend, because there's just no way you could ever spend that much in one lifetime and oh, there's just no limit, it's so amazing! It makes you feel like, like, you're invincible!
plyr=Oh, now everything makes sense. So that's what Eddi loves about those RPGs on Yu's console, where you do nothing but grinding all day long.
tomi=Yep, and that also explains why I didn't enjoy them: I already am invincible.
entrp=Guys? The hell are you talking about?
plyr=What do you think, should we punish this guy by letting him do the stupid grinding for the rest of his life?
tomi=I mean, he did want to become a farmer, right? And it's really about time that Eddi finally sees some sunlight again so... yeah, why not.
plyr=Mister, please come with us, we're gonna show you something that you're gonna love to death.
lvlSide3TrickleDownPostCollectiveElse=_ND_
stinky=I'm keeping it short because I don't want to bother you too much with my pungent stench, but I just wanted you to know that from this day to the end of time, you'll be a hero to us stinky people. The one who brought an end to our stinkiness! We will write tales and sing songs about you! Unfortunately that's also all I can offer you right now. We don't really have anything we could give you to show our gratitude. I'm sorry, I hope you're not disappointed. And unfortunately I gotta leave you now, because a shower is awaiting me. A shower I've been waiting for half my life. Thank you.
lvlSide3ForestGodPost=_ND_
plyrmr=What you just witnessed was the forest god. A mesmerizing, phantasmagoric creature, isn't it? Whenever large parts of the forest have been destroyed, it appears from up on the mountains, walks from home to home where somebody has died since its last visit and leaves behind a trail of newly born plants. Most people can't see it, only the descendants of my family have that honour. But apparently he now chose you too.
lvlParkour3=_ND_
emil=You know, I was thinking about intelligence. Like... what's the secret to it? And I came to the conclusion that the key might be... communication. Because first of all, many individuals together can obviously achieve more than a single one. And working together requires communication. But communication also allows you to keep your knowledge... alive. You can share it with others, who pass it on, thus eliminating the need to constantly reinvent the wheel. And once you manage to develop a writing system, that allows preserving and exchanging knowledge even outside of living entities, oh, that's when things get really started. And then, when you're able to quickly transmit that written information between people, oh, that's when knowledge is about to explode! I mean, I'm already pretty fast if it comes to delivering messages, but could you imagine a network that's even... faster? Like... instantaneously?! Oh man, I get all excited just thinking about it. Just envision the miracles that would become possible! People would get together to build the craziest machines instead of killing each other. We could... we could build giant bird machines and soar into the sky like doves! It would be beautiful.
plyr=It really would. But I don't know if that's what would happen.
emil=But why?
plyr=Well, Yu once mentioned that in the future they'll have even more different languages than we do now. Not only does it make communication harder, most of all... apparently... a lot of people hate those who speak another language.
emil=But why?! That doesn't make any sense! I mean, couldn't you just invent a language that's easy to learn for everybody and use that? Everyone would have a common language, problem solved. One would be hoping that would be possible.
plyr=I don't know. From all I've heard people in the future seem to be even more senseless than they are now. Reminds me of the story of the Tower of the Melgagish.
emil=The what?
plyr=A long time ago, during the beginning of the Melgagish era, the people of the Earth all spoke one language. And it allowed them to achieve the greatest of wonders! So great, that one day they decided to build a tower that would reach up to the sky. But their god of the sky did not like that idea at all. A tower reaching up to his domain, making him live among humans, what would the other gods think of him? So he confounded their language, made them all speak a different tongue. And the people understood each other no more. The construction of their tower was plagued by misunderstandings, misconceptions and misplacements of stones. And before it could ever be finished... it crumbled down into a million pieces. And the people started to blame each other, to accuse those speaking a foreign tongue of being responsible for the failure. And that was the beginning of the end of the Melgagish.
emil=I don't understand... I mean, I travel all over the land and even though there are lots of different languages, what's underneath the words... is pretty much the same. Like everywhere I've travelled, north, south, east, west, everywhere I've been, people always have the same golden rule: "One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself". That's the idea that connects us all. But... yeah. I guess people no longer dare to spell that out.
eddi=Togers can't spell either.
emil=Besides, it's always fun to try and communicate with people you have no common language with. Can be a lot of fun.
emil=But anyway... I guess we should get started. After all, that's why you're here. And you know, I thought that using weaker doping is kinda lame, so yeah... This time we'll go all in. Full speed and acceleration! Let's see how fast you can navigate these hills. This time it's pretty much all about the parkour, gotta tone down those terrain shaping gimmicks, Mister God.
emil=Oh, and remember: if you manage to win you'll not just get XP, but I'll also increase the collecting capacity of your blanket!
mini3Dodge=_ND_
granma=Ready for your first cooking lesson, guys?
plyr=Absolutely!
granma=Eddi, can you lift that food onto the table, please?
eddi=Eddi yo.
granma=See, you gotta take the knife like this and then just cut through it.
plyr=Oh wow, you must be really strong, you're cutting through that like butter!
granma=Oh no, not at all, not in my age. I have barely any strength left in me. Why do you think I had to ask Eddi to lift the food onto the table?
eddi=Eddi strong.
plyr=So you must have a really sharp knife then?
granma=Oh, I don't know actually. That knife is quite old. Hasn't been sharpened since grandpa died.
plyr=But how is it possible then to cut through the food that easily?!
granma=You just gotta cut through the right places. Those that have the least resistance. These little soft spaces in between, where the knife fits right in. Not waste energy on those hard and tough fibres.
plyr=Wow, you must be really intelligent to know exactly where to cut and all that stuff...
granma=Oh no, I don't know those things. I just let the knife find its way.
plyr=Oh...
eddi=Wise words.
plyr=What?! Eddi?! How did you just separate that?!
eddi=Invisible knife.
mini3DancePostDeferred=_ND_
gretch=Hey, do you have a second?
plyr=Uh, yeah, sure.
gretch=I need to ask you something.
plyr=Mhm?
gretch=Well, how should I say, I mean... well... Say, how do you feel about durians?
plyr=Oh, I, uhm... I've never actually tasted any.
gretch=Oh, I knew it! You truly are as good of a husband as I thought you would be!
plyr=A what?
gretch=No one should ever even come close to that nasty stuff. But anyway, now that you've passed the test: would you wanna go on a date with me?
plyr=A what?
gretch=Tomorrow? At the Southern Lake? Southern side of it? Oh, marvellous, I can't wait to see you there! And don't forget to bring a bouquet!
plyr=A what?
mini3CartographerPostWarGood=_ND_
carto=Oh, finally we meet again! I hope my map was of good use so far. Because knowing that I was able to help a legend like you, man, even if it was just a tiny little bit, that would mean so much to me. You gotta know, my whole family just adores what you've done so far! As my uncle says: finally someone who gets shit done! But anyway, I was just at the casino and guess what, today really is my lucky day: met you and won quite a bit of XP! And since I don't even know what to do with that much... here, please accept this as a little thank you gift for all your great work!
mini3CartographerPostWarBad=_ND_
carto=Remember me? I'm the one who gave you the map you're carrying around. Back then you seemed like a good guy. I liked you. Hoped you would be able to help some people along your way. But you know what? You failed. YOU COMPLETELY FAILED! My whole family died! Because of you! Why did you let that war happen, why didn't you prevent it?! You should have the power to do that, why didn't you?! I'm all alone now... I have nobody, absolutely nobody... I hope you're happy with what you've done...
mini3Crab=_ND_
eenda=Hey, I've written a little short story with some pictures, I call it a visual novel. Well, actually, it's 6 stories and I'll give you a different one depending on the time of day. Are you interested in reading them? It's about Croissant the Crab who has to decide between his different love interests. Although his love interests are actually just pastries at the bakery. And whatever he wants to eat depends on the time of day. But he's kinda confused so he never really knows what he wants. And that's where you come into play! Pay attention to what he talks about with the people he meets and you may get an idea about how he truly feels. What he truly desires. And who knows, if you manage to make the right decision, maybe you'll even get a little reward...
eenda=So, if you're ready, let's play "Croissant the Crab's Difficult Decision at the Beachside Bakery"!
rand3NmrbMain=_ND_
elder=I saw a naked girl running by who was yelling that she's the Naked Mole Rat Brat. That she's fighting for a eusocial society. That she's not afraid of anyone, since she can't feel pain. I tell ya, man, these superheroes or whatever they are, they're gettin' crazier every day.
rand3NmrbBureaucracy=_ND_
elder=Although I gotta say, at least these superheroes get stuff done. Unlike our lazy bureaucratic office sitters. Man, just recently I wanted to report a broken bridge that looked far too dangerous to walk over. So I go to the town hall and they ask me what the name of the road is, that the bridge is on. But the road doesn't even have a name! So I tell them where it is, I mean, there is just one bridge in that whole area, it's not difficult to know which one I mean. But nooooo, mister nitpicker wants an exact road name. So I tell them it's between Coast Avenue and Main Street. And what does that simpleton answer?! "Thank you for your report, we'll check the bridges on both Coast Avenue and Main Street". God damnit, these people are stupid! There's not even a bridge on Coast Avenue or Main Street!
plyr=Oh yeah, I know just too well what you mean...
elder=What, you've had a similar experience with bureaucrats and hate those guys too? Do you know what that means? It means that you're my friend! And as a friend I gotta tell you something, something even crazier than this story: the Naked Mole Rat Brat I just told you about, she, she actually talked to me! You know, I couldn't say that immediately because who wants to admit that they talk to some crazy person dressed up as a superhero, although, I guess in this case she wasn't really dressed up, but anyway, now that I know that you're a pretty cool dude whom I can trust, I can admit that I talked to her, hell, I admit that I admire her! She's really awesome you know, such a great girl, anyway, she gave me this thing, said I could need it in my old age. I have no idea what this is though, she said it has something to do with egg... egg... eggs-peas? Could that be it? I'm getting too old for that stuff, can't keep up with you young people. Anyway, you can have it, here you go.
rand3Spoon=_ND_
kid=When I grow up I wanna open a bar at a lake that's gonna have all kinds of fruits that you can eat with a spoon: kiwis, mangos, persimmons, all the good stuff. Why? Because of my favourite animal: spoonbills! They're gonna love it. I think I'll call it the "Groovy Mango Mangrove". And the music is obviously gonna be played by hitting coconuts with spoons. Oh, it's gonna be such a lousy cake, uh, cosy lake!
rand3Tea=_ND_
pitti=Welcome to Pitti's Peaty Pee Tea Teepee at Lake Titicacapipi, where we serve the best lemon ice tea in all of the Northern sea. It's ice cold, only for the bold and makes you break the mould, rather than return to the fold. You want black tea? Sorry, I have only ice tea. Proper tea is theft.
lvlMain4PreMainTimiDead=_ND_
plyr=Our first adventure in months! What are we gonna do today?
tomi=Going to a cave. A cave up there on the mountain.
plyr=Oh, are we looking for the dinosaur fossil again?
tomi=What? Oh, no, I'd just prefer to go to some place where it's not as bright and hot as out here.
plyr=Oh. Okay... But hey, there might be some cave paintings in there. Maybe they'll give you answers.
tomi=Answers?
plyr=Yeah, I mean, if you're still looking for answers about my powers, after all these months... But who knows, maybe someone like me already existed a long long time ago and is depicted in those caves?
tomi=Oh yeah, maybe...
plyr=...
plyr=... ...
plyr=I'm worried about Tomi.
eddi=Eddi too.
tomi=Okay, I gotta admit, those paintings aren't too bad. I like animals.
eddi=Eddi likes sea cucumbers.
tomi=I wonder though why they focused so much on animals.
plyr=Well, I guess they were pretty important for them. They knew that they wouldn't be able to survive without them. Without nature.
tomi=Too bad that they only painted existing ones like bison, horses and deer though. Would have been interesting if there were some imaginary ones too.
tomi=What's this? Oh man, it's really cold! And hard as a rock. You can barely touch it. It's probably useful as a weapon though.
eddi=Sea cucumbers don't need weapons. When sea cucumbers are attacked they expel some of their sticky organs out of their butt, entangling the predator.
tomi=You never know what kind of monsters you might encounter in a cave like this.
plyr=Look, there's more paintings here. Looks like dancing and drinking. And lots of hands. Why are there so many hands?
tomi=Maybe that's where they wiped the blood off their hands after killing the monsters? Or each other?
plyr=I don't know... I mean, thinking about what we experienced during the war, it does sound like something that could have happened, but... I don't know.
tomi=Isn't war just part of human nature after all?
plyr=Hmmm... I kinda doubt it. Think about how it was before the war. Or right after. When everything was destroyed. There was so little of everything, but people still shared what they had. Took care of their neighbour's children, elderly and sick. Helped each other rebuilding their homes. They didn't use their hands to kill, but to give each other a hand. Maybe that's what this means.
eddi=Sea cucumbers don't have hands.
tomi=Maybe that's how you were created too?
plyr=Hmm?
tomi=Shaped out of clay by the hands of some ancient artist, scientist, god, whatever.
plyr=Hmm....
plyr=The air is getting thin in here. Becomes harder and harder to breathe.
eddi=Sea cucumbers breathe through their butthole.
plyr=I don't know if it's a good idea to go that deep in.
eddi=And pearlfish often live deep in the butt of a sea cucumber.
plyr=Uhm, Tomi?
tomi=Hm?
plyr=I think... I think it's definitely time to go home.
tomi=What? I quite like how chill it is in here.
plyr=That's not it.
tomi=What is it then? I'm pretty sure it's still bright outside. Why return already?
plyr=I... I thought you might want to return. You're... you're leaking... water... look... floor.
tomi=WHAT?! NO, NO WAY! That's not what it looks like! I never peed myself! This is like the boat incident all over again! And it wasn't me back then either! I swear it wasn't me, it was Timi!!!
tomi=It- It... Yes, it was me back then. It was me.
tomi=...
tomi=But this time it's actually not. Like, for real.
plyr=But... where's the water coming from?
tomi=Hmmm... maybe...
tomi=Yeah...
tomi=The rock. It's coming from the cold rock. The rock is like... it's like... cold, hard... water.
plyr=That's... super weird.
tomi=So maybe he was right after all...
tomi=Maybe... he really was.
tomi=I need to examine this further, find out what exactly this is...
plyr=I feel like our old Tomi might slowly be coming back.
tomi=This is so fascinating... What if I add some flavour to it?
tomi=Yeah, that sounds like a great idea, I'm gonna turn it into... ice cream! People are gonna love it!
tomi=People are gonna love... me! I... I... I'm gonna be rich!
plyr=I'm starting to regret that he's coming back.
tomi=I'm gonna make more money than I can ever spend!
eddi=What does one do with more money than one can spend?
plyr=What if people don't like your ice cream?
tomi=What? Of course they're gonna like it! And if not I'm gonna put up one of these fancy new billboards and make them like it. They're gonna buy more than they can eat!
plyr=What if someday you run out of ice?
tomi=What? Naaaahhh, that's not gonna happen. Anyway, you two have fun doing your little exploration here, I gotta go do some research.
plyr=...
plyr=Well... I guess in a way it's good that he's slowly coming back. And having a goal again. But I miss his childishness. I never thought that I would ever say that.
eddi=Eddi kinda wanted to find a dinosaur fossil.
plyr=Yeah... me too.
lvlMain4PreMainTimiAliveGood=_ND_
plyr=Our first adventure in months! What are we gonna do today?
tomi=Exploring a cave!
plyr=Oh, are we looking for the dinosaur fossil again?
tomi=Yep!
timi=Dinosaurs, woohoo!!
tomi=Maybe we'll finally find one in the deepest depths of the caves.
plyr=And if not we can still check out the cave paintings!
tomi=Maybe there's cave paintings of dinosaurs!
plyr=I'm pretty sure people and dinosaurs never lived together...
tomi=Yeah, but maybe the dinosaurs painted themselves?
plyr=Okay, that's a fair point.
tomi=Oh, look at that! Look at all those animals!
tomi=And here my friends, we have an ancient dinosaurian menu. This must have been a restaurant back then.
timi=I'd like some honey, please!
plyr=With roasted coconuts.
eddi=And cucumbers.
tomi=Coming up!
tomi=But first, let's go further down!
tomi=What's this? Oh man, it's really cold! And hard as a rock. I've never seen a stone like that.
plyr=Look, there's more paintings here. Looks like dancing and drinking. And lots of hands.
tomi=This must be where they celebrated the finding of the dinosaur restaurant. Maybe this cold thing here is the remnant of an ingredient from back then?
plyr=Who would eat something like that?
tomi=Dinosaurs?
plyr=Well... okay...
tomi=Maybe we should go further down, maybe we'll find answers there.
timi=Let's go!
plyr=The air is getting thin in here. Becomes harder and harder to breathe.
tomi=Doesn't hold back a professional detective like the one standing in front of you! If just we could find some more hints...
timi=Uhm...
timi=I think you're leaking...
tomi=Oh, don't worry, even if the information is confidential, I trust you guys with the results of my research and-
timi=No. Water. You're leaking water.
tomi=WHAT?!
tomi=I swear that isn't me! Like for real! I'm not-
timi=Gimme the stone.
tomi=The what?
timi=The cold thing.
tomi=Oh... you're right... it's coming from the stone! What kind of stone is that?
timi=You know what? That isn't a stone. That's ice.
plyr=That thing Yu talked about?
timi=Yep, that's frozen water.
tomi=But why is it becoming water?
plyr=It probably turns into water because your body is too hot.
tomi=Awww! Well, thank you! It's not the first time I hear that.
plyr=That's not... what I meant...
tomi=But if this actually is just cold, hard, what did you call it? Frozen? Frozen water, well, does that mean that... that...
tomi=I could actually eat this thing?!
timi=Well, I guess so.
tomi=Oh man, that's amazing! Could you imagine eating something that cold?! That must be awesome! I gotta find a way to crush it into smaller pieces! And then I'm gonna add some flavour to it, oh, it's gonna be so delicious, people are gonna love it!
plyr=What if they don't?
tomi=Even better! More for ourselves! Okay, I'm sorry guys, but as hot as my body is, I really don't know how much longer this thing will survive, so I guess we gotta postpone our dinosaur expedition. Chef Tomi gotta make some, some... what should I call it? Ice cream? Yeah, chef Tomi gotta make some ice cream! So let's go!
tomi=Oh, and here, you take it. That way it might survive longer.
plyr=WHY ME???!!!!
lvlMain4PreMainTimiAliveBad=_ND_
plyr=.......
plyr=......
plyr=.....
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plyr=...
