You tap your chin. "Hrm..."
"What?"
You study the puzzle a bit.
Try and fail... So, few succeed at solving it?
Fail to try. ...Maybe they don't get it at all and never try?
But if I do neither of those things, I'll die.
"Human?"
You try jumping in the center of the square, though you only just manage to not fall over.
Nothing happens.
DT 8/9
"Seriously, are you there?"
Hrm... Action through inaction... Well, if action counts only the buttons, maybe hidden buttons...?
You search for a button in the center of the square.
You find none.
DT 7/9
"I can hear your breathing, you know..."
You jump out of the center and look for hand holds on the door. Finding none, you decide to push. Next, you try pushing up.
It doesn't budge.
DT 6/9
"Seriously, human, say something."
Next, you limp on over to the sign, reading it.
Wait, there's a period before dead... And dead isn't written the same!
Ohh.
Ohhhh!
"Aha!"
+2 DT
DT 8/9
"Ahh!" There's a pause. "What the hell was that for?!"
You try to twist the sign left, and then right.
Neither direction budges it, and you got some splinters.
A lot of splinters.
The splinters fill you with determination: Determination strengthened! Determination increased by 1!
HP 9/20
You shiver a bit, enjoying this a bit much.
"...Did you just moan?"
You look about for a winch or crank, finding nothing.
DT 7/10
"...Just what are you doing...?"
"A puzzle."
"...Wait, really?"
You decide to step on the front-facing stone, and you hear the grinding of metal on stone. Looking to the door, you find it went up just a bit.
"Well, yeah. What did you think?"
"...Nothing."
Fight
*Unnerve the door.
Act
*Check
*Solve Puzzle
*Flirt with door
Item
*Check inventory
Mercy
*Spare
*Flee
You limp along from that point, hitting 1:30, 3, 4:30, 6, 7:30, 9:00, 10:30, and finally 12:00 again.
Mind you, every time you released the previous button, it does make the door smash back down, but after the fourth button, it stops doing so.
Upon hitting 12:00, however, you stop, looking to the door.
...You weren't expecting that.
Before you stands a horned fluffball a full two feet taller than you. You think she's a woman, but without breasts, it's hard to-
"In such situations, it's typically best to look for curves. Some kick you in the face if you make such a mistake."
You blink. Did she just...?
"Yes, I did."
Echo!
"I hardly consider myself a cavern, Miss Usami."
"Holy crud, you really can read minds!"
She eyes you up. ...Which is a little disconcerting, what with the fact it's not the ones on her face that do it.
"Yes, yes, my third eye can be can be construed as disturbing. I believe I shall be having words with you for making my niece uncomfortable now."
Why is she cracking her knuckles?
"Well, I must protect her chastity."
Your phone suddenly goes speaker. "Wait, Satori, stop!"
This gives her pause. She then smiles. "It is good to hear your voice again."
You hear grumbling on the other end. "Yeah, yeah. Look, this human's a good kid, so don't hurt her."
"I believe I know her better than you."
"Don't care."
"Now, listen here-"
"Shut up, mom."
This earns your flowery ally a blush.
Or you think it's a blush.
Really, she could just be bleeding, as the peach fuzz is pretty thi-
"E-enough. You need not think at length on such a thing." She sighs. "...Come. Your wounds are great; it was unfair of me to plan to harm you." Her words give you great comfor- "At least, not until you heal."
Her words terrif-
"You did a very good job at solving my puzzle, by the way. You were the first to do so without me telling them that the buttons are the winch."
Her words fill you with determination!
Determination restored!
Save?
Lv1
HP 9/20
DT 10/10
"Such a simple child." Satori has a small smile. "You truly do remind me of your grandmother."
"Can I get your number?"
Satori looks at you strangely. "...Why are you asking my words what their number is...?"
Flowey chooses now to chime in. "Because she's insane."
Satori nods. "I have noticed, judging by the general motivations behind every action." She sighs. "And yet, I can't fault such honesty."
Satori mimics the voice of the save point. "It's 2."
You smile. "Thanks. ...So-"
Satori stares at you dryly.
You veer to the side verbally. "-where are we?" You think you did a good job of saving that.
While Satori glares at you, Flowey replies, "Well, judging by meeting Satori, I'd say you're in the Ruins proper. If you meant in general, well, welcome to Gensoukyou, I guess?"
You soon find yourself at a door that makes you raise a brow.
Is it... a hamburger bun...?
Satori answers simply, "It is."
It even has those little seeds.
Wait, is this another puzzle?!
Satori repeats, "It is."
Curse you, cruel fate!
You spy a sign beside the door.
Words spoken hold weight. Weight before you open the door and proceed.
The door seems to be a golden brown hamburger bun, complete with seeds topping it, and the top is facing you