Lucidstuck I

Your name shall be Pangea!

and here's an epic meme

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Euterpe: "delight" in Greek, the Muse of music and song
Polyhymnia: "one of many hymns", the Muse of hymns and sacred poetry
Echo: "Echo", cursed by Hera to only be able to repeat what others say after she helped Zeus get laid
Semele: Tricked by Hera into getting herself killed after she slept with Zeus

Sarah? Always been my favorite female name.

Also, if it somehow is male, it needs to be named Pengu, for my favorite penguin related cartoon growing up.

> Magnolia.

It was literally the first name that popped into my mind after reading the update.

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Emily: ...Piper!
Piper: .....
Piper: I like that name! Make way!
Emily: Ahh!!

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Piper: Whew... I hope I didn't startle you...
Emily: I'm... okay.
Piper: Good!
Piper: I have some insight for you. Something useful as the priestess of affliction.
Emily: Huh?
Piper: You know that ocean you keep waking up in? That's the "dump" of "this world".
Piper: All the painful memories and muck-ups you and your friends had while trying to save "him" have been building up in this place forming a dump.
Emily: ......
Piper: Only you can access it. You and another person, it seems. Even now, we're in one of the garbled up memories.
Emily: Why me?
Piper: Well you deal with people's pain.
Piper: Someone needs your help, so you've been pointed in the direction that'll make you more useful.
Emily: How... do you know all this?
Piper: Because you do, silly goose!
Piper: You and I are starting to realize things aren't as they seem.
Piper: In time, when we help everyone here, you'll have to fight.
Emily: But...
Piper: I know, I know. It's scary.
Piper: But with me, you won't have to do anything.
Piper: Think of me as... A friend, a bodyguard and a great big piece of you.
Emily: Alright...
Piper: So, what do you think?
Emily: I think... You're quite peculiar.
Piper: Ha, well fine by me. I hope you don't mind if my peculiarity tags along with you?
Emily: Oh, sure!
Piper: Brilliant.

Piper the pangolin has joined your party!

level 1

Str: 75
Int: 30
Dex: 40
Vit: 100

Piper has a long sticky tongue she can use for hilarious antics, and a sphere-like form when on the move. She is prickly when rubbed the wrong way, and has hard scales for natural defence. Enemies may have a hard time dealing damage to her.

I like that name! it's really fitting somehow.
the "dump" huh? interesting.
I wonder who that someone who needs help is.


>Emily: Didn't you have a piece of armor Derrick gave you? equip it.

I like that name! it's really fitting somehow.
the "dump" huh? interesting.
I wonder who that someone who needs help is.


>Emily: Didn't you have a piece of armor Derrick gave you? equip it.

seconding!

I don't think Emily has that with her. Last I saw she had it equipped, so it would have dropped if she woke up.

>Emily: Do you think you should check your house? With all that's been going on lately it might not be a bad idea. If you wanted to check around corners from relative safety you could use a mirror, or even a part of a mirror.

>Emily: you should have some extra protection along with you. Why not take Deadmau5 along?

PS: I found a single stray grey pixel on the lexii sprite. I'm dubbing this Lexii's pimple. Its on the tip of the top piece of blonde hair.

>Emily: you should have some extra protection along with you. Why not take Deadmau5 along?

PS: I found a single stray grey pixel on the lexii sprite. I'm dubbing this Lexii's pimple. Its on the tip of the top piece of blonde hair.

sweet catch dude, how come i've never noticed that?
is this on purpose or a graphical error?

Piper is cute and amazing. I love it.
It is relieving to see her insights and personality. It points to a healthy state of Emily's subconscious. We can work with this.

I realized today Azriel is Lucas's metaphorical sword and shield. So success on the choice of plushy.

>Turn the TV back on and set it on search. Look for the Nightmare channel.

Also, Piper is adorable ^^

>Turn the TV back on and set it on search. Look for the Nightmare channel.

Also, Piper is adorable ^^

don't think that's gonna work...?

You turn on your TV. Nothing but static. Though its not surprising because you don't have cable.

I don't think Emily has that with her. Last I saw she had it equipped, so it would have dropped if she woke up.

>Emily: Do you think you should check your house? With all that's been going on lately it might not be a bad idea. If you wanted to check around corners from relative safety you could use a mirror, or even a part of a mirror.

seconding

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sweet catch dude, how come i've never noticed that?
is this on purpose or a graphical error?

It is a graphic error. But since all of her sprites have it, let's just say its on purpose.

Emily: Do you think you should check your house? With all that's been going on lately it might not be a bad idea. If you wanted to check around corners from relative safety you could use a mirror, or even a part of a mirror.