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plyr=.
lvlMain4PreDescrPollution1=_ND_
news=Oi! You become harder and harder to find! Looks like after all these months people need your help again.
plyr=Something happened?
news=Pollution! Pollution everywhere! Can't take a walk without wading through some waste.
lvlMain4PreDescrPollution2Less=_ND_
news=Even though it's much less of a problem than in other parts of the world, but still.
lvlMain4PreDescrPollution2More=_ND_
news=Caused already some major problems by destroying the roots of the plants. Makes the terrain very unstable and prone to erosion.
lvlMain4PreDescrPollution3=_ND_
news=So if possible try to wash away the waste with water, otherwise the plants are gonna die. And don't worry, the ocean should be big enough for all that junk.
eddi=Is it?
news=Oh, and remember, you can always check the amount and location of waste on your map.
lvlMain4PreDescrParasitesNo=_ND_
news=I gotta say though, good job with getting rid of all those parasites on that one beach. That's one thing that's gonna be less of an issue. These parasites can be quite annoying. You seem to be a person who thinks ahead, I like that!
lvlMain4PreDescrParasitesYes=_ND_
news=And pay attention to the parasites too! These things flourish in all that filth...
lvlMain4PreDescrParasitesYesAdd=_ND_
news=A risk that's increased even more because of all the destruction and uncared land from the war...
lvlMain4PreDescrConsumerismNo=_ND_
news=Also, luckily that whole consumerism fad doesn't seem to have caught on here. Could you imagine that? People buying more and more junk that they don't even need, just causing even more pollution?
news=Oh, and it looks like nobody even cares anymore about building factories.
lvlMain4PreDescrConsumerismYes=_ND_
news=There's also these ads everywhere that make people wanna buy even more stuff than they actually need. So unless you find a way to destroy those, you'll have to provide even more fruits. Maybe whoever's putting them up will get annoyed with his job and slow down if you're flooding them over and over again...
lvlMain4PreDescrErosionNo=_ND_
news=So yeah, I guess that's all, good luck with everything!
lvlMain4PreDescrErosionYes=_ND_
news=And finally, as I've already mentioned: keep the erosion in mind. Walls might get destroyed. Channels might get filled with sand. Which will keep waves from reaching their target. So from time to time, you may have to reinforce the walls, clean up the channels and make sure everything's still in shape. But don't worry, there's still no need to hurry. Plants can regrow and homes can be lifted again. Shit happens. It's not like the entire ocean is rising and flooding everything forever, you'll be fine. And a couple lakes have already been built, so you should have enough time to keep everything in shape.
news=Good luck!
lvlMain4PostTimiDead=_ND_
plyr=Come on Tomi, why don't you wanna help us? This time we might actually find a dinosaur skeleton!
tomi=Sorry, I got work to do. No time for playing with you kids. Gotta create ice cream flavours and get rich. You'll help me, right Eddi?
eddi=Eddi yo?
plyr=You sure it's not palm wine in your calabash? Maybe that would turn him into Tomysus again, make him a bit more fun again.
yu=Sorry, as I've told you, it's a secret what's inside.
tomi=So, you've got the recipe? What do we need?
plyr=I'd really like to know though...
eddi=One needs one cup of mangosteen juice.
yu=Maybe you'd be disappointed. Maybe it's something very simple, like, I don't know mate.
tomi=Yep.
plyr=Palm wine, it's gotta be palm wine.
eddi=One needs six cups of milk.
yu=Who knows.
tomi=What?! Six cups?! But I only have one measuring cup?!
plyr=Hopefully you know at least that this really is a place where we might find a dinosaur.
yu=Oh, we will, I'm sure about that.
plyr=Did you hear that Tomi? Yu's sure that this is a spot where we'll finally find your dinosaur fossil! You still don't wanna help digging?
tomi=No.
plyr=Why?
tomi=I don't wanna be disappointed.
plyr=But as I've said, chances are really high that we're gonna find bones here, you won't be disappointed.
tomi=That's not it. They're... they're not real. I've heard that dinosaurs never actually existed. The world doesn't even exist long enough for that to be true. It's all just a trick.
plyr=Who the hell told you that?
tomi=The new priests.
plyr=And you believe them?
tomi=I have to...
plyr=Why?
tomi=It's the only way to meet someone again...
plyr=Tomi...
tomi=...
yu=As inappropriate as the question may be: who actually wasted all his time burying these stupid fossils then? If it's all just a trick?
tomi=I.. I don't know... god?
plyr=So he's a trickster god?
yu=I wish that was the case. The problem with that religion is exactly that they don't have a trickster god. Or any additional god at all for that matter. It's so much more fun if you have one god for every power of nature. It's a total mess of dozens of gods fighting each other, fucking each other, killing each other, resurrecting each other, a constant flow of destruction and creation. But now you have just one all-knowing, all-powerful, all-boring god and whatever that god says is the absolute unquestionable truth. There's just no dynamic. No challenge.
tomi=But as you've said, what he's telling us through the priests is the absolute, perfect truth, there's no need for any more dynamic!
yu=Only children and fools tell the truth.
tomi=...
tomi=And your trickster gods? What about them? They never tell the truth, right? They just constantly lie, don't they?
yu=Of course they do, that's their job. But they don't lie downwards to control, they lie upwards to disrupt. To cause mischief. Beautiful creative mischief.
plyr=Here we go.
yu=Tricksters break conventions and playfully challenge the gods in order to reshape the world!
plyr=I reshape the terrain.
yu=All over the world there are stories of tricksters creating Earth, creating mankind, giving them wisdom, giving them fire, by stealing it from the gods.
yu=Or just using their wits and tricks to help the common people in whatever way they can. Giving them hope and inspiration to fight oppression from within.
yu=They're the ones who ridicule and question authority. Not to cause destruction, but to create life.
yu=But anyway, speaking of authority... You do know that the priests would be really upset about your whole ice cream thing, right?
tomi=What? Why would they?
yu=They don't allow you to eat anything that looks different after lying in the sun for half a day.
tomi=What?! But why... why?!
yu=Well, it could mean that such food is unhealthy and dangerous to eat. You gotta admit, that does make sense.
tomi=But that's not the case! It just turns into water, that's it! There's nothing dangerous about that!
yu=I guess they didn't know about ice cream yet when they made that rule...
tomi=But what am I gonna do now? How should I sell my delicious ice cream? How...
yu=You could just wait a hundred years.
tomi=Why? What's that gonna change?
yu=I mean, if there's one thing I know from the future, it's that these people are incredibly good at turning their own principles into the complete opposite. So I'm pretty sure that in a hundred years, eating ice cream is gonna be mandatory.
tomi=Hmm, sounds pretty good but I don't know... a hundred years sounds like a long time...
yu=Alternatively, you could trick them with a refrigerator.
tomi=A what?
yu=A refrigerator. It can transform the heat from the sun into the coldness of ice.
tomi=Whow, whow, whow, slow down there buddy, that doesn't sound like something that could ever work! I've never seen anything like that...
yu=May sound too good to be true for you, but for someone like me who's grown up with one, honestly, I can't imagine how people could ever live without one.
tomi=I want one.
yu=I could build you one.
tomi=Oh, that would be amazing! And maybe, when they realize that with this thing heat is no longer an issue, they will even change that stupid rule!
yu=They won't.
tomi=Why?
yu=Remember the thing with the absolute unquestionable truth? The lack of dynamic? Sticking to everything once written in a book?
tomi=Oh, yeah... but that's kinda stupid, isn't it?
plyr=Guys, I'd hate to interrupt you but... I think I've found something!
tomi=A dinosaur?! An actual dinosaur?! Hoooooly shit, screw everything!
tomi=I'm just gonna make ice cream for everyone, we've got something to celebrate!
lvlMain4PostTimiAliveGood=_ND_
plyr=Your brother still busy with that whole ice cream thing?
timi=Yep, looks like we gotta dig for that dinosaur fossil ourselves.
plyr=Well, at least Yu told us that here we'd have a pretty good chance at finding one.
timi=Yep, so let's go.
eddi=Eddi yo!
timi=By the way, I thought about digging.
plyr=Like... how to dig?
timi=No, more like... the philosophy of digging.
plyr=There's a philosophy of digging?
eddi=Eddi dig that.
timi=Yeah, I mean...
timi=Isn't it weird that you can dig a hole to either bury a dead person; or to plant a seed and give new life?
timi=You can dig a hole to find fossils, traces of the past; or you can dig a hole to bury a time capsule, traces of the present sent to the future.
timi=You can dig a hole for a water pit; or a fire pit.
timi=You can dig until you find water; or you can dig until you find the fiery heat of the earth.
timi=When you dig a hole, the ground goes down on one place; and equally up on another place, where you put down the dirt.
plyr=You put a lot of thought into this, didn't you?
timi=Well, I have trouble falling asleep sometimes.
plyr=I guess today you're gonna be tired enough to fall asleep.
timi=Yep, guess so too. I gotta say though, digging holes is quite fun. I could do that all day long. I think I would be a good mole.
eddi=Eddi too.
plyr=You guys... you guys are really something...
lvlMain4PostTimiAliveBad=_ND_
plyr=....
plyr=...
plyr=..
plyr=.
gen4SuicideReunionIntroTimiDead=_ND_
man=Is it... is it true that... that Timi has died?
plyr=...
plyr=It is.
man=I...
man=I don't know what to say. I just can't believe it. I don't want to believe it. I am so sorry. He was such a good guy. I still think about him every single day. He's probably the reason why I'm still alive. And now he... he's dead. It's just not fair. I know that the world is a cruel place, but still, that's just... too unfair. But then again, as cruel as the world is, I guess it's the only one we have, isn't it? Gotta try and make the best out of it. As hard as it may be. I just wish I could have had a chance to thank him. Tell him, how much he opened my eyes. Showed me, that there's still things worth living for. Because after I had met him, see, I found a new purpose and I... I made this.
gen4SuicideReunionIntroTimiAliveBadPlayerAlone=_ND_
man=You're a friend of Timi, aren't you?
plyr=Well, yes I am, but... we're not on best terms right now. I disappointed him.
man=Oh, don't worry. I'm sure that won't be forever. He's too much of a good guy.
plyr=That's the thing though. He is. And I'm not.
man=Don't be too harsh on yourself. I know it's a virtue that seems kind of forgotten these days, but I'm sure Timi is one of the few who still value... forgiveness.
plyr=You think so?
man=Absolutely. And if that day comes, I want you to show him this.
gen4SuicideReunionIntroElse=_ND_
man=You're a friend of Timi, aren't you?
plyr=Yep, who's asking?
man=Well, let's say... an old friend. Timi kind of... saved my life some time ago. I owe him so much. So if you see him, could you... could you please tell him... "thank you". "Thank you from the bottom of my heart".
plyr=Oh, of course. I will.
man=And... that's not all. I... I also made this for you guys.
gen4SuicideReunionMain=_ND_
man=It's a tile chisel brush. It's probably not the most useful one to create fertile landscapes, I know that, but see, I'd say it is quite good at creating... pretty ones. And that's important too, isn't it? As essential as food and everything is, I don't know, would life really be worth living without... beauty? That's kind of what Timi had taught me. After our encounter, I regained some of my strength and started studying our ancestors. And their rectangular architecture. You've probably encountered some of their remaining buildings during your adventure. Or rather ruins. Ruins of their walls and temples. I just love the look of those. I could marvel at them all day long. The only thing that's prettier than those are fractals. But I guess you know all about fractals, don't you? Quite interesting how you can have an infinitely long line in a finite area. Or an infinitely large area in a finite volume. There once was a painter, a red river hog, who painted really nice fractal trees. Too bad he stopped once he lost all his stuff in a blue hole. But anyway, I'm wandering off the point. Which is: these rectangular buildings, this beautiful ancient architecture, it has become a lost art. No one today knows how to build like that. Make the sand stick in such a way. And the remaining ruins, with their sharp edges and steep walls, well, someday, they're gonna wither away. Lost in time, forever. Like somebody's life... But unlike somebody's life, I felt that this one could be averted. Reversed. So I started studying, researching, developing. My life slowly had a purpose again. And after many months of work, I finally came up with this brush. Even if it's not nearly as powerful as what they probably had in the old days, I don't know, I feel like it does a pretty good job at imitating that style. And well, now it is yours. I don't think that you need any further explanations, it's pretty easy to use. In fact, it's so easy to use, you should still be able to remember it in your next life, should you choose so.
gen4SuicideReunionAgain=_ND_
man=I hope you'll find some use for the brush. Or at least have some fun with it. Make some pretty decorations. Oh, and don't worry about me, I'm already looking for the next project that'll keep me going.
lvlSide4DelugePreMain1=_ND_
island=Looks like today's gonna be a particularly strong storm.
plyr=You often get storms out here?
island=It's the only thing we get out here. At least lately. Looks like all that pollution might have angered the sea god a bit too much. And now he's trying to wash it all away. Wash all of us away. You know, you don't mess with the power of nature, you just don't. It's too powerful. You can't fight such a superior enemy. Someone that powerful. You can only hope that it decides to spare your life.
island=Do you like science-fiction?
plyr=Huh?
island=You know, stories about the future. Space. Aliens coming to our planet. Trying to destroy it. And then we come up with some fancy trebuchet or something and defeat them? I read a lot of those stories. They're delusional.
plyr=You don't believe that there's other creatures out there?
island=What? Oh no, that's not it, not at all. I'm convinced they're out there. Somewhere. My problem is us winning. We wouldn't stand a chance against such an advanced civilization. No matter what clever tricks we would think of. Everything else is just a denial of reality. But the good thing is: maybe we wouldn't have to fight them. If there's some alien civilization out there, with the technology to travel to distant stars, I'd say it's rather unlikely that they would be aggressive. If that was the case, they probably would have already destroyed themselves long before that. Never reached the level of progress necessary for interstellar travel. Instead, I imagine that they must have a rather peaceful, egalitarian, caring society. Such a world could allow the necessary technological advancements to be reached. And once such a level of progress is reached, well, there would no longer be any reason to go back to anything else. I mean, their technology might literally create miracles, create whatever they desire. And if everyone has everything, there's nothing to fight over. Thus, if someday they arrive here, they wouldn't want to destroy us. They'd probably be more like curious explorers. Watching us, studying us, maybe even trying to communicate with us. Having a little chat. I call it the "Social Alien Theory". But then again, there's still the question if they would actually consider us to be worth communicating with. I mean, just compare like worms to spiders. Spiders are so much more developed! They build these beautiful nets out of incredibly strong materials. It's marvellous! Worms can't even comprehend that level of complexity. But if you see a spider in your bedroom, well, you still don't try talking to it. You're probably just scared of this tiny little thing, scream how disgusting it looks and crush it. Maybe with aliens it would be the same. Maybe they would come to our planet and all they could see were these underdeveloped, greedy, egotistical assholes. Incapable of appreciating the beauty of life. Incapable of caring for each other. Just killing each other for no meaningful reason. They'd probably be totally disgusted, crush us, and move on to explore the beautiful flora and fauna of our planet. At least whatever we left of it.
island=Anyway, what does all this have to do with the mission? Well, the storm is so powerful, there's no way we're gonna win against it. And we know for sure that it isn't peaceful. So unfortunately all we can do is try and lose as little as possible. Which also means that we won't be able to recompense you with a lot, I'm afraid to say. We're pretty poor on this island and enjoy life with what little we have. But we would be eternally thankful to you, if that means anything.
lvlSide4DelugePreFire=_ND_
island=And since you even got a firefighting license, you're probably by far the most competent person around here to handle a catastrophe like this.
lvlSide4DelugePreMain2=_ND_
island=So if you decide to help us: the region has been completely evacuated, but you still need to protect the buildings from waves. We just don't have the resources to rebuild everything. Oh, and there are no seeds here too. So we can't afford to lose our plantations either. The problem though is that water is seeping away quite quickly, so you still need to provide the farms with at least some water to keep the plants from withering. And yeah, that's basically it. And remember, you can use your map to see which buildings are currently underwater.
island=And with that: good luck!
lvlSide4DelugePostMain1=_ND_
island=Wow, good job, that was quite impressive! Quite impressive indeed. As was this storm, wasn't it? When you look at those gigantic waves, those majestic, powerful things, these awe-inspiring beasts, religion suddenly becomes such a simple and obvious idea, doesn't it? Almost... mundane. I mean, imagine you have no idea where these waves come from, how they come into existence, why they hit your village. I don't know, imagining them to be the punishment of some all-powerful god seems like the most obvious interpretation, doesn't it? Definitely more obvious than some giant rock falling down from space into the sea. Where would that come from, there's no rocks up in the sky! Or plate tectonics. Oh god, just think about the idea that we're sitting on some gigantic plates floating on the Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary, that's crazier than some old man in the clouds shit! I guess in the end religion is nothing but the result of two simple desires: the desire to explain stuff and the desire to tell stories. Combine the two and you end up with religion. Creating gods to explain stuff is an easy solution after all. I mean, an all-powerful being can explain pretty much everything. Quite convenient, makes things so much easier. Always allows some kind of solution. Kinda reminds me of superheroes. Although probably less boring than those.
island=But I'm talking too much yet again. As I've said, even though you did an outstanding job, unfortunately we don't really have much to reward you with. So here's just some XP that we managed to scrape together. I hope it's worth at least something to you.
lvlSide4DelugePostCharon=_ND_
island=I gotta say though, you really seem like a great guy who is willing to help those in need, even without the prospect of a big reward. I value that. It's always nice to see people do something just because they think it's the right thing to do. Something they enjoy, something they learn from.
lvlSide4DelugePostMain2=_ND_
island=But anyway, we'll be eternally thankful for what you've done. You really showed us that it's worth to keep fighting, even in the most hopeless situation. You know, if someday aliens still end up attacking us, I guess it would nonetheless be worth fighting for our survival.
island=Especially with someone like you on our side.
lvlSide4CharonPreMain1=_ND_
plyr=Are... are you... are you the creepy old dude who abducts children?! Are you Charon?!
chrn=That's what some people call me, yes. But that's not my actual name, no.
plyr=Then what is your actual name?
chrn=Dennis. My name is Dennis.
plyr=Oh... okay. Well, then... are you Dennis?! The creepy old dude who abducts children?!
chrn=I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I've never done such a thing.
plyr=Oh... so you don't bring kids to that island off the shore?
chrn=I do, but only their corpses.
plyr=Whaaaat?! So you truly are a murderer?!!!
chrn=No, I'm the gravedigger.
plyr=Oh. Wait. For real?
chrn=Yes.
plyr=Hmmm. Interesting. Well, I don't wanna waste too much time discussing this anyway, so I'm just gonna believe you.
plyr=Soooo... what's up, Dennis the gravedigger?
chrn=Well... recently a storm destroyed all of the plants on the isle of the dead. I've heard that your friend Timi, who tragically died, really liked flowers, didn't he? So I was wondering, maybe you'd like to help bring those flowers back to the island. Kind of as a last parting gift to your friend. Just create some lakes and let the trees and flowers grow. There's not gonna be much of a reward for your work, I'm rather penniless myself, just thought it might be something you'd like to do for your friend.
lvlSide4CharonPreMain2=_ND_
chrn=Well, let's go then...
plyr=Isn't it kinda lonely to always go to that island all alone? Being surrounded by nothing but dead people, all day long?
chrn=Well, it is. It really kinda is. But you know, you gotta try and find pleasure in the little things in life. Like last week when there was a thunderstorm, during sunset, and there were just these few sun rays getting through, right between the ground and the bottom of the clouds. Made for this beautiful image with all these colours and those glittering raindrops under the dark clouds. Was quite magical, really beautiful. That stuff makes me happy. Or, you know, food. Food is always good to give you some pleasure. Every morning when I get out of bed, oh, you can't believe how much I'm looking forward to that juicy fig I'm gonna eat during breakfast. Nothing gets me out of bed faster. Well, apart from diarrhoea.
lvlSide4CharonPreFigsYes=_ND_
chrn=Speaking of figs, I've heard that some time ago you helped building a fig farm? That was quite a good deed of yours. Figs have become harder and harder to come by. But that farm made them at least a little bit more obtainable. Thanks for that.
lvlSide4CharonPreFigsNo=_ND_
chrn=Too bad though that figs have become harder and harder to come by. Hardly even any fig farms left in the world.
lvlSide4CharonPreMain3=_ND_
plyr=So... if then I may ask though: how and why did you become an undertaker?
chrn=Well, Pa always told me to get a job that has a future. So I figured, why not become an undertaker? I mean, there's always gonna be dead folks.
chrn=Didn't start out with burying people though. Initially I was digging graves for tortoises. On the very island we're now heading to. Used to be a beautiful park. But the park rangers were worried that, as old as the turtles were, they might soon start to bite the dust. So to shield visitors from seeing that... "awful"... circle of life, because for whatever reason that's supposedly traumatizing, my job was to put them in graves as soon as they died. But you know what? Didn't have to work a single day in all those years. These damn things never died. They still run around on that island like luscious young lads. Well, not quite "run", since they are turtles, but you know what I mean. Anyway, some time ago the park got closed because stupid tourists from Banaguana just couldn't behave themselves, what a surprise, so... since I still had already dug a couple holes, we figured we might as well use the island as the new graveyard. Especially since the one on the main island was starting to become a bit cluttered. And that way we could give people a nice, calm and peaceful place to go visit their beloved ones.
