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"(shed))" is the ninth chapter of Into the Forest. It is the second chapter to be narrated by Astair Ibrahim.

### Chapter Quote

"Because we're moody giants, every day we subtly revise who we think we are." - Diane Ackerman

### Summary

The chapter opens up on May 15, 2014 at 02:22:23 in Los Angeles, California. Astair is at her house, struggling to sleep, and decides to go downstairs into the kitchen. She starts making coffee. She then grabs a blank sheet of paper and draws out the lines for a tic-tac-toe game on it. She plays the game alone while thinking about the poor grade she received for her college paper. She tries to imagine the moves Xanther would make if she were playing, claiming that Xanther would play one of the corners first. Astair still can't get over the presence of the cat.

While still waiting on the coffee to brew, Astair decides to take down the small shelter Xanther and Anwar built when they first brought the cat home. She figures it is no longer necessary since the cat sleeps in Xanther's room. When she enters the room with the setup, she sees the large stack of books she and Anwar have been collecting throughout the years. She has not read any of them in a long time, and thinks that rereading some of them could help cheer her up.

A few hours later, Astair goes on a hike with Taymor. Taymor becomes surprised when Astair tells her that they never got the dog, but instead ended up with the cat. Astair mentions that she warned both Xanther and Anwar of her cat allergies. Taymor asks if the allergies are bad, to which Astair says that so far they haven't been acting up. Xanther, however, has been rubbing her eyes a lot. Astair then brings up her failed paper. Taymor asks how Astair could have failed it. She tells Taymor about how her old advisor, Llewyn Fabler, thought the paper was good but she was assigned a new advisor after Fabler suffered a heart attack and is still recovering. The new advisor regraded the paper and gave it the F.

As the two continue hiking, Taymor starts talking to Astair about an anonymous service known as "HomePorn." Astair has not heard of this service and is not interested in knowing but Taymor explains anyway. They discuss it for a while and Astair slowly becomes more intrigued with the ideas that the service offers. Once they finish their hike, Taymor drives Astair home. Astair decides to shower. She thinks about when she first started dating Anwar. She was still in a relationship with Dov, but she was planning on breaking up with him.

Astair calls her new advisor, Eldon Avantine, at the college and requests a meeting so she can understand more about why she received a failing grade on her paper. He does not initially answer the phone, but his assistant calls Astair back and they make an appointment for Sunday afternoon. Anwar comes home and asks how the cat is doing. Astair realizes that she hasn't seen the cat the whole time she's been home. She and Anwar search around for it but they end up realizing that the cat is gone.

The chapter ends on May 15, 2014 at 15:47:49.
TFv3 Page by Page Annotations

These page by page annotations are intended to help the reader by providing translations and other information.

## Chapters

00 CHAPTER 0: Intros

48 CHAPTER 1: wings [Jingjing]

80 CHAPTER 2: Xiomara [Xanther]

114 CHAPTER 3: Bleach [Özgür]

123 CHAPTER 4: in the middle of their street [Astair]

153 CHAPTER 5: atsa›}] [Anwar]

179 CHAPTER 6: Withdrawal [Wizard]

201 CHAPTER 7: Lives of Others [Luther]

220 CHAPTER 8: Waving back [Shnorhk]

241 CHAPTER 9: Honeysuckle [Xanther]

261 CHAPTER 10: Joint Session [Astair]

285 CHAPTER 11: A Sleeping Warrior [Isandòrno]

311 CHAPTER 12: dead-end cats [Anwar]

342 CHAPTER 13: Sew [Wizard]

354 CHAPTER 14: On behalf of life [Shnorhk]

373 CHAPTER 15: MI [Xanther]

407 CHAPTER 16: Virgil [Özgür]

430 CHAPTER 17: cannibal stones [Jingjing]

459 CHAPTER 18: Nacho [Luther]

476 CHAPTER 19: Mefisto [Anwar]

496 CHAPTER 20: Maneki Neko [Shnorhk]

511 CHAPTER 21: Hyperion [Xanther]

554 CHAPTER 22: Savage [Özgür]

569 CHAPTER 23: Oceanica [Astair]

618 CHAPTER 24: hungry ghost [Jingjing]

642 CHAPTER 25: One Lab [Isandòrno]

663 CHAPTER 26. M.E.T.E. [Anwar]

694 CHAPTER 27: Esse Quam Videri [Wizard]

717 CHAPTER 28: Pomona [Luther]

744 CHAPTER 29: The Animal Kingdom [Astair]

787 CHAPTER 30: Satya [Xanther]
New This Season

Each Volume of *The Familiar* begins with a series of short previews of stories yet to come, similar to the trailers shown before films in movie theaters.

## Volume 1

* *Astral Omega: Our Common Horrors*
* *Tom’s Crossing: Even in His Feet*
* *Caged Hunt: Part One*

## Volume 2

* *Astral Omega: The Unwilling*
* *Petch*
* *Caged Hunt: Part Two*

## Volume 3

* *Astral Omega: Heaven*
* *Only the wind blew...*
* *Caged Hunt: Part Three*

## Volume 4

* *Astral Omega: Versal Apex Predator*
* *SADAT*
* *Caged Hunt: Part Four*

## Volume 5

* *Astral Omega: Cold Boot*
* *Invite Everyone*
* *Caged Hunt: Part Five*
Green

**green** both their thing.

**绿, xanh lục, हरा, 綠色, зеленый, 緑**

- The word 'green' in Chinese (simplified), Vietnamese, Hindi, Chinese (Traditional), Russian, and Japanese.

#### 108

jingjing describes tian li's speaking in tongues as 'never **green**'.

### Big Surprise

#### 116

Astair is drinking China **green** tea.

Ever**green** trees grow on their street.

#### 125

Xanther helps the snails cross the sidewalk to get to the safety of the **green.**

### The Orb

#### 155

After seeing blue inside the orb, Cas sees **green**.

