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ÜLAR First Wakes Up[]

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Oh my, are we awake already?
I'm afraid this won't do.

I'll have you rest a little longer.

ÜLAR Wakes Up Again[]

Good morning to my favorite employee.
Welcome back to the Tree of Ignorance.

No need to be so scared.
All I did was fix you up a little.
How cold.
My tag is RENE, remember?

Still...

If you wanted to come back, you should've just told me!
No need to use roundabout ways like becoming a Flower just to get here.
The moment I saw your TAG on the lists, I rushed over to retrieve you.

Here! All done.
These bandages are infused with laamari, so the wounds should heal faster this way.

It's a good thing your replacement eye seems to be working well.
They say "One's virtue rests inside the eyes" for a reason.
I'll come back in a minute. Wait here for a bit, okay?

Let's brief you on your new job, shall we?

I need you to deliver him to DOME MÜ.
Made you a pass and everything.

Oh! You must be wondering why he isn't moving.
It's not that he can't move.
It's that he doesn't know how to.

Meet ERIK.
This line of artificial raincoats only learns the data it acquires from patches.
Plenty useful for the entertainment industry, isn't it?
They cannot hear nor speak unless patched accordingly, as their raincoat does not process data from the environment.
As a result, they only perceive the world in a way the patch permits them to.
A nice bonus is that when they're out of energy, their memories are wiped completely.
No need to think too deeply about it.
Right now, he's patched to follow you until you enter DOME MÜ.
ERIK will enter a protective standby mode if he loses sight of you, so he'll become a neat geometrical shape until you find him.
Artificial raincoats are extremely valuable, so naturally, no business partner would want to get theirs in a damaged state.

Let's see...ERIK, check. MÜ pass, check.
Take some bottled etherium with you, just in case.
Oh, and one more thing.

I've sewn in a special patch to your coat.
If I don't deactivate it in two shifts, it'll damage your coat's fibers.

You know what'll happen after that, right?

So...come back soon, okay?

ÜLAR returns[]

Oh— ÜLAR! Welcome back.

Good job, you two!
Bring him over.

And...
Hup!

Rest lots before tomorrow, alright?

There's not much time left.

RENE's Lab[]

ÜLAR wakes up

Oh, you're awake!
Good timing. I'm almost finished with today's work.

Dream of anything in particular?

Just joking.

Haha! This hammock really is bouncy!

Cuddling like this...

Is something unnatural for raincoat-hjörians.
Because we don't secrete hormones like ifite-based organisms do.

But, rest assured.

You don't need to worry about a thing when you're here.
All you need right now is rest.

Luminol Hall[]

Looking for something?

No need to apologize.
Welcome to Luminol Hall, a home to my personal Artefact collection!
You can look around as much as you want.
Is there a particular Artefact that interests you?

Indeed, these are the most ordinary N-class Artefacts you can easily find without special equipment.
Very few of them are exclusive, and most of them lack useful function.
For Diviners, their value is equivalent to throwaway garbage.
But at the end of the day, their value lies in the eyes of the onlooker, doesn't it?

Want me to tell you more about them?
You can choose anything...or nothing at all.

Selecting Tube with a hole in it

This one is an N-rank Artefact, Benevolent Kaleidoscope.
Look at someone through it, and you'll see a hidden flaw to them.
However, it doesn't reflect reality.
What you'll see will be the flaw you yourself want to see.
But would you use this Artefact if you didn't possess ill intentions?
That said, to be honest, I do sometimes use it myself...
Because all raincoat-hjörians look absolutely the same to me, and that is by no means an exaggeration.
But this Artefact allows to differentiate between them. Pretty handy, isn't it?

Selecting Fleshy (? thing

This is an R-rank Artefact, Lily of Peace.
Entrust a memory to it, and it will be permanently erased.
Stores one memory at a time.
This might be useful for removing painful memories.
But the question is, would you still stay yourself if you were to forget even one little thing about yourself?
Any thought, any emotion you ever felt initiated many other thoughts, and made you act a certain way, didn't they?
However, there might be memories worth losing your current self for.

Selecting Floating Spikes

This one's a Riroid, an N-rank Artefact.
It makes a nice decoration, doesn't it?
No other functions were discovered by me thus far.
Here. I'll send you some data on Artefact Classes.
It should help you get acquainted with them better.

Moving on

Oh, right!
I've been meaning to give you a "welcome back" gift.

Now where did I put it...

Here! A present from me to you.