plyr=But... then why did everyone always tell us kids that the island was filled with cruel child-eating monsters?!
chrn=As I've said, we wanted to give people a "calm" and "peaceful" place to visit. Not one filled with... fucking children.
plyr=Oh, I see...
lvlSide4CharonPreGrimReaping=_ND_
chrn=That said though, you seem like a good kid. Heard that you helped the night wanderers up in the north. That's not something a lot of people would do. You gotta know, I've ended up in a couple nasty storms already. Made me run ashore right next to the night wanderers' village. But you know what? They always took great care of me. Helped me repair the boat. They're good people, truly good people. Rare these days.
lvlSide4CharonPreMain4=_ND_
plyr=Do you know what I've been wondering about? I've been wondering if people are ever gonna be as old as these turtles. Some people I know are saying that one day, we're gonna be able to fight this disease that is death. That we're gonna be... immortal. Have eternal youth. Do you think that's gonna happen?
chrn=I hope not.
plyr=What?
chrn=Death is as much part of life as birth.
plyr=And you don't just say that to keep your job?
chrn=Well, I guess you do have a point there. But no. Just imagine what would happen if people no longer died. Soon there wouldn't be enough space on this planet for anyone else. Dying is actually kind of a noble act, if you think about it. You leave your spot on this planet and pass it on to the next one.
plyr=Some of my friends suggested that you could simply trade in immortality for never having any children. Wouldn't that work?
chrn=Now that gotta be the stupidest shit I've heard in all my life. And I'm an old man. I've heard lots of really fuckin' stupid shit. Whatever moron suggested something as dimwitted as that, is probably the last person on Earth that would even deserve immortality. If you claim your spot on this planet as yours for the next thousands, millions or possibly billions of years, well, I was always mathematically challenged as my teacher used to say, but you can figure out how many hundreds, thousands or even millions of lives you would bereave of their existence. You would be the mass murderer of possibly your own descendants. The crazy uncle committing familicide for nothing but his own amusement. In fact, you would probably even commit omnicide. Because life is not about your life, or mine, or anyone's. It's about all lives. The entirety of all living people. Those that were, that are, and that will be. By destroying that natural flow, robbing it of all its dynamics and evolution, turning it into this boring, static picture frozen in time; by trying to overcome death, you would basically destroy life. Immortality is in a way an oxymoron. One for very stupid, egotistical and voracious morons who must have once had a severe lack of oxygen.
plyr=But just think of everything you could experience! The discoveries, the stories, games and music!
chrn=...
chrn=... ...
chrn=You really didn't listen, didn't you? The world would be filled with narcissistic old farts, worn out, stale, unimaginative shells of themselves. There would be no stories to be told, no ideals to strive for, no wonders to be amazed by. How could someone create art, who doesn't even grasp the concept of death? Living in a world filled with nothing but these immortal wankers, now that's what I'd call a living hell...
chrn=By the way, we have arrived.
chrn=As I said, all you gotta do is create some lakes to make enough flowers grow.
lvlSide4CharonPost=_ND_
plyr=Thanks for taking me to the island, I gotta say, I feel a little bit better now. I hope Timi is satisfied with his grave.
chrn=You know... it doesn't really matter. A grave is not for the person who died. Because, well, they're dead. They don't give a shit. They can't. Instead it's for those who are still alive. Those who need a place to grieve. Everything that happens after someone's death, is not about the dead one, it's about those still alive. Remember when I said you'd do this for Timi? Well, I lied. You did it for yourself. It's like this coin that people put under the dead's tongue: the dead won't have any use for it at all.
plyr=Wait, Charon's obol? But isn't that your wage? Without which you don't carry someone over to the underworld?
chrn=What? Wage? No, I'm retired, I volunteer. I was always told that people put it in so that the person has some money to spend in the afterlife. Even though I doubt that there's money in the afterlife. But that's probably not something people think about. All they think about is, well, if you're an optimist you could say it's a way to say goodbye. A final favour, this last thing you will ever do for your beloved one. But if you're a pessimist, you might say that the reason is their guilt. Their regret about not having cared more about them when they were still alive. Maybe even guilt that they were somehow responsible for their death. So now they try to compensate that by giving them a coin for the afterlife.
plyr=Hmmm... I can kinda relate to those feelings of guilt. I often wonder if people hate me for all the misery that I caused. Or at least couldn't prevent from happening.
chrn=Maybe. Maybe not. I don't. In the end it all comes down to their ability to forgive. It's a difficult thing to do. But it is also the acceptance of one of our basic human traits: that we make mistakes. Happens to everybody. But forgiving them, that's a true sign of strength.
plyr=I guess that's true. Still, there isn't a single day where I don't think about what happened. Where it doesn't make me sad.
chrn=And you have every right to be. But at the same time: wasn't Timi the kind of guy who would try to enjoy every single day? No matter what? Maybe you can still learn from him...
lvlSide4TimiPre=_ND_
timi=Oh, you arrive at just the right moment! See, this area here as no waves at all and just a couple of trees, since there are only very few seeds flying around. So life for people here is quite difficult. Which is why I wanted to help them! By showing them how to make honey. I mean, since there's actually no grass seeds among those flying around, just flowers, it would be so perfect to create a nice lush sea of blossoms. It would be beautiful. But unfortunately I don't quite manage to realize that all on my own... So I wanted to ask you, if you could maybe help us? All you gotta do is spread those couple fruit plants at the lake all over the entire map! That way people are gonna have lots of fruits while lots of flowers can grow below the trees, which will be perfect for our honey production!
timi=So yeah, just gotta be careful not to waste any of the water.
lvlSide4TimiPost=_ND_
timi=Oh man, you're the best, thank you! Just look at that beautiful field of flowers you've created! It's almost like... paradise. Here, take this. It's some XP the people here gave me in exchange for the honey. I didn't want it, but well, they insisted, what can you do. Anyway, I'm sure you're gonna have more use for it than I do. Besides, I just want you to have it. I mean... you're the best friend I've ever had.
lvlSide4RelocationPre=_ND_
npc=We have a bit of a problem here: we really need some more farmland because this area desperately needs a few hundred new plants. But there's neither a lot of waves, nor a lot of seeds and good terrain for farmland. I mean, there is some a bit further away from the villages, but the terrain is just too inaccessible. It would be very difficult and take ages to spread plants in that area. So yeah, the cheaper and faster solution is to simply flood the village and start the farmland there. It sucks of course for the people who live here and have to move away, there's been quite a lot of protests about that lately, and it's of course a pity that some invaluable ancient ruins might get destroyed, but well, what can you do... So anyway, all you gotta do is flood the villages to downgrade the buildings, we'll take care of the rest. And of course you will be paid well.
npc=But I mean, in the end it's your decision. After all, that's what's deciding the path that our life takes: the decisions we take. Isn't it?
plyr=Uh... yeah.
lvlSide4RelocationPostCollective=_ND_
npc=Well, what can I say. The entrepreneur is happy with the results but you know, it's not quite what the contract said so yeah, unfortunately I can't pay you anything. Breach of contract. But the good news is, the people from the villages have scrapped together some stuff that they told me to give you. So, here you go, it's not much, but they said that physical gifts couldn't show anyway how grateful they are to you for saving their homes.
npc=And...
npc=I gotta say...
npc=That truly was an amazing deed of yours. Going through all that effort to save these people's homes. Going against the orders that you got. Doing what you considered to be the right thing to do. Man, I wish more people were like you.
npc=Please stay as you are, because you are an inspiration.
lvlSide4RelocationPostIndividual=_ND_
npc=Good job, I see, you like going for the easy solution too, don't you? Even if it's a morally grey one. Although I guess you can always say that you just did what you were asked to do, right? That you did what had to be done. And you know what, sometimes that's good. Sometimes you gotta do things that you don't like to do. That you would prefer not to do. I mean, there isn't always a perfect solution. But on the other hand: don't you sometimes wonder where we're gonna end up if everyone just always chooses the easy way out? Hiding behind the words "that's what I've been told to do" and "that's just how the world is"? I don't know man, but then again, who am I to judge. I'm no different than you, so yeah, here's your payment.
lvlSide4TricksterPreMain=_ND_
jest=Hey, you, interested in a little trick? Because you look like somebody who might be interested in starting a little revolution, ain't you? And I can help you gain some more popular support, I mean, what's a people's movement without people's support? So if you plan on overthrowing somebody, I'm your man.
plyr=How would you be helpful? I mean, no disrespect but... you're a jester... you don't look very strong, don't have a sword or anything and are barely taller than me... you're, well... a dwarf.
jest=And exactly that is my strength! I can't make people die, but die of laughter. A long time ago I was one of the few people trying to violently fight our lords in Banaguana. One day we tried to throw a pomegrenade at the emperor while he was giving a speech, bragging about how he would destroy us with violence and zero tolerance and all that stuff aaaand... let's just say... I slipped and blew the grenade prematurely... no one got hurt! But the emperor was so fucking scared, he let out the biggest fart in history! Wet his pants, shat his pants, everything you can imagine. He became the biggest joke on the island. And after that day, he was ridiculed day after day. No one took him seriously anymore. His power faded week after week, whereas our movement grew stronger every day. Up to the point where toppling him was a piece of cake. That's when I realized: sometimes the whoopee cushion is mightier than the sword!
plyr=Uhm, okay... so, what's your plan?
jest=Oh, yes, I... I know this tailor, arrogant narcissist, doesn't ever make a mistake, he made the coat for your ruler who's gonna wear it tomorrow during the triumph parade. Huge piece of cloth showing his huge power. So here's the plan: if we destroy this coat, the tailor could never bear standing without a masterpiece in front of the emperor. So what's he gonna do? He's gonna pretend that he made the coat out of some very special cloth that is invisible to anyone who's unfit for their position or hopelessly stupid or something. The emperor's of course gonna believe that and wear it and, well, in reality he's not gonna wear anything at all. And then, the next day, when he's standing in front of the crowd, naked as a jaybird, oh, the people are gonna have the laugh of their life!
plyr=Uh, well, okay, but... how are we gonna destroy his coat?
jest=Butterflies.
plyr=Butterflies?
jest=Butterflies. I just need to catch them, so your job is to create a nice big field full of flowers. That's what you do, right? Guerilla Gardening? Raising plants to provide food, make the area prettier, flower power and all that stuff? Because you see, ridiculing and fighting somebody isn't enough. First and foremost you gotta show people your alternative, help your community. And I mean, when we're honest, this area isn't the prettiest one, isn't it? The rulers don't give a shit about it and just let it rod. Flower fields are gonna make it so much prettier! And it's gonna be great for honey production too. Most people here never even had a chance to taste honey in all their life.
plyr=Yeah, that's all well and good, but... butterflies don't eat clothes. That's... moths.
jest=Oh, you don't know? They're actually the same! Butterflies turn into moths at night. Or have you ever seen a butterfly at night? Or a moth during the day? They're jesters, like me. During the day they wear these colourful costumes to get into people's courts and then during the night... bam, they strike!
plyr=Damn, never knew butterflies were such jerks.
jest=Oh, they usually aren't. One of my best friends is a butterfly, really cool girl, but you know, once we humans discovered fire and started lighting torches and candles at night, well, it just fucked up their navigation system. Now the poor things constantly fly into tree trunks, rocks, and everything. Makes them look so ridiculous, they hate it. And that's why they've decided to eat our clothes: to make us look ridiculous too.
plyr=Ohhh...key... dokey. I think we start with this mission before I end up losing all trust in your stories.
jest=Okay, now then, listen: this is the perfect area because there's currently only flower seeds flying around and nobody lives here, so no one will interrupt our preparations. Well, okay, it's somewhat perfect, because unfortunately the lack of seeds, other than flowers, also means that no new trees will grow. And currently all the spots under existing trees are already covered with grass. So yeah, the plan is to quickly flood those areas. Just enough to destroy the grass but keep the trees intact. And then, boom, the grass is gone and flowers will regrow instead! Exactly what we need. If you do that at enough locations, we should get the necessary amount of flowers. It's a beautiful plan, isn't it? I mean, not just because of the pretty flowers but... doesn't it almost sound like one of those old stories? Of a great flood destroying the land to make room for something new? Wash the old degenerate world away and create something new, something better? I guess sometimes it's just time to... to destroy something. And let it be born again. Begin anew. Although you gotta be careful of course to not totally destroy everything, I guess.
lvlSide4TricksterPreNoWarPeaceful=_ND_
jest=Hi, I'm kinda new in this area. I'm originally from Banaguana where I used to be a trickster, making fun of our lords over there. But you know, I made a bit too many enemies over the years, so I came to this island. Looking for some new challenges. But apparently there aren't even any lords around here, so yeah, now I'm a workless jester. Guess I'll just open a creperie instead then, always wanted to do that. Have you tried pancakes with chestnut cream yet? Ooohh, they're so delicious!
lvlSide4TricksterPreNoWarAggressive=_ND_
jest=Hi, I'm kinda new in this area. I'm originally from Banaguana where I used to be a trickster, making fun of our lords over there. But you know, I made a bit too many enemies over the years, so I came to this island. Looking for some new challenges. But holy shit, this is an absolutely hopeless situation around here! Your rulers have so much power, even as a jester I wouldn't dare to make fun of them! Pretty sure you'd be confined to your bed afterwards. And with bed I mean bed of flowers. And with flowers I mean bamboo shoots... So no, screw this place, I'm gonna head somewhere else.
lvlSide4TricksterPost=_ND_
jest=Well done, well done. I'm gonna catch the butterflies now and release them at the tailor's house. You'll hear about the success at your next main mission!
lvlParkour4NoWarPeaceful=_ND_
emil=Hey, guess what! I've started my Island Express service, which means that I'm now also delivering stuff to all those little islands around the coast! And of course I needed a way to get to those. So I've built myself some flippers and damn, they're amazing! It's so much fun to just swim around like a fish! If I wasn't a dove, I'd definitely like to be a fish. Well, let's say a flying fish. But anyway, you gotta try those flippers too! The downside is of course that you can't sprint with them on land, but hey, as long as you have some water to swim through, they're great!
emil=So let's see the dolphin in you!
lvlParkour4Else=_ND_
plyr=You don't look too good...
emil=Well, I'm not feeling too good either. I don't know if I'm gonna be much of a competition today.
plyr=What happened?
emil=I'm sick. I mean, I've been sick for a long time. But it's gotten drastically worse since I no longer get the medicine that I need.
plyr=What medicine?
emil=Well... remember when I told you that XP are Xanthine Particles? That may have not been quite the truth... XP actually stands for... Xeno Poppies. They make people all sleepy and weird for some time, as if there was some stranger inside their body. It's... it's a kind of drug. And even though they've always been kinda hard to get, I always got enough of them. But now, trading or even owning them has been made completely illegal. It's almost impossible to find fresh XP these days. Apparently these new medicine men who now call themselves pharma men, they've convinced the rulers to change the law. Say that their products are so much better, even though they're not nearly as effective. Brag about how cheap they are, even though they're not remotely affordable. And the almond producers are all happy too, because since now all poppy related products are illegal, it's no longer possible to use them for cakes and pastries. Which makes them sell a lot more almonds. But anyway, yeah, it doesn't look too good for me. Without XP I just can't endure the pain...
plyr=What pain?
emil=It's a long story but I had a kinda stupid accident as a little kid. Maybe I can tell you another time. But the important part is: some day I discovered that even though XP normally makes you sleepy, it has the opposite effect when combined with something from Patty's Mud Pie Bakery. She's the older sister of Peppy and was running the business back in the day. And yeah, when I tried one of her mud pies with XP, it completely relieved the pain! Made me feel like I was newly born. Filled me with energy. And that's how my fascination with running began. But now I'm too weak to run. Which doesn't mean that I'm giving up the delivery service though! See, since my body is too weakened to run, I've decided to try using flippers and swim and... it actually kinda works! I can swim quite fast. The downside is that on land it's impossible to sprint, but hey, as long as there's rivers and lakes, it's great! And you know what that means: in order to keep it fair, you're gonna have to use flippers too this time...
emil=So let's see the dolphin in you!
mini4Dodge=_ND_
plyr=The water was a bit weird today. In the morning it looked like less than usual, but now it was coming down like crazy. Almost as if there had been a dam break or something...
granma=Tomi...
tomi=Well, you know... I saw a big fat water buffalo drink from the stream this morning! Maybe that removed too much water? And then when, you know, when it had to pee, oh god, that must have been like a cloudburst with a gigantic flash flood!
granma=Tomi...
tomi=I... I tried to prank him by building a dam and stopping all the water but... it broke and may have caused a bit of a torrent...
granma=Did you really think you could rule over water? It finds its way from the highest mountains to the lowest seas, without any guidance or plan, just following the lay of the land. You're a fool to think you can stop something that powerful. You were just wasting your energy!
tomi=Damn grandma, way to make me look like a dummy in front of my friends...
granma=Oh, don't worry, I'm not wasting any energy on making you look like a dummy, you're doing an outstanding job at that yourself.
tomi=Whoa?!
plyr=So, what if Tomi had been successful with his dam? Should I have tried to destroy it or would that also have been a waste of energy? Should I have simply laid back and accepted it?
granma=Oh no, if Tomi changes the natural flow of things, you have all right to change it back.
tomi=Oh oh...
granma=Sometimes life is unfair and you gotta accept it.
granma=But sometimes you can put on your yellow scarf and give someone a good smacking.
tomi=Damnit, I just remembered that last month you told me to bring some rhubarb from our garden! I completely forgot about that! I'll go get it right away, see you later!
mini4Dance=_ND_
gretch=Well, I guess that's it then. Was a lot of fun dancing with you! Hopefully we'll meet again someday. Actually, I'll probably get a puppy sometime soon, so, you know, if you'd like to take a walk together, that would sure be nice. And I'm pretty sure my doggo would be as glad as me about your company! So, yeah, I hope I'll see you soon!
mini4Gambling=_ND_
plyr=You? Here?! Gambling?!!
yu=Well... you know. I'm not particularly proud of it, but hey, it's like the stock market. You try your luck and play it and maybe you'll get some of that rich man's money. That's some money less for them.
plyr=What's a stock market?
yu=It's a place where the people who say that you need to work hard to make money go to make money without working at all.
plyr=Why does everything in the future sound like an oxymoron?
rand4SummaryShip=_ND_
kid=For weeks I've been trying to build a ship in a bottle. At first I tried to just put a very very small ship through the bottleneck and then pour water on it to make it grow but... unfortunately it never grew. Then I had the idea to cut the ship into several pieces and glue them back together in the bottle. It almost worked but then my stupid little brother startled me, I spilt the glue and everything was ruined. I guess that method won't really work either, as long as that idiot is around. So I asked my mom because I thought, adults, they always know what to do, right? But she just said that I should forget about these stupid childish plays. After all the boats are larger than the bottleneck, it's impossible to get them in! Maybe she's right, maybe I'm just wasting my time and should give it up. But I don't know... she didn't even seem to think about what she was saying. Just trying to get me to shut up. Sometimes I feel as if adults don't really know more than us kids. They're just really good at pretending to know stuff. Maybe I'm gonna try it with a moveable mast next time. Get the ship in when it's still small and adaptable, and then once it's in its destined spot, tadaa! It will unfold and become a thing of beauty!
