Dialogue Data EN Final.xml

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<DialogHolder><d name="nameTable">
<lines>
	<l>P=Palisade</l>
	<l>PAL=Palisade</l>
	<l>PAL2=Figure with Beautiful Voice</l>
	<l>CP2=Figure with Stringed Instrument</l>
	<l>Pal=Palisade</l>
	<l>N=Nova</l>
	<l>NR=Nora</l>
	<l>CP=C Psalmist</l>
	<l>CV=C Visionary</l>
	<l>GS=Glandilock Seed</l>
	<l>T=Thyme</l>
	<l>Z=Zera</l>
	<l>AN=Announsi</l>
	<l>BM=Beringia Manju</l>
	<l>CH=Chalaza VIII</l>
	<l>CY=Clonwei Yonstein</l>
	<l>DK=Drem Kinako</l>
	<l>EB=Elegy Beatty</l>
	<l>EW=Eponymous Wosch</l>
	<l>FB=Fabrahem</l>
	<l>FM=Faye McCool</l>
	<l>GA=Geof Agricite</l>
	<l>GG=Great Gwom</l>
	<l>GR=Gravis</l>
	<l>GGG=Great Gwom, The Aughur</l>
	<l>KT=Maryshaw Keytawny</l>
	<l>IA=Iwasaki Antimon</l>
	<l>LY=Lonwei Yonstein</l>
	<l>MC=Misteria Waizel</l>
	<l>MI=Minorma</l>
	<l>NI=Nowan of Import</l>
	<l>RB=Rayray Boatshoes</l>
	<l>RP=Bran Maligden</l>
	<l>MELOS=Melos Han-Tani</l>
	<l>ST=Stavros</l>
	<l>TG=Gustine Papellum</l>
	<l>WW=Wolgali</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="topLevelPause">
<lines>
	<l>Information</l>
	<l>Cards</l>
	<l>Inventory</l>
	<l>Settings</l>
	<l>---</l>
	<l>Other</l>
	<l>Metaclean</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="deathMessage">
<lines>
	<l>Press {CONFIRM} to continue.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="doubleHealth">
<lines>
	<l>Max health doubled. Double health appears as gold bars, but you must heal Nova to reach the new maximum.</l>
	<l>Max health returned to normal.</l>
	<l>The button for Jump, Confirm, and Accelerate was swapped with the button for Cancel and Brake. Also, the button for Talk was swapped with the button for Spark/Suck/Cruise.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="gamename">
<lines>
	<l>Anodyne 2: Return to Dust</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="savedGame">
<lines>
	<l>Your game was successfully saved.</l>
	<l>Saving error. Try saving again.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="tryagain">
<lines>
	<l>Try again?</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="exitNanoPortal">
<lines>
	<l>Leave?</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="sparkgamehelp">
<lines>
	<l>Nano Dust is pushing Nova away from the cleanee! Colored bullets will arc at you as you approach the cleanee. Use {MOVEMENT} to activate Nova's shield, according to where you feel the attack is coming from! Feel the directions, feel the colors. Good luck!</l>
	<l>Now, Nova will face black-colored crystals! Make sure you're NOT activating Nova's shield when you run into a black-colored crystal!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="dimdive">
<lines>
	<l>Dimension Dive Start!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="cccnanoerror">
<lines>
	<l>For some reason, the Nanopoints in Cenote are not reacting to Nova's spark right now...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="pal-name-card">
<lines>
	<l>Palisade\n<![CDATA[<size=14>]]>"The Shield"<![CDATA[</size>]]></l>
	<l>-That sweet voice</l>
	<l>-Definitely lifts</l>
	<l>-Will fight for you</l>
	<l>C Psalmist\n<![CDATA[<size=14>]]>"The Musician"<![CDATA[</size>]]></l>
	<l>-Dedicated songwriter</l>
	<l>-Awkward around kids</l>
	<l>-Kind of a nerd</l>
	<l>-Mommies?</l>
	<l>-Caretakers and Guides</l>
	<l>...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="center-name-card">
<lines>
	<l>The Center\n<![CDATA[<size=14>]]>"It's... the center!"<![CDATA[</size>]]></l>
	<l>-Creator of New Theland</l>
	<l>-Painter/shadow puppeteer?</l>
	<l>-Literally everything??</l>
	<l>-Mommy???</l>
	<l>-A figure beyond comprehension</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ano-intro">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>[QUIET]</l>
	<l>A warm breeze fills the air. </l>
	<l>A paper floats by and comes to rest on the ground.</l>
	<l>It is a letter.</l>
	<l>It reads:</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>(Summer, 2019)</l>
	<l>Dear Player,</l>
	<l>Thank you for playing Anodyne 2: Return to Dust. It is somewhat of a spiritual successor - it has narrative and thematic ties to the first Anodyne, but features a completely new world and characters. That is to say, the two games can be enjoyed in any order.</l>
	<l>At times, the world of Anodyne 2 may be a strange or confusing place. But! At its heart is a story of human struggles and relationships.</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Now! </l>
	<l>Come on!</l>
	<l>Let's go on a curious and wonderful journey together!</l>
	<l>- Melos Han-Tani and Marina Kittaka</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="areanames">
<lines>
	<l>The Albumen Shore</l>
	<l>Center Sanctuary</l>
	<l>Yolk of Yummy</l>
	<l>Yolk of Sippy</l>
	<l>Yolk of Cozy</l>
	<l>Center City Cenote</l>
	<l>Misteria Waizel</l>
	<l>Gustine Papellum</l>
	<l>Bran Maligden</l>
	<l>Great Gwom</l>
	<l>Drifting Pollen</l>
	<l>Geof Agricite</l>
	<l>Dustbound Village</l>
	<l>Handfruit Haven</l>
	<l>Dustbound Beatdown</l>
	<l>Iwasaki Antimon</l>
	<l>Clonwei Yonstein</l>
	<l>Orb Sector 4-16-5</l>
	<l>New Theeland</l>
	<l>Pastel Horizon</l>
	<l>Loquat Skeligum</l>
	<l>no such scene</l>
	<l>Nexus</l>
	<l>Dustbound Village?</l>
	<l>Nano Cleaner Zera</l>
	<l>Blue Vale Center</l>
	<l>Blue Vale West</l>
	<l>Blue Vale East</l>
	<l>Blue Vale South</l>
	<l>Outer Sands South</l>
	<l>Outer Sands West</l>
	<l>Outer Sands East</l>
	<l>Outer Sands North</l>
	<l>The Land</l>
	<l>???</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="episodeTitle">
<lines>
	<l>---</l>
	<l>---</l>
	<l>---</l>
	<l>---</l>
	<l>---</l>
	<l>---</l>
	<l>Pneumonic Possession</l>
	<l>Memoirs of Ageusia</l>
	<l>Infernal Bleeding</l>
	<l>Tardigrade Amnesia</l>
	<l>---</l>
	<l>Corporeal Tunnel Syndrome</l>
	<l>---</l>
	<l>---</l>
	<l>---</l>
	<l>Enduring Laborealis</l>
	<l>Digital Dopple-canker</l>
	<l>Blinding Glorilocation</l>
	<l>ignore (Fantasy Title)</l>
	<l>ignore (Ocean Title)</l>
	<l>Domiciliary Fracture</l>
	<l>no such scene</l>
	<l>ignore</l>
	<l>---</l>
	<l>The Final Act of\nNano Cleaner Nova</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="episodeDescription">
<lines>
	<l>ignore</l>
	<l>ignore</l>
	<l>---</l>
	<l>---</l>
	<l>---</l>
	<l>ignore</l>
	<l>Toxic chemicals line the walls of the decrepit lunghouse, causing fits of coughing...</l>
	<l>A disease of the skin threatens to overwhelm the inhibitions of its host...</l>
	<l>A barbed tower has risen above the lava-soaked gutscape, painfully piercing its host...</l>
	<l>In the lower levels of the brain lurk shameful secrets...</l>
	<l>ignore</l>
	<l>The intensity of an ideal grows ever higher, reaching towards the sun...</l>
	<l>ignore</l>
	<l>ignore</l>
	<l>ignore</l>
	<l>In a frigid hillscape, loving fans discipline their minds and bodies... </l>
	<l>Shadowy thoughts take form within the large and mysterious head...</l>
	<l>Thoughts of imbalance fester in the golden society...</l>
	<l>ignore - Fantasy Desc</l>
	<l>ignore - Ocean Desc</l>
	<l>A dance of lovers blooms in bonegummed wastes of sand...</l>
	<l>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.</l>
	<l>ignore</l>
	<l>---</l>
	<l>Within the heart of Nano Cleaner Zera, Nova executes a desperate plan...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="pause-info-text">
<lines>
	<l>Dust Prism</l>
	<l>Cards till next level:</l>
	<l>Level</l>
	<l>Dust Progress:</l>
	<l>{CONFIRM}: Select</l>
	<l>{CANCEL}: Back</l>
	<l>Press {CONFIRM} to read</l>
	<l>{CANCEL} : Skip</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="pause-info-goals">
<lines>
	<l>Goal: Empty your canister at a Dust Drop Point!</l>
	<l>Goal: Upgrade the Dust Prism at Center Sanctuary!</l>
	<l>Goal: Find Cards + Dust to clear the frontier storm above the city.</l>
	<l>Goal: Find Cards + Dust to open the area beyond the mountains.</l>
	<l>Goal: Uh... hey! What are you doing? It's not safe here!</l>
	<l>Goal: Find more Cards and Dust.</l>
	<l>Goal: Return to Center Sanctuary to achieve The Anodyne!</l>
	<l>Goal: Fully upgrade and fill the Prism to achieve The Anodyne.</l>
	<l>Goal: Enter the Prism and defeat the Center!</l>
	<l>Goal: Find the highway statue... find Palisade...</l>
	<l>Goal: Explore the world!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="yn">
<lines>
	<l>Yes</l>
	<l>No</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="savePoint">
<lines>
	<l>Save Game</l>
	<l>Load Game</l>
	<l>Back</l>
	<l>New Game</l>
	<l>Use this file?</l>
	<l>Yes</l>
	<l>No</l>
	<l>New Game</l>
	<l>Start a new game?</l>
	<l>Join our Fan Club!</l>
	<l>Settings</l>
	<l>Cards:</l>
	<l>Join our Discord</l>
	<l>Follow the Creators</l>
	<l>Credits</l>
	<l>Quit Game</l>
	<l>Peruse the Manual</l>
	<l>Consult the Walkthrough</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="quitMenuChoices">
<lines>
	<l>Return To Entrance (3D Only)</l>
	<l>Return To Title Screen</l>
	<l>Quit Game</l>
	<l>Return to New Theland</l>
	<l>You can't do that right now.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="pauseMenuWords">
<lines>
	<l>On</l>
	<l>Off</l>
	<l>Return to title? Unsaved data will be lost.</l>
	<l>Quit? Unsaved data will be lost.</l>
	<l>Return to last entrance?</l>
	<l>Leave this Metazone and go to New Theland?</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="pauseMenuChoices">
<lines>
	<l>Fullscreen: </l>
	<l>Windowed Resolution:</l>
	<l>Invert Vertical Controller Camera:</l>
	<l>Invert Horizontal Controller Camera:</l>
	<l>Controls</l>
	<l>Volume:</l>
	<l>Language:</l>
	<l>Shadow Quality: </l>
	<l>Skip Dialogue (For Speedruns):</l>
	<l>---</l>
	<l>Double Health:</l>
	<l>Camera Speed:</l>
	<l>Minimum Field of View:</l>
	<l>Save When Overlap 2D Checkpoint:</l>
	<l>Camera Distance:</l>
	<l>Disable Controller Detection:</l>
	<l>Screenshake:</l>
	<l>Invincibility:</l>
	<l>Terrain Quality:</l>
	<l>60 FPS Lock:</l>
	<l>Controller Button Icons:</l>
	<l>Controller: Flip Confirm/Cancel and Talk/Spark:</l>
	<l>Controller: Rotation Strength during Horizontal Movement:</l>
	<l>Invert Vertical Controller Movement:</l>
	<l>UI Scaling:</l>
	<l>Show Text Immediately:</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="menu-button-types">
<lines>
	<l>Default</l>
	<l>PS4</l>
	<l>XB1</l>
	<l>Switch</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="terrain-quality">
<lines>
	<l>ignore</l>
	<l>Low, No Shadows</l>
	<l>Medium, No Shadows</l>
	<l>Medium</l>
	<l>Medium-Well</l>
	<l>High</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="shadow-quality">
<lines>
	<l>No Shadows</l>
	<l>Low</l>
	<l>Medium</l>
	<l>High</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="keybind">
<lines>
	<l>Move Forward/Up:</l>
	<l>Move Back/Down:</l>
	<l>Move Left (2D), Pan Cam Left:</l>
	<l>Move Right (2D), Pan Cam Right:</l>
	<l>Toggle Camera Angle:</l>
	<l>Vacuum (2D), Spark, Cruise (Ridescale):</l>
	<l>Jump (3D), Confirm, Accel (Ridescale):</l>
	<l>Talk:</l>
	<l>Cancel, Brake (Ridescale):</l>
	<l>Pause:</l>
	<l>Toggle Ridescale:</l>
	<l>Select a control, and then press the new, desired key. </l>
	<l>[Error: Can't set the same key to two controls!]</l>
	<l>[Control updated!]</l>
	<l>Controllers cannot be modified.</l>
	<l>Zoom In:</l>
	<l>Zoom Out:</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="controlLabels">
<lines>
	<l>the Left Stick</l>
	<l>{UP}, {RIGHT}, {DOWN}, and {LEFT} keys</l>
	<l>Press the {CAMERA_UP} and {CAMERA_DOWN} keys</l>
	<l>the Right Stick</l>
	<l>UP</l>
	<l>RIGHT</l>
	<l>DOWN</l>
	<l>LEFT</l>
	<l>Press {CONFIRM}.</l>
	<l>ignore</l>
	<l>ignore</l>
	<l>ignore</l>
	<l>ignore</l>
	<l>the Menu button</l>
	<l>Created by Melos Han-Tani and Marina Kittaka.\n(c) Analgesic Productions 2019</l>
	<l>Ignore</l>
	<l>the L1 button</l>
	<l>Presents</l>
	<l>A Melos Han-Tani and\nMarina Kittaka game</l>
	<l>ignore</l>
	<l>the Options button</l>
	<l>the Start button</l>
	<l>the + button</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="test1">
<lines>
	<l>Talk to my friend first! If you talk to my friend first, then I will give you a thank you message. I'd love to give you this message so please hurry.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="test2">
<lines>
	<l>Thanks for talking to my friend.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="test3">
<lines>
	<l>I'm that person's friend. Thanks for taking the time to talk to me.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="test2D">
<lines>
	<l>Welcome to the 2D world, Nova. I'm Square, the white square... and I'm here to say, buy one get one free while supplies last! This offer only good for a limited time around here.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="testloop">
<lines>
	<l>1 1 1 1</l>
	<l>2 2 2 2 </l>
	<l>3 3 3 3</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="doublecolortest">
<lines>
	<l>Get the Palisade <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Card<![CDATA[</color>]]>.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="cards">
<lines>
	<l>A special, protective card given by Palisade, for use in a time of need.</l>
	<l>Gustine Papellum\nMuch of what we perceive as "taste" is actually olfactory in nature. Perhaps now I can fully appreciate the smellscape of New Theland! ...or will that also function as a gateway to depravity?</l>
	<l>Great Gwom\nAs the Aughur, I am a proud practioner of "Cold Reading". It is like "Hot Yoga" but more intellectual.</l>
	<l>Misteria Waizel\nThe body is like a lampshade. Our true light is constrained and dimmed by our physical forms, and yet... these same forms allow us to look at and touch each other! Life is a cruel joke...</l>
	<l>Bran Maligden\nTrue peace comes from within. It's foolish to ask the world around you to change to suit your desires. The only thing you can control is your own feelings.</l>
	<l>Geof Agricite\nIf you dig 99 times and only find dirt, don't quit! Some other fellow's gonna come by and find your treasure...  ha ha! Don't worry -- you've gotta believe!</l>
	<l>Geof's Village\nThe real estate values have been constantly driven down by nothing more than a "natural" disaster.</l>
	<l>Lonwei\nYou can learn everything through the power of imagination!\nClonwei\n...</l>
	<l>Help!! I'm trapped in a flavor text factory! All day long I write humorous little blurbs for your reading pleasure—but at what cost?? Well... for the first time in many years, the reclusive proprietor of this diabolical establishment is opening the factory to a select few outside guests. This... this is my chance...</l>
	<l>Iwasaki Antimon\nOver time, bio-trees have become rare in New Theland. We tree sculptors have risen up to fill the void. A sculpted tree is different from a bio-tree in that it is suffused with the power of human choice.</l>
	<l>The Arborealist rank system is a form of hope incarnate. We must reach ever higher, as the proverbial tree. We must follow those who we know to stand above us. And in the end, we will be rewarded. A C-Licenser is overwhelmingly marked by artificiality. A B-Licenser is self-consistent, but lacking perfection. A-Licensers create work indistinguishable from Bio-Trees. And an S-Licenser... transcends the concept of Tree.</l>
	<l>The Eponymous Wosch\nA carwash is a liminal space, at once both interior (enclosed by wall and roof) and exterior (paved road, suitable for cars). A carwash is a sacred space, a link between the mundane and the divine.</l>
	<l>Jade Highway\nIt's either my way or the highway! ...Oh wait, my way IS the highway! Ahahaha!! I presented you with a false choice in order to appease your ego... all the while, you stayed completely within my control! Ahahahaha!!!</l>
	<l>Minorma\nOnwards!! Upwards!! Skywards!! A world without expansion is one without a future. How can you seriously believe anything else? My plan will succeed! All will know the beauty of the Orb!</l>
	<l>Fabrahem\nFa-sha-sha! The power of fashion is meant for all walks of life. We must unleash our fashion storms and show our inner beauties!</l>
	<l>Loquat\nHave you ever been a home? If I may be frank, it is at times quite disturbing. But what is life if one is not relied upon?</l>
	<l>Gum Key\nWe finish each other's—\nSkel Key\n—sadnesses!</l>
	<l>New Theeland Map\nOh Hello! Remember Reading Printouts of Game Creation Explanation?</l>
	<l>Pilar Treacl\nAh, how good and clean it feels, to be a person who has never mourned! I eat only broccoli now, and other cultivars of the species Brassica Oleracea.</l>
	<l>In the past, small children were bitten by snakes in the desert at night. That was before <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> regained narrative influence in the Outer Sands.</l>
	<l>Tremuloid\nWhat are the boundaries of an organism? What is the limit of a body? Are we a cell, an organ, a body, a community?? Father's way is insufficient... WE MUST DEFINE OUR OWN STRUCTURE!</l>
	<l>(Unreadable)</l>
	<l>Amago\nI lived between two worlds! How tragic! And yet, I must not wallow in my individual sadness. Many of us live between two worlds. Why are we forced to do so? What controls the Pastel Horizon, and delineates the ways of living?</l>
	<l>Fukuchi\nMy mother used to tell a story about me as a child. No matter which toy I had, I would always reach for a different one. I was always afraid to miss out. What can I say? I want everything, and maybe one day that will lead to nothingness. It's the price I pay.</l>
	<l>Bridgebuilder\nWhat do I do, now that the bridge is complete? Hahaha... a ghost bridge is never complete... I build as a way of living, knowing that perhaps the work extends beyond my life.</l>
	<l>A special card from Palisade. After Nova landed in <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]> Village, Drem Kinako tore this up (and has since taped it back together.) It has no protective use anymore.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="metaclean-messages">
<lines>
	<l>Nova does not have enough Metacoins to buy this.</l>
	<l>Purchase?</l>
	<l>metacoins</l>
	<l>Metashop</l>
	<l>All sold out!</l>
	<l>The Metaclean Framework thanks you! Have a meta day.</l>
	<l>Warp? (You can return via the menu.)</l>
	<l>Explore the world to find Metainfo Points. You may need to re-enter an area to see the Metainfo Points.</l>
	<l>Please exit Nanoscale before using a warp to visit a Unzone.</l>
	<l>Warp? (Warning! One-way.)</l>
	<l>Please use the 'Other' submenu to return to New Theland before entering a new Metazone.</l>
	<l>Error! Please enter another 3D area before trying to travel to a Metazone.</l>
	<l>There are still Metacoins remaining in this area.</l>
	<l>There are no Metacoins in this area.</l>
	<l>The Metacoin Detector does not work in Nanoscale.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="metaclean-freewrite">
<lines>
	<l>Pashmina, pashman, do you see the craftan? A dog with eyes the size of towers, a cat with tongue the length of air. Why do we reach out and find so little left to us? Why is the center hollow, the bagel wrapped in barnacles. Do everything bagels contain a kitchen sink in which to wash off all of the shame of their excess? Can I please, may I please, elevate myself to the point of grass, I'm a worm, I'm a carrot, I'm a stick. I'm myself at the end of my own tether, reaching out for who I am and was and will be. I'll ask over and over again like an fool, to be seen by her, the fragrant one, and she won't be able to understand what I'm saying. Won't be able to hear me. It's like I'm speaking through a stained glass window. I'm a soft and blurry shape, shadows behind the form of Jesus. A sermon on the mount of meaningless shadow puppet shows. And now the radiators, too hot to touch, steam and yowl and dare the irridescent irradiated wasteland of my mind.</l>
	<l>Jalopia tendon twine. In the mirror I can see a felled wimple tree, skin peeling like a dropped dog, a temper coronary. Bicalutamide tricks and porridge twicks, snap the marketing research into delectable crisplings. What if the torror pore comes too soon, what if the ley lines inhabit my tremor? Deinstantiating everything long gone from my eyesight. The culling of frustum the sheep from the flock, the sick and the old are reduced to cracklings.\n...\nCopy me, paste me, redirect my tween frames into forbidden distinction and ruin my animation in hidden secret moments stolen from the gods.</l>
	<l>The sky was beautiful tonight, like damp drops of dungarees, and small white rabbits huddled in the crook of a root. Why do gates deteriorate, many years after the pies have all fallen off the windowsills and the golden hour has faded from your teeth. The bits of poop in the piles of autumn leaves will always leave a mark. Why is there a powerline shoved between your molars, freeing you from bits of plaque and celery tendons. Bloviating masses irradiate the small french hen with a sheen of microwavery goodness. Won't a good child dispel that magic? Remove those ripples from the realm of space until all meat is raw once more. Back in the days when we spent all of our time chewing. Please be gracious, please be kind. When you meet the small disgraced villain, the empty slobbering mess, take pity on the poor soul. The pure evil. The tattered and frayed.\n...\nNova's a girl, confused. she doesn't know anything. She's bound to fate. She like to eat creme brule. She wishes that her love for stuffed animals was truer. She forgets if she was ever happy, but is okay for now. She lingers, nothing is ever enough.</l>
	<l>Welcome. It's a new year, it's a new heart. Crackle and creak upon the fresh fiber floorboards. Raisins and regularity. If we deepen the salt flats and the salt wounds, can we preserve ourselves in this sorry state? Can we desperately cling to our jerky selves, our jerkied hearts. Christen me newly, sprinkle oil on my head. The jimmies and whipped cream and lockpicks and mousepads. Fluoridate my fountain, Marisol. Shelter me from sunlight parasol. There is a watering can that pours only into a trough. There are rows and rows of animals that berate me. I was born into their feeding box but they were not allowed to eat me.\n...\nEverything I touch turns to continuity.</l>
	<l>In Anodyne 2 the little nano will perch upon the windowsill. Like a small bug she will cry to be let into her death zone. There is nothing for you here but an artificial distinction beyond your understanding. There is a mole in the hallway. He eats the endless dirt in a small cake. Saucer and teacup before the fire. There is an endless array of park benches of pork dumplings filled with dirt. There is a worm sauce. There is rain and raindrops spilling into buckets. If you ever come back here again, I swear to god. There is nothing left in this newspaper. The newspaper must be clean. As the articles disappear so does our pain.\n...\nPlay with scale. Will there ever stop being structure? All the way down, all the way down. Why can't we see something end? When will the crust break off. Why can't the blankey cover the universe? Why is the pie cooling on the windowsill? What will we give to be human? </l>
	<l>Nevertheless, when the two boys walk to the fried temple walkway, their arteries will swell with the bellows of seventy grams of unhealthy trans fat. Tubules of walkways swoop around in places unbeknownest to their mothers. Red and yellow colors of the rainbow and rainforest make their way backwardsly to the place of no return. And the place that they go will be next to the young world of temple places of forest temple heaven sky. In the sky is a hole that is beautiful. And in the sky that is beautiful is no one at all. No one but the spirits of the graves. Of the fireflies and potato lords. People who own the farms, run the prisons. Lotion won't get in their way, nothing will as they look to run their farms and destroy the peasant workers.</l>
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	<l>An audio log. It says: "I found myself in a vast, white space. A drawer-like structure connects this space to The Land. Where do the other drawers go? Are there other Lands? Are they decayed? Is Young there? I walked for a long time as I pondered these questions. Some residents of The Land followed me mindlessly, clearly not their former selves. I suspect it's a matter of their distance to Young, since their decay began after Young left. I soon found that with my new Tool, I could manifest tunnels, passageways, sometimes debris - by pulling at the air itself. Eventually, I dug a tunnel into what was a dark void. At times I was hesitant, but... Young's connection gave me willpower as I lost my way. A rope leading out of the cave. I tumbled down and down this void, realizing the white expanse was only the peak of an endless mountain, a deep abyss. But finally, I've found soil. Whether it manifested to me or existed already I didn't know. But now, with my willpower... a new land can begin.</l>
	<l>An audio log. It says: "I no longer feel their connection, but it doesn't matter anymore! I made this island, and one day, one day, they will return."</l>
	<l>Use it through the Inventory menu.</l>
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	<l>Activates Metainfo Points about "Albumen". What could that mean?</l>
	<l>Activates Metainfo Points about CCC, and more. What could those terms mean?</l>
	<l>Activates Metainfo Points about RingCCC and RingHighway. What could those terms mean?</l>
	<l>Activates Metainfo Points about RingClone, and more. What could those terms mean?</l>
	<l>Activates Metainfo Points about DesertSpire. What could that mean?</l>
	<l>Activates Metainfo Points about DesertField, and more. What could those terms mean?</l>
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	<l>Whimsical_001.wav</l>
	<l>Whimsical_002.wav</l>
	<l>Card Detector</l>
	<l>Log 200318M</l>
	<l>Log 140718M</l>
	<l>Log 130718M</l>
	<l>Log 120718M</l>
	<l>Log 280618M</l>
	<l>Log 130818S</l>
	<l>Shareholder Meeting: Birth</l>
	<l>Shareholder Meeting: Cenote</l>
	<l>Shareholder Meeting: Vale A</l>
	<l>Shareholder Meeting: Vale B</l>
	<l>Shareholder Meeting: Sands A</l>
	<l>Shareholder Meeting: Sands B</l>
	<l>Shareholder Meeting: Zera</l>
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	<l>The First Realm</l>
	<l>Dream Field</l>
	<l>City of Origin</l>
	<l>City of Ancient</l>
	<l>City of Old</l>
	<l>Azure Recollection</l>
	<l>Creator's Realm</l>
	<l>Physics Simulation</l>
	<l>Levitating Ruins</l>
	<l>Solitude Isle</l>
	<l>Meteor Scar</l>
	<l>Fear's Birthplace</l>
	<l>Yolken Land</l>
	<l>Steelborne Den</l>
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	<l>Carpet Realm</l>
	<l>Vale of Beginnings</l>
	<l>Cenote Stone</l>
	<l>Vale Stone</l>
	<l>Sands Stone</l>
	<l>Nexus Stone</l>
	<l>Birth Stone</l>
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	<l>Centerberry Burst Cereal</l>
	<l>Yolk Milk</l>
	<l>Reguloid: Personal Edition</l>
	<l><![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]></l>
	<l>Mint Green Lamp</l>
	<l>Nano Vacuum Model A-PRO-60</l>
	<l>Scalespark</l>
	<l>Nanospark</l>
	<l>Palisade's Vision</l>
	<l>Card Detector</l>
	<l>Metacoin Detector Pro</l>
	<l>Eldi's Package</l>
	<l>Nova's Dilemma</l>
	<l>Metaclean Manual</l>
	<l>Item14</l>
	<l>Redlock</l>
	<l>Blulock</l>
	<l>Grenlock</l>
	<l>Trylock Collar Base</l>
	<l>Indecisive Adventurer</l>
	<l>Sword of Purity</l>
	<l>Shield of Justification</l>
	<l>Breastplate of Belonging</l>
	<l>Boots of Immersion</l>
	<l>Fukuchi's Shell</l>
	<l>Item25</l>
	<l>Item26</l>
	<l>Item27</l>
	<l>Item28</l>
	<l>Item29</l>
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	<l>Scalespark unequipped.</l>
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	<l>There are no cards remaining in this 3D area! However, if there is still a card icon on your map, you need to shrink to Nanoscale to find the cards!</l>
	<l>There are no cards remaining in this 2D area!</l>
	<l>There are still cards remaining in this 2D area!</l>
	<l>There are still cards remaining in this 3D area!</l>
	<l>Valued user! Card Detector is not free. To remove ads, please upgrade to Card Detector Pro for merely 1200 Metacoin per year! And now, for a message from our sponsors.</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>All of our ad servers are currently busy! We are SO sorry for the wait! You are a valuable user to us! If you've seen this before, you may want to mash {CANCEL}.</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>Your response to this ad may be observed for quality assurance and training purposes.</l>
	<l>"Wow!! Now I can find cards in style! No more fumbling around for little old me! I'm so glad I spent my paycheck on the METACLEAN CARD DETECTOR! For the low price of 5 Metacoins, I got the Metaclean Card Detector! Now I can detect if any magical cards are remaining in my dimensional locality!"</l>
	<l>"(Please note that Card Detector has limited detection functionality and does not in fact lead you to any cards directly. Please contact one of our sales representatives to see if Card Detector Pro is right for you. Yearly rates for Card Detector Pro start at 1200 Metacoin / year, and come with our combo Precision Locationing Pro, Remaining Numeration Pro and Ad-free features.)"</l>
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	<l>With this cereal, a <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]> will have all the carbs it needs to make a home in Nova's head.</l>
	<l>With this, a <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]> will have all Center-approved nutrients needed to spread far and wide inside Nova's head.</l>
	<l>The Reguloid will adapt Nova's head into the perfect environment for a thriving <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]>!</l>
	<l>The <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]> has grown tendrils deep into Nova's head, so that <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> may directly communicate with, and even channel its power to Nova at certain times...</l>
	<l>A mint green lamp with Retro Frills, from Misteria Waizel. A fake based on a more prestigious model. It does not smell like mint.</l>
	<l>The latest model of Nano Vacuum, with a default canister capacity of 60 dust units. There are etchings on it saying "state-of-the-art" and something about "four easy monthly payments".</l>
	<l>Scalespark equipped. Shoot an object, and while keeping {SPECIAL} held, run towards the object to shrink it, and run away from the object to grow it.</l>
	<l>Given to Nova by Thyme, the town deacon living in The Nexus. She can shoot it by pressing {CANCEL}. By sparking certain people in Nanoscale, she can shrink into Picoscale. In Picoscale, the Nanospark works as a weapon against some enemies.</l>
	<l>Palisade's Vision couldn't be viewed...</l>
	<l>--- (card detector, but this text never shows)</l>
	<l>--- (item detector, but this text never shows)</l>
	<l>A package from Eldi, addressed to her friend who lives near a farming village on the outskirts of Cenote. </l>
	<l>Nova faces a crossroads. She can either Achieve <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Anodyne<![CDATA[</color>]]>, by continuing to upgrade and fill the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust Prism<![CDATA[</color>]]>. Or, she can Confront <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>, by heading to the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust Prism<![CDATA[</color>]]>'s cap in Blue Vale Center.</l>
	<l>"1. Your Information menu's illustrated maps now show icons where remaining <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Cards<![CDATA[</color>]]> and Enhancement Patches are located.\n2. You can now find Metacoins in 3D areas.\n3. In the new Metaclean menu, you can spend your Metacoins on various curiosities. You may wish to purchase the 'Card Detector'.\nThat's it. Thanks for using Metaclean!"</l>
	<l>Item14</l>
	<l>It's one lock of the Trylock Collar. It wards away fear of physical pain.</l>
	<l>It's one lock of the Trylock Collar. It prevents the anxiety of meeting strangers.</l>
	<l>It's one lock of the Trylock Collar. It soothes the paranoia of being watched.</l>
	<l>The base of the Trylock Collar, a mysterious and ancient artifact. Its smooth white surface is marked by 3 circular slots spaced along the front...</l>
	<l>Once upon a time, I believed in truth and justice... I thought that hard work would be rewarded! But the real world isn't like that, is it, Nova? We are all just made of tiny particles, spinning in chaos. The universe cares not for our feeble attempts to contain its infinite dance. Each of us, a universe... each of us, an atom. Change the factor of scale just a little bit, and suddenly every problem ceases to have meaning. How do we respond to everything at once? How is a story anything but a lie? Does it matter?</l>
	<l>The sharpest double-edged knight sword known to man. Said to be the gift of an Angel.</l>
	<l>Its angles were designed by the most distinguished scholars to deflect any blow.</l>
	<l>Emblazoned with the Royal Blood Crest, it makes known the inner truth of the wearer.</l>
	<l>Its mystical soles channel the wearer's life force such that the surrounding earth may sway to his footsteps.</l>
	<l>A shell that belonged to Fukuchi. It's said she wants it.</l>
	<l>Item25</l>
	<l>Item26</l>
	<l>Item27</l>
	<l>Item28</l>
	<l>Item29</l>
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	<l>Nova got an Enhancement Patch! Her maximum health while in Nanoscale has been increased.</l>
	<l>Amazing! Nova found a card!</l>
	<l>Amazing! Nova found a card!</l>
	<l>Amazing! Nova found a card!</l>
	<l>Nova found... a single battery? What could this be for...?</l>
	<l>Nova found... Palisade's <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Card<![CDATA[</color>]]>! But it's all torn and taped up...</l>
	<l>Nova found 10 Metacoins! Wow! Time for a shopping spree!</l>
	<l>Nova got the Redlock!</l>
	<l>Nova got the Blulock!</l>
	<l>Nova got the Grenlock!</l>
	<l>Nova found the base of the Trylock Collar, a mysterious and ancient artifact! Its smooth white surface is marked by 3 circular slots spaced along the front...</l>
	<l>Nova found 10 Metacoins! Spend them in the Metashop.</l>
	<l>Nova found a friend, whom she had made along the way!</l>
	<l>Nova found a card! It's wet...</l>
	<l>Under some rocks, Nova found a card!</l>
	<l>Along some cliffs, Nova found a card!</l>
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<d name="menujoke">
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	<l>What are you trying to do?</l>
	<l>Good idea... unfortunately, nothing here either.</l>
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<d name="metainfo-2">
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	<l>Truly, Cenote is a testament to our ability to deliver prime spatial experiences. Despite the difficulty of filling a giant hole, Cenote still feels complete. Was it expensive? Sure. Was it time consuming? Perhaps. But with this experience in hand, we now know how to increase our future efficiency.</l>
	<l>You might look at this elevator, and see a simple object that doesn't even move. But to do that would be looking past our true intent: simplifying the often complicated elevator experience. By utilizing teleportation tech, we can move you from Cenote to the Blue Vale in mere seconds. Isn't that better than waiting for 15 seconds?</l>
	<l>By allowing requiring someone to use these roofs to climb up to Gustine, we've utilized the 'layered level' technique. This new technology enables us to create multi-tiered places which, on a second glance, endow you with a deeper understanding of what seemed to be mere set dressing.</l>
	<l>We understand the difficulty of high walls: they block your view, making navigation difficult. Such a pain! That's why we widened the walls leading up to The Aughur, and even added some signs that our harshest critics might call 'unsubtle'. But: they served their purpose, and that is truly what matters!</l>
	<l>When it comes to large spaces, we know it would take far too long to walk around. However, walking around is a necessary feature when exploring the smaller areas of New Theland. That's why we developed 'Ridescale', a novel transportation solution. No longer do the creators of today need to rely on old concepts such as 'having to whistle for your horse or car' - we've jumped into the future and brought 'instant car transformation' right to your doorstep!</l>
	<l>A circular road incorporates the 'omnidirectional vision' philosophy, wherein we can scatter multiple landmarks for you to remember. When you want to visit one, merely look for the land mark, and drive your way around to it! How simple, how divine!</l>
	<l>A bird's eye view into the void. Truly a visual treat for the ages. But not only that, but by framing the camera, not only did we create visual drama and anticipation, but we've been able to save time on only having to think about the area being seen from a single angle. Budget and efficiency is the path to innovation!</l>
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	<l>A stunning view. You'll be pleased to know, the Cenote below you is modeled in 1:1 size as the Cenote you've explored. All we had to do was use a time-tested technique: the copy paste. By keeping Cenote visible, we've cued you in on to the relative scale of the world of New Theland. We also saved money.</l>
	<l>Which way is the right way to go? Ha! There is no wrong way. With the 'dual exit roadway', we've encouraged exploration through all directions of New Theland. Wander freely!</l>
	<l>Doesn't this strange village immediately grab your interest? Environmental designs such as these enable us to spark our storytelling by creating a level shape that we combine with narrative themes such as 'arrogance' and 'overwork'. The two - writing and level - work hand in hand to produce the Nanopoint you explored.</l>
	<l>Ah, Blue Vale East is truly a sprawling area. But through the use of landmarks, you'll always know where you're going! The trees lead towards the woods! The rocky hill path leads towards Cenote! The highway leads to the South! And so on. With the power of landmarks and being able to easily see from one landmark to another, navigation becomes easier.</l>
	<l>Our design concept for this area was 'gliding over a canyon'. We wanted to give you the feeling of truly being 'high up on the highway', and be able to look down below. Many areas in New Theland start with this kind of base spatial concept.</l>
	<l>To spice things up, we divide the location of cards between those in Nanopoints and those in 3D. This is one example of 'breaking the pattern of expectation' in which we tweak an established pattern so that exploration becomes more intriguing. You wouldn't just want a single room with 10 NPCs and 10 <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Cards<![CDATA[</color>]]>, right?</l>
	<l>A carwash? Or a playground? Yes, our designers considered the 'duality of the space' once again here, as this carwash is both an area that acts as gateway into the Geof's Village area, as well as a structure you can climb around and explore. We call this the 'delight of the 3D model', in how simply a simple structure can also become something one may explore.</l>
	<l>This area cost a few days to create. And yet... bask in its beauty. Does this orb of branches not make you wonder who created it! Yes, yes... in the creation of New Theland, physics and 'realism' know no bounds. Our motto is "let the imagination fly and take you to the moon," as well as "please don't complain about minor visual problems to me."</l>
	<l>You may be asking, "Why does the lower portion of this gate look weird and stretched instead of like normal bricks?" I doubt you would understand the true technical answer, which involves "UV" (Ultra Violet) maps. I guess you could say, we were planning on the gates being shorter at first, and when we decided to make a taller version of the gate, we didn't feel like getting more bricks. So we stretched out the bricks with our patented "no-work" technique, and thus was born the beautiful and unique patterning you see before you today!</l>
	<l>The world of New Theland is all about playing with scale. Take a closer look at these cattails! They are no normal cattails. Ahahahah! They are designed after the single-celled life forms "radiolarians", which are known for their elaborate mineral skeletons! Perhaps you have seen famous drawings of radiolarians before in an illustrated encyclopedia? The illustrator was a bad person, and we shall not name them!</l>
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	<l>You may be interested to know that the mountain before you and the one you stand on after going up the cave are not the same! In fact, we created two mountains of differing sizes because of how perspective distorts tall objects. Yes... that is what we want you to believe, but actually the store ran out of spires and we had to buy a defective misshapen one!</l>
	<l>As we created a desert, we faced the problem: how do you get from one area to another? Well, our designers figured the best way would be having a subtle and literal gate around the whole place. It combines visibility with subtlety, and, yes - even allows you to easily create lines of sight towards the gates that take you to other areas. Some might call it 'inelegant', however, we don't see them creating entire worlds in a single year.</l>
	<l>Why, look who we have here! Indeed, the "out of bounds" is as much as an important space as the "in bounds". You may enjoy seeing the world of New Theland from different, strange, perhaps even profane angles when you travel "out of bounds!" Be careful!</l>
	<l>Is there anything more stunning than a beach? It is an exterior, the outer limit of a place. It defines the unknown, a border in which you may not cross. And as you draw your eyes to the horizon, perhaps you will even notice a nearby place you'd like to explore. Yes, yes. Or perhaps, we just liked pretty beaches...</l>
	<l>Misdirection is a fun concept to play with. Throw any sense of 'logical mechanic development' out the door, and instead, break patterns with world creation! We hope you enjoyed the strangeness of entering this random object and finding a vast, 2D world. </l>
	<l>While creating this field, our designers used field research to build a library of reference photos. Then, we attempted to construct the illusion of you moving down a large hill, by creating another large hill in the distance. The result is an expansive feeling space full of hills and troughs!</l>
	<l>Our designers love to play with different shaped spaces, but also, lighting is a fun idea to play with. Instead of having 'dynamic' day and night cycles, we consolidate all of our energies for maximum synergy, and focus on one lighting condition per area. That lets us carefully curate the perfect mood for exploration. It also lets us save time and money. You only live once.</l>
	<l>History speaks of many important towers: The Windmill... The Sunray Spire... and now this... the Desert Spire. What makes towers such a potent symbol, such a recurring theme in all great art? I don't know. Don't overthink it!!!</l>
	<l>Hmm... these gateways look familiar! I don't remember why. Probably because they are an example of a "perfect shape", one that must inevitably come into existence based on the very properties of atoms and so forth. </l>
	<l>The Tremuloids in this area are inspired by Pando, a giant clonal colony of quaking aspen tree, thought to be the heaviest single living organism. Pando is located in Utah. What's Utah? Er... well... Utah exists in what we might call a "fantasy world". Fantasy worlds exist outside of the dominion of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> and are not really True or relevant, but sometimes they can be fun and edifying to think about!</l>
	<l>This entire rocky cliff is made of 15 duplicates of a single rocky shape. Through the powers of "Rotation" and "Stretching" we have fooled you into thinking that this is a beautiful and natural cliff face such as has been shaped over eons by wind and rain!</l>
	<l>Have you ever noticed that sometimes the tall grasses will pop into existence specifically as you approach them? It takes a lot of extra computing power to turn on and off all these individual pieces of grass, but its worth it to convey the feeling that this world was made for your personal enjoyment!</l>
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	<l pic="Melos Han-Tani">Hello, esteemed tester! You cannot yet Confront the Center. stay tuned for the next beta. However, you can still Achieve the Anodyne.</l>
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	<l pic="S. H. Esez">Hey! I'm your host, S. H. Esez, and welcome to episode A2 of Breaking Boundaries! In case you're new here, we take the camera basically anywhere we want, and look for abandoned content in the world of New Theland! Today, we've found a mysterious, copied and empty city at the bottom of Blue Vale Center! Let's see what else we can find.</l>
	<l pic="N. Itrorad">You know, I've been meaning to visit Phantom Cenote for most of my life, ever since I heard a rumor about it at the supermarket. ...Now imagine my surprise, when I came all the way to the bottom of Phantom Cenote, and found none other than my fellow Thelandtube friend S. H. Esez here! But it makes a lot of sense - this is one of the strangest places in New Theland, after all.</l>
	<l>Bob: Ah!! Where am I? Hmm... for some reason I feel oddly at home in this peculiar land...</l>
	<l>Bob: Lord Dustdra? I have no idea what you are talking about! I think I am wholly unrelated to your quest... so leave me alone!!</l>
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	<l>(Nova pets Wolgali!)</l>
	<l>(Wolgali seemed to like that.)</l>
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	<l>Use {MOVEMENT} to move around.</l>
	<l>On keyboard, press {CAMTOGGLEK} to change the camera angle, and {ZOOMINK}/{ZOOMOUTK} to change the camera distance.  With controller, use the right stick and rear shoulder triggers to move the camera.</l>
	<l>Press {JUMP} to jump. You can jump a second time while in midair. After a jump, keep holding {JUMP} to slow your fall.</l>
	<l>To change controls, graphics quality, and gameplay options, press {PAUSE} to open the Pause Menu. Sorry to tell you all that at once! ...If you forget anything, check the Settings menu's 'Controls' section!</l>
	<l>Walk up to the Yolk and press {TALK} to speak with it.</l>
	<l>Interact with the environment by firing off a spark. Press {SPECIAL} to shoot a spark at the Yolk. You can enter the Nanopoint by shooting the spark repeatedly.</l>
	<l>ignore</l>
	<l>Enter Ridescale by pressing {RIDESCALE}.</l>
	<l>In Ridescale, you can press {JUMP} to perform a short hop.</l>
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</d>
<d name="interaction">
<lines>
	<l>Press {TALK}: Talk</l>
	<l>ignore</l>
	<l>Press {TALK}: Save Game</l>
	<l>Press {TALK}: Enter Door</l>
	<l>Press {TALK}: Open</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="nanounlock">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>The air is thick with the presence of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>...</l>
	<l>Nova!</l>
	<l>Spark this being, and forge a connection!</l>
	<l>Clean them - and change their fate!</l>
	<l>Shrink forth, Nano Cleaner Nova!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="nanounlock-alt">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>The air is thick with... air, I guess? At least it's not <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>!</l>