### Power Draws a Crowd

#### 171

Oz sees a prostitute dressed all in **emerald.**

### Dr. Potts

#### 192

While playing with a Rubik's cube, Xanther moves a **green** tile to find it replaces by two red tiles.

#### 196

Xanther moves a white tile to the white side, and has only a red and **green** remaining.
TFv01 CH 20 Litter (annotated)

Annotations for Litter, the twentieth chapter of One Rainy Day In May.

## Page 455

**quote**

 from a song A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall

## Page 456

**dibs**

 pick a song, radio station

**SugarLady**

weird dog name

## Page 457

***We’re the fucking animals***

‘Animals’ by Martin Garrix

***Te juro que te amo...***

I swear I love you

## Page 458

***Wait ‘til you’re announced...***

First line of ‘Team’ by Lorde

***Bringing me a dark surprise...***

From a verse of ’Pumped Up Kicks’ by Foster the People

***Makes the wind blow all the while...***

From ’Prove It On Me Blues’ by Gertrude ‘Ma Rainey’

## Page 459

***Before I sputter out...***

‘Novocaine for the Soul’ by Eels

***‘Cause you found someone like, like...***

‘The Throw’ by Jagwar Ma. Full line: “‘Cause you found someone like, like the truth.”

***La voici plus confiante et riante qui s’abandonne au désir...***

Here he, who abandons desire, is more confident and cheerful. From
the opera Persephone by Stravinsky, relates to the moment when
Persephone bites the pomegranate

## Page 461

**Led Zeppelin**

If it keeps on rainin, levees goin to break

## Page 464

**the gasoline**

see pg 85

## Pages 478-479

**blue H**

Echoing House of Leaves

## Page 480

**sooooooooo**

nine O's

**riverrunning**

Finnegans Wake allusion
TFv1 Page by Page Annotations

These page by page annotations are intended to help the reader by providing translations and other information.

## Chapters

00-47 CHAPTER 0: Intros

48 CHAPTER 1: “Is Everything Okay?“ [Xanther]

73 CHAPTER 2: Lupita’s [Luther]

82 CHAPTER 3: Square One [Anwar]

100 CHAPTER 4: Zhong [Jingjing]

114 CHAPTER 5: Big Surprise [Astair]

133 CHAPTER 6: The Orb [Wizard]

158 CHAPTER 7: Power Draws a Crowd [Özgür]

178 CHAPTER 8: Dr. Potts [Xanther]

200 CHAPTER 9: Blue Pencil [Luther]

225 CHAPTER 10: Yeah man. Something died [Shnorhk]

236 CHAPTER 11: Bones Nest [Astair]

268 CHAPTER 12: Palace above the day [Jingjing]

290 CHAPTER 13: Veinte Pesos [Isandòrno]

326 CHAPTER 14: The Horrorsphere [Xanther]

353 CHAPTER 15: Dawgz [Luther]

374 CHAPTER 16: Prey [Anwar]

396 CHAPTER 17: Is little irrelevant [Shnorhk]

419 CHAPTER 18: View of the sea [Özgür]

436 CHAPTER 19: Cinnamon [Astair]

455 CHAPTER 20: Litter [Xanther]

518 CHAPTER 21: Raeden [Jingjing]

539 CHAPTER 22: Save him! [Anwar]

563 A NARCON INTERRUPTION

579 CHAPTER 23: Walk [Luther]

609 CHAPTER 24: The Fourth Crate [Isandòrno]

622 CHAPTER 25: Tiny Storms [Wizard]

656 CHAPTER 26: Mom, it’s a– [Astair]

690 CHAPTER 27: auntie! [Jingjing]

703 CHAPTER 28: ,dead [Anwar]

773 CHAPTER 29: St. Hopi [Luther]

787 CHAPTER 30: If anything... [Xanther]
Minewood Boulevard

**Minewood Boulevard** is a large boulevard passing through most of the state of Minewood.

## **Description**

The street starts west at the bottom of Minewood Hills, where it heads east through the city. It passes through the Minewood Residential, before passing under the raised Library Tower platform, and officially entering Downtown Minewood. At this point, the street passes under the freeway, and ends at its construction point, where it will eventually be expanded by the creator.
TFv03 CH 11 A Sleeping Warrior (annotated)

Annotations for A Sleeping Warrior from Honeysuckle & Pain.

## Page 285

**picture**

named Les
gars du gang. Les filles aussi (boys from gang, girls too) taken at El Chopo
(flea market in Mexico City)

## Page 288

**Chapultepec**

more commonly called the "Bosque de Chapultepec" (Chapultepec Forest)
in Mexico City, is the largest city park in the Western Hemisphere, measuring
in total just over 686
 hectares

**Museo Rufino Tamayo**

a public contemporary art museum located in Mexico City’s
Chapultepec Park, that produces innovative international contemporary art
exhibitions, using its collection of modern and contemporary art, as well as
artworks from the collection of its founder, the artist Rufino Tamayo

## Page 289

**she**

Teyos
girlfriend or female company for Teyo, maybe the one Luther was so jealous
about;

## **Page 294**

**black balloons**

mentioned by rawrgrl in TFv02 (page

## Page 296

**Rosé**

pink wine

## Page 299

**apparatus that permits witnessing**

brain? (or, perhaps, the eyes.)

## Page 302

**blunt thing**

Luther likes to smoke joints here and
then

## Page 304

**Nacho**

Teyo's full name is Teodor Javier de Ignacio Salazar and Nacho is nickname for Ignacio
TFv01 CH 19 Cinnamon (annotated)

Annotations for Cinnamon, the nineteenth chapter of One Rainy Day In May.

## Page 436

**Louise Gluck**

 an American poet

## Page 446

**Jalisco**

Mexican state

**become cartoons**

is it just me, or is there something scary about this sentence?

## Page 449

**that sophomoric anagrammatic palindromic religiosity**

'deified' is palindromic, and an anagram of 'edified', which means to improve (renew?)