rand4SummaryNovel=_ND_
npc=I'm currently writing a novel. Science fiction. I always loved that genre. It's interesting how you can describe current situations and problems by extrapolating them into the future, isn't it? Exaggerating them. And in the future, it's gonna be fun for people to look back and compare those old literary works and how they've actually become reality. Or not. Anyway, at first I wanted it to be a dystopian novel, but I don't know. There's already enough bad stuff in the news. I wanted to write something more positive. Something hopeful. So it's about a future where technology and getting rid of useless jobs has heavily reduced the working hours. That way people have lots of time for their hobbies, friends and family! Or create whatever they want. And of course the technology is commonly owned by everyone. So everyone gets a share of what it creates. Gets what they work for instead of being exploited by some rich guy who owns all the machines. Oh, and of course this also means that hierarchies have generally vanished in my world. There's just no use for them. They mostly just bring exploitation and abuse of power anyway. So that's all gone. As are the borders. The fences. No need for those either. Everybody's basic needs are met, no one needs to struggle to survive. And those who want the sweet luxury goods, they are free to do some additional work to afford them. Or do some additional work just because they enjoy it. Work can be a lot of fun if it's no longer exhausting an excruciating! And yes, I know what you're thinking, that's totally utopian! And yes, it really is. But why shouldn't it? Why be afraid of dreaming of a better world? I've grown out of my cynical teenage years where I've told myself that this is the best we can achieve. Where I've told myself that human nature is too cruel for anything better. Just because I wanted to feel edgy and mature. Even though maturity isn't much more than just... losing your courage.
rand4HippoWithHat=_ND_
kid=Oh man, some happy mishap happened to me recently. I wrote a love letter to my crush and of course I put a heart at the end of the text. You know, like <3 as you do nowadays. But then, right when I folded the letter, a fly must have pooped between it or something, because, you know, when she opened the letter, the heart looked like this! <:3 It's a hippo with a hat!! And now everyone calls me "hippo with hat"... But that's okay I guess. I mean, a hippo wearing a hat would look pretty damn awesome.
rand4RenaissanceFair=_ND_
npc=Have you already heard about the renaissance fair? What? The ones in the future? With knights, kings and castles? No, I have no idea what you're talking about. Renaissance fairs are not about the future, they're about the past. They have all kinds of birds that dress up as dinosaurs and reenact events of their ancestors! It's unimaginably cute! And especially hilarious when they do the asteroid impact scene.
lvlMain5PreAltTimiAliveBad=_ND_
timi=Why... why did you kill all these innocent people?
plyr=I... I'm sorry, but... had I not done that, there may have been a war! And who knows who might have died in that. For all I know, you might have been one of those people...
timi=Well... maybe I should have. Maybe I should have died. Maybe that would have saved a lot of other people's lives. Back then. And in the future. Maybe a horrible war would at least have kept reminding people of the horrible things they had done. Keep them from repeating those same mistakes. But now... now all is lost.
plyr=...
plyr=..
plyr=.
lvlMain5PreIntroTimiDead=_ND_
plyr=What are we gonna do today?
tomi=Today we're building a hut!
plyr=Oh, a new ice cream parlour?
tomi=Oh no, I'm done with the ice cream.
plyr=No longer fun?
tomi=Quite the opposite, actually. It brought so much joy to everyone, it was so much fun to try and discover new tastes, find out what defines a delicious ice cream, I think I rediscovered the purpose in my life... solving mysteries!
plyr=You're back!
eddi=Does that mean no more ice cream for Eddi?
tomi=Oh, don't worry, I've taught some neighbour kids how to make it, now they're making ice cream for everyone. Even made some great new flavours, you gotta try lavender!
plyr=Wouldn't have expected you to do something so... economically irrational.
tomi=Why should I care about rationality when people aren't even rational? I mean, even ice cream isn't rational. It's water that's hard as stone, it's friggin' cold and hurts your teeth when you eat it, 
eddi=Does Eddi even have teeth?
tomi=it makes you fat, but people still eat it. Because... it feels good. Tastes good. Makes a nice warm day even better.
tomi=Oh, and also make sure to try it with some honey! The kids got some... some... amazing honey.
plyr=... 
plyr=I'll... definitely give it a try. And...
plyr=I gotta say, I like the new... old Tomi but... then what exactly are we building here?
lvlMain5PreIntroElse=_ND_
plyr=What are we gonna do today? And... where's Timi?
tomi=Oh, Timi's just a little bit sick, he stayed at home. Nothing serious though. Anyway, today we're gonna build something!
plyr=Build what?
lvlMain5PreMain1=_ND_
tomi=A research station.
plyr=A what?
tomi=Let me explain. Recently when I was sitting on the porch, drinking my fizzy apple juice, watching the sunset, suddenly...
tomi=I saw this mystical thing rising up in the air!
tomi=At first I was kinda afraid, almost dropped my apple juice, but you know, brave as I am, I slowly approached it. And it looked like... like fairies. Like stardust, like... knowledge! Floating out of the earth! Rising up into the sky! All these beautiful, shiny little things, disappearing into the distance...
plyr=So we're building a station to find out what that was? Or to gather this mystical dusty knowledge?
tomi=Oh no, I've already figured out what it was. It was ants. It was just ants flying out of a hole in the ground. But it was so beautiful! So... inspiring. And that's what we're gonna do now:
tomi=We're doing research on ants! Because I've determined that they'll give me the answer.
plyr=OK, now I'm kinda worried about you again. Ants just give me this tickling feeling everywhere...
tomi=Ants are marvellous! The self-organization, the emergent systems, the collective intelligence, it's amazing. They build these huge beautiful colonies without any architect telling them where to place stuff; they use their pheromones to share information, help each other, democratically select trails and spots; they manage to cultivate fungi, feed it with leaves, avoid leaves that are toxic to it, protect it from pests, dispose of harmful wastes, all with their tiny little heads; and all this happens without filing a single form! Without anyone giving orders. There's a certain beauty in simply seeing a system like that... work. Makes you wonder what else-
plyr=Okay, okay, I get it, so... this research station, do we-
tomi=A tree house. Here in the tamarind trees. That way we don't disturb the ants and have some fruits to make sweets and lemonade.
lvlMain5PreMainAddTimiDead1=_ND_
tomi=Of course my mom's not gonna like that, but hey, adults just don't know how to have fun, right? They're always just about that work work work.
lvlMain5PreMain2=_ND_
tomi=Oh, and if you don't want to help, you don't have to of course. We can do it like ants, they don't have anyone telling them exactly what to do. Maybe that's why they like to work so much. They can be creative on their own. When no one has power over you, it makes you feel... powerful.
plyr=I feel like those ants have given you some weird power.
tomi=You know what? Yeah, watching them I kinda felt like a god. Like some supernatural creature. I kinda felt... like you.
plyr=I never play with ants though, I'm not some crazy ant dude... And if I may say, they don't really seem to be too interested in you after all.
tomi=Exactly! That's it, they don't give a shit about me! Why should they, they're working perfectly fine without me. I can't control them anyway. Although from time to time, I do like to place a little stick for them to walk over some water. Just to help them a little bit.
plyr=Are you sure you drank enough water in this heat? The sun is quite scorching today...
tomi=Have you ever wondered if there are more suns out there? With more life? Alien life?
plyr=Oh my...
tomi=Do you never look up to the stars at night and imagine that around one of those, there's a planet, just like ours?
plyr=I don't know, it would be cool of course but I kinda doubt it.
tomi=Well, if there is there's probably someone on that planet too, who, looking up at our sun at night, thinks the exact same thing.
tomi=There gotta be life somewhere out there, in the vastness of space. We don't know about them, but maybe they know about us. And they watch us like we watch ants. Like we watch animals in the zoo. Man, can you imagine how petty our stupid problems down here must look from up there...
lvlMain5PreMainAddTimiDead2=_ND_
tomi=Ending lives forever... that have hardly begun... While they're exploring the mysteries and beauties of the universe.
lvlMain5PreMain3=_ND_
plyr=Yeah but... if they're right up there then... why haven't they talked to us yet?
tomi=Maybe they don't want to distort our natural development. Have collectively decided in the Galactic Space Council not to interfere. Let us decide our own future. See if we're worthy to reach higher levels of civilization, before they communicate with us. Tell and teach us everything they know.
tomi=Have you taken a look at your map?
eddi=Eddi would like a map to the island that looks like an alien world.
tomi=We're almost back at the bay where our journey started.
eddi=It has all kinds of weird plants and trees that look like from another planet.
tomi=Maybe they make us go through all the misery back to where we started, to make sure we've seen everything.
tomi=Make sure we won't repeat mistakes once we're powerful enough to destroy planets.
eddi=It is the only place that has cucumber trees.
tomi=And maybe from time to time, they place a stick for us to walk over too.
tomi=Or they remove a stick when we turn our backs on them, I mean, I like pranks, maybe they like pranks too. Remember that time when I hung a pig bladder balloon with a candle on the tree in your garden and when you went to bed, you thought you saw a ghost flying around? Man, I heard you scream up to our house!
plyr=I think you wandered off the topic... besides, I still don't get what all this has to do with me. Do you think I'm some alien or what?
tomi=No, no, I- wait! That actually sounds like a pretty good theory... didn't even think about that one... but no, it's the ants.
plyr=What do ants have to do with me?
tomi=I've seen ants carry grains of sand. They take them away on one spot and place them down on another.
plyr=And...?
tomi=They're like you! You're like ants!
plyr=Hey, I'm not the one with a weak bladder peeing all over the place!
tomi=My theory is that as a child you fell into an ant nest and got bitten by so many, you've become powerful like an ant! So that's what we're doing here, confirming that theory.
lvlMain5PreDescrIntroWar=_ND_
news=Oi! Breaking news, breaking news!
plyr=What happened?
news=Riots are breaking out in some distant parts of the world! Revolution on the cocoa farm! The workers started fighting the landowners who, according to them, just live off their work and contribute nothing to society but putting down fences. Looks like after being exploited, starved and murdered for years, their land plundered and poisoned, they finally decided to resist. And this time it seems quite serious. They really seem to believe that a better world is possible. I guess that can be quite a motivating force. And since the government doesn't really do anything to actually help them, apart from being slightly less corrupt than the previous one, and since the land barons obviously don't wanna give up their power and wealth, well, it seems like a revolution is the only way. Even if that means that some violence might unfortunately be necessary to finally free themselves from oppression...
lvlMain5PreDescrIntroNoWarAggressive=_ND_
news=Oi! I was looking for you. The rulers want you to do some work for them. There are a couple plantations that need to be expanded. Get some more trees growing there. Oh, and there's still some issues with all that waste, so yeah, you gotta somehow manage that too.
lvlMain5PreDescrIntroNoWarPeaceful=_ND_
news=Oi! Here you are. Do you happen to have some time?
plyr=Sure, what's going on?
news=People need your help in a region with kinda high erosion. Looks like that unstable terrain is giving them a hard time. But I'm sure you're able to help them.
plyr=Of course I am!
lvlMain5PreDescrTrickster=_ND_
news=Oh, and I guess you recently met the jester? Looks like his plan has worked. After their recent embarrassments, the authorities have lost all respect and are nothing more than the butt of a joke. Seems to have driven even more people towards the revolutionary groups.
lvlMain5PreDescrStinky=_ND_
news=By the way, I also have some wholesome news for you: the stinky people that you helped some time ago, they are crafting so much soap by now, they're sending it out as gifts! They want to be as generous to others as you've been to them. So be prepared to enter the best smelling beach you've ever smelled.
lvlMain5PreDescrGmoYes=_ND_
news=And one more thing: the factory owners use modified seeds to make people more dependant on them, so there's no longer any random banana and date seeds flying around. Which means that if you wanna spread those plants, you gotta move them forward step by step from the existing ones. But on the bright side: locally these two actually spread better now because of the modifications. And they age slower. And most of all: their roots made the terrain a lot more stable than it was before, so there's no longer that heavy erosion!
news=So yeah, hopefully you can somehow manage this whole situation.
lvlMain5PreDescrGmoNo=_ND_
news=And yeah, that's pretty much it already, so... have fun!
lvlMain5PostIntroTimiDeadGood=_ND_
news=Wow, looks like it actually happened. The workers actually gained control of the factories. Man, if this works out, it's gonna be a great story. You know, one of these stories that's gonna inspire people for ages. Oppressed people unite and rise up against the nobility, throw them over and begin a new age of liberty, equality and fraternity. A world of solidarity, where they are no longer exploited. Where everybody's basic needs are met. Where technology improves their lives and reduces their working hours. Where all people are treated equally and free to pursue their dreams, as long as they don't hurt anybody else. Man, I love writing these stories full of hope.
lvlMain5PostIntroTimiDeadBad=_ND_
news=Well, still some factory owners left. Looks like that's one more event to add to the list of failed revolutions. Too bad, I was already excited to write some moving articles about the beginning of a new age and all that stuff. But I guess everything will stay the same then. Except for the melancholic memories of that short glimmer of hope...
lvlMain5PostIntroTimiAliveGood=_ND_
news=A miracle. That's all I can think of right now. Everything you did for this world, for these people, for your friends, it truly is a miracle.
news=Hell, you're a miracle!
news=Life is a miracle. A beautiful miracle we can all experience thanks to you.
news=So... I think I can speak for everyone on this side of the Sour Sea when I say:
news=Thank you. Thank you for everything.
lvlMain5PostIntroTimiAliveBad=_ND_
news=I'm here to tell you that the rulers are satisfied with your work. Whether or not the people are, well, I kinda doubt it, as exploited as they still are. But then again, that's not really something you can change, isn't it? At least not anymore. They have just too much power, the owners. Too much. I don't even know what kind of miracle it would require to free people from their oppression. Free them from poverty. That would have to be quite the miracle. And I guess you're just not the kind of guy who performs miracles, aren't you?
lvlMain5PostTomi=_ND_
plyr=Looks like we've reached the end of our little journey.
tomi=Yeah, and I still haven't figured out where your powers come from. I'm a bit disappointed in myself. I think I'm gonna need a miracle to solve that one.
plyr=I like miracles.
tomi=How so?
plyr=They give you hope. Show you that things are possible that you never thought were possible. They just... touch something inside of you. I mean, witnessing a miracle, that's the kind of stuff that changes you forever.
tomi=Hmm, I guess that's true. Still, I'm kinda sad I haven't solved that mystery yet.
plyr=Hey, you may not yet know the answer, but you can always imagine one, right? And just imagine you would have found the answer. Retired. Settled down. Wouldn't that have been pretty boring?
tomi=Hmm...
plyr=No more mysteries to solve? No more need for your imagination? No more dreams of becoming the greatest detective of all time!
tomi=I guess you do kind of have a point.
plyr=Honestly, a Tomi like that would no longer be a true Tomi. A Tomi without dreams, all apathetic, obedient, listless... just accepting everything as it is. Never questioning anything. That would be pathetic. I want my Tomi to tackle the impossible. Have the courage to fight for his dreams, as beautiful and utopian as they may seem.
tomi=That's nice of you. You know, Timi once told me that sometimes he's had dreams that were so beautiful, they haunted him like nightmares.
plyr=How so?
tomi=That's what I asked him too. He said that nightmares are scary because you fear they might become true. Beautiful dreams are scary because you fear they might not.
plyr=Hmm, I guess that makes sense.
tomi=Yeah...
tomi=But anyway, speaking of realizing your dreams, have you heard already? On his quest for omniscience and immortality, Boros, the owner of the casino and duck racing, he attempted to create a perpetuum mobile of wisdom and so he... well... he tried to eat himself by biting his own tail... if you understand.
plyr=Damn! What happened?
tomi=Well... he bled to death.
plyr=Wow... now... that story's definitely gonna make him immortal.
tomi=Yeah... I would say that the guy lost his marbles, but apparently at his home they found boxes full of agate marbles! Can you believe that?! He had tons of them! You can be glad that in my heart there's only space for one hero, because I'd totally worship that guy too. Although I still wonder why he not only had boxes full of agate marbles but also crates full of string, soap, banana peels and all kinds of other weird stuff...
plyr=Well, sounds like you got yet another mystery to figure out!
tomi=Yep, plenty of mysteries still unsolved! Should keep me busy for a while. I just hope I don't lose all my mystery solving skills once I grow up.
plyr=Why would you?
tomi=Because us kids are so much better detectives than adults! Kids always want to figure stuff out and solve problems. Adults on the other hand, man, adults are so lazy if it comes to understanding things. They no longer even try to understand things. They just spew out something somebody once said that sounds like a suitable statement and call it a day.
tomi="Why did he have all these marbles? - Well, that's just the way he is. - But why was he like that? - That's the way he's always been. - How did he become like that? - It must have been the only way that worked for him."
tomi=It gets so boring once you see through their shtick! I really hope we never end up being like that...
plyr=Yeah, I hope so too...
lvlMain5PostYuIntroTimiAliveBad=_ND_
plyr=Looks like I've reached the end of my little journey...
plyr=Although there's still one question that's lingering around.
yu=?
lvlMain5PostYuIntroElse=_ND_
plyr=I just talked to Tomi. He's kinda disappointed that he still hasn't figured out where my powers come from.
yu=I gotta say, as annoying as this little guy and his naivet can be, you gotta give him credit for that. He doesn't give up until he actually finds a satisfying answer. I appreciate that.
plyr=You know, I'm also still looking for an answer that I was promised.
yu=?
lvlMain5PostYuMain=_ND_
plyr=Who is she? Elena...
plyr=Was she your wife?
yu=...
yu=No.
yu=We were never married.
yu=You know, I kinda hate that picture. She looks just so devastated on it. But it's unfortunately the only picture I have left of her. I miss the one with the flowers in her hair. Where she's smiling. I wish I could see that smile again.
plyr=Where is she? Or rather... why are you here?
yu=...
yu=The time machine I arrived in, it was supposed to be the backup plan. In case something would go wrong, we'd send Elena back one year in time. But then even our backup plan got sabotaged. The building stormed, right as we were preparing everything. It was complete chaos. We hastily prepared the time machine, while our remaining men tried to defend the building. And then I can barely remember what happened because... because she knocked me out. She knocked me out, put me in the time machine and then all I can remember... were the shots in the background. The explosions. The bright light. And when I regained consciousness, I was here. A lot more than just one year in the past. I guess we must have messed something up when preparing everything. Or something just didn't work, I don't know. I mean, this thing got never actually tested before. But yeah, I woke up and all I had was this picture of her. And a note that said...
yu="You can't change the past, only the future."
yu=I still don't know what all this meant. I mean, she always hated the time machine plan, didn't want to be the chosen one using it. We pretty much had to force her to do it. Maybe this was one of her stupid tricks to pay me back. I don't know. She didn't like the idea of changing the past. Said that sometimes things just go wrong. That some misery is part of life. That you should always try to improve life as much as possible. Strive for the impossible. But accept your limits. Accept defeat. Accept the dark sides. Or you will become the dark side.
plyr=Do you know what happened to her?
yu=I have no idea. I have no idea if she's dead or alive. If she's alive, she's probably being tortured every single day. So maybe it's better... she's dead... I don't know. I have often wondered what the worst feeling of all is. I still don't know if it's hopelessness or uncertainty...
yu=Can we talk about something else?
plyr=Sure... I'm sorry.
plyr=Speaking of uncertainty though... something's been bothering me a lot these past days.
yu=What?
plyr=You know... whether or not I've done a good job. It's just... crushing me. The burden. The responsibility. All because, as you've said, because I have the power to change the terrain.
yu=Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. Although, just to clarify, I've never said that you have the power to change the terrain, that was your friends. I just said that you have the power to change.
plyr=Wait, what?
yu=You can change much more than just the terrain. You may not be able to control people directly, and that's for the better I guess, but you can shape the environment. That's your actual power. Create the environment that determines what people do, how they behave, how they face you, how they face everybody else.
plyr=Oh... so you're saying that my responsibility is actually even bigger than I thought it was?!
yu=Now that you mention it... yeah, I probably shouldn't have said that.
lvlMain5PostYuOutroTimiDead=_ND_
plyr=So, if I have all those responsibilities... what you're saying is that... that I'm also responsible for Timi's death?
yu=...
yu=I guess...
yu=Unfortunately...
yu=Yes.
plyr=...
