recursal/Fanatic-Fandom huggingface dataset:
TFv02 CH 27 The Same Ghost (annotated)

Annotations for The Same Ghost from Into the Forest.

## Page 682

**Peter Sarnak**

 American mathematician

**Yitang Zhang**

Chinese-born American mathematician working in the area of number theory

## Page 683

**what is the word?**

see page 705

## Page 685

**arabic**

God forbid

## Page 688

**49ers**

are a professional American football team located in the San Francisco Bay Area

**Riot Game**

created League of Legends (Wikipedia)

**Glasgow smile**

(also known as a *Cheshire* grin - evokes Cheshire cat) is a wound caused by making a cut from the corners of a victim's mouth up to the ears, leaving a scar in the shape of a smile. the
practice is said to have originated in Glasgow, Scotland but became popular
with English street gangs (Wikipedia)

## Page 696

**Rodrigo y Gabriela**

(Rodrigo and Gabriela) are a Mexican acoustic guitar duo

## Page 697

**Lytro**

an American company founded in 2006 by Ren Ng which develops light-field cameras. Light-field photography (also known as plenoptic photography) captures
information about the intensity of light in a scene, and also captures
information about the direction that the light rays are traveling in
space. Lytro's light field sensor uses an array of micro-lenses placed
in front of an otherwise conventional image sensor; to sense intensity,
color, and directional information. Software then uses this data to create displayable 2D or 3D images (Wikipedia)

## Page 701

**McSorley's**

is the oldest "Irish" tavern in New York City. Located at 15 East 7th Street in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan

## Page 703

**Hades**

Persephone

**Cataplist-2**

the description is basically the description of Volume 2

**FPG**

 First Person Goldfish – see 511

## Page 705

**Chatoyancy**

 an optical
reflectance effect seen in certain gemstones. Looks like circle round
a (gem)stone...

## Reader's Guide Questions:

***11. In the chapter “The Same Ghost,” Ehtisham tells Anwar something about Enzio, the company that created the Cataplyst “game” (p. 688). What does this say about the work Anwar has been doing? Do you think he is indirectly helping (or hurting) Cas and Bobby? What do you think Mefisto is up to behind the scenes?***
TFv03 CH 03 Bleach (annotated)

Annotations for Bleach from Honeysuckle & Pain.

## Page 114

**Quote**

“Love
interest nearly always weakens a mystery because it introduces a type of
suspense that is antagonistic to the detective's struggle to solve the problem.
It stacks the cards, and in nine cases out of ten, it eliminates at least two
useful suspects. The only effective love interest is that which creates a
personal hazard for the detective - but which, at the same time, you
instinctively feel to be a mere episode. A really good detective never gets
married.“

"Casual Notes on the Mystery Novel" (essay, 1949),
first published in *Raymond Chandler Speaking* (1962)

**bleach**

a chemical (typically a solution of
sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide) used to whiten or sterilize
materials

do I see pink in the picture of the city?

## Page 115

**Olympic station**

Olympic Community Police Station -
Los Angeles Police Department

**Wilcox Ave**

a major avenue of Los Angeles, running
north-south through Hollywood;

pull the pin – quit or resign

## Page 116

**Craftsman house**

(Wikipedia)

## Page 117

**Tea tree oil**

used on acne

**Florian**

they are talking about the West Paseo del Mar triple homicide. See V1 page
426: “Bleach had been added to the water.” (where the victims drowned)

**was**

because FBI took over

## Page 120

**three-point turn**

standard method of turning a vehicle
around to face the opposite direction in a limited space, using forward and
reverse gears
Linda Mary

## **Background**

Transported to Veverka in a time rift from the year 1956, she awoke in a hospital bed with her boyfriend Joey Robert in her underwear and her skin turned purple. Her clothes had disintegrated throughout time and space, and she had nothing to do with her shoulder length black hair other than twirl the ends of it in distress. She stayed connected to Joey, and of course she's still his number one gal! She's the librarian at the library of the Veverka History Museum.

## **Appearance**

She's what was known as a "teenage bombshell" to Joey and his friends. The girl was absolutely perfect for Joey, she's the most beautiful thing in the universe. She has curly shoulder length black hair and blue eyes. She wears bright pink lipstick, as she absolutely loves the color pink. She wears a black sweater with white polka dots and a pink skirt with black heels. Much to the happiness of Joey, she also prefers the bullet bra.