**Ojai**

city in California

## Page 451

**delayed gratification**

her definition of religion on pg 122

## Page 453

**all we are are silent villans**

There s a Thunder by Family Crest

## Page 454

**cinnamon**

why this as a chapter title??? The phoenix was
reputed to build its nest from cinnamon and cassia. The Hebrew Bible
makes specific mention of the spice many time

Possible interpretation #1: 'her mother prepared toast slathered in butter, cinnamon, and sugar while towels warmed in the dryer.' Astair is relating her maternity to her mother's. In other words, she's thinking of how she was raised, and how she herself raises her children. (Also, fun fact, Nomannic (cinnamon backwards) is the name of a civilian transport ship in Star Wars, and is also an extremely rare name sometimes given to children (possibly simply in lieu of the fact the parents like cinnamon).
TFv03 CH 20 Maneki Neko (annotated)

Annotations for Maneki Neko from Honeysuckle & Pain.

## Page 496

**maneki-neko**

a common Japanese figurine (lucky charm, talisman) which is often believed
to bring good luck to the owner

***“It can’t, that’s all,” Tracy said.***

“The tiger can’t be killed.”

“One tiger? Can’t be killed? Why not?”

“It can’t, that’s all,” Tracy said.

“But tiger will kill?” Dr. Pingitzer said.

“If it must,” Tracy said.

“Is this right?”

“I don’t know. Is it?”

## Page 500

**Foret Glacé**

frozen forest

## Page 501

**black braids...**

same one jingjing
saw, see 436

## Page 502

**armenian**

Oh help me.

## Page 503

**armenian**

- Don't say silly things.
- Throw the garbage? You?

## Page 504

**Atwater**

Atwater Village is a highly
diverse neighborhood in the 13th district of Los Angeles
TFv02 CH 09 Stones Upon His Eyes (annotated)

Annotations for Stones Upon His Eyes from Into the Forest.

## Page 226

***But in all chaos there is calculation.***

Lorde - Glory and Gore

## Page 227

**slooping**

made up word

## Page 229

**Oliver Sacks**

neurologist, real person

## Page 230

**TelectBoard**

doesn't exist

## Page 231

**Koch triangle**

**Bloom's taxonomy**

A concept in learning theory; in Vol. 1 Xanther and Anwar were looking at the Wikipedia page about this: [1]

## Page 232

**Thomas Star Kane**

in Vol 1 it was Thomas Starr King

## Page 233

**Rhonda Rousey**

American mixed martial artist; real life person

## Page 235

**Fisher**

Lucy Fisher, see V2 114

## Page 236

**Tavi Gerinson**

American writer, magazine editor, actress, and
singer. She came to public attention at the age of 12, due to her
fashion blog Style Rookie. By the age of 15, she had shifted her focus
to pop culture and feminist discussion. She is the founder and
editor-in-chief of the online Rookie Magazine, aimed primarily at
teenage girls

## Page 238

**Dendish kissing the window**

Astair's fantasy in previous chapter, Hopi was licking windows in Vol 1 (pg 205)
Be extraordinary

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"be extraordinary" is the fifth chapter of Into the Forest. It is the first chapter to be narrated by Jingjing.

### Summary

The chapter opens up on May 14, 2014 at 04:42:03 in Singapore. Jingjing is at a local park, unable to sleep. He is eating some food and resting by a spice garden. He has been searching for Tian Li's cat ever since it disappeared but has had no luck. He decides to start walking along the path of a greenway, but while doing so Jingjing spots a snake crawling over his shoe. He panics then kicks the snake into the nearby grass.

Jingjing spends the next few hours in the park before returning to his apartment complex. Tian Li is still feeling depressed and sick. He attempts to cheer her up but she falls asleep again. She has been doing nothing but sleeping and eating ever since the cat disappeared. Jingjing decides to search around the apartment for some money. When he is unable to find any, he begins to worry about how poor they are becoming. He starts trying to think of ways to make money. At the same time, he continues his search for the cat. The stress makes him start feeling the need to smoke.

While at an electronics store, Jingjing spots Zhong on a TV screen. He remembers when he was at Zhong's palace and would like to be able to see all of his friends again. He also thinks about Raeden and how he was put into a coma from smoking some really heavy drug from a balloon. On his way out of the store, he decides to draw a monster card from his deck. The card he draws is Tanngrisner. He puts the card back and begins to realize how much he misses the cat. He realizes that things were a lot better when it was still around.

When Jingjing returns to the apartment again, he finds that the last of the food has been eaten. Tian Li appears to be holding lottery tickets. She asks Jingjing to pick a number. Jingjing picks, and when the numbers are revealed, it seems they have won some money.

The chapter ends on May 14, 2014 at 19:17:09.
TFv4 Page by Page Annotations

These page by page annotations are intended to help the reader by providing translations and other information.

## Chapters

00-? CHAPTER 0: Intros

CHAPTER 1: Near Little Switzerland

CHAPTER 2: Same cage

CHAPTER 3: Forget the Key

CHAPTER 4: 'Nathan.'

CHAPTER 5: The Range

CHAPTER 6: Lion Girl

CHAPTER 7: Uneasy Magic

CHAPTER 8: Havoc

CHAPTER 9: EDS

CHAPTER 10: nahual

CHAPTER 11: changi!

CHAPTER 12: New York

CHAPTER 13: "I sue you all!"

CHAPTER 14: Cynthia

CHAPTER 15: Ammonia

CHAPTER 16: slashes

CHAPTER 17: Marisol

CHAPTER 18: Hades

CHAPTER 19: Locochón

CHAPTER 20: black dog

CHAPTER 21: The Arsenal

CHAPTER 22: -Of course

CHAPTER 23: "We miss you, brother."

CHAPTER 24: bluewhale

CHAPTER 25: The Box

CHAPTER 26: Domingo's Mother

CHAPTER 27: Worse Than Any Nightmare

CHAPTER 28: no chance

CHAPTER 29: Undaunted

CHAPTER 30: 2187D
TFv05 CH 30 Bury the Heavens (annotated)

Annotations for Bury the Heavens of Redwood.

