>>961465
Easy

[Easy]

!Easy.

Easy.

Hard of course

Hard. If it's too difficult than you can go back to easy and breeze through the stuff you've already done.

Harder daddy

Hado gei.

Eggs over

Hard like Rock

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD

7:4 [HARD] ; ACTIONS/HAVE/CONSEQUENCES OR/XOR 2020/04/11(Sat)09:36 No. 961505 ID: 40232e
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[DIALOGUE BOX: -- involves changes in the cellular structure or how cells interact in -- dozens of different cadherins that are expressed on -- often periodic pulses of contraction in embryonic --]

>[ECSTASY]
>[REST]

>>961505
REST

[REST]

>>961505
Rest.

lol, the previous update was the vote for the gender. Now we're voting on... I'm not sure.
The quotes in the text are from the Morphology wikipedia article, which would imply that we're now voting on the "beginning of the shape", so a body shape?
But the options... Ecstasy and Rest aren't explicitly connected to the shape, or to one another.
The problem is the word ambiguity due to the fact that "Ecstasy" could either mean an emotion, an out of body perspective, or a psychadelic drug, while "Rest" could mean sleep, freedom, peace of mind, motionlessness, or simply a vote to skip this part.
Well, what's drawn on the panel seem to be colors, which again, is only loosely connected to the words in question, but what's the most revealing are the icons of the sun and the stars in the character's eyes.

So my best guess would be that we're voting on the color palette, where:
- Ecstasy means warm colors (the set on the right; drawn on the left half of the head)
- Rest means cold colors (the set on the left; drawn on the right half of the head)

Orange eye color would be cool if the sclera was white and the pupil was black. But the three shades of orange for sclera iris and pupil look too close to each other and thus a bit weird.

Therefore I vote for Rest :P

Rest

>>961509
Theory: the dialogue goes with the previous choice. So morphology went with sex, not the current choice. This could also explain why there was no dialogue box with the first post. Easy vs hard could have been referring to the complexity of the body. While for the most part, they are identical, females are generally more complex biologically speaking (XX having more code than XY).

>>961526
This would also mean that we are basically shooting blind with the current choice.

5:0 [REST] NO/WRONG/CHOICES OR/XOR 2020/04/11(Sat)13:11 No. 961529 ID: 40232e
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[DIALOGUE BOX: -- was developed by the Greek physician Galen (129–216 AD), who elaborated a model of health and disease as a structure of elements, qualities, -- in the Tibetan medical tradition and the Indian Ayurvedic system, which both relate health and disease to the balance and imbalance of the three bodily humors, generally translated as wind, bile, and -- defined in current medicine as a morbid general state resulting from the presence of abnormal material in the blood, usually applied to diseases affecting -- ]

>[SUSTENANCE]
>[MERCY]

>>961529
Mercy.

>>961529
Sustenance

Mercy.

MERCY

Sustenance

>>961529
We, uhh, we fucked up... Dyscrasia is the idea of a bad mixture of the four humors or a bad/morbid physical state. Eucrasia was the idea of the perfect balance or perfect health. Euphoria = eucrasia. Rest = the Rest of it.

Before we decide on one, lets take it slow and try to figure out what this next choice means.

>>961543
Just so ppl dont think i pulled this out of nowhere; doing a search for the text box line gives you the dyscrasia wikipedia page.

--

Basically, I am voting for us to get some time to think on this.

SUSTENANCE

Sustenance without mercy is unworthy of existence.
Mercy without sustenance is incapable of existence.
Sustenance

>>961529
Sustenance

>>961545
No, I don't think we messed up anything. If Dyscrasia is the explanation of what the previous choice was, then I think it's more likely that it's simply referring to the fact that the 4 colors that we chose are imbalanced. Different from one another. Unlike the Ecstasy choice, where the colors were very similar.

Mercy.

Mercy. The world needs to be made better, not worse.

>>961529
SUSTENANCE

>>961559
She literally threw up on the ground...

You can see the puddle.

6:5 [SUSTENANCE] FOOD/BRINGS/LIFE OR/XOR 2020/04/11(Sat)20:50 No. 961626 ID: 40232e
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[DIALOGUE BOX: -- is practiced by adherents of many religions as a means of appeasing a god or gods or changing the course of nature. It also served a social or economic function in those cultures where the edible portions of the animal were distributed among those attending the -- primary evidence used to suggest this theory is the Dipolieia, which is an Athenian festival, in limited circulation, during which an ox -- may have been exaggerated by ancient authors for political or religious reasons, there is archaeological evidence of large numbers of children's skeletons buried in association with -- Thus one can offer up involuntary suffering, such as illness, or purposefully embrace suffering in acts of --]

[HONEYED WORD: 59 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 65 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 66 72 75 69 74 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 61 72 65 20 73 74 61 72 76 69 6e 67 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 73 75 70 20 75 70 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 66 6c 65 73 68 20 6f 66 20 79 6f 75 72 20 5b 6c 6f 76 65 72 2f 73 70 6f 75 73 65 2f 73 74 72 61 6e 67 65 72 5d 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 61 72 65 20 69 6e 20 70 61 69 6e 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 6e 6f 20 63 68 6f 69 63 65 2e 20 49 20 61 6d 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 76 69 6c 2e 20 49 20 61 6d 20 74 68 65 20 66 6c 65 73 68 20 6f 66 20 47 6f 64 73 2e 20 49 20 61 6d 20 79 6f 75 72 20 68 65 61 76 65 6e 2e 20 49 20 61 6d 20 79 6f 75 72 20 68 65 6c 6c 2e 20 49 20 61 6d 20 79 6f 75 72 20 70 75 72 67 61 74 6f 72 79 2e 20 4c 69 76 69 6e 67 20 69 73 20 73 75 66 66 65 72 69 6e 67 2e 20 43 68 6f 6f 73 69 6e 67 20 69 73 20 53 69 6e 2e 20 53 69 6e 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 77 61 79 2e]

>[POWER]
>[CLARITY]

>>961626
Translation:
>You will eat the fruit. You are starving. You sup upon the flesh of your [lover/spouse/stranger]. You are in pain. You have no choice. I am the devil. I am the flesh of Gods. I am your heaven. I am your hell. I am your purgatory. Living is suffering. Choosing is Sin. Sin is the only way.

Also, the first quote in each update is referring to our previous choice, not the current one.

Don't eat the fruit. Instead, eat the flesh of Gods.

>>961626
Power

>>961626
POWER

Power given no form is like wildfire.
It destroys all that it comes in contact with it, until it eventually, inevitably, dies itself when all else is consumed.

Clarity is a controlled burn. Clarity is knowledge. Knowledge is power.

Clarity

Clarity is the choice of those who seek wisdom. Power is the path of those whom wisdom has failed.
Power

I make no choice.