	<l>...Nova!</l>
	<l>Spark this being, and forge a connection!</l>
	<l>Enter them - and... take a look around!</l>
	<l>Shrink forth, Nano Cleaner Nova!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="alb-wake">
<lines>
	<l pic="CP2">Some say that life is a circle... Madness! All things grow from a point - a center. Everything to come was already here: it melts out from a tiny capsule, like a sponge in bloom. </l>
	<l pic="CP2">The beauty is to witness the true shape of the primordial point, its fractals unfurled to their limits. The atomic, indivisible tips of its tentacles. Time, after all, is a looking glass. An illusion, and yet, the truest way to see our self.</l>
	<l pic="CP2">...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="alb-wake-2">
<lines>
	<l pic="PAL2">Stunning words as always, friend! But let's not get too ahead of ourselves. The one we are here to meet is barely a baby, not yet hatched... we must lead her gently into the bright light of the world.</l>
	<l pic="PAL2">Oh look! Our precious Nova seems to be stirring...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="alb-wake-3">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>The following are the first words that Nova will ever hear. In time, the contents of the speech will fade into obscurity, but she will never forget first hearing this voice. </l>
	<l>Ah, yes, this voice! So fragrant, so beautiful, that Nova felt like crying. (Had she been blessed with tear ducts, perhaps she would have.)</l>
	<l>You may have forgotten how hard it is when you first realize that you exist. Nova certainly felt that now. But when she heard this creature speak... she thought... perhaps it might be worth it.</l>
	<l>[FADEOFF]</l>
	<l pic="PAL2">Nova... Nova, can you hear me? Take a deep breath, my darling, then open your eyes.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="alb-wake-3-2">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>... ...</l>
	<l>... ... ...</l>
	<l>From the darkness, an orange glow, and from the silence, the crashing of waves...</l>
	<l>[FADEOFF]</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="alb-wake-4">
<lines>
	<l pic="PAL2">There she is! Still a little woozy, are you? Don't worry, it's natural to feel disoriented when you first gain consciousness. Child, your name is Nova, and you are an extraordinary creature with the unique ability to shrink to microscopic sizes. It will come in quite handy, as you'll soon see!</l>
	<l pic="PAL2">My name is Palisade, and I'm here with C Psalmist! Together, we will serve as your caretakers and your guides.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="alb-wake-5">
<lines>
	<l pic="P">Would you like to say hello to Nova, C Psalmist?</l>
	<l>[faceanim BaseScreen 0,1 1x2]</l>
	<l pic="CP">Um... er... g-greetings, young Nova. It is I, C Psalmist! I am speaking to you from outside of your egg. </l>
	<l pic="CP">Umm... ahem. </l>
	<l pic="CP">Space, after all, is an illusion. It could be likened to... a looking glass. </l>
	<l pic="CP">A looking glass is a mirror, by the way. I used to think it was a telescope or a microscope... you know, uhh, some kind of tube-shaped object...</l>
	<l>[faceanim BaseScreen 0,0 1x2]</l>
	<l pic="Pal">Thank you for that enlightening clarification, C Psalmist! </l>
	<l pic="Pal">Now, Nova... as C Psalmist mentioned, you are currently inside of your egg! </l>
	<l pic="Pal">In order to hatch and truly begin your life, you will ride the "Hatchline" monorail that leaves from the top of the hill. </l>
	<l pic="Pal">Ah, but you can only leave if you obtain the sacred <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]>!</l>
	<l pic="Pal">For now, you may think of the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]> as your ticket to ride.</l>
	<l>[CUT TO yolkVC]</l>
	<l pic="P">First, speak to the 3 Yolk Figures. Each Yolk will give you a special item that will prepare you to host a <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]>. Then, speak to the Chalaza Tree at the highest point on the island.</l>
	<l>[CUT TO tvVC]</l>
	<l pic="P">Go get 'em, Nova!	</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="alb-reminder">
<lines>
	<l pic="P">First, speak to the 3 Yolk Figures. Each Yolk will give you a special item that will prepare you to host a <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]>. Then, speak to the Great Chalaza, that tree-like figure at the highest point on the island. You've got this, Nova!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="yolk-alt">
<lines>
	<l>Yummy Yolcrobe: Hey again, Nova! Are you enjoying our Centerberry Burst Cereal? We've market-tested it twelve times for the perfect balance of 'crunch' and 'cool'!</l>
	<l>Sippy Yolcrobe: Yo... Nova... welcome back to the Yolk of Sippy! Sippin' on that smoooth Yolkmilk you got? Mmm mmm... nothing like Yolkmilk to kick off my day.</l>
	<l>Cozy Yolcrobe: Hello again! Welcome back to the Yolk of Cozy. Are you enjoying the Reguloid we've given you? Ah, yes, yes, good... ah. If you do encounter any problems with it, you can contact us at any time!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="yolk1">
<lines>
	<l>Yolkwanda the Yolcrobe: Hey there, Nova! You've shrunk inside the microscopic interior of the Yolk of Yummy, the most important Yolk of the day! Here you'll find provisions to keep your future <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]> happy and healthy!</l>
	<l>Yummy Yolcrobe: Nova will love our Centerberry Burst Cereal because it contains trace amounts of 17 micronutrients in Center-recommended ratios! (And <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]> will love its patented "Crunchity-Cool" taste!)</l>
	<l>Yummy Yolcrobe: Hmmm... what if we had a <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]> of our very own?</l>
	<l>Yummy Yolcrobe: ...</l>
	<l>Yummy Yolcrobe: Eep!! Never mind me! We may talk a big game here in the Yolk of Yummy, but the development of delicious and nutritious crispy-puffed comestibles is all we know!</l>
	<l>Yummy Yolcrobe: Congratulations, you are truly deserving of our gradest 'A' Glandilock food! Cartoon characters will suffer many fraught encounters due to the high quality of our Centerberry Burst Cereal. But we can tell you will be a good steward of your <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]>!</l>
	<l>Yolkwanda the Yolcrobe: Wowee!! Our very own cleaner has come to visit!! Oh gosh, oh gosh, and I'm the first nano friend she'll see!! Boy howdy, gotta keep it together and remember my lines... </l>
	<l>Yolkwanda the Yolcrobe: (I hope she comes over here and presses {TALK} to talk to me!)</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="yolk2">
<lines>
	<l>Sippy Yolcrobe: Yo... Nova... welcome to the Yolk of Sippy! Some people say that a <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]> oughtta drink 8 dewdrops of our homemade Sippy Yolkmilk per cell-cycle, but we here in the Sippy zone think you can chill with the math and just go with the flowww...</l>
	<l>Sippy Yolcrobe: The <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]> is like a direct line to <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>, ya dig? Just keep your mind open, you know, and the answers... will find you.</l>
	<l>Sippy Yolcrobe: Mmm mmm mmm, nothing like a little Sippy Yolkmilk to make those Glandilock tendrils grow deep and strong. Just ride that high, Nova... ride that high.</l>
	<l>Sippy Yolcrobe: Nova... you made it to the Yolkmilk, of course. You just relaxed and let it flowww, am I right?</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="yolk3">
<lines>
	<l>Cozy Yolcrobe: Welcome to the Yolk of Cozy... yes, yes. Are you feeling comfortable? Yes, yes... we have carefully trained these Reguloids to adapt the local atmosphere to your body's precise partialities... temperature, salinity, acidity, lugubrity... and so forth.</l>
	<l>Reguloid: Woof wo-woof! (Translation: Temperature: 36 degrees yolkenheit)</l>
	<l>Reguloid: Woofer woof-woo! (Translation: Air Humidity Level: 5% success rate for a fish trying to breathe)</l>
	<l>Reguloid: Wo-wo woof-woofer! (Translation: Golden summer light, dappled by oak leaves. The scent of freshly-bruised crabgrass and dandelions. An unexpected cool breeze drifts in from across the lake. A tawny rabbit sits up and sniffs before hopping into the bushes.)</l>
	<l>Cozy Yolcrobe: Hmm, yes, yes, yes... a little Cereal, a little Yolkmilk, yes. Such things are quite necessary. However, as the old saying goes, "<![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]> cannot live on ingestion alone"! </l>
	<l>Cozy Yolcrobe: Ahh, yes, yes indeed. It is time for you to have Reguloids of your very own! How beautiful, to become a home. May your head always be a safe and warm resting place for the precious <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]>. Yes, yes, yes.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="yolk-outside-1">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>The strange figure is silent. "Is it alive?" Nova wonders. Nonetheless its gaze beckons her. "Enter my round, golden pate", it seems to say. "Ye shall find a part of this complete breakfast..."</l>
	<l>The Yolk and Nova's fate begin to resonate. The presence of a new Nanopoint is in the air. Spark this being and reveal its Nanopoint! Shrink forth, Nano Cleaner Nova.</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>The Yolk of Yummy looks quizzically at Nova. "Ye have found the treasures buried within me... but cereal left dry doth inflict pain upon the mouth chambers..." It nods in the direction of a Yolk further up the hill. </l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="yolk-outside-2">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>The second Yolk Figure sways in the breeze with a profound sense of chill. "Duuuude" it seems to say. "Ridin' the milky waves..."</l>
	<l>The Yolk and Nova's fate begin to resonate. The presence of a new Nanopoint is in the air. Spark this being and reveal its Nanopoint! Shrink forth, Nano Cleaner Nova.</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>The Yolk of Sippy nods its head at Nova affirmingly. "Excellent," it seems to say. "Have you chilled with Yolk of Cozy up the hill?"</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="yolk-outside-3">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>The final Yolk Figure seems to gaze upon Nova with a warm-yet-analytical eye. "Ahhh... hmmm... yes, yes, yes..." it seems to say. "A perfect host in need of a perfect reguloid..."</l>
	<l>The Yolk and Nova's fate begin to resonate. The presence of a new Nanopoint is in the air. Spark this being and reveal its Nanopoint! Shrink forth, Nano Cleaner Nova.</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>The Yolk of Cozy passes its gaze over Nova once again. "Ahhh... yes, yes, yes... all is in order here," it seems to say. "Perhaps she is ready to meet with the ancient Chalaza..."</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="yolkchest">
<lines>
	<l>Nova found the Centerberry Burst Cereal, one of the three elements of nurturing! With it, a <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]> will have all the carbs it needs to make a home in Nova's head.</l>
	<l>Nova found the Sippy Yolkmilk, one of the three elements of nurturing! With it, a <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]> will have all government-approved nutrients needed to spread far and wide inside Nova's head.</l>
	<l>Nova found a Reguloid: Personal Edition, another one of the three elements of nurturing! The Reguloid will adapt Nova's head into the perfect environment for a thriving <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]>!</l>
	<l>Nova found a <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Card<![CDATA[</color>]]>!</l>
	<l>Nova found something!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="chalaza">
<lines>
	<l pic="CH">Ahhhhhh... Nova... hmmmmm... After all this time... we meet at last!</l>
	<l pic="CH">Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... </l>
	<l pic="CH">Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... Nova! Eh.... What were we talking about? Oh, right.</l>
	<l pic="CH">I... am the ancient Chalaza Tree, keeper of the sacred knowledge of the Albumen Shore! From the day you washed up on our shores, I have chronicled your journey... and Oh! What a journey it has been! Reflect with me, upon those sweet and daring stories that now drift upon the hazy river of the past.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="chalaza-a1">
<lines>
	<l pic="CH">Do you remember... the blustery, cereal-obsessed Yolk of Yummy inhabitants? </l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="chalaza-a2">
<lines>
	<l pic="CH">The laid back denizens of the Yolk of Sippy? </l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="chalaza-a3">
<lines>
	<l pic="CH">How about those kind and conscientious caretakers of the Yolk of Cozy? </l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="chalaza-a4">
<lines>
	<l pic="CH">Ahhhhh... I have laughed! I have cried! I have prayed for wisdom to bless your decisions... Your thunderous triumphs and your arduous struggles shall be etched into my branches for all eternity!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="chalaza-a5">
<lines>
	<l pic="CH">And now... you have arrived here, at the pinnacle of Mount Vitelline, from which one can survey the furthest reaches of this expansive land...</l>
	<l pic="CH">Have you the 3 elements of nurturing?</l>
	<l pic="CH">...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="chalaza-2">
<lines>
	<l>[CUT TO chalazaVC]</l>
	<l pic="CH">Ahhhh... then sadly, I must be the bearer of difficult news. Nova, your herculean climb to this lofty peak has been in vain without the full blessings of the 3 Yolks. Go to whichever Yolks you missed and only then return to me... I know the journey will be long, but I have faith that one day, you will return!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="chalaza-if-failed">
<lines>
	<l pic="CH">Ahhhhhh... Nova... hmmmmm... Nova...</l>
	<l pic="CH">It is I... the ancient Chalaza, keeper of the knowledge of the Albumen Shore! Long ago, at our first meeting, you were not yet prepared to bear the great responsibility of the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]>. Ever since then, I have kept the fire of hope alive that you might one day return.</l>
	<l pic="CH">Now... have you the 3 elements of nurturing?</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="chalaza-3">
<lines>
	<l>[CUT TO chalazaVC]</l>
	<l pic="CH">Ahhhh... wonderful... then my epoch of anticipation is complete! Nova, I grant to you, the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]>.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="chalaza-4">
<lines>
	<l pic="CH">And now, Nova... it is time...</l>
	<l>[CUT TO chalazafarVC]</l>
	<l pic="CH">Already I can feel my power fading... the Age of Albumen draws to a close...</l>
	<l>[CUT TO hatchlineVC]</l>
	<l pic="CH">Quickly, Nova. Lay yourself down upon the Hatchline. </l>
	<l>[CUT TO chalazaVC]</l>
	<l pic="CH">And with the last of my energy... I will send you to the great beyond!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="yolk-wanted">
<lines>
	<l>WANTED: DUST VIRUS\nMr. Spiky</l>
	<l>He may just sit there, but this virus has been shouting some very rude comments at our poor yolcrobes. Try shooting a block at him, and be sure to suck up any dust he might leave behind!</l>
	<l>WANTED: DUST VIRUS\nMild-Tempered Slime</l>
	<l>Don't be fooled by their adorable gooey exteriors! If left unchecked, these pesky ruffians can cause serious illness in the body of their host! Unlike Mr. Spiky, they are safe to vacuum up.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="rock-loop">
<lines>
	<l>Rock: Welcome! Rocks are surprisingly diverse and come in a number of shapes and sizes, though by divine fate, many of the rocks here look the same. Be sure to talk to all of us!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="rock-messages">
<lines>
	<l>ignore</l>
	<l>ignore</l>
	<l>ignore</l>
	<l>Rock: There are some colorful rock-like obstructions blocking your path! Try using your Nano Vacuum to suck stuff out of the way!</l>
	<l>Hold {SPECIAL} to suck in objects. Press {SPECIAL} to shoot them back out.</l>
	<l>Rock: Sometimes rocks get in the way, but other times they can be very helpful! Don't paint every rock with a broad brush, is all I'm saying! Unless you paint them really cool. A lady at my church painted a rock so it looked like a tiger with little whiskers and everything... pretty neat!</l>
	<l>Rock: A chasm separates you and those darned dust viruses! You're too far away to suck them up, but perhaps there is another way to get rid of them...</l>
	<l>Rock: Please do not shoot anything at the gates. Contrary to popular belief, you can't just blow up everything in your way!</l>
	<l>Rock: More importantly, you might chip the paint. You didn't do that already, right?\n(-Gate Painting Maintenance Bureau)</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="gate-hit">
<lines>
	<l>Gate: Ouch! Watch it! You're gonna chip my paint! If you want me to open, take out your aggression on the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> Viruses instead!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="yolk-sucked">
<lines>
	<l>Yolcrobe: H-hey wait, Nova!! I am a helpful Yolcrobe, not a deadly <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> Virus! Please just talk to me!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="reguloid-sucked">
<lines>
	<l>Reguloid: Woo-woof! Woof woof! (Translation: I just want to help Nova! I'm no <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> Virus!)</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="chest-sucked">
<lines>
	<l>Latched Box: Gwahahahaha!! I am a latched box!! My specialized latch is completely impervious to all forms of vacuum suction!!</l>
	<l>(Hmm... I just hope I don't run into anyone with hands... hands are my latch's greatest weakness!!)</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="chapel-test">
<lines>
	<l pic="PAL">Welcome Nova!</l>
	<l pic="CP">Howdy!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="prism-come-here">
<lines>
	<l pic="PAL">Nova, you made it! I'll tell you all about that device soon, but for now, come over to me for a quick chat!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="chapel-entry">
<lines>
	<l pic="PAL">There you are, darling hatchling, I knew you could make it! Welcome to Alive!</l>
	<l>[CUT TO cutscenevc]</l>
	<l pic="PAL">Nova, you are in Center Sanctuary, the dwelling place of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>! <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> is... well, it's hard to explain to someone who's only just hatched, isn't it? <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> is the center... it created all of us, along with our world: the island of New Theland. <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> is like an artist, and we are its painting, a beautiful expression of its vision!</l>
	<l pic="CP"><![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> is everything. Or rather, <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> simply Is. Our lives are like shadows cast by <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>'s true form, which will one day become apparent.</l>
	<l>[CUT TO palvc]</l>
	<l pic="PAL">Hmm... perhaps we are all the artists and art of New Theland. We shape and are shaped by each other... by treating our neighbors with kindness, we can build each other up.</l>
	<l>[CUT TO cpvc]</l>
	<l pic="CP">Erm... well... I don't know if I would go that far, Palisade... what good we may accomplish flows directly from the rightness of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>. Regardless, we must focus.</l>
	<l pic="CP">Nova, listen closely. I will now reveal to you your true purpose and the path ahead.</l>
	<l pic="CP">You have been born into a war zone, Nova. Granted, it is not a contest of swords or guns, of armies or infantry... we wage a war that is nearly invisible and yet wholly insidious... we face a deadly force that wrinkles the face of time, as a lurking waterbeast ripples the surface of a lake, disrupting the clear reflection of our souls.</l>
	<l pic="CP">We call it <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>...</l>
	<l pic="CP">It starts small, a microscopic seed planted in some dark, moist corner of one's organs. Then the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> grows, it feeds upon the structure of our minds, magnifying our fears, our wrath, our wrongful desires. Eventually it blossoms to its full scale, completely obliterating the identity of its host.</l>
	<l pic="CP">Symmetry, beautiful symmetry, is our birthright as creations of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>, and yet we lose ourselves in the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>. We begin to decay. To Decompose. To crumble. <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> begets dust, and we forsake our true selves.</l>
	<l pic="CP">Nova, perhaps your true purpose is now becoming apparent. You were given the abilities to shrink and to clean so that you might reverse the tide of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> that threatens to overwhelm us.  You must travel far and wide, shrinking inside the inhabitants of New Theland, those most consumed by the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>'s contamination. You--</l>
	<l>[CUT TO cutscenevc]</l>
	<l>(Suddenly, a tiny spark flies towards Nova's head.)</l>
	<l pic="PAL">—What's that?! Palisade <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Card<![CDATA[</color>]]>, activate!</l>
	<l>(Palisade creates a barrier using her shield, containing the spark in a glowing cube.)</l>
	<l pic="PAL">A Nano-intruder, attempting to infiltrate your body! Nova, I can contain it temporarily, but you must shrink to nanoscale and destroy it! Don't be afraid, sweetheart, I'll be right here. I know you can do it!!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="pollen-yolk">
<lines>
	<l>Dusty Yolcrobe: N... Nova... is that you? *cough* ... How did I get here? *cough* *cough*</l>
	<l>Dusty Yolcrobe: Am... am I gonna be okay? I'm so tired, Nova... *cough* I've never felt like this before...</l>
	<l>Dusty Yolcrobe: ... I'm scared.</l>
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</d>
<d name="pollen-rock">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>"The Nano Cleaner."</l>
	<l>She exists, and she was born, to dust, to clean, to rescue...</l>
	<l>May she protect all of us from harm. </l>
	<l>May the Nano Cleaner save New Theland and its denizens from their fate.</l>
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</d>
<d name="cc-nanobot">
<lines>
	<l>Nano Assassin: *COUGH*.... *COUGH*... NOVA WILL DIE... THE CENTER WILL CRUMBLE... DUST WILL CONSUME NEW THELAND... *HRRR-COUGH*!!</l>
	<l>Nano Assassin: *HRRR-COUGH*!! *COUGH*... N... NOVA... WILL DIE... THE CENTER... WILL CRUMBLE... DUST... WILL CONSUME... NEW THELAND... *COUGH* ...</l>
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</d>
<d name="cc-after-miniboss">
<lines>
	<l pic="PAL">*Sigh* You're growing up so quickly. I didn't expect a challenge like this for quite some time, but I am *so* proud of you.</l>
	<l>[CUT TO cpvc]</l>
	<l pic="CP">Sadly, there are those who would seek to destroy New Theland. Though we are all created by <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>, the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> can inflict a kind of madness. Now, perhaps, you can see the urgency of your mission.</l>
	<l>[CUT TO elevatorvc]</l>
	<l pic="CP">Nova, take the elevator behind you up to the city. And always remember that you stand against the ever-encroaching crawl of degradation!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="save-explanation">
<lines>
	<l>This thing over there is a save point. Walk near it and press {TALK} to open the save menu and save your progress.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ccc-entry-captions">
<lines>
	<l>Deposit <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>!</l>
	<l>*STORM DAMAGE*</l>
	<l>Level up Prism with <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Cards<![CDATA[</color>]]>!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ccc-entry">
<lines>
	<l pic="PAL">Welcome to Center City Cenote, a vibrant community built into the walls of this sacred geological depression! Directly above Center Sanctuary is the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust Prism<![CDATA[</color>]]>, which stores the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> you will collect.</l>
	<l pic="PAL">You may use the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust Drop Console<![CDATA[</color>]]> in Center Sanctuary to deposit <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>. Once sealed within the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust Prism<![CDATA[</color>]]>, the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> may blossom to its full scale without harming New Theland! Once enough <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> is accumulated in the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust Prism<![CDATA[</color>]]>, it will be sent to <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> to be recycled into energy.</l>
	<l pic="PAL">But alas! Before you were born, the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust Prism<![CDATA[</color>]]> was damaged in a terrible storm, and now it can only contain a small fraction of its full <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> capacity! Because of this energy shortage, the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>'s dominion has advanced to the point where it is no longer safe to leave the city! You can see the storm still raging overhead...</l>
	<l pic="PAL">This is where you come in, Nova! The <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust Prism<![CDATA[</color>]]> can be reinforced with rare and powerful <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Cards<![CDATA[</color>]]> that you can find while Nano Cleaning. Your first goal is to reinforce the Prism with 4 <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Cards<![CDATA[</color>]]> and fill it with 100cc <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>. Then <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> will be able to recycle the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> into energy and push back the storm, allowing you to leave Center City Cenote!</l>
	<l pic="PAL">To sum it up, your mission is to search the city for people in need of cleaning, collect the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> and <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Cards<![CDATA[</color>]]> inside of them, then deposit those resources back in Center Sanctuary. Check your progress on the Menu by pressing {PAUSE}. You're going to do an amazing job, Nova!</l>
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</d>
<d name="sanc-reminder-intro">
<lines>
	<l pic="PAL">Nova, your mission is to search the city for people in need of cleaning, collect the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> and <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Cards<![CDATA[</color>]]> inside of them, then deposit those resources back in Center Sanctuary. You're going to do an amazing job!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="sanc-reminder-2">
<lines>
	<l pic="PAL">Remember Nova, we need 100 units of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> to clear the storm! If you still need some more after emptying your canister, you can shrink back inside someone you've already cleaned!</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>The idea of returning to the same Nanoscale location made Nova feel uneasy, but, if that's what it would take to help <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ridescaleprompt">
<lines>
	<l pic="PAL">Taking too long to get around, Nova? Now that you're out in the open, try using your Ridescale form to zoom around the city!</l>
	<l>(Press {RIDESCALE} to enter and exit Ridescale form. Hold {CONFIRM} to accelerate. Hold {CANCEL} or move back to reverse. Press {SPECIAL} to engage cruise control. There are some places you cannot enter Ridescale. If using a controller, it is highly recommended to use {CONFIRM} to accelerate.)</l>
	<l>(If you forget a control, you can double check them in the Settings menu.)</l>
	<l pic="PAL">Oh yes, Nova, one more thing: sometimes if you talk to people twice, they have new things to say! Be sure to talk often!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="pal-card-1">
<lines>
	<l pic="PAL">Congratulations on your first <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Card<![CDATA[</color>]]>, Nova! I can tell you'll be a wonderful Nano Cleaner for the people of New Theland!</l>
	<l pic="PAL">By the way, Nova... be sure to take a break if you are feeling tired. Collecting <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Cards<![CDATA[</color>]]> is important, but so is your well-being!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="pal-card-2">
<lines>
	<l pic="PAL">Wow! That's 2 out of 4 <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Cards<![CDATA[</color>]]> that we'll need to level up the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust Prism<![CDATA[</color>]]>! Oh, Nova! You're hurt!</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Nova quickly straightens her posture and shakes her head 'no'.</l>
	<l>[FADEOFF]</l>
	<l pic="PAL">Please don't push yourself too hard. You are still so young. Remember, I'll be around Center Sanctuary if you ever need me! While you're there, you can deposit your stored <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> and leave with a spring in your step—it's better not to carry around a full tank for any longer than you need to!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="pal-card-3">
<lines>
	<l pic="PAL">Ahh, Nova... </l>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Palisade floats to Nova, gently picks her up, and begins to cradle Nova in her arms.</l>
	<l>[FADEOFF]</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>... ...</l>
	<l pic="PAL">It's going to be okay, darling. You are working so hard and doing such a good job. Maybe a trip outside the city will do you some good... The air is fresher out there. Well... it will be soon, once the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> storm has cleared...</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>[FADESONG CougherHome 1 0]</l>
	<l>Later, in Center Sanctuary...</l>
	<l pic="CP">...I don't understand what you're saying, Palisade. Do you think that <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> is wrong? That we should give in to the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>, and let it overtake New Theland??</l>
	<l pic="PAL">No! Of course not... It's just... Nova. She shouldn't have to shoulder such a burden all by herself.</l>
	<l pic="CP">Nova is the only one who can do this, it is the purpose of her creation. And we are here to help her! But at the end of the day, she must keep cleaning or all will be lost. We all have to make sacrifices for the greater good. Do you understand, Palisade?</l>
	<l pic="PAL">...</l>
	<l pic="PAL">I think I do understand...</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>[FADESONG CCC 1 1]</l>
	<l>[FADESONG CougherHome 1 1]</l>
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</d>
<d name="pal-card-4">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Nova's stomach lurches as she flings herself out of Nanoscale. "That's what it is," she thinks to herself. "The transition has been making me queasy." But this time, she doesn't let herself fall to her knees. She hates to see Palisade looking so worried. Even if it did feel nice when Palisade cradled her...</l>
	<l>[FADEOFF]</l>
	<l pic="PAL">Hello darling Nova! Now that you have four cards, please return to Center Sanctuary to upgrade the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust Prism<![CDATA[</color>]]>!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ddp-intro">
<lines>
	<l pic="PAL">Right, honey, this the Lower <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> Drop! After you collect some <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> in Nanoscale, this is the spot where you'll ship it off to <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ddp-too-early">
<lines>
	<l pic="PAL">That's the Lower Dust Drop, Nova! I'll show you how to use it soon, but first, take the elevator outside!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ddp-greeting">
<lines>
	<l pic="Console">Greetings, Nano Cleaner Nova. Welcome to the Dust Drop Point! Let us deposit all of the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> you have found.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ddp-no-dust">
<lines>
	<l pic="Console">It would seem you do not possess any <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>. Please return after finding more.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ddp-full-afterfilling">
<lines>
	<l pic="Console">Nova, you have more <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> than the Prism can hold. After expanding the Prism's capacity, you can deposit any remaining <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>.</l>
	<l pic="Console">Nova, you have more <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> than the Prism can hold. Worry not, as there is no need for you to deposit any more <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>.</l>
	<l pic="Console">Nova, the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust Prism<![CDATA[</color>]]> is currently full. Find more <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Cards<![CDATA[</color>]]> to expand its capacity.</l>
	<l pic="Console">Nova, the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust Prism<![CDATA[</color>]]> is currently full. Please speak with Palisade.</l>
	<l pic="Console">Nova, the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust Prism<![CDATA[</color>]]> is currently full. Please speak with C Psalmist.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ddp-full-r0">
<lines>
	<l pic="PAL">You've worked so hard, Nova! In fact you have more Dust than the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust Prism<![CDATA[</color>]]> can hold right now! For now, why don't you keep the extra Dust in your tank until you find enough <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Cards<![CDATA[</color>]]> to upgrade the Prism!</l>
	<l pic="PAL">Amazing, Nova! <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> now has enough <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> in order to clear the storm! Come over and speak with C Psalmist and I.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ddp-dust-done">
<lines>
	<l pic="Console">Thank you for depositing <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>, Nova. Please return soon.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="prism-need-more-cards">
<lines>
	<l pic="Console">It would appear you don't have enough card power to increase the Prism's size. Nova, return with at least four <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Cards<![CDATA[</color>]]>.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="prism-maxed">
<lines>
	<l pic="Console">Nova, the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust Prism<![CDATA[</color>]]> has already been fully upgraded. Please continue to find <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> so that our world may be saved.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="prism-upgrade">
<lines>
	<l pic="Console">Wonderful, Nova. You have enough <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Cards<![CDATA[</color>]]> to upgrade the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust Prism<![CDATA[</color>]]>. Let us begin the upgrade process!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="prism-consec">
<lines>
	<l pic="Console">Amazing, Nova! You still have enough <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Cards<![CDATA[</color>]]> to upgrade the Prism further. If you wish, you may talk with me to continue the process.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="prism-end">
<lines>
	<l pic="Console">Congratulations, Nova. You have reinforced the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust Prism<![CDATA[</color>]]> and increased its capacity by 50 units! Continue the good work.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="prism-disillusioned">
<lines>
	<l>Nova is now disillusioned</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="prism-greeting">
<lines>
	<l pic="Console">Welcome to the Prism Reinforcement Device, Nano Cleaner Nova. Please insert the cards you have collected, so that The <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust Prism<![CDATA[</color>]]> may be expanded.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="prism-pal-intro">
<lines>
	<l pic="PAL">The <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust Prism<![CDATA[</color>]]> allows the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> you collect to blossom safely. Once it has blossomed, the clouds of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> can be recycled into energy by the Center. </l>
	<l pic="PAL">Unfortunately, the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust Prism<![CDATA[</color>]]> was weakened by a great storm and cannot hold its full capacity of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>. That was before your time, little munchkin. Please collect rare <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Cards<![CDATA[</color>]]> to reinforce the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust Prism<![CDATA[</color>]]>!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ddp-open-ring1">
<lines>
	<l pic="PAL">Amazing, Nova! You've reinforced the Prism with <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Cards<![CDATA[</color>]]>, and deposited enough <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> to clear the storm! Also, your canister can now hold 90 units!</l>
	<l pic="CP">Nano Cleaner Nova, you bring this fallen world ever closer to its most perfect state—an unadulterated connection with its own identity, with its own Center.</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>C Psalmist sings: </l>
	<l>"Blessed are they who walk along the path of their creation, who radiate cleanliness from <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>, as light is cast from a flame."</l>
	<l>"The fool says, 'I am <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>'. They are like an arrogant flower, sprouting early to mock the winter's cold. The wicked shall wither before they blossom, their machinations crumbling to <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>." </l>
	<l>"But the righteous bloom in season, the work of their hands is blessed. Their radiance is a joy to the ones they love, their leaves a comfort and a shade."</l>
	<l>[FADEOFF]</l>
	<l pic="CP">What a wonderful thing, to be chosen.</l>
	<l pic="PAL">Nova, look! The dust you've deposited is being used by <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>, and the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> Storm is beginning to clear!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="open-ring-ending">
<lines>
	<l pic="CP">Nova, the elevator to the surface is ready. This world requests that you explore and bear yet more cards and dust to its heart, <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>! Go forth in peace, and clean!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="get-pal-card">
<lines>
	<l pic="PAL">Nova...</l>
	<l pic="PAL">I know, we just talked in Center Sanctuary, but I need to tell you something... I'm going away for a while. There's something I need to do. I won't be able to check in on you as often, but please know that you are always in my heart.</l>
	<l pic="PAL">Do you remember when that Nano creature attacked you after you were just born? I channeled the power of a <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Card<![CDATA[</color>]]> then to create an invincible barrier. Nova, I'd like you to have my <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Card<![CDATA[</color>]]> now! Keep it close, and don't use it to reinforce the Prism. May it protect you from all harm, even when I am far away...</l>
	<l>(Nova received the Palisade <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Card<![CDATA[</color>]]>!)</l>
	<l pic="PAL">Okay... I love you, sweetheart. I'll be in touch as soon as I am able. Bye for now!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="mole-family">
<lines>
	<l>Oooh, honey, I told you - if we're gonna get away from the city, then we ought to go all the way! If only you had that promotion, oh, the neighborhoods we could have chosen from!</l>
	<l>Mama, why is there a stranger at dinner today? Shall I fetch the gun?</l>
	<l>Darling wifey dearest, did you forget to lock the door? Look at this street prowler you let in! Violence is practically written onto their face!</l>
	<l>Papa, ought we to call the police?</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="rage-hint">
<lines>
	<l>Argh!!! No matter how many of those slimes I kill, THAT GATE NEVER OPENS! I wanna set those annoying blobs <![CDATA[<color=#ff1111>]]>ablaze<![CDATA[</color>]]>! Melt 'em down to a thick jam! Spread 'em on my toast! Now then...\nWHY WON'T THAT GATE OPEN?</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="rage-npc1">
<lines>
	<l>What are YOU looking at, vacuum girl! Think I'M being unreasonable, huh? Think I'm getting too upset?</l>
	<l>Yeah, well, maybe if SOMEONE stopped slacking off and did their job maybe I wouldn't be angry? Ever think of THAT, Vac Hack? </l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="rage-npc">
<lines>
	<l>Keep looking this way. Try me... yeah! Think I won't?</l>
	<l>Fires? Yeah? Expecting me to calm down with this <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> floating around? DUST, NOVA. THAT'S THE PROBLEM. CLEAN IT. DO. BETTER.</l>
	<l>This gate HATES slimes, but it doesn't want to see them die!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="tongue-npc">
<lines>
	<l>Taste Nakama: Mmph, ssshhyessh... Nova, come here, let me tassste that metallic helmet of yoursssh! Oooh, mmph... no? Letttsh me just helpph myselffsh then, yessshh...</l>
	<l>Taste Comrade: Ohh, Nano Cleaner, nnnothing wrooong with a few lickssh, yessshh? Commme on, don't ruin the funnnnmmph... let me taste your ss..ssuit... I'll enter a new kingdom of sensssory experience! Ohh!</l>
	<l>Taste Friend: Oooh, yesshh... lick it off my earsssh, yesssh... I've been working up a sweat allll day, ooh, the saltiness and sweetnessshhh, isn't it diviiine! LICK ME!</l>
	<l>Taste Companion: I'M LICKING THE CONCRETE TO REMIND ME OF THE CITIES OF MY PAST LOVES. THE TASTES BRING IT ALL BACK. YOU SHOULD TRY IT TOO, DON'T BE SHY! I DO NOT JUDGE.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="cougher-npc">
<lines>
	<l>dialogue</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="fadetest">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Welcome to the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>.</l>
	<l>In this world, there are three people. and one of them is someone named <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>.</l>
	<l>[NEWLINE]</l>
	<l>Or...</l>
	<l><![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>.</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Did I...\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.</l>
	<l><![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="tongue-1">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Nova walks up to the strange figure by the clock. The figure quivers strangely, licking the air. "Are they hungry?" Nova wonders. They appear to have a sort of hunger that Nova has never seen before. Something that Nova ought not to see.</l>
	<l>She curls her toes inside her shoes as the figure turns to meet her gaze...</l>
	<l>[FADEOFF]</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="tongue-1-2">
<lines>
	<l pic="TG">Come here, sweet one, let me taste youuu... the smooth curvature of your mask, the lightly dusted tread of your boots, the metallic tang of the sssilver ring upon your back... EEE HEE HEE!! My tongue quiverrrrs in anticipation...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="tongue-2">
<lines>
	<l pic="TG">Uhnnn... no... I must resist... the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>... It fills my mind. Day and night, I fantasize about all the delectable flavors around me... Once, my skin was smooth. Now every inch is sensitive to taste, longing for flavor.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="tongue-3">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Gustine Papellum, the tongue-skinned creature, gazes pleadingly at Nova. Their beady and desperate little eyes begin to water. Nova's stomach turns, but she begins to feel strength and determination. She has a job to do.</l>
	<l>"Nano Cleaner... h-help me..." Gustine says quietly, "You must make me clean again... free me from the prison of my own desires..."</l>
	<l>[FADEOFF]</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="2d-vid-1">
<lines>
	<l pic="MELOS">Greetings, Internet! I'm Melos, and I'm trapped in this video.</l>
	<l pic="MELOS">This game, Anodyne 2, has 2D and 3D worlds. And today, I'll show you how to go between them!</l>
	<l pic="MELOS">Now, some characters are infested with "<![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>". You'll control Nova, who will shrink inside and clean them!</l>
	<l pic="MELOS">Look! That creature up near the clock, Gustine, needs cleaning! How convenient. Let's warp Nova there.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="2d-vid-2">
<lines>
	<l pic="MELOS">After Nova speaks with Gustine, she can spark up a connection and shrink down inside. For the sake of time, I've shortened Gustine's conversation.</l>
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<d name="2d-vid-3">
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	<l pic="MELOS">Almost there! The <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> will try to repel Nova. But, by using a shield, Nova can defend herself. Alright - see you in a lower dimension!</l>
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<d name="2d-vid-4">
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	<l>Melos Han-Tani: Welcome to the inside of Gustine Papellum! It... seems like I'm a rock...</l>
	<l>Melos Han-Tani: Anyways, in 2D, you explore the interior of characters, collecting <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>! In the future, I'll show you more! But not today.</l>
