To Edanna
About now I was wondering just what happened to that Tomahna linking book, as I was reluctant to go running around God knows what kind of worlds to get a few symbols. But Saavedro would have destroyed or hidden it so that Atrus (or as it turned out I) wouldn't be able to go back.
A thought occurred to me. Atrus is the kind of person who, in this situation, would have followed. Why hadn't he? I was suddenly concerned. Just how bad had that fire been? Was he alright? That study was filled with flammable things! I drove this concern out of my mind, as I had no way of returning.
I looked around at the closest wall device to me. There was, that I could immediately see, a lens and two leavers below that. I looked more closely and saw that, around the lens, there were small tracks with small round pieces sitting in them. The lens had a symol etched into the center. It also showed a spot on the island, near one of the giant tusks. I found that I could move the image by touching the image and dragging my hand along it. One of the leavers focused the image, the other zoomed in and out. I wasn't exactly sure what I was doing, but I focused it as well as I could, and made the etched symbol match exactly with one that I saw in a window in the tusk. When I moved the image, or focused, or zoomed in or out, certain ones of those round pieces moved around the track. I had a feeling that I might need these positions, so I copied them into my notebook.
I did this with all three telescopes. Between two of them, I saw a piece of paper. I picked it up. It seemed to be a page ripped from Saavedro's journal. I didn't exactly understand what it was talking about. The only way to describe it is to copy it.
"Sirrus. And. Achenar.
The walls ran red with steam and strangling branches. I see their bloated faces laughing at everything. I remember how they lied. I remember what they did.
They brought me here to die.
I followed them.
The Lattice Roots were black from too much overgrowth. Puffer spores floated up in the hot steam and burst. No one was there to guide the spores to the branches. No one was waiting to perform the ritual Weaves. The fighting had torn my people apart.
They didn't care.
They didn't care.
They wanted Naryan to die."
It seemed that the little rats had managed to destroy this world of Naryan. The world seemed to rely heavily on this plant, Lattice. From there I was confused. Perhaps I would understand later. I went back down the elevator. There had been another door out of that little greenhouse room.
I exited that other door and looked around. I noticed that on a rock nearby was and odd, tent like thing. I managed to get to it. There was an odd, bulb like thing on top. When I touched it, it contracted and expanded again. A cute little creature peeked out from a crevice in the tent, and disappeared. That must have been its nest. I looked around a little more. In the water was a plant that, when I touched it, expanded. On a rock near that were odd, round, reddish, plant. For lack of anything to do, I called out the creature again. This time it darted out, across the expanded plant, and toward the reddish plant. It gave a little squeak, and the red plant expanded. It began eating, and continued to squeak. It turned away to look at me, and the plants deflated. It squeaked again, the plant expanded, and it began eating. I went to explore the rest of the shore of the lake.
I found yet another ladder. Even Riven wasn't this bad! I went up it, and stopped to rest at a large flat spot near the top. Many plants grew here. There was much moss, and some odd plants. I looked up. There was one of the tusks near me. Unfortunately, it was inaccessible, even from the ledge that the ladder went up to. Covering it were more of those red plants.
I approached one of the odd plants on my little ledge. I found that I could move it, and when I pointed the stamen at certain things, it directed the sounds so that I could hear them. I had an idea, perhaps I could use this to direct the cute little creature's squeaks to the red plants. When I did so, the plants expanded. I finished climbing the ladder and I made my way uneasily to the door, trying desperately not to fall. I was thankful to enter the tusk.
I found that there was, inside, another puzzle waited for me. I looked at it. Wait a moment, four tracks, four marbles, this was just like those telescopes! I arranged the marbles in the pattern that matched this tusk, and pressed on the center of the tracks. The marbles retreated back to their former positions, and another egg shaped cage dropped down. This one had a large hole in it, though. A book was inside of it. It said "Edanna" on its cover. I opened the book. It showed a swirling image of what, at first, looked like a giant tree growing directly out of the water. I then saw that it was just the trunk. It seemed that things were growing inside of it, and some peeked out through crevices. I placed my palm onto the page.