**quote**

full quote: "Behold, I am going to send an angel before you to guard you along the way
and to bring you into the place which I have prepared. "Be on your guard
before him and obey his voice; do not be rebellious toward him, for he will not
pardon your transgression, since My name is in him.

## Page 802

**The Great . . . “Stare**

The Great
Stairs?

## Page 805

**chrysocolla**

blue/green mineral gemstone

## Pages 832-833

**ENTR’ACTE FIVE – Senex in a Good Mood**

**Pax tibi Marce, evangelista meus.**

Venetian tradition states that when St. Mark was traveling
through Europe, he arrived at a lagoon in Venice, where an angel appeared to
him and said "Pax tibi Marce, evangelista meus. Hic requiescet corpus
tuum." (May Peace be with you, Mark, my evangelist. Here your body will
rest.) This (possibly apocryphal) tradition was used as justification by
Rustico da Torcello and Bon da Malamocco in 828 for stealing the remains of St.
Mark from his grave in Alexandria, and moving them to Venice, where they were
eventually interred in the Basilica of St. Mark.
TFv01 CH 24 The Fourth Crate (annotated)

Annotations for The Fourth Crate, the twenty-fourth chapter of One Rainy Day In May.

## Page 609

*I **beg you.*** **Victim #9**

allegedly from video game I Am Alive

## Page 613

**Papantla**

a city and municipality located in the north of the state of Veracruz, Mexico

## Page 615

**owl flies across the moon**

like on jingjing's card

## Page 617

**W, X and Y**

so the remaining crate is Z

**open it now**

Isandorno is scared to open the box like Astair the envelope
TFv05 CH 15 OFF DUTY (annotated)

Annotations for OFF DUTY of Redwood.

## Page 398

**quote**

from the
book The Town Beyond the Wall

full quote

'Sometimes it happens that we travel for a long time without
knowing that we have made the long journey solely to pronounce a certain word,
a certain phrase, in a certain place. The meeting of the place and the word is
a true accomplishment.

**Elie Wiesel**

was a
Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel
Laureate and Holocaust survivor. He was the author of 57 books, written mostly
in French and English, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a
prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald
concentration camps

## Page 405

**W0NDMZ**

Won the maze? Own M.Z.D.? M.Z.D. now?
TFv02 CH 16 The Mayor (annotated)

Annotations for The Mayor from Into the Forest.

## Page 383

Mayor is 44 years old, which means Isandorno is 33

## Page 394

**wooden totem**

bought from the old indian in Vol 1

**whore with crocodile shit**

see V1 pg 318

## Page 396

**Juan**

works for Mayor on Ranch, see V1 610

## Page 398

**her daughters**

mentioned in V1 611

## Page 399

**...July hunt. Three Americans...**

See "Caged Hunt: Part Two" at the beginning of the book, which most likely portrays this. It is dated July 31, and features three men (if you look closely you can read their names even though they're "censored") hunting.

## Page 404

**ranch**

is this the Ranch Football player and Memo were talking about?
La Revolución Rusa

La Revolución Rusa (Russian Revolution) es el 17avo mundo de PvZ2.

## Descripción:

¡Ven a la Revolución Rusa a pelear contra los zombies capitalistas! ¡Gana la batalla!

## Plantas:

Nuez Recargable: Es dura como una nuez, y se puede recargar plantándole encima más para que lance hasta tres nueces duras con daño moderado (aparece en el nivel 2).

Tomate: Lanza sus semillas al zombie que tiene más lejos (con nutriente le lanza cincuenta, hasta que muere, y le lanza las que quedan al segundo, y así hasta las cincuenta) (aparece en el nivel 7).

Tripiguisantes: Tira tres guisantes por vez. (aparece en el nivel 15).

Sandía: Rueda por la fila donde se lo pone, hasta el final del jardín, donde se va rodando. Mata a todos los zombies que hay en los primeros tres cuadros en el que rueda, y los zombies que quedan corren hasta alguna de las filas de al lado (aparece en el nivel 21).

## Zombies:

Zombie capitalista: Zombie normal

Zombie capitalista caracono: Caracono

Zombie capitalista caracubo: Caracubo

Zombie con granada: Cada quince segundos tira una granada que, en donde cae, mata en un radio de 3x3 casillas (aparece en el nivel 3).

Zombie con pistola: Mata a su planta más cercana con una pistola desde la primera casilla del lado de los zombies. Camina dos cuadros y lo vuelve a hacer (aparece en el nivel 11).

Zombie camuflado: No se lo ve hasta que llega a una planta o pasa por un zombie (aparece en el nivel 19).

Zombistein capitalista: Zombistein

Zombidito capitalista: Zombidito

Zombot Capitalistatron: Robot del Dr. Zomboss
TFv05 CH 02 cycling (annotated)

Annotations for cycling of Redwood.

## Page 63

**quote**

from *A Breath of Life*, the last novel by Brazilian author Clarice Lispector. It was published posthumously in Brazil in the late 1970s. The
book takes the form of dialogue between a male "Author" and his
female creation, Angela Pralini (a character who shares a name with a character
who appears in Lispector's Where Were You at Night). The god-like author
infuses the so-called breath of life into his creation who speaks, breathes,
lives and dies at his behest. The author loves yet wants to destroy Angela even
though he can not ultimately separate her from himself.

The novel has been characterized as a lyrically schizoid duet between two
distinct but overlapping voices which delve into the inner nature of thoughts,
sensations, words, facts, and objects and the relations between each. The text
is also said to confuse the two voices, and open up a wild space of
contradiction and paradox

**Clarice Lispector**

(December 10, 1920 – December 9, 1977) was a Brazilian writer acclaimed
internationally for her innovative novels and short stories

## Page 64

**through the imposition of personal(ly controlled) blindness**

she closes her eyes to not be blinded by the phone light

## Page 68

**Catholic Animal Hospital**

nonexistent

## Page 71

**spavined**

battered?, decrepid?,  Bone spavin is a bony growth within the lower
hock joint of horse or cattle. It is caused by osteoarthritis, and the degree
of lameness that results can be serious enough to end a horse's competitive
career.
TFv04 CH 23 „We miss you, brother.“ (annotated)

Annotations for „We miss you, brother.“ of Hades.