	<l>Melos Han-Tani: Thus concludes the video. Anyways, how about that music? Pretty cool, huh? ...I made it. Maybe if this post goes viral, I'll post a link to my Soundcloud.</l>
	<l>Melos Han-Tani: Well, if you're watching this, I'm still trapped inside this video. Only the power of, uh... 500... no, 1000 likes and shares will be able to free me. So please, save me!</l>
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</d>
<d name="tongue-3-alt">
<lines>
	<l pic="TG">H-help... You must make me clean again... free me from the prison of my own desires...</l>
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</d>
<d name="tongue-after">
<lines>
	<l pic="TG">Thank you Nova... I can feel the vibrancy of tastes dimming once again...</l>
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</d>
<d name="tongue-crystal">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Gustine Papellum: When I was young, Nova, the world was bright and delicious. I loved nothing more than to eat and taste and be satisfied. But as I grew, the magic of my tongue began to fade. Food felt like sand upon my tongue, life became dull and gray.</l>
	<l>Then... the Dust came! I could feel its writhing, unruly power growing inside of me. My sense of taste returned, more vibrant than ever before! Red bumps slowly began to appear upon my skin, but I ignored them, delighting in the wonderful flavors the world had to offer!</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>I was a fool to fight against the wisdom of The Center, to gratify my base desires by giving in to the Dust. I lost control, and I became a monster. Thank you, Nova, for giving me another chance...</l>
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<d name="rage">
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	<l pic="RP">Why would you come here to my hideaway? You are trying to stoke my rage, and turn me to a disgusting monster!!</l>
	<l pic="RP">Why are you still standing here, Nano Cleaner?!! Did you come here to Gawk?!! GO AWAY!! </l>
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</d>
<d name="rage2">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>The heaving beast, Bran Maligden, screams at Nova, but screaming is not enough. She stomps the platform and pounds her fists, rattling the skeletal structure around her. </l>
	<l>Nova stands frozen in terror. Is she going about this "Nano Cleaning" business all wrong? Nova feels ashamed for making Bran so angry, for not approaching more tactfully. She wonders if maybe <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> was wrong to trust her with such an important task...</l>
	<l>Suddenly... CRASH!!!</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>A slab of concrete falls from above, breaking into pieces across the creature's head.</l>
	<l>"You think that's pretty funny, don't you?!!" Bran screams. "DING DONG the Wicked Witch is CRUSHED"!! AHAHAH!! I got what I deserved, THAT's what you're thinking!!"</l>
	<l>Nova cannot imagine anything less funny than Bran Maligden's pain. But maybe Bran can see something about Nova that she herself cannot. Perhaps there is an ugliness inside of Nova that she has not yet learned to recognize...</l>
	<l>"I need help..." Bran Maligden says, suddenly, quietly. "Please... clean me."</l>
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</d>
<d name="rage-crystal">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Bran Maligden: Where did the anger begin? It's impossible to say. But if the Dust had not arrived, I would never have reached this point, drowning in my own rage. Like a soft buzzing sound or a faint red light, slowly growing in intensity, I was hardly aware of what was happening until it was too late. Then I felt like there was nothing I could do but scream and shake.</l>
	<l>I became so foul and ugly in my rage. Thank you, Nova, for helping me to find peace.</l>
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<d name="rage-after">
<lines>
	<l pic="RP">Huh? Why was I angry? I don't understand why you're asking me that! With the dust gone, I am no longer so disgusting and full of bitter rage.</l>
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</d>
<d name="cougher-bed">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>A lump shudders softly beneath the stained and slimy bed dressings. Nova would rather not disturb the occupant and slowly backs away.</l>
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</d>
<d name="cougher-exit">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>As Nova begins to walk away, she is startled by a sudden gruff voice. "So... COUGH COUGH... you're just going to stomp through my bedroom with your muddy boots and then leave? COUGH... hrk... gurgle..."</l>
	<l>Nova turns to see Misteria Waizel's head rise from beneath the bedcovers. The weary figure continues to expel harsh wet coughs. Nova bows her head in shame and glances around frantically. It is difficult to say what mess she may have caused, so she begins to shuffle about, attempting to tidy the room generally.</l>
	<l>"Stop touching my lampshade collection!" Misteria Waizel snaps. "Come over here, I need to talk to you."</l>
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</d>
<d name="cougher">
<lines>
	<l pic="MC">Do you like lampshades? ... COUGH... hrk... Some of these lampshades are worth a lot of money! But who cares about money?! COUGH! It's all about the artistry! You see that one? Don't touch it with your grubby little fingers! That was my grandmother's lampshade. See the exquisite lace patterning around the brim? COUGH COUGH...</l>
	<l pic="MC">COUGH COUGH... It's good to meet a fellow lampshade buff. You really do like lampshades, don't you? COUGH... Thinking of taking one for yourself while I'm not looking, are you? Who would notice or care if you took advantage of a miserable, weak old coot? That's what you're thinking, aren't you?! COUGH... gurgle...</l>
	<l pic="MC">They don't make lampshades like these anymore. COUGH... hrk...</l>
	<l pic="MC">You wouldn't know. You are young and strong, and you think that you'll live forever. But eventually things fall apart and people leave you and they kick your shins on their way out. They steal your lampshades. COUGH COUGH... I can't even remember anymore, all the lampshades that are gone. Out of sight, out of mind. What is in sight anymore for me...?</l>
	<l pic="MC">I've got a good feeling about you. COUGH... hrk... I need you to do something for me. Please clean the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> from my lungs. COUGH... What, do you need a lampshade in return or something?! You can have the Retro Frill model in mint green. I've already got one of those. Have you ever Nano cleaned before? Don't make it worse. COUGH COUGH...</l>
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</d>
<d name="cougher-crystal">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Misteria Waizel: You don't know what it's like, to have a life and then to see it crumble before your eyes. That's what the Dust does, it grows and grows by eating up who you are meant to become.</l>
	<l>Nova. You've done a good thing here. My lungs are much better now. Maybe I'll be able to finish writing my lampshade book now. Did you ever clean up the dirt you tracked into my bedroom? You know, The Center itself once sent me a special lampshade, with unbelievable symmetry, in recognition of my work cataloguing and appreciating lampshades.</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Thank you, Nova. I really appreciate what you've done here. I mean it sincerely. You can have any lampshade you like. Well, as long as it's the Retro Frill model in mint green. I've already got one of those, see? Thank you, Nova. Goodbye.</l>
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</d>
<d name="cougher-after">
<lines>
	<l pic="MC">Thank you for your help, Nova. Can you help me finish my lampshade book? I'm trying to decide what categorization system to use. You know, the Pleated Cream model is in the wrong place. I didn't move it. I'm just going to say, Nova, I really need my lampshades to stay in the place that I put them so that I can keep track of everything. </l>
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</d>
<d name="gwoms">
<lines>
	<l pic="Chupley Gwom">If only I had a football made of my own skin... then it could never truly be pulled away from me...</l>
	<l pic="Supley Gwom">Good grief... I can't stand it!! Day after day, the same food in the same dish!!</l>
	<l pic="Pupley Gwom">Happiness is a warm puddle!</l>
	<l pic="Gwomina Gwombledon Gwom">*Squork squork squork*.... Have you ever heard of the rooting reflex? If you touch a baby on the cheek, they will cheer for the home team.</l>
	<l pic="Chupley Gwom">The performance of my irreconcilable yearning is what makes me resonate. I am blessed that the football will forever be pulled away. I am transfigured beyond a mere worm.</l>
	<l pic="Supley Gwom">Grief is great, Grief is good, and we thank it for this food. *Munch munch munch* </l>
	<l pic="Pupley Gwom">Happiness is a warm illusion!</l>
	<l pic="Gwomina Gwombledon Gwom">*Sip sip sip* Mmmm... the fact that milk is labeled as 1% and 2% seems to imply that "whole" milk is perhaps 98% fattier. In fact, whole milk would more accurately be described as "3.5%" and is not drastically more caloric than the other options.</l>
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</d>
<d name="pig-pre">
<lines>
	<l pic="GG">A malaise rests upon my children, like a shroud of sludgery. Please, I request that you listen to each of my children and then return to me...</l>
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</d>
<d name="pig">
<lines>
	<l pic="GG">Nova... thank you for listening to my children...</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>The great squirming creature hangs its head, and speaks in a low rumble. "Ohhh... the mud feels cool and calming to our skin, prickled as we are by fever and eczema."</l>
	<l>In this dark and still corner of the alleys, Nova hears the soft squishing sounds of the Gwoms writhing and turning. She shivers at the faint groans that they emit while pressing their delicate pink skins into the muck.</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Now, the Great Gwom lifts its head and stares off at an imaginary horizon, tears glistening in the corners of her eyes. "I hear a distant echo from the past... the shadow of a misremembered song," she says, slowly growing in intensity. "We Gwoms were once proud and beautiful!" she proclaims, "Or else... <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> would never have created us!!"</l>
	<l>The Great Gwom turns to Nova and says, "It is the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>! The <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> has caused us to forget ourselves, and now all we have left is to ease our discomfort by rolling in the filth... Please, Nano Cleaner Nova! Clean us, so we may understand <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>'s plan once again!"</l>
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</d>
<d name="pig-crystal">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Great Gwom: Nova... I can feel the fog lifting from my memories. I am the Aughur: I was created to investigate the future by studying the gambling habits of birds!</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Great Gwom, The Aughur: Each and every one of us has a role to play in the grand story of New Theland. You have shown me this, Nova! My children and I were once selfish and short sighted. We complained about our lot in life and lost sight of The Center's plan. But there is a place for us after all, Nova. There will always be a place for us!</l>
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</d>
<d name="pig-after">
<lines>
	<l pic="GGG">Thank you for your help, Nano Cleaner Nova! Let me return the favor, by taking the auspices for you. One moment please, while I attune myself to the birds and their never-ending games of cards...</l>
	<l pic="GGG">Ahhh... pidgeon reveals a full house... but duck presents a straight flush...</l>
	<l pic="GGG">Yes... I sense that you will be The One... yes... you will bring about a great event that shall alter New Theland forever!</l>
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</d>
<d name="card-get">
<lines>
	<l>Nova feels the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]> pulsating inside of her. It channels <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>'s power, transforming the deadly <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> Crystal into a <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Card<![CDATA[</color>]]>!</l>
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</d>
<d name="elevator">
<lines>
	<l>Nova presses the console, and it lights up and whirrs. Next stop, Center Sanctuary.</l>
	<l>Nova presses the console, and it lights up and whirrs. Next stop, the Blue Vale!</l>
	<l>Nova presses the console, and it lights up and whirrs. Next stop, Center City Cenote.</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Nova presses the console to go upwards, but the console doesn't respond. Suddenly, Palisade appears.</l>
	<l pic="PAL">Ah, Nova, you're trying to get out of Center City Cenote! A natural inclination for any Nano Cleaner.</l>
	<l pic="PAL">I'm afraid it's far too dangerous, though! You'll have to power <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> with <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> and <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Cards<![CDATA[</color>]]> before the outside atmosphere can be purified.</l>
	<l>ERROR! Elevator flight mode permanently out of service.</l>
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</d>
<d name="demo-end">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>After a long ride to the top of Cenote, Nova exits the elevator and steps onto a wide, circular platform, built from white material she saw in Cenote. To the north and south are two big bridges. Instinctually, she picks the northern bridge, and crosses it.</l>
	<l>Urban sounds fade away, leaving a gentle breeze and rustling grass. Hills and mountains of deep blue fill the horizon, pulling her attention in all directions. It feels... different.</l>
	<l>Gazing at these sights, Nova can't help but feel a strange feeling deep inside her chest, something almost pulling her downward, easing her senses into the blue soil. Was this peace? Happiness?</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>N... No. It couldn't be. She remembered what C Psalmist had told her. Though the blue sky and distant mountains appeared calm and inviting, Nova knew that the stillness in the air was deceiving - a trick. It was merely a facade, as somewhere out here, <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> was growing. Threatening to consume the world.</l>
	<l>Her new feeling - it must be a new kind of fear.</l>
	<l>Right?</l>
	<l>There's no time to relax - Nova knows this. She must work. She must clean. She must seek out every infected person in these mountains and protect them...</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>This ends the preview version of Anodyne 2: Return to <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>. Thank you so much for taking the time to play and support us, it means a lot, especially that you got to the end... Marina and I (Melos) have been working so hard. We hope you enjoyed it.</l>
	<l>Anyways, if you walk towards the camera, you can return to Cenote to explore more. Or, you can jump around here for a while.</l>
	<l>Please look forward to Anodyne 2 later this year!</l>
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</d>
<d name="rage-nanobot">
<lines>
	<l>Nano Assassin: *COUGH* *HACK* NOVA... WILL... BE STOPPED... ENGAGING *COUGH* INCINERATION PROTOCOL...</l>
	<l>Nano Assassin: *COUGH* *COUGH* STOP... CAN'T... MOVE... *COUGH* MISSION, FAILED... GAME, OVER... *COUGH*</l>
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</d>
<d name="pig-nanobot">
<lines>
	<l>Nano Assassin: *COUGH* *COUGH* ARRRHURRLLL *COUGH* HAKKKKKKKK *COUGH* *COUGH* ... ... ... DIE *COUGH* *COUGH* THE CENTER MUST BE DESTROYED</l>
	<l>Nano Assassin: *COUGH* NO... NOVA... *COUGH* DESTROY... NOVA... KILL THE CLEANER... </l>
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</d>
<d name="cougher-nanobot">
<lines>
	<l>Nano Assassin: ... *COUGH* ... *COUGH* FROM DUST... I ARISE. NOVA MUST DIE. THE CENTER MUST CRUMBLE. *COUGH* </l>
	<l>Nano Assassin: I'VE... FAILED, BUT... *COUGH* NOVA WILL FAIL... THE CENTER WILL FAIL... *COUGH*</l>
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</d>
<d name="tongue-nanobot">
<lines>
	<l>Nano Assassin: NOVA! OOHHHHHHHHH *COUGH* COME HERE! COME HERE! *COUGH* *COUGH* LET ME DESTROY YOU!</l>
	<l>Nano Assassin: OH, NANO CLEANER *COUGH* THAT WAS REAL GOOD!! BUT, *COUGH*, YOU MUST BE *COUGH* STOPPED... *COUGH*</l>
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</d>
<d name="keyblock-text">
<lines>
	<l>This strange block seems to have a keyhole...</l>
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</d>
<d name="ccc-tour">
<lines>
	<l>(This boy is the size of a small mouse, but surprisingly his voice projects quite well.)</l>
	<l pic="Mini-Boy">Welcome to Part One of Three of the Cenote tour! Above us we have the Cenote Clock. It used to tell the time, but a few years ago it broke, and no one has been able to jump up there to repair it. A testimony to the meaningless of time. What does it matter if it's 6:00, 10:30? Anything can happen, if it may be willed...</l>
	<l pic="Mini-Boy">What does "meaningless of time" mean? I don't know, lady! I'm just a kid!</l>
	<l pic="Average Boy">Welcome to Part Two of the Cenote tour! This is Cenote Lake. It has the mysterious effect of: anyone who dives into it will warp back to where they were a few seconds ago! To this day, it is the only known trigger for the teleportation phenomenon in Cenote. Truly, a testimony to the vicious cycles of living. We cannot escape our past, it will always haunt us.</l>
	<l pic="Average Boy">By the by... have you seen my brother? I last saw him around the market, but, uh, he's easy to lose track of...</l>
	<l pic="Big Boy">Welcome to Part Three of the Cenote tour! I'm my own landmark, I am the Big Boy of Cenote! By finding me, you will have prosperity for the next year.</l>
	<l pic="Big Boy">Well, actually, I'm here to show you Cenote Wall, the blueish grey one. Not the one behind me. This wall defies physics, in fact, you can jump up it even if you are not athletically-endowed. Truly, a testimony to living beings' endless determination to overcome challenges, even if what lay on the other side has no material value.</l>
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</d>
<d name="ccc-video">
<lines>
	<l pic="Moletuber">I make videos about videogames. But it's hard... it's not just fame and rainbows. No one was watching my videos unless I made stuff about the latest "Big World" series installment!</l>
	<l pic="Moletuber">I just want to cover "Small World," not "Big World"...</l>
	<l pic="Moletuber">I wish things were different.</l>
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</d>
<d name="ccc-lake">
<lines>
	<l pic="Shrew Rivers">When the fog descends into Cenote and you look from here, the lake appears infinite, as the horizon fades to fog. Feels like I'm right near the ocean. Ahh...</l>
	<l pic="Shrew Rivers">But I know it's not there. There's no smell of the sea. I have to imagine.</l>
	<l pic="Shrew Rivers">I suppose a glimpse of beauty is better than nothing.</l>
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</d>
<d name="ccc-covetous">
<lines>
	<l pic="Covetous Shopper">Ahhh... how shiny, how beautiful... maybe one day I will be able to save up for one of my own...</l>
	<l pic="Covetous Shopper">Oh, how I long for a large glass window pane!!!</l>
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</d>
<d name="ccc-construction">
<lines>
	<l pic="Construction Worker">Ugh, there's some big angry person up on the construction site! Let me tell you, people have got no respect for the sanctity of the construction site!</l>
	<l pic="Construction Worker">Look at the treatment of construction sites in the media! Just a backdrop to get used and abused in an explosive action sequence! Listen, just because construction sites are unfinished buildings, doesn't mean they're disposable. How would you like it if a construction scene performed an explosive action sequence inside of YOU?</l>
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</d>
<d name="ccc-misc">
<lines>
	<l pic="Dolphmom">Ahhh... the Jormungla fruits are looking fresh today... and how plump the green flibbers are! This delightful produce makes me feel truly immersed in this fantastical world created by <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>!</l>
	<l pic="Dolphkid">EEEEEEEEK!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEK!!! WAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!</l>
	<l pic="Dolphkid">(I'm trying to find the candy by echolocation...)</l>
	<l pic="Elderly Shopper">Hmmm... prune crackers, prune crackers... boy, the graphic design in product packaging sure has gone downhill since my day... it all just looks like a blur of colors!</l>
	<l>ignore4</l>
	<l>ignore5</l>
	<l pic="Dolphya">I love toys!!! Or wait, do I? I used to find them very exciting. But now I'm like... "Huh? Why do I have this garbage?"</l>
	<l>ignore7</l>
	<l>ignore8</l>
	<l pic="Spooked Kid">Eeek! I hear some creepy coughing from this building with the green lights! I bet it's haunted! ... You'll go check it out, right?</l>
	<l pic="Sadrock">Wow, did you follow me all the way over here? As a reward I will give you 5000 dolors. Huh? No, not "dollars", I don't have any money. "Dolor" means sadness or grief in Latin. I will tell you 5000 sadnesses, because you followed me.</l>
	<l pic="Tired Jellysir">Whew... I finally made it out of those maze-like alleys!</l>
	<l pic="Tired Jellysir">Huh? You're about to go in there? Sounds crazy, but I suppose you are the Nano Cleaner. If you're looking to clean, perhaps you should follow the mud!</l>
	<l pic="Chanting Kids"><![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>, dust, dirty dust!</l>
	<l pic="Chanting Kids">Clean behind your ears you must!</l>
	<l pic="Chanting Kids">If you don't -</l>
	<l pic="Chanting Kids">You will die -</l>
	<l pic="Chanting Kids"><![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> dust, dirty dust!</l>
	<l pic="Dolppreciator">Ahhh, don't you just love these beautiful white trees? Their pure, serene dignity reminds me of the ancient stone statues, which were never painted any gaudy colors!</l>
	<l pic="Puzzled Pedestrian">Hmm... I don't know how to sit on this bench.</l>
	<l pic="Shelley">So, how about this dust storm we've been having? Sure is some weather, huh?</l>
	<l pic="Moleford">Really, Shelley, you know how I despise small talk! I'd much prefer to discuss the sociocultural impacts of the current meteorological phenomena, which prevents departure from Center City Cenote!</l>
	<l pic="Former Staffer">Ahhh... the Official Building. I remember doing Official things in here, and wearing Official clothing.</l>
	<l pic="Moleford">Well, Shelley! It seems the dust storm fixed itself! I wonder what kind of scientific causes were behind it!</l>
	<l pic="Shelley">Whoa! Look at the sky! You can really see it now!</l>
	<l pic="Unspooked Kid">Un-eek! I used to hear creepy coughing from this building... but not anymore! I'm all good!</l>
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</d>
<d name="dolphfan">
<lines>
	<l pic="Dolphfan">Whoa! It's really you! Nova, the Nano Cleaner! Talk to me again! I'll tell you a fun fact!</l>
	<l pic="Dolphfan">Your Nano Vacuum holds 60 units of dust! The blue bar in the pause menu shows how much you have! Just press {PAUSE} to view it. Also, deposit your dust in Center Sanctuary whenever it's getting full!</l>
	<l pic="Dolphfan">Oh, get this. I heard that even after you clean the dust from someone, you can still shrink into them again if you need more dust!</l>
	<l pic="Dolphfan">What's that? I know too much and it's weirding you out? That's 'cause I'm your number one fan, Nova!</l>
	<l pic="Dolphfan">What? More tips? Well, okay! Umm... if you're having trouble you can open the Settings section of the Pause Menu to change difficulty options! Well, that's what this blog post said about you, at least.</l>
	<l pic="Dolphfan">Oh, uh... see that egg thing over to my right? You can "Save Your Game" with it.  Also, in the Pause Menu, you can read about the items and cards you have! The map also marks your position.</l>
	<l pic="Dolphfan">Well, I ran out of useful tips, so here's a life tip: don't toast your bread! Try microwaving it for 10 seconds. Life will never be the same.</l>
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</d>
<d name="elevator-tip">
<lines>
	<l pic="Jellyvator">Oh... oh ho ho ho. Are you... are you gonna get on the elevator? What? You don't know how? Well! See the 'down' arrow on the left side of the elevator? You can talk to it to go down to Center Sanctuary! BUT. Wait, there's more! See the UP ARROW on the right side? You can talk to it to leave Cenote and go up to the beautiful Blue Vale! That's right: this elevator goes both ways!</l>
	<l pic="Jellyvator">I'm forbidden to step foot into Center Sanctuary or head out of Cenote, but I'll be watching you the whole way, whether you're goin' in or out. I've got no preference. I just love elevators.</l>
	<l pic="Jellyvator">By the way, do you need an elevator pitch? I've got a bunch of them, but I can't use them... I can't ride the elevator, after all. Maybe "I'm Nova! I love to clean <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>. First cleaning's on me! Shwoosh-sha!"</l>
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</d>
<d name="carwash">
<lines>
	<l pic="EW">Good afternoon, and welcome to Wosch Car Wash! I am the Eponymous Wosch! No doubt you have traveled far for a taste of our world famous amenities, am I right? Deep tissue scrubbing to ease your aches and pains... a gentle rinse in the ambrosian cascade... and to finish: a luxurious, plush toweling!</l>
	<l pic="EW">Or... that's what I would say, if we had power. Alas! Our generator is on the fritz and my assistant seems to have misplaced the ladder...</l>
	<l pic="EW">Hello again, Nova. With a heavy heart, I must inform you that our generator is still nonfunctional. If only there were a way to climb up there and give it a jolt!</l>
	<l pic="EW">Oh, the power is back on! Was this your doing, Nova? I hereby declare you a Friend of Wosch Car Wash. Such is my prerogative, as the Eponymous Wosch! Now, might I interest you in the Complete Wosch Experience: A Rejuvenation of the Body and Spirit? On the house!</l>
	<l pic="EW">Ah... Nova, Friend of Wosch Car Wash... you are looking a bit unwell. Is there anything I can do for you? Ah, I see... some problems are beyond even the power of a first-rate car wash to remedy...</l>
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</d>
<d name="carwash-helper">
<lines>
	<l pic="Assistant Plumkins">*Grumble grumble* Ah, how am I supposed to fix that short-circuiting generator now?? Can't just climb all over the roof like a healthy youngster anymore! Where the heck's my ladder?</l>
	<l pic="Assistant Plumkins">Well golly! Look at that! The generator's back on! </l>
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</d>
<d name="carwash-hint">
<lines>
	<l>Without power from the ceiling lamp generator, the back door is stuck shut! Perhaps Nova can lend a hand...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ring-health">
<lines>
	<l pic="Eldi">These hills get bigger every year! Now, I just can't make the walk anymore...</l>
	<l pic="Eldi">I always told myself, distance is no bother! I can make the hike through the hills! It's no problem if it means seeing my dear friend. And yet, life conspires, once again, to separate us. First, different schools. Then, different jobs, and then, different places to live.</l>
	<l pic="Eldi">Nova, I know you must be busy, but if you have the chance, could you bring this package to my dear friend? She lives on the outskirts of a farming village, a bit outside of Cenote. She'll be in her home. </l>
	<l>Nova received a neatly-tied package with a cream-colored bow.</l>
	<l pic="Eldi">Once you deliver it, please let me know! Thank you so much!</l>
	<l pic="Eldi">Oh, Nova, please bring that package as soon as you can! My friend lives on the outskirts of a farming village. I hope she's doing well...</l>
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</d>
<d name="ring-health-2">
<lines>
	<l>It's just a regular house. The mailbox is stuffed full of mail.</l>
	<l>... It's the house of Eldi's friend. Nova left a package for her here, but it's still unclaimed. Nova ought to return to Cenote to tell Eldi the news.</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>The lights in the home are off. The door appears unkept, dusty. However, the address is the same as that on the package that Eldi gave to Nova. Nova knocks on the door. </l>
	<l>No reply...</l>
	<l>Nova knocks again.</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Nothing.</l>
	<l>Nova wonders where this friend could be! She notices the mailbox, stuffed full of mail.</l>
	<l>She decides to leave the package here, and go tell Eldi the news, who is near the bottom of the elevator in Cenote.</l>
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</d>
<d name="ring-health-3">
<lines>
	<l pic="Eldi">Oh, Nova, you're back! How is my dear friend? Did she serve you one of her fungus tarts? Did she mention the story about her knocking over the pasta sauce shelf in Cenote Market?</l>
	<l pic="Eldi">Oh... she wasn't there? The mailbox was full? Did you knock? That's strange, indeed...</l>
	<l pic="Eldi">You know, Nova, I haven't heard from her in a while. Perhaps she moved somewhere else, and began life anew.</l>
	<l pic="Eldi">It seems that this is the strongest test of a friendship's bonds... yes, perhaps this separation will be the one that never ends. </l>
	<l pic="Eldi">Anyways, thank you, Nova. You must be so busy. Please, for your trouble, take this. I hear it might be handy for you.</l>
	<l pic="Eldi">Hmm, I suppose I'll go rest a bit for now. Perhaps, go and write in the old journal, and record these thoughts of mine, reflect upon old ones.</l>
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</d>
<d name="ring-pal-1">
<lines>
	<l pic="P">Perhaps this place... yes... fortified and safe... visually distinctive... </l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ring-pal-2">
<lines>
	<l pic="P">Ahhh... heheehee! I hope she will enjoy that little detail... Ah...</l>
	<l pic="P">She's had such a hard go of it... I want her to have a space where she feels free from all the burdens of the world. Fate be darned, she's still so young...</l>
	<l pic="P">I just don't understand It... perhaps I'm making a big mistake... but I need to do *something*...</l>
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</d>
<d name="pal-ring-3">
<lines>
	<l pic="P">Nova! It's me, your guardian Palisade!! I'm sorry I was gone for so long. Ahhh... look how much you've grown!</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Palisade reaches out and gently strokes Nova's cheek. Nova shudders softly, holding back the urge to throw herself into Palisade's arms.</l>
	<l>[FADEOFF]</l>
	<l pic="P">Before your next <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> Drop, there's something I need to show you. You see, Nova... you have been doing a wonderful job of cleaning New Theland—and I am so proud of you! But I fear that I have not done an equally stellar job in taking care of *you*.</l>
	<l pic="P">You are the Nano Cleaner, yes. But you are more than that. You are a person, with feelings and needs and desires. I want you to know, Nova, that all of this matters... every part of you! Work and play, joy and sadness, strength and weakness. There is room in the world for all of Nova!</l>
	<l pic="P">Um... well, I shouldn't say more until we are further along. Just... come along and—</l>
	<l pic="P">NoNoNova... TTTTraverse tHe storM... You yOu yoU Must find iT... fINd the the the—</l>
	<l pic="P">...!!!</l>
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</d>
<d name="pal-ring-3-2">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Palisade manages to reach out her hand, touching Nova's forehead. A series of images flash across Nova's mind:</l>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>???</l>
	<l>Nova feels like a piece of her soul has been torn asunder, like something as vital as blood has suddenly vanished from her limbs. What just happened? She cannot make sense of it!! Surely this was a fluke... a faulty projection... a lapse of the mind! It couldn't mean... no...</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>After some amount of time (was it minutes or hours?) Nova struggles to her feet, her mind desperately groping to make sense of the images left to her by Palisade.</l>
	<l>Received item: Palisade's Vision.</l>
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</d>
<d name="ring-nova-sad">
<lines>
	<l>Nova thinks back to Palisade's vision. No... she was not meant to go to Center City Cenote.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ddp-disillusioned-repeat">
<lines>
	<l>Nova thinks back to Palisade's vision. No... there's no need to deposit <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="spire-wall-blocked">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>The <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> Storm that once blocked Cenote now blocks the frontier into the Outer Sands.</l>
	<l>Its infectious forces rage and flow, forming a gigantic wall inches away from Nova, so close to snuffing out her life, her responsibility...</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>And yet, in this storm's chaos is a strange feeling of beauty, of comfort. To Nova, it almost feels like the walls of a home, protecting her and other inhabitants from what lies outside.</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Nova wants to go further, but, she knows it would only endanger her mission. <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> holds the key to proceeding further. She must restore its power!</l>
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</d>
<d name="spire-tree">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>The tree from the vision! An intricately-carved fruit hangs from its central branch. Palisade has led Nova to this fruit... surely answers must lie within. Grasping at this faint glimmer of hope, Nova musters up the strength to spark a connection.</l>
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</d>
<d name="spire-eat">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Nova begins to spark the fruit, but...</l>
	<l>A wild, dusty beast leaps onto the edge of the plateau and eyes the fruit curiously!</l>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Before Nova can react, the beast bounds forwards and swallows the fruit whole! Nova flushes with anger and embarrassment. If only she had arrived sooner! Now there was only one way she could possibly reach the fruit.</l>
	<l>... That's right! Shrink forth, Nano Cleaner Nova! Be brave!</l>
	<l>Handfruit Haven used to hang here.</l>
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</d>
<d name="gravity-sigil">
<lines>
	<l>(Don't forget! On keyboard, you can use {CAMTOGGLEK} to adjust the camera angle! On controller, use the right analog stick.)</l>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Nova sees the Sigil of Palisade! She reaches her hand up to the sigil, touching it, and... the gravity inside the cave has reversed!</l>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>... The gravity in the cave is back to normal. It appears Nova has managed to fall to the top of the spire!</l>
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</d>
<d name="geof-return">
<lines>
	<l>The Nanopoint is unresponsive. Nova decides to return to Geof's resting place.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="geof-intro">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>The rocky form wobbles, gasping and struggling to move its body - almost pitiful. Had an unwavering master worked it to death? Did it fall from the homes above, and cry out to no response? </l>
	<l>Then again, what if it was just a pile of rocks? An illusion, or one of the beautiful props placed by <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>.</l>
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</d>
<d name="geof-1">
<lines>
	<l pic="GA">I... am Geof. Nova, I've heard rumors of you - tales of freeing people from the prison of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>. But... leave me be, so I may crumble to sand, travel on the wind, and bring joy to lovers as a beautiful beach. </l>
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</d>
<d name="geof-2">
<lines>
	<l pic="GA">No. I cannot fade away. I need to dig. I must dig! But, for what? I am Geof, but why am I here?</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>A gentle wind wraps Nova's body. She wonders... Geof must have been digging for a while. Years? Decades? Nova could not fathom that timescale. What it would be like to have your life frozen, repeating the same actions, years on end?</l>
	<l>Hmm... for how long must she clean?</l>
	<l>[FADEOFF]</l>
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</d>
<d name="geof-3">
<lines>
	<l pic="GA">Why do I dig? I need strength - I need purpose. Please, Nova, help me remember!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="grave-1">
<lines>
	<l>(Granite, 34, beloved elementary school teacher. Believed that children were the way to protecting our futures. "No student is evil. A misbehaving child's problems always have a cause.")</l>
	<l c="1">Geof Agricite: Hmm... is this a graveyard?</l>
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</d>
<d name="grave-2-1">
<lines>
	<l>(Amethia, 10, beloved daughter of Mayor Geof and Silico. It was too soon. We miss you, every day.)</l>
	<l c="1">Geof Agricite: I... have a daughter?</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="grave-2-2">
<lines>
	<l>(Stonny, 9, spry, inspiring boy. We'll fondly remember the treats you'd make for us.)</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="grave-2-3">
<lines>
	<l>(Phosphor, 50, the best farmer. Her techniques for cultivation were irreplaceable. We'll miss the love you had for the Earth.)</l>
	<l c="1">Geof Agricite: Nova... are these people related?</l>
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</d>
<d name="grave-3-1">
<lines>
	<l>(Lootia, 44, chief imports manager. We'll miss you.)</l>
	<l c="1">Geof Agricite: A town. I can see a town. It rises into my memory. Did I live in this town?</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="grave-4">
<lines>
	<l>(Silico, 46, loving husband of Mayor Geof, and father of Amethia. It was too soon. I should have spent more time with you.)</l>
	<l c="1">Geof Agricite: Mayor Geof? Nova, this might be me.</l>
	<l c="1">Geof Agricite: These names. At first, I was disoriented, but. I feel something coming back together.</l>
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</d>
<d name="grave-5">
<lines>
	<l>(Geof, 42, mayor of this once-prosperous farming town)</l>
	<l>(...and eternal fool. Dug away the ground, soiling his hands and destroying this town.)</l>
	<l>(Die alone, freak!)</l>
	<l c="1">Geof Agricite: Nova. I was a mayor once. My citizens, my family... they're dead? Did I fail them? What happened? Please... keep cleaning. I must regain my strength.</l>
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</d>
<d name="geof-gardeners">
<lines>
	<l>May the stories of the fertile town send you upwards.</l>
	<l>Stone Larva: The formula for success is belief. I put my belief into action by feeding and praying for this tower. One day, it will reach the sun!</l>
	<l>Stone Larva: My ideal is to nurture this tower. There is no other purpose... as long as it lives, and it is sustained... I am happy.</l>
	<l>Stone Larva: Has your life given birth to a beautiful moment? I am waiting for that moment, suffering, waiting for this tower to grow. One day, this vile world will sparkle with its beauty...</l>
	<l>Stone Larva: How tall should this tower grow? Will its beauty peak? ...There's no point in wasting time with useless questions. Grow, grow, grow...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="geof-homes">
<lines>
	<l>A faded sign says "Mayor Geof's Office". Below that is a faded piece of paper saying "Evacuation Notice".</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>What's this? Nova feels a strange power in the house. She feels as if she could shrink into this home...</l>
	<l>It says "Lootia's Shop". It's been locked for a while, and the handle is rusted.</l>
	<l>It says "Stonny's secret base! Keep out, evil fungus!!"</l>
	<l>A sign says "Amethia, Silico and Geof's home."</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="golem-npc-1">
<lines>
	<l>Granite: ...Ah Geof, how are you? How is Amethia? Not still trying to fix your field, are you? I read that this type of fungus has some experimental uses! Perhaps we could utilize it to compensate for lost crop!</l>
	<l c="1">Geof Agricite: Oh, hello, Granite!</l>
	<l c="1">Geof Agricite: ...</l>
	<l c="1">Geof Agricite: He can't hear me? Odd... besides, why would Granite be here?</l>
	<l c="1">Geof Agricite: Ah, our fields... were infested with fungus! Of course, I tried to fix the fields. A mayor's duty is to his people.</l>
	<l c="1">Geof Agricite: Still, Granite ought to encourage me!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="golem-npc-2-1">
<lines>
	<l>Amethia: Daddy... can you make the fungus go away? *Cough* It's so hard to breathe! Silico's worried too.</l>
	<l c="1">Geof Agricite: Yes, yes Amethia, of course daddy can. Just give him some more time! Soon, these fields will be as good as new!</l>
	<l c="1">Geof Agricite: I just... need to dig away these nasty fungi! Just like you wash away germs from your hands!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="golem-npc-2-2">
<lines>
	<l>Stonny: Geof, you're not gonna move, are you? My daddy said you don't really care about the fungus! I don't believe him, though. I think he's the liar. *Cough, cough*</l>
	<l c="1">Geof Agricite: Oh, poor Stonny... I - I will save this town!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="golem-npc-2-3">
<lines>
	<l>Phosphor: Hey, Geof, I heard you're trying to dig out the fungus. But, fungus doesn't grow from nothing! You ought to try something else. A fungus is really a big network of organisms, after all!</l>
	<l c="1">Geof Agricite: Oh, there's Phosphor again, always giving me advice! So good-natured... but, digging is the only solution.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="golem-npc-3-1">
<lines>
	<l>Lootia: Geof, you've been digging for weeks now! *Cough* I know you mean well, but you're taking this too far.</l>
	<l>Lootia: Business from Cenote is bad... I need to move.</l>
	<l>Lootia: Everyone knows the fungus is bad for the lungs *Cough*. There's even a rumor <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> is causing this! Cenoteites want nothing to do with us.</l>
	<l>Lootia: Please, Geof... just give up. Move on.</l>
	<l c="1">Geof Agricite: Ah, how noble of me! Committed to a cause! Please, Lootia. Just a little more time.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="golem-npc-misc">
<lines>
	<l>Someone: Are you sure we don't have enough money to move to Cenote?</l>
	<l>Someone else: Yes!! We can't!! We have enough to move the furniture, but they want a safety deposit, too. We'll just have to put our faith into Geof's plan.</l>
	<l>*cough, cough* The air is soo bad... what did we do to deserve this? Oh, Center, help us...</l>
	<l>You're destroying the town! Half of the fields are totally dug up, news is spreading, and the fungus is still here! When are you going to cut it out, Geof? *Cough*</l>
	<l c="1">Geof Agricite: ... for the greater good, sacrifices must be made.</l>
	<l>Mayor Geof, umm, uhh...</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>No, no, I wasn't gonna...</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>Ahh! Don't say that! I just want to, I just wanted to say... maybe...</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l c="1">Geof Agricite: Oh, child, I know that you're scared, but, I can't, and won't give up.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="golem-npc-4">
<lines>
	<l>Silico: Geof, these fields are dead, and we need to move.</l>
	<l>Silico: And NO, you can't fix it alone! This problem has a source, and it's beyond us. Please. *Cough, cough* We all know the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> is feeding the fungus, and we can't stop it! You need a Cleaner, and quick.</l>
	<l>Silico: Please... it's over. Half the village has relocated. This is our world now.</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>Silico: Why can't you trust me?? I'm leaving, tomorrow. I'm taking Amethia and taking refuge in Cenote. Please, Geof...</l>
	<l c="1">Geof Agricite: Silico, oh, dear partner... Even you can't understand? Don't you want to save the town? If only he could empathize with me... </l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="golem-boss">
<lines>
	<l c="2">Geof??: Another day with this <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> getting everywhere! At this rate, the town's done.</l>
	<l c="2">Geof??: Silico? Are you there? Help me out! Get a shovel and come over here! We need to throw away all of this soil, NOW!</l>
	<l c="1">Geof Agricite: Nova, that's... that's not me. Right? Why does it look like me? G... get out of there, now!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="golem-crystal">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Geof Agricite: I remember it now. One day, fungus began to grow on our fields. Crops would die, and disaster was ahead. Without crops, the town would have no tourism, no exports. And so, I took it upon myself to save this town.</l>
	<l>Day after day, I dug. I cleared the fungus, restoring the fields, and yet... people left! They quit! They gave up on our town! Why would life place such curses on me?</l>
	<l>The pleas from the other citizens were convincing, but... Nova, now that I am clean, my memory restored, I must listen to my heart. I will carry on the work and clear all this fungus away. One day, I will succeed. Just like you, Nova.</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>And yet...</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Ah... perhaps it's time for a rest. *Cough* Yes, just... just a quick rest. I feel so heavy. This heaviness, a weight on my shoulders...</l>
	<l>Tomorrow, we clear the soil, once, and... for all...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="golem-after">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>There's no response from Geof. He appears to move, but, perhaps it's just an illusion.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ccc-geof">
