THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY (neutral route)

ACT 1, PAGE 2

A man stands before you. His hair is literal moving space, you mean you can see planets and stars in it, which amazes you. He wears some sort of sleeping gown(?). It's funny to you." My name is Kevin, you could call me a guardian of these ruins. I apologize for the... Flower. They hate everyone, and I mean everyone. " He takes a good look at your condition. He sighed. " They did quite a number on you. And is that... " He looked at your gadget, which you didn't notice, or were in so much pain mainly on your head that you didn't realize the thorns had hit it. He seems interested in it, though.

" Who made that? Do you know who made it? " Ah, that question. Welp, the only way to answer it is to be honest.

" To be honest, If I knew I would've known. With that said, I have no Idea. " You signed.

He paused and chuckled. " Pardon my question, but... You're mute? " You just gave him a thumbs up, what else? " Ah, no wonder that gadget of yours looked familiar. A friend of mine had told me about it. I'll tell you everything that she told me about it! " And... realization hit him. " -Oh right! I forgot to heal you first, you would've DIED. Silly me! " He laughs nervously at his mistake.

An orb appeared. Cool, and it looks like a tiny planet.

" Don't move, this orb will fix you right up! " The orb inches over you. It gets closer and closer until it touches you. It felt cold. Not in a bad way, it just felt like snow.

Suddenly, you realize all the pain you felt had gone away. That orb really did heal you. Cool.

" These parts of the ruins would get you hurt easily. So, with that said, I should help you. Come along, I'll teach you how things work around here. " He walked towards the doorway and gestures you to follow him.

You can see a door and a keypad in front of him. " 2, 0, 4, 8. " you hear him whisper quietly as he punched in the code. The door beside it opened. He looked at you.

" I... Sometimes forget the password for this door... Pretty silly of me, am I right? Heheh... " he looks like he is blushing, slightly. It's subtle, but you could see a tint of pink on his cheeks.

He gestures you to follow him again. So you did.

" You know, you're the first person to fall down here in a long time. I actually thought no one would be here ever again. But here you are, after six years! Oh, I could tell you all about it, actually... But maybe when you're actually fine from that incident you had recently. " he sighed.

Wait, six whole years? That's quite a long time span. You thought to yourself.

You entered a room that had a robot. A medium sized robot, you guessed just as big as you. Kelvin stood at the doorway to your left.

" Now, as previously mentioned, I'll teach you how things work around here! "

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The room became black and white. Just like what happened with you and Echo.

" This is what I like to call the 'Battle Area'. You see, you can do four things you can do.

First, you can FIGHT. But, it certainly unnecessary to use this since a lot of people really just do not want to actually fight you in the first place. And there is absolutely no need to hurt innocent lives.

Secondly. You can ACT. This is helpful, I recommend acting your way out of battles instead of fighting them. Besides, it's more safe to act upon someone than harming them.

Third, you can use ITEMS. I can see you have a bag that could hold multiple items. Maybe food could be stored in it. You'll never know you need a bite once in awhile. Oh, you could store other stuff too.

Lastly, MERCY. I suggest you use this a lot too, to let someone go and run wild. Or something else, maybe make friends? "

After his long explanation, he cleared his throat and asked,

" Now with that said, what would you do if a person battles with you? You can use this robot as a demonstration. " He points at the robot.

Collie

FIGHT =>ACT ITEM MERCY

=>Small talk HUG
INSULT PAT

You talked to the robot about their day and said that you are doing fine.

Kelvin seemed proud at what you've done. That's nice.

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Back to normal mode again.

Kelvin stopped walking, and so did you. You were confused at first, so you looked around at what room you had entered to be stopping so abruptly.

You see a room filled with which seems to be pressure plates. Kelvin looked at you.

" Hold my hand, this won't take long. " you held his hand tightly as Kelvin guides you across the puzzling pressure plate room.

It wasn't long until the both of you reached the next room.

This room is quite peaceful as a library. To be honest, it kinda looks like a mix of a library and a waiting room. A hallway-library-waiting-room. A couple of chairs, bean bags and cushions for you to sit on, eight bookshelves, board games, dang, this place is neat.

" Oh right, I just remembered. I needed to run some errands. Won't you mind waiting here until I get back? " he asked while giving you a cellphone. You nodded.

" Good to know. Here, you may call me if you have a problem. Maybe you need something to write with? "

" A whiteboard would be helpful, and markers. Thank you. " you signed.

" Alright, I'll be sure to be back with your whiteboard and markers. " he said while walking away.

Welp, it seems you're on your own now.