Space Station Ghost Stories
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Speak with Adler
📍 Herta Space Station Supply Zone
Adler had been acting mysterious and strange lately. Go and see what he's up to.
Why do you look so shady...
Adler
Now that you've spent some time on the space station, don't you feel this place is... a little abnormal?
Options
Well, you're definitely a case in point.
More than just a little.
Adler
Hey! That was very aggressive. Cut it out!
Adler
You're sharp. Seems like I found the right person for this.
Adler
I've been collecting ghost stories from the space station... We have lots of Curios in the space station, and our researchers are constantly changing their research directions. When these two clash, they can result in many... odd experiments.
Adler
Some of the experimental results were "left behind" in the space station, and live symbiotically with the researchers in their own way...
Adler
I'm currently investigating the ghost stories circulating in the space station. Some of the following contents may be disturbing... So, only talk to me once you're mentally prepared!
Listen to Adler's "ghost stories"
📍 Herta Space Station Storage Zone
After preparing yourself mentally, go to the special spot to meet up with Adler and ask about the "ghost story."
I heard you're making a compilation of ghost stories?
Adler
Okay. So, the first story is the "Rowdy Security Door"! My extraordinary powers of deduction have yielded the following facts.
Adler
Some time during the Amber Era, when the space station was not very organized and there were no set rules regarding Curio research...
Adler
A genius researcher, full of anticipation and hope towards making scientific discoveries, embarked on the first Curio research project that he was personally responsible for.
Adler
Like many young researchers, he was passionate, proactive, but also proud and arrogant. He dreamed of being the founder of a new school of thought, and wanted books to record his great deeds.
Adler
But the researcher had an accident during an experiment, and his psyche was distorted and projected onto a Curio...
Options
Do you have an abridged version?
Can we fast forward to the conclusion?
Adler
You are being so lame! Fine. Here it goes: He died, but his consciousness lived on in the Curio.
Adler
Then I think the storage rooms got changed, and his consciousness dissipated. Unfortunately, very few items can store a human consciousness, and the only thing that did not reject him was a security door.
Adler
Therefore, among the many security doors on this space station, there's one that can talk! That about sums it up.
Options
That's it?
So you've already found your conclusion?
Adler
Yes... But this is just a hypothesis! I only heard about it from some researchers.
Adler
But I think there's a grain of truth in such stories. I'm guessing someone must have seen or heard it themselves.
Adler
Can you please ask around and see if you can find that witness, and then... discover the truth behind this ghost story? Please?
📍 Herta Space Station Base Zone
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MoveSystem
Security door... stay away!
Nervous Researcher
Just what kind of alloy... Or maybe, even air might work? Ahhh... What is that thing's receptacle!?
Options
What is "that thing"?
I'm a receptacle, too.
Nervous Researcher
Biological receptacles are not possible. I've already tested that out.
Nervous Researcher
You've heard about it too, right? The security door that talks... Everyone has an opinion on it, but no one had grasped the heart of the issue!
Nervous Researcher
And the issue is... What kind of receptacle can that person's incorporeal consciousness get attached to?
Nervous Researcher
If it can go anywhere, then could the entire space station be its receptacle!?
Nervous Researcher
Aaah!!! I can't think! I don't dare to think anymore!
{NICKNAME}
(This person is just scaring themselves. I can't communicate with them at all. Better hurry and find the witness.)
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MoveSystem
It's definitely false...
System
Doesn't seem real...
Scornful Researcher
I've thought for a while that he's being weird. Who else do you see constantly working overtime in the lab?
Skeptical Researcher
You are right... but that was just too bizarre.
Options
Doing overtime is definitely weird.
It definitely sounds bizarre!
Skeptical Researcher
Woah! Where did you come from? You scared me! Who are you? What are you here for?
Options
I want to ask about...
Scornful Researcher
It's about that security door, right? I knew it. Someone leaked that info. Hmph.
Options
So, who reported it?
Can a security door really talk?
So, what do you think?
I don't have any more questions.
Scornful Researcher
That silly man from our department! He keeps telling everyone that the main doors of the department are talking!
Scornful Researcher
We've already said that we don't believe in that.
Skeptical Researcher
He was probably too sleepy and hallucinated.
Scornful Researcher
That fellow's body clock hasn't been working well lately and his mental state is pretty bad. I think it's all a figment of his imagination!
Skeptical Researcher
His previous experiment failed, and I think he's been blaming himself ever since. Maybe he got rather traumatized and got delusional.
Scornful Researcher
Save your breath. There's no point in asking around. Trust me, this is most likely just a rumor!
{NICKNAME}
(Seems like the person involved in this case is their close colleague. He should be close by.)
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MoveSystem
It shouldn't be a hallucination...
Sleepy Researcher
Did I... really hear it wrong? *big yawn*
Options
Do you want to get some sleep?
Why are you so sleepy?
Sleepy Researcher
No no no. The experiment isn't done yet. How can I possibly sleep?
Sleepy Researcher
Oh, it's been so hard to sleep these days.
Sleepy Researcher
I don't know who you are, but since you're here, I wanna ask you something—
Sleepy Researcher
I... No, I have a friend who's sleepy all day because of insomnia, but he's definitely conscious and sane.
Sleepy Researcher
One night, this friend of mine heard the department's security door make this weird sound...
Sleepy Researcher
It was a brief sound of "woo woo" but if you listen closely, it's actually the sound of someone sobbing!
Sleepy Researcher
My friend doesn't believe it's his imagination. Definitely not! But... How can a security door...
Options
You sure you're not talking about yourself here?
Sounds odd.
Sleepy Researcher
Hey, don't point it out like that...
Sleepy Researcher
Yes, yes, I think so too!
Sleepy Researcher
I want to get to the bottom of it myself, but I'm scared stiff. I dare not head back to check.
Sleepy Researcher
You seem pretty interested in this... Here, I'll send the door's coordinates to you, and you can check it out... *yawn*
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System
You reach the door, but it makes no sound.
System
As you are about to leave, you hear a strange sound from beside the door.
Lone Wubbaboo
Woooo...
System
The Wubbaboo looks like it's gonna run away. And the sound it made was the same as that described by the researcher.
{NICKNAME}
(Looks like it's all a misunderstanding. Time to let Adler know about it.)
System
As you are about to leave, you hear a strange sound from beside the door.
Tell Adler the truth
The "ghost story" was just a rumor. Tell Adler about this discovery!
I found it!
Adler
I knew you could figure this out! Quick! Tell me what you've found!
Options
(Tell Adler about the Wubbaboo.)
Adler
Huh? That's it? Nothing more?
Adler
So... it's all a big misunderstanding? No one actually heard the security door talk...
Adler
But if I think about it, it does make sense. After all... few people on the space station can understand the Wubbaboos.
Adler
But this is actually pretty fun for a story. I've got to note down the whole thing!
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