Yes. A fog globe, to be precise.
It's the entire HJÖ in the palm of your hand.
Here you can see all the 12 domes, and when you shake it, they'll get enveloped in the Red Fog.
"At once, all will be consumed by Red Fog, and all you will see shall be crimson. This will mark the first advent of Termination Day."

Initially it used to be a Humo-class N Artefact, but I customized it myself.
And now it's all yours.
Take good care of it, will you?

ERIK Stream[]

Told you.
Want to try donating some credits?

DOME VI[]

Walking to DOME VI with ÜLAR

You mean the Janitors?
They're cute henchmen of mine.
Each one is autonomous, but once they're given a task, they'll make sure to carry it out properly.

I can't deny I'm capable of making them myself, but these were a gift.
They come from the Garden of Brilliance.

Arriving at DOME VI

Look! We have arrived. Welcome to DOME VI.
DOME VI is a property of the TAU Research Institute, so there's no one else here besides us.

That's right.
VI is divided into two parts: The Resort and Idle Grounds.
The Idle Grounds are home to The Steam Shards, the natural wonder that keeps The Resort afloat.
And The Resort is...well, that's where we're going.

See the floating spores?
These are used to purify ether in etheroids' stead.
DOME TAU's main mission is to reduce the impact we, raincoat-hjörians, leave on the environment and the living organisms populating HJÖ.
So naturally, we want to end the exploitation of etheroids for our own needs.

Be careful not to fall down while we cross the bridge, okay?

Somewhere fun. You'll see when we get there.

Come on, don't be scared.
These Dream Cocoons are nothing to be afraid of.

Or would you rather go back to the Standby Cocoon back at TAU?

Look, the Dream Cocoon is welcoming you.
Put your hands into the holes, and the start sequence will be initialized.
Follow the instructions, and you're good to go.
The interface is simplified in a way that even a novice will be able to use it without getting overwhelmed.

Field of the Undying[]

ÜLAR looking out the window

The Blooming Field is located below the ground.
This area is called "The Field of the Undying", which is in fact a huge Artefact.
Want to go down and see what it's like?

Sure.
Aren't you curious?

Want to taste one?
Why not?

Hahaha! Thought so.

Each of these flowers is a miniature memory storage device.
However, it's big enough to store an entire raincoat's dataset in one petal.
In a way.

Here, we store copies of the datasets of our Flowers.
In the process of research, their data may get corrupted, or even destroyed...but here, they remain in their original form.
So we come here to restore their system back to the way it was.
All we need to do is take one of the petals, and sew it into the damaged raincoat.
As you may have already noticed, these flowers and TAU's Flowers share a name for a reason.
However, there's something these flowers are capable of that raincoat-hjörians are not.
What do you think that is?

I'll answer it for you.
They're capable of withering.
Once their life cycle reaches its apex and they release their pollen, they will swiftly crumble until they become dust on the Field.
Their lives are conclusive, unlike ours.

Melodic, don't you think?

Tree of Ignorance[]

ÜLAR watching RENE work

Interested in my work?

I'll show you something fun next time, okay?
In return, do your best in the Dream Cocoon today, will you?

After ÜLAR wakes up from dream

Curious about the process?
Oh, right...I promised I'd do a little demonstration. You don't know much about my field of work, do you?
Let me start from defining some basic concepts.

Right now, I'm performing a raincoat transplantation.

Did you know?
All that you are — your memory, your body shape, your thought processes and sensations — are stored inside the raincoat's fibers.

Therefore, everything that makes you the way you are is the raincoat you "wear".
The body is merely a vehicle you can change once it wears down.
It's the biomass that can be reshaped into anything.

Simply put, the reason we look the way we do is because of raincoats' material memory encoded in their fibers.
Let me demonstrate it to you.

Janitors. Bring in the hjörian.

Meet our averagely shaped hjörian, brought here straight from the Unharvested Sea.

The Unharvested Sea is an extremely large body of water located near The Titan.
Or, Two Titans, depending on the region. You see, there are at least three interpretations of HJÖ's creation myth.

Each day, many hjörians rise up from its depths, and set foot upon HJÖ.
On their own, they're simple creatures without pain receptors, aimlessly wandering around under the Rain and feeding on the etherium etheroids produce.

However, the moment they come in contact with raincoats...

The raincoats attack and seize them!

And a raincoat-hjörian is made.
Nowadays, the process is automated through the Factory.
There's a limited number of raincoats in this world, and most of their TAGs have been registered at the Factory.

Since raincoats themselves are neither alive nor dead until they come in contact with a living organism capable of metabolism and growth, they cannot move on their own.
But when they bond with hjörians, they're fused into an emergent organism.