## **Personality**

Extremely intelligent, she's never afraid to put her brain to good use. She's very shy around cute boys aside from Joey though, and she gets along with almost everybody in town.

## **Trivia**

She's loosely based on "Marian the Librarian" of "The Music Man"
Open Roleplay Rewards

In order to foster more fun and engaging open roleplay within the community, Our Three-Star and higher GMs are enabled to provide open roleplay rewards. Each GM may assign EXP/Loot points to players who go above and beyond the standard bar-talk. These points will be delivered through an Open Roleplay ER that is specific to the event in which the points were earned. In this ER, the GM will provide an overall description of the context and content of the event that occurred. These descriptions will be spot-checked by Four-star and higher GMs as a way to make sure we are only awarding worthy roleplay.

To get a better idea of just some the open roleplay opportunities available to you check out the wiki section on Open Roleplay here:

Open Roleplay Tidbits

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1. A GM may assign an open roleplay bonus to whomever they see as providing good roleplay, and reserve the right to not assign it to anyone they feel is ‘phoning it in’.
2. A GM will not announce to the room who does and does not receive a roleplay bonus. You’ll be added to an Open Roleplay ER, at which point you are free to do whatever you wish with that information.
3. If you feel your roleplay is not seen by a GM, you are free to take screenshots of the chat log containing a significant portion of the roleplay (I need to know context) and send them to a four-star or higher GM via Roll20 PM.

There is no set criteria for good roleplay, and there shouldn’t be. However, a few things will be considered when deciding whether to award a bonus. Duration, mental-level of the content, and inclusiveness are just a few important things we consider. This is not an full list, nor do you necessarily have to worry about fulfilling all of these aspects. This is just to give people an idea of what is considered good roleplay, if they’re brand new to roleplaying.
Is little irrelevant

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"Is little irrelevant" is the seventeenth chapter of One Rainy Day in May. It is the second and final chapter to be narrated by Shnorhk Zildjian.

### Chapter Quote

"The sun won't stay behind the cloud" - Armenian proverb

### Summary

The chapter opens up on May 10, 2014 at 14:22:45 in Los Angeles, California. Shnorhk is at his friend Mnatsagan's house, helping him lift boxes out of the trunk of his car and into the house. Mnatsagan is a history teacher and he called Shnorhk from the school's campus because he needed the help. Shnorhk drove straight from the courthouse to the school to pick Mnatsagan up. They talk, and Mnatsagan criticizes Shnorhk over his broken English. He does, however, tell Shnorhk that he speaks Armenian beautifully. It is the third thing he misses most about Shnorhk. Once they make it inside, Shnorhk sets down the fifth box. There are still four more to go. Shnorhk's back is hurting but he says nothing. He can still feel a terrible pain in his chest as well. He coughs up blood onto a piece of tissue paper.

Shnorhk and Mnatsagan discuss various topics while continuing to move the boxes. Shnorhk brings up his court case from earlier, then he mentions how it would be nice to drive a limo rather than a taxi. Mnatsagan tries to discuss politics but Shnorhk knows nothing of politics. Mnatsagan asks Shnorhk about his career. He tells Mnatsagan that he has met many interesting people throughout the years, such as basketball stars, store owners, runaways, and all sorts of other people. He also tells the story of how, back in 1999, he drove Hovik Garibyan to Las Vegas for $800. During that drive, a woman tried to cut Shnorhk off on a freeway but he didn't allow her to change lanes. When she gave Shnorhk the middle finger, he merely waved at her.