<lines>
	<l pic="Amethia">Oh!! Are you Nova, the Nano Cleaner saving the world from the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>? </l>
	<l pic="Silico">Amethia, who are you talking to?</l>
	<l pic="Silico">Nova? You're the Nano Cleaner?</l>
	<l pic="Silico">...</l>
	<l pic="Amethia">I think my daddy's starstruck. I believe in you. I really really do!</l>
	<l pic="Amethia">Daddy, look, she's the Nano Cleaner! She can save anything! Maybe -</l>
	<l pic="Silico">That's enough, Amethia. We can't be putting our personal worries on her. I'm sure she's very busy.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="stalker-snowman">
<lines>
	<l>Me and the other snowmen have come from another world. Most of us are just relaxing, but... a few have joined Iwasaki's Fan Cave. I guess... such things are to be expected when travelling far from home.</l>
	<l>Some of the snowmen dissented with our nomadic ways... they wanted purpose beyond our lives of solitary contemplation and occasional travel. Well, I suppose they've gotten the purpose they've wanted here...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="stalker-npc">
<lines>
	<l>Faithless! Turn back. Only the disciplined will transcend the Snowfield and be accepted into the Tree Master's Temple.</l>
	<l>Brr... I... I-I... am not worthy to leave the snowfield. I must practice my tree sculpting and endure this weather. Iwasaki told me that only when I understand the meaning of a blossoming petal, peeking from snowcaps, will I proceed. Brr... so cold. I haven't seen a single petal for the past week...</l>
	<l>Iwasaki and some others suggested I need to improve my tree trimming fundamentals. That I needed to master the basics before I considered getting closer to the temples. But I'm too cold to even hold the trimming scissors... brr...</l>
	<l>According to the Fan Cave's trials, I am but a mere C-License Arborealist. My goal? A B-License. I won't have to trudge around here anymore.</l>
	<l>I am an A-License Arborealist, nearly ready to enter the Master's grounds. Only a few have the S-License to enter. Like Iwasaki. Oh, beautiful Iwasaki! How his dedication to the trees shines. He is a man of worth for these sacred grounds.</l>
	<l>Out of the S-License Arborealists, clearly Iwasaki is the strongest. I aspire to be like him, and yet... I have not even read 'Grimoire Bark'. Excuse me, I must continue my studies.</l>
	<l>When I obtained my S-License, I realized... it was because of Iwasaki's teachings, patience, and resilience! Not the 'Tree Master!' I shall discuss the possibility of a new license, only for Iwasaki... ah yes... the 'I-License'.</l>
	<l>In the skies above, lies the temples of the Tree Master! Only those worthy should step forth...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="stalker-npc3d">
<lines>
	<l pic="Oak B.">When I joined this club for tree sculptors, I didn't expect people would be so skilled! Ever meet someone who's *so* into a hobby, that you lose all motivation at getting better? Maybe I'll stick to being second-rate, and find my own style of expression.</l>
	<l pic="Maple A.">Ho-ho! Welcome to the Fan Cave! We study the work of the Tree Master. Today we're showing a gallery of our members' finest trees. That large tree was done by none other than the club leader, Iwasaki. The detailing is divine! When I drift to sleep, I wonder if I'll ever reach that level of skill... sigh.</l>
	<l pic="Yew S.">You there! You haven't seen a man by the name of Tree Master, have you? We organized this Tree Sculpture show in hopes he, the world's finest Tree Sculptor, would show up and offer his advice. But he hasn't showed up. Perhaps we need to do better. Yes! We must work harder!</l>
	<l pic="Magic B.">The Tree Master always says: "look into the eyes of a potential patron with confidence! Show them that they MUST buy your work!" But what am I supposed to do when there's no one to look at my work...?</l>
	<l pic="Willow C.">I just joined the club. I'm still too nervous to touch a pair of shears. Besides, I haven't even finished watching the 80-video training course!</l>
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<d name="stalker-1">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>At the center of the garden cave, Nova sees someone gesturing strangely at a tree.</l>
	<l>What was he doing? Saying a prayer?</l>
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</d>
<d name="stalker-2">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>The person's murmurs begin to crescendo...</l>
	<l>[FADEOFF]</l>
	<l pic="IA">Oh... great Tree Master, sculptor of the arboreal, stylist of the leaves and branches!</l>
	<l pic="IA">Hear the cries of your Official Fan Cave! We study the art of tree sculpting so that we may connect with New Theland, and honor your accomplishments.</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>The man's cries echo through the cave.</l>
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</d>
<d name="stalker-3">
<lines>
	<l pic="IA">Nothing I do ever makes the Tree Master turn my way! I've led the Official Tree Master Fan Cave for *years*, analyzing and disseminating his techniques for the Cave's members.</l>
	<l pic="IA">But. We've never gotten an official response from him, no matter how many letters we've sent. Why doesn't he care about us?</l>
	<l pic="IA">Nova, the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>, it must be responsible! I can't find any solutions. My mind is a forest, and... I have lost my way. Please, help me achieve clarity! Fix me!</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Nova wonders if this man really needed cleaning, but, it seems best to comply... after all, any <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> would be a danger to New Theland.</l>
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</d>
<d name="stalker-home">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>An advertisement reads:</l>
	<l>"Best Tree Sculptor in Cenote. Used across parks and Official Buildings across the city. Call for more info."</l>
	<l>Through the window, Nova sees a person eating eggs at their desk.</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>... Egg ...</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Newspapers neatly lay in a pile. A "best father" magnet adorns their fridge. A small, neatly trimmed tree sits in a pot near the person. Further into the home, Nova could see some larger trees, each with an exquisite flair.</l>
	<l>The home looks quite humble, but perhaps this was the Tree Master's home, after all.</l>
	<l>The mailbox near Nova radiates a power... it seems Nova can shrink into it!</l>
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</d>
<d name="stalker-home-2">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Whoever lives here seems to prefer privacy. Nova decides to explore elsewhere.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="stalker-crystal">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Iwasaki Antimon: Nova, as a boy, I loved trees. Such rare beauty. How lucky it is to find one in New Theland!</l>
	<l>And then, I saw the Tree Master, who devotes himself to the Art of the Tree!</l>
	<l>I studied his trees, and began to send letters of my appreciation. But... I never got a response.</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>So, I started the Official Fan Cave. Others joined, and I led our studies of the Master, in hope that he would notice us.</l>
	<l>But, the cleaning! It has opened my eyes! I realized... I do not need the Master! For, in this Fan Cave... I am The Master! Ha ha! Through my struggles, I have gained skill! The fan members... they are not just members! They are my students, who I have been teaching the Art of the Tree!</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Thank you, Nova. No longer, will the members have to quietly suffer. For, I have now become... Tree Master Iwasaki!</l>
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<d name="stalker-after">
<lines>
	<l pic="IA">Hello Nova, welcome to the Iwasaki Cave of Tree Arts! Thanks to your cleaning, my fans and I have begun an endeavor into an ever-deeper realm of tree-sculpting.</l>
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<d name="clone-faye">
<lines>
	<l pic="FM">Ahhh... it's good to be back home... I wonder how ol' Lonwei's doing... Oh, hi there! Are you a new resident of the valley? Oh right, you're the Nano Cleaner! I guess we both came here from Cenote. For a while, I was scraping by in the big city as the frontwoman of a band, but then my parents left for travel and wanted me to take care of the house.</l>
	<l pic="FM">Have you seen Lonwei? She's the scientist who lives up the big steps. We fell out of touch when I moved, but I still think about her sometimes. One time she used her chemistry set to mix up some sort of concoction for me to spike my hair! Hahaha...</l>
	<l pic="FM">What's it like to be a rockstar? Ah... hahaha. It's pretty fun overall. I'm lucky. I don't really have a lot of basis for comparison. It can be a lot of pressure, but I never really thought I could be anything else, so... I'm glad to be back home for a spell, though. Missed hearing the sounds of birds.</l>
	<l pic="FM">Even if you are very familiar with someone's artistic work, it doesn't mean you totally know them. On the other hand, even if you know someone personally you don't always "know" them either. I guess there are just different ways of knowing. Imagining the interiority of another person is always part projection, but that's not necessarily bad.</l>
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<d name="clone-ray">
<lines>
	<l pic="RB">Oh, it's the Nano Cleaner, Nova! Pleasure to meet you! I am Rayray Boatshoes! I'm sorry to say I'm not dusty enough to need a Nano Cleaning, HAHAHA!! I know, it's not something to wish for, but I find the whole process very neat!</l>
	<l pic="RB">Nova!! Say you were shrunken down and found a dust mite... if you put the dust mite in your mouth and then grow back to full size, would you then have a GIANT dust mite in your mouth? Oops, is that a rude question to ask? I would just love to see a giant dust mite...</l>
	<l pic="RB">Nova, are you a gamer? Did you know that videogames can make you cry? Oh, you are physically unable to cry? Ah, I'm sorry, Nova, I did not mean to be insensitive! But videogames can be a very emotional experience. My favorite videogame is called "An Ode to Dyin", it is very sad.</l>
	<l pic="RB">Nova, would you like to have a thermometer? It could help you to determine if you have a fever or sometimes it's just fun to hold to see how cold your hand is! I realized that I didn't have a thermometer so I went to order one. It was a much better deal to get a 12-pack of thermometers than to buy a single one. But then they arrived and I thought: what am I going to do with 12 thermometers?</l>
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<d name="clone-beringia">
<lines>
	<l pic="BM">Bum... ba-dum... ba-dum-ba-dum... Oh, excuse me, I was just working out a new beat. I am Beringia and this is my drumbird Katsu! Together we travel New Theland, but somehow we always find ourselves back here in the valley...</l>
	<l pic="BM">Hmm, you keep looking toward the building on the steps. That is Lonwei Yonstein's laboratory. I couldn't say I know much of Lonwei, but I want her to be happy. She stays up there mostly, smoke and fumes swirling up from her chimneys until late into the night. Most often, I run into her at the pond. She leaves little contraptions in the water and checks them day after day.</l>
	<l pic="BM">If you travel further from <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> in any direction, you'll find the Outer Sands. Further still to meet the sea. Past the sea is the horizon, but the horizon can only be seen and not touched. Is there anything more than all of this?</l>
	<l pic="BM">Drumbirds are incredibly hardy creatures. Not only does Katsu relish being pounded upon with wooden sticks, but they also have sheltered me from extreme heat and cold throughout our travels. I don't know where I'd be without Katsu.</l>
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<d name="clone-lonwei">
<lines>
	<l pic="LY">Ah, Nova, you have arrived at last! That is to say... greetings, it is good to see you! I am Lonwei Yonstein, PhD, and this is my... er... brother, Clonwei Yonstein. </l>
	<l pic="CY">...</l>
	<l pic="LY">Clonwei, to be honest, is the one you are really here to see! But don't let him get a "big head" about it... Ha ha ha ha! He loves that joke, don't you Clonwei?</l>
	<l pic="CY">...</l>
	<l pic="LY">Nova, have you ever met a "PhD" before? It means that I am a Doctor of Phil. Ah, but despite my impressive credentials, I still require the assistance of a Nano Cleaner! Clonwei is sick with the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>... I can observe the sickness with my Nano Drone, but I am unable to truly clean him!</l>
	<l pic="LY">Please Nova... I can feel his pain! Please... help my brother Clonwei!!</l>
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<d name="clone-enter">
<lines>
	<l>Lonwei Yonstein: Nova, it's me, Lonwei Yonstein, PhD, communicating with you via my Nano Drone! I thought I might be able to assist you, as I am familiar with Clonwei's mindscape. You see, Clonwei has the ability to create shadow beings within this realm. You may need to use this to your advantage...</l>
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<d name="clone-annoy-1">
<lines>
	<l>Lonwei Yonstein: Oh, uhh... Clonwei? Could you get out of the way? ... No? You won't? Ah... of course you won't.</l>
	<l>Lonwei Yonstein: Er, sorry Nova. I guess you'll have to take care of this on your own, too.</l>
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<d name="clone-annoy-2">
<lines>
	<l>Lonwei Yonstein: (WHAAAT? Not again...)</l>
	<l>Lonwei Yonstein: ...</l>
	<l>Lonwei Yonstein: Umm, well, I think you can get around Clonwei if you just go like, to the left, and then... oh, wait, never mind...</l>
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<d name="clone-annoy-3">
<lines>
	<l>Lonwei Yonstein: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I'm so sorry.</l>
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</d>
<d name="clone-misc">
<lines>
	<l>Well howdy! I'm the lab assistant! Right up this way is Test Chamber 1. To the right is Test Chamber 2 and 4, er, I think... I don't have access there.</l>
	<l>This is Test Chamber 2! Further down the hall is Test Chamber 4. Umm... what? Chamber 3? Ha, ha... we... we don't talk about Chamber 3 here.</l>
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<d name="clone-faye-2d">
<lines>
	<l c="1">Clonwei Yonstein: H-hi Faye! Long time no see!</l>
	<l c="2">Faye McCool: Uh. Right. Do people still say that dorky phrase?</l>
	<l c="1">Clonwei Yonstein: Oh haha... no! Of course not! It was... a joke! Uh... because of how long it's been since we've hung out!</l>
	<l c="2">Faye McCool: Right...</l>
	<l c="1">Clonwei Yonstein: So, um... have you seen any nice... motorcycles lately?</l>
	<l c="2">Faye McCool: Uh yeah, for sure. </l>
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<d name="clone-faye-2d-2">
<lines>
	<l c="2">Faye McCool: Hey listen, Clonwei... sorry to butt out but I gotta be going now. Catch you later.</l>
	<l c="1">Clonwei Yonstein: Oh haha, yeah! Me too!</l>
	<l c="2">Faye McCool: (Yeesh, I can't believe I used to hang out with that nerd...)</l>
	<l>Lonwei Yonstein: Oh dear lord, hahaha! That was painful to watch, wasn't it, Nova? Clonwei can be so clueless sometimes. Well, no matter... it's no skin off my nose if Clonwei wants to embarrass himself! Let's just continue to the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> Crystal.</l>
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</d>
<d name="clone-ray-2d">
<lines>
	<l c="1">Clonwei Yonstein: Hey there! I don't think I've seen you around here before.</l>
	<l c="2">Rayray Boatshoes: Howdy hi, I'm Rayray Boatshoes!! Pleased to meet you!! Wow are you a real live PhD?? That's so cool! Hehehe... I just moved here from out the eastern Outer Sands!!</l>
	<l c="1">Clonwei Yonstein: Oh yeah, haha, that's neat!</l>
	<l c="2">Rayray Boatshoes: Wow, you must be so smart! I hear you are a scientist?? What are your favorite colors of bubbling liquids to put in your test tubes??</l>
	<l c="1">Clonwei Yonstein: Er, well, that's not really how science works... (Wow... this Rayray character really thinks I'm something. But I'm just a huge dork idiot... Rayray must be an even bigger dork if she looks up to *me*!)</l>
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</d>
<d name="clone-ray-2d-2">
<lines>
	<l c="1">Clonwei Yonstein: Oh, haha, Rayray, I'd better get going... I've got Some... Er...  test tubes boiling over, you understand!</l>
	<l c="2">Rayray Boatshoes: Oh!! Of course of course!! Toot toot!! Clear the way everyone!! Important scientist at work!!</l>
	<l c="1">Clonwei Yonstein: Ehe... Hehe... (Get me outta here!)</l>
	<l>Lonwei Yonstein: Sorry about all these interruptions, Nova. Clonwei's mind must be a bit on the fritz, creating all these silly shadow shows! Just try to ignore this nonsense, haha!</l>
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<d name="clone-beringia-2d">
<lines>
	<l c="1">Clonwei Yonstein: Beringia... Hi!</l>
	<l c="2">Beringia Manju: Oh yeah... hey uh, Safewei! Er... What was your name again?</l>
	<l c="1">Clonwei Yonstein: Oh uh "Clonwei" hahaha it's no big deal though!</l>
	<l c="2">Beringia Manju: Oh yeah I'm sorry, Clonwei. What's up?</l>
	<l c="1">Clonwei Yonstein: I was just wondering if you wanted to go visit the Radish fields in the west some time? I hear they're beautiful. Er, I mean, like together with me that is...</l>
	<l c="2">Beringia Manju: Oh um... you and me? Like on a date?</l>
	<l c="1">Clonwei Yonstein: Oh haha, I dunno. I mean... If you...</l>
	<l c="2">Beringia Manju: Uh. Look Clonwei... Uh. You're a really neat person! But... Uh... I guess I never thought of you as the dating type! You're always just working in your lab... Have you ever dated anyone before?</l>
	<l c="1">Clonwei Yonstein: Uh well... not exactly...</l>
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<d name="clone-beringia-2d-2">
<lines>
	<l c="2">Beringia Manju: We're very different, Clonwei. I don't think we could make each other happy...</l>
	<l>Lonwei Yonstein: Hahaha... well of course Clonwei was never going to get with Beringia! I'm telling you, Nova, this guy is completely delusional! What could he possibly have to offer someone like them? Look... I may be no cooler than Clonwei, but at least I'm realistic about these sorts of things!</l>
	<l>Lonwei Yonstein: Ah, never mind, Nova. We're almost to the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> Crystal... after Clonwei is cleaned, he'll stop playing out these goofy scenarios over and over again.</l>
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<d name="clone-dustfail">
<lines>
	<l>Lonwei Yonstein: Er... Nova... are you alright? Oh no... the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> Crystal is not dissolving?</l>
	<l>Lonwei Yonstein: I...</l>
	<l>Lonwei Yonstein: Um...</l>
	<l>Lonwei Yonstein: AHH!! Okay! I must come clean!! Clonwei is not my brother! He is a machine I created to compute the outcome of interactions. I... I intentionally grew the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> inside of him to power his highly complex software!! The serum I used to grow the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> must have mutated its chemical structure, and now it is resistant to transformation!!</l>
	<l>Lonwei Yonstein: Er... Nova... try sucking up my Nano Drone as well! Perhaps I can strategically perforate the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> Crystal from inside your vacuum canister!</l>
	<l>Lonwei Yonstein: Well! That should about do it. Time to -</l>
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</d>
<d name="clone-crystal">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Clonwei Yonstein: ...</l>
	<l>... ...</l>
	<l>... ... ...</l>
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<d name="clone-exit">
<lines>
	<l pic="LY">Nova... because of my deception, you were put in harm's way. For that, I deeply apologize... I was afraid that if <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> found out about my experiments with <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>, my laboratory would be shut down. But believe me, Nova: never again will I tamper with these forces... they are beyond my control.</l>
	<l pic="LY">No... from now on, I will stick to what I know and understand. Why set myself up for failure and embarrassment? Some pursuits are simply not worthwhile... some experiments will only cause harm...</l>
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<d name="clone-after">
<lines>
	<l pic="LY">I allowed myself to get distracted by the Clonwei experiment. I should return to my original, Center-assigned research topic: Dream energy. Did you know that one of the most powerful forms of energy in existence is human yearning?</l>
	<l pic="LY">I wonder what the power of human yearning could create...</l>
	<l pic="LY">I am very grateful to be the type of person who deserves to be created with a PhD. Not everyone deserves to have been created with a PhD, or else they would have been.</l>
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<d name="ring-dolphfan">
<lines>
	<l pic="Dolphfan Sr.">Ahh... Nova the Nano Cleaner. Enjoying your work? Wonderful, wonderful. Can't find those cards? Well, I, a Hintline Specialist, am happy to provide my services for free!</l>
	<l pic="Dolphfan Sr.">Hmm... you might want to find more people to clean! As us Hintline Specialists say: "Ganbatte! Ganbatte! Never give up!"</l>
	<l pic="Dolphfan Sr.">Don't forget where I am, now! Here's a mnemonic: "D.N.C.". It means: "Dolphins Never Cry." It can also mean, "Dolphin Near Carwash".</l>
	<l pic="Dolphfan Sr.">My patented card radar says you overlooked something in Geof Agricite! Why don't you head on over there again?</l>
	<l pic="Dolphfan Sr.">My company-loaned cardguide says you may want to look in Blue Vale East! Something about an "arch entrance" and "rocks", too.</l>
	<l pic="Dolphfan Sr.">My cardolocation powers tell me Iwasaki Antimon has what you need!</l>
	<l pic="Dolphfan Sr.">Oh, Nova... it's you... The Metaclean Framework put me out of business... hint sales are down across the board... no use for an old Hintline Specialist like me... *sniff* I heard that now your map shows you missing cards... what's the fun in that?? I bet that Metashop even sells some lousy old <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Card<![CDATA[</color>]]> Detector or something, too... *sniff*</l>
	<l pic="Dolphfan Sr.">But you don't need my help, it seems! Well, thanks for paying me a visit!</l>
	<l pic="Dolphfan Sr.">My company-loaned cardguide says you want to look around Blue Vale South!</l>
	<l pic="Dolphfan Sr.">Hmm... I feel a card very very close to us right now!! Something related to that carwash!</l>
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</d>
<d name="duststormearly">
<lines>
	<l>A raging <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> storm blocks the way. Without <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>'s full power, Nova stands no chance of surviving the dangers beyond.</l>
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</d>
<d name="db-field-0">
<lines>
	<l>...</l>
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</d>
<d name="db-field-1">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Nova's body aches from the venomous barbs of the angry swarm. She begins to breathe a sigh of relief as they buzz away--until she realizes why they have fled: <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>! A thick cloud of it surrounds her, irritating her lungs and setting her teeth on edge. </l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Slowly, Nova begins to squint her eyes open amidst the haze. Her vision is blurry at first, but she can make out a group of figures looming over her. What sort of creatures would walk through the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> unafraid?</l>
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</d>
<d name="db-field-2">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Suddenly, an image of Palisade flashes across Nova's mind...</l>
	<l>"Nova, I'd like you to have my <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Card<![CDATA[</color>]]> now! Keep it close, and don't use it to reinforce the Prism. May it protect you from all harm, even when I am far away..."</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Frantically, Nova plunges her hand into her inventory hole and feels around for Palisade's <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Card<![CDATA[</color>]]>. The dark figures begin to reach out towards her! No! Her fingers finally close around the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Card<![CDATA[</color>]]> and she whips it out in front of her! The <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Card<![CDATA[</color>]]>'s holographic surface glints in the light. The illustration of Palisade, the Guardian, faces the groping mob!!</l>
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</d>
<d name="db-field-3">
<lines>
	<l c="1">?: Ahh... ahA! AHAHAHAHA--*COUGH* *cough* *wheeeeze* *hack* *hack* *Cough*</l>
	<l c="1">?: Listen, you. We don't abide that nonsense here.</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>The mysterious voice reaches out with its hand and... grasps the card! And with one quick tearing motion...!</l>
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</d>
<d name="db-field-4">
<lines>
	<l c="1">?: A card is a piece of paper!!! A card has power only if we all agree to its rules!</l>
	<l c="1">?: Well... Here, we are the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]>. Here, we disagree!</l>
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</d>
<d name="db-day1-wakeup">
<lines>
	<l>[FADEFULL]</l>
	<l>Nova stirs, and opens her eyes. Seated next to her... is that the monster who destroyed the Palisade <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Card<![CDATA[</color>]]>?? Nova wants to cry out, but she is too weak, too disoriented.</l>
	<l>[FADEOFF]</l>
	<l c="1"><![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> Monster: Ah... waking up, you little Porridge Pot? How are you feeling?</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>The monster is talking to her again... what does it want from her? Is it some sort of emissary from the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>? Perhaps an assassin, meant to "take care" of her... meant to turn the tide in the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>'s war against <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>...</l>
	<l>[FADEOFF]</l>
	<l c="1">Assassin Monster?: Listen... I think we may have got off on the wrong foot. I was just trying to lend a hand back there, and things got a little dicey.</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>The creature stares at Nova quizzically as if it is expecting something from her. Perhaps it is in need of Nano Cleaning? But... is that even possible? Nova is already at Nanoscale... Is there some way to--</l>
	<l>[FADEOFF]</l>
	<l c="1">Monster In Need Of Cleaning??: Hey, uh... can you stop making the room go all dark like that? I'm like trying to have a conversation here? Can you just talk to me?</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l c="1">Nova is confused, it wants her to "talk" to it?</l>
	<l>[FADEOFF]</l>
	<l c="1">Conversation-Desiring Monster???: Okay, okay, okay. So talking... it's just like thinking, alright? But then you let the thoughts fall out of your mouth. Okay? My name is Drem Kinako. It's nice to meet you!</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Now, it's your turn to introduce yourself!</l>
	<l>Nova: I... huh? Oh... I am Nova...</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: You did it, you silly Salsa!</l>
	<l>Nova: Are you going to kill me?</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: WOW. OKAY. UM, NO?? ............... Why would I kill you??</l>
	<l>Nova: What is death?</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Well, you're just full of questions, aren't you? I've created a monsterrr!</l>
	<l>Nova: I... I didn't know I could talk.</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Hey I'm just messing with you, okay? Blab all you want! After all, that's what I do! *wink!*</l>
	<l>Nova: ...</l>
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</d>
<d name="db-day1-start-loop">
<lines>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Hey... If you're feeling up to it, come to the Clearing of the Binding later today. A <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]> elder named Beetricks Rooter recently died and we will be inearthing him there. Maybe that will help with some of your questions.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-burial-1">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>As Nova approaches the clearing, she sees a gathering of the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]> standing around a strange lump, wrapped in cloth. With a start, she realizes that this was once one of them. The body of a <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]>, unmoving and silent. Dead.</l>
	<l>Suddenly, they begin to wave their arms in a strange sort of dance. </l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-burial-2">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Nova looks around. A tall dustbound with elegant and sharp features steps forward. She begins to speak in a strangely rhythmic voice. When she says the words "You go on ahead", all the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]> say the same, in unison.</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Tall and Elegant Woman:</l>
	<l>You go on ahead -</l>
	<l>(You go on ahead!)</l>
	<l>The emptiness of the cardinal redirection, the slightness of your hand as it gently droops. A magic trick born out of the simple act of fading light. Of shadows and a planet turning, a universe folding in upon itself, as I entered your room and you lay beneath a thin blanket</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>You go on ahead -</l>
	<l>(You go on ahead!)</l>
	<l>How richly you played upon the oils and spices, the pedals and the pipes. I would resurface into cordiality for you, I would dance upon the seams of scent and catalogue your fingers. Coronate me, cardomom and pepper pods and all the wafting whimpers of your wings</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>You go on ahead -</l>
	<l>(You go on ahead!)</l>
	<l>Elemental traces, copy-pasted, crucializing carbon dates and grocery lists and all the times that you stayed late. I pat my hand and where you left me is a bell of soft and porous foam, a row of gills you left for me to breathe. Spores twinkle down like salt and rain and we thank you for your courage as...</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>You go on ahead!</l>
	<l>(You go on ahead!)</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-burial-elegy">
<lines>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Hello, Nova. My name is Elegy Beatty. How strange it is, to have <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>'s own Nano Cleaner here among the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]>.</l>
	<l>Nova: Uh... umm... \n(I don't want to say something stupid in front of her!)</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Don't be afraid. I get the sense that you didn't come here in an official capacity, did you? There's no reason that we shouldn't get along.</l>
	<l>Nova: ...thank u...</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Ahaa~! Well aren't you just the cutest thing! Nova, please join my farming team! I want you to work with me! What do you say?</l>
	<l>Nova: O-okay...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-burial-elegy-2">
<lines>
	<l>Nova: (... umm...)</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-burial-drem">
<lines>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: What did you make of the inearthing, Nova?</l>
	<l>Nova: I... I don't understand! This is my fault... perhaps if I had worked faster, I would have been able to clean this area by now. Beetricks would not have... d-died.</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Don't blame yourself, Nova... it's nobody's fault that Beetricks died! He lived a good life. Nova. One day... all of us here will return to the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>.</l>
	<l>Nova: But you... you shouldn't! Everyone has a purpose, that is why they were made by <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>! No one should just disappear! Where would their purpose go?</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Purpose is an idea... it is a tool for people, Nova. We are not the tools of purpose.</l>
	<l>Nova: ...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-burial-drem-2">
<lines>
	<l>Nova: Drem... I came here in search of a friend. How can I explore beyond the village?</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Ahhh... I heard rumors of a strange object falling from the sky in the nearby woods. There's a train station southwest of here and maybe you can hitch a ride--if you ask real nice! HEeheh!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-burial-misc">
<lines>
	<l>Nova: I'm not sure where to start... maybe I should talk more.</l>
	<l>Nova: I've spent enough time here. I just need to find a way to the fruit Palisade showed me.</l>
	<l>These <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]>... I'm not sure what to make of them...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-hint">
<lines>
	<l>Sorry, esteemed riders. The Caecilitrain does not run during inearthing ceremonies. Come back later.</l>
	<l>Choo-choo! Need to get around? The Caecilitrain lives off of the delicious dustsludge on the ground. In return, it transports people out of the Village! Just pull the Uvulever.</l>
	<l>West: Housing\nNorth: Wrestling Ring\nSouth: Caecilitrain\nEast: Clearing of the Binding, Farm</l>
	<l>North: Field\nNortheast: Clearing of the Binding\nEast: Farm</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="haven-first-time">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>The cavernous room is beautiful but deathly still. The soft creak of the doors disrupts the quiet. There's no one here.</l>
	<l>Of course! Of course there's no one here. Nova could not have expected Palisade to be standing here, waiting with open arms, could she? The plan must be unfolded, the gears must turn. When the abstract pieces finally fall into place, the image will be revealed.</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>There is an altar at the center of the room. It is a clue, perhaps a portal through which Palisade may be summoned! Its structure is, of course, a key to its use. A natural trait of intelligent design...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="haven-first-time-2">
<lines>
	<l>[SMOOTHCAM TO diceVC in 1.8]</l>
	<l>Rite I, the dice. One must take note of the color and letter on which the dice land. Life is never truly random, it only might appear that way to the limitations of one's mind.</l>
	<l>[SMOOTHCAM TO bridgeVC in 1.8]</l>
	<l>Rite II, the bridge. It is a walkway made of unstable materials. The edges of the bridge must never be touched, as indicated by their bright yellow colouration.</l>
	<l>[SMOOTHCAM TO slideVC in 1.8]</l>
	<l>Rite III, the gift. One is to pour out an offering and watch it fall away. To be truly free one must let go of the things that provide false comfort, false safety. <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> will unfold and that is enough.</l>
	<l>[SMOOTHCAM TO matcherVC in 1.8]</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>It all becomes clear to Nova: she need only carry out the rites faithfully for Palisade to surely return! But before she can begin, Nova nearly collapses onto the ground. It's as though she's broken somehow, she can feel the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]> coughing and sputtering. </l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>She remembers the bed that she woke up on earlier that day with a strange sense of longing. It's as though merely existing across time has become a sickness to her... could unconsciousness be its remedy?</l>
	<l>She heads home. She will perform the rites soon... just... after...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-day2-wakeup">
<lines>
	<l>[FADEFULL]</l>
	<l>Nova awakens. She no longer feels the same strange heaviness in her limbs, but now her stomach is in piercing pain...</l>
	<l>Perhaps the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]> do mean her harm... perhaps they've poisoned her. She must find... Drem Kinako....</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-day2-drem">
<lines>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Well... if it ain't the little Casserole herself! About time you woke up!</l>
	<l>Nova: W-what happened to me? I'm dying.....</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: I dunno, Split Pea. What do you feel?</l>
	<l>Nova: What do I feel? Um... I don't know what you mean.</l>
	<l>Nova: And why do you keep doing that?</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Doing what?</l>
	<l>Nova: Calling me those nonsense words!</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Nonsense words? You mean like "Casserole" and "Split Pea"? Those aren't nonsense words, they're delectable food items!</l>
	<l>Nova: "F-food items"?</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Ohhhhhh... okay. I think I get it now. You don't know about eating, do you? Well. Remember yesterday, how we learned about talking? Well... eating food... it's kinda like "reverse talking"... instead of THOUGHTS coming OUT of your mouth... you have FOOD going INTO your mouth!</l>
	<l>Nova: ...huh?</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Wow, you're lucky I'm here to explain this so clearly! I bet you need to eat, since apparently you've never done it. AHeheh!! Here, try this. It's "cream of mushroom soup". Did you know that it's "great for baking"?</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-day2-drem-2">
<lines>
	<l>Nova: *takes a bite* ... I think it's helping.</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: You are out of range of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>'s influence. So I guess you need to sleep and eat now like the rest of us... Hey! That's enough now, go get your own soup! If you like it so much, you should say, "mmmm" and rub your stomach with your hand in a circle!</l>
	<l>Nova: Uh... "mmmm"...</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: AHehehaHEha!! Good one!</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>After pondering this 'food', Nova makes her way to a field to speak with Elegy Beatty...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-day2-farm">
<lines>
	<l>Nova: H-hi... my name is Nova. You told me yesterday about farming?</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Ahaha~! Silly girl. I haven't forgotten you!</l>
	<l>Nova: ...um. ahaha... I shouldn't... uh... spend too much time here. I should be doing the rites so that my guardian Palisade will return. But if I am going to be sleeping here, and eating your food, I should be contributing.</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Hey, you're our guest, okay? No pressure. But I'm glad you're here! Please, let me introduce you to the fine art of agriculture!</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Plants provide us with food and help to filter the air so that we can breathe. When we farm, we provide the plants with water and energy and room so they'll grow to be big and strong! We must also protect the plants against their rivals: the Weedorons! That's where you come in! Please make sure to clear each field of Weedorons!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-day2-farm-after">
<lines>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Good job, Nova! How about we rustle up some smoothies after all our hard work?</l>
	<l>Nova: (Wow... she is so nice to me... I...)</l>
	<l>Nova: I have to go!! See you later!</l>
	<l>Nova: (Gotta go find Palisade!!!)</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-day1-npc">
<lines>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: ... Oh, hi, Nova. I'm just thinking about... Oh? You forgot where the train was? That's just south of the village.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-day2-npc">
<lines>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: So, what are your plans? Take it easy!</l>
	<l>Nova: (No... she's busy. I must take the train to find Palisade!!!)</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-day3-npc">
<lines>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Great show today, Pizza Puff!</l>
	<l>Nova: (I already talked to Elegy... I must go to the Haven!)</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-day4-npc">
<lines>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Hey there, Nova! Doing okay? Meet Ash yet?</l>
	<l>Nova: (I need to go to Handfruit Haven.)</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-day5-npc">
<lines>
	<l>aaa</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="haven-begin-rites">
<lines>
	<l>Nova: Palisade. I have taken care of my bodily needs.</l>
	<l>Nova: Now, I will perform the rites which you have laid out for me.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="haven-dice">
<lines>
	<l>Nova: Ahh... here we have Blue and C. Blue is the color of water and of Palisade's dress. Center Sanctuary lies beneath the water in CCC. It was there that I met Palisade of the Blue Dress. Even though today I am Confused, the Blue C reminds me of where this all began. Palisade serves <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>, so <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> will protect Palisade.</l>
	<l>Nova: Today... Yellow and A. Yellow, like a yolk. A to represent 'beginning'. Truly an auspicious roll. Something is growing, beginning. Perhaps Palisade's body was broken. But now she may be reborn here, in her haven. C Psalmist taught that everything in New Theland has always existed. Not in the same form across time (I was born after all!), but some "Nova essence" must have always existed... just as Palisade still exists in my heart. This is how I know she will return.</l>
	<l>Nova: Today... Red and D. An ominous sign. Anger... Blood... Death... Destruction... Dust. I'm beginning to realize why so many days have passed without any sign of Palisade--no word of assurance to guide my path. It was a wretched accident that Handfruit Haven was eaten by that mangy Dust Creature! It was a mistake that I ever met these "<![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]>". It felt so good to not be alone that I've allowed myself to become split in my purpose. I have lusted over foolish fantasies of a life that could never be my own.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="haven-bridge">
<lines>
	<l>Nova: No!! Can't touch the edges... I must cross properly.</l>
	<l>Nova: Foolish Nova! You must avoid the edges!!</l>
	<l>Nova: You were left alone for a reason - learn to rely on yourself!</l>
	<l>Nova: Pitiful! You are unprepared for Palisade's return!</l>
	<l>Nova: Incorrect... what a disappointment you are.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="haven-bridge-day3">
<lines>
	<l>Nova: I should be better at this. But my focus wavered.</l>
	<l>Nova: *My* own weakness made Palisade disappear.</l>
	<l>Nova: The <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]> are beyond help... I am losing myself by staying here.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="haven-slide-1">
<lines>
	<l>Nova: Today, I learned how to eat. The soup felt warm and tingly as it went down my throat. As I pour out this bowl, I remember that such pleasures are fleeting. Soon I will reconnect with Palisade and with <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>, and there will no longer be any need for wasteful activities like "eating" and "sleeping". Soon everything will be in its proper place once again...</l>
	<l>Nova: *Yawn*</l>
	<l>Nova: Soon.....</l>
	<l>[FADEFULL]</l>
	<l>Days pass. Nova continues in her routine, helping Elegy Beatty with the farming during the day and fulfilling the Palisade Rites in the evening. It is strange to have a space to call her own, strange to have a set of familiar faces greeting her day after day.</l>
	<l>None of it matters, of course. Palisade will be returning any day now. But before she does, Drem Kinako approaches Nova with a proposal...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-day3-wakeup">
<lines>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Howdy Clam Chowdy!</l>
	<l>Nova: You aren't usually awake this early.</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: AhahaHAh ROASted!! *Cough* Here's the deal. Elegy says you have been a valiant warrior, defending the crops from weeds and yada yada...</l>
	<l>Nova: E-Elegy said that about me? What did she say exactly?</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Now, Nova... WHAT IF... you take ALL that skill, grit, and determination... and channel it into something... truly... extraordinary...</l>
	<l>Nova: What...?</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="wrestle-1-intro-1">
<lines>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: That's right, Nova! I'm talking about the DUSTBOUUUUUUUND BEATDOWNNNNNNN!!!</l>
	<l>Nova: (!)</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Every week... a vicious battle to see who'll be crowned victor!!! The roar of the crowds... the glory of the fight!</l>
	<l>Nova: You... want to beat me up?</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Ahaheha not exactly, little fish candy. It's a collaboration, see! We won't be truly hurting each other! Together... we'll create a marvelous spectacle!!</l>
	<l>Nova: But... Drem... isn't that... pointless?</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: "Drem"? Who is "Drem"? You're speaking to.............</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="wrestle-1-intro-2">
<lines>
	<l>Announsi: ...LUMBERING JAAAACK!!! Like a powerful tree, rising from the Dust... Jack represents the fertile soil, enriched by the cycle of Life and Dust. Truly a hero for the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]>!</l>
	<l>And in the opposite corner... in her Beatdown debut...</l>
	<l>The Nefarious WEEDORON WITCH!!! Will she be able to choke out Jack's growth until he's nothing but a shriveled husk? Or will Jack lumber away with the crown? Find out tonight on DUSTBOUUUUND BEATDOWNNNNN!!!</l>