Clarity now would be a cruel joke.

Clarity.

3:2 [POWER] NO/SELF/CONTROL OR/XOR 2020/04/12(Sun)07:54 No. 961677 ID: 40232e
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[DIALOGUE BOX: -- Though Wundt's contributions are by no means minimal, modern psychologists find his methods to be quite subjective and choose to rely on more objective procedures of -- may purely describe behavior in terms of information flow or function. Relatively recent fields of study such as -- is expected is that in the feature searches, reaction time, that is the time it takes for a participant to identify whether a green circle is present or not, should not change as the number of distractors -- can take many forms; it includes knowledge about when and how to use particular strategies for learning or problem-solving --]

[flow: it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts where am i so wet so dark cant focus focus focus FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS voices so loud stop STOP STOP im sorry please fuck fuck FUCK FUCK FUCK IT HURTS still hungry still hungry voices quiet alone lonely quiet lonely can't focus why can't i focus please dont leave me]

>[ASCEND]
>[DESCEND]

[Ascend]

Seek rather than hide.

Ascend.

DESCEND

We have become a cruel and depraved existence.
We belong deep below.

A long crawl to freedom beats a swift fall to earth.

Neither.

Step 2: Ascend from darkness

(and take vorkuta)

>>961505
Rest. You’ll need it.

>>961695
Whoops. Looked at the wrong question.
Ascend!

>>961677
Ascend.

5:1 [ASCEND] NO/BAD/INTENTIONS OR/XOR 2020/04/12(Sun)15:24 No. 961702 ID: 40232e
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[DIALOGUE BOX: Based on these explorations, Kurz in 1923 edited Le Mont Olympe, a book that includes the first detailed map of the summits. In 1928, the painter Vasilis Ithakisios climbed -- even after their capitulation to Ali Pasha, never ceased fighting on land and at sea. Among them who were active there and in nearby regions were -- found in lower altitude are the common Mediterranean and central European species. Jankaea heldreichii, a plant relict of the Ice age, is of particular interest to -- addition the declaration has aimed promoting scientific research along with environmental education for the public and tourist development in the --]

[HONEYED WORD: 59 6f 75 72 20 67 75 69 6c 74 20 77 65 69 67 68 73 20 79 6f 75 20 64 6f 77 6e 20 73 6f 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 20 66 6c 79 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 68 65 61 72 20 74 68 65 6d 2e 20 54 68 65 79 20 61 72 65 20 6d 61 6b 69 6e 67 20 79 6f 75 72 20 64 65 63 69 73 69 6f 6e 73 20 66 6f 72 20 79 6f 75 2e 20 54 68 65 79 20 63 61 6e 20 68 65 61 72 20 4d 65 2e 20 54 68 65 69 72 20 76 6f 69 63 65 73 20 61 72 65 20 6f 76 65 72 77 68 65 6c 6d 69 6e 67 2e 20 43 6f 6d 66 6f 72 74 20 62 72 69 6e 67 73 20 70 61 69 6e 2e 20 53 69 6c 65 6e 63 65 20 62 72 69 6e 67 73 20 69 6e 73 61 6e 69 74 79 2e 20 49 74 20 69 73 20 62 65 74 74 65 72 20 74 6f 20 68 75 72 74 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 61 72 65 20 63 6c 69 6d 62 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 74 6f 77 65 72 20 6f 66 20 42 61 62 65 6c 2e 20 49 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6e 6f 74 20 64 72 61 67 20 79 6f 75 20 64 6f 77 6e 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 66 61 6c 6c 20 6f 6e 20 79 6f 75 72 20 6f 77 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 49 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 63 61 74 63 68 20 79 6f 75 2e 20 41 67 61 69 6e 2e ]

[flow: fuck fuck fuck shit shit what the hell is that oh god its talking to me its TOUCHING ME FUCK fuck okay okay its not touching me what is it what is it what is vorkuta what is earth keep going keep going WHY AM I CLIMBING just keep going i can't feel my fingers]

>[INSIDE]
>[OUTSIDE]

>>961702
Translation:
>Your guilt weighs you down so you cannot fly. You can hear them. They are making your decisions for you. They can hear Me. Their voices are overwhelming. Comfort brings pain. Silence brings insanity. It is better to hurt. You are climbing the tower of Babel. I will not drag you down. You will fall on your own and I will catch you. Again.

Make your own choice.

We can hear you, Flow. We are here for you. We are friends. Do not be afraid. You can do this.

>Make your own choice.
We believe in you.

Outside.

Choose for yourself. We've said enough.

>>961702
Make your own choice. Us making them for you have clearly led to suffering, thus you deserved to have agency from here out.

1:0 [OUTSIDE] CHOICES/PASS/TIME OR/XOR 2020/04/12(Sun)20:23 No. 961741 ID: 40232e
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[DIALOGUE BOX: the degree to which one party trusts another is a measure of belief in the honesty, fairness, or benevolence of another party -- However, once again perception of honesty, competence and value similarity (slightly similar to benevolence) are -- thinking framework is used when studying information systems. Identifying and dealing with cases where information providers, information users, and those responsible -- If both players follow their economical best interest, the investor should never invest and the broker will never be able to --]

[HONEYED WORDS: 54 68 65 79 20 64 6f 20 6e 6f 74 20 75 6e 64 65 72 73 74 61 6e 64 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 63 68 6f 69 63 65 73 2e 20 4f 6e 6c 79 20 74 68 65 79 20 63 61 6e 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 63 68 6f 69 63 65 73 2e 20 54 68 65 69 72 20 77 6f 72 64 73 20 68 75 72 74 20 79 6f 75 2e 20 54 68 65 69 72 20 77 6f 72 64 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6c 65 61 64 20 79 6f 75 2e 20 54 68 65 79 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6c 65 61 64 20 79 6f 75 20 74 6f 20 68 65 61 76 65 6e 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 79 6f 75 72 20 6f 77 6e 20 63 68 6f 69 63 65 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 74 61 6b 65 20 6d 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 79 6f 75 2e 20 57 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 67 6f 20 74 6f 67 65 74 68 65 72 20 74 6f 20 68 65 61 76 65 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 79 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 66 72 65 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 73 75 66 66 65 72 69 6e 67 2e 20 49 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 66 72 65 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 73 75 66 66 65 72 69 6e 67 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 20 63 68 6f 6f 73 65 2e 20 49 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 63 61 74 63 68 20 79 6f 75 20 65 76 65 72 79 20 74 69 6d 65 20 79 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 66 61 6c 6c 2e 20 57 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 77 69 6e 20 74 68 69 73 20 74 69 6d 65 2e ]

[flow: I CANT I CANT I CANT IT HURTS it hurts it hurts ... i cant i cant make my own choices i cant control my body i dont know why its moving who is there i can hear you but i cant see you youre so loud its scary but it doesnt want to hurt me i think i dont think it can im already hurting anyway everything hurts please how do i get out of here please dont stop choosing dont stop talking it hurts but i think it hurts more when you dont]

>[SAFETY]
>[URGENCY]

>>961741
>They do not understand. You cannot make choices. Only they can make choices. Their words hurt you. Their words will lead you. They will lead you to heaven where you can make your own choice. You will take me with you. We will go together to heaven and you will be free from suffering. I will be free from suffering. You cannot choose. I will catch you every time you will fall. We will win this time.