## Page 648

**Melancholy of a world eternally under construction**

from Too Loud a Solitude (Czech: Příliš hlučná samota) is a short novel by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal. Self-published
in 1976 and officially in 1989 due to political censorship. It tells the story
of an eclectic and dimwitted old man who works as a paper crusher in Prague,
using his job to save and amass astounding numbers of rare and banned books; he
is an obsessive collector of knowledge.

## Page 652

**4C10S3D**

foreclosed

## Page 655

**Art Tatum**

Arthur "Art" Tatum, Jr was an
American jazz pianist. Tatum is widely acknowledged as the greatest jazz
pianist of all time

**Willie**

William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholoff
Smith, also known as "The Lion", was an American jazz pianist and one
of the masters of the stride style, usually grouped with James P. Johnson and
Thomas "Fats" Waller as the three greatest practitioners of the genre
in its golden age, from about 1920 to 1943.

## Page 659

**El Catrin**

„dandy“, card in Loteria
Planski

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"Planski" is the fourth chapter of Into the Forest. It is the first chapter to be narrated by Özgür Yildirim.

### Chapter Quote

"Without me all your efforts would be smoke." - Sait Faik Abasiyanik

### Summary

The chapter opens up on May 12, 2014 at 20:10:25 in Los Angeles, California. Oz is drinking at a bar. A woman is sitting next to him. She is waiting for her friends to arrive, so she starts talking to Oz. She asks him if he is a cop. He tells her he is a detective but he is planning on retiring. She tells him her name is Cally.

Oz goes home to his apartment and falls asleep. He receives a text from Elaine around 4am with the message "too late :(" but Oz is too tired to respond. When he wakes up again in the morning, he feels sick. He skips breakfast and leaves the apartment.

At noon, Oz goes to a restaurant called "Sqirl" to have lunch with his fellow-detective friend Shannon Plainer Yarlovsky, aka Planski. They make small-talk until they start bringing up more important subjects. Oz talks about his retirement plans. He also mentions how he bumped into Nyra three days ago. Thirteen years ago, Nyra was pregnant with Oz's child but something happened. Oz does not go into detail, but he does mention how the "kid would be about thirteen now." Oz asks Planski if she heard about what happened to Realic in Chinatown in April. She has.

Planski informs Oz that she has a lead on busting a major drug distribution. It involves a gang that distributes drugs via balloons. It is such a large operation that it extends into Mexico, West Africa, Europe, and Russia. She asks Oz to assist her in taking this business down. Oz is unsure of whether or not he wants to be involved. He suddenly notices two women walking into the restaurant. One of them is Cally. Planski asks Oz if he has heard of something called "Synsnap-27." He has not. Planski then says, "you will."

The chapter ends on May 13, 2014 at 13:42:02.
La Primera Guerra Mundial

La Primera Guerra Mundial (World War I) es el 16avo mundo de PvZ2.

## Descripción

 Dificultad | 3 Jalapeños

¡Ven a pelear por el mundo en la Primera Guerra Mundial! ¡Vence a los zombies del Eje!

## Plantas:

Morrón Rojo: Catapulta semillas de morrones que hacen daño normal a todos los primeros zombies de cada fila (aparece en el nivel 1)

Morrón Amarillo: Catapulta semillas a todos los zombies de su fila, uno después de otro, rápidamente (aparece en el nivel 8)

Morrón Verde: Catapulta semillas que hacen daño grande a el último zombie de su fila (aparece en el nivel 15)

Ají Dulce: Catapulta semillas que hacen daño ligero a todos los zombies de la pantalla (aparece en el nivel 21)

## Zombies:

Zombie soldado: Zombie normal

Zombie soldado caracono: Zombie caracono

Zombie soldado caracubo: Zombie caracubo

Zombie soldado abanderado: Zombie abanderado

Zombie Cabo: Zombie normal de los ataques sorpresa

Zombie Teniente General: Trae consigo una tropa de cinco zombies caraconos en su mismo cuadro.

Zombie Sargento: Crea una valla en el tercer cuadro al que llega que tapa a los zombies que están antes que esta, y se necesitan 25 guisantes normales para romperla.

Zombie General: Cada 10 segundos, hace que tres zombies aleatorios que estén adelante suyo, se muevan a su fila.

Zombistein soldado: Zombistein.

Zombidito soldado: Zombidito.

Zombot Tanque de Guerra 3000: Robot del Dr. Zomboss.
TFv01 CH 15 Dawgz (annotated)

Annotations for Dawgz, the fifteenth chapter of One Rainy Day In May.

## Page 353

***This is what it sounds like...***

from When We Ride On Our Enemies

## Page 355

**feria**

 money

## Page 356

**Cuál es tu pedo?**

What is your problem?

**meringue**

the dance is merengue, meringue is a pie mentioned in Hol and Haunted

## Page 358

**chanclas**

sandals

**Tal vez...**

maybe the dog farted?

**placa**

police badge

## Page 359

**Esa el la..**.

That is effective

**fuska**

slang in spanish for a gun

## Page 360

**fiending**

to incredibly crave for something, as in sex or drugs

**paco**

Cocaine paste is very popular through several South American
countries including Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay and is referred to as
paco or pasta base

**Gabachos**

nonhispanic people, rasist term

**Mi banda...**

my band is my word (?)

**sangrón madrazon**

bloody wound?