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Emily: Perhaps we should take a look around?
Piper: ...A look around?
Piper: Didn't you come to this memory to get me?
Emily: Huh...? Uhm...
Piper: Memory bubbles in the dump are fragments in the timeline.
Piper: You can hop inside one and be at any point in time, at whatever dream level, at whatever power level or skill level.
Emily: .....
Piper: Bah, see for yourself.

You step out of your bedroom and immediately become engulfed in the ocean!

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Emily: AHH! I...
Emily: I'm... here again?
Piper: Toooold you!
Piper: See, you have boundaries when entering memory bubbles.
Piper: If you don't have a specific goal, then there are none. But if you do, then completing that goal and moving a bit away will toss you head first back into the ocean!

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Emily: What am I suppose to be doing with these??
Piper: ...Hmm... Well I guess for now you're kind of on garbage clean up.
Piper: Fix things. Help people. That sort of thing.
Piper: If you fix enough things in here, maybe something good will happen!
Emily: Something... Good?
Piper: Sure!
Piper: You may already know this. But this place isn't the only reason why you're special.
Piper: You think outside the box!
Piper: You can do...
Emily: Anything I imagine...
Piper: Ha! Birds of a feather, we are!
Piper: Here comes a memory bubble. Get ready.

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Emily: It's... Kalem!
Piper: He needs help. Jump in!
Emily: R-right!

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Emily: Kalem!
Kalem: Oh thank you. You finally showed up.
Kalem: Thought I'd have to be co-attendant of this realm with the bird.
Kalem: Oh, I see you got your conjuration! Good for you kid.
Kalem: Now you'll be able to do priestess things.
Kalem: What's your name?
Piper: I'm Piper! Hiya.
Kalem: Well then, I'm Kalem. Attendant to Loham.
Piper: Attendant? Aren't you a bit lost...?
Kalem: Yes, I died here, sadly. Do you know if Lexii is okay?
Emily: Yes, she's okay. She visited me in the hospital today.
Kalem: Oh, that's good.

OH MY GOD!!! so the dump is like a nexus of sorts where you can jump anywhere anytime? does this mean Emily can time-travel and modify previous events?

>Emily: Retrieve Kalem, make sure to avoid that hole on the floor.

OH MY GOD!!! so the dump is like a nexus of sorts where you can jump anywhere anytime? does this mean Emily can time-travel and modify previous events?

>Emily: Quickly retrieve Kalem and get out of there, make sure to avoid that hole on the floor.

oh my god...this update was...beautiful!!

seconding, but also adding >Emily Make sure to thread through the same path you did on your last trip, wouldn't want to accidentally step on other traps

While we're here, it might be interesting to see if we can retrieve some1 else who "died" next to this spot.

>Emily: Have Kalem ride in your pocket. Look around for a lost-looking zombie ninja guy.

>Turn the TV back on and set it on search. Look for the Nightmare channel.

don't think that's gonna work...?

You don't know that.
I can tell you that there are whole worlds lost among the static.
Some say that if you turn on the TV and set it to search while it's raining and the rain-people are out floating about, that you can stumble upon the Nightmare channel, where Nightmare himself is the host of everyone's favorite (and least-known) game-show "The Dark Arena~!" ^^

Wait does this mean we have time travel?!

>Emily: There are traps everywhere! be careful where you step. There is someone else nearby to help you.

>Emily: There are traps everywhere! be careful where you step. There is someone else nearby to help you.

Maybe have Kalem tell her about the traps (assuming they're still around) since it's something he'd know? Less chance of us being discovered that way.

Emily: Have Kalem ride in your pocket. Look around for a lost-looking zombie ninja guy



You offer to put Kalem in your pocket, but he violently refuses. So instead you position him on your head.

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Kalem: I should also let you know that Zendo wandered into this level as well.
Kalem: So be on the lookout...

Suddenly, Zendo appears!

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Emily: AHHH!
Zendo: Hush, child.
Zendo: I mean to ask you aid.
Emily: ...Uh...
Zendo: Since the endless night, I've been... Empty. I know nothing, not what to do with myself. I've been wandering aimlessly.
Zendo: Since those other children left, I have not seen anyone here.
Zendo: Allow me to accompany you. If only to see anything else than this dreary place.
Kalem: Ugh... Now what?
Piper: Well, what do you think Emily?
Emily: ....

1. You can tag along.
2. No...

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>Emily: "Emily, Zendo is neutral as he is right now. Derick... did something to him and now Zendo is a zombie of his past self."

> 1. But if he starts acting out of line he's out.

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>Emily: keep calm and allow him to come with you, be friendly towards him.

Zendo if befriended will become a powerful ally.

We also need to figure out how to get Kalem out of the blackout dream, will making him say the last thing he said before he died work?

that panel with Emily and piper floating on the dump is so beautiful!

if we make Kalem our top priority then we should have no problem navigating this part of the construct. As long as Emily has a goal she can stay anchored to this bubble.