Mnatsagan needs some documents scanned onto his computer and Shnorhk offers to help out. Shnorhk heads back outside to grab the final box. Along his way back into the house, he begins hearing a strange noise. It is the sound of a small animal in need of help. He is unsure of what exactly the animal is. Mnatsagan shouts at him from inside of the kitchen that he has found cakes. Shnorhk continues into the house and sets down the final box. He eats some of the cakes and drinks tea. Shnorhk asks what is inside of the boxes. Mnatsagan explains that the boxes are filled with papers containing the first-hand testimonies of 729 men and women who survived an atrocity that occurred "at the beginning of a century already past." Not just papers, but taped recordings as well. When Shnorhk starts coughing again, Mnatsagan asks if he is alright. Shnorhk tells him he is fine but his wife Patil wants him to see a doctor. Mnatsagan advises Shnorhk to follow Patil's advice, and Shnorhk agrees that it would be a good idea after all. Mnatsagan says again that the third thing he misses most about Shnorhk is him speaking Armenian. The second thing is how he used to play musical instruments. He does not say what the first thing is. Shnorhk remains humble and continues to eat cakes and drink tea.

The chapter ends on May 10, 2014 at 14:38:16.
Palace above the day

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"palace above the day" is the twelfth chapter of One Rainy Day in May. It is the second chapter to be narrated by Jingjing.

### Summary

The chapter opens up on May 11, 2014 at 03:33:34 in Singapore. Jingjing and Tian Li are in Zhong's palace to discuss the offer Zhong made earlier. Tian Li first requests Zhong to dry their clothes, as they have been rained on. Zhong accepts and hands her and Jingjing robes to wear as they wait. While in one of the bathrooms, Jingjing begins to steal soap, toothpaste, and q-tips by placing each of these items in his pockets. As he walks down a hallway he notices a bowl filled with gold coins and other types of currency. He contemplates taking those too but decides against it when he sees some of Zhong's employees walking towards him. Jingjing overhears one of the employees insulting him and Tian Li in Russian. He chooses not to respond to the employee.

Jingjing finds Tian Li waiting in a small room. He sits with her and they wait for Zhong to arrive. They are approached by Cocoa Cherry, another one of Zhong's employees. Jingjing is impressed by how she is able to speak Russian and Mandarin. She brings them tea and asks if they would like cream and sugar. Jingjing excuses himself and returns to the hallway with the coin-filled bowl. He is still unable to take the coins so he continues walking to avoid suspicion from the staff. He finds the area where he originally entered the palace where he meets Pink Pearl and Copper Azure. These two are a group referred to as the Jude Boys. They also work for Zhong.

Tian Li starts calling Jingjing's name so he returns to her. When he re-enters the small room, he sees Tian Li talking with Zhong. He is confused when he learns that Zhong is able to speak Mandarin when Jingjing had to translate what Tian Li was saying for him earlier. The three of them move to another room where it is quiet and nobody else is around. This room is the "owl room." Tian Li starts speaking to Zhong in Cantonese, which Zhong seems to not be able to understand.

In the owl room, there is a tapestry of Lei Gong, the Chinese god of thunder. Tian Li continues speaking to Zhong in Cantonese and Jingjing provides translations for him. Tian Li tells Zhong, "we've been here before," a comment that confuses both Zhong and Jingjing. Jingjing speculates that "we" refers to Tian Li and the cat. Suddenly, Tian Li seems to start feeling a great deal of physical pain. She almost falls to the ground but Zhong helps her stand, then starts leading her and Jingjing out of the owl room. Tian Li requests Zhong start giving them the details of his son and the request he made to them.

The chapter ends on May 11, 2014 at 03:47:18.
Square One

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"Square One" is the third chapter of One Rainy Day in May. It is the first chapter to be narrated by Anwar Ibrahim.

### Chapter Quote

"If the code and the comments disagree, then both are probably wrong." - Norm Schryer

### Summary

The chapter opens up on May 10, 2014 at 08:43:59 in Los Angeles, California. Anwar and Xanther arrive to a restaurant called Square One Dining, where they eat breakfast. Xanther asks if they are late for her appointment with her therapist, Dr. Potts. Anwar responds by saying the appointment isn't until 10am, and the "big surprise" that was previously mentioned will not happen until 3pm in Venice. Anwar can't get over the fact that the surprised cost $20,000, but he is still happy to give Xanther the gift. An extra $10,000 has been spent to seperately gift Xanther's younger twin half-sisters, Shasti and Freya. As they eat, Xanther starts asking Anwar about how game engines work. Anwar answers her questions and she starts asking about his friends and co-workers, namely his old friend Mefisto Dazine.