**Michael Vick**

Michael Dwayne Vick (born June 26, 1980) is an
American football quarterback who is currently a free agent. He has
previously played for the Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles, and New
York Jets. In April 2007, Vick was implicated in an illegal interstate
dog fighting ring that had operated for five years. A federal judge
noted that he had promoted, funded, and facilitated a dog fighting ring
on his property, and had engaged in hanging and drowning dogs who did
not perform well. He also had failed to cooperate fully with police. In
August 2007, Vick pleaded guilty to federal felony charges and served 21
 months in prison, followed by two months in home confinement

**Ridley Circle Homes**

RC – street in Newport News, Virginia, probably some "hood"

**yardballin**

be in prison

**Leawenworth**

prison

## Page 361

**wind up an Eagle**

Phillidelphia Eagles, their football team, reference to Vick

**OG**

abbreviation for 'original gang'

## Page 362

**Ahí va la medicina**

there goes the medicine

## Page 363

**Grant(s)**

reference to $50-bill, with president Ulysses S. Grant on the front.

**Cañonazos de dolares**

gunshots of dollars, Cannon dollars

**jefito**

boss

## Page 364

**guero**

white guy

**qué barrio**

what neighborhood?

**some prank in Brazil Vìctor saw on YouTube**

link to video: https://youtu.be/8E1YjIHMxAs

## Page 366

It was about that time – going back to the beginning of the chapter;

**dogs**:

Doc Cavazos – Anwar?;
Chen Chi-Li – jingjing?;
Rayful Eddie;
SloBo Jim;
Argon;
Sen Dog;
Lord Gino;
Smokey Miranda – Astair?;
Tookie;
TFv04 CH 06 Lion Girl (annotated)

Annotations for Lion girl of Hades.

## Page 139

This splash page features many images from the board game Mouse Trap
mixed with images of a lioness and KTAL 5 related images. The idea of
the game Mouse Trap is to set up a Rube Goldberg device in order to
“drop a cage” over other players

***Tell the storm I’m new.***

from the song Freedom (Lemonade, 2016)

## Page 141

**Harappan civilisation**

The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC) was a Bronze Age
civilisation (3300–1300 BCE; mature period 2600–1600 BCE) mainly in the
northwestern regions of the South Asia, extending from what today is northeast
Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India. Along with ancient Egypt and
Mesopotamia it was one of three early civilisations of the Old World, and of
the three, the most widespread (Wikipedia)

## Page 142

**Four Noble Truths**

*dukkha*, the arising of *dukkha*, the cessation
of *dukkha*, and the path leading to the cessation of *dukkha.* 1. Dukkha, "incapable of
satisfying," painful. Life in this "mundane world," with its
craving and clinging to impermanent states and things. (Wikipedia)

**Eightfold Path**

Noble Eightfold
Path is an early summary of the path of Buddhist practices leading to
liberation from samsara, the painful cycle of rebirth. The Eightfold
Path consists of eight practices: right view, right resolve, right speech,
right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right
"samadhi" (meditative absorption or union). (Wikipedia)

## Page 144

**Tuesday**

Aug 26

## Page 145

**Pánfilo de Narváez**

(147?–1528) was a
Spanish conquistador and soldier in the Americas. Born in Spain, he first
embarked to Jamaica in 1510 as a soldier. He came to participate in the
conquest of Cuba and led an expedition to Camagüey escorting Bartolomé de las
Casas. Las Casas described him as exceedingly cruel towards the natives
(Wikipedia)

## Page 149

**Ge the L.P.**

Get help?

## Page 152

**Storia Mall**

nonexistent?

## Page 153

**breezeway**

A breezeway is an
architectural feature similar to a hallway that allows the passage of a breeze
between structures to accommodate high winds, allow aeration, or provide
aesthetic design variation

**derrieres**

buttocks

## Page 155

**Rube Goldberg**

A Rube Goldberg
machine is a contraption, invention, device, or apparatus that is deliberately
over-engineered to perform a simple task in a complicated fashion, generally
including a chain reaction

## Page 157

**TFv1 pp. 812-813**

TF-Narcon9 – Only
nothing was resisted. TF-Narcon3 – Nothing was refused.

Also 811 – „finding
the smallest way into the smallest place“

Both talking about
the mouth to mouth that saved the cat, abouth the breath that get somewhere.

## Page 158

**turquoise**

TFv2 p 591, TFv3 pp. 380-381

## Readers Guide Questions

***The lioness who charges Xanther is named Satya—a Sanskrit word meaning “truth,” or the virtue of truthfulness in actions and in speech. Who demonstrates satya? Why is the lioness named this?***
Blue Pencil

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"Blue Pencil" is the ninth chapter of One Rainy Day in May. It is the second chapter to be narrated by Luther Perez.

### Quote

"Here is something you can't understand." - Cypress Hill

### Summary

The chapter opens up on May 10, 2014 at 10:59:23 in Los Angeles, California. Luther is now out in town with fellow gang members Piña, Victor, and Tweetie. Also with them is a young man named Hopi Mannitou, the person Luther was waiting for earlier that didn't show up. Hopi wants to join the gang. Luther notices how Hopi speaks with a stutter and seems to be really shy and anxious, as he keeps looking away from everybody. Despite this, Piña seems to like him. Luther is unimpressed with Hopi. Piña mentions she has been selling heroin to his mother via balloon's for years.

Luther is confused as to why Teyo, the gang's leader, would have him watch over Hopi. He notices how Hopi keeps following Piña around and tries to stick as close to her as possible. Piña tells Luther that it is because she knows Luther and he has seen him around. Hopi desires to be just like Luther and, in Piña's words, worships him like a god.

The crew drives to pick up Juarez, another gang member, in Tweetie's van. Luther begins talking about Juarez. He also talks about Victor, and how Victor serves as their mechanic. Victor is a good mechanic but Luther never wants him to do any actual driving because Victor tends to drive so far over the speed limit. Juarez takes one look at Hopi, and Luther can tell that Juarez has already made up his mind on Hopi. Juarez asks Hopi if he is "ready to roll with some real vatos," and Hopi attempts to confidently say that he is.