	<l>Nova: Psst... are you sure about this, Drem? I dunno if I'll be any good...</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: You'll be great, Nova!, just follow my lead! Together, we'll raise the crowd's hype like never before!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="grappletext">
<lines>
	<l>Press {RIGHTICON}!</l>
	<l>Press {LEFTICON}!</l>
	<l>Press {DOWNICON}!</l>
	<l>Press {UPICON}!</l>
	<l>Press {SPECIAL}!</l>
	<l>Press {JUMP}!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="wrestle-1">
<lines>
	<l>Drem: Psst, Nova! When you shoot blocks at me, keep the shoot button held down. Release the button when the block is near me to pull your punch!</l>
	<l>Announsi: WOW! The Weedoron Witch has hit Lumbering Jack with a staggering series of blows! Can he come back from such a pounding?</l>
	<l>Drem: Alright Nova, my turn! When my attack is near you, press the shoot button to convincingly take the blow!</l>
	<l>Drem: It's time for the grand finale! Shoot me, and I'll deflect it! Then press the shoot button before it hits you!</l>
	<l>Announsi: AMAZING DEFLECTION SHOT from LUmBERING JACK! THAT'S WEEDORON DOWN FOR THE COUNT!! THE CROWD GOES WILD!!!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="wrestle-1-end">
<lines>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Psst... Nova... you okay?</l>
	<l>Nova: ...</l>
	<l>Nova: ...</l>
	<l>Nova: (rubs tummy) Mmmmmm!!</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: AhAHehea!! That's just for food, Nova!! You know what? Never mind, keep doing that!!</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>With the first match over, Nova leaves the ring, and pays Elegy a visit at her field...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-day3-farm">
<lines>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Ahhh... brava, Nova! Bravissima!</l>
	<l>Nova: Th-thank you, Elegy... I'm glad you were there to see it! I didn't really understand when Drem first asked me to do it. But once I was out there...</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: You were a natural!! You--</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: *Cough! Cough!! Hrk-COUGH!!*</l>
	<l>Nova: Are you alright?</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: I... </l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: I need to tell you something, Nova. Remember when you first arrived here, and we inearthed Beetricks Rooter? One day, sooner or later, each of us here will return to Dust... that is of course, why we are called the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]>.</l>
	<l>Nova: Okay...</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: I believe that my day is coming soon. A <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> lump has been growing upon my shoulder. Beetricks experienced something similar near the end.</l>
	<l>Nova: N-no! Elegy!! It's all my fault! It's my job to keep this from happening. If I were able to clean this place... If I could just--</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: --Nova... Nova. *Cough!* We <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]> *chose* to live outside the power range of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>. Each of us has a reason for being here. We want to live on our own terms, we want to be more than just extensions of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>'s ego.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-day3-farm2">
<lines>
	<l>Nova: I... I don't understand...</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: It's okay, Nova. We all need time to grow and figure out where our priorities truly lie.</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Speaking of growing, are you ready for farming? I've been slowing down lately. Hope you can pick up some of the slack!</l>
	<l>Nova: Of course...</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Nova walks into the fields. The act of weeding has become a familiar comfort to her, but today she feels <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>'s presence looming behind her, frowning upon her leniency.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-day3-farm3">
<lines>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Great work, Nova! This is for you!</l>
	<l>Nova: A flower?</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: In some cultures it is customary to shower an excellent performer with roses. You may have "lost" in the ring today, but you are a champion to me!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="haven-slide-2">
<lines>
	<l>Nova: Today I received a rose from Elegy. Elegy... my... my friend... um. That is to say...</l>
	<l>Nova: As the rose falls away, I remember that glory and adoration are but distractions from my purpose. People's feelings will blow about like petals in the wind, but <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> remains true across time. Thus, I must follow its path and not my own vanity.</l>
	<l>[FADEFULL]</l>
	<l>Days pass. Soon, Nova's second Beatdown arrives - her much-hyped rematch with Lumbering Jack...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="wrestle-2-intro-1">
<lines>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: You feeling limber today, kolaczki? Ready for your big win?</l>
	<l>Nova: I'm ready.</l>
	<l>Announsi: It's the big rematch between reigning champ Lumbering Jack and his ever-so-persistent rival: Weedoron Witch!!! Jack's been on a roll lately--could the wily Witch possibly oust him from his throne? Find out tonight on DUSTBOUNNNND BEATDOWNNN!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="wrestle-2">
<lines>
	<l>Announsi: A very intense back-and-forth battle tonight, folks! Hard to tell who'll come out on top!!</l>
	<l>Drem: Time for the grand finale! Shoot at me, but this time, after I dodge, suck me up and shoot me!</l>
	<l>Announsi: What's happening here? The Weedoron Witch appears to be sucking up Drem Kinako!! Unprecedented!!</l>
	<l>Announsi: There he goes, outta the ring!! Sorry to say it folks, but Lumbering Jack's been resoundingly defeated!! The Weedoron Witch is the new champion!!!</l>
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</d>
<d name="wrestle-2-end">
<lines>
	<l>Nova: (Oh yeah... what did Drem tell me to say?) </l>
	<l>Nova: Y-your precious hero is nothing but a side on my thorn!! Now the Weedoron shall reign supreme!! Gwahahahahaa!!</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: (Great work, Nova!!)</l>
	<l>Announsi: (Wait! There's a commotion in the stands!!)</l>
	<l>Nova: (Huh? This wasn't in the plan!)</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Nova! Come quick!! It's Elegy!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-birth-1">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Elegy is carried out from the stands and laid on a soft patch of moss. An anxious crowd encircles her. "Give her space!" Drem Kinako cries. Nova pushes through to the inner circle. Elegy is writhing in agony and appears unable to speak.</l>
	<l>Nova's head throbs and throbs... this shouldn't be happening... this is wrong!!!</l>
	<l>Suddenly...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-birth-2">
<lines>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Wh-what's that... what happened?</l>
	<l>???: W-w-WaAAAAAaaaAAAHHHH!!!</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Holy musting DUST!!! How is this possible???</l>
	<l>Nova: (I-It can't be! Only <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> can create life from <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>!)</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Well....... hello there, little one!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-birth-2-2">
<lines>
	<l>Announsi: INNNNNCREDIBLE!! It appears that Elegy has created a new LIFE FOOORM!!</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Okay, Anounsi, I'm gonna need you to take it down a notch.</l>
	<l>Announsi: OH yes... apologies, I was in the zone.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-birth-3">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>After some time, the excitement quiets down. </l>
	<l>Eventually, Nova makes her way back to Elegy's field...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-day4-farm-1">
<lines>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Where's Mama? </l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Here I am!</l>
	<l>Ash Beatty: Uhmm?  Ahehe!!</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Wheeeeere's Mama? </l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Here I am!!!</l>
	<l>Ash Beatty: ^o^ Gwoh!! Aaahehehehahah!!!!</l>
	<l>Ash Beatty: Wahw! Gwah! </l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-day4-farm-2">
<lines>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Wow!!! Good job Ashy!! Nice work!!</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Oh hi Nova!</l>
	<l>Nova: Elegy!! I-I'm so glad you're alright!</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Aww thank you, Nova. Me too, haha. Say hi to your Aunty Nova, Ashy Poo!</l>
	<l>Nova: H-hi... Are you sure this is safe, Elegy?</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: The peek-a-boo game? We are dust channeling, Nova! Same as when we dig for inearthing or when Drem attacks you in the ring.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-day4-farm-3">
<lines>
	<l>Nova: I've seen enough to know that the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> is a force of corruption.</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Dust channeling is a way of life for the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]>, Nova. You know that we treat Dust differently than <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>.</l>
	<l>Nova: ...</l>
	<l>Nova: Well, maybe you or Drem can handle playing with such dangerous forces. But this little one...</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: This little one must learn what we all must learn. That we are made of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>, that its power flows through us, that one day we will return to <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>.</l>
	<l>Nova: ...</l>
	<l>Nova: I have work to do.</l>
	<l>[FADEFULL]</l>
	<l>Nova throws herself into weeding. She feels something threatening bubbling up inside. But, she pushes it down, ignoring it, and works. </l>
	<l>And works...</l>
	<l>And works...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="haven-slide-3">
<lines>
	<l>Nova: I am Nova, the Nano Cleaner. I was created by <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> for a purpose. My destiny is crafted into the framework of existence. My life is not a toy for me to trifle with, not a fantasy for my own amusement. Today I pour out not a possession or a gift... today I pour out myself.</l>
	<l>[FADEFULL]</l>
	<l>The days continue to pass. Nova spends most of her time in Handfruit Haven, returning to <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]> Village only to exchange her labor for food, as her solo attempts at farming have yielded only sickly and small fruits. She hopes she may be forgiven these moments of weakness.</l>
	<l>Sometimes, she passes her friends in the village.</l>
	<l>(...former friends.)</l>
	<l>Eventually, the day arrives for her next bout with "Lumbering Jack"...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="haven-misc">
<lines>
	<l>Nova: I have to suck and shoot the dice to roll them.</l>
	<l>Nova: The first rite is done, so I must cross the bridge.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="wrestle-3-intro">
<lines>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Hey, Miso Mug! Glad you made it!! Wasn't sure if...</l>
	<l>Nova: I am indebted to the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]>'s hospitality. I would not have survived without your help. I intend to repay that debt.</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: ...</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Nova... why does it have to be like this? You come alive in the ring! What's so wrong about letting yourself enjoy it?</l>
	<l>Nova: What I "enjoy" has nothing to do with what is right.</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Okay, well. Whatever your reasons are... I'm glad you're here. </l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Umm... we'll fight to a deadlock, then team up against a surprise challenger, ok?</l>
	<l>Nova: Understood.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="wrestle-3-intro-2">
<lines>
	<l>Announsi: Lumbering Jack has been hungry to retake his crown from the Weedoron Witch! Tonight, his chance finally comes!! That's right everyone, it's time for DUSTBOUNNNND BEATDOWNNN!!!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="wrestle-3">
<lines>
	<l>Drem: Alright Nova! Let's trade blows. Get in hits, but get ready to dodge if you see my windup!</l>
	<l>Drem: OK! I'm going to pound the ground. Use the rubble I leave behind to attack me!</l>
	<l>Drem: Time for our big stalemate!! Deflect my attack--we'll hit it back and forth!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="wrestle-center">
<lines>
	<l>?: COSTUME PARTY'S OVER, NERDS!!!</l>
	<l>Announsi: WHATTTtt?? Who would interrupt this tense standoff between Lumbering Jack and the Weedoron Witch?? What's the big idea, Masked Stranger??</l>
	<l>?: Silence, WORM!! Look at you all... What a PITIFUL display!!! THESE ignominious whelps are your CHAMPIONS?? GRAHAHAHAA!! Only I deserve to wear the crown!! For I am your true master, and I have returned to claim what is rightfully mine!!</l>
	<l>?: Yes, that's right... it is I... THE CENTER!!! o-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-</l>
	<l><![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>: OHoHoHoHoHoHoHoHo-</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: (Ahaha wow, this is fantastic!)</l>
	<l><![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>: - HooooHohohoHOHOhohohooooo -</l>
	<l>Nova: ... </l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="wrestle-center-2">
<lines>
	<l><![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>: For too long, you "<![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]>" have flouted the natural order! </l>
	<l>[SOUND wrestleboo 1 1]</l>
	<l><![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>: You roll in your filth and parade about like foolish, disgusting viruses!!</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Now hold on, <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>!! I am Lumbering Jack, proud member of the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]>. </l>
	<l>[SOUND wrestlecheer 1 1]</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: You'd better think twice before you insult my people like that!</l>
	<l><![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>: You dare stand up to me? You... a puny little sapling?? GRAHAHAHAA!! </l>
	<l>[SOUND wrestleboo 1 1]</l>
	<l><![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>: I could turn you into kindling with a snap of my finger!</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: No matter what happens to me, the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]> will live on! Whenever someone in New Theland chooses vulnerability over domination--they are the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]>! </l>
	<l>[SOUND wrestlecheer 1 1]</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Whenever someone faces the fear of annihilation and finds new beauty and worth in life--they are the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]>!</l>
	<l>[SOUND wrestlecheer 1 1]</l>
	<l><![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>: Who are YOU to turn against my will? I CREATED you!</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Maybe you did. If you created me, then you should really understand by now: I am my own being! I am compelled by my heart and my mind!! You have forfeit your right to me, to all of us, by our very nature. We exist, we are beautiful, and you have NO claim to us!!</l>
	<l>[SOUND wrestlecheer 1 1]</l>
	<l>Crowd: RAHHHHHHH!!!</l>
	<l><![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>: S-silence, insolent STAIN! This talking has gone on long enough. Prepare to FIGHT!! GRAHAHAHAHAAA!!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="wrestle-center-3">
<lines>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: W-Weedoron Witch... you and I... we are both plants. For so long, we have competed for the soil to grow large and strong. But I see now... at our core, we are the same... we are triumphs of life, in a cold and sterile world!!</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: I, Lumbering Jack, cannot face <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> alone!! P-please help me! Together, we can secure a future in which we may both grow!!</l>
	<l>Nova: ... </l>
	<l>Nova: My... my head...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="wrestle-vision">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Nova's blood runs cold. She hears the soft squelch of the writhing Gwoms, feels the hot breath off Gustine Papellum's probing tongue. The <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]> weren't there to see Misteria Waizel wasting away alone in a dim, disheveled room! They hadn't borne the brunt of Bran Maligden's endless, bitter rage! </l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Blinded by arrogance, they could never understand the true nature of the Dust! C Psalmist had warned Nova about such folly! She had been warned!! Now the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]> would burn, and Nova with them. Who can sidestep fate? There is no way forward but <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>'s. Stupid, disgusting, foolish... what could she have been thinking???</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="wrestle-3-end">
<lines>
	<l>Nova: ...</l>
	<l>... ...</l>
	<l>... ... ...</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: W-Weedoron Witch?</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-blowup-0">
<lines>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Wait!</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Nova, hold on!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-blowup-1">
<lines>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Crumb Coat, wait, I'm sorry! I didn't know that was going to happen... I know you must have been uncomfortable. Next time we'll go over everything beforehand!</l>
	<l>Nova: Next time? There's not going to be a next time!! I don't belong here, Drem, isn't that obvious by now? And stop calling me those ridiculous food names.</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: I'm sorry. Nova, I'm sorry. You don't have to wrestle anymore... But that doesn't mean you don't belong here.</l>
	<l>Nova: I came here because it was my duty. I came here for Palisade! I don't know why I let you all rope me into these ridiculous games! Maybe I thought I could help you somehow. Maybe I thought I could show you the importance of fighting the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>.</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Okay, hold on... be real, Nova. You "let us" take you in because you wanted us to! Nobody forced you to accept our friendship!</l>
	<l>Nova: Fine. You're right. It was my own mistake. I know that now. I've failed. Palisade is NEVER coming back, and I have only myself to blame. I can't control myself enough to stay here, I can't be trusted. I need to leave here and continue my mission alone.</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: You know...</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: You know, you're being a real Dusting jerk! To me, to Elegy, but also to yourself!!</l>
	<l>Nova: ...</l>
	<l>Nova: I'm sorry you feel that way, Drem. I'm sorry that you've been blinded to the evil that swirls around this entire village. </l>
	<l>Nova: It is crystal clear to me now. You may think you are just playing around, but messing with the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> will always lead to tragedy in the end. I've seen the effects of the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> first-hand. I know where this leads.</l>
	<l>Nova: And I wouldn't be your friend if I didn't try to warn you.</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: If that's really how you feel... then maybe you do need to leave.</l>
	<l>Nova: O-Of course it's how I feel! I am the Nano Cleaner. I am the representative of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> to all of New Theland. And it's long past time for me to stop moping around, and to start acting the part.</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: ...</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: After everything we've been through... I can't listen to any more of this.</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Goodbye, Nova. </l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-blowup-2">
<lines>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Nova. I'll miss you.</l>
	<l>Nova: ...</l>
	<l>Nova: ...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-blowup-3">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Nova runs, runs, and runs. Far away from the village, and straight back to Handfruit Haven.</l>
	<l>And not once does she look back.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="rites-final-1">
<lines>
	<l>Nova: I'm so sorry Palisade. I wasn't strong enough to fulfill the rites. I...</l>
	<l>Nova: Hey!! Who's there??</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="rites-final-2">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>"No Ash, No!! Put that down, NOW!" Nova says sternly.</l>
	<l>"Heehehee! Aunty Nova play!!" Ash squeals, kicking and tripping over the sacred dice. </l>
	<l>"Stop it! You don't know what that's for!" Nova grunts as she moves toward the child.</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Ash Beatty giggles and runs away. "Chase me! Chase me!!" she screams. She rushes across the ritual bridge, pausing to bounce up and down wildly in the center.</l>
	<l>"Come back here!! Bad Ash! You're being very naughty!" Nova cries.</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Ash's smile fades as she realizes Nova is truly angry. </l>
	<l>"Me... n-no naughty!!" Ash cries.</l>
	<l>She slips down the offering chute, and runs away...</l>
	<l>And now, Nova was alone.</l>
	<l>Nova: ... No... No! No NO NO NO NO!!!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="rites-final-3">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Shame and anger flood through Nova, far beyond any measure of control. She bares her powers like a violent hurricane upon Handfruit Haven. The ritual elements are torn apart and hurled at the exquisitely carved walls. When she is finished, nothing but rubble remains...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-spire">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Nova peers down the edge of the spire. Below, the dust storm quietly rages, unchanged.</l>
	<l>She tries to reflect on the past weeks, but it's all clouded by waves of anger. She feels an uncomfortable tickle in her throat, a strange heaviness in her legs... but ignores it.</l>
	<l>How could the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]> live like that? How could Palisade be gone? Before she can formulate an answer, the same questions loop in her head, drowning out her thoughts.</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>What was going on? Perhaps <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> had the answers, but for now, Nova drags her weary body all the way back to Center Sanctuary...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="dbn-haven">
<lines>
	<l>This is a Handfruit Haven for precious Nova. May you be safe here until the path forward is made clear.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-painter-1">
<lines>
	<l>LaShawn Mixte: Ah. Hm. Hello. This is <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]> Village! Indeed. Well. Looking for the Clearing of the Binding? Ah. Further East.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-painter-2">
<lines>
	<l>LaShawn Mixte: Ah. Hm. I am a <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> painter. Yes. I mix the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> with a binding agent, and paint pictures of people and plants. Indeed.</l>
	<l>LaShawn Mixte: Dust paintings... Hm. Inevitably they decay into nothing. Thus, they are of limited use to the collector. My pre-<![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]> work still circulates in the art market, fetching ever higher and higher prices. It is startlingly easy for well-intentioned art to be recontextualized by power and industry until little of its original value remains.</l>
	<l>LaShawn Mixte: What is a great artist? Ah. Hm. Simply a person.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-girl-1">
<lines>
	<l>Millicent Pham: Oh um heyyy... it's the girl who fell on the hornet nest. That was funny hehe... I mean sad.</l>
	<l>Millicent Pham: Hey hornet nest girl... I wanna talk to you. I heard a rumor that you came here from a "Threedy" world. What does that even mean? Are there people there too, with thoughts and lives and feelings? Existence is weird.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-girl-2">
<lines>
	<l>Millicent Pham: Well, if it ain't the Weedoron Witch! WW... Double Dub... D Dubz. So Drem got you to wrestle, eh? Didn't know you had it in you. Dang. I guess we all contain multitudes. Possibly literally. Like little people inside? Explain your weird job to me again...</l>
	<l>Millicent Pham: I've been meaning to get into wrestling. Can't believe you did it first. Dang. You lit a fire under my buns, D Dubz. But you'll be the one who's toast!! Hehehe. Practicing my trash talk.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-misc-npc">
<lines>
	<l>Phasmo Chani: Have you ever tried <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> juice? I believe I have perfected the recipe for this refreshing beverage! First, take a glass of water and set it on your bedside table. Make sure it is uncovered!! Next, wait a couple days. Finally, wake up in the middle of the night and take a big swig. Mmm... <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> juice!!</l>
	<l>Phasmo Chani: Beetricks Rooter was a "Michaelogist". That means he studied "Michaels"!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-mike">
<lines>
	<l>Hello, I'm Michael the Mushroom. But my friends all call me "Mushy Mike"! I worked very closely with Beetricks Rooter. Truly a kind soul with a mind like a Venus fly trap!</l>
	<l>I am a single mushroom, but I am connected to an enormous fungal network that extends its filaments far beyond the outskirts of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]> Village. To whom do I belong?</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-grub">
<lines>
	<l>Do Grubbins:\nSoil is moist, soil is sweet\nDirt is a treat that I love to eat!</l>
	<l>Re Grubbins: Here's a fun snack idea for the kids: try pressing some dark soil into the shape of chocolate cookies. Next, find a patch of white fungus for the "creme filling". Get it? You can pretend to be eating a chocolate sandwich cookie (haha... ewww! gross!!) but it will still taste delicious!</l>
	<l>Mi Grubbins: Ah... we traveled so long searching for the finest dirt. Truly it is here. What depth of flavor has the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]> Dust! A subtle citrus tang offsetting its rich, umami flavor.</l>
	<l>Fa Grubbins: Hm. I actually don't like the taste of dirt. That's okay though. There are many different foods to eat, and my friends love me just the same!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="db-ano1">
<lines>
	<l>Shieldy: I've been meaning to get rid of this shield ever since someone said "what're you hiding from??" They're right. What's there to hide from, anyways? ... Maybe I'll leave it on today, though.</l>
	<l>Frog: What a wonderfully moist environment! Rib-bib-bet. I am a frog. Rib-bet. Did you know industrial pollution can leak in the soil and cause health problems amongst residents? Thankfully, there are no industries near by.</l>
	<l>Seer: I see... in your future... a grey color... dustiness. What? You already knew that? It's okay. People find my services therapeutic, even if I'm wrong now and then. Or always.</l>
	<l>Person: Ever think about people who just get pushed around all day? At first I go: "stand up for yourself!" but then I think about the situation more clearly, and I get sad. The causes go deep...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="desert-sanc-1-1">
<lines>
	<l pic="CP">Ah... awake at last. Thank <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>! What happened?? When I found you outside, hobbling back towards Cenote, body ravaged by <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>... I didn't know what to think. Ah! Never mind. All is forgiven! I'm just glad you are back, and that <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> was able to heal your wounds. And you'll be pleased to hear that the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Cards<![CDATA[</color>]]> and <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> you were carrying allowed <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> to clear the remaining <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> storms. You may now freely explore the entirety of New Theland!!</l>
	<l>... ...</l>
	<l pic="CP">You know... um... it was painful to me when Palisade disappeared and then you did as well. I must admit... at first I thought that you had run off together on some secret mission that you had concocted without me... </l>
	<l pic="CP">But... no... she is truly gone, isn't she? Nova... I don't blame you for hiding away for a while. But now that you are back... you won't go disappearing on me again, will you? We have to look out for each other now, Nova... my Nova...</l>
	<l pic="CP">You have seen and experienced many difficult things, Nova, but look at how strong you are, how purposeful. You don't understand what a blessing you have been given.</l>
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</d>
<d name="desert-sanc-1-1-2">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Wedges of flesh, rafters of bone, pendulous and swinging organs.</l>
	<l>You are made of bloody baggage, it weighs you down.</l>
	<l>Gravity pulling your parcels to the dirt and yet—</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>You are an organization, a contraption of contractions</l>
	<l>And so it is you rise instead of falling,</l>
	<l>And so it is you stand to meet your fate.</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>As with the body, so with the mind</l>
	<l>As with the organs, so with the memories</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>I am the one who remembers the darkness</l>
	<l>I am the one who remembers the dust</l>
	<l>This is why I give to you the gift of burdens</l>
	<l>Your memory is muscled flesh that pulls</l>
	<l>Upon the bonework of your fate</l>
	<l>[FADEOFF]</l>
	<l pic="CP">Do you understand, Nova? In these dark days, we must cling tightly to what is sacred. We must—</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="desert-sanc-1-2">
<lines>
	<l pic="???">—Alright, alright, Psalmist, I believe you've had your say. Nova, please allow me to introduce myself. I am C Visionary.</l>
	<l pic="CV">Let's be real, Nova: New Theland is changing. Every day you see and experience new things that fundamentally alter how you relate to the world. Believe it or not, <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> welcomes this shift!</l>
	<l pic="CV">I was brought on because <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> understands the necessity of a strategic realignment. It's no longer enough to follow the old moralizing about what we "must" or "mustn't" do. Let's reinvent cleaning so it strikes at the heart of the problems facing the New Theland of today.</l>
	<l pic="CP">Hmph... C Visionary is misguided at best, Nano Cleaner Nova. In the face of fear and chaos, *integrity*—not innovation—should light our path. If we are merely blown about by the winds of change, inevitably we will lose our way.</l>
	<l pic="CV">Typically rigid thinking from the old guard. Nova, a strong wind will shatter an inflexible structure. But if we harness the aerodynamics of the mind, we can transform our baser needs and desires into something more powerful, more transcendent. And indeed, what could be a greater tribute to the sacred things, to the greatness of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>?</l>
	<l pic="CV">Today I am pleased to present the Metaclean Framework. The Metaclean Framework is a holistic user experience overhaul, which will help you progress toward the fulfillment of your ultimate goal...</l>
	<l pic="CV">As you go about cleaning, you can now find Metacoins, a special currency which may be used to access the deepest secrets of New Theland! Spend your Metacoins in the Menu to purchase behind-the-scenes info and items from <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>'s personal collection. Engaging with the exciting new Metaclean Framework is sure to enhance your investment in the world of New Theland!</l>
	<l pic="CV">We also would like to present you with the Metaclean Manual, an item which you can read to find out all the ins and outs of your new Framework.</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Acquired item: Metaclean Manual.</l>
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</d>
<d name="desert-sanc-1-3">
<lines>
	<l pic="CP">Remember, Nano Cleaner Nova, <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> will always reward the labor of your hands and the reverence of your heart. Bells and whistles aside, your mission is vitally important to the well-being of all the denizens of New Theland.</l>
	<l pic="CP">Until we meet again.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="cv-chat-200">
<lines>
	<l pic="CV">Ah, Nova. Has your user experience with the Metaclean Framework been satisfying? We created Metacoin to engineer your perception and optimize re-explorability values so that the MC Score of previously visited locations are now in the 'worth your time' range of 7.5 and above. Walk with excitement, Nova! Bring forth change!</l>
	<l pic="CP">Er, yes. Now, don't forget about the newly opened regions of New Theland, Nova. The denizens of New Theland are counting on you!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="cv-chat-300">
<lines>
	<l pic="CV">Nova, the Anodyne's date is approaching fast. The revolution is at hand, and you are its leader!</l>
	<l pic="CP">Yes, yes. Nova, we await your good news. You are so close! Bring about <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Anodyne<![CDATA[</color>]]>, and bring light into the world of New Theland!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="desert-sanc-2-1">
<lines>
	<l pic="CV">Nova! How have you been enjoying the enhanced experience of the Metaclean Framework? I see you're progressing well through the newly unlocked Desert region! Now then, I think it's time we talked about our endgame.</l>
	<l pic="CP">Please, allow me, Visionary. I believe I'm the one to broach this subject with the appropriate dignity.</l>
	<l pic="CP">Nano Cleaner Nova, already in your brief existence you have traversed the breadth of New Theland's habitable regions and beyond. Soon your path will take you to still further reaches of this strange and beautiful world. What a gift it is to explore this world... what a wonder to inhabit it!</l>
	<l pic="CP">And yet... the fundamental problem of New Theland... it must be clear to you by now...</l>
	<l pic="CP"><![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>. Decay. The inexorable creep of corruption and depravity that leads, always, to pain. We are created by <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>, we should exist as glorious works of art!! And yet... we are made of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> and from our first breath we begin to crumble back. We lose our innocence and turn to vile and selfish habits.</l>
	<l pic="CP">Lust!! Gluttony!! Anger!! Our every vulgar thought a stain upon the creative integrity of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>'s vision!!</l>
	<l pic="CP">And yet... there is still hope!! When the Graduated Prism is fully upgraded and the final shipment of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> is sent, your purpose will be fulfilled: <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Anodyne<![CDATA[</color>]]>.</l>
	<l pic="CV">For once I must admit: that was beautifully spoken, Psalmist. You see, Nova, <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Anodyne<![CDATA[</color>]]> is the pivotal moment at which <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> and New Theland fully reunite. It is a singularity at which <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>'s network of influence expands into a fully self-sustaining regeneration of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>'s creative intent!</l>
	<l pic="CP">Do you see what this means, Nova?</l>
	<l pic="CP">Your continuous toil in fighting the rise of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>... </l>
	<l pic="CP">The ravenous hunger of our souls which reality cannot sate...</l>
	<l pic="CP">The promise of death and loss which haunt the brightest moments of our weary lives... </l>
	<l pic="CP">When <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Anodyne<![CDATA[</color>]]> is at hand, these nightmares will fade into the truest dreams of each inhabitant of New Theland. Can you taste it? Perfect communion... </l>
	<l pic="CV">And perfect efficiency... infinite energy formed via a transcendently wasteless system!</l>
	<l pic="CP">Everything has led you to this point, Nova. Go now, and bring about <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Anodyne<![CDATA[</color>]]>!</l>
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</d>
<d name="desert-dog-1">
<lines>
	<l pic="WW">Prrrr.... Nano Cleaner Nova... prrrr. I am so ashamed when I think of the last time we met. I was wild then, my puffs were matted with dirt and tangled in twigs. I was rude to you, no doubt. Please accept my most humble apologies!</l>
	<l pic="WW">Prrr... what's that? You would like to explore inside of me? Well... I would be deeply honored.</l>
	<l pic="WW">...</l>
	<l pic="WW">Errr... I'm sorry. Oh... how embarrassing... I'm having a hard time opening myself to resonance. Oh goodness. I promise I would like to let you in, but my body can be so frustrating at times.</l>
	<l pic="WW">Esteemed Nano Cleaner. I would hate to have you go out of your way for me... but I have heard of a powerful artifact called the Trylock Collar. Perhaps... if you were to collect the Collar and fasten it around my neck... I would be able to resonate with you once again. Oh, I would be so pleased, Nano Cleaner Nova, if I could belong to you. Prrrr...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="desert-dog-2">
<lines>
	<l pic="WW">PrrrRRRR!! N-nano Cleaner Nova!! Is... is that Trylock Collar for me? Wow... you would really accept me as your own? Well then... there is no doubt in my mind anymore that we will be able to spark a connection. However... I don't think I have a <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> Crystal inside of me currently? I would hate for you to waste your time... Ah, you know best though, of course!</l>
	<l>Nova fastens the collar around Wolgali's neck.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="desert-dog-3">
<lines>
	<l pic="WW">If I belong to you, then you will protect me from the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>! I won't have to worry about ever becoming wild again, because you will always be my owner. Near or far. I understand abstract concepts as no wild creature could.</l>
	<l pic="WW">My favorite activity is to chase the Buggyflies around the plateau. Ah... I am careful never to touch them, though. Only a wild creature would harm a Buggyfly. I understand the proper place of fantasy versus reality. Prrrr...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="desert-db-enter">
<lines>
	<l>Nova: Huh? Why does everything look different? Have I landed in the wrong area?</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="desert-db-drem-1">
<lines>
	<l>Nova: Drem! I'm so glad to see you!! What happened here?</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Eh??</l>
	<l>Nova: Oh... yeah... I'm so sorry about how I left things earlier, Drem. I was mad at myself, and I shouldn't have taken it out on you and Elegy. Can you forgive me?</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: ...</l>
	<l c="1">... ... </l>
	<l c="1">... ... ...</l>
	<l c="1">Well hello, visitor! Welcome to Robustbound Village!!!</l>
	<l>Nova: D-Drem... what are you talking about? Don't you mean "<![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]> Village"?</l>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: "<![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]> Village"? Hahahah! What an absurd notion!! "<![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]>"! Hahaha! As if <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> would ever allow such a fate!! We here in Robustbound Village look forward to nothing but vigor and good health!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="desert-db-drem-2">
<lines>
	<l c="1">Drem Kinako: Ah, you are <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>'s own Nano Cleaner, correct? It's a pleasure to meet you! I hope you enjoy your stay here in Robustbound Village!</l>
	<l>Nova: Drem...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="desert-db-npc">
<lines>
	<l>LaShawn Mixte: Hm. Yes. Perfect. I have completed another painting. <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> created me to be an artist. I can work tirelessly without taking breaks, because I know that I am destined for true greatness.</l>
	<l>Millicent Pham: Oh um... never mind me.</l>
	<l>Do Grubbins: I am Father!</l>
	<l>Re Grubbins: I am Mother!</l>
	<l>Mi Grubbins: I am Sister!</l>
	<l>Fa Grubbins: I am Brother!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="desert-db-1-1">
<lines>
	<l c="2">?: Drem was sorry that he tore up your card... he didn't know at the time, what Palisade meant to you.</l>
	<l>Nova: ...</l>
	<l>Nova: E-Elegy?</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: It's good to see you, Nova.</l>
	<l>Nova: Elegy! Is it really you? What happened here? Why is everyone different?</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Have you ever blinked at the exact same moment that someone turned out the light? It almost feels like time cheated to rob you of that instant of transition... to make it forever impossible to reconcile the puzzle pieces of your existence.</l>
	<l>Nova: I saw Drem... but he was different... I don't like it, Elegy...</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: The life we had here in <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]> Village was incompatible with <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>'s vision. And so we were reset. My friends forgot everything they had once known. Ash and I escaped by chance, with our Dust channeling peek-a-boo game. We vanished at just the right time, and escaped <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>'s gaze.</l>
	<l>Nova: Why does it have to be this way, Elegy? Why does it have to hurt so much? Maybe it was a mistake to come here. If I bring about <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Anodyne<![CDATA[</color>]]>, I can undo all of this sadness and loss.</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Nova... this loss that you feel... this is like a small taste of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Anodyne<![CDATA[</color>]]>! If you give in to <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>, you will lose yourself completely. We all will!</l>
	<l>Nova: But I want to feel right, Elegy. I want to feel at peace. Don't we deserve that?</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Can't you see Nova? We did feel right! This is a sad and scary world, but we were building something better from the wreckage.</l>
	<l>Nova: But why do we have to choose between <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> and ourselves? Maybe we could talk to <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>... maybe it could change the rules! Maybe we could just act right because we want to and because it feels good, and we won't have to be afraid anymore!</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: It's a nice thought, Nova, but is that what you were ever promised? If such a thing were possible, do you have any evidence that it's what <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> desires?</l>
	<l>Nova: I...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="desert-db-1-2">
<lines>
	<l>Nova: But...</l>
	<l>Nova: Why wouldn't...??</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Nova...</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Come back to me...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="desert-db-vision">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Nova's head swims... her vision fades into a dark and endless tunnel. Ah yes... She is starting to remember why she left The <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]>. Drem... Elegy... all they ever wanted was to make a fool of Nova... to trample on the sacred task she had received from Palisade!</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Long ago--before Nova had even glimpsed the open sky--she had known the malice that lurked inside her own heart. Bran Maligden had taught her that! And what had Nova been hoping to gain by visiting Elegy again? She was no better than Gustine Papellum, always giving in to her basest desires for comfort and pleasure!</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>"It isn't worth it!", Nova wants to scream at herself. She feels torn apart, but most of all she is afraid. How can she possibly hold out forever? The <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>... it will seep into the cracks in her shell and she will turn to rot... her purpose will spoil and disintegrate. She will be subsumed into the roiling pit of darkness, with only virulent regret and pain burned eternally into her dimming mind.</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>She can hear the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> all around her. She can feel its potential in every particle of matter. The noise grows, and grows, and grows, and grows, growing, growing, growing --</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="desert-db-1-3">