It is explained that Mefisto is a fellow programmer, but his skills far surpass those of Anwar's. However, it has been over a year since he last saw Mefisto in person and Anwar is unsure of where he is today. Strangely, just recently, Mefisto had suddenly left an apologetic voicemail on the Ibrahims' answering machine regarding a prank gone wrong. It may have been for a web advertisement, or some kind of distribution scheme, as Anwar speculates. Anwar checks his phone and sees that he has missed 117 phone calls, 2,187 text messages, and his voice mail has become full since the last time he checked it. His e-mail account has also been flooded with such related messages.

Anwar's thoughts then shift to an old memory of Xanther standing in front of Dov's casket at the Arlington National Cemetery. His daydreaming is suddenly cut off when Xanther successfully guesses that he was thinking about Dov. Anwar admits that he misses Dov just as Xanther does. Anwar begins thinking again, about two facts: the first being the fact that Anwar and Astair began dating when Astair was already three months pregnant with Xanther. The second fact was that Dov was Xanther's biological father. When Anwar and Xanther both finish eating, they leave Square One Dining and continue driving. While driving, they continue talking about Dov.

The chapter ends on May 10, 2014 at 09:19:20.
0-47 CHAPTER 0: INTROS

Annotations for the "intros" of Into the Forest.

## Page 7 / Epigraph

**It should break your heart to kill. --Brian Turner**

Real person who has been in Iraq during the war there and wrote (poems) about that. Full poem here.

This reminds of Dov, who fought in Afghanistan and (probably?) killed there.

## Page 8-9 / "Ads"

**Sqirl**

Restaurant where Oz has lunch with Planski. Also exists in real life in L.A.

**Ice Cream Koans**

Place where Anwar and Xanther get ice creams in "Due Diligence". Also an expression for "something that sounds deep but isn't".

**The Loyal Hawaiian**

Hotel where Luther stays in the same-called chapter. A real life hotel called "The **R**oyal Hawaiian" exists on Hawaii.

**Chaucer's Books**

Book store where Astair buys books on cats in "Eldon Avantie". Also exists in real life in Santa Barbara.

**Eat O--**

*Eat or... die?* Pomegranate, referring to the Hades/Persephone story.

## Page 15

**subsumption**

Commonly called syllogism. Form of logical reasoning that [deduces] a conclusion out of two or more statements assumed to be true.

## Page 17

**Grand Unification Epoch**

Time-period short after the start/"birth" of the universe. It comes after the Planck epoch, which was when the previous Alpha Omega from Volume 1 was transmitted. See Grand Unification.

## Page 21

**wolves**, **wolf**, **moon**

This "wolf" and "moon" theme of Solomon's ex-wife Vanessa reminds of Astair, who's also associated with wolves.

## Page 25

**Rubinstein's loving hands**

A real life pianist. This must refer to Solomon's Beethoven ringtone being a recording of this pianist performing.

## Page 26-32 / Caged Hunt

The Mayor tells Isandorno in the same-called chapter, that three Americans will be coming over to him to hunt on animals. The "Caged Hunt" stories in the various Volumes must be these persons. It fits that they're three Americans (in Volume 01 they're still in Texas) and they hunt the animals, just like the Mayor says; and that the **four large metal crates** are mentioned (p. 28; was in Isandorno's narrative in "The Fourth Crate") and the **hyena** (p. 30-32, and earlier mentioned by Isandorno to be in one of the cages).

## Page 38

**Nassarius gibbosulus**

Species of sea shell, apparently the "spiral-plus" is this.
TFv05 CH 18 Domingo (annotated)

Annotations for Domingo of Redwood.

**quote**

I'm not sure, perhaps from Give Sorrow Words

**Maryse Holder**

(October
19, 1940 – September 1977) was an American memoirist and feminist writer, who
was the author of Give Sorrow Words

## Page 475

**la salvaje**

the wild

**pendejísimo**

very stupid

**chas**

suddenly

**de mil maneras**

in a thousand ways

**aguantar**

endure

## Page 476

**Más vale**

much better

**ay de aquel**

woe to that

## Page 478

**Aquí no es lugar pa’ andar viniendo en la noche**

Here is no place to walk in the night

**chafilla**

shoddy, half ass

**puercos**

swine, pig

**guapo con estilo**

handsome with style

**encanto**

sweetheart

**baboso**

slimy

## Page 479

**de una forma u otra**

one way or another

## Page 480

**sorpresivo**

surprise

**desmadre**

chaos

**poder**

power

**emboscada**

ambush

**chingado**

fucking

## Page 481

**costureras**

seamstresses

**sicarios salidos del infierno**

hitmen out of hell

**sonaré despierto un**

? daydreaming
a challenge, i will dream awake a

## Page 483

**ladridos**

barking

**huevos**

balls

## Page 487

**lo que castra**

? what
castrates?