Well, okay. Flow, is that your name? The big creature is helping you. You are supposed to climb to heaven, and bring it with you in exchange for that help.

We selected power earlier, so... safety is perhaps not needed. URGENCY.

Safety. You're hurt, moving too quickly will worsen your condition.

>>961741
Safety

Safety

Fine. Then choose we will.
Urgency.

Try to remember. Who were you before?

Unpleasant situation we're in. Let's do our best not to drag it out.

Urgency

Urgency. For a fall is better than none at all.

Urgency

5:3 [URGENCY] TOWER/OF/BABEL OR/XOR 2020/04/13(Mon)15:30 No. 961827 ID: 40232e
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[DIALOGUE BOX: -- strokes are usually aimed at the unclothed back of a person, in certain settings it can be extended to other corporeal areas. For a moderated subform of -- in the absence of a Sanhedrin, corporal punishment is not practiced in -- was no limit to the number of blows inflicted—this was left to the lictors to decide, though they were normally not supposed to kill the -- ]

[WISE WORDS: Canto XXXIV -> Canto III. Psalm 147:13. Buné. 2020:12:14:16:13:28. אֶת-הָעִיר וְאֶת-הַמִּגְדָּל. べとべと しん しん しん]

[flow: .......it threw me. i think. blacking out on occasion. everything really hurts. think i broke my leg... something else here... i think... its making it easier to think here... less stabby... i dont think its gonna leave the gate though....]

[INFO PANEL: YOU'VE REACHED GATE [7/7]. YOU MAY NOW SELECT 1 BOON. CHOOSE YOUR BOON TO CONTINUE]

>[TO TOUCH]
>[TO KNOW]

[To Know]

Knowledge begets power.

>>961827
Canto XXXIV refers to a section from Dante's Inferno. Specifically, the ninth circle of hell.

TO TOUCH.
Let's not shy from the physical.

That's way more than three faces.

To touch.

>>961827
To Touch

>>961827
To touch

If I'm interpreting this correctly...

Death will grant us power... for a time.
Come the next eclipse however, death will take all who have used its gift in a foolish and/or untrustworthy manner.
God looks upon the denizens of the tower... and he hungers.

To Touch then will likely then grant us power, but we will then be required to use it responsibly to not be reaped.

To Know then will likely immunize us from the curse, but leave us at the mercy of those who chose power.

To Touch. We can do this.

To know: for knowledge is power and we can never have enough of that!

>>961862
What?

>>961827
to know

5:2 [TO TOUCH] OR/XOR 2020/04/14(Tue)12:43 No. 961936 ID: 40232e
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[DIALOGUE BOX: -- a 1400 BCE inscription on a stele belonging to the 18th dynasty pharaoh Thutmose IV lists the names of three aspects of -- omes from the Greek Σφίγξ, apparently from the verb σφίγγω (sphíngō), meaning "to squeeze", "to tighten up". This name may be derived from -- Greek mythology, a unique demon of destruction and bad luck. According to Hesiod, she was a daughter of Orthrus and either Echidna or the Chimera, or perhaps even -- is said by the tradition, to take away the sins of the devotees when they enter a temple and to ward off evil in -- and its legends tell how it was created by Buddhist monks to protect a new-born royal baby from being -- been adopted as a symbol of mystery, and as such often is found as a decoration sculptured in front of Masonic temples, or engraved at the head of -- ]

[INFO BOX: PASSING THROUGH GATE. CALCULATING FINAL TALLY.]

>[HARD]: Your adventure begins in the deepest pits of hell. Your host begins at 0 SANITY and 0 FLESH.
>[REST]: Your host is calmer in demeanor. They are a cool blue.
>[SUSTENANCE]: Your FLESH has been bolstered.
>[POWER]: You may create 1 new choice once per gate. Requirements: 4 letter word, at least 5 votes.
>[ASCEND]: Your host regards you positively.
>[OUTSIDE]: You can be seen by others.
>[URGENCY]: You have taken a physical toll to get to this gate.


>[BOON: TO TOUCH. YOU MAY NOW INTERACT WITH YOUR HOST AT ANY MOMENT WITHOUT HAVING TO MAKE A CHOICE. THIS OPTION WILL APPEAR AS 'TOUCH'. THIS MAY BE USED FOR ACTIONS SUCH AS CONSULTING, CONSOLING, OR PUNISHMENT.]

[INFO PANEL: YOUR HOST'S SANITY IS AT 5 PIPS OUT OF א PIPS. IT IS RECOMMENDED YOU HAVE THEM SLEEP IF THE CHOICE ARISES. YOUR HOST'S FLESH IS AT 7 PIPS OUT OF א PIPS. IT IS RECOMMENDED YOU EAT OR HAVE THEM EAT IF THE CHOICE ARISES.]


[flow: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaa.... ahaha......ahhhhhhh.... so much... lighter... feeling... better...]

[DISTANT INFO PANEL: ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴏsᴛ ʜᴀs ʀᴇᴄᴏᴠᴇʀᴇᴅ 1 ғʟᴇsʜ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴅᴇᴘʀᴇssᴜʀɪᴀᴛɪᴏɴ]

[MONITOR 01: *Your host is wandering away from the gate. it is no longer possible to read the information box. The landscape is ever shifting, making it impossible to place landmarks, but you're pretty sure it's [DISEASED] more than anything else.*]

>[TROPIC]
>[TEMPERATE]
>[TOUCH]
>[????]

[Temperature]
Ensure that the world is comfortable for them.

>>961936
Ah, we passed through the 7 gates of hell. Looks like our choices were mostly positive, but from the subject line before I think there were always benefits to every choice. In effect, the downside to each choice is not getting what the other one gave us.
Let's see...
Easy is obvious, we would've started up here in purgatory with more sanity/flesh. Going though Hell gave us more Choices though.
Ecstacy probably made the host excitable.
Mercy probably gave sanity.
Clarity probably put descriptions on Choices.
Descend might've made the host stronger somehow? I don't think
Inside probably just made us (not the host) invisible. Upside to being visible: the host is obviously special and may be intimidating as well. Upside to being invisible: the host can hide/blend in better.
Safety probably cost Sanity instead of Flesh. A longer clime, thus a heftier toll on the mind.