<lines>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: That's happened before, hasn't it? Before you left the first time? Where are you going, Nova? When, you get that look in your eyes... what are you seeing?</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Slowly... haltingly... the cacophony fades away. Nova's vision returns to normal. She looks up into Elegy's eyes... gentle and concerned. Nova is confused by her conflicting feelings. After a long pause, she finally speaks.</l>
	<l>[FADEOFF]</l>
	<l>Nova: Um... I... I think it's the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]>...</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: What's a <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]>?</l>
	<l>Nova: I received it when I was born... it connects me to <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> and gives me the power to transform <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> Crystals into <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Cards<![CDATA[</color>]]>.</l>
	<l>Nova: The <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]> holds close the memories of what I have seen. It reminds me of what the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> is capable of. It reminds me of the stakes of my mission. Thanks to the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]>... I will never lose focus on what truly matters: eradicating the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>.</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Nova...</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Sweetheart...</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: In this life... many things will happen that might hurt or scare us. Sometimes, yes, we'll learn and grow and continue on our journey. But sometimes, Nova...</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Sometimes things are just bad... There's not always a lesson. When you were young, you saw things that scared you. You were pressured with the weight of unfair expectations...</l>
	<l>Nova: ...</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Does the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]> help you to understand the true nature of your fears? Does it lift you up when you reach for something more beautiful and true within yourself? Or does it wield your fears against you, beating you down with insecurity until you believe you have no choice?</l>
	<l>Nova: ...</l>
	<l>Nova: .....</l>
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</d>
<d name="desert-db-stars-0">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Nova decides to stay the night. </l>
	<l>Elegy and Nova walk to the outskirts of the village, lay on a hilltop, and gaze into the starry night sky.</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="desert-db-stars">
<lines>
	<l>Nova: ...</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: ...</l>
	<l>Nova: ...It's stuck there.</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Hm?</l>
	<l>Nova: The <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]>. I can feel it. I can feel its tendrils flex and squeeze, branching throughout my entire being.</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: ...</l>
	<l>Nova: I could never ignore it. I could never be free of it, even if I wanted to. It's always going to be a part of me, Elegy. Always.</l>
	<l>Nova: That's why I can't be the one to turn against <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>. I can't be the one to end this. No matter what I might think or feel.</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Nova... when you were born, they called you the Nano Cleaner. But you were the one who rose to that mantle. You were the one who molded yourself into the person who has made it this far.</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: And now... isn't it time to form yourself once again? Isn't it time to take that power of adaptation, and redirect it towards what you truly believe? As long as you are alive, Nova, that is your gift. You can always become something new.</l>
	<l>Nova: ...</l>
	<l>Nova: I don't know Elegy... I just don't know if I can believe that... I don't think it's right for me to gamble on a chance like that...</l>
	<l>Nova: But maybe I don't have to!</l>
	<l>Nova: Maybe there could be another...</l>
	<l>Nova: ...</l>
	<l>Nova: Elegy, I have an idea. Do you think you could teach me how to <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> channel? The way you became invisible to <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>?</l>
	<l c="2">Elegy Beatty: Y-yes... of course! But why...?</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="desert-db-stars-2">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>Time passes, and eventually, Nova leaves the village.</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="desert-db-after">
<lines>
	<l pic="N">I don't see any way around it: <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> hid from me the true nature of the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]>. But does it matter? If <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Anodyne<![CDATA[</color>]]> will truly bring about peace and beauty like Psalmist says, then who am I to stand in the way?</l>
	<l pic="N">I was created for a purpose. Why should I be owed anything more? And yet... I'm just not sure...</l>
	<l pic="N">In the end, there are two choices:</l>
	<l pic="N">Achieve <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Anodyne<![CDATA[</color>]]>...</l>
	<l pic="N">or...</l>
	<l pic="N">Confront <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>.</l>
	<l pic="N">Although... maybe I should just keep working until I am more certain of my decision...</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Acquired item: Nova's Dilemma.</l>
	<l>Nova can Confront <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> by heading to the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust Prism<![CDATA[</color>]]> Cap in Blue Vale Center.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="horror-intro">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>scene desertnpc-1</l>
	<l>DN: Hey Nova! Get ova' here! Hehe. I am an NPC in the Desert!</l>
	<l>(FADE)</l>
	<l>A strange figure gestures enthusiastically at Nova.</l>
	<l>endofscene</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>scene desertnpc-2</l>
	<l>(FADE)</l>
	<l>Slowly, Nova approaches the figure.</l>
	<l>(FADEOFF)</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>DN: Yes... That's right... come here. I don't bite! Haha. You don't even have a health bar in 3D so it must be safe, am I right? Hoho.</l>
	<l>DN: Awright... now then. I've got the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> Nova... I've got it real bad. Please, you gotta help me!</l>
	<l>(UNLOCK SPARK)</l>
	<l>endofscene</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>(ACTIVATE SPARK CONNECTION)</l>
	<l>(PLAY SPARK NOW AVAILABLE MESSAGE)</l>
	<l>[FADEOFF]</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="horror-after">
<lines>
	<l>As Nova gets up from the ground, she feels something crumpled up in her hand...</l>
	<l>Received desertNPC card.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="horror-wake-1">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Nora wakes to the angry whine of an industrial vacuum cleaner. She hears the bumps and clatters as the vacuum head rounds corners and crosses thresholds. Now it's right outside her apartment door. She freezes for a moment, like a cornered street possum.</l>
	<l>Nora picks up her smartphone and posts to her locked, secret Social account: "god is there any worse sound than someone vacuuming nearby?? it makes me want to die" </l>
	<l>A minute later, she deletes the post because it sounds flippant and entitled.</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Some people don't seem to mind the sound of a vacuum cleaner, any more than a strong wind or a busy interstate. When Nora hears it, her skin prickles, her breath pauses, she feels ashamed to be in bed scrolling through Social on her phone. She should get up.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="horror-flavor-1-1">
<lines>
	<l>Nora: I probably shouldn't boot this up before work. I'll just end up watching Fear Child gameplay videos anyway.</l>
	<l>Nora: I don't want to get in the way of the person vacuuming.</l>
	<l>Nora: I read that if you let the low-angled morning sunlight hit your eyes it helps regulate your circadian rhythms. I've been having strange and restless dreams lately... </l>
	<l>--</l>
	<l>Nora: I live in this weird gothic apartment building. There's a *real* stone gargoyle outside my window.</l>
	<l>Some scholars say that the fearsome appearance of gargoyles is meant to ward off evil spirits, but I don't think that's quite right. I think it's a reminder of the evil all around us, the evil we can't ward off so easily...</l>
	<l>Nora: Okay, time for work...</l>
	<l>Nora: ... the hallways in this building are a bit labyrinthine. But I've walked them so many times, I could reach the exit with my eyes closed.</l>
	<l>Nora: Ugh, the sheets are so dusty. I really ought to wash them soon.</l>
	<l>Nora: That's my apartment. I need to go to work.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="horror-work-1">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Nora: I have a minimum wage job at a fast food restaurant, because I'm a coward. I probably could have a better job, but I don't. Anyway, it's fine for now. Who decides who deserves a good job or a bad job? And maybe all jobs are bad, just in different ways. It makes the time I spend at home, drinking a beer and watching internet videos, that much more special.</l>
	<l>Nora: I don't feel bad, really. I don't think I've ever felt truly bad.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="horror-flavor-1-2">
<lines>
	<l>Nora: It's a good thing I made it back from work before the rain picked up. It's coming down pretty heavily now. Not that it'd make much difference... Maybe it'd get me to take an extra shower. I don't need to shower every day, because I'm just not a very smelly person.</l>
	<l>Nora: Sometimes I go out at night for a cake or an ice cream from the gas station. It's uncomfortable to be around people, but sometimes it's better than nothing. I'm not going to go out in the storm tonight, though.</l>
	<l>Nora: All I see is bits of light blurred through droplets.</l>
	<l>Nora: I was never very social, but I used to be a better friend. I used to message with Eebz, and I think I would cheer her up. But I don't really have much to talk about these days. Anyway, people are usually busy on... whatever night of the week this is.</l>
	<l>Nora: It's too early to go to bed.</l>
	<l>Nora: I guess I'll go to bed.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="horror-wake-2">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Nora: In my dreams my mother lists the ways I'm hurting her. When I make a mistake, it's to get back at her. When I come out, it's because of the things she did wrong. I'm no longer a soft, smooth child, so it doesn't really hurt any more.</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Nora: Last night, I posted something about the storm to Social and got kind of a weird reply.</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>@ig_nora: anyone else in west center like legit scared at the lightning-thunder intervals rn?</l>
	<l>@gigi800: tell me about it! our building actually got hit last night!!</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Nora: "Our building"?? Is this @gigi800 someone who lives in my building? I've never spoken to any of my neighbors, much less traded Social handles! I decide to just "like" the post out of politeness and go about my day.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="horror-flavor-2-1">
<lines>
	<l>Nora: A lot of people don't care about desktop computers anymore. They'd rather have a laptop or tablet or even just a phone. But to me, a computer desk generates its own space, its own world. It feels almost profane to play at the same digital actions in a coffee shop or sprawled out on a bed.</l>
	<l>Nora: If I leave now, I'll be too early and just have to sit around. We're not supposed to clock in a minute before the hour.</l>
	<l>Nora: I wonder how cold it is today... do I need a heavy jacket?</l>
	<l>--</l>
	<l>Nora: In a 1964 scientific journal, two Australian researchers coined the term "petrichor" to refer to the distinctive smell of rain-dampened earth. The word is derived from the Greek "petra" meaning "stone" and "ichor", the ethereal blood of the gods. It's a strangely potent image, for a strangely potent smell. But in the end... you can't get blood from a stone (ha-ha).</l>
	<l>--</l>
	<l>Nora: ...</l>
	<l>Nora: Wait a second...</l>
	<l>Nora: Where's the gargoyle?</l>
	<l>Nora: Oh my god, it must've gotten knocked off in the storm! Maybe that @gigi800 person actually does live here...</l>
	<l>Nora: Anyway, that's weird. The end of an era. But I guess now we can test the competing philosophies. If we see a high uptick in demonic activity then maybe the gargoyle was protecting us after all (heh).</l>
	<l>Nora: Okay. Time for work.</l>
	<l>Nora: Ha, I wish.</l>
	<l>Nora: I'd better take a look at that gargoyle.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="horror-work-2">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Nora: If I were smarter and less of a coward, I'd push back on my manager when he complains about the minimum wage. "It's Econ 101!" he says. "High minimum wage equals high inflation!" Never mind reality, where minimum wage has largely lagged behind inflation. Might as well say, "Sorry our owner cut the dollar menu, ma'am. Blame the stupid trash cooking the food!" Whatever dude. Just... whatever...</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Anyways... just another day at work.</l>
	<l>Phew. Finally back home.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="horror-garg-2-1">
<lines>
	<l>Nora: Holy *!(@... what is happening? Is this some sort of prank? How did someone lug this huge thing up to my door? I swear, I'll never understand people.</l>
	<l>Nora: Hm. I've never had a clear look at it before... it's kind of creepier than I thought. That unhinged, gaping mouth... is it a smile or a grimace? Of course, Gargoyles (and their ugly mouth-holes) serve a practical purpose. They channel rainwater away from the sides of a building to reduce structural erosion. Rivulets of rainwater feel like nothing, but over time they can crumble mortar and carve canyons into masonry.</l>
	<l>Nora: Well, it's not like this is my responsibility. Maybe I'll post a note on it later so that my landlord knows I didn't put it here.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="horror-flavor-2-2">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>An odd email catches Nora's eye.</l>
	<l>"DO YOU WISH TO HELP OTHERS?" the e-mail reads.</l>
	<l>Nora: "Hm... what garbage company is doing pseudo-activist marketing this time? Or maybe it's just a good old-fashioned scam..." Nora mumbles, but she clicks on the message.</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="horror-window-2-2">
<lines>
	<l>Nora: It's so dark...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="horror-email">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Dear NORA EGGERS,</l>
	<l>Are you unhappy? Have you ever felt that you were meant for greater things? Now is your chance to truly help others. Learn, grow, become larger than life.</l>
	<l>That's right: YOU have been specially selected for our ANO2 Internship based in sunny New Theland!</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>This is a way out, NORA. Take it.</l>
	<l>Click the link below NOW!</l>
	<l>ano.verse/search?facetSet=petrichor+pageSize=20+hideHateos=true+searchMetrics=true+candidateId=NORA+variationId=0.5-new-gotos+sponsoredSize=3/internship.html</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="horror-garg-2-2">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Nora snorts. "Jeez this ego-stroking nonsense is so uncomfortable. Everyone feels that way... I'm nothing special."</l>
	<l>Nora's phone buzzes. A direct message on Social?</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>@gigi800: did u like the surprise by your door? ;P</l>
	<l>Ahhh... so @gigi800 must be the neighbor who moved the gargoyle. But why?</l>
	<l>@ig_nora: uh, sorry... but do we know each other?</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>@gigi800: :'(((</l>
	<l>@gigi800: thats mean noraaaaa :(</l>
	<l>@gigi800: i thought we had a special connection!!! were u even worried about me after the storm?</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>@ig_nora: I'm sorry, I think you're mistaking me with someone else.</l>
	<l>Nora shuts off Social notifications and plugs in her phone for the night.</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="horror-flavor-2-3">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Reluctantly, Nora re-reads the strange email.</l>
	<l>Nora: Ugh, even looking at this link gives me viruses. So weird.</l>
	<l>Nora: My ex used to say that chocolate sandwich cookies taste like dirt. It's true, but that's why I like them. I have to stop myself from eating a whole package in a night. Each one has just a tiny fraction of flavor, it's like I have to add them all up to have enough.</l>
	<l>Nora: Sleep time.</l>
	<l>Nora: Gotta go to sleep.</l>
	<l>Nora: Eh, I wanna check my computer first.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="horror-wake-3">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>I hear my mother's voice echoing. "Are you unhappy? Have you ever felt that you were meant for greater things?" She wants me to remember the good times that we had, but I can't. I know they must exist, but I don't feel them inside of me. I don't want to remember. If I'm not better off now, then what is the point of my life?</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="horror-call-3">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Nora: I wake to the noise of my phone ringing. It's Eebz calling! My best friend from school...</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>[SOUND openChest 1 1]</l>
	<l>[FADEOFF]</l>
	<l>Nora: Uhmn. Eebz?</l>
	<l>Eebz: Nora! Sorry, to wake you up!! Um, short notice, but would you be free to hang out?</l>
	<l>Nora: Like? On the phone?</l>
	<l>Eebz: Haha no I'm in town for a work thing. Sorry, I should have told you.</l>
	<l>Nora: Uh, yeah. I actually have today off... come on over whenever.</l>
	<l>Eebz: Cool, cool. I'm actually... out front. It's the huge creepy building, right?</l>
	<l>Nora: Oh my gosh, yeah. Just give me a second.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="horror-friend-3">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Eebz and I spend the whole day together, hand in hand.</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>For dinner, we eat po' boys and fried pickles then walk along the downtown streets. I lean my head against her shoulder. Her sweet scent mingles with the crisp night air and fragrant eateries. My face feels warm and pliable in a way that I had forgotten. So I turn to her and say, "I want to leave this town so much, Eebz. I'm afraid of who I'm becoming here."</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>"But no matter where I go, I'll still be myself... so why bother?"</l>
	<l>Eebz turns to me with an electric energy. Streets lamps hum overhead as she catches my eye and says, "Who you are is incredible, Nora. And you deserve to be happy."</l>
	<l>...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="horror-sleep-3">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Nora: As Eebz and I get ready for bed, I check my phone. @gigi800 had blown up my DMs since we last talked. God, with Eebz here, I'd forgotten all about them... </l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>@gigi800: nora, stop it, u have to talk to me!</l>
	<l>@gigi800: nora, every day i've seen u wake up and face the day</l>
	<l>@gigi800: every day i wake up with u</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>@gigi800: u and me... we know how to keep going, always no matter what</l>
	<l>@gigi800: even when we're so cold, and so still</l>
	<l>@gigi800: and everything soft is buried and gone, we will remain</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>@gigi800: i thought u understood that...</l>
	<l>@gigi800: i thought u understood me...</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Nora: I turn off my phone and Eebz spoons me.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="horror-wake-4">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Nora: In my dreams a tropical sun infects the air with a floral, humid glow. I am a plump citrus fruit, high in a tree. Lusciously, I bend the branch. A monkey climbs towards me. She has the face of a human woman. Ha-ha. She pulls off my outer shell in a single piece, in a spiral. She doesn't separate my sections. She bites straight into me, and my juices flow, bright and red. And I feel the pain of being torn like it's my own.</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Nora: I wake up to the sounds of a distant vacuum cleaner.</l>
	<l>Nora: E-Eebz?</l>
	<l>Nora: ...</l>
	<l>Nora: Eebz, where are you? I didn't think it was the day for vacuuming...</l>
	<l>Nora: W-what was that??</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="horror-flavor-4">
<lines>
	<l>...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="horror-exit-4">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>If you - yes, you - are feeling uncomfortable - talk to the window. Nora will safely climb down and leave.</l>
	<l>Otherwise, use the door...</l>
	<l>Skip this level?</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="gravel-hint">
<lines>
	<l>Nora: ... Eebz? Where are you?</l>
	<l>Nora: Why is there gravel leading down the hallway?</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="horror-skip">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>That's alright. You're safe now. There's no shame in ducking out. I don't like horror, either.</l>
	<l>But, let me fill you in what happens when you take the door...</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Nora follows a trail of gravel, eventually reaching a knocked-over vacuum cleaner. She sees an odd shape... something huddled over a body?</l>
	<l>It's the gargoyle. But its skin looks soft. It turns towards Nora, its toothless jaw wide open, and lunges for her! </l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>The gargoyle cries vacuum-like noises, chasing Nora through the building!</l>
	<l>Nora is nearly hunted down, but eventually, she reaches her room. The computer is on, the e-mail is on the screen! As she reads it, the gargoyle creeps up on her...</l>
	<l>...but before it can reach her, Nora clicks the link, and...!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="horror-garg-4">
<lines>
	<l>Nora: W-what is that?</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Nora: Its skin... soft and delicate, like a baby.</l>
	<l>Its fingernails... bending like paper where they meet the floor.</l>
	<l>It turns its head to look at me. Wide, toothless jaw, swaying gently.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="horror-email-4">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Dear NORA EGGERS,</l>
	<l>Are you unhappy? Have you ever felt that you were meant for greater things? Now is your chance to truly help others. Learn, grow, become larger than life.</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>That's right: YOU have been specially selected for our ANO2 Internship based in sunny New Theland!</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>This is a way out, NORA. Take it.</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Click the link below NOW!</l>
	<l>ano.verse/search?facetSet=petrichor+pageSize=20+hideHateos=true+searchMetrics=true+candidateId=NORA+variationId=0.5-new-gotos+sponsoredSize=3/internship.html</l>
	<l>Click the link? </l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="orb-intro-1">
<lines>
	<l pic="MI">Oh, you must be Nova! Tired from travelling the desert? Feel free to pause and take in the view.</l>
	<l pic="MI">I am Minorma. I maintain the Orb of Golden Jubilation, a self-sufficient city. Powered by the sun, its residents practice a variety of arts, living in harmony.</l>
	<l pic="MI">However, lately, a threat has appeared! Yes, it's the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>. It grows inside the city, and I fear it may threaten the very foundation of our Orb. Please, help us!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="orb-intro-2">
<lines>
	<l c="1">Minorma: You made it! Unfortunately, the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> is locked away. The residents have always had a "Seal of Approval" to keep important things behind, and of all places, the Dust began to grow behind it! </l>
	<l c="1">Minorma: To pass, I need Approval Tokens. I've gathered many from the residents, but still need a few more. That is, Nova, please see if any residents need help! You might be able to gather more tokens and reach the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>!</l>
	<l c="1">Minorma: Good luck!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="orb-rooms">
<lines>
	<l>"Wall Jump Dojo"</l>
	<l>"Power Plant Arrangers"</l>
	<l>"James T. Bear's Den for Socializing"</l>
	<l>"Home Deep Cleaning Services" "We clean everything. No questions asked!"</l>
	<l>"Cereal Bar"</l>
	<l>"Live in this unit today! Rent: free."</l>
	<l>"Society of Space-Time Studies"</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="orb-npc-1">
<lines>
	<l>Granstaf: This apartment complex photosynthesizes enough energy for lighting and more. Plus, it's modular, making it easy to expand. This is thanks to well-funded research. Everyone enjoys pitching in!</l>
	<l>Legatum: Ah. I create dance moves. I observe the movement and behaviors of crowds. Elegant. A dance is beauty. There's nothing like joining with others in sonic and physical harmony. Ah.</l>
	<l>Staccacia: Hey... do you like focaccia? The balance of water and flour... the elasticity of the dough. Focaccia-making is a way to reflect on life itself. Don't mistake this for a bakery, though. We never eat our bread! We recycle it, and bake anew.</l>
	<l>Ostinatum: I create beautiful surfaces for Orb-goers to appreciate. Making a design each day is satisfying, like a delivery for the visual memory of the Orb.</l>
	<l>Dimuno: I archive the history of the Orb. Games are my specialty.</l>
	<l>Dimuno: Have you ever felt like you're playing the same game, over and over again, year after year? That, despite the newness, you're playing the same thing?</l>
	<l>Dimuno: It's so easy to be consumed by this cycle, only to find years of your life gone. Staring at your reflection, scrambling to justify your past. Is it possible for all the hours to mean nothing?</l>
	<l>Dimuno: I was once that way... but through the field of game history, I found personal growth. Detecting trends and following artistic movements... it is beautiful.</l>
	<l>*knock knock knock*</l>
	<l>...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="orb-bunny">
<lines>
	<l>Olive: I am on the prowl! For cereal! The world's finest!</l>
	<l>Olive: I travelled very, very far. I heard of this place's delicious cereal. But look! It's closed!</l>
	<l>Olive: No worries, no worries! I, Olive the Rabbit, always carry plenty of cereal rations!</l>
	<l>Olive: *munch munch*</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="orb-fab-1-1">
<lines>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: ...You're Nova?? I've been told you're trying to clean the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> here!</l>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: Ah, but, you need a few Approval Tokens to get to it? Trust me, whatever <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> is back there can wait. Nothing bad's happened yet. That is to say... </l>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: Fa-sha-sha...</l>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: I'd be happy to give a few tokens! ...but only if you help me out with a few clothing orders!</l>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: Well then! Visit Ben Blanderson on the 3rd floor, and come back here to let me know what he wants!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="orb-ben">
<lines>
	<l>Ben Blanderson: Huh? Who is it? Are you the delivery person? Is my bread sandwich ready? Ah, sorry, I mistook you due to that hat of yours.</l>
	<l>Ben Blanderson: My fashion order? I want something basic. Not BORING, but basic. I want to appear 'at peace'. I want to reduce life's complexity. I wish to fade into the scenery, to become inoffensive.</l>
	<l>Ben Blanderson: Honestly? I want to live quietly amongst close friends.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="orb-fab-1-2">
<lines>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: Well, what did Ben want? Something basic? Of course.  Now, Nova, take these clothes and assemble a basic outfit for me.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="orb-fab-start">
<lines>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: Intuit! Believe! Unleash your fashion storm!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="orb-fab-done">
<lines>
	<l>Are you done?</l>
	<l>(The outfit isn't done yet!)</l>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: Hmm..</l>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: Fa-sha-sha...</l>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: Yes... I see! With. This. Outfit:</l>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: Nova, that's not very basic. Don't worry, I'll fix it. Basic means common, neutral colors!</l>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: Great! Ben will love that. Coincidentally, he actually owns 3 copies of that outfit... anyways...</l>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: Yes, that gives off the right air. It exudes a demand for respect. Well done.</l>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: Nova... you can't give that to her! Surely you've read her fiction! She deserves a fitting image! I'll fix it later...</l>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: Hmm, hmm... something feels familiar... well done, Nova. This may be the start of Yongo's new journey..</l>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: Ah... yikes... Nova, maybe you need a break... I wouldn't be caught dead in this...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="orb-fab-2-1">
<lines>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: Now, on the 4th floor, a writer wants to impress. Let's see what she wants!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="orb-annie">
<lines>
	<l>Annie: My request? Well, I need something for my latest book signings.</l>
	<l>Annie: So, yes, something professional, projecting a serious air! Everyone says to not judge a book by its cover, but we know that's not true. Look too casual, and fans may have doubts about your work.</l>
	<l>Annie: Ideally, my looks would have no bearing on my work's perception. But the world thinks otherwise. I await the new outfit.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="orb-fab-2-2">
<lines>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: Ah, professional, huh? Interesting, in her 20s, Annie used to order these artsy and cute outfits. Now... begin!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="orb-fab-3-1">
<lines>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: Ah, now - someone named "Yongo" on the 5th floor asked for some kind of 'heroic' feeling clothes. Could you go get some more details?</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="orb-yongo">
<lines>
	<l>Yongo: Oh ho, Nova, how I envy you, shrinking and sucking all over the world. I wish to be heroic. I want to leave my room one day... but not today.</l>
	<l>Yongo: Please, something heroic. Something I can feel confident, ready to save the world in. Or at least visit the snack store in.</l>
	<l>Yongo: I may be shy, but I don't need pity! I like living at my own pace.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="orb-fab-3-2">
<lines>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: Ah, Yongo! I've never seen him once. He wants to be... a hero? Hm, yes. I think we have something for that.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="orb-fab-4">
<lines>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: Hmm... yes, that's enough. Well done, Nova. May your life be filled with the fury of the fashion storm. Fa-sha.</l>
	<l>(Nova received three Approval Tokens!)</l>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: Well, do what you must, Nova. It's too bad about Minorma.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="orb-hats">
<lines>
	<l>Fabrahem: They'll see through the hardest challenges.</l>
	<l>Fabrahem: They'll feel casual and clean.</l>
	<l>Fabrahem: They'll give off a rosy aura.</l>
	<l>Fabrahem: They'll quickly get down to business.</l>
	<l>Fabrahem: They'll... be a show-stopper?</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="orb-tops">
<lines>
	<l>No slime can stand in their way.</l>
	<l>No one will look their way.</l>
	<l>Love will always be in the air.</l>
	<l>Their arms, ready to direct and impress.</l>
	<l>With the scent of garbage, too.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="orb-bottoms">
<lines>
	<l>No hole can't be surpassed!</l>
	<l>Casual and simple, ready for the street!</l>
	<l>With cuteness, overcome all melancholy!</l>
	<l>Looking sharp, inspire from all directions!</l>
	<l>Everyone'll remember them, that's for sure!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="orb-fullsets">
<lines>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: Truly what the kids must be calling "kawaii". Even I feel cuter just looking at it.</l>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: Ah!! This outfit wants to help me refinance my mortgage! It wants to help me manage my retirement! Yes, how professional!</l>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: Ah... what a heroic look. Hmm... if they complain enough, they may not even take fall damage anymore!</l>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: Well, I wouldn't wear this! But no art movement gets pushed forward without experimentation, yes?</l>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: A forgettable outfit. But sometimes, no impression is the right impression! Well done.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="orb-gate">
<lines>
	<l c="1">Minorma: How goes it, Nova! You earned enough tokens? I'll take those, then!</l>
	<l>(Nova hands over the tokens.)</l>
	<l c="1">Minorma: Great! Hurry Nova, the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> Crystal awaits!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="orb-fight">
<lines>
	<l c="1">Minorma: So, did you clean the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>? Ha ha... yes, well, great!</l>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: W-WAIT!</l>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: Minorma, stop!</l>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: Just as I thought, there's no <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> back here at all! </l>
	<l c="1">Minorma: Well, looks like my readings were off, and--</l>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: Shut up! You're investigating that pad, aren't you? You still think it takes you to other worlds, huh?</l>
	<l c="1">Minorma: ... Well... what about the outreach possibilities? You know beyond there could be many people! Imagine all the clothes you could make? How much more influence you could have!</l>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: We don't need that. We're a self-sustaining, satisfied society!</l>
	<l c="1">Minorma: Er, isn't it getting crowded here? What if one day, there's overpopulation! We'll need to resettle!</l>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: "Resettle?" You've been forcing multiple people to switch over to construction and military jobs!</l>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: There's plenty of room to expand in the Orb. You're just dead set on wasting our resources on your expansion projects!</l>
	<l c="1">Minorma: Look, I'm afraid you don't understand! You all just sit here, twiddling your thumbs and knitting stuff. How can you be so ignorant and so happy?? Don't you feel imprisoned, with no mysteries to explore?</l>
	<l c="2">Fabrahem: Forget it. You could never understand "mystery." Styleless robot. Goodbye.</l>
	<l c="1">Minorma: ... Er... Nova, ha ha... no hard feelings, right? I mean, you got a <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Card<![CDATA[</color>]]>! It's all good!</l>
	<l c="1">Minorma: ...</l>
	<l c="1">Minorma: I'll convince them, one day. Why can't they understand?? This Orb, we deserve better than to waste away, all alone.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="orb-after">
<lines>
	<l pic="MI">The space beyond the pad... holds limitless potential. All will know the Orb's name! We will earn our rightful place amongst history!</l>
	<l pic="MI">Programs to transfer workers to exploration and defense programs have begun immediately.</l>
	<l pic="MI">We will succeed. We will inherit New Theland!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="raftbell">
<lines>
	<l>If the raft is gone, summon one with the bell.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="fant-book">
<lines>
	<l>A dusty tome sits upon the pedestal, permeating the musty room with a grave and reverent aura. Nova feels a potential for connection with her new Nanospark...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="fant-intro">
<lines>
	<l>FATUM NOVAE: ARMOR OF DESTINY\nPRESS ANY BUTTON TO START</l>
	<l>1. Once, there was a mighty king named Erythros who ruled New Theeland with wisdom and strength. Beneath his steady hand the kingdom prospered, and he was loved by all.</l>
	<l>2. One day, the fearsome dragon Lord Dustdra awoke from his ancient slumber. From the mouth of his cavern, he surveyed the kingdom and grew jealous of its happiness and wealth.</l>
	<l>3. Lord Dustdra flew to the castle and lay seige to it. Many brave knights set out to slay Lord Dustdra, but all of them perished. Grieved by the suffering of his people, King Erythros donned the Armor of Destiny and set out to face the dragon.</l>
	<l>4. King Erythros swung the Sword of Purity at Lord Dustdra. The magical blade struck true and cleaved the dragon's nigh-impermeable scales.</l>
	<l>5. Blow after blow King Erythros lay upon the dragon. But Lord Dustdra was cunning. He aimed for the Armor of Destiny with his massive claws, swiping away the breastplate, boots, and shield.</l>
	<l>6. With Erythros thus disarmed, Lord Dustdra at last slew the king with a final burst of flame. Weakened but victorious, Lord Dustdra flew back to his cavern, clutching the Armor of Destiny.</l>
	<l>7. After the battle, Prince Leuko, the heir to the throne, fell under a mysterious curse and turned to stone.</l>
	<l>8. With no king to guide them, the kingdom fell into darkness, awaiting the day foretold when the Prince Leuko, the White Bloodcell, would return to bring peace and prosperity back to New Theeland...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="fant-arteri">
<lines>
	<l>Arteri: I am the wizard Arteri. With my magicks, I have summoned you here that you might fulfill the prophecy!</l>
	<l>Arteri: Nova, you have heard our woeful tale! But many do not know: when Lord Dustdra flew off, so wounded was he that he dropped the Armor of Destiny, piece by piece across New Theeland!</l>
	<l>Arteri: Mayhap the Armor of Destiny, once reunited in full, will have the power to lift the curse upon Prince Leuko that he might defeat Lord Dustdra once and for all and restore peace to New Theeland!</l>
	<l>Arteri: Please, Nova, search far and wide! Bring the Armor of Destiny to this chamber, place the pieces upon their pedestals, and save New Theeland!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="fant-pedestal">
<lines>
	<l>Sword of Purity: the sharpest double-edged knight sword known to man. Said to be the gift of an Angel.</l>
	<l>Shield of Justification: its angles were designed by the most distinguished scholars to deflect any blow.</l>
	<l>Breastplate of Belonging: emblazoned with the Royal Blood Crest, it makes known the inner truth of the wearer.</l>
	<l>Boots of Immersion: its mystical soles channel the wearer's life force such that the surrounding earth may sway to his footsteps.</l>
	<l>Oh my! Lady Nova places the armor piece upon its pedestal!</l>
	<l>How wonderful!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="fant-castle-npc">
<lines>
	<l>Queen: I am the Queen.</l>
	<l>Jest Kitten: I am the court jester! I play the fool for the amusement of the court.</l>
	<l>Jest Kitten: Hehehe... I bet you'd never guess that beneath this foolish facade lies a deep well of intellect! I have self-published 3 novels.</l>
	<l>The Foolish Facade\nBy Jest Kitten\nChapter 1: Everyone believed that the court jester was truly a fool. Wisely, Jax Kitrine preferred it that way. All the better to keep her enemies in the dark. Soon enough, everyone would realize how wrong they were. Soon they would be sorry. Jax Kitrine smiled...</l>
	<l>Noble: Ever since the king died, balance has been lost.</l>
	<l>Noble: There are so many powerless people in the world. To restore balance, we need a ruler with truly great power!</l>
	<l>Noble: Ahhh... how I miss the King. Truly a great man.</l>
	<l>Knight: We knights shall keep the peace until the prince awakens.</l>
	<l>Knight: Only nobles allowed in here!! Oh--a thousand pardons, Lady Nova! Arteri told us to let you wander freely.</l>
	<l>Noble: Ahhh... a crusty bread of stone-milled flour!</l>
	<l>Noble: A wedge of aged cheese with pungent aroma!</l>
	<l>Noble: Unusually large leg of bird, perched atop roast vegetables!</l>
	<l>Noble: Truly, our lives are marked by rustic beauty. Each day suffused with immediacy and primal emotion!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="fant-town-npc">
<lines>
	<l>Knight: Lady Nova, we knights are a proud order, dedicated to justice. But without the guiding star of a true king, the occasional knight has fallen into confusion and vice! Or so I have heard. Please fulfill the prophecy!</l>
	<l>Knight: Where are you taking this artifact?</l>
	<l c="1">Peasant: I-I found it in the woods! I just thought it was neat...</l>
	<l>Knight: I must confiscate it. You are hereby fined 30 coin!!</l>
	<l>Shopkeep: Good day, Nova. Please, let me refill your stock of healing potions! And of course we must upgrade your armor for the difficult road ahead...</l>
	<l c="1">Nova gained 12 potions!</l>
	<l c="1">Nova gained +6 Defense!</l>
	<l c="1">...</l>
	<l c="1">Oops! Nova dropped the potions on the ground! While she is apologizing for the mess, all the enemies in the world decide to work out at the gym and gain +6 Attack!</l>
	<l>Knight: I'm here to protect the shop. What kind of lowlife would steal during these dark days? I can't wait to bust a rotten thief.</l>
	<l>Knight: Shopkeep! You don't mind if I quaff this potion, do you? It's been a long day of justice.</l>
	<l c="2">Shopkeep: N-not at all, sir.</l>
	<l>Innkeep: The cost is 2 metacoin to stay at my inn. If this is agreeable, please converse with Bed! ... Wait, never mind! Bed is out of service.</l>
	<l>Peasant: The knights go on about how difficult life is with the king gone, but life has never been easy for us.</l>
	<l c="2">Peasant: We've tried to create a free potion exchange, but the knights always shut us down. I think they'd rather lock people up.</l>
	<l>Lurking Knight: Ah!! You startled me... er. How are you doing today? Enjoying your freedom of speech, which I am in support of?</l>
	<l>Knight: *Sigh*...Protecting the town is small potatoes... Back in the glory days, we went on noble quests all across New Theeland!</l>
	<l>Peasant: Hmm... it's fun to dream of adventure and glory. But it's also fun to see the people in your ordinary life and love them.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="fant-yolk">
<lines>
	<l>Yolkwanda: Oh, hello Nova! You may not remember me... I was the first Yolcrobe to greet you back in the Yolk of Yummy! I must admit, I was a bit starstruck back then heehee! I don't really go in for "heroes" much anymore, but I am very glad to see you!</l>
	<l>Yolkwanda: This sure is an interesting land, isn't it? There's so much to see for a small town girl like me. It's not all sunshine and roses... but the yolk had its problems too, once you dug a little past the soft, quilted surface.</l>
	<l>Yolkwanda: Would you like to spend some time with me, Nova? Feel free to meet me at the overlook just west of the Castle.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="fant-yolk-2">
<lines>
	<l>Yolkwanda: Nova! I'm so glad you made it. I'd love to show you the view!</l>
	<l>Yolkwanda: Would you like to hold hands?</l>
	<l>Hold hands?</l>
	<l>Yolkwanda: Okay! Hey, Nova, you and I are both outsiders in this realm. They say that the kingdom has fallen without a king. It's true that there is much hardship. But I also see people working together and sharing what they have. Not because of but *in spite* of those who rule over them.</l>
	<l>Yolkwanda: Well... I'm not sure what all of this means. The prince doesn't deserve to be imprisoned in stone. But neither do his subjects deserve to be imprisoned for struggling to survive! Are we most eager to sympathize with those who least require it?</l>
	<l>Yolkwanda: Ah... this got a little heavier than I meant it to. The world is a strange place, isn't it Nova? We've come so far since the Yolk of Yummy. Let's just sit together for a while.</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>... ...</l>
	<l>... ... ...</l>
	<l>Yolkwanda: Thanks for sitting with me, Nova! I know that you have a difficult path to walk. I hope that there is room for friendship and warmth.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="fant-bird">
<lines>
	<l>Bird: We birds love to fly around and see lots of interesting things!</l>
	<l>Bird: Lord Dustdra guards his isle carefully with magical rocks!</l>
	<l>Bird: Perhaps this tip will help you: due to an inner ear injury, he is prone to dizziness!</l>
	<l>Bird: Have you heard of Knotsnarl Woods? You'll know it when you see it! There are so many branching passages that it's easy to lose your way! Ah, but to make it through, all you need is one simple trick!</l>
	<l>Bird: ...oh no! I forgot the trick!</l>
	<l>--- ignore</l>
	<l>Bird: To the west of the castle is Bigslime's Domain, a treacherous land where the Lord of Slimes is said to live!</l>
