Detective Yu/Dialogue

Overview **Dialogue** Gallery

## Introduction

*Detective Yu:* "Nice to meet you, Lila. I am special agent Yu, FBI."

"... Do we.. Know each other?.."

*Detective Yu:* "Oh yes, we've most certainly met before"

"I must have forgotten. What do you want?"

*Detective Yu:* "You see, I've been studying you very intently, Lila. I, too, have questions I'd like to ask you."

"What for?"

*Detective Yu:* "At the end of the day, I'd like to find out who you are."

"... You amuse me, detective. You really are nothing like those fools. You seem to keep your eyes open... ... Oh, I expect an *exquisite* feast. Please, ask away~"

*Detective Yu:* "We aren't going to talk here, Lila. Meet me at a familiar place. A place you use for saving. ... I'll be waiting."

End of dialogue.

## Meeting Lila in his office

*Detective Yu:* "You found me. Good job!"

"Hello again, detective."

*Detective Yu:* "Now, Lila, let me tell you what I’ve gathered so far. So, as far as I’m aware, you are the one responsible for the deaths of the two girls."

"..."

*Detective Yu:* "Now, Tanya Kennedy was the girl that looked just like you. So, why is that?"

"I guess we may never know, detective."

*Detective Yu:* "... Well, if that’s the game you want to play... Let’s do it. I’m a sucker for mysteries like yours."

"Is that so?"

*Detective Yu:* "The way your story goes doesn’t seem to make sense though. There seems to be no continuity.. Half the time I’m not even sure whether it’s today, tomorrow, or a month ago!"

"It is delightful to see your optimism, detective."

*Detective Yu:* "Oh well, enough chit-chat. Please, pick a card."

## The Fool Reading

*Detective Yu:* "In tarot, this is my favorite card. The fool."

"I get what you're saying. Too bad we’re here now."

*Detective Yu:* "Yes... Seems like whatever William did there, didn’t really help. Still, I like to imagine him some other place, as clear-minded and childlike as the fool. Not remembering and not assessing the junk around him. Just being."

"..."

*Detective Yu:* "That’s why you envy us, isn’t it? You can’t do that yourself and you rely on food we humans give you."

"... I don’t envy anybody, Yu. There’s no use in comparing stupid glass shards, even if you think one of them is yours."

## The High Priestess Reading

*Detective Yu:* "So.. Just who are you, Lila?"

"Oh, I am Will’s tulpa. He’s made me after the passing of his mother to.. Oh wait- wait. No, I’m the vengeful spirit of the girl named Tanya Kennedy and.. Oh, no, wait. I’m a scientific experiment conducted by the US government to brainwash its citizens to.. Or am I a metaphor for mental abuse everybody has seen about a hundred times already? Or am I a twisted incarnation of Will’s *dark tormented psyche?* Ooh.. Which one is it, detective?"

*Detective Yu:* "Hmph, playful as usual, I see.. Don’t worry, Lila. I won’t stop until I find out. Even if it means I’m feeding you in the process."

"Please do, my friend."

## The Empress Reversed Reading

*Detective Yu:* "Have you ever heard of the term "Devouring Mother"?

"..."

*Detective Yu:* "It’s a Jungian term. It describes an archetype - a mother, incredibly protective, but in the same amount selfish. It is a mother, who devours her children, stealing them from the real world."

"Disgusting."

*Detective Yu:* "For many, it is. Do you have a good relationship with your Mother, Lila?"

"Are you trying to be funny, detective?"

*Detective Yu:* "Hehe, no need to be so hostile, Lila. After all, you are the one who came here."

## The Emperor Reversed Reading

*Detective Yu:* "Who is the Prince?"

"No one. Whenever you say "who", you are just pointing your finger at those stupid projector reels. The Prince is not a who. If you want to see the projector light, you have to look beyond the film."

*Detective Yu:* "Why do you call yourself a reel then?"

"It’s an anchor through which you humans can understand me. Lawrence’s worms tried to make an instrument out of it. They made a reel artificially... Too bad it had my face on it. I couldn’t help myself, I always come when someone calls... But I was here before all reels, just like my father was."

## The Hierophant Reading

*Detective Yu:* "So, a Hierophant. ...Will has come a long way to learn the truth about the Fraternity, hasn’t he?"

"Yeah, right. A lot of hoop jumping just to learn what I could already have told him myself. By the way, Yu. ...That fire was your men’s job, wasn’t it?"

*Detective Yu:* "...Yes. It was us. Obviously, Lawrence was aware of the FBI knowing of UIW-AM. Moreover, we have been utilizing them proactively for the last ten or fifteen years. ...We were a bit late with the fire, though. Now Lawrence is in a place, where there is no time at all."

"So it was you lot who stole all my food?"

*Detective Yu:* "..."

"He called Lawrence when I was asleep."

*Detective Yu:* "I know."

"What did they talk about?"

*Detective Yu:* "..."

"Did he read what was in the secret file? C’mon, detective, you know I’m curious. What was written here?"

*Detective Yu:* "...I’m not sure if you are playing with me here, Lila. ...You.. You are a haze, composed of many human minds intersecting. A construction of thoughts of many hosts."