yu=You know... I wish I could somehow ease your mind. Your sorrows. But the truth is... even though it might get slightly better over time... it's never going truly away. You'll always feel responsible for what happened. Will always be haunted by that guilt. And you will always have these dreams... where he's still alive. And wake up crying.
yu=I'm sorry.
plyr=...
plyr=If just...
plyr=If at least...
plyr=If at least I knew what I did wrong. What I could have done better.
yu=...
yu=It's hard to say, even in retrospect. But if you were to do everything again, I'd say that... that during your first missions you'd need to try and satisfy people's material needs as good as possible. Eliminate that as a source of harmful thoughts. And not just for one group of people. For everyone. Bromahali and Blukena. People as a whole. And don't be apathetic about the fence wood. Destroy it. Destroy it before it becomes fences. Before it can allow hierarchies to arise. And generally just... help people. I mean, all throughout history, all over the world, there are stories of people who helped the poor, the oppressed, those in need. That desire, that dream, is what connects us all. You could become one of these mythical figures. One people will tell legends about.
yu=One that will become a god.
lvlMain5PostYuOutroTimiAliveGoodGood=_ND_
yu=But you know... there's actually nothing to be worried about.
plyr=You think so?
yu=Absolutely. You did a great job. Better than anything we could have ever hoped for. What you did is... perfect. Absolutely perfect. I'm proud of you.
plyr=Aww, thank you. I don't even know what to say about that.
yu=You don't have to say anything. Just know that you're capable of achieving more than you would ever expect from yourself. I mean, you're the closest thing I've ever seen to an actual apotheosis. A god. What you've achieved means so much to me.
yu=So much.
lvlMain5PostYuOutroTimiAliveGoodBad=_ND_
plyr=Yep, didn't really make it easier.
yu=You know... you shouldn't worry too much though.
plyr=That doesn't sound truly optimistic either...
yu=I'm sorry. But for real though, all in all, you did a great job. You can be proud of yourself. You were truly focused on your goal. Although maybe a bit too focused. Kinda neglected all the little things in life. You know, helping people here and there. Doing a bit more than the absolute minimum. It's just... some people have filled that void that you left behind. Using it to gain the trust of those in need. But I don't trust these people. Maybe someday they'll abuse that trust. Use it to their own advantage. To enrich themselves. Exploit people yet again. And it all begins anew. That's what I'm worried about.
plyr=Hmmm, I see. I hate that feeling when you think everything is working out fine and then at the very end... it still fails and all your hopes and dreams are crushed.
yu=I know. It's a painful feeling. But it happens. Unfortunately it happens. But hey, it could be worse. It could be truly worse. You still did a wonderful job. And what you achieved means a lot to me.
yu=Really a lot.
lvlMain5PostYuOutroTimiAliveBad=_ND_
plyr=...
plyr=So... do you think I did a good job?
yu=Do you want an honest answer?
plyr=Yeah.
yu=No.
plyr=...
yu=I hate to say it, but I'm kinda disappointed in you. And myself. You didn't quite do what I had hoped you would. Letting all the Blukena people die, that was... devastating to watch. And all the misery it caused in the following... was heart-wrenching. But well...
yu=Let's hope next time is gonna be better.
lvlMain5PostTimi_TimiDead=_ND_
plyr=Hi Timi. Looks like that day has come yet again. It's weird, there's not a single day that passes where I don't think of you. You'd think that by now I had relived the memories enough times to stop crying like a baby, but still... whenever this day arrives, I can't help but weep uncontrollably. I wonder if that's ever gonna stop. Or if it's gonna be a curse for the rest of my life. So many times have I wondered if I could have prevented all this. If I could have saved you. But I will probably never have the answer. Will have to live with that uncertainty for the rest of my life. Even though it's destroying a part of me every day. But then again, isn't that kinda what life is? Slowly dying, while everyone around you is dying too? Funny, how we still manage to find some pleasure in all of that. Even if it's just memories. But sometimes, when I'm lying in my bed and think of the old times... it almost feels like I'm still there. I can actually smell, what it smelled like in that old house we explored. How cold it was in the basement. How soft the mossy grass in the yard felt. You know, where we rolled down the hill? I can even remember the tickling feeling that our legs had afterwards. How sticky our hands were from the dandelions that we picked. And how we listened to that beautiful song from the blackbird, on top of the tree.
plyr=But anyway, I guess you can't always live in the past... Besides, somebody gotta take care of your bees, right? They're doing really well. I mean, Tomi and I got stung quite a bit in the beginning, but I think they like us now. Tomi actually painted the hives to look like a crocodile, he says it will keep predators away. It looks actually kinda cute though, you would have liked it. Oh, and before I forget it: I brought you something. See, by now it would really be about time that you finally chose an item so... here, I chose this for you...
plyr=It's a butterfly net.
plyr=Tomi and I made it. You could use it to play tag with the bees. Or carry around all of your flower seeds and stuff. Speaking of which, we discovered a new pond in the mountains, oh, there are such beautiful flowers around there! I would have loved to hear what you thought of it, it's so calm and peaceful. And you would have absolutely destroyed us in hide-and-seek there! There's just so many small crevices in the rocks that only you would fit through. Tomi actually used his slingshot to shoot some soap berries into those crevices. Said that you might get a bit stinky if you're still hiding in there. He has a weird kind of humour to try and deal with everything... We all miss you. Whenever Tomi says something stupid, I still expect a snarky comment from you. I wonder for a second why you're taking so long to come up with something to say and then... then I realize, that I'll never hear anything from you ever again. No witty quip, no helpful explanation, no comforting words. It's weird how from one day to another someone in your life can just... disappear. But anyway, enough of that, I just wanted to say: I'm sorry for disappointing you. I hope you can forgive me.
plyr=Oh, and here's a flower I've brought you.
lvlMain5PostTimi_TimiDead_Good=_ND_
plyr=Well, actually, it's a little twig with some Cherry Blossoms. I thought you'd like those. I mean, they're pink after all. And it's quite a pretty pink, if I may say so. It has this certain... calmness, kindness to it. Just like you had. It's too bad that they'll probably be withered soon but, as I said, I guess that's just what life is all about. A bunch of good moments... fading away. Nothing ever lasting. Nothing ever perfect. But it would get quite boring if it was, wouldn't it? I mean, if the flowers were always blooming, would they really be ever blooming? Would you still see the colours? I don't know. I guess you need that emptiness in between to see the beauty. Even though... even though you've left quite the big emptiness behind. And there's quite a lot of beauty that I'd like to show you. It's hard to imagine after everything that happened, but... I guess the world really is flourishing right now. Still with its imperfections here and there of course but... life really can be beautiful. You know, it's like when you go out in the morning, and it's already really warm, but there's still this refreshing coolness in the air, and the sunshine is sparkling in the last drops of morning dew, and I knock on your door to ask if you can come out to play, and we look at the fog in the distance and we know... there's a whole bunch of adventures awaiting us...
plyr=Yeah, that's what it feels like right now.
lvlMain5PostTimi_TimiDead_Bad=_ND_
plyr=It's a Red Spider Lily. I find it quite pretty. Although it's also a kind of sad flower. You know, whenever the flowers bloom, the leaves will already have fallen down. And whenever the leaves grow, the flowers will already have wilted. So the two... they never meet. They will never be able to see each other. It kinda reminds me... of us. I... I still just can't imagine that we'll never... that we'll never see each other again. Never. I mean, even if there's something like an afterlife, you'll surely end up in heaven, that's for sure. Whereas me, I... I'm probably gonna end up in hell. And then... then we still won't see each other. It's just never gonna happen. I'm sorry... I'm sorry for sounding so pathetic, you would have hated to see me like that, but... it's just... I don't know how to deal with all this. I can't. And it's killing me. I... I tried everything but... I failed you. I failed everybody. The world that I left behind, that's not the world I wanted to see. I wanted to see a world full of joy and happiness. But instead... there's still misery, sadness and sorrow... everywhere.
plyr=I failed.
lvlMain5PostTimi_TimiAliveGood=_ND_
plyr=You know, I really like this spot. It's just so... peaceful.
timi=Mhm, I like it too.
plyr=Sometimes I wonder... what it would have been like if our childhood wasn't so peaceful.
timi=What do you mean?
plyr=I mean... you hear all these stories from other parts of the world where there's war, misery and death. While we're living a comfortable life here. With adventures, games and festivals. Have you never closed your eyes during one of the festivals, when they're letting off the fireworks, and just imagined for a second that the explosions you hear are not the explosions of fireworks, but... those of grenades? Just to get an idea of how frightening it must be to live in a war zone?
timi=Yeah... I've done that a couple times too. It's a horrible feeling...
plyr=I can't imagine the horror these people must go through. And all the deaths. All the loved ones they lose. I couldn't imagine what it would be like to lose a friend like you. The grief... the guilt... I think I could never forgive myself, letting something like that happen.
timi=Oh, but I could forgive you.
plyr=What? You would?
timi=Of course. Without forgiveness, violence would never end. I'd forgive you.
plyr=You truly are too good for this world.
timi=Hey, at least the world isn't all bad. I mean... just look around here. The beautiful nature, the nice people, the art, all these things that make life worth living! And you've allowed us to live like that. You're the one who saved us all. Who knows what would have happened without you.
plyr=Oh god, please stop, I'm feeling all flattered...
timi=Although, with all that power you have... who knows, maybe someday you'll turn into a real asshole...
plyr=Thank you.
timi=You're welcome.
plyr=By the way, I've brought you a flower.
lvlMain5PostTimi_TimiAliveGood_Good=_ND_
timi=Oh my god, is that a Lotus, an actual Lotus?!
plyr=Yep, it is, you like it?
timi=I love it!
plyr=Aww, I'm glad to hear that.
timi=It's... it's perfect, absolutely perfect. So beautiful. And warm. Did you know, that they can actually produce heat to regulate their temperature? It's crazy what some plants can do! And their leaves, oh they're amazing, they're totally water-repellent. It's so much fun to take a leave and let a drop of water run over it. It's quite useful for the plant too, protects it from all kinds of dirt, diseases and parasites. Allows it to live a long and happy life. But even if someday it dies, the seeds, oh, don't get me started on the seeds! They're so strong, even after a thousand years, they can still grow into a beautiful flower! From the deepest depths of the dirty mud... into this beautiful, vivid flower. Unstained. Perfectly pure... and graceful. Just... divine. Yeah, that's it, divine. Just like you are!
plyr=What?
timi=You're my... god. Just look at what you've achieved! Life is beautiful. I'm probably still a bit too young for these words to have any true weight, but still, I gotta say... this is probably the happiest moment in my little life. Because not only did I realize that my best friend is the best friend one could ever have, no, I also realized that this is the best world one could ever wish for. And you've made it possible. You've allowed this to happen. It happened all thanks to you. So...
timi=Thank you.
lvlMain5PostTimi_TimiAliveGood_Bad=_ND_
timi=Oh, that's an Anemone, isn't it?!
plyr=Yeah, you like it? I wasn't sure if you would or not. Somehow I got a pretty bad feeling about it. It's weird, recently I just always have this lingering worrisome feeling in my stomach. Even though there doesn't seem to be any reason for it. After all, things are great right now! But I don't know, ever since Yu told me that I may not have cared enough about people, may not have been helpful enough, I just can't get rid of this fear. This fear that things are gonna take a dark turn again. I hate that feeling of uncertainty. Especially if it turns out to have been completely in vain. How many times did I already worry to death about something, just for it to turn out completely fine? But you never know that in advance. Would be nice if you could travel back in time to tell your younger self to stop worrying that much about something. Tell yourself that everything's gonna be fine. But then again, sometimes it doesn't... sometimes it just... doesn't. So maybe it's good you can't tell your younger self how something is gonna turn out. Maybe that would destroy that last little bit of hope left in you.
plyr=Maybe that would crush you completely.
lvlMain5PostTimi_TimiAliveBad=_ND_
plyr=Hey...
plyr=...
plyr=I'm sorry.
plyr=I'm sorry for everything I did. There's no way I'm ever gonna atone for what I did. And there's not a single day where I don't regret what I did. And-
timi=It's okay.
plyr=...
plyr=Are you...
timi=It's okay. I forgive you.
timi=I mean, as far as I'm able to do that. I guess the only people that could truly forgive you... are the ones that are no longer capable of doing that. But for me, there's no... there's just no reason to keep holding a grudge against you forever. I mean... you're still my friend. And friends forgive each other, right? Well, even enemies should be able to forgive each other, but friends especially. I'm sorry for being so harsh on you. It was just, I was... a bit disappointed.
plyr=Silly you... you're the last person on Earth who needs to be sorry.
timi=I...
timi=I'm sorry.
timi=I gotta say though, it's a pretty flower you've brought there.
plyr=Oh, you think so? It's a Rue. I've picked it on a path close to here. I thought it looked quite pretty. Although... I kinda regret picking it already.
timi=Why?
plyr=It's kinda weird. Right after picking it and walking through the dark forest, it seemed like a great idea. But now that I'm standing here in the glade with you, in the sunshine, it starts to hurt. Look at my hand, it's like... burning.
timi=Oh wow, yeah, that does... definitely not look good. I mean, as pretty as the flowers look, I guess it's still better to just drop them.
plyr=Yeah, I guess so. Maybe I shouldn't have picked them in the first place. Maybe I should have been a bit more graceful towards these poor herbs. Just let them quietly live where they grew. Instead of picking them. No wonder they're pissed off at me... I hate making mistakes like these... why does stuff like that always happen to me... But then again, maybe the problem isn't that I picked them at all, maybe the problem is that I didn't pick them even earlier.
plyr=Maybe that would have taught me a lesson about regret... opened my eyes... protected me from evil...
lvlMain5PostTrueEnding=_ND_
plyr=...
plyr=You wanted to talk to me?
yu=Yeah. There's something I need to confess.
plyr=?
yu=I'm...
yu=I'm not actually Yu.
plyr=Uh...
plyr=What?
yu=It's actually 30 more years until the real Yu is gonna arrive from the future. Just like right now, the time machine will be broken and barely work. But whereas right now it can only go back a couple days in time... at that point it will still be able to go... 30 years back in time.
plyr=So... you...
yu=I borrowed Yu's time machine and went back in time. Back to this point.
plyr=So Tomi was right... you lied to us. You've been lying to us all this time...
yu=Well, I wouldn't quite put it like that. Everything I told you about Yu was exactly what he told me in the future. So from your point of view, I was pretty much the real Yu. I delivered his thoughts, his feelings, his fears and memories. Just through a different body. But I mean, is the body really that important?
plyr=I'm... so confused.
yu=It's kinda funny though. There's an interesting connection between Yu and me.
yu=Yu got sent back in time by a loved one to be saved. I sent myself back in time to save a loved one.
plyr=You did... what?
yu=You know, as Elena said... some misery is part of life. Fate. But some can and should be tried to be changed. Although trying to save my friend in the past was probably not something I should have done. Who knows what consequences it might have. But the problem is: I saw an opportunity to do it. I had the power to do it. And power corrupts. I broke my rules and did something wrong. But the weirdest thing is... I don't even regret it. There are already enough timelines where my friend dies, so why not one where he lives? Because as I've said... we have the power to change. So why not? Why not try to resurrect someone you love?
plyr=Because the power over life and death is not one that should be wielded by anybody! We're not gods!
yu=So... you think you wouldn't have done the same thing?
plyr=Of course not!
yu=How can you be so sure about that?
plyr=I just wouldn't do it! It's not the right thing to do!
yu=...
plyr=Sometimes you need to make a sacrifice. Accept your fate. Even if it's difficult.
yu=So you would never do something like that?
plyr=No.
yu=Not even... not even... to save...
yu=Timi?
plyr=What?
plyr=Why would you say something like that?
yu=I mean, it's a valid question, isn't it?
plyr=No, it's not! Why would you ask that?! What the hell is going on?! And who the hell are you?!
yu=...
plyr=Answer me! WHO ARE YOU?!!
yu=I'm...
yu=I'm you.
gen5YuTip=_ND_
yu=Unfortunately the time machine doesn't allow you to go far enough back but, as I've said, if you were somehow able to try all this again, try and keep this war from happening, try and save Timi's live, you'd probably have to... have to satisfy everybody's needs as good as possible. Of both Bromahali and Blukena. Prevent inequalities from tearing them apart. Prevent hierarchies, any feelings of superiority, from turning them against each other. Keep them united. And destroy everything that tries to divide them. Especially those fences. For they serve no purpose but to divide. But to tear the Earth asunder. Destroy them. Flood every single piece of fence wood that you see. It takes some time for them to grow into fellable plants that can be turned into actual fences, so if you destroy them before that happens, all while caring about everyone around you, maybe... maybe there's a chance.
lvlParkourClosingTimiAliveGood=_ND_
emil=What a beautiful sunny day, isn't it? The kind of day where even I just wanna sit at the beach and do nothing. I mean, sometimes your limbs gotta relax too, don't they? Don't want them to get injured. Speaking of which, did I ever tell you the story of the stupidest kid in our neighbourhood? Oh, that little guy was something else. His brothers always made fun of him that he had no orientation at all and got lost all the time. They repeatedly told everybody the story of how he couldn't even find the way out of his mother's womb when he was born and the midwife had to pull him out. Even said that he probably still wouldn't find the way out of it. And that made the little guy so angry, he decided to show them all that he could! So he made a bet that he would crawl back into his mother's womb and show them that he'd find the way out. And he actually did try to crawl back into his mother! Between her legs. His brothers watching. Trying to hold back their laughter. Seeing this stupidly ridiculous plan unfold. But once the guy's body was half inside, well, they could just no longer hold it. They burst out laughing. The mother woke up, clapped her legs together and well... that caused the little guy to get a pretty nasty injury. But I think he's doing okay now. Anyway, enough time spent relaxing, gotta continue my work, see you little dove!
lvlParkourClosingTimiDeadGood=_ND_
emil=Hey, look who's still alive! They finally allowed my precious XP again! Man, feels so good to feel no pain. I've spent a lot of my life in pain. I think I've never told you the story of how I got injured in the first place though, right? As a child when the whole thing started? Well, it's a kinda embarrassing story, but yeah... See, my brothers always made fun of me that I had no orientation at all and got lost all the time. They repeatedly told everybody the story of how I couldn't even find the way out of my mother's womb when I was born and the midwife had to pull me out. Even said that I probably still wouldn't find the way out of it. And that made me so angry, I decided to show them all that I could. So I made a bet that I would crawl back into my mother's womb and show them that I'd find the way out. And I actually did try to crawl back into my mother! Between her legs. My brothers watching. Trying to hold back their laughter. Seeing this stupidly ridiculous plan unfold. But once my body was half inside, well, they could just no longer hold it. They burst out laughing. My mother woke up, clapped her legs together and well... that caused me to get the injury. After the treatment with poppies and the discovery of how they interact with mud pies, I thought that becoming a letter pigeon would be the perfect way to train my orientation and still win the bet. But in the end I had so much fun doing it, was so glad seeing how much happiness my work brought to the people, that I just no longer cared about the bet. Or what my brothers said. I mean, at that point they were already using a dozen other things to make fun of me anyway. And yeah, that's how I became the postman. Speaking of which, enough time spent relaxing, gotta continue my work, see you little dove!