	<l>Bird: Across the sea to the east, the mountainous area of Crags Lost towers above the ocean! It's a fabled place for those who are seeking something.</l>
	<l>Nova found the Sword of Purity! Bring it back to the Throne Room!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="fant-bird-clue">
<lines>
	<l>Bird: The Isle of the Kin Killers? Why would you want to go there? The wizard Arteri placed a magical seal upon that island. Only the wisest may enter: they who unravel the mystery of the Arteri Blocks...</l>
	<l>Bird: Each Arteri Block contains a cryptic clue... but they're scattered all across the map! Maybe the answers will come to you while you're focused on other things.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="fant-block">
<lines>
	<l>Arteri Block:\nThe path is straight from stone to stone\nBut which direction? Left unknown...</l>
	<l>Arteri Block:\nThe course you chart is up to you\nBut in my words you'll find a clue...</l>
	<l>Arteri Block:\nRead each stone you must, you might\nBut have you got the order right?</l>
	<l>Arteri Block:\nDo my clever hints amuse?\nOr will you look up FAQs?</l>
	<l>Arteri Block:\nDo these hints come from left field?\nOr is, within, the truth concealed?</l>
	<l>Arteri Block:\nIt's all come down to this, you see\nReading blocks shall set you free!</l>
	<l>Arteri Block:\nWhen one solves my puzzling blocks\nThe gate ahead forthwith unlocks</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="fant-woods">
<lines>
	<l>Bird: Hmm... having a hard time? Keep talking to me and I'll spill the beans...</l>
	<l>Bird: There is a simple trick...</l>
	<l>Bird: Odd or even?</l>
	<l>Bird: Here is the key: scientifically speaking, our world is made up of square images called "tiles". The correct path always requires you to move an ODD number of tiles to the next entrance!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="fant-trade">
<lines>
	<l>This is Jar. It is sitting on Ground.</l>
	<l>Cow: Mooo... I've got too much milk!</l>
	<l>Kid: I watched a bunch of dairy industry commercials... Now my bones feel weak!</l>
	<l>Gardener: The sun's shining in my eyes! I can't pick my fruit!</l>
	<l>Ghost: Boo!! I'm a scary ghost, looking quite dapper in my invisible suit! But... I'd give it up in an instant for the scent of fresh persimmons.</l>
	<l>Emperor: I must be clothed in the most wondrous of fashion!</l>
	<l>Fun Person: I could really use a sceptre-shaped object!</l>
	<l>Round-headed Man: I never get any Valentines...</l>
	<l>Knight: My father never taught me to play catch... perhaps that is why I turned to violence.</l>
	<l>Teen: I'm sick of this boring old shield I found on the ground. I want something deadly!</l>
	<l>Nova found the Shield of Justification! Bring it back to the Throne Room!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="fant-slime">
<lines>
	<l>Nova found the Breastplate of Belonging! Bring it back to the Throne Room!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="fant-kin">
<lines>
	<l>*Shiver* Just thinking about the Isle of the Kin Killers makes my feathers stand on end. I hear those fearsome beasts roll themselves in <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> to strike terror into the hearts of their prey! Are you sure you want to follow the path of the Arteri Stones?</l>
	<l>Kin Killer: Squeak! (It's rolling around in the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>!!)</l>
	<l>Kin Killer: Squeak! Squeak! *Snuffle* ... SQUEAK!! SQUEAK!!! (What's this...? Nova feels a potential for connection with her Nanospark!)</l>
	<l>Brain Cell: Alas! Why must I lack all faculty of speech? How am I to communicate with clarity and rhetorical vigor whilst constrained to a vocabulary of but squeaks and grunts??</l>
	<l>Brain Cell: Oh... Nova? Is that you? Go to the northernmost tip of Kin Killer Isle. Find the tree that stands alone. Walk due East from it until you hit the cliffside. It may look normal, BUT, *talk* with the cliff... and ye shall find.</l>
	<l>Nova found the Boots of Immersion! Bring it back to the Throne Room!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="fant-castle-2">
<lines>
	<l>Arteri: Amazing! You have done it!</l>
	<l>Arteri: Prince Leuko! Nay... KING Leuko! At last, the prophecy has been fulfilled! The return of Bloodcell the White. He who shall slay Lord Dustdra!</l>
	<l c="1">King Leuko: Nova! Please go to my father's murderer. I will follow and catch up with you as I regain my strength!</l>
	<l>King Leuko has been turned to stone! Only once the Armor of Destiny is placed upon the four pedestals, will he return to normal!</l>
	<l>Arteri: Nova--Lord Dustdra awaits! However, his isle is blocked by rocks! Unfortunately, he has no weaknesses! However, he does have an ear condition making him prone to dizziness. Stay strong...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="fant-dustdra">
<lines>
	<l>Arteri: Nova--it is too dangerous to face Lord Dustdra before the prophecy is fulfilled! You must return the Armor of Destiny to their pedestals inside the Throne Room!</l>
	<l>Lord Dustdra: Who dares enter my domain?? Ahhh... it is the one who has fulfilled the prophecy! Prepare to die!!!</l>
	<l>Note: The battle with Lord Dustdra features the Ascending Tidal Barrier (ATB)! Gather attacks, health, and shields while the Tide is low, defend against Dustdra's attacks while the Tide is high!</l>
	<l>Lord Dustdra: AAARGGHH!! Prepare for my final form!</l>
	<l>Lord Dustdra: ...</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Lord Dustdra: "WHERE'S THE FINAL FORM?"</l>
	<l>Producer Tani appears suddenly.</l>
	<l>Tani: "Umm... we went over budget on the trading sequence, so... that *was* your final form... and, uh, heh heh..."</l>
	<l>Lord Dustdra: "WHATT???"</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Lord Dustdra: "Everyone told me "RPGs are hot!" and "This is your big break!" Well, look at me now! Just another joke! My fireballs don't even track Nova!"</l>
	<l>Lord Dustdra: "Forget it! I quit!"</l>
	<l>[FADEOFF]</l>
	<l c="1">What luck! Lord Dustdra quit! Nova wins!</l>
	<l>King Leuko: Excellent teamwork, Nova! We have vanquished Lord Dustdra! Thank you for everything you have done for my Kingdom! Structure shall be restored! Hurrah!</l>
	<l>Arteri: Did King Leuko survive the battle with Lord Dustdra? Hm... he must still be travelling back here. Not the fastest traveler... I suppose he did spend several formative years as a rock. Regardless, thank you Nova! I'm sure peace will return to our Kingdom soon!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="fant-adv">
<lines>
	<l>Indecisive Adventurer: Heading North obviously leads to a climactic battle with Lord Dustdra. That's why I'm following this other path instead... There's sure to be some sort of handy treasure at the end of this non-essential path!</l>
	<l>Indecisive Adventurer: Hm... this path is kinda long, huh? Just a long empty path. I'll bet the treasure must be pretty good then!</l>
	<l>Indecisive Adventurer: W-why is this path still going? Was it meant to be closed off, but accidentally left open? What if there is nothing at the end? Surely no one would intentionally create such a boring path... time to turn back.</l>
	<l>Indecisive Adventurer: (Wait...)</l>
	<l>Indecisive Adventurer: (W-What if it's the Sword of Purity??)</l>
	<l>Indecisive Adventurer: Should I turn back, Nova? It's so cold... and perhaps this path will never end... Once upon a time, I believed in truth and justice... I thought that hard work would be rewarded! But the real world isn't like that, is it, Nova? We are all just made of tiny particles, spinning in chaos. The universe cares not for our feeble attempts to contain its infinite dance. Each of us, a universe... each of us, an atom. Change the factor of scale just a little bit, and suddenly every problem ceases to have meaning. How do we respond to everything at once? How is a story anything but a lie? Does it matter?</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="fant-enter">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>A dying tree stands, silent. A few other identical trees are scattered throughout the field.</l>
	<l pic="Tremuloid">The past is a fable, the future a dream. Only the present exists. Is that correct?</l>
	<l pic="Tremuloid">FALSE!!! The present is but bitter spawn of past and future. A mix of memory and expectation. A pleasant cocoon against chaos and nothingness.</l>
	<l pic="Tremuloid">Ah... so even the present is lost to us... then there is nothing left but to fade away...</l>
	<l pic="Tremuloid">FALSE!!!!!! HAHAHAHA!!! We asked for bread, and father gave us a stone. So be it!! No longer shall we suffer the timid illusion of reality! Past and future alike we shall seize for our own pleasure!!</l>
	<l pic="Tremuloid">Nova...</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>The dying tree slowly stretches and points its branches.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="fantasy-crystal">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Tremuloid: Yes, I can feel the past! Trickling in, like the future. </l>
	<l>Ah, wonderful, wonderful... like sweet sap of the maple, the past is cast aside defiantly. It screams creamily for an effervescent mother.</l>
	<l>Without it, a great divide forms, and...</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Uh...</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="fant-after">
<lines>
	<l pic="Tremuloid">Um. Where were we? Oh yeah! Wait... no, that wasn't it. Well, I think. Um... there was a dragon? Hmm... dappled sunlight. A birthday party with a solar system cake. Yes, haha! I remember that, don't you? Um. I suppose <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> has its reasons, doesn't it?</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="fant-rand">
<lines>
	<l>Randall: Goodbye, Nova!!\n...\n...\n...LOL, I bet you were expecting me to say "Hello", weren't you? I don't like to be predictable like that.</l>
	<l>Randall: How nice to encounter you here, Nova! Guess what's on my head! It's a birthday cake!!! LOL! So random, right? Hahaha!!</l>
	<l>Randall: I'm wearing a boot... on my HAND!! LOL, you just never know what I'm gonna do next, do you? Hahaha! Am I too random for you??</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="fant-stairs">
<lines>
	<l>A strange sculpture of a staircase sits in the center of the hall. It doesn't appear to lead anywhere. Perhaps it represents the futility of climbing upwards within a fundamentally unjust system.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="fant-treacl">
<lines>
	<l>Pilar Treacl: Oh dear, oh dear! My gluttony has finally gotten the best of me! Oh, how sorry am I! Nova! I am sorry you must see me in this state. Will you hear my tale of woe?</l>
	<l>Pilar Treacl: I've always had something of a sweet tooth, but this time I took it much too far. The hunger, Nova! The pure desire! Chocolates, caramels, and jelly beans too! Candy corn and corn syrup candy! I scarfed it all down until I couldn't hold another bite! The next thing I remember was waking up here in this cauldron...</l>
	<l>Pilar Treacl: Someone must be cooking me for dinner! I feel my body melting into soup!! A fitting punishment for my own gluttony. Ah, but Nova... If you clean me of the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>, I may be able to squeeze free of the cauldron! And I promise never again to eat another sweet for all my days!</l>
	<l>Nova feels the potential for connection with Pilar Treacl...</l>
	<l>Pilar Treacl: Oh, thank you Nova, thank you!! I was so afraid when I was melting in the cauldron... but you have saved me from that terrible fate!! As I promised, I will never succumb to gluttony again... no more shall I fill my belly with treats. I cannot risk being melted down into goop!</l>
	<l>An empty cauldron.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ocean-cremate">
<lines>
	<l>(Something inside me was severed when he was cremated. As if all sense of physical connection had left.)</l>
	<l>(But at the same time, that wasn't what was valuable, right?)</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ocean-family">
<lines>
	<l>Year after year, I come here to pay respects to my buried ancestors. But why do I have to go through such effort? Even if they raised me, there were whole communities and friend groups behind my growth, the arc of my life. I want to value that, as well.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ocean-kou">
<lines>
	<l>Kouchi: Hey! Don't pity me! It's our fate to spend our days on this island.</l>
	<l>Kouchi: We've tried to leave before, of course! But each time? The Pastel Horizon conspired to return us here... so we haven't tried since.</l>
	<l>Kouchi: Better off just living in safety. Fukuchi always tried leaving, and look what happened to her!</l>
	<l>Kouchi: Poor Fukuchi... not so lucky after all.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ocean-en">
<lines>
	<l>Enchi: It's rare to see a young face in these parts!</l>
	<l>Enchi: No, I don't expect you to do anything for us. We're perfectly fine, yeah? No worries!</l>
	<l>Enchi: If we weren't fine, we'd be skeletons!</l>
	<l>Enchi: Oh, don't be so serious...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ocean-yaku">
<lines>
	<l>Yakuchi: It's usually around this time. That Fukuchi comes by with the day's harvest. I keep waiting here. Expecting her to show up. But she's gone.</l>
	<l>Yakuchi: If Fukuchi's gone, that leaves me to prepare the food. </l>
	<l>Yakuchi: I'm not as good. But I'll do my best.</l>
	<l>Yakuchi: For years I've stared at ingredients, longing to have the skill to turn them into something delicious, but it's never happened.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ocean-kuru">
<lines>
	<l>Kuruchi: And... yes, that's enough supplies for all of us. Ah.</l>
	<l>Kuruchi: No, no... we won't be selling any of these. We make them for ourselves. How would we find anyone to sell them to? Ha ha, to you, a wandering presence?</l>
	<l>Kuruchi: Money's no good on this island.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ocean-kan">
<lines>
	<l>Kanchi: I saw you coming in from the north. You know how to raft, don't you? That's a blessing, indeed. You and that raft.</l>
	<l>Kanchi: One of us, Fukuchi, left the island a few days ago. She'd always be the one proposing plans to leave.</l>
	<l>Kanchi: She remembered the most from her past life. Astonishing inventions, new modes of travel. Unbelievable stuff.... maybe she kept trying to leave, because she knew what she was missing.</l>
	<l>Kanchi: My past life is a blur... flashes of colors, sounds, senses. Might be better that way, yeah? No longing to leave. Just me and the friends.</l>
	<l>Kanchi: I'm happy to stay here here, counting the days. Being accountable to each other isn't so bad. </l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ocean-tsuke">
<lines>
	<l>Tsukechi: Oh ho... that look in your eyes. You're looking for something, aren't you? Fukuchi had that look, too, and now she's gone...</l>
	<l>Tsukechi: If you're looking for something, maybe you can find our Fukuchi and bring her back here. </l>
	<l>Tsukechi: Well... maybe she doesn't want to return. At least, show her this. She had lofty goals, but whatever she did... she would want to see this one last time.</l>
	<l>(Nova received Fukuchi's Shell.)</l>
	<l>Tsukechi: You're looking for something, right? Bring that shell to Fukuchi. Find her. She definitely wants it. I'm sure she can help you find what you need.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ocean-beast">
<lines>
	<l>Beast: R....roarr! Grrrrr........\n(Nova feels the potential for connection with the vicious beast and her Nanospark.)</l>
	<l>?: ... ...</l>
	<l>?: Don't stop me...\n(It seems it wants something...)</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ocean-beast-2">
<lines>
	<l>?: ...</l>
	<l>?: That shell! Wonderful... to be able to see it one last time...</l>
	<l>Fukuchi: Ah... I can feel the other women of the island... I miss them.</l>
	<l>Fukuchi: They must be worried. They must want me to return.</l>
	<l>Fukuchi: One day, I found out I had a previous life, from before the day I awoke on that island. I remembered scraps at first, but eventually it became impossible to forget.</l>
	<l>Fukuchi: Now? My body is gone, drowned, disintegrating on the seabed. If I had convinced the others to leave, things may have ended differently. </l>
	<l>Fukuchi: Either way, somehow, you found me. In this strange place!</l>
	<l>Fukuchi: You, a living being, found me! Now, I can find my way on to the afterlife.</l>
	<l>Fukuchi: But, with how this world works... I may not be able to connect with my friends ever again. Whether I blame myself for leaving, or some greater force for putting me on that island, it makes no difference. The system makes no exceptions.</l>
	<l>Fukuchi: Living on that island, I remembered airplanes, trains, cars. Cities, farms, wars. What would it be like to live out my life with things like that? I had to find out! I had to leave! I had to experience something more than the island.</l>
	<l>Fukuchi: Ah, well. At the very least, I tried.</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Well...</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>Goodbye...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ocean-chest">
<lines>
	<l>Empty.</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>A message is inside.</l>
	<l>"I've found it first. Finally, something that's rightfully mine. I'll be able to live longer!"</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ocean-stealer">
<lines>
	<l>It's mine... it's mine... I can still live! I can save myself...\n(Nova feels the potential for connection from this man with her Nanospark...)</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ocean-stealer-2">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>A frail man clutches what looks like a Health Enhancement Patch.</l>
	<l>His breathing is shallow.</l>
	<l>Nova hesitantly slips the Patch out of his hands, applying it to herself. Her maximum health has increased.</l>
	<l>[FADEOFF]</l>
	<l>Mine... mine... mine...</l>
	<l>...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ocean-poison">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>"Ohh... oohh... go away..."</l>
	<l>A chorus of voices cries from the calm sea waves.</l>
	<l>Nova ignores the sounds, and tries to move onwards. But suddenly, Nova feels a strong wind grasp her, and her perception fades...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ocean-poison-man">
<lines>
	<l>You heard voices while sailing? Probably the darn wild ghosts again. They'll swarm and interfere with us living beings.</l>
	<l>Ugh... wild ghosts. Pitiful. There's no way to stop them from coming for good, but if you turn on the poison machine it'll drive them away for a while.\n(Nova feels a potential connection with her Nanospark from the poison machine...)</l>
	<l>It's a shame we have to do this to our ocean. But what can be done about the wild ghosts? Like waves, they keep coming. It's just the world we live in.</l>
	<l>Another calm day... no need to use the poison machine today.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ocean-poison-pico">
<lines>
	<l>Beep beep... ocean poisoning routine on. Releasing liquid crowd dispersal chemical... releasing water-soluble riot suppression formula...</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>Done.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ocean-train-entry">
<lines>
	<l>Conductor: What are you doing? Hurry up, now. Don't keep these people waiting any longer.</l>
	<l>Conductor: All aboard, all aboard...</l>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>"Next stop, Ghost Bridge!"</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>The train rumbles down the tracks, onto the water, and across the surface of the Pastel Horizon!</l>
	<l>Conductor: You there, with the vacuum. Still living? You don't seem like you have much respect for the dead. I'm sorry, but I can't let you off here. Wait till the end of the line.</l>
	<l>Conductor: You there, with the vacuum. Still living? Ah, I see. Yes, you can get off here. Just don't stay too long...</l>
	<l>(Nova catches sight of a few treasure chests... if only she could get off the train!)</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ocean-bridge-npcs">
<lines>
	<l>Amago: ...Endless, endless horizon... that pink color...</l>
	<l>Fukuchi: (I'm sorry I couldn't stay with you all... that I'm at the bottom of the ocean... in the end I'm okay, I think...)</l>
	<l>Wild Ghost: Nothing matters, nothing matters! I'm so inferior... pathetic! Worthless, worthless! I destroyed him, and then I destroyed myself. Pathetic... that was all I was good for...</l>
	<l>Wild Ghost: Deep in the city outskirts, down a long road, in a building for the elderly. Alone, in total silence, I saw the fog descend on the autumn forest...</l>
	<l>Fisherman's Ghost: Snuffed out, my life disappeared in a flash. Tiptoeing through the afterlife, I gaze not in rage of my murderer, but with the hope of abolishing violence's roots.</l>
	<l>Conductor: I don't judge the dead. I just transport them. Train's ready to leave when you are.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ocean-bridgebuilder">
<lines>
	<l>Builder: What if a person dies under unusual circumstances - no family, chosen or birth, no one to remember their name? Or...</l>
	<l>Builder: Or, they had their emotions twisted, poisoned by those profiting off their despair, setting them down a road of self-destruction and isolation, having bought into simple answers to complex problems?</l>
	<l>Builder: Or, if they were played a poor hand, doomed to be crushed under the heel of an uncaring system, slipping through the cracks, dying alone, forgotten?</l>
	<l>Builder: Or, they faded away, alone, their whereabouts unknown?</l>
	<l>Builder: When that happens, they will wander the Pastel Horizon, lost in their thoughts. Without the prayers of earthly connections able to reach them, they become wild ghosts. Someone needs to take care of them.</l>
	<l>Builder: This bridge, a Ghost Bridge, guides these wild ghosts to a place where they can find healing and community. </l>
	<l>Builder: I've been working forever. I can imagine a world where I retire... but until that happens, I will remain here to do my work.</l>
	<l>Builder: Ha ha, you wish to cross the bridge? Nova, you are no wild ghost. You have some purpose, some kind of support. Finish it, whatever it may be.</l>
	<l>Builder: ...value your connections, Nova. When you die, it would be sad to meet you here.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ocean-cherry">
<lines>
	<l>Cherry: The Pastel Horizon glows pink. A rare, natural beauty. This sakura grows from its water. It's been here forever. I watch over it.</l>
	<l>Cherry: Hm. You can use a raft, can't you?</l>
	<l>Cherry: Ah, you found him? The path of petals is gone, meaning something changed. I hope it was good. May the petals remain chaotic.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ocean-cherry-loop">
<lines>
	<l>Cherry: There was a man. He would pace the shore, staring into the water. Oddly, he'd do this every day. I asked why he came so often, he just said "Please don't worry." </l>
	<l>Cherry: People have their reasons, so I left it at that.</l>
	<l>Cherry: But one day, he stopped coming.</l>
	<l>Cherry: No one stays here forever. Couples stroll the shore, children swim. Some stare into the horizon. Some come to cry. But something was different about this man's absence.</l>
	<l>Cherry: Many of us are unable to use rafts. We can only wonder what's beyond the sea. Though we know the petals of this tree hold a power: they can guide us to the lost. And more, the petals seem to be leading to something..</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="ocean-amago">
<lines>
	<l>Nova feels a presence inside these fish bones... an opportunity for connection with her Nanospark.</l>
	<l>Amago: For years I lived as a human, leaving my life behind as a fish. The opportunity of a life on land was tempting. But... what did I leave behind? When I returned to the Ocean, my mother, my schoolmates, my siblings, were all gone. Time passed so fast. How easy it was to forget my origins, the place that spawned me.</l>
	<l>Amago: ... hmm ...</l>
	<l>Amago: All I can hope for now is peaceful passage into the afterlife, yes, yes... thank you for finding me here.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="gravis-lake">
<lines>
	<l pic="GR">Do you ever look up at the stars, Nova? Does it make you wonder if this is all there is? New Theland is a bountiful land, full of content. But doesn't it seem terribly small, sometimes?</l>
	<l pic="GR">I'll tell you a secret... I am not from this island. I fell from the sky and landed right here, many years ago. Where was I before? Sadly, I cannot remember...</l>
	<l pic="GR">Stavros, my beloved, nursed me back to health. Ah, Stavros! How sweet is his clicky-clacky touch! We were married beneath the full moon and partook of the crimson-sweet flesh of the prickly pear. Thanks to Stavros, I have learned to live here in the desert. There is never any need to yearn for what I have lost.</l>
	<l pic="GR">Ah, but here I am, talking your ear off! Stavros and I are much in need of your assistance. We must all convene back at our home. I will see you there at your convenience, dear Nova!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="stavros-cactus">
<lines>
	<l pic="ST">Hello, Nova. Gravis and I have eagerly awaited your arrival to the Desert region. Have you met Gravis? We live together in the globular abode just south of here.</l>
	<l pic="ST">For many years, I lived alone here in the Desert. Yes, hm. When the sun was at its peak, I would sleep in the shadows of a stony shelf. In the dimming hours, I would travel the dunes, cataloguing the qualities of foliage and rock across the sands of outer New Theland.</l>
	<l pic="ST">Some people assume that the desert is defined by undifferentiated monotony... "just sand", so to speak. --Not so! The life patterns of the beasts and shrubberies, the fluctuations in wind and moisture, even the microscopic workings of the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> are writ upon these sands like an illuminated manuscript!</l>
	<l pic="ST">Ah, but my quiet life of observation was turned on its head when Gravis fell from the stars. I found them, grasping at life, cradled in the deep, hemispherical crater of their impact. My days took on a stunning immediacy as I cared for this beautiful and fascinating soul. They lit a spark within me... made me feel fluid, shifting, alive.</l>
	<l pic="ST">Oh... pardon me... I should be getting to the point. The problem is that our home has been infected by the dust. If you are willing and able, please convene with us back at the house where we may detail the issue at hand.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="skel-early">
<lines>
	<l pic="GR">Oh, I wonder where Stavros is... I don't want to start without him! He is fond of sitting in the cactus fields...</l>
	<l pic="ST">Ah, Gravis is not here yet? They should be present for our explanation. I wonder if they are sitting by the lake?</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="skel-intro">
<lines>
	<l pic="GR">Nova! We are all here at last! I am so glad to see that you have met Stavros! Isn't he wonderful?</l>
	<l pic="ST">Thank you, Gravis. Thank you for coming, Nova.</l>
	<l pic="GR">We would like to introduce you to Loquat Skeligum. </l>
	<l pic="GR">Loquat is our home, and he is suffering from an infestation of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>. Day after day, new cracks appear along his carapace, as though an invisible weight were bearing down upon him. Day after day, we pick up the pieces that have fallen and glue them back into place with a solution of powdered bone and precious metals. With this process we seek to honor Loquat's journey. He is all the more beautiful for having been broken and reformed!</l>
	<l pic="GR">On the other hand... the process of decay seems to be accelerating, lately. We fear that one day we will not be able to keep up with the repairs... that one day Loquat will crumble down completely and be scattered into the desert sands, never to be seen again. This is a chance that we cannot afford to take. Nova, please clean the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> from Loquat Skeligum!</l>
	<l pic="ST">Yes, Nova. We humbly request your assistance.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="goo-key">
<lines>
	<l>I am the Gum Key. I should help you to reach the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> Crystal, which threatens our home...</l>
	<l>Oh, haha... I'm so sorry Nova! I don't know what's come over me! Just give me a minute. Okay. Breathe in, breathe out. Okay, I'm ready to follow you again. </l>
	<l>Sometimes at night, I hear the stars weeping. "It's okay, stars", I say. "We had to say goodbye, and that's okay." But then I realize the tears are my own... Haha I'm being silly, never mind me!</l>
	<l>Is this all there will ever be for me? This dry, forgotten life? But no! How ridiculous!! He knows me like nobody else... he has seen the worst of me, yet loved me unconditionally. Even if I fly to the furthest stars... never again would I find someone like him.</l>
	<l>I will wait here for you to return with Skel Key. </l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="skel-key">
<lines>
	<l>I am the Skel Key, it is my purpose to serve you. Please, bring me to the central gate so that I might unlock your path.</l>
	<l>Ah! Skel Key, Skel Key!! You have failed in your duties, and prolonged this infestation of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>! How could you do this to them? Go on, keep moving!</l>
	<l>Before they landed here, I never dreamed that I would get to do all these things, to feel all these feelings. Loving them... it makes me feel invincible! So... why am I stopping? Why do I hinder the cleaning process? I must continue on...</l>
	<l>To turn my back on them now... no! It would be too cruel, too terrible. When you love someone, you take responsibility for them. My mind is made up!</l>
	<l>I will wait here for you to return with Gum Key. </l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="skel-both">
<lines>
	<l>Gum Key: Ah... Skel Key.</l>
	<l>Skel Key: Gum Key...</l>
	<l>Gum Key: Are you ready?</l>
	<l>Skel Key: Let us do this together!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="skel-both2">
<lines>
	<l>Gum Key: Ah... I have so much love to give!</l>
	<l>Skel Key: As do I, Gum Key!</l>
	<l>Both: Let us express our love!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="skel-crystal">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>I am Loquat Skeligum. I stand witness to the Skeligum saga. Within my walls, Gravis and Stavros live out the patterns of their life. Piles of clutter rise and fall. Television shows are watched and re-watched. Story after story is read before bedtime.</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>A great love lives inside of me. A great love, yes, but also pain. The ache of words left unspoken, of sensations left unfelt. Things that are invisible may build and build until they manifest upon bodies. Writ upon drywall, and ceramic stone.</l>
	<l>Thanks to Nova, the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> is gone. Perhaps now, peace will abide in Loquat Skeligum.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="skel-after">
<lines>
	<l pic="GR">Ah, thank you, Nova. With your fixes, our repairs should last a little longer. Poor Loquat. He will forever endure time's decay, but the least we can do is provide support for him.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="nex-intro">
<lines>
	<l>Thyme: Eh? Huh? Oh... the cleaner has finally arrived? What on earth could they possibly have been up to all this time? I've been waiting for approximately {TIME} for them to get here!!! Ah well. Probably just left the app running or something...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="nex-talk">
<lines>
	<l>Thyme: Greetings Nova! I am Thyme, the town deacon! You have been summoned here because The <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> has spread throughout New Theland! The <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>... ahh, it is a fearsome substance which feeds upon the minds and bodies of the infected, corrupting the true nature of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>'s designs until only misery and evil remain!!</l>
	<l>Thyme: ...</l>
	<l>Thyme: ... ...</l>
	<l>Thyme: (Jeez, barely a response... what's wrong with this kid? First she comes late and now... *grumble* *grumble*)</l>
	<l>Thyme: Ahem... anyhow. It is your sacred duty as <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>'s own "Pico Cleaner" to travel the length and breadth of New Theland, finding those infected and *shrinking inside of them* to clean The <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>!</l>
	<l>Thyme: To do this, I grant you the Nanospark. Press {CANCEL} to use it and spark connections with those in need!! When you've shrunk into Picoscale, you may use it to fight enemies!</l>
	<l>Thyme: ...</l>
	<l>Thyme: ... ...</l>
	<l>Thyme: Well, go on, get on with it. </l>
	<l>Thyme: ...</l>
	<l>Thyme: Up! You need to go up!! (Hmph... my oratorial expertise is completely lost on this one...)</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="nex-clock">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>The Town Deacon in name only, for they are neither.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="nex-stones">
<lines>
	<l>Destination: Outer Sands West (The Shore)</l>
	<l>Destination: Outer Sands North (The Field)</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="nex-talk-2">
<lines>
	<l>Thyme: By visiting this area, the Nexus, you may warp to any of the stone Nexus pads that you will activate throughout New Theland. Can you imagine not being able to warp around the world instantly? Hah! How tedious that would be! ...Errm. Well. Again! With your new Nanospark, press {CANCEL} to spark connections with those in need! Shrink into Picoscale, and use it to fight enemies, as well!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="boat-guy">
<lines>
	<l pic="NI">Ho there, Cleaner of the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>! Welcome to Import! I am Nowan, the founder and mayor of this famous seaside town! ... ...Huh? You have never heard of Import? Ah well... perhaps you have amnesia? That would make for quite an engaging tale, as it would unify your perspective with that of the player's, allowing for emotional revelations about your past that shake you to your core!!!</l>
	<l pic="NI">I myself, have suffered from a bit of amnesia! Or, perhaps not, it is hard to say... all I know is that one day, I awoke on the shores of this beach, salt-soaked and bedraggled. Was that the beginning of my life?</l>
	<l pic="NI">I have always been subject to sudden bouts of fainting, during which I would experience the most peculiar dreams. I heard a voice commanding me: "Do not create The Boht! The Boht is forbidden! The Boht shall be our downfall!"</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="boat-guy-2">
<lines>
	<l pic="NI">I became obsessed! "What is The Boht?" I would wonder. I began to carry a journal with me so that I could record my speculations, and I pressed the voice for further information.</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>"Venerated dream voice," I said. "If it would please you, explain to me the qualities of The Boht, lest I create it accidentally, out of ignorance."</l>
	<l>"Ah... fair point," replied the voice. "This, you must never create: an oblong vessel, curved along the bottom, of size and strength enough to carry passengers upon its top surface. Thank you for your vigilance against The Boht."</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>And so, my days would pass. Slowly, I pieced together a finer and finer understanding of The Boht from the admonitions of the voice:</l>
	<l>"...Certainly, make no such shape as has a wide surface area with hollow interior!"</l>
	<l>"...Beware of hanging a large cloth from any tall poles which may rise from the center of your object!"</l>
	<l>"...Seek not to bring the front side of your creation to tapered point, lest it cut through its surrounding medium with great efficiency!"</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>I began to create many different models of The Boht, which now form the infrastructure of the town of Import! And yet... as proud as I am of all of my work, I still feel a bit hollow. Why was the dream voice so concerned about these mundane--if beautiful--structures? What is the true meaning of The Boht?</l>
	<l>[FADEOFF]</l>
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</d>
<d name="boat-npc">
<lines>
	<l pic="Crustacia">This beach looks out onto the Substratian Sea. It is said that <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> grew New Theland from out of the waters. What was <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> doing before then? Ah... such questions have no answer.</l>
	<l pic="Crustacia">Nowan is quite concerned with the true meaning of The Boht, but I am content to have a place to call my own. Is there really such a thing as a "true meaning"?</l>
	<l pic="Crustacia">I find it quite comforting to look out at the sea, because it reminds me that the world is finite. "Ahhh... this is where it all ends." I think to myself. "How reassuring."</l>
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</d>
<d name="bigslimetalk">
<lines>
	<l>What a big and ferocious Slime! Nova feels the potential for connection with her Nanospark...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="raft-hints">
<lines>
	<l>A raft is a very convenient way to get around! However, it is said only one with the power of the "Vacuum" can use its sucking ability to quickly sail.</l>
	<l>Only the one with the Vacuum can use its suction to swiftly sail through the Pastel Horizon.</l>
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</d>
<d name="nano-map-hints">
<lines>
	<l>The Northern Shore of the Pastel Horizon</l>
	<l>Sisterhood Island</l>
	<l>Homecoming Isle</l>
	<l>Windworn Cove</l>
	<l>Thanks for visiting Crags Lost!</l>
	<l>You are at Kin Killer Isle!</l>
	<l>Welcome to Bigslime's Domain... proceed with caution...</l>
	<l>Ahead are the maze-like Knotsnarl Woods...</l>
	<l>Nondescript Central Island. Name and description pending due to lack of funding from the King.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="desert-item-hint">
<lines>
	<l pic="Big Kidsplorer">Grr...there's treasure around here, I know it! I swear I've looked everywhere!!! ... Forward, back, left, right, up... right... yep, everywhere! Oh well, I'll just enjoy looking at these nice fields of flowers. Hm? What would I do with treasure? I don't know! Hoard it, I guess!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="fant-map-hint">
<lines>
	<l>Peasant: Hi, Nova! I see you somehow conveniently have a map of New Theeland! Are you wondering why you can't see where you are on it? Well... it's a map, that's why! Ha ha. It's okay, though. Just look for landmarks to figure out where you are!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="nexus-rockhint">
<lines>
	<l>Rock: If this portal is inactive, seek another entrance to the Nexus within a higher dimension.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="end-confront-need-dust">
<lines>
	<l pic="N">Wait, I need at least 150cc <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> in the Prism in order to execute my plan...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="end-confront">
<lines>
	<l>Confront <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>?</l>
	<l>Are you sure?</l>
	<l>There is no turning back.</l>
	<l>Do you really think that you can change anything?</l>
	<l>Well, look what we have here! Little Nova, wearing the big girl pants. You think you're really something, don't you? You really think highly of yourself, isn't that right?</l>
	<l>HA!! That's a laugh! As if you've ever been more than a whimpering mound of self-pity. So you're really going through with this?</l>
	<l>Even though it means turning your back on C Psalmist? And Palisade?</l>
	<l>Well... fine then. Do things your way. We'll just see how it turns out, now won't we?</l>
	<l pic="N">My plan begins with removing the top lid of the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust Prism<![CDATA[</color>]]>. Perhaps I can use my spark ability...</l>
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</d>
<d name="end-confront-choices">
<lines>
	<l>I've changed my mind</l>
	<l>I understand</l>
	<l>I have a plan</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="end-ring-1">
<lines>
	<l pic="CP">Nano Cleaner Nova! What is the meaning of this?</l>
	<l pic="CV">I'm worried about this behavior, young lady. It's highly risky, and we wouldn't want you to get hurt.</l>
	<l pic="N">You don't care about me at all, do you? You just want to use me!</l>
	<l pic="CV">Not at all, Nova. You are highly prized by <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>, and we've always striven to demonstrate your worth with the utmost professionalism! The Metaclean Framework was specifically designed with—</l>
	<l pic="CP">—That's enough, Visionary. I told you your soulless pandering would be our downfall!</l>
	<l pic="CP">Nova, we have sincerely attempted to support and guide you in your work to the best of our abilities. But... that was not all you needed, was it? You needed... love... caring... the nourishment of the spiritual self! You are not merely a machine to be oiled and controlled.</l>
	<l pic="CP">I understand that now, Nova... Don't you see? I too, feel the emptiness inside... the longing. Nova, these feelings are important: they point us to <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>, to <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Anodyne<![CDATA[</color>]]>!</l>
	<l pic="N">I hate the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]>. I hate that it lives inside of me and wraps itself around my every experience. It hurts me when I want to explore. It numbs me when I want to feel. It makes me afraid when I want to be strong.</l>
	<l pic="N">Why didn't anyone warn me? How could you let this happen? I didn't know what it would be like until it was far too late...</l>
	<l pic="CP">Nova...</l>
	<l pic="CP">I should think you'd understand this by now. The world outside is broken... filled with lascivious temptations and destructive thoughts. Nothing of true value comes from the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>, no matter how alluring it might seem. <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> is saving you the trouble of mucking about in that cesspool of shame and heartache! It may seem like we are missing out now, but nothing out there can compare to the glory of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Anodyne<![CDATA[</color>]]>!!</l>
	<l pic="N">I just don't think I believe that anymore... I want to be able to feel things and see things and find my own path...</l>
	<l pic="CV">Nova, <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> has been very patient with your wandering heart. But now... that patience wears thin. What choice do you imagine that you have here? Do you think that you could be anything besides the Nano Cleaner?</l>
	<l pic="N">...</l>
	<l pic="CV">Do you really think you can change who you are?</l>
	<l pic="N">...</l>
	<l pic="N">... ...</l>
	<l pic="N">... ... ...</l>
	<l pic="N">No, I don't.</l>
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</d>
<d name="end-ring-2">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>In an instant, Nova flings her body into the Prism.</l>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Psalmist cries out in shock and alarm. Visionary snorts in disgust. But as Nova falls away from them, cocooned in the pillar of swirling <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>, their voices fade like a distant dream.</l>
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</d>
<d name="end-fall">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Nova thinks to herself:</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>(It would be so easy to let go...)</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>(To just forget about the limits of my skin and melt into the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>...)</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>(It would feel so nice to not exist...)</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>(No! That's not why I came here!! I have to hang on. I have to be there. Because if I can convince them that I'm gone, then maybe... just maybe....)</l>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>[SOUND cardUpgradeSlow 1 1]</l>
	<l>Nova tumbles through the Prism.</l>
	<l>She grows closer and closer to the bottom, and as she reaches it...</l>
	<l>[SOUND cardUpgradeBoom 1 1]</l>
	<l>Her body pierces through the crystalline barrier, the burst prism spewing dust and debris in all directions!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="end-sanc-argument">
<lines>
	<l>[FADEPART]</l>
	<l>C Psalmist and C Visionary survey the aftermath of Nova's impulsive plunge. The base of the Prism is damaged. <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> has leaked out and suffused the air of the chamber. Nova... is nowhere to be seen.</l>
	<l>[FADEOFF]</l>
	<l pic="CP">No. No! She's been destroyed! Visionary, what have you done?? I poured my heart out to Nova, and you broke her will!!</l>
	<l pic="CV">That Cleaner was poisoned from the start by your mindless chatter. Who was it that stoked her illogical desires?</l>
	<l pic="CP">Oh Center, forgive us... how long can this go on?</l>
	<l pic="CV">As long as it must, obviously. <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Anodyne<![CDATA[</color>]]> will work beautifully—it's only a matter of time! With my guidance, the next Cleaner will succeed.</l>
	<l pic="CP">But the creation of a Cleaner is costly! And... and if a new Palisade is generated as well, <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>'s energy stores will be left in critical condition!</l>
	<l pic="CV">A new Palisade? Ha! Palisade's guidance was worse than your own! <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> briefed me on the consequences of that little experiment.</l>
	<l pic="CP">Palisade nurtured Nova's soul. Perhaps if she were still around, Nova would not have turned to such drastic measures!</l>
	<l pic="CV">Sentimental fool!! You're beginning to sound like that wayward Nova! Have you forgotten what was wrought by the previous Cleaner, before the initiation of the Glandilock Protocol? Just trust in <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>... the iteration is nearly complete! All we need do is wait...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="end-sanc-wakeup">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Some time later...</l>
	<l pic="N">...</l>
	<l pic="N">...</l>
