Good gosh you really want more of this? You pervs.
4: Inking and owing
So, Episode 2: In Search of the Beast, now starring the Andyman Key (on the title picture).
tl;dr Tyler suppressed all his bad emotions and they have developed into a personality of their own, which has overtaken his dreams and must now be destroyed lest he becomes trapped in them. Or something.
We start out in front of the fort our protagonist has constructed together with his friend Terry who we met at the end of the previous episode.
The outside of the fort isn't kept as nicely as the inside, you don't have enough money for the landscapers to come yet.
Aw, SWES. Everything SNES would be if it was designed by Tim Sweeney.
Stolen highway markers? We're living a dangerous life!
Terry sits on his favorite spot on the couch sipping a soda.
Damn your glasses are weird, Terry. So is your hair and mouth and eyes and really everything about you.
It has incredible power and you didn't even try using it yourself? What kind of a 10 year old are you, Terry?
Yeah, let's. But let's grab it first.
Strange blue clay makes up the floor of the lab. Once, the light went out, and the floor glowed in the dark, creating a funky 70's style dance floor.
This table was inherited from your great uncle Vinnie. Vinnie was a mobster who was gunned down during a vacation to Niagara Falls one summer.
We'll do our best to live up to our family's name.
Oh really!!!
Tsk, so emotional.
I wonder if Terry would like to come with us.
Apparently not.
But whatever.
You're slow, Terry.
The odd red barn sticks out like a sore thumb. You hear strange noises from inside.
A tree with a stupid look on its face is planted near the barn.
My that's one psychodelic tree.
Let's pick the fruit, then.
Looks tasty. But we haven't come here to eat fruit.
On that note,
what have we come here for?..
Oh hey, a stick.
There was something about strange noises coming from inside the barn. Let's have a look.
Uhm, I hope we didn't interrupt anything?
Good kitty.
But I think I'd rather talk to the dog.
How did you two even get in this kind of, uhm, position, geez.
Okay, it's not like the cat can shoot us while focused on the dog.
So Neko-kun, how's life?
Never underestimate dogs, cat.
NiteMare? What's wrong with the old-fashioned "nightmare"? Jeez.
I hope the dog doesn't mind if we, uh, borrow this for a sec.
Aw, I hoped it'd be a powder keg. But maybe we'll be able to find some use for it.
Yeah, a mouse is all that's missing from this scene.
We leave the barn for now and head east from the previous screen.
The strange trees seem to have some sort of plastic fruit hanging from them.
Plastic explosive fruit, by any chance?
The blue sky seems almost painted on, and the clouds look like cotton.
Nothing for us to do here, really, except enter the warped little castle.
(<- in-character commentary)
What's wrong with your eyes, damn.
The "dragon"? Is that some sort of sexual innuendo again?
Anyway, let's explore this fucked up world further.
An oversized tree with a funny expression on its face looks around. On its top is more fruit similar to the tree to the west.
The forest is dark and forboding. Many other trees look out at you with other dumbfounded looks.
More stoned trees. Moving on.
A pile of rocks approximately the size of your head sits on the pathway. On top of the rocks sits a large femur-shaped bone.
Off in the distance stands an ominous mountain painted against a crimson sky. That must be where the gate is!!!
A large timber blocks any further passage.
There is no jumping or climbing in Dare To Dream.
The roadblock won't budge. Must be superglued in place.
Why would anyone dream up a superglued timber block?
Nice to meet you too, uhm, I guess.
It sure has.
The revolt of dreamt up creatures. How cute.
So? What else do we have here?
A bone prescription, huh.
AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION: Are you a bad enough dude to figure out what the label is really supposed to say?
PRIZE: A nice new custom tag saying "I took an inking and owing pill and look at me now".