mini5Dodge=_ND_
granma=I don't really have anything left to tell you, but considering that this might be the end, why not return to the beginning? The first story that my grandma told me. Who was from a place far far away from here. It's a myth about how humanity was created according to her tribe. It says that a long long time ago, immortal people lived on an island that had nothing but sand. It was a rather boring existence. Then, one day, a sperm whale got stuck in a tight bay. It tried to move back and forth, but just couldn't get out. So some people approached it and started poking it. Others stayed on the beach and said to leave the poor whale alone. Then, one of those poking it, said that he had a vision. And that vision showed him, that whoever was able to kill the mighty whale, would prove to be strong enough to become the tribe's leader. And so the most ambitious of the men dove down and collected seashells, to cut open the whale! They stabbed the poor animal repeatedly until it began to cry from pain and then... when the whale's tears fell into the ocean, they turned into pearls. Beautiful shiny pearls. Those who were sceptical until now and waited on the beach, slowly became curious too. One after another they started running into the sea. And it didn't take long until half of them were in the water, trying to gather the pearls. But then, as they were standing in the water, stabbing and gathering, suddenly, the whale burst open and a gigantic wave of white spermaceti got ejected from its head! The men and women in the water tried to rush back to the land, but the white liquid from the whale's head was just too sticky! They couldn't move. It dragged them down. And one after another, they slowly and painfully sank to the deepest depths of the ocean... On the land however, the spermaceti created beautiful plants. The island that was nothing but sand before, turned into a thriving garden of colourful plants and fruits. That day, the few people who stayed on the beach, they lost their immortality. But they were rewarded with a life full of beauty and joy. Those who sank to the deepest depths of the ocean on the other hand, they are still raging about their mistake till this very day. And from time to time you can even see their anger when a volcano emerges from the sea, spouting out their rage, creating a new island.
plyr=Whoa.
mini5Gambling=_ND_
yu=Don't act like you're surprised to see me here, you're not.
plyr=I wasn't gonna say anything. That said though, there is one thing I wanted to ask you.
yu=Hm?
plyr=Why haven't I really gotten any stronger?
yu=What?
plyr=I mean, yeah, XP can increase some stamina and stuff, but my power itself, the terraforming, it's still the same! I still can't move any more sand than I did in the beginning! And all the challenges that I faced, somehow they never required any increase in power. Isn't that weird?
yu=Why would it be weird?
plyr=I don't know, because that's not how it works in stories, isn't it? In stories there's always bigger and bigger enemies that the hero must face! The threat is constantly increasing!
yu=Yeah... I find that kinda stupid. You know, life doesn't confront you with ever increasing challenges. In fact, soon you're already gonna reach the peak when you hit puberty. Because let me tell you, once you start going crazy for girls, man, that's the worst of it all. But yeah, life just doesn't have a sorting algorithm of evil. And even if it does, it's more like some kind of monkey sort that may randomly come up with the right order from time to time. But I don't know, that desire for ever-increasing challenges, I don't like it. Things can't always get bigger, at some point it's gonna become ridiculous. Besides, when you're constantly busy trying to chase the next reward, reach the next step of success, when are you gonna have time to just enjoy what you have? 
rand5FenceGoodIntro=_ND_
npc=I was just about to show my son how to build a fence, but then I found this message in a bottle and all it said was "No Fences!". I guess we'll just build a vegetable bed instead then.
rand5FenceGoodTier1=_ND_
npc=And... wait a second. Aren't you the guy who helped us? And not only that, you actually achieved a score that was 300 points over what would have been necessary?!! Holy shit, I can't believe we actually meet you! You're like a god to us. 300 more points than necessary, that's insane, like, wow, there was absolutely no point in doing that but you still did it, that's just so unbelievably awesome from you. You are such an inspiration to me and my family, I hope one day my son will be able to help the world as much as you did. You really are the ideal we strive for.
rand5FenceGoodTier2=_ND_
npc=And hey, you're the guy who helped us, right? Damn, when I heard that you actually managed to get 200 more points than what we asked for, wow, I couldn't believe it! That was impressive, well done. I didn't even think something like that was possible. Imagine everyone on this planet would do such a good job as you did, all our problems would be solved immediately!
rand5FenceGoodTier3=_ND_
npc=Oh, and by the way: aren't you the guy who helped us and got 100 points more than necessary? Damn, nice job, you really look like someone who can get stuff done, I like that.
rand5FenceBad=_ND_
npc=Hey, do you want this bottle post? I'm building a fence with my son, I don't have time for those childish things.
rand5Circle=_ND_
kid=Look, you can almost see your home from here.
otherCafePassword=_ND_
duck=What's the codeword?
otherCafePasswordCorrect=_ND_
duck=That is correct, have fun!
otherCafePasswordWrong=_ND_
duck=Nope, that's not it.
otherFigPassword=_ND_
duck=What does the girl dream of?
otherFigPasswordCorrect=_ND_
duck=That is correct, welcome to the club!
otherFigPasswordWrong=_ND_
duck=Uh, no.
otherStranglerFig=_ND_
pearl=Hi, do you wanna visit my exhibition of paintings? See, during the day I work as a pearl diver, which is actually quite good practice for holding your breath, but during the night, I devote myself to my true passion: painting. This is the work I'm the proudest of so far.
pearl=I call it the "Dream of the Pearl Diver's Wife".
pearl=And yes, those are fig branches. I guess you can tell that I love fig trees, I mean, that's why I chose to live in one.
pearl=I don't know, they're just so... so sensual.
pearl=Did you know for example, that in some languages the word for fig also means... vulva?
pearl=And yeah, figs truly do have that certain... sexual connotation. This arousing, forbidden element. Both the fruit and the tree itself.
pearl=Just look at those sturdy branches embracing the tree! Holding it down, exerting total power over it.
pearl=Have you ever been tied up like that?
pearl=It's an interesting feeling when you're no longer in control. No longer... held back by your insecurities. You just let it go, let it happen. You're totally... free. Free to enjoy everything you always wanted to feel. You're in a position of submission, but not an absolute submission based on oppression, a temporary submission based on trust.
pearl=Anyway, I'm talking too much again, you're gonna think I'm crazy like everybody else does! But you know what? I don't really care about that. I just do what I enjoy. I mean, I don't hurt anybody else. At least not without them asking for it. I just wish I could show my paintings to more people. To every thirsty housewife on the island! But unfortunately I'm not allowed to do that. So I have to hide them here. Hope you also enjoyed seeing them!
otherAnsasc=_ND_
bounc=Just so you know, we see everything you do. Even your attempts to cheat. Thus, just to give you a friendly reminder: You better don't do that. Otherwise you're not gonna like the consequences...
duckDummy=_ND_
duck=I'm an origami duck and I block this path.
duckExplain=_ND_
duck=I'm an origami duck and I block this path. I've heard that you got some stuff to do before I can let you pass. Finish a certain main mission or something.
duckShortcut=_ND_
duck=Sorry, I can't let you take this route yet, you'd disturb the silence of our ongoing "Hammock Nap Championship".
duckWoods=_ND_
duck=This region is too dangerous for you to enter. You can get lost very easily. Only those who are already lost can enter.
duckNight=_ND_
duck=Sorry, I was told not to let you through. It's for your own safety, the area above is extremely dangerous, no playground for kids afraid of the dark. You shall only pass once you've proven yourself to be courageous enough by completing the two side missions in thick northern forests: Night Wanderers and Trickle Down.
duckGambling=_ND_
duck=Sorry, but our Anti-Save-Scumming system, short ASS, has detected that you tried to use some loopholes to gain an unfair gambling advantage. You are thus banned for being an, and I quote, ASShole.
duckRandHi=_ND_
duck=I'm an origami duck and I block this path. Hi!
duckRandPond=_ND_
duck=I'm an origami duck and I block this path. Well, actually my pond blocks this path. How in the world should a cute little duck like me be able to block an entire path?
duckRandDontWorry=_ND_
duck=I'm an origami duck and I block this path. Sometimes life takes unexpected turns and things don't work out as you planned them. But don't worry, that's normal. You'll find a solution.
duckRandDontAngry=_ND_
duck=I'm an origami duck and I block this path. Don't be angry about it, you can't change it like that, you're just wasting energy.
duckRandPatience=_ND_
duck=I'm an origami duck and I block this path. Someday I will no longer block it. Patience is a virtue.
duckRandWalk=_ND_
duck=I'm an origami duck and I block this path. You wanna take it? Well, take it easy. Don't just rush through. There are lots of nice places in the world. Sometimes you gotta take a relaxing walk. Enjoy life.
duckRandTape=_ND_
duck=I'm an origami duck and I block this path. But please don't beat me up because of that. Someone recently did that. Tore me to pieces. I was in tears. Luckily someone patched me up again. How? Well, with duck tape of course.
duckRandPermission=_ND_
duck=I'm an origami duck and I block this path. I have all the papers necessary to prove that I'm allowed to do that. What? No, I can't show them to you. I've actually folded myself out of those papers.
duckRandDeath=_ND_
duck=I'm an origami duck and I block this path. But don't worry, I won't be here forever. I would dissolve staying that long in the water. Or will I be gone because I actually did stay too long in it and dissolved? Who knows. The only thing that's for sure is that I will disappear, one way or another. That's life, nothing is forever.
duckRandLife=_ND_
duck=I'm an origami duck, I'm a piece of paper swimming on water. Paper is made from papyrus, a plant growing close to water. Someday I will die, here in the water, and become a nutrient for new plants of papyrus. That's the circle of life. Fuelled by water. Take good care of water.
duckRandHappy=_ND_
duck=I'm a duck. I'm happy. You should try and be happy too. If you aren't, wrap yourself into a warm blanket, get some hot chocolate and read a good book. If you still aren't happy, well, that's fine too.
duckRandFolding=_ND_
duck=I'm an origami duck and isn't it amazing what you can do by just folding a piece of paper?! It's fascinating...
duckRandMaxFold=_ND_
duck=Did you know that you can't fold a piece of paper more than 7 times? And did you also know that that's wrong and you actually can fold it more than 7 times? So if you happen to stumble upon a piece of paper as long as this entire island... I wouldn't mind a new powerful, indestructible, super strong body.
duckRandHat=_ND_
duck=You could fold me into a hat and wear me on your head. Would I like that? I don't know, I've never been a hat.
duckRandCorkscrew=_ND_
duck=Did you know that ducks have a spiral-shaped penis? My cousin works as a corkscrew.
duckSpecialPasswordSpecific=_ND_
duck=...
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plyr=Dude, what are we doing here?
tomi=We gotta talk to Yu.
plyr=Yu?! The time traveller?! You know that your parents told us to stay away from him...
tomi=Yeah, but I mean... he's from the future! We've all seen him arrive in this time travelling machine or whatever that was! If there's one guy who knows something about the night wanderers, it's him. And if he doesn't, it might mean that he conspires with them. Either way, he's the key.
plyr=How do you know that?
tomi=I'm a detective, knowing things is what we do! So, yeah, are you pondering what I am pondering?
plyr=Well, I guess so but...
plyr=I-
plyr=I guess not.
plyr=And I'm not sure if...
plyr=that's really such a...
timi=He's gonna die.
plyr=He's so dead.
eddi=Eddi thinks he sees a dead duck.
timi=Should we run?
tomi=Hi, I'm Tomi, nice to meet you, sir!
yu=What? Oh, hi... little... Tomi?
tomi=How do you do? See, me and my friends here, uh... 
tomi=...over there, we would like to ask you a couple questions.
yu=Well, I should be working but, okay, always nice to have a break. As long as you keep that stick where it is.
tomi=Oh, don't worry, that's just in case I need to fight off a toger. See, every one of us has their special item. Eddi's wearing a pomegranate because he's scared of coconuts falling on his head. Our little godlike friend over there has a blanket because see, he can already change the terrain so why not also be able to fly, right? Kids these days, never satisfied with anything... And my little brother Timi, he hasn't decided yet for an item. He can never decide for anything.
tomi=Do you have any item too?
yu=Oh, I'm just carrying this calabash around with me.
tomi=What's in it?
yu=That's a secret.
tomi=Oh, you better be careful then, because I'm Tomi, the Unveiler of Secrets! I'm on a big quest currently to find out where our friend's powers come from. Because you see, he can just make infinite amounts of sand appear and disappear out of his tiny little pockets. Like this, 'poof', it's gone, 'poof', it's back again. It's crazy, the same thing happens with my socks.
tomi=But anyway, when I solve that mystery, emphasis on when, I'll finally be able to go into my well-deserved retirement.
plyr=Did you hide his socks again?
yu=What if you don't solve it?
timi=Yep.
tomi=I will. I solve every mystery.
yu=What about the Devil's Tongue Incident?
tomi=What?! How do you know about the Devil's Tongue Incident?! It never even happened!
yu=Just heard some people talk about it. But anyway... what do you do if you really can't solve this one either? I mean: can't solve this one?
tomi=Won't happen. "You may not always know the answer, but you can always imagine one."
yu=Who said that?
tomi=Who do you think?
yu=I don't know, maybe your dad?
tomi=People say that a lot. People don't seem to know my dad...
tomi=But enough about me, what are you doing here?
yu=Gardening. Although I'd say that should have been obvious to a detective, shouldn't it?
tomi=Well, of course, it was. But you confused me since you seem to be pretty bad at it. That tree over there, it's planted upside down.
yu=What? Oh no, that's a baobab.
tomi=Oh. You don't like them baobabs or why did you plant it upside down?
yu=No, no, that's just the way they look. They look like they're growing upside down, with the roots sticking out.
tomi=Hmm, so what does it look like underground?
yu=What? Oh, you know... to be honest... I have no idea. I've never actually thought about that.
timi=Maybe it has pretty flowers.
plyr=I could try and move the ground so we can see what it looks like.
eddi=Maybe it has cucumbers. Eddi loves cucumbers.
tomi=No! You know what the elders said, you should only use your powers if it's absolutely necessary.
eddi=Ma'am, do you have cucumbers?
tomi=Children like you should have fun and play outside.
tomi=Do the children in the future play outside too?
timi=Like caiques. Those parrots always have fun doing some wrestling outside.
yu=Sometimes, but they also spend a lot of time inside playing video games.
eddi=Black Head had a sweet season so far.
tomi=What are video games?
timi=Yeah, that jump kick against Banana Tail last week was amazing
yu=Like... a game inside a moving picture.
plyr=Sounds interesting.
tomi=Sounds boring as hell... Not that it really matters to me anyway. I mean, I'm busy solving mysteries and fighting off evil monsters and all that stuff. Like a true hero.
tomi=In fact, that brings me to my current theory about where our friend's powers come from. He's the hero from the old Melgagish prophecy. The mason who builds a gigantic wall to protect the people from the Great Flood! Man, I'd like to be a superhero too. Would make solving mysteries so much easier. What kind of superhero would you like to be, Yu?
yu=None, superheroes are boring. They have absolutely no creative force, no vision how to change the world. They just sit at home waiting for some villain to show up and then beat them up and keep everything as it is. Superheroes are purely reactive. If anything, I'd like to be a trickster god. Oh, don't get me started on trickster gods, they are the true driving force in the-
tomi=What if the superhero lives in an already perfect world, why shouldn't he defend that?
yu=Well, I guess in that case you might have a point.
tomi=See, where's the problem then? Why do adults always look for problems?
yu=Have you ever seen the perfect world?
tomi=No, but... well, okay. But then why do people love superheroes that much?
yu=Because they want an easy answer. Superhero shows up, saves the day, problem solved. No complicated solution, no hard work, no change.
tomi=What's wrong with an easy answer?! After all, someone needs to beat up those villains!
yu=What villains?
tomi=Well, there gotta be some villains somewhere, belonging to some secret organization that wants to conquer the world, scheming to destroy us.
yu=Have you ever seen a secret organization like that?
tomi=No, that's why they're secret.
yu=Well, okay... I'll give you that one. But... what if it's just the idea that
tomi=Night wanderers! Actually, that's the whole reason why we're here: do you have any information about them?
yu=Night wanderers?
tomi=Yes.
yu=No.
tomi=Damnit... so that's how my career as a detective dies. The one time you decide to rely on an adult...
yu=Hey, that doesn't sound like Tomi the "unveiler of secrets".
tomi=But how should I gather information if they only show themselves at night?
yu=Strict parents that don't allow you to stay outside at night?
tomi=Worse, parents that told me there's a monster under my bed. I'm traumatized I tell you!
yu=What do you do when you gotta pee?
plyr=We don't talk about that!
timi=We don't talk about that!
eddi=Eddi don't talk about that!
yu=Oh... Well, if the monster's the only problem, I could build you a flashlight, if that helps.
tomi=A... flash... light? Wow, that sounds so badass and futuristic and awesome! I want one! Give me the power of thunder and lightning! Does it help against ghosts too? Because a couple days ago our house started being haunted by that weird whistling ghost.
yu=Pretty sure, yeah. Gotta be careful with those whistling ghosts, they like eating kids...
plyr=I still think these video games sound cooler.
tomi=What?!
yu=If you want to we could go play some games.
tomi=Maybe that's why I only hear the whistling ghost in the kitchen...
plyr=What do you do in them?
tomi=That bugger wants to push me into the oven!
yu=Well, I'm currently playing one where you kind of have to try and conquer the world.
tomi=Don't want that to happen...
plyr=Why would you wanna do that?
tomi=again.
yu=I... I mean, it's just the goal of the whole thing. Get more powerful, expand your empire, rule over everybody and-
plyr=What for?
yu=I... I guess I better start working on that flashlight...
tomi=Great idea! We gotta leave anyway now, my grandma made some vinegar! I don't know what vinegar is, but I wanna have some. So I guess we'll see you later? By the way, do you have any other cool machines from the future?
yu=Well, obviously a time machine. There's not much juice left in it and it's pretty broken, so you can only go back in time a couple days, but you can still use it to retry a mission.
tomi=Yeah, just casually mention that...
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plyr=Ah, a new dawn, a new adventure. What are we looking for today?
tomi=Well, this morning I've heard that the seven mothers left to go search for the talking bird and ask him about a solution to the fruit scarcity problem. So I thought... we're gonna look for the talking bird too and ask him where your powers come from!
timi=Oh, I always wanted to see the talking bird!
plyr=Why do you think he knows anything about my powers?
eddi=Eddi always wanted to see kappas. They love eating cucumbers. And little children. Just like togers.
tomi=See, my new theory is, I think, I mean I'm pretty sure that... that you can telepathically communicate with animals!
plyr=...
plyr=What?
tomi=Yeah, you just, you... you ask worms, moles and all that other stuff to... to change the terrain. That's it.
plyr=But... don't you think I'd realize it if I did that?
tomi=Not if it happens subconsciously!
plyr=I'm rather thinking subconsciously that we should have probably stayed in town and helped everybody else with picking fruits and stuff.
tomi=Oh, don't worry, that problem will soon be solved.
plyr=Once the seven mothers find the talking bird?
tomi=Nah, who knows if they'll even find him. I mean, the factories!
plyr=The what?
timi=Are we ever gonna find a way back?
tomi=Haven't you heard? The officials from Banaguana that recently arrived in our village, they've told us to build factories. Fence off the land and get some organization into all that stuff.
