VOLITION — An RPG, huh? That phrase feels familiar, somehow.
INTERFACING [Medium: Success] — Not just the phrase. These mechanics, the feel of arrow keys under your hands.. You’ve done this before. Not this exact game, but similar.
ENCYCLOPEDIA [Challenging: Success] — The game you are looking for is OFF, an RPG made in ‘08 by one Mortis Ghost about something called The Batter, an entity sent to purify the world he resides in.
CONCEPTUALIZATION [Medium: Success] — That sounds just like you.
COMPOSURE [Medium: Success] — Yes, but despite the respect you hold for this noble mission, you never quite finished the game. You got stuck on one of the last bosses: The Queen.
INLAND EMPIRE [Formidable: Success] — You just could not do it. Looking at her made you sick.
PAIN THRESHOLD [Medium: Success] — So you don’t know the ending. This has apparently been subconsciously eating away at you for a while.
LOGIC [Easy: Failure] — ..Maybe the lieutenant knows something? You should ask him. Ask him if he has ever beaten OFF before. It’s the only way to calm your lore-driven heart!
YOU — “Kim, can I ask you something?”
KIM KITSURAGI — “What’s the question? I hope it’s related to the investigation.”
RHETORIC [Challenging: Success] — Watch out! You say “beat off” here to mean completing a playthrough of OFF, the RPG video game by Mortis Ghost. However, the phrase “beat off” is also euphemism for masturbation! Without context, it would appear you were talking about masturbating!
YOU — Whoa… I’d better be more careful!
RHETORIC — Yeah, you’d better. Now say “never mind” and never ask him anything like that. Ever.
ELECTROCHEMISTRY [Medium: Success] — Ever? What a party pooper. It’s cool, man. You’re cool. Kim’s cool. It’s important to get to know your partner.
YOU — “Actually, never mind.”(Don’t ask him)
PERCEPTION (SIGHT) [Medium: Success] — Out of the corner of your eye, you see a gigantic centipede on the ceiling.
YOU — Turn to look at it.
PERCEPTION (SIGHT) — It fades away.