**tarugo**

Piece of short
and thick wood that remains when cutting it from a larger piece.

## Page 489

**les vale madre**

not giving
a fuck

**limpio como la chingada**

clean as fuck

## Page 490

**este puto anda bien tizo**

this fuck is doing good chalk

**yonqui**

junkie

## Page 492

**perro muerto de hambre**

starving dog

**vuelve en sí**

come back to itself

**coca de mierda**

fucking coke

**sin convencer**

unconvinced

**perico**

parakeet,
uncut cocaine

## Page 493

**hasta atrás**

very high

## Page 495

**Jaurez**

Jaurez?

**Yo digo que un buen rato**

I say a good time

**ni el cielo es el límite**

nor the sky is the limit

## Page 496

**pero como decepcionado**

but as disappointed

## Page 497

**wey**

buddy

## Page 498

**chota**

police

## Page 499

**su actitud**

his attidude

## Page 500

**'Domingo, you befuddle me, be-fuckin-fuddle me.' Luther says, suddenly befallen.**

 Let's travel all the way back to v1, pgs. 586 & 587,
when Hopi explained to Luther that he uses the blue pencil to write
things when he gets befuddled or befallen, words that Luther doesn't
appear to be familiar with. Is Hopi somehow inhabiting Luther in these
moments? (Nicolle Makepeace from the Reading group)

**como si quemaran**

as if they burned

## Page 501

**él no va a poder**

he will not be able

**Entiendes Méndes**

Do you understand?

**Te queda claro?**

Is it clear to you?

## Page 502

**Simón, ése!**

Of course, dude!

**quién**

who

**Yo la amo**

I love her

## Page 503

**huilas**

prostitutes

**pecas por todos lados**

freckles everywhere

## Page 504

**claro que sí**

of course

## Page 505

**golazo**

goal

## Page 506

**tú no me puedes contestar?**

you can not answer me?

**biscochos**

cupcakes, handsome latin person

## Page 507

**qué chulada**

what a cool pimp
TFv03 CH 26 M.E.T.E. (annotated)

Annotations for M.E.T.E. from Honeysuckle & Pain.

## Page 663

**Michael Robbins**

Michael Robbins is the author of Alien vs. Predator (Penguin,
2012) and The Second Sex (Penguin, 2014). Danielewski is a fan, see

**Quote**

from Alien vs. Predator

## Page 668

**arabic**

Yeah?

## Page 672

**Collection agencies**

debt collectors

**Puerto Rico**

Puerto Rican government-debt crisis, an
ongoing financial crisis related to the amount of debt owed by the government
of Puerto Rico

**Party ongoing**

the USA

**Redwood City**

is a city on the San Francisco Peninsula in
Northern California's Bay Area

## Page 673

**I’d like to find that guy in black.**

perhaps a nod to a famous book serial, Dark Tower?

## Page 676

**sunglasses for the blind**

Isandorno says Honeysuckle is for the blind… (pg

## Page 677

**Hanami ko**

Hanami ko, a Japanese go term that literally
means flower-viewing ko, is a unilaterally favorable ko fight. Winning this
fight will inflict major damage on the other side, whereas losing will result
in only a tiny loss for your side, often half a point

**Seki**

Seki, a Japanese go term adopted into English, means
mutual life. In its simple form, it is a sort of symbiosis where two live groups
share liberties which neither of them can fill without dying

## Page 679

**Mutexed**

Mutex - In computer science, mutual exclusion is a property of concurrency control, which is instituted for the
purpose of preventing race conditions; it is the requirement that one thread of
execution never enter its critical section at the same time that another,
concurrent thread of execution enters its own critical section.