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tomi=They've done all of that before in Banaguana and they've started to produce so much more than they ever did!
timi=Do you think the talking bird will be able to tell us how we get back home again?
tomi=I've seen a painting and you wouldn't believe in what beautiful mansions they live!
eddi=Probably should have laid down rope to find our way back.
tomi=With the factories, crafting stuff will become so much easier and faster.
timi=Do you have a rope that long?
tomi=The production will skyrocket, we won't even know what to do with all that stuff!
eddi=Eddi has a pet snake. Looks like a snake cucumber.
tomi=Well, granted that you still provide the right terrain for the trees to grow.
timi=Do you think that's long enough?
tomi=But with all that additional competition, innovation, motivation, oh, it's gonna be so great.
eddi=Maybe when stretched?
tomi=The officials even installed these cool new letterboxes for everyone working at a factory.
timi=Uhm, I don't know if that's gonna do the job...
tomi=Oh, and the factories will finally employ some policemen!
eddi=Eddi's pretty good with stretching. Once stretched a rubber rope from one side of the garden to the other.
tomi=Because I tell ya, something's going on... Remember that string that made me fall?
timi=Wow, that sounds pretty cool! What happened?
tomi=Now there's been a dead bird in front of our house!
eddi=Eddi got flung over half the village.
tomi=Something's going on...
timi=Oh.
plyr=Poor little bird.
tomi=And then there's still the question of how Yu knew about the Devil's Tongue Incident. Only you guys should know about that. Unless one of you is a traitor... But I don't know, I don't trust that Yu guy. Besides, there was this smell in his house. It... it smelled weirdly familiar. I definitely know that smell from somewhere.
plyr=I don't know, I didn't smell anything. But anyway, did you bury him?
tomi=What? Why the hell would I bury Yu?! I'm not burying him alive, I'm not that kind of psycho!
plyr=I mean... the bird.
tomi=Oh, yeah, Timi did.
plyr=What if the talking bird has died too and we just didn't hear of it?
tomi=Nah, there would have been a big funeral. We would have heard of it. But speaking of which, and write this down so you don't forget it: when I die, I want a biiiiig-ass funeral too! And everyone's gotta be dressed in black and weeping in the rain about the great detective Tomi that they've lost! And you'll lower me down into my beautiful grave, wondering how you shall continue without your best friend.
plyr=See, I don't know. Your whole thing there maybe makes sense when you die young, but, I mean, when I die of old age, people should celebrate my life. I want them to be dressed as colourful as possible and sing and dance and remember the beauty of life. Oh, and don't put me in one of those stupid boxes! Coffins make me claustrophobic. Just burn me and throw my ashes somewhere in the woods, much nicer there.
plyr=How about you Eddi?
eddi=Eddi too wants to be thrown in the woods. But without being roasted first. Let maggots eat tasty Eddi. And birds eat maggots. And raptors eat birds. And Eddi becomes part of nature again. And then Eddi gets shat down on your-
tomi=Timi, how about you?
timi=I... I don't know. Whatever's causing you the least trouble... I guess.
tomi=You really gotta learn to take a decision like a man!
timi=Sometimes it's actually useful if you can't decide.
tomi=Like when?
timi=Like when you want to kill yourself but can't decide for a method and then never get around to do it.
tomi=That's... what the hell... I mean... damn, no reason to get so damn dark when we're talking about death. But hey, just think about all the pretty flowers you could get on your grave!
plyr=You've started collecting flowers again?
timi=Mhm, need them for my bees.
tomi=Can you imagine that? The guy has bees as pets. Told him already to get something manlier. Like a crocodile.
timi=Hey, bees are fascinating! Especially when they clean themselves. The way they scrub their little big eyes. And pull their antennae through their tiny hands. And wipe their probo... probos... their trunk! Aww, I could cuddle them when they do that.
plyr=So you make honey?
timi=No I make, yeah, honey.
news=Ah, here you are guys! Man, that was quite the task to find you. I have an important message. Before the seven mothers left they decided to ask you for your help again. See, they recently destroyed some dams in order to improve the food scarcity situation, since the plants had gotten quite old and didn't yield that many fruits anymore, so yeah... your powers are needed to rebuild and regrow everything. But luckily people have started building some factories already, so that should help! Although some tribes have refused to join them, so we gotta see how all that works out. Hopefully people won't start stealing from each other. And hopefully there won't be any more attacks from the night wanderers. There's still reports of occasional explosions. Guess these new policemen are gonna have plenty to do. Oh, and before I forget it: on this beach, water slowly seeps away. So make sure your irrigation system doesn't let any lakes dry out! So yeah, take care of everything while the seven mothers are gone and when they return, they want to see everything still doing fine! And remember: the Blukena beyond the mountains still don't count towards your score.
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yu=Hey guys, enjoying the sunset?
plyr=What? How did you end up here? This is our secret spot, adults aren't supposed to know about this place!
timi=Still "hi" though.
yu=Well, looks like I know about it too. Always liked this crag. Reminds me of my childhood. Especially with the birds flying south.
plyr=The banned weaklings?
yu=The what?
plyr=The birds. Tomi says the one's flying southwards are the weak ones who got banned from their colony and had to flee.
yu=What?!
plyr=Yeah, that's how nature is. It's brutal. Selfish. A war of each against everyone. The survival of the fittest. That's evolution, he says.
yu=That's... not how evolution works. Just take a look at finks. If evolution was about being the strongest, they wouldn't have different beaks. They'd all have the same sharp and pointy beak to kill their opponents and keep all the food for themselves. But they don't. They have different beaks adapted to many different sources of food, the most common and easiest types of food to gather on their island. That's not how you win a fight. That's how you avoid a fight. Because there's enough food for everyone. Evolution is not about surpassing each other, it's about living next to each other.
timi=But then what about the birds fleeing to the south?
yu=Oh, that's simply because up in the north winter has started. You know, it gets super cold, everything freezes, water becomes as hard as rocks.
plyr=How can water become as hard as rocks?!
timi=Yeah, that's kind of hard to imagine.
plyr=How should that even work? I mean, honestly, it sounds kinda scary. Imagine you're doing a water fight and then suddenly...
timi=Total bloodshed!
yu=Well, it doesn't happen that quickly. But some birds have a rather hard time finding enough food under these conditions, so instead of fighting over what little remains, they simply work together and help each other flying south, where there's plenty of food for everyone. Mutual aid instead of selfishly fighting over everything, that's all.
timi=Hmm, that actually doesn't sound too bad. I like that way of thinking.
yu=Most people probably would, because most people prefer kindness and peace over cruelty and war. They may not always act like that, because whatever they do is influenced by so many factors, but what they want, well, that's what they actually want. And most people just want peace. Enjoy their life.
plyr=Well except Tomi.
yu=Oh, Tomi wants to live like that too. The only problem is that he was told by everyone that he can't because it's against human nature. So he keeps repeating that and never asks himself if there's actually any truth behind that statement.
plyr=Is there?
yu=Obviously not. Until recently people have pretty much always lived in peaceful, egalitarian societies. Just think back a couple weeks to when you first helped everyone at the beach: people made what they were good at, gave away what they didn't need, and got from others what they couldn't make. And everyone's basic needs were met. Some might have wanted a bit more than the basics, so they worked a bit more to get that fancy luxury stuff. But all in all, everyone just crafted as much as necessary. Had a good amount of free time too. But this might soon be forgotten. Soon more and more people might think like Tomi that, even though they could still live like that, they can't because everyone else is a selfish prick who cannot. Now I guess I don't have to explain what happens when everybody thinks like that.
timi=So that's why they say "the most violent element in society is ignorance"?
plyr=But isn't it naive to think that everyone is good? Aren't there some assholes too?
yu=Of course there are.
plyr=Like, with those birds, what would happen if there's one bird who doesn't want to fly away or is scared of flying away.
eddi=Speaking of assholes, does anyone have toilet paper for Eddi?
plyr=And he tells everyone that it's safer to stay where they are and keep everything as it is. Then they'd have to fight over what little remains and many might die. And in the end, the scared bird might even try to still fly away and have all the food for himself. What if there's no one with power to prevent that?
yu=Have you ever seen that happen among birds?
plyr=No.
yu=Have you ever seen a bird tell another bird what to do?
plyr=No.
yu=That's the thing. If you can't have any power of others, there's no asshole to abuse that power. And it's usually the assholes who strive for power. And get it. But even if it's not, power corrupts and sooner or later they will become the asshole. It's not naive to think that most people are good. It's naive to think that a select few are good enough to rule over everybody else. Besides, how people behave depends a lot on their environment. I mean, you don't go to a zoo to study animal behaviour, that's not how they truly behave. And that's where you come into play. You are part of what creates the environment, you have the power to change
timi=the terrain!
yu=Yeah, that too. Although sometimes I wonder if it wouldn't be better to give you kids an axe and just let you smash those fences. And the fence wood before it becomes fences.
plyr=You don't like the fences? Tomi says the fences and factories are great and that they're gonna help to satisfy the needs of even more people.
yu=Well, he's not wrong with that. The factories themselves, the technology, they're marvellous achievements. The problem is how they're owned. Owned by a small minority. Fenced off from those actually working them.
yu=As some guy named Rousseau will say someday in his "Discourse on Inequality": "The first one who enclosed a piece of land and dared to say 'this is mine' and found people naive enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society.
yu=How many crimes, wars, murders, how many miseries and horrors might that one have spared humanity of who, pulling out the posts and filling up the ditch, shouted to his fellows:
yu='Beware of listening to this imposter; you are doomed once you forget that the fruits of the earth belong to us all, and the earth itself to nobody.'"
plyr=...
plyr=I hope we haven't missed the moment yet to keep all these things from happening.
timi="The law locks up the man or woman - Who steals the goose from off the common, - But lets the greater felon loose - Who steals the common from off the goose."
yu=You seem to pick up a lot of quotes.
timi=Yeah, unlike Tomi I don't spend all my time talking.
yu=Wise move. But anyway, yeah, not only do they steal the land, they even steal from workers what they produce. That's how they become richer and richer.
timi=That's kinda mean. I hope that in your future they've at least gotten rich enough and stopped.
yu=Not really, unfortunately. Not really at all...
plyr=What I don't understand though is, if people are actually good, and having power over others leads to all these problems, how could it come this far? Who gave the jerks all the power?
yu=Oh, there are lots of possible reasons. Remember, you don't have to be evil to do bad things. You just have to believe that you're doing the right thing. In fact, I have an old and valuable book about that whole topic. It's quite rare but I could give it to you.
plyr=Oh, that's really nice but I don't know if I can accept that.
yu=Don't worry, I'm sure you'll take good care of it. Besides, soon it's harvest time so...
plyr=I will certainly help you with some garden work in return!
yu=See, already you are in my debt and I have power over you, just because we both wanted to be nice.
plyr=Damnit.
eddi=Pwned!
yu=Debt is a powerful tool, isn't it? But hey, be glad we're not some birds and I asked you to stay in that freezing cold winter wasteland.
plyr=I wouldn't have done that anyway, you could have asked as much as you wanted...
timi=What if he wouldn't even have to ask you a single time? What if you decided to stay... more or less by yourself?
plyr=Hey, I may look stupid but I'm not that dumb!
timi=I mean, we've never seen winter and still... we believed him that it actually exists. What if we lived in a place with winter and he somehow convinced us that... that everywhere else winter is even harsher? That this is how it has always been, that this is the best we can achieve. I mean, it does sound like the easiest answer. We would never see the rest of the world. Tell our children to never leave either. Thinking we're doing them a favour, when actually... when actually we condemn them to never leave the cold... We wouldn't have to be evil to do those things. We'd simply believe we're doing the right thing.
plyr=Timi, your mom told me to tell you to stop having these depressing thoughts.
yu=Sounds all too familiar...
plyr=Besides, you could still hope that at least someone would discover and give you... fire.
plyr=Like... Prometheus.
yu=Where... the hell did you hear that name?
plyr=Well, let's just say that for once Tomi was kind of half successful with his investigations. "Prometheus", "Project Golem" and "Operation Janus". Prometheus is the one who created mankind, isn't he?
yu=She, in this case Prometheus is a she. After all it's women who give birth to new life, isn't it?
plyr=Okay, she, and then she gave people fire, right? The fire to cook... or the fire to burn?
yu=Depends on how you look at it.
plyr=Like Janus, the god with two faces?
yu=I guess Tomi put these pieces together?
plyr=Yeah, he did. I'm kinda surprised though that for once he seems to have done something right... But anyway, you put something together too, golems, right? Artificial creatures made out of clay... by men. I mean, that kinda sounds like it's bound to go wrong. Is that why you fled from the future?
yu=Just because words sound bad doesn't mean they are. Things can be quite the opposite of what people think they are.
plyr=So Prometheus didn't bring life but death? This is getting confusing...
yu=It's also getting dark. I'd say we'll keep this story for next time.
plyr=Don't say shit like that! That's the kind of thing you would say right before I die!
yu=Don't worry, you won't die. Now go to bed guys. Don't want to get into troubles with your parents. People are suspicious enough of me.
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plyr=So, what are we gonna do today?
tomi=Looking for a fossil! A dinosaur fossil to be exact.
timi=Oh, I love dinosaurs! And I like digging holes.
plyr=Why are we looking for a dinosaur fossil?
tomi=Well, in order to find out where your powers come from of course! I need something old and wise. Because I think you are actually much older than you think you are.
plyr=How old? Like Yu?
tomi=Nah, more like... like walking fossil old. And who knows, maybe you've used all those centuries to study technologies and build tiny little devices that do all these things for you.
plyr=Oh... But if I'm that old, how am I still alive?
tomi=Yeah... that's the part I haven't really figured out yet. But any- wait a second! What if... what if you're a zombie!
plyr=I... Don't you think I'd remember it, if I once was a genius that turned into a zombie?
tomi=Maybe you had an alcohol problem and forgot everything? Or you've forgotten everything because you went crazy. Like the hermit on the banana isle! Who eats nothing but pink bananas!
plyr=Tomi, we've told you already plenty of times, even if your mysterious banana isle exists, there's certainly no crazy hermit living there. And there's absolutely certainly no pink bananas there. Or anywhere, for that matter. Besides, you can't even eat bananas, you can just have fun with their peels. And most of all: why on Earth would that guy even live there?
tomi=Because of his hearing. He could hear every little sound around him, everything his neighbours did, all the happiness, all the sadness, all the banalities in the world. The constant noises were driving him crazy. At one point he even cut off one of his ears. Smashed it, burned it, hoped the sacrifice would make the gods have mercy upon his soul. But nothing changed. So he built a boat and rowed out to the sea, to the banana isle, where he spent the rest of his life all alone. Far away from those excruciating noises.
plyr=Sounds like you're becoming a bit crazy too.
tomi=Pff, you have no idea what you're talking about...
plyr=You have no idea where to find this skeleton.
timi=Don't fight! At least I found some flowers.
plyr=Yeah, I guess that's all we're gonna find.
tomi=With that attitude for sure! "You may not always see the X on the map, but there are treasures to be found everywhere"! And the wisdom of the skeleton only reveals itself to those worthy of it.
plyr=Where do you even get that stuff from?
tomi=Well, one of our chiefs said that...
plyr=We have chiefs now?
tomi=that he was talken to from an 'I forgot the exact name of it' that descended from the sky in the name of our new god and blessed him with all his thousand-year-old knowledge!
timi=But... but where's the dinosaur in this?
tomi=The thing, the thing from the sky. He said it was really large. And the only thing that's large and can fly is?
timi=A Pterodactyl!
tomi=Exactly! And that dinosaur told him that great dangers lie ahead. But he also told him that the chiefs are destined to be our guidance through this darkness and that they will save us! Especially from those filthy Blukenas causing explosions everywhere.
tomi=They're stealing all our fruits and will probably take our freedom too if they aren't stopped!
eddi=There's a cucumber called "exploding cucumber". When one is ripe it explodes and squirts a stream of liquid everywhere! It contains its seeds.
plyr=You're definitely going crazy.
tomi=I've never been crazy!
timi=Not even that one time you ate fermented fruits and got drunk?
tomi=I can't remember that...
timi=I am Tomysus Debility; god of wine, madness and fertility
timi=Drink and dance until you faint; and you'll be free from all restraint
timi=Bring me my tiger underpants; and I'm gonna show you what a bull here stands
timi=They call us fools; for we don't follow their rules
timi=But one day they'll see; that we are the ones that are free
timi=And this wine of mine; it's also thine
timi=So just have fun; in whatever way you wan'!
plyr=Be careful not to fall into that pond.
tomi=Maybe then he'll stop stinking like the stinky people.
tomi=I tell you, this guy stinks up to the sky.
tomi=All the way up to the moon...
timi=There's lots of birds flying up there.
tomi=What?! Maybe it's the talking bird!
tomi=Oh... no. It's just those weak ones fleeing from their homeland.
timi=That story is not true by the way.
tomi=Of course it is!
timi=They're just temporarily leaving their home because up there it's becoming winter.
tomi=What the hell is 'winter' supposed to be?!
timi=That's when water gets as hard as stone. So instead of fighting over the remaining food, they all fly together southwards where there's plenty for everyone.
tomi=Bullshit, water can't be as hard as stone! You're truly crazy...
news=Hey, I'm sorry to interrupt, but it's about that area that you were supposed to help next week. The old ruins. The situation there has become pretty tense. So if it's possible for you to help right now, yeah, that would be great.
plyr=Oh, sure. What's going on?
short_lvlParkour3=_ND_
emil=You know, I was thinking about intelligence. Like... what's the secret to it? And I came to the conclusion that the key might be... communication. Because first of all, many individuals together can obviously achieve more than a single one. But communication also allows you to keep your knowledge alive. You can share it with others and don't need to constantly reinvent the wheel. And once you have a writing system, you can even exchange knowledge outside of living entities! And then, when you're able to quickly transmit that written information between people, oh, that's when knowledge is about to explode! I mean, I'm already pretty fast if it comes to delivering messages, but could you imagine a network that's even... faster? Like... instantaneously?! Oh man, just envision the miracles that would become possible! People would get together to build the craziest machines instead of killing each other. We could... we could build giant bird machines and soar into the sky like doves! It would be beautiful.
plyr=It really would. But I don't know if that's what would happen. Yu once mentioned that in the future they'll have even more different languages than we do now. Not only does it make communication harder, most of all... apparently... a lot of people hate those who speak another language. Reminds me of the story of the Tower of the Melgagish.
emil=But that doesn't make any sense! I mean, couldn't you just invent a language that's easy to learn for everybody and use that? Problem solved! Besides, people kind of are already speaking the same language. I mean, I travel all over the land and even though the words are different, what's underneath them... is pretty much the same. Like everywhere I've been to, people always have the same golden rule: "One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself". That's the idea that connects us all. But... yeah. I guess people no longer dare to spell that out.
eddi=Togers can't spell either.
emil=Besides, it's always fun to try and communicate with people you have no common language with.
emil=But anyway... I guess we should get started. After all, that's why you're here. And you know, I thought that using weaker doping is kinda lame, so yeah... This time we'll go all in. Full speed and acceleration! Let's see how fast you can navigate these hills. This time it's pretty much all about the parkour, gotta tone down those terrain shaping gimmicks, Mister God.
emil=Oh, and remember: if you manage to win you'll not just get XP, but I'll also increase the collecting capacity of your blanket!
short_lvlSide4CharonPreMain3=_ND_
plyr=So... if then I may ask though: how and why did you become an undertaker?
chrn=Well, Pa always told me to get a job that has a future. So I figured, why not become an undertaker? I mean, there's always gonna be dead folks.
chrn=Didn't start out with burying people though. Initially I was digging graves for tortoises. On the very island we're now heading to. Used to be a beautiful park. But the park rangers were worried that, as old as the turtles were, they might soon start to bite the dust. So to shield visitors from seeing that... "awful"... circle of life, my job was to put them in graves as soon as they died. But you know what? Didn't have to work a single day in all those years. These damn things never died. So, some time ago when the park got closed because stupid tourists from Banaguana just couldn't behave themselves, we figured we might as well use the island as the new graveyard. That way we could give people a nice, calm and peaceful place to go visit their beloved ones.
plyr=But... then why did everyone always tell us kids that the island was filled with cruel child-eating monsters?!
chrn=As I've said, we wanted to give people a "calm" and "peaceful" place to visit. Not one filled with... fucking children.
plyr=Oh, I see...
short_lvlSide4CharonPreMain4=_ND_
plyr=Do you know what I've been wondering about? I've been wondering if people are ever gonna be as old as these turtles. Some people I know are saying that one day, we're gonna be able to fight this disease that is death. That we're gonna be... immortal. Do you think that's gonna happen?
chrn=I hope not.
plyr=What?
chrn=Death is as much part of life as birth.
plyr=And you don't just say that to keep your job?
chrn=Well, I guess you do have a point there. But no. Just imagine what would happen if people no longer died. Soon there wouldn't be enough space on this planet for anyone else. Dying is actually kind of a noble act, if you think about it. You leave your spot on this planet and pass it on to the next one.
plyr=Couldn't you simply trade in immortality for never having any children. Wouldn't that work?
chrn=Whoever would agree to that is probably the last person on Earth who would even deserve immortality. Because by destroying that natural flow of life, by robbing it of all its dynamics and evolution, turning it into this boring, static picture frozen in time; by trying to overcome death, you would basically destroy life.