"W-wait, how’d you.."

*Detective Yu:* "As long as there are humans, who know about you– As long as you have hosts, you can’t be killed."

"So.. Are you going to just?.. ..."

*Detective Yu:* "There.. There doesn’t seem to be a different way to do it. I– I’m so sorry, I.."

Game shifts into Yu's perspective, with him pointing a gun at Lila.

**If the player shoots Lila:**

The game closes. Upon loading into the Yu's Office file again:
*Detective Yu:* "Oh.. Oh God.. I'm so sorry, Will"
*Lila:* "It's never that simple, is it, detective?"
*Detective Yu:* "You.. You tricked me, Lila"
*Lila:* "Your sorrow is exquisite, detective. I haven't had such a feast in a while. ... If I knew just how rich your pain was, I'd never even bother to inhabit William, hehe"
*Detective Yu:* "You are horrible, Lila"
*Lila:* "Well, that's a harsh thing to say. At least I'm not the one to kill an innocent boy, detective"
*Detective Yu:* "You.. Need to leave ... I- I need a moment"

**If the player closes the game:**

"...Not bad, detective. You are much smarter than you look. ...No nourishment for me today, I guess."
*Detective Yu:* "Well, I’m sorry, but you won’t trick me that easily, Lila. Let’s proceed with our conversation.

## The Lovers Reading

*Detective Yu:* "Poor William."

"He deserved it, Yu. After all, killing that bitch was his idea."

*Detective Yu:* "I don’t believe you."

"Why not, detective? Will thought she was me. I guess he hated me that much. He thought I came back for him. I only helped him finish what he started."

*Detective Yu:* "Will is not a killer."

"..."

## Strength Reading

*Detective Yu:* "What?.. How did this happen? Did Will turn himself in?"

"..."

*Detective Yu:* "Was it your plan all along, Lila? But I thought it ended a different way... I don’t get it."

"Have you heard of the garden of forking paths, detective?"

*Detective Yu:* "Borges’ short story?"

"Yes."

*Detective Yu:* "I mean, I get it, the story could’ve unraveled in many different ways and so on.. You don’t have to be a genius to understand that there are multiple possible routes. But which one of them actually happened?"

"You don’t get it. They all happened."

*Detective Yu:* "But.. In alternative universes or something?"

"No, in this universe, silly!"

*Detective Yu:* "But which one is canonical?"

"All of them are. And none of them are. You seem to think that some of the dreams you see are more important than others, detective. I suggest you reconsider. ...All of them are equally ephemeral. All of them are nothing but dreams."

## Wheel of Fortune Reading

*Detective Yu:* "Who.. was that?"

"It’s William. Didn’t you hear us talk?"

*Detective Yu:* "I did, but.. So it called you Lila, but you called it William?"

"Well, of course. Film reels that are not needed have to go somewhere. This is where William’s went. I had to pull the same trick on him after what he did in the tower.."

*Detective Yu:* "You mean..."

"I mean the one in the forest. The one with the pit and a small projector room, where all previous film reels are lying around."

*Detective Yu:* "So, you had the reel... What’s it for, really?"

"Depends on who’s steering. I tend to get rid of them. Will, on the other hand, likes to place them onto the projector again.."

*Detective Yu:* "Peculiar..."

## Justice Reading

*Detective Yu:* "So, a place where we met first.. You might not know it, but I’ve been watching you intently, Lila. From the point William woke up in his apartment, right until the end."

"So? Did it help you?’

*Detective Yu:* "Not.. yet. I’m still not quite sure. ...If I’m being frank, I have almost no damn idea about what happened before or after this day."

"I appreciate your bluntness, detective. ...Does it feel right that William is most likely going to be prosecuted?"

*Detective Yu:* "I’m.. not sure. You see, at that point I didn’t know William that well. ...To be quite honest with you, I feel a bit cheated. I’m not sure if the way it ended was a victory of good, or a terrible mistake."

"Too bad, detective. Hehe. Not unlike me, you don’t seem to be easily satiable.. Maybe we could talk over some more cards?"

*Detective Yu:* "Sure."

## The Hanged Man Reading

*Detective Yu:* "I.. thought you’d be gone after that."

"Well, it takes a bit more than getting rid of that stupid reel. That film reel was created by William, but I’m not contained in it. It only resembles me a little bit. ...Just like that bitch Tanya."

*Detective Yu:* "Why do you look like her?"

"..."

*Detective Yu:* "Does everyone see you the same way?"

"The worms of Lawrence do. But there are some who can see better than others..."

## Death Reading

*Detective Yu:* "Are you afraid of death?"

"I think death means different things to us, Yu. I won’t die if you shoot a gun at me. But a full understanding of my story. A loss of interest that closure brings, that’s.. Well, nevermind, forget it. What about you?"

*Detective Yu:* "I’m not sure. I’ve died many times, but all I was met with was a different dream."

"Along your path, have you ever stumbled upon a man with six arms and snake eyes?"

*Detective Yu:* "I.. I have, just once."