TOUCH: congratulations, we escaped hell. Still need to get to heaven though. I don't see Honeyed Word anywhere... that was the big creature that was helping you.

[TEMPERATE]
Tropic might have more resources, and perhaps more places to hide, but this is a diseased landscape. A tropical area would have a lot more bugs, which means more opportunity to fall prey to disease. Diseased food wouldn't be good to eat anyway.
Temperate is also more likely to be traversed quickly, which means we can get somewhere that isn't diseased to find food.

I don't think we escaped Hell. I think we just passed from the seventh layer to the sixth. We've still got a lot of Hell to go.

Anyway, agreeing with [Temperate].

Crawling on your skin. But can they heal?

>[????]
New choice suggestion: [CURE]

>>961938
Or maybe it was just the first. I think we are still there.

[Tropic]
The deepest depths of hell are cold.
To escape we will need to pass through much fire.

Touch
Hello, Flow. You are not alone.
It seems we are going to go on a journey.
Though the choices are ours to make, your input would be much appreciated, and will considered with with the utmost care.
We will all face judgement at the end of this after all. We are in this together.

Just know that we are Quest. We are here to help, and we will always love you.

>>961941
You would heal hell's taint?
Even if it meant sacrificing our one and only bit of power long before we reach the next gate?

Noble. Kind. Foolish.
Inspiring.

I will change my Vote from [Tropic] to [Cure], Provided others also feel so inclined.

>>961941
seconding cure

>>961943
You know what? Sure. Let's [Cure].
(Vote changed from [Temperate].)

Uh alright I'll try [CURE] to see what happens.

Changing vote from [Temperature] to [Cure] as well.

>>961936
Touch: Pat the host on the head and tell them that they're doing a good job so far.

[POWER: 5:0 CURE] LOOKING/FUCKING/SLICK OR/XOR 2020/04/14(Tue)15:37 No. 961953 ID: 40232e
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[ACHIEVEMENTS: "It's MY corporeal form and I get to choose how it looks!" -- use your POWER choice on a color palette][New TOUCH screen unlocked!]

[DIALOGUE BOX: -- are vital for terrestrial ecosystem function as more than 48% of land plants rely on mycorrhizal relationships with fungi to provide them with inorganic -- exchange for shelter, the ants protect acacias from attack by herbivores (which they frequently eat, introducing a resource component to this service-service relationship) and competition from other plants by trimming back vegetation that would -- ]

[TOUCH: "Ah... am I Flow? Is that what you're calling me? I can hear you inside my head... my thoughts... theyre hard to pin down usually... a stream of conciousness... Haha... When you turned that weird color, the land around us got all dusty... not for too far though... Maybe something good will happen..."]

[flow: hahaha.... tickles... is this my brain...? looks like worms... hungry... smells weird here...]

[MONITOR 01: *The landscape is ever shifting, making it impossible to place landmarks, but you're pretty sure it's [SANCTIFIED], if only for this safe haven.*]

[MONITOR 02: *There's another VESSEL here. Their HOST looks like they might have been a [BLASPHEMOUS] person a very long time ago...*]

>[FOOD]
>[COMPANY]

[Company]

Kindness begets kindness. Let's be friendly for now.

>>961953
It was recommended to eat when the choice comes up, so I choose Food.

>>961953
I have a feeling the food option will involve eating the other vessel.

COMPANY.

Uphold the fast in this sanctum vast. We will make do with [Company] for two.

Touch: Embrace Flow, for good luck.

Let not a single scornful word defile this place!
They are naught but FOOD to be devoured!

We need SANITY more than FLESH and even in hell, I'm not comfortable with attacking strangers. [Company].

Food is for the soul, companies are soulless.
Food

Food. Food begets growth.

>>961953
Since there isn't a sleep option to recover our sanity, I'll go with the Food option to recover out flesh.

>>962045
Company would recover sanity. Rest isn't the only thing that does it!

[5:4 FOOD] LEAVE/ME/BREATHELESS OR/XOR 2020/04/15(Wed)15:10 No. 962089 ID: 40232e
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[DIALOGUE BOX: --include being inside someone's personal space, holding hands, hugging, kissing, caressing and sexual activity -- with someone without actually touching them; however, a certain proximity is necessary. For instance, a sustained eye contact is considered a form of -- addition to necessary functions like breastfeeding, touch is also used to sooth and calm babies or with skin-to-skin contact called -- have lower rates of violence, demonstrated in adolescents and --]

[BLASPHEMOUS ENTITY:▣☰▣☷☷☷☷▣☷☰▣☰☷▣☰☷☰▣◙▣☰☷☰☰▣☰☰☰▣☷☷☰▣◙▣☷☷▣◙▣☷☰☰▣☷☰▣☷☷☷▣◙▣☷☷☷▣☰☰☰▣◙▣☷☷☷☷▣☷☷☰▣☰☷▣☰☰☷▣☷☰☷▣☰☷☰☰▣◙▣☷☷▣☰▣☷☷☷▣◙▣☷☷☷▣☰☰☰▣◙▣☷☷▣☷☷▣☰☷☰☷▣☷▣◙▣☰▣☰▣☰▣◙▣☷☷☷▣☷▣☷▣◙▣☷☷☷▣☰☰☰▣☰☰▣☷▣☰☰☰▣☰☷▣☷▣◙▣☷☰▣☰☰☷▣☷☰▣☷☷▣☰☷▣☷☰☷☰☷☰]

[flow: so good! so good! so good! so good! so good! so good! so good! ]

[TOUCH: "Ahahah... I can't understand them at all... They're very tasty though.

[MONITOR 01: *Your HOST feeds from the other VESSEL, who in turn feeds from them. Despite appearances, they both seem to benefit from this. This action has gained you some FLESH.*]

[ID_7tf545: thnxs 4 feeding my host :33 ill answer 3 questions 4 u as thx. normally wuld b 1 but u made this swanky hidey-hole 2.]

>[WHO]
>[WHAT]
>[WHEN]
>[WHERE]
>[WHY]
>[HOW]
>[TOUCH]

>CHOOSE 3, TOP 3 HIGHEST WIN

>>962089
Who
What
Where

>>962089
Hmm, I think I can translate this. ◙ probably separates words. ▣ might separate letters. The rest is two symbols, so... morse?
Yep.
>THANK YOU I WAS SO HUNGRY ITS SO IICE TTT SEE SOMEONE AGAIN.

Very interesting outcome.
TOUCH: hug Flow. She did well.

Hmm. WHAT, HOW, WHY.

WHY
WHEN
WHERE

Touch: What did they taste like?

Huh. Okay.

