Guide Paradox
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Ask Esther about the videotapes
📍 Herta Space Station Master Control Zone
The elderly Esther authorizes you to retrieve the videotapes of wonders and secrets. But why you?
That's because this researcher from the Department of Insight believes that secrets choose their own witnesses.
That's because this researcher from the Department of Insight believes that secrets choose their own witnesses.
Esther
One, two, three...
Esther
One, two, three...
Options
Are you exercising?
You're responsible for all these archives?
♪ One, two, three, one, two, three, drink... ♪
Esther
Three. You see?
Esther
Three are missing.
Esther
Gotta find these videotapes.
Esther
I know I am right about this. I may be getting old. I may have forgotten all about the Aeons... but I keep track of the number of these tapes like my life depends on it. Kid, you came just in time. If you have time, go find them for me.
Esther
If you don't, then I suppose I'll have to get help from those old farts.
Options
Old farts?
Videotapes?
Let's not trouble those old fa... elderly people.
Esther
Yeah. There's Wen Tianweng, who talks to machine parts all day in the maintenance room. Bernard in the Department of Cosmic Geography who gives nicknames to the scrolls and plants. And there's Gunn, who can lie through his teeth without a blink of an eye.
Esther
Yep, there's an old fart suited to every job.
Esther
The videotapes in the space station are different from ordinary ones. They are recordings of wonders and mysteries you won't find anywhere. Because of this, they need to be looked after by specialized personnel.
Esther
This is a great learning opportunity for you. You should count yourself lucky.
Esther
Good, good. We don't see many accommodating young fellows like you nowadays.
Esther
However, I have to remind you that the producers of these videotapes have implanted some defense mechanisms to help protect their secrets.
Esther
If you are not careful when touching the videotapes, best-case scenario is you will feel a little dizzy, and the data transfer may be forcibly interrupted. Worst-case scenario, it may cause abnormal behaviors, hallucination, and paranoia, eventually leading to memory and consciousness disorders.
Options
Good thing I'm not interested in secrets.
"It's A Trap!"
Is it too late for me to refuse now?
Esther
In this bizarre space station, sometimes even if you cover your eyes and ears, the information destined for you will still find a way into your brain.
Esther
Secrets choose their witnesses — this is a fundamental belief of the Department of Insight.
Esther
Not so much of a trap. It's just a result of the constant arms race between researchers vying to be the best at what they do. They simply used a certain kind of technology to turn away those deemed unworthy from accessing information.
Esther
Malicious baits are deeply embedded in the information by means of flashing visual stimuli and inaudible ultrasound waves, thus manipulating the subconscious to inflict harm on the subject.
Esther
Consciousness, preconsciousness, and subconsciousness; self, ego, and superego; imagination, symbolism, reality, and so on. The labyrinth of the human mind is a compulsory subject that almost all space station researchers are proficient in.
Esther
Stop being coy with me. I have met a lot of people in my life. You don't seem to be the kind who would refuse secrets.
Esther
If I tell you not to think about an elephant — then images of the large gray animal must be all over your mind.
Esther
And now I've told you everything about the videotapes — you won't easily forget about the danger until you find out the secrets.
Esther
I am guessing someone took advantage of the Legion's invasion and snatched the videotapes when the master control zone was unguarded.
Esther
There are no borrowing records, indicating that the suspect is unwilling to expose their identity. There was no sign of damage, indicating that they were not trying to destroy those videotapes but to view the secret within.
Esther
The device for playing those videotapes is located in the safe area of the supply zone. If you go there, you may find some clues.
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