"When you leave me and this dream, try to recall what he said. You are in a very special position right now. You have the opportunity to either jump into the wheel again, or be free of dreams forever. Don’t waste it. This time, try to make death be the end of Yu."

*Detective Yu:* "We have to get back to the dream."

"It’s such a shame we have. I wish we could talk more like this, Yu."

## The Tower Reading

*Detective Yu:* "So, the trickster gets tricked, eh?"

"... You could say so. It wasn’t a fair play. Will would’ve benefited so much from giving up his reel."

*Detective Yu:* "What are these reels? What’s on them?"

"Just garbage you humans collect throughout your life. Memories, habits... Although sometimes you get something good."

*Detective Yu:* "Are you referring to yourself?"

"Well, obviously. You humans still need something to see me as, so you construct a projection of me, the same way you construct projections of other people you know. ...All your identities are just silly pieces of film illuminated by the Prince."

*Detective Yu:* "Aren’t you the same?"

"Oh, I’m so much more, detective."

## The Moon Reading

*Detective Yu:* "So that’s how they met. It’s nice to see Will making friends."

"Hmph. They aren’t his friends. You saw the way they looked at him and the way they.."

*Detective Yu:* "Are we getting jealous?"

"What? I don’t possess such feelings for anyone, I.."

*Detective Yu:* "Hehe, alright. By the way, what was that figure in the corner?"

"Are you talking about the stranger?"

*Detective Yu:* "Yes, he looked a bit like William, didn’t he?"

"... It’s just.. It’s not his usual look."

*Detective Yu:* "..?"

## The Sun Reading

*Detective Yu:* "What was that all about? Machine of pain? Me?"

"You love it when it’s about you, don’t you?"

*Detective Yu:* "Wha? I– I mean, I don’t care, we can talk about something else if you’d like. ...What did she mean when she said my.. curiosity keeps you alive?"

"You are so close to finding out the truth.. Do you realize that, detective?"

*Detective Yu:* "Just answer my question, Lila. Why are you saying that it’s up to me?"

"Come on, detective. You are almost there."

*Detective Yu:* "... I don’t.. I can’t yet. Please, can’t you just tell me?"

"... ..."

## Judgement Reading

*Detective Yu:* "What a strange outcome that was.. I do feel bad about Michael’s fate."

"Oh, do you feel bad about what’s going to happen to Graves?"

*Detective Yu:* "I wish I could do something about it.."

"You do have the power to divert the way some events go."

*Detective Yu:* "You won’t lull me into the false sense of safety, Lila. Even if I did know that, now I know for sure– In the garden of forking paths there’ll always be one that leads to Mr. Graves being falsely accused. ...This card is an objective evidence of that."

"Not bad, detective. Many others will try to deceive themselves. Thinking that only one of the many paths is real. Yet they all exist simultaneously, intersecting."

*Detective Yu:* "In a weird way. They seem to dictate each other’s logic, too. ...I’m not sure if I can grasp the picture in its entirety yet, though..."

"Do you feel that you need to?"

*Detective Yu:* "Oh yes!.. Yes, I have to. I don’t think I’ll be able to find satisfaction until I understand each little thing. ...I feel it’s what I need to do in order to find out who you are, Lila."

"We’ll... see about that."

## The Last Secret

Triggered by discussing all tarot cards.

*Missing header at /YuEndingPart2/*

*Detective Yu:* "..?"

"...If it’s easier to understand that way– An identity is like a piece of semi-transparent film. It lies in a ray of light, so the light thinks it’s that piece of film."

*Detective Yu:* "Doesn’t the light itself want to know what it is? I know, I want to know what light is."

"Neither the film or the light want things. It’s just written on the film. "I want to know what light is."

*Detective Yu:* "I don’t get it.."

"It’s like when reading a book. On their own, the characters are just a bunch of symbols, but their attention makes them kind of alive. It’s as if they borrow your mind as simulation space, to play out their consciousness. ...It’s like a wind-powered walking machine. Your attention makes it move and act as a living thing, but when it’s still it loses its meaning."

*Detective Yu:* "Wait, so you, on the other hand.. You are composed by an intersection of many rays of attention, aren’t you?"

"Very good, yes."

*Detective Yu:* "But even if I were to get rid of all of them, you wouldn’t disappear. Why?"

"Well, I guess, I can just straight up tell you. ..."

Lila whispers something into Yu's ear.

*Detective Yu:* "N-no!.. NO! FUCK, NO!"

"...Sometimes a piece of film is designed in such a way that when catching the light of attention once, it "tries" to do every little thing to keep it to itself. It creates mazes and unbelievable fractals of mystery. You see, the beauty of it is– its structure is not random. There’s always an underlying logic. And a single correct interpretation of its narrative."

*Detective Yu:* "But is it even obtainable at this point?.."

"I don’t know. This.. piece is always designed to be just about explainable, but smaller contradictions and unspoken details usually prevent the full picture from being formed."

*Detective Yu:* "So what, was it all to?.. ..."

"Yes. Yes."

*Detective Yu:* "So this must be the most vile and the last trick of them all."

End of dialogue.