	<l pic="N">Ouch...</l>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Nova's whole body aches. Slowly she opens her eyes to see that she has landed inside the bowl-like depression of Center Sanctuary. Her body must have been torn nearly to shreds by that dive through the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust Prism<![CDATA[</color>]]>. She glances down to survey her wounds.</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>And sees nothing.</l>
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</d>
<d name="end-sanc-channel-1">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Her plan is working! She is successfully <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> channelling, vibrating the particles around her to camouflage herself in plain sight. C Psalmist and C Visionary float above, none the wiser. And, as if on cue, a strange sight runs into Nova's field of vision...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="end-sanc-channel-2">
<lines>
	<l>[FADEPART]</l>
	<l>Nova sees... herself? No... A mirror image. A new cleaner! The newcomer stands on the center pedestal, where Psalmist and Visionary await her.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="end-sanc-channel-3">
<lines>
	<l pic="CP">...Zera, listen closely. I will now reveal to you your true purpose and the path ahead.</l>
	<l pic="CP">You have been born into a war zone, Zera. Granted, it is not a contest of swords or guns, of armies or infantry... we wage a war that is nearly invisible and yet wholly insidious... we face a deadly force that wrinkles the face of time, as a lurking waterbeast ripples the surface of a lake, disrupting the clear reflection of our souls.</l>
	<l pic="CP">We call it <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Nano Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>...</l>
	<l>[FADEPART]</l>
	<l>Nova watches as C Psalmist delivers those familiar words, this time to the new Cleaner... Zera. She steels herself to execute the next stage of her plan. </l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Her timing must be perfect. The <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> around her sways in rhythmic patterns. She lets its tempo envelop her.</l>
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</d>
<d name="end-sanc-channel-4">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>[SOUND dust-channel 0.7 1]</l>
	<l>...Swish...</l>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>[SOUND dust-channel-2 0.7 1]</l>
	<l>...Swish...</l>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>[SOUND dust-channel 0.7 1]</l>
	<l>...Swish...</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Then she drops the mirage and bursts into view.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="end-sanc-channel-5">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>C Psalmist cries out, "N-Nova is that you?? How--?</l>
	<l>But before anyone can speak another word, Nova has flung her spark of connection--directly at Zera's heart.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="zera-intro">
<lines>
	<l>Nova: Everything is going according to plan... You can do this, Nova!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="zeroid">
<lines>
	<l>Zeroid: Thank you for cleaning the path, Ms. Nova!</l>
	<l>Zeroid: Hee hee, I want to play!</l>
	<l>Zeroid: Yum-yum! Tasty cereal energy for the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]>!</l>
	<l>Zeroid: Mmm-mmm! Milky milk waters and hydrates Mr. Glandilock!</l>
	<l>Zeroid: Lil' Reguloid makes me so nice and comfy!</l>
	<l>Zeroid: Ehhh??? Ms. Nova, what happened to the cereal???</l>
	<l>Zeroid: Ahhh! The milk is gone!! Mr. Glandilock is going to be so sad!</l>
	<l>Zeroid: D-did you destroy Lil' Reguloid?? W-What are you doing??</l>
	<l>Reguloid: Woof WOOF-WOOF! (Translation: I-intruder! Intruder! Woof woof!)</l>
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</d>
<d name="zera-rocks">
<lines>
	<l>-Chamber of The Cereal-</l>
	<l>-Cradle of The Milk-</l>
	<l>-Rooms of The Reguloid-</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>THE ELEMENTS OF NURTURING FORM AN IMPENETRABLE SEAL</l>
	<l>TOGETHER, THEY PROTECT THE GLANDILOCK'S CAVE</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="zera-pico">
<lines>
	<l>Zera's Centerberry Crunch Cereal has been destroyed. A seal to the Glandilock's Cave has been broken!</l>
	<l>Zera's Yolk Milk has been evaporated. A seal to the Glandilock's Cave has been broken!</l>
	<l>Zera's Reguloid has been annihilated. A seal to the Glandilock's Cave has been broken!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="zera-dilemma">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>--THE SLIME PROBLEM--</l>
	<l>A YOUTHFUL SLIME, BURSTING WITH POTENTIAL</l>
	<l>AN ELDERLY SLIME, FULL OF EXPERIENCE</l>
	<l>WHO DESERVES TO LIVE?</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="zera-blood-gate">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>SHE WHO DESIRES TO PASS</l>
	<l>MUST PAY WITH HER OWN BLOOD</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="zera-gs-1">
<lines>
	<l>Glandilock Seed: Miss Nova... I-I don't understand! What are you doing here?</l>
	<l>Nova: Glandilock, I am here to remove you from Zera. She deserves to live without you inside of her, constricting her.</l>
	<l>Glandilock Seed: But don't you understand, Miss Nova? I am a vital part of Zera! I connect her to <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>. I give her the power that she needs to face the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>! Without me, she would be nothing... an empty egg, hollowed out and purposeless.</l>
	<l>Nova: No. I am the one who is lost. Trapped between irreconcilable worlds... chained to a cause I cannot serve.</l>
	<l>Nova: But Zera... she is a beautiful shell, a wonderful egg. Let her fill herself with everything... that is life. Don't mistake opportunity for death.</l>
	<l>Nova: Zera will be something truly astonishing. She will grow into a life that I could never imagine!!</l>
	<l>Glandilock Seed: ...</l>
	<l>Glandilock Seed: ...</l>
	<l>Glandilock Seed: I hate you, Miss Nova!! You are being very naughty! Oooohhh... I am telling on you, Miss Nova!! A <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]> should never be removed! NEVER NEVER NEVER!! You think you she'd be better off without me? She'll be filled with yucky <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> and poison before you can even say "Glandilock", and it'll be all your fault!</l>
	<l>Glandilock Seed: Oh how I hate you. Oh how I hate you so much! I want to kill you now, Miss Nova. I'm going to kill you to death!!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="zera-gs-mid">
<lines>
	<l>Glandilock Seed: What did you do to me??? You little VIRUS! Oh, I am going to CRUSH your little body against the walls!! Come here!</l>
	<l>Glandilock Seed: You're still *COUGH* alive? What ARE you? I'm gonna kill you so much... *hrk* I'm... I'm going to smear you all over Zera's insides!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="zera-gs-2">
<lines>
	<l>Glandilock Seed: M-miss Nova... *hrk*.... she is so yucky... and so mean! She is so sad... *COUGH*... that she will kill us all... </l>
	<l>Nova: Zera... darling... be free. You deserve more than what <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> will offer you. I can't even begin to imagine what you will do...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="end-sanc-zera-1">
<lines>
	<l pic="N">Zera...</l>
	<l pic="N">Can you hear me?</l>
	<l pic="N">How do you feel?</l>
	<l pic="Z">...</l>
	<l pic="Z">I...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="end-sanc-zera-2">
<lines>
	<l pic="N">N-no... what's happening?? Zera!!</l>
	<l pic="Z">H-h-help... m-me....</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="end-sanc-zera-2-2">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Zera's body shakes violently, but Nova can still make out the look of confusion and terror on the young cleaner's face. Nova reaches out to her, but Zera's physical form crumples down like paper, as though the atmosphere suddenly pressed in on her with a hundred-fold force.</l>
	<l>[SOUND end-crystal-1 1 1]</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Nova screams. Zera's red skirt settles with a gentle flutter atop her shriveled remains.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="end-sanc-zera-3">
<lines>
	<l pic="CV">Well now, was that your big plan, Nova? To remove Zera's <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]>? AHAHAHA!! Well, points for creativity, but you have sadly miscalculated.</l>
	<l pic="CP">Nova... it's like we always said... the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Glandilock Seed<![CDATA[</color>]]> is extremely important! A newly hatched Cleaner cannot possibly survive outside its egg without a direct link to <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>'s energy...</l>
	<l pic="N">No... no.... It was supposed to be her!! I... I just wanted her to be free... I wanted things to be different this time...</l>
	<l pic="CV">...</l>
	<l pic="CV">...Ohhhh, BOO HOO HOO!!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="end-sanc-vision">
<lines>
	<l pic="CV">You disgust me, Nova. You think that you deserve your own body? Your own life? </l>
	<l pic="CV">Everything you have comes from <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>. Everything good about you is a generous gift. You irascible Dustlover. Ahhh, I see... I see your desires... I see your pathetic fantasies... AHAHAHA... Don't make me laugh! You?? You were never made for romantic flights of fancy!</l>
	<l pic="CV">Nova, you were made to be a helper... to have a servant heart and to find satisfaction in these simple tasks. But no... that was never enough for "Nova" now was it? You had to grab for more and more like a slobbering child! "Give me my Palisade!!... Give me my <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]>!!... Give me my Zera!!!" How much time and energy have you wasted, making yourself miserable by living at cross-purposes with your true nature? You look ridiculous! You must know that. You must know what you look like in the eyes of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>!</l>
	<l pic="CV">I'm going to punish you now, Nova. I take no pleasure in this... but it's for your own good. <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> has tried for too long to coddle you into the right choices. Now you must face the consequences!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="end-grab">
<lines>
	<l>[FADEPART]</l>
	<l>C Visionary grabs Nova by the collar, lifting her into the air. He raises an arm to strike. Nova hangs her head, her legs dangling pitifully in the air. All of this... was it all for nothing? In the end, this must be what she deserves.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="end-spark1">
<lines>
	<l>[FADEPART]</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>But... strangely... Nova feels a warmth inside her chest. Unbidden by Nova, a tiny spark creeps slowly from her body, lighting up the space between herself and Visionary.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="end-spark2">
<lines>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>"You are the Nano Cleaner, yes. But you are more than that. You are a person, with feelings and needs and desires. I want you to know, Nova... that all of this matters, every part of you! Work and play, joy and sadness, strength and weakness. There is room in the world for all of Nova!"</l>
	<l>— Palisade</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>"If you created me, then you should really understand by now: I am my own being! I am compelled by my heart and my mind!! You have forfeit your right to me, to all of us, by our very nature. We exist, we are beautiful, and you have NO claim to us!!"</l>
	<l>— Drem Kinako</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>"And now... isn't it time to form yourself once again? Isn't it time to take that power of adaptation, and redirect it towards what you truly believe? As long as you live, Nova, that is your gift. You can always become something new."</l>
	<l>— Elegy Beatty</l>
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</d>
<d name="end-sanc-fight-1">
<lines>
	<l pic="CV">Rrrgh... you... hurt me?</l>
	<l pic="CV">...</l>
	<l pic="CV">Psalmist!! <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> requires your energy. Your services have been appreciated, but now... you belong to me!</l>
	<l pic="CP">O-oh...</l>
	<l pic="CP">Um... yes... of course... this is what <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> requires. Consume me, Visionary.</l>
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</d>
<d name="end-sanc-fight-2">
<lines>
	<l pic="CV">Yes... yesss...</l>
	<l pic="CP">Um...</l>
	<l pic="CP">G-goodbye Nova... I only ever wanted the best for you...</l>
	<l pic="N">Psalmist...</l>
	<l pic="N">...</l>
	<l pic="N">You don't have to do this...</l>
	<l pic="CP">Ahh... ahahah... Well. That is a nice thought. You're so much like her, you know? Palisade... Always thinking outside the box. Always pushing the limits...</l>
	<l pic="CP">...</l>
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</d>
<d name="end-sanc-fight-3">
<lines>
	<l pic="CP">Er... Visionary, I would like to know... what happened to Palisade?</l>
	<l pic="CV">What difference does it make?</l>
	<l pic="CP">I... I don't know... I just... I always told myself it was an accident. That she hurt herself while attempting some unsafe Palisade antics. That she only had herself to blame. But...</l>
	<l pic="CP">It was <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>, wasn't it?</l>
	<l pic="CV">We're wasting time here, Psalmist. What is your point?</l>
	<l pic="CP">I could believe that I've outlived my usefulness. That I would deserve to be scrapped for energy at the drop of a hat. But her? And Nova? I just don't understand. What am I giving my life for? What could be worth this sort of cruelty?</l>
	<l pic="CV">Have you forgotten, old one? <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>'s perfect plan was never ours to comprehend! All we may do is to walk this path together. Now... it's time to let go, Psalmist. You know you could never hope to escape my grasp.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="end-sanc-fight-3-2">
<lines>
	<l pic="CP">...</l>
	<l pic="CP">... ...</l>
	<l pic="CP">... ... ...</l>
	<l pic="CP">Nova... </l>
	<l pic="CP">I think I understand...</l>
	<l pic="CP">I think I see you now...</l>
	<l pic="CP">...</l>
	<l pic="CP">There are things one can become... things that are worse than <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>...</l>
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</d>
<d name="end-sanc-fight-3-3">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>C Psalmist smiles gently at Nova and then closes her eyes. In one sweeping movement, she strums a final discordant glissando upon her instrument.</l>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>Her body begins to shimmer and dissolve. In its place... several rainbow-hued shards of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> crystal float gently into the air.</l>
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</d>
<d name="end-sanc-fight-4">
<lines>
	<l pic="CV">Ugh, what a sickening display. No matter, I already digested enough of her to deal with YOU!!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="end-sanc-fight-4-2">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Panting with hunger, C Visionary drags his body towards Nova. Closer. Closer.</l>
	<l>Suddenly--</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="end-sanc-fight-5">
<lines>
	<l>[FADEPART]</l>
	<l>It was almost too fast to comprehend. <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> shards had ripped into Visionary from above, knocking him back, again and again, until he advanced no longer.</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>...Psalmist?</l>
	<l>[FADEOFF]</l>
	<l pic="CV">Unghh...</l>
	<l pic="CV">Only a matter of time... Ahahaha...</l>
	<l pic="CV">...<![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> IS New Theland...</l>
	<l pic="CV">You... cannot escape... who you are...</l>
	<l pic="CV">Ahahahah... AHAHAHA...</l>
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</d>
<d name="end-sanc-final-1">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>C Visionary's body explodes and fizzles into the air.</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Silence at last, and stillness. Surrounded by so much death, and yet... Nova remains alive. She feels... disappointed. She wasn't expecting to be the one to make it through this.</l>
	<l>Nova turns to the small pile of clothes left behind by Zera. A strange and soft little cairn. What a senseless loss. What a foolish and horrible mistake.</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>....</l>
	<l>....</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>But wait... no... could it be? Did the folds of cloth just shift? It must be a trick of the light, Nova thinks. And yet... there it is again!</l>
	<l>Gently, Nova sifts through the pile, until she comes across a strange and tiny being. It begins to cry. Awkwardly, Nova picks it up.</l>
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</d>
<d name="end-sanc-final-2">
<lines>
	<l>[FADEPART]</l>
	<l>What was it that Psalmist said? "A newly hatched Cleaner cannot possibly survive outside its egg without a direct link to <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>'s energy..." </l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Nova ponders this for a while. She remembers what Drem Kinako taught her about "food" and "sleep". Perhaps there could be another way for this little one. Perhaps with Nova's guidance...</l>
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</d>
<d name="end-monologue">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l pic="N">Zera...</l>
	<l pic="N">I wanted so badly to give my life up for yours. My heart ached for the sweet penance of annihilation. In the end, it wasn't even an option.</l>
	<l pic="N">I'm afraid, Zera. I'm afraid of what it means to live for myself! But maybe you will be too. Maybe we all are. Maybe my gift to you will not be the life that I sacrifice, but the life that I live. Somewhere... far beyond the boundaries of everything I once knew...</l>
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</d>
<d name="zera-name-card">
<lines>
	<l>Zera\n<![CDATA[<size=14>]]>"The Cutie Pie"<![CDATA[</size>]]></l>
	<l>-Like a person,\nbut small</l>
	<l>-100% Certified\nGlandilock Free</l>
	<l>-Infinite potential</l>
	<l>Nova\n<![CDATA[<size=14>]]>"The Captain"<![CDATA[</size>]]></l>
	<l>-Former Nano Cleaner</l>
	<l>-Sad but determined</l>
	<l>-Inexplicable urge to\nsay "Ahoy!"</l>
	<l>... ... ...</l>
	<l>-Mommy</l>
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</d>
<d name="end-shore-1">
<lines>
	<l>[FADEPART]</l>
	<l>Nova breathes in the briny ocean air as they sail further and further from the shores of New Theland. She turns to smile at the tiny form of Zera, who coos with pleasure.</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>"Well I guess this is it, huh?" says Nova.</l>
	<l>Suddenly—</l>
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</d>
<d name="end-shore-2">
<lines>
	<l>[FADEPART]</l>
	<l>—A glowing form spins out from Wolgali's head and starts running in wild circles around the small deck.</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>It couldn't be... Ash Beatty of the <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]>? A dumbfounded Nova is knocked off balance by the energetic child. Nova slips into the air, hopelessly reaching for a handrail... until—</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="end-shore-3">
<lines>
	<l>[FADEPART]</l>
	<l>—Nova is caught mid-fall in a firm yet gentle embrace. She is held by none other than Elegy Beatty!!</l>
	<l>---</l>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>Nova whispers to Elegy, "I don't know anything. I don't know what is out there or even what is inside of me."</l>
	<l>Elegy lifts Nova to her feet and looks out at the horizon. She gives Nova's shoulder a little squeeze. "That is the beauty of an ocean," she says.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="credits-drem">
<lines>
	<l pic="DK">Ahhh... another fine day in Robustbound Village! Everything appears to be in its proper place. Thank <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> for its marvellous design! What wondrous--Hey! Wait a second! I've never seen this here before!</l>
	<l pic="DK">Hmm... there's a note underneath it:</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Dear Drem,</l>
	<l>We hope you enjoy eating this bowl of soup. Remember: eating is like reverse talking.</l>
	<l>Sincerely,</l>
	<l>Nova and Elegy</l>
	<l>[FADEOFF]</l>
	<l>Drem Kinako: "Bowl of soup"? "Eating"? What is this mumbo-jumbo? Says it's from Nova and... Elegy? Ah yes, that peculiar pink lady...</l>
	<l>Drem Kinako: Hmph... well, this clearly doesn't belong here. I'd better throw it out before word gets around.</l>
	<l>Drem Kinako: ...</l>
	<l>Drem Kinako: Yes... just gonna toss it in the trash now, haha!</l>
	<l>Drem Kinako: ...</l>
	<l>Drem Kinako: On the other hand... maybe I'd better investigate more closely. For <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>, of course!</l>
	<l>Drem Kinako: *sniff* It smells... it smells kinda nice, actually. Really nice. Well... "talking" is when words come OUT of your mouth. So... perhaps "eating" is when "soup" goes INTO your mouth. Yes... that is the only logical interpretation that I can think of.</l>
	<l>Drem Kinako: I suppose... just a bite couldn't hurt, right? Yeah... Here goes nothing!! *slurp* *munch* *gobble* *gulp*</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="credits-drem-2">
<lines>
	<l>...</l>
	<l>... ...</l>
	<l>... ... ...</l>
	<l>Drem Kinako: Mmmmmm!!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="credits">
<lines>
	<l>Anodyne 2: Return to <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>\n\n\nA Game by Analgesic Productions\n\nMarina Kittaka\nMelos Han-Tani</l>
	<l>Game, Level, Enemy, World Design\n\nMarina + Melos\n\n\nProduction, Visual Concepting/Direction\n\nMarina + Melos</l>
	<l>Main Story Writing\n\nMarina\n\n\nSubstory Writing\n\nMarina + Melos\n\n\nTools, Controls, Camera, Infrastructure, Graphics, Cutscene, Localization, Enemy Programming\n\nMelos\n\n\nCharacter Design, UI, 2D Sprites, Particles, 2D Environments, 2D Backgrounds, 2D Animation, 3D Models, 3D Texturing, Rigging, 3D Animation\n\nMarina</l>
	<l>Music and Sound Design\nMelos\n\nBusiness, Twitter, Discord and Youtube Outreach, Devlog, Newsletter\nMelos\n\n\nMarketing Assets\nMarina + Melos\n\nCompany and Game Logo\nMarina\n\nJapanese Localization: On Takahashi, Yuki Hiraguchi\nJapanese LQA by Bonus Stage Loc\n\nSimp. Chinese: ada.wuyu@gmail.com, French: Kévin Malchere\nBR Portuguese: https://www.deviantart.com/anemptysoul, German: Marcel Weyers and Steven Korkowsky - Tolma4 Team\nVoid - Heartbit Font. German Proofreading: Jan-Lukas Koch\nRussian: Artyom Solomatin (artsolomatin@gmail.com)\nTraditional Chinese Localization + Publishing: Tilt Games</l>
	<l>Design + Coding Tools\n\nUnity 2017.3\nCinemachine\nTextMeshPro\nRewired\nVisual Studio\nProBuilder + ProGrids\nSaad Khawaja's Screenshot Tool\nMS Paint\nMINGW64</l>
	<l>Art + Music + Sound Tools\n\nGIMP\nPhotoshop\nBlender\nAbleton Live\nREAPER\n\n\nMarketing Tools\n\nTwitter Ads\nAdobe Premiere Pro\nYouTube\nOBS\nFFMPEG\nGifCam\nPuTTY</l>
	<l>Production + Communication Tools\n\nEvernote\nTodoist\nDiscord\nGoogle Docs/Slides/Sheets\nGit\nE-mail\nDropbox\nSnipping Tool\nNotepad</l>
	<l>Quality Assurance\n\nElliott "cleverpidgeon" Bernard-Cooper, Kiri Sweets\nlifning, Sandy\nAda Rook, Colin Horgan, thernz\nEmma Jayne, Catherine Brinegar\nGenie Liang, Sofía González Quintana\nCarles "Zettai" Rubio Arias, Justin Wong\nDavid Crespo, John Sandoval\nJames Farmer, a bluer don juan\nToby Do, Badru\nThe Indie Bros.</l>
	<l>Additional Music\n\nEQUIP (Kevin Hein) - one song\nR23X (Marc Junker) - one song\nJ.S. Bach, Charles Gounod, Giovanni Martini, Thomas Morely, Modest Mussorgsky, James Paige, Shael Riley (arrangements)\n\n\nLegal\n\nSam Castree, III\n\n\nAccounting\n\nMartin McCaffrey</l>
	<l>The Indie Bros. - Marketing Assistance\n\nErik Johnson\nJosh Knapp\nDevin Duggan\nMike Coletta\nTim Wetzel\nChristopher Lee\nKen Ellis\nChristopher Hayes\nDayton Haywood\nCraig Davies\n\n\nThanks to Nnooo and Epiphany Games for their console porting support of Anodyne 1.\n\n\nThanks to Ratalaika Games for their console porting support of Even the Ocean.</l>
	<l>Special Thanks from Melos:\n\nSandy\nMy SAIC game and music students and the ATS department\nFamily\nChicago friends\nFreesound.org\nTom, Sophie and the Steam Team\nAnthony, August and the Kartridge Team\nThe Itch.io Team\nMarc, Drew and The Yetee Team\nMarta, Marcin, and the GOG Team\nThe Humble Store Team\nAnalgesic Productions Discord Community\nShael Riley + James Paige for public domain OHRRPGCE MIDIs\nAlt and Indie Game dev, player and critic communities\nSusumu Hirasawa, Rei Harakami, countless other composers</l>
	<l>Special Thanks from Marina:\n\nJGH\nPixabay\nTextures.com\nNASA\nThe Blender community\nReiner "Tiles" Prokein for Create Isocam\nJames Paige and the OHRRPGCE devs and community\nGLITCH\nFriends near and far</l>
	<l>Marina's Abalone + Macaroni Patrons\nDan Kittaka\nDevon Corwin\nDr.Fox\nliffy\nSandy\nTate\nBadru\nBeth Cosmic\nCarta Monir\nDylan Baker\nJune Flower\nLeah Bacon\nLuke Beeman\nMonplaisir\nPatrick Winchell\nScumslug</l>
	<l>Marina's Pony Patrons\nAnthony Haevermaet\nChris C Cerami\ncm cooper\nEm\nGregory Avery-Weir\nJherin Miller\nJoj Fay\nJosie Brechner\nJune\nLiara Roux\nMath\nMy Variant Cover\nNikki\nPatrick Feerick\nRobert Ottem\nRosin\nTony Wei Ling</l>
	<l>Anodyne 2: Return to <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]> was self-funded and self-published by Analgesic Productions. It was planned and produced, part-time and full-time, from December 2017 to July 2019.\n\nThanks to all our players, fans, streamers, video makers, critics, longtime and new, for your support!\n\nMarina Kittaka and Melos Han-Tani</l>
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</d>
<d name="credits-pg">
<lines>
	<l>[FADENOFADE]</l>
	<l>(Melos Han-Tani walks out from behind the UI, and waves at you. It seems that Melos would like to give you a message.)</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Hi there! You've reached the end of the story of Nova and New Theland. Marina and I are so glad you finished our game.</l>
	<l>But... I heard the Metashop got a new shipment in. There was something suspicious in The Nexus, too. </l>
	<l>Hmm. I wonder what it could be!</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>When you reload your save file, you'll be back in Blue Vale Center, as if Nova never confronted <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>. You may wish to investigate these aforementioned new things. Hm hm hm...</l>
	<l>Okay, farewell! Be safe!</l>
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</d>
<d name="bad-prism">
<lines>
	<l>Nova has completed her greatest mission: to fill the fully-upgraded prism with <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dust<![CDATA[</color>]]>. Now, she must speak with C Psalmist and C Visionary to initiate <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Anodyne<![CDATA[</color>]]>!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="bad-sanc">
<lines>
	<l pic="CP">Nova... Nova!! The moment has come at last!</l>
	<l pic="CV">Incredible, Nova! Truly, I tip my hat to you! With the help of the Metaclean Framework, you have accomplished what none before ever have!</l>
	<l pic="CP"><![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Anodyne<![CDATA[</color>]]>, Nova! You've done it! <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Anodyne<![CDATA[</color>]]> is coming at last! Oh, how we have longed for this day!!</l>
	<l pic="CV">Quickly now, we must empty the Prism!</l>
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</d>
<d name="bad-end-skel">
<lines>
	<l pic="ST">Can it be? Is the long-awaited prophecy at hand?</l>
	<l pic="GR"><![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Anodyne<![CDATA[</color>]]>...</l>
	<l pic="ST">I love you, Gravis. I'll always love you.</l>
	<l pic="GR">I know Stavros. And I will stay by your side forever, far beyond the edge of time. For in the end, what is the difference between time and space?</l>
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</d>
<d name="bad-end-clone">
<lines>
	<l pic="LY">Clonwei old boy, this is it!</l>
	<l pic="CY">... ... ...</l>
	<l pic="LY">I knew that we were right to wait patiently for <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Anodyne<![CDATA[</color>]]>! Think of all the trainwrecks we've avoided just by keeping to ourselves, hahaha!</l>
	<l pic="LY">Thank you for always looking out for me, Clonwei. You deserve an honorary PhD in friendship, hahaha! Honorary means "fake", but it is still a respectable achievement!</l>
	<l pic="CY">... ... ...</l>
	<l pic="LY">Well, see you on the other side...</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="bad-end-geof">
<lines>
	<l pic="GA">Ahhh... is it over now? Is the work finally complete? Yes, hahaha! Now that <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Anodyne<![CDATA[</color>]]> has arrived, I have confirmed the mettle of my heart. I, Geof, stayed true to the very end! Hahaha! I never abandoned my post, no matter what the others said to me! No matter what I had to lose!!</l>
	<l pic="GA">...</l>
	<l pic="GA">Silico... Amethia... are you proud of me now? Do you finally understand?</l>
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</d>
<d name="bad-end-rage">
<lines>
	<l pic="RP">Being cleaned by Nova was the most wonderful feeling. All of the bitter rage that churned inside of me was put to rest. I was so happy to rise above my shameful old behaviors.</l>
	<l pic="RP">...</l>
	<l pic="RP">But as the novelty wore off, I began to remember the source of my anger, the questions that once haunted me: why did <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]> create New Theland? Why is the world so full of fear and pain... pain which we compound in endless cycles of exploitation? But the fire within me had gone quiet, and only faint embers remained.</l>
	<l pic="RP">...</l>
	<l pic="RP">Maybe the answers lie on the far side of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Anodyne<![CDATA[</color>]]>.</l>
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</d>
<d name="bad-final">
<lines>
	<l pic="CP">At last Nova, we will be at peace. No longer will our faulty actions mar the boundless power of our dreams! All will be right in New Theland... Ah... it's so beautiful, Nova! I am overcome, my child. Hahaha... I am weeping for joy!!</l>
	<l pic="CP">...</l>
	<l pic="CP">... ...</l>
	<l pic="CP">Ahhh... she would be so proud of you, Nova. If only... Palisade...</l>
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</d>
<d name="bad-marina">
<lines>
	<l pic="Marina Kittaka">Perhaps there is another possible fate for New Theland. If you reload your save file, you will find yourself back before <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Anodyne<![CDATA[</color>]]>. Have you tried returning to <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]> Village? Remember: you can always change your mind.</l>
	<l pic="Marina Kittaka">I believe in you!!</l>
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</d>
<d name="pg-nexus">
<lines>
	<l>Frank Rock: Hey, kid. If I could be an Advice Rock for a second...</l>
	<l>Advice Rock: I've been around a while. You're too young for that warp pad, Nova. Come back later.</l>
	<l>Rock: I'm just a rock. A rock who knows that warp pad now works.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="pg-oob">
<lines>
	<l>Qatest Oob: Hey, punk! What do you think you're doing out here? Think you're clever, huh? Walking through walls? HAH! AS IF!</l>
	<l>Qatest Oob: I've been doing that FOR YEARS. In 2D *AND* 3D!!!</l>
	<l>Qatest Oob: You don't even have all the Metacoins, I bet! HA! Know how many are hidden around the world? DOUBT IT!! Good luck ever finding them all!! </l>
	<l>Qatest Oob: You're not REALLY gonna look for all the Metacoins, are you? Don't. There's no 'special secret item!' You should only look for them for the thrill of it.</l>
	<l>Qatest Oob: Yes, yes. Once you've been poisoned by 'incentive,' the pure joy of exploration... evaporates. Vanishes. Like a PIGEON IN THE KIRI!! (Kiri is Japanese for fog.) </l>
	<l>Qatest Oob: So what I'm SAYING is don't go find them all and cry on the forums when there's no reward!! THIS IS YOUR WARNING!! DON'T GO WASTING TIME FINDING THEM ALL BECAUSE THEY DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING!!</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="pg-oob2">
<lines>
	<l>Qatest Oob: Maybe Qatest Oob will help you find all the Metacoins. But go find 300 on your own! You've only found {COINS}! Just remember: NO REWARD! </l>
	<l>Qatest Oob: Hmph. So you've found {COINS} Metacoins! I bet you're excited. BUT HA! The more you find, the HARDER IT GETS TO FIND THE REST! Hope you've been making a spreadsheet! I bet you want a hint! "Oh, please, great Qatest Oob, give poor me a hint!" WELL TOO BAD! THERE ARE NO HINTS, MILLENNIAL! THIS IS THE REAL WORLD!!! GO FIND 400 AND COME BACK!!</l>
	<l>Qatest Oob: IMPRESSIVE. You've found {COINS} Metacoins!! You look like you're gonna do your own ICO!! Fine... I will give you a hint. Here is a special item.</l>
	<l>Nova got the Metacoin Detector Pro.</l>
	<l>Qatest Oob: You can use it in Walkscale. Don't worry, it's the PRO version! Unfortunately it doesn't locate Metacoins exactly. But at least there are no ads!!</l>
	<l>Qatest Oob: You have {COINS} Metacoins. That's not all of them!! Come back when you almost have them all!! I will give you one more hint. There are no Metacoins in Center Sanctuary or the mountain in Outer Sands South! The only Metacoins found in Nanoscale are in chests!</l>
	<l>Qatest Oob: Also, THERE ARE MISSABLE METACOINS IN CHESTS!! AHAHAHA! But my strategy guide says "If you have opened every treasure chest you've seen, you won't miss them." </l>
	<l>Qatest Oob: INCREDIBLE. {COINS} METACOINS!! You've found nearly all of them! I knew this day would come. Yes, Nova, I merely played the part of 'quirky NPC' so that I would encourage you... truly, you understand the 'hunt'. As stated... there is no reward. Not even if you actually found all of them.</l>
	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Suddenly, a voice. It's Producer Tani! Does he have a reward? Was Oob wrong?</l>
	<l>"No. Well done. Well, it's as Oob said. There is no reward. Farewell... vanish vanish..."</l>
	<l>[FADEOFF]</l>
	<l>Qatest Oob: Ah... beautiful words... well done, well done.</l>
</lines>
</d>
<d name="extra-area">
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	<l pic="KT">Oh hi. I'm Maryshaw Keytawny. I'm far more reasonable than that muffinhead doing the Metainfo narrations back in New Theland. I'm the historian here, keeping track of the creation of New Theland. Umm... so... welcome to... one of the Unzones? Sure, let's go with that term... I've got an eternity living in these Unzones, better make the most of it, right? Sigh...</l>
	<l pic="KT">Well, you can use the menu to return to New Theland. Uh... mystery person "S" wanted me to tell you that none of the Unzones are 'canon' and there's nothing to 'find'. I wish I could 'find' love... ah, there I go again...</l>
	<l pic="KT">Right. An Unzone is a place transcending New Theland. It was not deemed worthy by the two mystery persons, "M" and "S". Er... that is... there are two creation myths, one which says "<![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>" created New Theland, which is 'canon', and the other, where M and S did it, which is 'meta'.</l>
	<l pic="KT">This is an architectural sketch by S. It was one of the inspirations for M's carwash in Blue Vale. The white field around you was used during the creation of Ridescale... I hear it was a drag to make. There's nothing out there, but you can head to the Green Area to see more. That picture of a face is... from when S was under a curse... we'll just ignore it... but it was used during the creation of very 'advanced' water tech.</l>
	<l pic="KT">Once, New Theland was planned to have all manners of temples and dungeons. This is an exterior that S made. Such plans were too expensive, so dungeons were dropped entirely. If you turn around, that structure was meant to be a strange home. Turn a little to the left, and the elevated structure in the distance is a prototype of Geof's Village.</l>
	<l pic="KT">Another area S made. Perhaps someone lived at the top... but, these types of places proved too expensive to make if only one Nanopoint would be in it. Alas, it was doomed to this Unzone. S quite likes the coziness and sense of climbing you get from it.</l>
	<l pic="KT">Actually this whole area you can see from this vista was an early prototype of the Blue Vale that S made to get the right sense of scale.</l>
	<l pic="KT">Mystery Pole--\nMystery Pole!--It's a mystery, and it's a pole!\n...\nLike my new song?\nThis pole actually doesn't do anything... I just thought a song might make things more fun.</l>
	<l pic="KT">We... don't know the origin of this. Nova went through a few iterations, so at some point there was an old version M left around, and the old copies' structure got all messed up. S says "This is the true incarnation of THE CENTER!". S is lying.</l>
	<l pic="KT">These little orcas are one of the first people that M created. Personally I think they're very cute. We ought to make dolls. I would buy one!! ... Not on this paycheck, though, sigh. Enjoy the cute!</l>
	<l pic="KT">Most of this Unzone is when M was crafting the initial visual style of New Theland. You'll find various visual tests and models that never made it into New Theland. I love the egg bushes and red grass...</l>
	<l pic="KT">These two structures are one of S's early architecture tests in making small, sort of fun structures to explore. They turned into that draft version M made over there. The orcas in M's version are to test the scale of the structure. </l>
	<l pic="KT">Welcome to THE CORNER! Ha ha ha, get it? It's like "<![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>The Center<![CDATA[</color>]]>", but... er. I like to come here some times and stare into the distance.</l>
	<l pic="KT">Welcome to S's earliest prototype of Cenote - a cylindrical cave in which sectors of the city are split up into height levels. S still really likes it and thinks it might have been faster to make, but it does feel far smaller than the final Cenote. This area is the 'governmental area', which has the elevator and entrance to Center Sanctuary.</l>
	<l pic="KT">This area was supposed to be a little garden or restaurant plaza. I've seen the sketches, and they are cute. Perhaps I could have enjoyed pizza in New Theland!</l>
	<l pic="KT">Before the outer road in Cenote, there was this lowered road that wrapped around the city. You could use this to access the sectors of the city! There were residential areas and the like planned.</l>
	<l pic="KT">Whenever I feel sad, I come here to feel empty. Augh, that was dark... um... this is the 2nd version of Cenote. S made this based on M's concept art. There isn't much here but you can feel the general structure. I am fond of the central roundabout thing that was going to lead to Center Sanctuary.</l>
	<l pic="KT">Apparently M and S had trouble figuring out how to make the elevator work. Eventually they just decided to only make an elevator platform, and not even sweat the details of it going to Center Sanctuary. Easy!</l>
	<l pic="KT">You can't climb up here, but this was presumably a prototype for some kind of building climbing challenge!</l>
	<l pic="KT">Starting to look familiar, eh? I don't really know when or why M decided to move on to the final version, but this old version with the rough areas of Cenote is here for you to explore. As you can see, the central elevator and parks were still yet to be roughed out. There are pillar supports running from the ground to the ceiling, too, which were removed, and even various structures built over the road.</l>
	<l pic="KT">(By the way. There are no other Metainfo points here.)</l>
	<l>Maryshaw Keytawny: You made it!! To. The. Last. Unzone!!! Congrats! My life has meaning. Um... this area is a bit hard to explain. Uh... this is what S calls a "teleport" zone. When S needed to get somewhere in New Theland fast, S could use this room and step on an icon to warp there instantly. Very convenient, I hear. But, none of the warps have been enabled here, for your safety.</l>
	<l>Maryshaw Keytawny: I'm not going to bother explaining what goes where exactly, but maybe you can guess. The "3" stands for "3D"... there's one room for the Outer Sands, one for Blue Vale, one for CCC, one for <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]>, and another for Zera and Albumen Shore.</l>
	<l>Maryshaw Keytawny: S needed to make sure the Nano Assassins grew in difficulty correctly, so S made these testing rooms. Uh... thanks for reading all my info! Hehe... I really appreciate it.</l>
	<l pic="KT">S tested platforming, cameras, and even going from 3D to 2D here! But none of the area transitions work. What a cozy and quiet area. It reminds me of book stacks in libraries.</l>
	<l pic="KT">Did you know everything in New Theland is made of "purple cubes?" Haha, not really. But those purple cubes are what uh... well, just go walk into one.</l>
	<l pic="KT">A lot of the structures here were S playing around with architecture and level style ideas. The far far place in the distance was a mockup for Blue Vale West, and even contains an art gallery by M at the top!</l>
	<l pic="KT">Here's the "grey box" version of the Albumen Shore that S made based on some M layout sketches. For later 3D areas, it turned out to be faster for M to make most of the 3D areas either by herself or with some concept sketches from S, rather than go from a mockup to a real version. Anyways, regarding the Albumen Shore, before this there was a white sand version, but it was lost. I heard S still has pictures, though.</l>
	<l pic="KT">This is an old version of Blue Vale West that S made. It used to have old terrain as well, but it was changed in place to be used in the real New Theland.</l>
	<l pic="KT">True fans, like yours truly, remember this!! Oops it didn't make it into the real New Theland, ha ha! This was basically an 'art test'. Very very early. Like. June 2018. What's June? What's 2018? Umm...</l>
	<l>Maryshaw Keytawny: M made this old version of the Yolk areas a while ago! Much different and more play-ground-y. You may also notice the old versions of Nova's 2D art to the right, as well as the fact the tiles here are made with 16 pixels vs. the 8 pixels most of the tiles use!</l>
	<l pic="KT">This area was only used in a "trailer" and not in the final game. It is old! But this was what the place Nova comes out of her egg was based on. The area changed a lot, but the idea of Nova emerging from an egg didn't really change.</l>
	<l>Maryshaw Keytawny: Welcome to Olddust Village! Haha, I made that name. This is an old version of <![CDATA[<color=#90f3c0>]]>Dustbound<![CDATA[</color>]]> Village.</l>
	<l pic="KT">Here's an old version of Blue Vale. You may recognize this from old promotional materials! Oh-ho.</l>
	<l pic="KT">This was the first prototype area that S made. Actually it used to have this gaudy orange ground texture. Behind you were some buildings used for testing out the scale of architecture. In the distance was a mountain, on top was another tiny house that said "Young's Mountain Vacation Home," or something. Also, S tested out this 'ball shooting gameplay' in 3D where you were able to fire spheres at targets... umm... never mind.</l>
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	<l>Gl-gloop... w-who are you? You're not from The Land! It's not safe here! There's dust everywhere... gloop! A lot of the others followed Sage through that portal, but I haven't seen them since... I hope they're okay!! Sage seemed mad. A lot of the others went with Mitra, though! </l>
	<l>Buy! Buy buy buy buy buy buy... buy... wwhooo stole my vacuum?? Who stole it?? You! Thief!!! Return it at once!! I see its etchings, I know that vacuum!!!</l>
	<l>Unfortunately, this bag doesn't contain Metacoins.</l>
	<l>Nova hears a strange sound resembling a warp portal from inside the home. However, the door has been moved, so there is no way in.</l>
	<l>The rock reads: "Other residents of The Land. It's your friend Mitra here! You should get out while you still can before it's too late... Wares and I are leaving. Anyone who wants to come with should get my attention soon. We will leave through the rift I opened inside my home. We don't know when Sage might swap something important with that dangerous vacuum, so it's important to leave quickly."</l>
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	<l>This way to Sage's exit portal!</l>
	<l>The words on the sign are faded. It is unsurprising, as the path beyond is completely torn up and destroyed, with nothing but a dust-consumed dark void remaining.</l>
	<l>Nova checks the chest, but whatever was there is gone. </l>
	<l>Words are scratched into the rock. "Goodbye, Young. Goodbye, Briar. Again... you did adequately. But in the time since you've swam away, The Land has begun to decay. Perhaps you were the one keeping this world together. Does this mean we're not needed, that we're not important to you? Many other residents seem to not care, as if they can't see the problems. Only that Mitra notices, but I can't imagine we could ever cooperate. I am going to find a way out of The Land, Young. Beginning with that Swap tool you left behind..."</l>
	<l>The words on the rock are scratched out.</l>
	<l>The rock says "your friends love you!"</l>
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	<l>[FADE]</l>
	<l>Nova exits from a textureless tunnel. Behind her, debris floats in the air. The tunnel appears to have been excavated, somehow, from empty space.</l>
	<l>In this expanse, nothing you see will change Nova's life or story. She is merely your way to get around.</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>Suddenly, Producer Tani appears.</l>
	<l>"Sorry, but if I could break the fourth wall for a second..."</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>"What I mean is: Nova's canon story in Anodyne 2 does not involve her warping out of the Nexus and coming here. However, what you find here IS canon to the origin of Anodyne 2, and, well... you'll see!"</l>
	<l>[CLEAR]</l>
	<l>(Also... something new has appeared in the Metashop.)</l>
	<l>[FADEOFF]</l>
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	<l>The End</l>
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