**yet unanticipated**

reminds me of AIM (Anwar) - anticipatory
inter(fear)ance model, creation tool for the M.E.T. module

**Häagen-Dazs**

Ice Cream

## Page 681

**My Word Ode**

Mefisto called that the Rewordd language
(pg 491)

**Pons asinorum**

In geometry, the statement that the angles
opposite the equal sides of an isosceles triangle are themselves equal is known
as the pons asinorum, Latin for "bridge of donkeys". This statement
is Proposition 5 of Book 1 in
Euclid's Elements, and is also known as the isosceles triangle theorem. Its
converse is also true: if two angles of a triangle are equal, then the sides
opposite them are also equal.

The name of this statement is also used metaphorically for a
problem or challenge which will separate the sure of mind from the simple, the
fleet thinker from the slow, the determined from the dallier; to represent a
critical test of ability or understanding.'

**Kludge**

an ill-assorted collection of parts assembled to
fulfill a particular purpose

## Page 683

**Fleming**

?

**Know ye**

probably alluding the Ode on Grecian urn -
  "Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all

Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."

**Quiddity**

the inherent nature or essence of
someone or something

## Page 684

**Sophy**

died during the opening of cages in Animal Shelter

## Page 687

**arabic**

translated on page 839

## Page 691

**Galvadyne**

Mefisto asked Cas to investigate about the
company
Bleach

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"Bleach" is the third chapter of Honeysuckle & Pain. It is the first chapter to be narrated by Özgür Yildirim.

## Chapter Quote

"A really good detective never gets married." - Raymond Chandler

## Summary

The chapter begins on Monday, June 16, 2014 at 16:42:51 in Los Angeles, California. Oz was not transferred to Hollywood, as Abendroth previously told him, but instead was transferred to Olympic station. He wonders if Abendroth was misinformed or if his decision was overruled. Captain Cardinal welcomes Oz to the new station. Oz stays shortly, and takes a folder with him when he leaves.

Oz drives over to Planski's house and shows her the folder. He asks what kind of person would decapitate the three students. Planski, however, does not want to talk about work. She instead asks how Oz is settling into the new station. He tells her that Cardinal placed him with the unsolved squad, on his own. Oz brings the case back up by asking about bleach. Planski asks if this is even his case. Oz explains that it was Florian Sérbulo's. Planski asks why it is no longer his case. Oz says that the last Florian heard of it, the case was handed off to someone else. Someone possibly in the NSA. Cardinal told Oz to revisit any open case that dates back to at least 2010, and this is the case he is choosing to look deeper into.

The three students were decapitated, their heads were placed in a bathtub, and their heads were doused in bleach. Planski wonders if the goal was to obscure their identities. Oz points out that all three of their IDs were placed next to their bodies. The folder Oz brought to Planski's house was the one given to him by Warlock, containing the names of the three victims to confirm their identities. Oz has not spoken to Warlock since that day. He has considered contacting Warlock again, but never got around to doing it.

Oz asks Planski if she has heard anything from her CI yet. Planski says she has heard "a whisper," and despite Oz asking for details, she will not elaborate. Planski goes back inside of her house and Oz drives back to his apartment. He finds a handwritten note on his pillow. Suddenly, his phone begins ringing. He is sure it's from Elaine but it is actually from Planski. Planski asks Oz if, in his entire career, he has ever seen a head doused in bleach. Oz says he has not. Planski hasn't either, so she "stands by identity." Oz doesn't understand, so Planski points out there were four IDs left at the crime scene. Oz says there were only three, but Planski says bleach is the fourth one.

The chapter ends on Monday, June 16, 2014 at 21:21:20.
TFv03 CH 05 atsa (annotated)

Annotations for atsa>}] from Honeysuckle & Pain.

## Page 153

**quote**

"Questioning is, in self, violence because it provokes the violence of
the answer and, in return, inflicts violence on it...What’s tragic is
that the ardor of the questioning is always being shattered by an answer
 that wants to be absolute."

