#lilachousearcade

[leomafraart]

The arcade floats in the ocean contained between the Material Plane — domain of the palpable and concrete, dependent on Lavoisier's laws, where ideas are subjugated to thoughts, and the fantastical can only inhabit the unconscious — and the Underworld — domain of the dead, of the fictitious and oblivion. This ocean is called the Sub-Material Sea, and it shares characteristics with its two neighboring planes, thus giving the inhabitants of the Underworld physical bodies and sensations, and can be accessed by inhabitants of the physical plane through unconsciousness. The Arcade, in the midst of the great red sea, is characterized as a space between our concepts of life and death, carrying characteristics of both without being either.

[leomafraart]

Jean is trasnsported to the Arcade inside an interplanarian. Interplanarians are colossal flying worms who travel between the Material Plane and the Submaterial Sea. Little is known about them but some believe that, from their behavior, they have a mysterious connection to the Underworld, antigravitational powers, and the secret of interplanar shifting, through the breaking of the Metaphysical Barrier.

[leomafraart]

Jean is the game's main character and who the player controls in their adventure. His Arcade outfit, the result of a union with his childhood stuffed animal, is a visual representation of obtaining his "pearl" upon crossing over to the lower plane. This outfit, which the character wears for the rest of the game, contains elements linked to sleep, dreams, and childhood imagination, such as his hat that resembles rabbit ears, his slippers like big furry paws, his skirt, quilted and padded like a blanket. His design and personality reflect his place in the story, his quest for knowledge, his non-belonging, entering adulthood as a transitional and confusing stage of life, and the search for answers in his own imagination.

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