Let's just say etheroids live on a different plane of existence from you and me.
As for Echoes...well...
It would be correct to say that they don't benefit from each other.
Why is that? The shortest answer would be "different body structure".

Echoes are ifite-based organisms. Which means they're organics. Thick skin, limited body dynamics, structures prone to failure.
If I were to compare them to Class H Artefacts, they'd be like animated stuffed toys.
Once their insides fall out, there's no way of stuffing them back.
Hjörians, on the other hand, consist of small silicone particles. They're like magnet toys.
You can mold them into anything, and they will stay the same.
As one of the common beliefs goes,
"When the Overseer created this world, he tore his own body apart to create hjörians (Origin of Form)."
"His holy spirit took the form of etheroids (Origin of Feeling), and his mind took the form of raincoats (Origin of Logic)."
"Then out of mud rose the tools - Echoes."
Funny, isn't it?

Blooming Field[]

It's your first time visiting The Blooming Field, isn't it?

You know how we raincoat-hjörians have fewer senses than, say, Echoes?
When we have only sight, touch, balance and hearing, Echoes have twice the amount of those.
In addition to those four, Echoes possess the senses of taste, temperature, echolocation, pressure, hunger and fullness of the stomach.
Some can distinguish smells, like Carrier Echoes do.
But most importantly, unlike us, Echoes possess a sense of pain.
Raincoats don't even have physical responses to pain, since they're unable to perceive it.

After signing the Agreement form, you're placed in a Standby Cocoon, where you can hibernate until the Tests take place.
You may choose to not hibernate, and instead immerse yourself in virtual reality we've designed.

...patches to test the limitations and potential of raincoats and hjörians alike, ranging from radially symmetrical to bilaterally symmetrical shapes...

...raincoat symbiosis with ifite-based lifeforms...

Our time is up, ÜLAR.
The Termination will be initialized tomorrow.

DOME VI[]

Noticing ÜLAR in a hurry

Are you in a hurry?

...

Oh! So you hurried over to tell me about them?

That's admirable.

Great job, ÜLAR. Let's reflect on them when we get back home, okay?

Let's go. There's still a lot to do.
After all, the Termination is tomorrow.

Luminol Hall[]

Lost in thought?

Hi.
It seems I am restless as well.

Mind if I keep you company?

You know, I've been mulling over something for a long while.
Though, it might be boring for you to listen to me ramble.
Rather...Want me to tell you a story?
These are extremely useful for understanding complex concepts.

Nation of Humo[]

1

Once upon a time
On a small planet
Lived a nation of Humo.

The Humo were the only nation on the planet
Who buried their dead.

It made them unique,
and they were incredibly proud of it.
To the point of equating themselves
With the immortal gods they worshipped.

2

Like all the living beings on the planet,
Humo were mortal.
The more aware of their finite existence they became,
The more desperately they looked for a way to live forever.

They tried everything to immortalize themselves.
But nothing ever worked.

Idols were forgotten,
buildings demolished,
works of art destroyed,
and the memories of great adventures became tainted
As the moral values changed throughout generations.

Desperate and disillusioned,
The Humo built a museum.
A museum that contained copies
Of every Humo that ever lived.

However, the copies weren't made of flesh and bone.
Instead, they were made of special yarn meant to last for millennia.

3

Eventually, The Humo nation ceased to be,
But the yarn dolls remained.

Even though they were copies of The Humo,
They were merely data containers.
They weren't aware of their existence in the first place.
So they just sat there, not moving an inch.

Centuries passed.

4

One day, the door to the museum opened.
Another nation came to the small planet
In search for resources.

However, not understanding the value of the yarn dolls,
They recycled the yarn and made themselves garments from it,
Never leaning of its true value.

Luminol Hall[]

After finishing his story

A silly nation, isn't it?
All they did in the end was subject themselves to be trapped inside a piece of cloth forever.

Even now, I keep thinking...
What a pitiful way to achieve eternity it was.

After death about The Song

...

You see, ÜLAR...
This world is overrun with whispers.
Poisoning the minds, they keep spreading.
However, even among this noise, I want to continue singing.

Field of the Undying[]

Dream of anything in particular?

What's with all the hurry?
The Termination has already been successfully initiated.

Didn't you hear me?
It's already over.
All that's left is to put an end to our eternity.

Isn't it wonderful?
This time, once and for all, all of the raincoat-hjörian "lives" on HJÖ will reach their final conclusion.

A new Cycle will never begin.
It'll mark an end to our boredom.
They will make sure of it.

So please.

Let me hear your song.

You ought to remember the words by now...

"MR RAINER".

After story

Come here.

Eat all you want.