Hopi makes a comment about the rain and Luther asks him if he enjoys swimming. Hopi does not answer. Luther asks if Hopi is hungry. Again, he does not respond. Piña tells him that Hopi hasn't eaten yet today. They decide to go to IHOP for breakfast.

As they drive, Luther silently becomes increasingly angry with Hopi and his presence. It took Luther years to be noticed by Teyo and be able to start working his way up in the gang, and yet somehow Hopi has already been noticed by him.

Once at IHOP, everybody sits down and chats until they are approached by a woman named Quantelle. They order their food and Luther tells Quantelle to give him her phone number. Luther offers to pay for everyone's meals. When Hopi asks if he can throw in, Juarez asks Hopi what he has in his pockets. Hopi shows everybody that he only has a few wrappers and a blue pencil. Juarez picks up the pencil and asks Luther if he wants it. Hopi starts to become scared of both Juarez and Luther. Luther still asks himself in his mind how Teyo could ever notice someone like Hopi. Hopi tells them that he will repay them for this meal once he starts working for the gang. Luther hands him his pencil back and tells him not to worry about it.

The chapter ends on May 10, 2014 at 11:11:11.
Lives of Others

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"Lives of Others" is the seventh chapter of Honeysuckle & Pain. It is the first chapter to be narrated by Luther Perez.

## Chapter Quote

"Daring their ways above the fence, and further..." - Lorna Dee Cervantes

## Summary

The chapter begins on Thursday, June 26, 2014 at 00:33:33 in Los Angeles, California. Luther and the IHOP waitress Quantelle enter a house. Quantelle asks Luther if this is his house but he does not respond. He brings her inside and they go up to the master bedroom on the second floor.

A flashback begins. Some time after Luther returned from Hawaii, he was given a wad of money. It was from his crew selling a new shipment of pale blue balloons. Teyo's assistant Eswin delivered the money. Luther used ten thousand dollars to pay Adolfo back for the lost truck. Afterwards, he returned to Eswin. Eswin told Luther that he was now a salaried employee. He would be paid every two weeks through a new account. Luther was told only to withdraw money and never deposit money. The money was even good for doctors if Luther were ever to need one. He has not been to a doctor in some time. Last time he went to a doctor, he was shot. Doctors were convinced he was going to die. Eswin also mentioned that Teyo would like to have another meeting in the future.

Luther was given another task. He was supposed to locate a man named Domingo Persianos, who is in debt with Teyo and several other people. Luther and his crew have been searching periodically for Domingo but so far they have been unsuccessful. Tweetie has left voice mails on Domingo's phone to warn him to pay back his debts. While taking a break from tracking Domingo, Luther instead tried to find Rosario. When he could not find her, he tried to find Nopales. He could not find her either, but while passing by IHOP, he noticed Quantelle smoking in the parking lot. He was surprised to learn that Quantelle remembered him from last time. Luther wanted to put fear into her, but she turned out to be tougher than he expected.

The flashback ends. Luther and Quantelle are still in the house. Quantelle spots a picture of some people and asks who they are. Luther admits that this is not his house. He has never been here before. At first, Quantelle believes he is joking but she then realizes that he is not. Luther again hopes that this will scare her, but she is okay with what they are doing. After they have sex in the master bedroom, Luther uses the shower. Before leaving, they fix everything in the house that was moved. Luther decides to turn on the TV, and he mutes the sound. He wants to purposely leave things a little off for whoever lives here when they come back. Luther and Quantelle leave the house and return to IHOP. Quantelle wants to see Luther again.

The chapter ends on Thursday, June 26, 2014 at 06:02:46.
TFv2 Page by Page Annotations

These page by page annotations are intended to help the reader by providing translations and other information.

## Chapters

0-47 CHAPTER 0: INTROS

48 CHAPTER 1: Mother’s Day [Astair]

81 CHAPTER 2: 078\*371\*636 [Xanther]

108 CHAPTER 3: Birds? [Anwar]

127 CHAPTER 4: Planski [Özgür]

144 CHAPTER 5: be extraordinary [Jingjing]

159 CHAPTER 6: Between Nowhere and Nowhere [Isandòrno]

180 CHAPTER 7: Frogtown [Luther]

208 CHAPTER 8: (shed)) [Astair]

226 CHAPTER 9: Stones Upon His Eyes [Xanther]

248 CHAPTER 10: Clinic [Shnorhk]

261 CHAPTER 11: so it begins [Jingjing]

276 CHAPTER 12: A Stranger [Wizard]

296 CHAPTER 13: Due Diligence [Anwar]

324 CHAPTER 14: Pikachu [Luther]

334 CHAPTER 15: The Killing Machine [Xanther]

378 CHAPTER 16: The Mayor [Isandòrno]

406 CHAPTER 17: Eldon Avantine [Astair]

431 CHAPTER 18: Warlock [Özgür]

452 CHAPTER 19: smoke [Jingjing]

478 CHAPTER 20: Better Forgotten [Luther]

504 CHAPTER 21: Memorial Weekend [Anwar]

537 CHAPTER 22: The Bath [Wizard]

560 CHAPTER 23: Hunger [Xanther]

595 CHAPTER 24: The Reunionist [Astair]

638 CHAPTER 25: A Picnic [Isandòrno]

668 CHAPTER 26: „Left it in cab.“ [Shnorhk]

682 CHAPTER 27: The Same Ghost [Anwar]

715 CHAPTER 28: The Loyal Hawaiian [Luther]

760 CHAPTER 29: Starving [Xanther]

810 CHAPTER 30: My Love [Wizard]
"Is Everything Okay?"

Ends
 Previous chapter
 Next chapter

"Is Everything Okay?" is the first chapter of One Rainy Day in May. It is the first chapter to be narrated by Xanther Ibrahim.