About now I was wondering just what happened to that Tomahna linking book, as I was reluctant to go running around God knows what kind of worlds to get a few symbols. But Saavedro would have destroyed or hidden it so that Atrus (or as it turned out I) wouldn't be able to go back.
A thought occurred to me. Atrus is the kind of person who, in this situation, would have followed. Why hadn't he? I was suddenly concerned. Just how bad had that fire been? Was he alright? That study was filled with flammable things! I drove this concern out of my mind, as I had no way of returning.
I looked around at the closest wall device to me. There was, that I could immediately see, a lens and two leavers below that. I looked more closely and saw that, around the lens, there were small tracks with small round pieces sitting in them. The lens had a symol etched into the center. It also showed a spot on the island, near one of the giant tusks. I found that I could move the image by touching the image and dragging my hand along it. One of the leavers focused the image, the other zoomed in and out. I wasn't exactly sure what I was doing, but I focused it as well as I could, and made the etched symbol match exactly with one that I saw in a window in the tusk. When I moved the image, or focused, or zoomed in or out, certain ones of those round pieces moved around the track. I had a feeling that I might need these positions, so I copied them into my notebook.
I did this with all three telescopes. Between two of them, I saw a piece of paper. I picked it up. It seemed to be a page ripped from Saavedro's journal. I didn't exactly understand what it was talking about. The only way to describe it is to copy it.
"Sirrus. And. Achenar.
The walls ran red with steam and strangling branches. I see their bloated faces laughing at everything. I remember how they lied. I remember what they did.
They brought me here to die.
I followed them.
The Lattice Roots were black from too much overgrowth. Puffer spores floated up in the hot steam and burst. No one was there to guide the spores to the branches. No one was waiting to perform the ritual Weaves. The fighting had torn my people apart.
They didn't care.
They didn't care.
They wanted Naryan to die."
It seemed that the little rats had managed to destroy this world of Naryan. The world seemed to rely heavily on this plant, Lattice. From there I was confused. Perhaps I would understand later. I went back down the elevator. There had been another door out of that little greenhouse room.
I exited that other door and looked around. I noticed that on a rock nearby was and odd, tent like thing. I managed to get to it. There was an odd, bulb like thing on top. When I touched it, it contracted and expanded again. A cute little creature peeked out from a crevice in the tent, and disappeared. That must have been its nest. I looked around a little more. In the water was a plant that, when I touched it, expanded. On a rock near that were odd, round, reddish, plant. For lack of anything to do, I called out the creature again. This time it darted out, across the expanded plant, and toward the reddish plant. It gave a little squeak, and the red plant expanded. It began eating, and continued to squeak. It turned away to look at me, and the plants deflated. It squeaked again, the plant expanded, and it began eating. I went to explore the rest of the shore of the lake.
I found yet another ladder. Even Riven wasn't this bad! I went up it, and stopped to rest at a large flat spot near the top. Many plants grew here. There was much moss, and some odd plants. I looked up. There was one of the tusks near me. Unfortunately, it was inaccessible, even from the ledge that the ladder went up to. Covering it were more of those red plants.
I approached one of the odd plants on my little ledge. I found that I could move it, and when I pointed the stamen at certain things, it directed the sounds so that I could hear them. I had an idea, perhaps I could use this to direct the cute little creature's squeaks to the red plants. When I did so, the plants expanded. I finished climbing the ladder and I made my way uneasily to the door, trying desperately not to fall. I was thankful to enter the tusk.
I found that there was, inside, another puzzle waited for me. I looked at it. Wait a moment, four tracks, four marbles, this was just like those telescopes! I arranged the marbles in the pattern that matched this tusk, and pressed on the center of the tracks. The marbles retreated back to their former positions, and another egg shaped cage dropped down. This one had a large hole in it, though. A book was inside of it. It said "Edanna" on its cover. I opened the book. It showed a swirling image of what, at first, looked like a giant tree growing directly out of the water. I then saw that it was just the trunk. It seemed that things were growing inside of it, and some peeked out through crevices. I placed my palm onto the page.