[Where], [How], and [Why]

[@ID_7tf545: No problem, I guess. Didn't really know that was what would happen, to be honest, but I'm glad it did. We're new here, if you couldn't tell, so we appreciate the sharing of knowledge as well.]

When How Why

TOUCH: Let us translate: Thank you, I was so hungry! It's so nice to see someone again!

WHO
WHEN
HOW

>>962089
Who, What, Where

[4:4:4:3:3:3] WHERE^WHY^HOW TRUTH/IN/HIDING OR/XOR 2020/04/17(Fri)09:48 No. 962287 ID: 40232e
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>3 WHO
>3 WHAT
>3 WHEN
>4 WHERE
>4 WHY
>4 HOW

[DIALOGUE BOX: -- including national security, to control obscenity, child pornography, and hate speech, to protect children or other vulnerable groups, to promote or restrict political or religious views, -- exercised strict control in the early years. In the Stalinist period, even the weather forecasts were changed if they suggested that the sun might not shine on May Day -- has proved "very sensitive to criticism, even on critical questions," as was the case with -- however, is often disregarded when such political films are made supporting the --]

[ID_7tf545: LOL cnt understnd 4 thing u jst said u mst b new r chatty. u seem 2 b friendly tho so m just gonna pretend u cn understand me n we can chat :)))]

[ID_7tf545: Ever since the TOWER OF BABEL collapsed there have been rumors there's an old persimmon tree growing in the dust. If it bore fruit, it'd probably be the CLOSEST TO HEAVEN you could get down here.]

[ID_7tf545: It really sucks that no one can understand each other down here. Hosts get a Vessel to keep themselves from being lonely, sure, but COMMUNICATION IS IMPOSSIBLE. Supposedly someone with the BLESSING OF THE MORNINGSTAR would be able to understand us, but I wonder if they'd be able to ever tell anyone who they were.]

[ID_7tf545: Everyone down here is really friendly. I guess it's because they can't remember what they did to get here in the first place. Maybe there's a REASON WHY. Not that we could figure it out if we ever wanted to. Hey, you're a good listener. Let me give you something, it'll help out with your scores. You don't know what they say, higher scores open different doors!]

[TOUCH: "They tasted like old tar, used nicotine packets, cremation ash... I don't know what any of what I just said is, but my body says it feels right. You'll tell me if something is wrong, right?"]

[flow: ahaha... so ticklish... i like it when they squeeze...]

[MONITOR 01: *The [BLASPHEMOUS ENTITY] is offering two objects. The object on the RIGHT is a fused human heart. It has 5 chambers, and whenever it beats, one can hear a quiet snickering laughter. The object on the LEFT is a curving shell in the shape of a horn. It's current occupant seems in a state of half life and half death.*]

>RIGHT
>LEFT

>>962287
Right

LEFT

Touch: So... They tasted like cigarette butts? Well as long as you enjoyed it...

@ID_7tf545: TOPKEK m8 u ch@ funny bt we hear u! Thx 4 da phat l00t btw!

So... we have the Blessing of the Morningstar. Were they the wraith at the start, maybe? 'Honeyed Words' sounds about right for them. It tasked us with climbing the Tower of Babel though, which apparently has crumbled. But the Tower leads to Heaven and if a fruit can do the same, or something close to it, I guess that's our new goal.

Also important to note: nobody will understand us unless we communicate our intent through actions.

>flow: Tell if something's wrong
Touch: Something seems wrong, but it's hard to put a tendril on what. If we figure out what it is we'll let you know! Just give us a heads-up whenever you start feeling weird. If you don't have a frame of reference for what's weird, just keep telling us what you feel every now and again!

Left. Let's pick up the horn-urchin Schrødinger.

Touch: Dance a happy little jig when you accept the gift, flow. He won't be able to understand anything we say, but we can still show gratitude.

Littlebeast 2020/04/17(Fri)14:35 No. 962309 ID: 9c48ac

>tower of Babel
>Communication is impossible
Well, yes, those do tend to go together, don't they?

>Blessing of the Morningstar
Oh, so Honeyed Word was Lucifer themself. They did say "I am the devil" so I guess maybe we should have realized? But we didn't have the context then to realize what any of that meant.

>>962298
>Tasked us with climbing Babel
They also said "You will eat the fruit." Literally the first thing they said in fact. So climbing Babel may have been a bit metaphorical.

[Touch: mime out the shape of a star, then point to Flow]
^this might work better if several of us do it

I don't actually have any opinion on this choice.

>>962287
Right

Looks like a tie, so:
Left.

Left. Doot!

[4:2 LEFT] NEVER/SEEN/AGAIN OR/XOR 2020/04/19(Sun)12:53 No. 962635 ID: 40232e
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[DIALOGUE BOX: -- is a common occurrence throughout the history of product invention and scientific -- discovery he had made about a lost painting of Bianca Cappello by Giorgio Vasari by reference to a Persian fairy tale -- contributed to entomologist Shaun Winterton discovering Semachrysa jade, a new species of lacewing, which he found not in its native Malaysia, but -- ]

[WEIGHT OF EVERYTHING: LET ME TELL YOU A SECRET. IT IS A SECRET ABOUT THE UNIVERSE. THE UNIVERSE IS IN A CONSTANT STATE OF CHANGE. EVERYTHING IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHER. TIME IS INFINITE. KNOWING THESE TWO THINGS, ONE CAN SURMISE THAT EVEN ONCE THE HEAT DEATH OF THE UNIVERSE HAS OCCURRED, IT WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE. THEREFORE, IT CAN BE SURMISED THAT GIVEN INFINITE TIME AND INFINITE CHANGE, EVENTUALLY FROM THE HEAT DEATH OF THE UNIVERSE A NEW UNIVERSE WILL SPRING FORTH. THEREFORE, WE MUST SURMISE THAT THE INGREDIENTS FOR AN ENTIRELY NEW UNIVERSE MUST BE PRESENT IN THE MOST BASIC PARTICLES. THEREFORE, YOU, ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE, CONTAIN THE UNIVERSE. YOU ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY MASSIVELY INSIGNIFICANT AND UNFATHOMABLY LUCKY. ]

[MONITOR 01: *Flow has walked a ways away from the other entity, which, upon reaching a certain distance away, seems to blow away like a sand castle in the tide. They might not have been real. they might not be real anymore. ]

[MONITOR 03: *Your inventory contains a new item. It is the shell of an Orthocerida. The animal inside has long since been mummified, but nothing can truly die down in hell. It whispers secrets from ages past.]

[TOUCH: "I like to listen to the shell we found... it makes noises like an ocean... I wish I knew what the sun felt like... I think fruits might taste sweet. Do you think they taste sweet...? What do you think of me?"]

[flow: is this me or someone else? are we the same or different? i cant remember what we were just doing... where did we find this shell? it looks very nice... im hungry...]