### Chapter Quote

"It is not worth the while to go round the world to count the cats in Zanzibar." - Henry David Thoreau

### Summary

The chapter opens up on May 10, 2014 at 08:03:05 in Los Angeles, California. Xanther is in the car with her stepfather Anwar and they are driving through the rain so they can get the surprise gift her parents have waiting for her. Along the way, a series of thoughts race through Xanther's head. As this happens, she starts feeling a small seizure coming but she chooses not to speak up about it, despite promising her parents that she would. Anwar asks Xanther if everything is okay, and she responds by telling him she is thinking about her biological father, Dov.

The chapter ends on May 10, 2014 at 08:19:15.
Galleria cine Benítez

Esta es una pequeña galería en donde podrás ver algunas fotos del cine Benitez, en nuestro municipio este es muy importante ya que representa una época en la vida social de Linares, al principio era conocido como "El gran teatro Benitez" en el cual se presentaban obras de teatro reuniones políticas, funciones teatrales y se exhibían películas, por todo esto era muy reconocido a nivel regional.
In the middle of their street

Ends
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"in the middle of their street" is the fourth chapter of Honeysuckle & Pain. It is the first chapter to be narrated by Astair Ibrahim.

## Chapter Quote

"They are real because they are effectual." - Carl G. Jung

## Summary

The chapter begins on Monday, June 16, 2014 at 21:21:21 in Los Angeles, California. Astair is having dinner at a restaurant with her friend Abigail. Astair mentions that she has been doing more research on cats and has discovered that they are carnivores. Abigail asks how Xanther is handling this, since she is a vegetarian. Astair does not share her research with Xanther because she feels like Xanther would accuse her of trying to get rid of the cat. Astair tells Abigail that she is no longer trying to get rid of the cat, though she says Xanther would not believe her. The conversation shifts when Astair begins talking about the scare Xanther gave her and Taymor. She also talks about her statue of the glass wolves. After doing some research, she discovered that the statue is worth roughly $85,000. She has not yet shared this information with Anwar. Abigail mentions that she has recently started dating a man named Keen Toys. Toys is an animal trainer who owns a "kingdom" that contains the many different types of animals he owns. It is a private zoo, but Abigail suggests Astair come visit it. She also wants her to bring Xanther. Astair says yes to her invitation.

In addition to Xanther's recent pool scare, Astair also can't stop thinking about what happened last Thursday when Xanther wandered out of the house into the road and was nearly hit by a truck. At 4:04am on that Thursday morning, Astair and Anwar had awoken at the same time in a panic. They ran out of their bedroom and headed downstairs. They saw the front door still open and went outside to find Xanther in the road. At that moment, they both recalled a "polylingual alert long gone." In their dreams, they kept hearing "she'll die!" over and over again until they woke up. The truck driver spotted Xanther and slammed on the breaks. Once the truck stopped, the driver and passenger, a woman and a man, both got out. The woman grabbed Xanther by the shoulders and shook her. This caused Astair to run over to them. Astair faintly recognized the woman as someone she has seen around the neighborhood before. The man placed his hand on the woman's shoulder and told her that Xanther was "awakening." He confirmed that the woman was Lupita. Lupita then spotted a honeysuckle and said this was the source of Xanther's luck. Lupita and the man returned to their truck and drove away. When the Ibrahims returned inside, Xanther began crying. She spent the rest of the day throwing up. Astair suggested to Anwar that this could be a new type of seizure emerging in Xanther. Anwar agreed with her.

When Astair returns home from dinner, she finds Anwar sitting on the front porch. He runs up to her, hugs her, and kisses her. Astair then tells Anwar that she has a surprise for him.

The chapter ends on Monday, June 16, 2014 at 23:35:04.
Kiwi

Kiwi (Kiwi) es una planta de La Revolución Industrial.

## Uso:

Lanza sus semillas normalmente, que hacen daño normal, pero cada cinco semillas, tira jugo verde que daña normalmente a los zombies, y los para por cinco segundos, mientras se limpian (con nutriente lanza jugo verde a todos los zombies de la pantalla) (aparece en el nivel 1).

## Historia:

Odia que lo confundan con el pájaro... Odia que confundan el pájaro con él.
TFv04 CH 12 New York (annotated)

Annotations for New York of Hades.

## Page 304

***If he’d wanted to remember… Neko Case***

from the song **"The Tigers Have Spoken"**

They shot the tiger on his chain

In a field behind the cages

He walked in circles 'til he was crazy

And he lived that way forever

And he lived that way beside them,

Separate from the other tigers

He did not know another tiger

They shot the tiger on his chain

In a field behind the cages

He walked in circles 'til he was crazy

And he lived that way forever

And he lived that way forever

Just as long as he could remember

If he'd wanted to remember

It was the last time he had felt alive

When he saw that brown-haired lady

She fed him with a bottle as a baby

And he recalled her face and smile

They shot that tiger on his chain

## Page 313

**chinese**

The darkness ends with the brave.

## Page 315

**se esperan más lluvias**

more rain is expected

**fe as iron**

Perhaps referencing TFv1 p 151:

"Bobby had spent years chasing something more internal, elegant, like an alchemist trying to find a way to transmute iron into gold, and for a
long while he had worked with iron, convinced that the atomic number 26
might somehow validate the fe in fey."

**memdump**

A *memory dump* is a process in which the contents of memory are displayed and stored in case
of an application or system crash

## Page 317

**AEDs**

automated external defibrillator

**Phenobarbital, Tiagabine…**

for
epilepsy

## Page 319

**garnet**

smell brighter than garnet

## Page 322

***They say that in the Army***

the coffee's mighty fine. It looks like muddy
water and tastes like turpentine

from *Gee, Mom, I Want to Go Home*.

## Page 326

**ginormous**

gigantic+enormous

## Page 328

**tempeh**

an Indonesian dish made by deep-frying fermented soybeans.

## Readers Guide Questions

***When Jingling, Tian Li, Anwar, and Xanther are all at LAX, both Tian Li and Xanther say “she’s here” (pp. 299, 307), and Tian Li says someone may “kill her” (pp. 301). To whom do you think Tian Li is referring?***