The Quantum Grove

Welcome to the Quantum Grove, a chill place to relax (Set Pre-Canon)

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Hello! I'm Augite, newest astronaut in the Outer Wilds Venture. I'm here to answer some questions about the Venture and its members (including myself). I'm looking forward to seeing what all y'all have to ask. On Hiatus for now, hope to see you all again soon enough!

Blog Rules below

Please refer to Augite when sending an ask, but if you have a question for me indicate it as OOC

No Nsfw, this ain't that type of blog

Please be concise, I'd prefer to avoid misinterpreting a question lol

Some asks may be skipped due to my incomprehension or the ask being considered inappropriate

This blog will only post once a week, please be patient

Here's a link to my main blog if you're interested

[ask-augite-outerwilds]

Well it’s time for these two to go home, it was nice having them visit.

Hope you two have a good time!

It was fun-

But we’re going to enjoy being home again.

Thanks for letting us stay for a bit!

Bye

[ask-augite-outerwilds]

i heard a rumour that someone was testing their emergency radio by making frog noises, is this true?

Oh, that! I think that’d be Gabbro, they like the noise frogs make.

Oh no, people are doing that without time loops???

[ask-augite-outerwilds]

turtles toitles turbles

Turtles!

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what if one day you woke up and there were two of you? how would you handle the name?

Well, that’s a good question! I’m not all too sure to be honest.

Well you could just both keep your names! Or if one of you have partial memories of a time loop-

Huh?

That you could change their name. But that likely won’t happen.

Did- did that happen with you two??????? Neat.

[ask-augite-outerwilds]

what about the size of the crater displeases the new astronaut?

Not sure myself but they should have some answers. What do you two have to say?

It’s too small. My universe’s Quantum Grove is bigger. Well, it used to be smaller than it is, but still bigger than this, and then- anyway, it’s bigger now. I know it’s not going to randomly explode with no warning, but…

I think it’s nice seeing the Grove looking all small like it did when I was a hatchling!

You mean when we got stuck in a tree in jetpack training?!

Yes ::)

Oh your Grove’s bigger? Sounds like it’d pretty neat to explore, plenty of places to hide!

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[There are two nearly-identical young astronauts in the Grove now. They look like mirror images of each other. One of them is rather tense. ] "Do you know where we are? " one asks. The other is muttering about disliking the sky, the horizon, and the size of the crater.

Welcome to the Quantum Grove! I hope you enjoy your stay. I can show ya around, if you’d like.

Reidite and Zircon are open for asks now

[ask-augite-outerwilds]

Help I can't stop teleporting-

(This anon has become quantum!)

Welcome to the club! You’ll need to learn to blink asynchronously to stop warping.

How did you manage to become quantum, might I ask?

[ask-augite-outerwilds]

if slate built a stove you could call it a slove

A… Slove? I mean, I guess they could call a stove they built a ‘slove’. But how did you come up with this???

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Is that where you keep the turtles? How're they doing, by the way?

Oh yea, it is! They’re doing pretty good, I’ve been hanging out with them in between questions some. For the most part, they seem to like to swim a lot, so I watch them swim around the pond.

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what are you gonna do with that huge axe head? leaving it in the grove to teleport around seems risky...

Oh, I won’t just leave it just anywhere in the Grove. That’s just asking to smash your toes. No, I’m putting it with my other stuff that I keep here.

This is my spot in the Grove. It moves some, yea, but it all stays on the blanket I borrowed. It’s a nice place to get away from all the constant noise in the village.

[ask-augite-outerwilds]

I learned how to view the stars better by listening to Chert talk about the signalscope and learned how to use it to look at things from afar! And I wanted a clearer view from my ship... And forgot the sun's gravity pulls things closer.

Congratulations on not getting roast to a crisp! Now you can remember this incident and try to not fly into the sun!

In all honesty, how did you manage to not only forget the sun had gravity, but also got close enough to it that its pull was more than noticeable and not see the sun? Were you that engrossed in your astronomy?

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How many trees could Marl chop down if Marl was allowed to chop down the big trees?

... none, because I accidentally broke their axe. Do you know a good spot to hide it..? I was thinking the Nomai ruins, but...

Don’t oof worry bout hiding it. Leave it right here in the grove and nobody’s gonna be able to find it! Except for me… and Gabbro sometimes. Anyways, I think I’ll just put this with my stuff.

[ask-augite-outerwilds]

you're just collecting sudden onset sensory disabilities huh. lop ears messing up your hearing. suddenly needing glasses. (have you gotten your eyes checked to make sure there's nothing else suddenly up with them?) hopefully you dont get new ones like idk losing your sense of smell or something

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Well that’s an uncomfortable idea. Losing my smell that is. And I probably should have my eyes checked too…

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Maybe check my ears too.

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When was the last time I actually had a general check up? I know my suit monitors vitals but still.

[ask-augite-outerwilds]

there goes fossil... what did you make of them?

Well, they sure were strange and they did do some annoying things. But overall, they were pretty nice? It was pretty neat to have someone who was kinda like me around.

[ask-augite-outerwilds]

Are the trees here normally, uh, bendy? Fossil's wrestling one and, uh appears to be. Um. Winning?

Flexible trees-?

Oh cool butterfLYYAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaa

O H

Fossil has left the Quantum Grove and is no longer available for asks

[ask-augite-outerwilds]

I forgor what I was supposed to ask too busy eating the weird rocks I found to remember

Oh ya mean this kind of rock? Well, if you ate them they won't be making it to your gut anytime soon. Maybe. They're both in your stomach and not most likely. They're quantum.

If you're worried now about the quantum properties, don't be. They aren't radioactive or anything; the rocks are just in every possible place they can be, which now includes your guts!