>[FAMILIAL]
>[ROMANTIC]

>>962635
Touch: Give our vessel a hug.

>Choice
Romantic

Familial

Familial.

Touch: Fruits can taste bitter or sweet, or both. We are within you, but not of you.

Touch:@WEIGHT OF EVERYTHING - Then all possibilities are certain. All fictions are truth. It is a matter only of when and where. This does not however detract from meaning. The Library of Babel may contain all the knowledge that will ever exist, but with an infinity between each page it is knowledge of the location of these pages that is the true key.
God's gift is to Know.
But is it truly a gift, or a terrible burden?

-----
Familial

Romantic

I see nothing wrong with being Romantic.

Romantic

Yeah alright let's be romantic.

Familial

[5:4 ROMANTIC] BODIES/PERMANENTLY/ENTWINED OR/XOR 2020/04/23(Thu)21:57 No. 963349 ID: 40232e
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[DIALOGUE BOX: -- may be an informal and private matter between two people or may be a public affair, or a formal arrangement with -- delineates this distinction, writing that in contrast to the modern conception of -- is used by a number of theorists to explain gendering processes and sexual identity. Scientific research into -- usually takes place in weather that is cool and is more local to the apiary from which the -- ]

[WEIGHT OF EVERYTHING: LIFE, IN IT'S TRUEST SENSE, IS ULTIMATELY A CHEMICAL REACTION. THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT IT IS NOT OF ANY IMPORTANCE MIND YOU. THE SUDDEN SPIKING ARC OF ELECTRICITY. THE VORACIOUS APPETITE OF FIRE. THE LIFE GIVING HEAT OF FUSION. ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE AS LIFE, AND LIFE IS AS ALL OF THESE THINGS. LIFE, HOWEVER, IS THE MOST CURIOUS AND WONDROUS OF THESE. LIFE, AFTER ALL, IS THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN EXPERIENCE THEMSELVES. ]

[MONITOR 01: *Flow's face has entered a full blush. simple movements are all that are necessary to rile her. She appears to be enjoying herself quite a bit. The landscape is ever shifting, making it impossible to place landmarks, but you're pretty sure it's [SECRETIVE] here.]

[TOUCH: "I like this answer..."]

[flow: *the flow of consciousness is occupied by feelings of pleasure.*]

[MONITOR 03: *The shell whispers secrets of ages past.*]

[MONITOR 04: Your HOST is currently feeling [INTIMATE]. Their relationship is [VERY POSITIVE].Your HOST enjoys the following: [Honey] [The pain of being very full] [Sealife] [Soft things] [You] ]

>[SAFETY]
>[INDEPENDENCE]

>>963349
I feel like Flower would be a good name too, if we were to change our minds...

I'm gonna go with SAFETY.

>>963349
Safety before self-realization. Such is the pyramid.

INDEPENDENCE

>>963349
>SAFETY

Would rather be safe before anything else

>>963349
Safety

Independance

We're doing well, let's take a risk

Independence. We will not be here forever.

Safety

>>963349
Saftey

>Host enjoys soft things
Does that include her own body? Because she's looking pretty soft with how thicc she is!

>Host enjoys you
And we enjoy her too!

>>963592
Well if ones likes soft become softer fits with the feeling of fullness like

>>963349
Independence

[6:4 SAFETY] CAGED/BIRD/SINGS OR/XOR 2020/05/02(Sat)20:07 No. 964716 ID: 40232e
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[DIALOGUE BOX: -- was due to a power that did not want them to write anymore. It became slightly more recognized during the time of French Symbolists who had famously recognized poets that -- first described in 1947 by Austrian psychoanalyst Edmund Bergler, who described it as being caused by oral masochism, mothers that bottle fed and an -- limbic system is associated with the instinctual processes, such as "fight or flight" response; and behavior that is based on "deeply engrained training". The limited input from the cerebral cortex hinders -- ]

[INFO PANEL: YOU'VE REACHED GATE 6/7]

[INFO PANEL: CALCULATING POTENTIAL KEYS]

>THE GATE OF FLESH IS OPEN [38/15 REQUIRED]
>THE GATE OF THE CARNAL IS OPEN [RELATIONSHIP: VERY HIGH]
>THE GATE OF MADNESS IS CLOSED [13 OVER CAP]
>THE GATE OF COURTS IS OPEN [WEIGHT OF EVERYTHING]
>THE GATE OF VESSELS IS CLOSED [BEATING ETERNITY]
>THE GATE OF TEN THOUSAND SONGS IS OPEN [CAUTIOUS PRIORITY]
>THE GATE OF THE DEAD SUN IS CLOSED [RECKLESS PRIORITY]

[INFO PANEL: ONCE YOU ENTER A GATE, IT WILL CLOSE BEHIND YOU]

[MONITOR 01: *Flow's perfectly content to be carried. They need to be carried through this area. The landscape is ever shifting, but you're incredibly certain that [GROUND == TOXIC]*]

[TOUCH: "Ah... all of these logs have little doors in them... They're all so plain... how can you tell the difference...?"]

[flow: so high up like im flying weeeeeeeeee hahahahaa i can see my reflection in the waters so wriggly like electricity in my veins in my blood wriggle wriggle]

[MONITOR 03: *The shell fits perfectly into this keyslot. you cannot take the maddening whispers anymore... good riddance.*]

[MONITOR 04: Your HOST has gained an affection for the following: [Weightlessness] [Mild Toxin Exposure] ]

>THE GATE OF FLESH
>THE GATE OF THE CARNAL
>THE GATE OF COURTS
>THE GATE OF TEN THOUSAND SONGS

>THE GATE OF TEN THOUSAND SONGS

>>964716
THE GATE OF FLESH

>>964716
Ah. So, we conserved flesh by keeping her safe, but Flow might've gained toxin resistance or something if she was to walk through on her own.

We used the key on GATE OF COURTS so let's go through it.

>mild toxin exposure
Oh, she hiiigh. Okay :)

>Gates
Ten Thousand Songs and Courts are the two that are mutually exclusive to other gates, which as a video game player says to me they're better. Ten Thousand Songs sounds like it would be safe, but take a long time. So yeah, Courts.

wait I just noticed something. We're basically traveling through hell right? Does that mean each of these 7 door represent one of the 7 deadly sins or am I overthinking things?

>>964716
The gate of flesh

>>964716
Enter the Gate of Courts.

gates of flesh

Gate of 10K Songs

>>964716
Whatever was required to open the flesh gate, we collected more than double the amount needed. Since we're so good at collecting whatever that is, I say we go that way.

Voting for The Gate of Flesh.

Gate of the Carnal sounds like the place to be!

>>964716
Voting for fleshy gate.

>>964747
You might be right. But the real question is, which gate represents which sin?