plyr=But just think of everything you could experience! The discoveries, the stories, games and music!
chrn=You really didn't listen, didn't you? Sooner or later, the world would be filled with nothing but narcissistic old farts, worn out, stale, unimaginative shells of themselves. There would be no stories to be told, no ideals to strive for, no wonders to be amazed by. How could someone create art, who doesn't even grasp the concept of death? Living in a world filled with nothing but these immortal wankers, now that's what I'd call a living hell...
chrn=By the way, we have arrived.
chrn=As I said, all you gotta do is create some lakes to make enough flowers grow.
credits=_ND_
plyr=Developed by
tomi=Pit Gennari
plyr=Written by
tomi=PowPit
plyr=Programming
tomi=Pit "PowPit" Gennari
plyr=Graphics
tomi=P.G.
timi=Okay, okay, you get it, it's always the same guy
plyr=Music
tomi=P. Gennari
timi=But see, here's the thing
plyr=Sound
tomi=Pow
timi=I made this credits song and I really like it!
plyr=Engine
tomi=GenPi
timi=But it's over 2 minutes long...
plyr=Part of a fruit, 3 letters
tomi=Pit
timi=So I gotta stretch this out somehow
plyr=GUI
tomi=GP
timi=Besides, I like credits
plyr=Minigames
tomi=Pi.G
timi=It's a great opportunity to digest everything
plyr=Onomatopoeia when sb gets hit, 3 letters
tomi=Pow
timi=And think about what you've experienced
plyr=Voice Acting
tomi=Does mine really deserve any credit?
timi=So I guess I should probably shut up at this point
plyr=Interlude
tomi=Sepia Rain
timi=Anyway, many thanks for playing!
plyr=Marketing
tomi=SR
timi=I hope you enjoyed the game
plyr=Producer
tomi=Pitti
timi=And who knows, maybe if enough of you do
plyr= 
tomi= 
timi=We'll see each other again in the credits of another game
crabStoryCroissant=_ND_
craff=Oi, Croissant!
croiss=Craffles! Man, how are you doing? And what the hell are you doing with that giant hermit crab shell?!
craff=Oh, that's just for my daughter, she wants to camp with her friends in the garden.
croiss=Ah, I see. Was wondering already if you were pranking hermit crabs again and hiding their shells.
craff=Ooohh, do you remember when we did that as kids? Man, those were such great times.
croiss=Yeah, and that one time when we did it, we caused a vacancy chain that was so big, it went all the way through town and blocked half the traffic!
craff=Damn, yeah, that was quite impressive... And wasn't that the time when this crazy coconut crab showed up out of nowhere? Screaming at us and threatening, that it's gonna tell our parents? That thing was so damn frightening. I still have nightmares about that, those beasts are fucking tanks.
croiss=Oh yeah, and they don't even have a shell that you could steal!
craff=Exactly! What kind of degenerate hermit crabs are those, if they don't even carry around a shell... How are you supposed to prank those things?
croiss=Right? Although I'm pretty sure that had we had the balls to do so, us younger selves could have probably come up with a way to do it.
craff=True, true... which reminds me! Some time ago I've heard a story about our old pal Crea. Apparently he managed to prank them when he was a kid. From what I've been told, he attached some grass and dirt to a palm trunk and when the coconut crab climbed down and felt the grass, well, it thought that it had already reached the bottom, loosened its grip and bam! The stupid prick fell down!
croiss=Holy shit, that sounds amazing! Crea really was one of a kind.
craff=Oh yeah, that's for sure, that guy truly was something else. Too bad he died so young. He was the kind of guy you could always count on and was always fun to hang out with.
croiss=Yeah, I still remember when he first started to behave like a woman. We all thought that he was just transgender, but then it turned out that he was actually infected with sacculina...
craff=Such a horrible way to go. But what can you do... Anyway, what are you up to?
croiss=Oh, just heading to the bakery, getting a little snack.
craff=Ah, I see. By the way, speaking of dying and eating, if I could choose, I would prefer to get eaten by a raccoon.
croiss=What?! Those bandit rascals?
craff=Yeah! Because, you see, they actually wash their food before eating it. I mean, on the off chance that there is an afterlife, I might as well show up all shiny and good looking!
croiss=Hmm, yeah, you do have a point there.
craff=Oh, and did I ever tell you the story of 'How raccoons catch so many crayfish'?
croiss=Nope, not that I'd remember.
craff=It's a story full of pranks, just like our childhood was! I'm sure you would love it.
croiss=I'd really like to hear it! But I think I gotta go now. I'm getting quite hungry. And it looks like those kids up there, walking towards us, are up to something too...
craff=Yeah, I guess that's true. I gotta head home too. Maybe I can tell you some other time!
croiss=Would love too!
craff=Well then... buon appetito! And don't get tricked by those kids!
croiss=Will give my best, see you!
craff=Bye.
kid_1=Hey, Mister, can you help us? We're looking for a place to build a little hut, do you happen to know about any dead tree around here?
croiss=Depends on how dead the tree must be.
kid_1=Oh, pretty dead.
croiss=Like stranded whale dead?
kid_1=Hmm, probably more like flattened by a coconut dead.
croiss=Huh, yeah, it's probably not quite dead enough then.
kid_1=Yep, really needs to be as dead as a dodo. Otherwise our claws can't really hollow it out yet.
croiss=Maybe ask Crobster, the old lobster then? I mean, if there's one guy who knows about dead stuff, it's gotta be him.
kid_1=That's true, as old as he is, he should be pretty much dead himself.
kid_2=Is that the guy who claims that he was already alive during the Croba eruption?
croiss=Yep, and I'm pretty sure since then he's done nothing but sitting at home, watching the neighbours and complaining about how everything was better in the past.
kid_2=Sounds boring. Guess he might enjoy some company then?
kid_1=Yep, let's go ask him! Thanks for the help mister!
croiss=No problem!
kid_2=Maybe he'll even build something with us, I mean, he could always help building a dam. Sitting in a stream isn't that different from sitting at home, except that he doesn't even have to get up to pee.
kid_1=True, true...
crabStoryMochi=_ND_
neigh=Oi, Croissant!
croiss=Hello neighbour! How's it going?
neigh=Oh man, I may have done something a little bit stupid two days ago... It was about time to moult again and everything went fine, but see, afterwards I was just tired and all my limbs felt soft as a sea squirt, so I didn't want to move the old shell outside yet and just left it in the house, right? No big deal, just left it in the closet. But then I forgot about it. And it was Friday night. And my wife was out eating with the girls. So... when she comes home in the middle of the night... and opens the closet... whelp, there lies my dried up skin. I tell you, I will never forget that scream. That was the loudest noise I've heard in all my life... Grandpa always told us about the deafening blasts when they tested those nuclear bombs at the Serpent atoll, but damn, I'm pretty confident this was worse!
croiss=The noise or the blast from your wife?
neigh=See, that's the thing. I thought that she was gonna beat the living daylights out of me, but nope, she just ran. Ran out of the house. Thought that it was a ghost and gone she was! And on the way out she pretty much hit every single piece of furniture in the entire cave. So now she looks like a teenager covered in barnacles with all those bumps on her head.
croiss=That almost sounds kinda cute.
neigh=It would be, if it wasn't for her complaining non-stop that now she's uglier than a spider crab... But hey, it's her fault for running like the biggest chicken shit in town! And hitting everything in her way. It wasn't even that dark because of the full moon!
croiss=I guess that's the disadvantage of walking sidewards, harder to see where you're heading to.
neigh=Yeah, I guess that's true. Speaking of walking sidewards though, have you recently seen crazy Cristachio? He's actually walking forward now for whatever reason!
croiss=What?! A forward walking crab? Damn, he really is totally nuts, isn't he? But to be fair, the world would be boring without people like him, wouldn't it?
neigh=Yep, that's true. I mean, just look at those fucking swimming crabs, flapping their little paddles in the water, I can never grow tired of watching those dorks.
croiss=Oh god, yeah, those things are the best! Makes you wonder what's next, fish that can walk on land?
neigh=Ha, that would be something, wouldn't it! But anyway, where are you heading to, neighbour?
croiss=Oh, just the bakery, I'm hungry.
neigh=Ah, I see. Don't wanna hold you up any further then. Besides, looks like that girl over there wants something from you too. So yeah, see you, neighbour!
croiss=Yep, see you!
girl_a=Hey, Sir! Mister! Old ma-
croiss=Hmm?
girl_a=Oh... hello... cutie. May I ask for your hand?
croiss=What is it?
girl_a=Could you quickly help me pull my claw out?
croiss=Sure. The left one?
girl_a=Yep, just all the way out. Doesn't work no more. I tried to autotomise it, but I already had to pull my other claw out a couple weeks ago, so it's still too small and weak to pull it off. Ha! Get it? Pull it off.
croiss=You should be a bit more careful when you've already lost one hand.
girl_a=Yeah, yeah, I know. I recently damaged it when opening mussels and since then it was constantly stuck. Didn't work properly. And now today, when I swept the snuggery, it completely broke. But well, I guess until the next moult I'll at least have an excuse not to bring out the trash, right?
croiss=Yep, always gotta look at the bright side of life, right?
girl_a=Exactly!
girl_b=Ouch!!
croiss=Did it hurt?
girl_b=Nah, not really.
croiss=Here you go, your hand young lady.
girl_b=Thanks. I guess I'll take it home. And I gotta say, you really are the type of person one should ask for his hand, hehe.
croiss=No problem, glad to help. And I gotta say, you do look kinda cute with just this one tiny little claw.
girl_b=Right? Now I can pretend that I'm an earwig. Clak clak clak. But anyway, I gotta go now. Thanks again and have a nice day!
croiss=Thanks, you too!
crabStoryShortbread=_ND_
crood=Oi, Croissant!
croiss=Croodles, hi! What's going on, you look kinda exhausted.
crood=Dude, I tell you, I'm so lucky that I'm still alive. I was just doing my morning walk in the algae forest, all by myself, enjoying the silence and serenity, then I come upon this sign, but you know that I can't read, so I didn't think anything of it. And then it turns out: the pistol shrimps are hunting again! Damn, there was a shockwave that went so close by my head, if I didn't manage to duck in time, I would have probably been a goner.
croiss=Holy shit, that sounds crazy. Didn't even know it was duck season again. Gotta be quite obtrusive to live in your area, with that constant noise and everything.
crood=Yeah, my pet sea angel still isn't used to it. Runs under the table every single time he hears the pistol shrimps fire a shot.
croiss=Oh, right, you have a little sea angel. I don't even know if I've ever seen him when I came by, he's so inconspicuous.
crood=Well, he is rather transparent after all.
croiss=That's true, that's true.
crood=Anyway, what are you up to?
croiss=Oh, nothing special, just on my way to the bakery. And you? What brings you here?
crood=Oh, I need to get some new gardening stuff. I used to procrastinate that stuff like crazy but recently, recently I've finally started doing some of it and it turns out: I really enjoy it! It's quite relaxing actually. And you always end up finding new beautiful spots in your yard, where you've never realized how pretty they are. Oh, and I've made a fascinating discovery! You know how often you have these ugly unkempt plants? And then at the back of your garden is this ugly neglected wall? Well, just combine the two! Ugly scruffy plants plus ugly scruffy wall gives you beautiful scruffy ruins! It looks like nature is taking back this remnant of civilization, it's marvellous!
croiss=Hmm, that does sound like a good idea for a lazy gardener like myself. Maybe you should also tell the red crabs about that, their side of the island has become quite scruffy lately.
crood=Oh, haven't you heard about how many of them have died in recent months?
croiss=What?
crood=Yeah, it's those yellow crazy ants. It's insane. They spray acid into their eyes, turning them blind, and then they die.
croiss=Holy shit, that sounds horrible...
crood=Yeah... You know, as much as I hate their mass migration every year, even I don't wish such a death upon them.
croiss=Oh, right, isn't that supposed to happen in about two weeks?
crood=Yep, gotta see how big it'll be this year. Probably smaller than what it used to be. I doubt that I'll attend it though. As a kid I really liked those big events, but nowadays, I don't know. I'm probably too old for that stuff. Now I prefer my relaxing walks through the algae forest, just disappear in the greenery...
croiss=And getting hit by pistol shrimps!
crood=Well, let's hope that won't happen again, ha. At least now I know what that sign says. But anyway, I gotta go now or I won't get that garden work done, so... enjoy your meal!
croiss=Thanks, have fun in the yard!
crabStoryMoelleux=_ND_
crisk=Oi, Croissant!
croiss=Criskey! Haven't seen you in a long time. You either didn't sleep well or you've aged quite a bit...
crisk=Shut up, I've just had the craziest shit happen to me! See, at first it looked like this was gonna be an amazing day. After all I found a whole dead dragonfly at the beach! Just lying there, in the sand. I was so glad that for once the stupid birds left something over for me. But then when I started eating its delicious entrails... the damn thing suddenly moves!
croiss=WHAT?!
crisk=I'm not shitting you! I tell you, that shit was creepy as fuck! I'm just sitting there, spooning the haemolymph out of its abdomen, and then suddenly the stupid thing looks at me!
croiss=Holy shit, what did you do?!
crisk=Well, I... I... I chopped its head off of course.
croiss=Man, that's some crazy shit. A dead dragonfly that's still somewhat alive...
crisk=Yeah, reminds me of that story of the cat in the box that's half dead and half alive.
croiss=What story is that?
crisk=I don't know, I never paid much attention in school. But I always figured it's how on some days you feel furious as a rabid cat and on other days you feel all cosy and just wanna cuddle.
croiss=Oh, because live cats are always these nasty bitches that wanna scratch your nose, while dead cats have this super smooth fur that makes for these amazingly soft blankets?
crisk=Exactly! Anyway, what are you up to?
croiss=Oh, I'm actually looking for something to eat too.
crisk=Well, hopefully your encounter with lunch is going to be less traumatic than mine!
croiss=I hope so too.
crisk=Be careful though, I've seen that there are some fiddler crabs in town, those things are up to no good too!
croiss=Oh yeah, those things are always confusing me. You never know if they're being friendly and waving to say hello, or if they're about to start a fight and rip your fucking claw out.
crisk=Yep, last month on the beach, one of them accidentally hit me with their claw when they turned around. The damn thing actually knocked me out! When I woke up, I didn't even know if the tide was going in or out. I was completely lost, was such a weird feeling. And while I was sitting there, trying to regain my consciousness, it felt as if everything around me was moving so fast. And then once I started to walk, it felt as if I wasn't getting anywhere and time stood still! I tell ya, reaching a shady place never felt so exhausting before. I was so relieved when I finally reached that shadow behind the hill, the sun almost killed me! Although weirdly enough, at the same time, I felt... I felt really alive too.
croiss=I guess that's what they call, what do they call it again, a runner's high?
crisk=Yeah, that must have been it... Anyway, I gotta run home now and tell my mom and dad about that crazy story, see you Croissant!
croiss=Yep, see you Criskey!
crabStoryForest=_ND_
crass=Oi, Croissant!
croiss=Hey Crassis! Looks like you've been busy today.
crass=Yep, had to go cut some byssus for my daughter, we're making her a kimono.
croiss=Your daughter gets a sea silk kimono?! Damn, that's some fancy stuff, what's the occasion?
crass=Married, she's getting married.
croiss=What?! Little Crapple is getting married?! Man, the kids sure grow up fast...
crass=You bet they do. Probably not too long until she'll be berried too.
croiss=Sounds like your life is quite busy at the moment!
crass=Yep, tomorrow I'll have to go to old Crepper's farm to milk some squids and get black ink.
croiss=Black? For a wedding?
crass=Yup, I don't get it either, but she wants a white kimono with black sprinkles. Told her it would be a lot more logical if the groom wore black. After all it's his life that's gonna be drowned in misery from that day on, ha! Which reminds me, I really need to get going, you know how Cremon is, she's gonna take away my palm wine for an entire month if I'm late...
croiss=Hey, you can always tell her that you're moulting and need to take a lot of fluid in to crack open your shell!
crass=Yeah, but I feel like someday even she's gonna realize that I can't be moulting 24/7...
croiss=True, true...
crass=By the way, speaking of moulting, one more thing, have you heard about Crelery?
croiss=No, what about her?
crass=Apparently last week she got stuck while moulting and... died.
croiss=WHAT?!
crass=Yeah, it's crazy. Who would have thought that in this day and age something like that could still happen to a young girl like her. But you know how she was always embarrassed about others seeing her new soft shell, so she did it all alone deep in the forest. And thus no one was around who could have helped her. Old Crigatoni found her a day later when he went collecting bark for his barque.
croiss=Man, that's crazy... And to think it could have all been avoided if just, you know, if just she had the same confidence as Crangoustine for example. Have you seen her lately? Man, she's moulting like crazy, but she shows off her body with such pride, it's almost intimidating.
crass=Oh yeah, she's looking amazing for her age. But she's really helpful too, recently aided my wife doing the desalination and man, I hope my wife didn't notice how often I looked at Crangoustine, haha. Anyway, I gotta go now, you know how my wife has this sixth sense for whenever I'm talking shit about her...
croiss=Well, good luck then with the palm wine!
crass=Ha, thanks! See you!
crabStoryMeringue=_ND_
croda=Oi, Croissant!
croiss=Croda! What's on your mind?
croda=Oh, I've been thinking about something...
croiss=Like what?
croda=About how much it sucks that as decapods, we ended up using the decimal system.
croiss=That's a weird thing to think about...
croda=Yeah but, I mean, just think about how stupid it is! Could you imagine if our ancestors would have been bright enough to use their eyestalks too for counting and we had ended up with a duodecimal system? No longer would we have to write stupid shit like 0.3333!
croiss=Well, at least octopuses don't have it easier with their stupid-ass octal system. These smug assholes brag already enough about their intelligence...
croda=Oh yeah, how stupid do you have to be to use an octal system, as if that would ever be useful for something...
croiss=By the way, speaking of octopuses: have you heard of Octavius? He got eaten by a moray eel.
croda=Oh man, what a way to go. But then again, I've heard that he was quite a piece of shit though.
croiss=Well, he definitely is now...
croda=Ha! Yeah, life stinks, doesn't it?
crook=Man, you old people really have nothing better to do than complaining about everything and talking shit about everybody, don't you? Just write those stupid numbers as 0.3, ignore the octopuses and go do something that's more fun! :D It's not as if you have that much time left anyway :3
croiss=Hey, you better watch your mouth, I'm heading to the bakery, that is quite fun too!
crook=Not as much fun as going on an adventure with me ;)
croiss=It's far too hot for that.
crook=You mean I'm too hot? For a guy like you?
croiss=As I've said, you better watch your mouth... because in fact, it really doesn't look too healthy. You gotta be careful to keep your gills moist enough in this hot weather. You shouldn't go too long on your adventures.
crook=Naaah, stop worrying so much, it's gonna be okay! :D Besides, I kinda like it if my gills get all foamy, it's so fluffy. You really should join me someday. Next week I'll go to the whale fall spa, that should be a lot of fun too. Even got a carcass room!
croiss=Don't you have to go to school?
crook=Technically yeah, but it's kinda boring. It's more fun to wander around, so many adventures waiting for me!
croiss=Well, as I've said, just be careful that you don't get fried. Like your neighbour Cruts.
crook=Yeah, yeah, I'll take care! Because I gotta say, yesterday for example, it really was a bit too hot. I was baking cookies but forgot some stuff in the sun, when I had to retreat into my little burrow. But the great thing was: when I came back, it actually turned into something delicious! Maybe next time when that happens, I can keep some for you. Because unfortunately I've already eaten them all :3
croiss=Yeah, I guess I could try them, even though I'm kinda sceptical... But anyway, it's time for me to go to the bakery, if I don't wanna be baked myself. So see you two!
croda=See you Croissant!
crook=Bye bye!