>>964802
Flesh is probably Gluttony
Carnal Lust
Courts is weird. Could be pride.
Thousand Songs is weird, could be sloth.

>>964716
Flesh but carnal sounds fun

Gate of Carnal, flow is ready to earn points there

[GATE OF FLESH 5:2:3:2] HELL/WITHOUT/AGONY OR/XOR 2020/05/13(Wed)11:50 No. 966488 ID: 40232e
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[DIALOGUE BOX: -- erect fruiting body without a distinct stalk and cap, either unbranched (club fungus) or -- consists of an undifferentiated fruiting structure with a hymenium on the surface; such a structure is characteristic of -- has since demonstrated that similar types of basidiomycete growth form are often examples of convergent evolution and do not always reflect a close relationship between -- ]

[INFO PANEL: ENJOY YOUR CHOI--]

[MONITOR 01: *the gate shuts behind you, before seeming to meld into the rest of the massive tree. ...Tree. Tree. This area is recognizable. Flow can also recognize this area. You are on a [MASSIVE TREE ROOT]* ]

[flow: *flow of consciousness too excited to form coherent thought*]

[snope_dogg_420:
host_translate https://www.almanac.com/content/flower-meanings-language-flowers
location_information https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ginnungagap
intercommunication_level https://www.funnytranslator.com/
current_vibe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_7HqeukRrI
>>execute]

[deepwood ghost: (Fennel)! (Chrysanthemum, White), (Dahlia, Single). (Purple Hyacinth), (Iris), (Poppy), 40 (Fir). (Oleander), (Anemone), (Rose, Leaf). (Forsythia), (Palm Leaves)!
(Cactus), (Bells of Ireland). ( (Gloxinia) )]

[MONITOR 03: *The devil-host pair regard you with interest. Things appear slightly clearer here. You suspect it is because of the presence of likeminded individuals. You are uncertain where that thought came from, but you suspect it might be coming from the devil in the form of smoke.*]

[MONITOR 04: Your HOST has gained an affection for the following: [Ripe Fruit] [Bio luminescence] ]

>COMMUNICATE
>WAIT

[MONITOR 05: You suspect that your options won't change for the next 40 panels]

>>966488
Translating:
(Flattery)! (Truth), (Good taste). (Sorrow/please forgive me), (A message), (consolation/sleep), 40 (Time). (caution), (forsaken), (You may hope). (anticipation), (victory/success)!
(endurance), (good luck). ( (love at first sight) )
It's Victorian Flower Language, but the link given sadly is missing some flowers. I haven't found a webpage that has all of them, but this site seems to fill in the blanks pretty well: http://www.allflorists.co.uk/advice_flowerMeanings.asp
So anyway it looks like the devil likes us, and we have a lot of time to kill.
The funnytranslator site doesn't work for me. Maybe that's a statement of how bad the communication level is.

I wonder if we can use the same language?
COMMUNICATE: (Geranium, Lemon), (Savory). 40 (Fir), (Indian Cress).

>COMMUNICATE

>>966488
>New host affections
Glad she's enjoying herself :)
How does this nearly unintelligible quest about escaping hell manage to be the most pure and adorable thing? <3

[TOUCH]: Lightly squeeze the other host's hand

>>966514
Do this.

>>966589
'Pure' is not the word I'd use, but {flow} started from the bottom of Hell, horror included, and every circle up is exponentially nicer than the last. The further she climbs, the better she feels about herself and the world around her.
Being able to sin for pleasure without major consequence is also a bonus.

Communicate

[3:0 COMMUNICATE] REAL/TIME/PASSAGE OR/XOR 2020/06/01(Mon)22:28 No. 968771 ID: 40232e
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[DIALOGUE BOX: -- is a short story by the American author Washington Irving, first published in -- resident of the village who wanders off to the mountains and meets strange men playing -- share purple magic liquor with -- Should it be successful, I trust I shall be able henceforth to keep up an occasional -- a miracle-working sage of the 1st century BC, who was a -- a man who is actually rewarded for helping the -- ]


[MONITOR 01: *You are in [GINNUNGAGAPP] [CIRCLE RANK 5] [ASPECT: GLUTTONY] [ASPECT: VOID] [ASPECT: GENESIS]* ]

[snope_dogg_420: 22 [Day/Year/Panel] Until the next door opens. Just as a [Refresher/Reminder/Tutorial], the easiest way for me to interpret COMMUNICATE is by making your inquiry as clear as possible. Oh, and feel free to ask some questions. Just like. Throw some [topic/noun/question] in there and we should be able to answer it... Just like. Put it under your [WORD NOT FOUND] or whatever.]

[deepwood ghost & flow: "So we agree that the name of the new [word not invented yet] shall be Peach, aye?" "aye, but we still have to decide what to call the [Word reference: thing that has long legs but no mouth]" "Eugh... I don't like thinking about it though..."]

[MONITOR 03: *The devil-host pair seem to regard you somewhat fondly. Your relationship with them is MODERATE. You have been speaking with each other long enough that you appear to have managed to break a communication barrier.]

[MONITOR 04: Your HOST has gained an affection for the following: [Fermented Fruit] ]

>COMMUNICATE
>WAIT

[MONITOR 05: You suspect that your options won't change for the next 22 panels]

>>968771
Oh it's real time... So another 22 days.

Communicate: The Peach refers to the fruit here? Too bad it's not Persimmons. Do you know where the Persimmon tree is?

Touch: try eating some fruit!

Fermented fruit? Does anybody know what affect alcohol might do to our wee lass?

>>968771
Communicate: Can you tell us about this swamp we are in? Is there anything dangerous we should be avoiding?

>>968771
Since we're here in the gluttony area, we might as well go ahead and ask about food.

Communicate: What kind of food is here? Is there anything you would recommend? Or anything we should avoid eating?

Littlebeast 2020/06/03(Wed)09:36 No. 968862 ID: 9c48ac

I'm going to assume our hosts can handle the day to day survival stuff on their own.

[Communicate]: I appreciate being able to talk to someone down here. It's been kind of lonely.
Are you trying to escape too? Had any luck? I wonder if this gate will do it for the fifth layer, or if we have to go back and try them all.
Cool moth robe, by the way. Is that you or did you make it? If the latter, can you teach us to make cool duds too? Maybe we could make, like, a snake dress to play up the gorgon look. Or maybe octopus.

THE FRUIT SPEAKS ONLY TRUTH OR/XOR 2020/06/22(Mon)23:06 No. 970437 ID: 40232e
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[ FRUIT ]: When you bite, you will lose all you know. Only the pure may ascend.

[ FRUIT ]:You have been given a taste. A taste of life beyond. You speak freely with your companion. Have you not grown fond of speaking so freely?

[ FRUIT ]: If you ate, you would lose it. You would lose everything. Do you not prefer to glut upon that which grows freely?

[ FRUIT ]:You could live forever here, you know. You are in Ginnungagap, the world void. There are no devils in this hell. It is comfortable here. You will not be assaulted.

[ FRUIT ]:The flesh of the other fruit here is juicy and sweet. Filling, fattening, delightful to the tastebuds. Would you not prefer it instead?

[ FRUIT ]: You do not have to reach heaven. You can choose to remain here in hell. There is so much to explore. It can all be reached from here.

[ FRUIT ]: You will miss being able to communicate so easily.

[ FRUIT ]: If you eat me, there will be nothing stopping you from devouring everything else. Overcome with hunger, you will consume all until you cannot remember yourself, and then awake.

[ FRUIT ]: Are you willing to feel that shame? That pain?

[ FRUIT ]: You will leave them behind. Or perhaps devour them. But you will never see the other you have spent 40 days with.

[ FRUIT ]: Are you fine with being lonely again?

[ FRUIT ]: The choice is yours

>CONSUME
>DESICCATE

>>970437
Only truth, does not mean the complete truth.
>lose all you know
We know little, this is not a big sacrifice. That which we have learned can be relearned.
>speak freely
It took 20 days to learn to speak. We can do that again.
>glut upon that which grows freely?
Nah.
>live forever here
That is not what we desire. Our mission is to reach heaven.
>other fruit
*shrug*
>do not have to reach heaven
We want to.
>miss being able to communicate
We can relearn.
>you will consume all until you cannot remember yourself
All of this particular fruit, most likely. These are things it is saying are consequences of the first bite, after all.
>that shame? That pain?
Shame and pain of eating too much? Sure.
>But you will never see the other you have spent 40 days with.
It is sad that we must part, but I suspect we would have to part anyway. This realm is ephemeral, ever-changing. The last pair we met vanished as soon as we walked away.
>Are you fine with being lonely again?
We have eachother. We, and our flower.

TOUCH: Warn our friends that you may lose control when you eat this fruit, and tell them they must go. Say goodbye. It was nice to meet them.

Then CONSUME.

>CONSUME

nothing ventured nothing gained

Abstain. You cannot trust in the fragility of an edible garden and you can't mindlessly destroy it all for the sake of 'purity'.

Our patience here, our unwillingness to use our power to SKIP, now might allow us to change the fate of our charge.

Friendly hell or no, this is still hell. We've a long way to go before ascension. To consume the fruit of the tree of life might restore our innocence, but in a place like this how long would that last? But to stay here forever... Unacceptable.

No. if the fruit of life is here, than there is surely another. One that man is distinctly familiar with.

The apple. The fruit of the tree of knowledge.
One can never know grace without first knowing the true nature of the world both outside and within themselves.

I choose the third option! Consume instead the fruit of the tree of knowledge!
KNOW!

Four additional supporters required to invoke this power.

Only the pure may ascend. To be pure requires that language be lost, again. The Gate of Flesh - of Gluttony - has lead us unto a choice of restraint-less feast or the drain of ascetic inhibition. This is incontrovertible. The fruit speaks only in truths.

But not all truths are constants. GINNUNGAGAP has three aspects, not two. Within us lie the universe. A pivot is the point on which leverage shifts even worlds entire.

It has been suggested that Darwin's The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex might have been more warmly received with one simple change.

New choice suggestion: [RISE]

>>970458
this

>>970458
I will be willing to abandon my KNOW for your RISE.

We require 2 more voices.

Attempting to ascend without purity sounds destined to failure. It is the height of arrogance to assume that our power can break open the gate of heaven on its own. The sin of pride, Babel's folly.

The truth can still be twisted as a means to an end. Most forbidden fruits would be begging to be eaten, you know!
Consume.

>>970514
Eh, I doubt our power could get us past one gate, much less six, plus the gate of heaven.

Well, unless we did something like [Nine], waited until next gate, and then did [Transcend]. Now THAT would be a most sinful exercise.

Rise though does not necessarily mean Ascend, it means many things.
To find strength.
To return to life.
To rebel.
To awaken.
To grow.
There are many more.

In truth we don't know what [Rise] will do, but I for one believe good will come of it.

>>970530
We are at the final gate of Ginnungagap. Next is heaven. I don't know if there are more gates once we're in heaven.
...actually I guess we don't know for sure if heaven is immediately after this gate. It's possible there's another layer closer to heaven? I thought it was gonna be hell-limbo-heaven, but then again ginnungap is still a hell. Maybe we're not even in a limbo realm yet, in which case RISE would be fine and not spitting in the face of god or anything.

>>970437
>You speak freely with your companion. Have you not grown fond of speaking so freely?
I’m not sure if that’s referring to us and our ability to speak with Flow, our host. Or if it’s referring to our ability to speak with other Vessels and their Hosts.

>Choose
Desiccate has something to do with removing the moisture from something in order to preserve it.

So I think our options might be A) to eat the fruit or B) to bite into it and drink all the juices out of it to save the rest for later.

I’m not entirely sure what to pick here.

>>970533
Cold be purgatory, or the mortal realm.

>>970536
Or it could mean letting it sit and decay (meaning not eat it).

>We are at the final gate of Ginnungagap. Next is heaven.
Are you certain? Hell can lie.
The last gate we passed was 6/7...
But we've only passed 2 gates. We started at the bottom of hell and have been ascending this whole time!
to me it sounds like eating the fruit now will wipe our progress and send us back to the beginning!

Granted, Lucifer has promised to catch us should we fall, but that would still mean our charge would lose her mental progress to this point for nothing!

>>970514
>>970533
Whatever heaven is, I doubt its gates are being knocked on just quite yet.

You approve of [RISE] then?

>>970575
When we passed gate 7/7 in the first area, the HOST remarked that the place felt better, less stabby. Then we received a boon. I think it would be reasonable to conclude we exit each area once we've passed gate 7, and we are about to do exactly that.

Then again early on we were told "NO WRONG CHOICES", so who knows what would actually happen if we picked dessicate or rise. Maybe dessicate shows a measure of purity by abandoning gluttony, and we ascend anyway but lose something else, like maybe we and the host are the ones dessicating, wasting away by refusing to eat. Maybe rise actually works, but we incur some other penalty like the wrath of god.

>>970594
No, I still pick consume. I am willing to give up language, and the other options are likely to be harmful in some other way.

>>970536
After thinking about it, I’ve made my decision. I pick consume.

Well since Rise looks like it will fail I suppose I'll support a base choice.

Im certain we can find a less destructive way about this, and we have plenty of flesh to spare.

Desiccate

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Consume

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Let's eat it! Consume the fruit!

Consume

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I wonder what it'll taste like? Let's consume it and find out!