From the book "From the Desert to the Book" by Edmond Jabes. See also TFv01 CH 5

**atsa**

 (in Hopi language) – lie, falsehood, liar

## Page 164

**succor**

assistance and
support in times of hardship and distress

**Scandent**

having a climbing habit

## Page 165

**Chase Bank**

provides credit cards, mortgages,
commercial banking, auto loans, investing & retirement planning, checking
and business banking

## Page 167

**sail**

Cas described Mefisto like that in V2, so maybe
she is the old friend

**arabic 1 - The white world**

an idiom for an exclamation of surprise, much like OMG

**arabic 2**

"Noise not having to do with language...noise is languages that we don't understand." (both translations provided by TelPerian)

## Page 169

**cylon**

robots that pass for human from the TV show Battle Star Galactica

**warg**

wolf-like creature in Middle Earth (and other
fantasy worlds)

## Page 170

**Talpuva**

Traveling through, living in the light (metaphor), from the Hopi language

**Taawi**

Filipino mythical creature, devours humans but cannot digest eyeballs, lives in the forest

***Lucky's Tale***

a platforming adventure game designed exclusively for the Oculus Rift

**Wind-down**

relax
Danny

## **Background**

A powerful human with potential that has yet to be unlocked, Danny was known as Daniel before Eileen drugged him, and took him into her lab. She changed his DNA, and practically reset him. She sculpted him into what she wanted, and left him with no memory. That isn't the worst part, though. Eileen also gave him the ability to transform into a female. Unfortunately, Danny transforms at random. All Danny knows about himself/herself is that he/she has a major gender identity crisis, as he/she cannot stay in one form constantly. He/she was left in a pocket dimension by Eileen, and she forgot about Danny. Eventually, Danny came out of the pocket dimension to Veverka, and began a new life with a bisexual girl, who rebuilt his/her self esteem. Danny goes by both Daniel and Danielle. All he/she knows about his/her past is the name Danny, as it is tattooed on his/her leg.

## **Appearance**

Danny was created by Eileen to however she wanted, and she was considerate enough to make him/her attractive. While transforming is extremely painful, as it alters bones and the person himself/herself, it may be worth it given the appearance taken on. Attractive, practical, yet normal. Unlike Sapphire and Brad Michaels, he/she isn't model worthy, but nonetheless perfect for his/her girlfriend. He/she wears black dress pants, black dress shoes, and a white dress shirt. Danny likes to look formal in both forms. Once he/she became more confident, he/she began wearing his/her clothes to reveal a little more.

## **Personality**

Danny is extremely timid and nervous, and isn't very good with physical contact, and isn't a people person, either. Danny is practically afraid of his/her own shadow, and was at one point suicidal. Eventually though, his/her confidence was rebuilt by his/her girlfriend, which made him/her a much better, stronger, and more powerful person.

## **Connections to Other Characters**

While locked away in a forgotten pocket dimension, (Pocket Dimension 12) he/she had no connections to any living beings at all, making it difficult to adjust to new ones in the future. Once he/she had met his/her girlfriend, Danny became better in many different ways. Still not entirely social, but willing to try with new people.

## **Trivia**

Given that Danny's randomized change of form is, well, random, he/she only wears boxer shorts, as it works for both genders.

Eileen completely forgot about Danny. She tattooed his/her name onto his/her leg, stayed with him/her for quite a while, but eventually just forgot and left the pocket dimension.
"Senex in Library"

Ends
 Previous chapter

"Senex in Library" is the twenty-sixth chapter of Into the Forest. Similar to the one Senex segment in Volume One, this is only two pages long and is displayed in a comic book fashion.

## Summary

The chapter opens up on Saturday, June 7, 2014 at 10:19:28 in Venice, Italy. The Senex is in a library and is holding a magnifying glass. He is standing at a table with several books placed in front of him. He is talking with the librarian, who is on a ladder to grab more books for the Senex to read through.

The Senex calls the librarian a fool, and explains that he is already fully aware of most of what he is reading. He threatens the librarian and orders him to provide more books. The Senex uses his magnifying glass on some text in one of the books. The text reads, "Conexuque novo tabescet famulus, mox." It is a Latin phrase, mentioning something about a "new servant." When he holds the magnifying glass up to another piece of text, it appears to be in Greek. A small part of this text appears in blue. The Senex continues talking. It seems he is in search of a way to obtain power and to stop death.

The chapter ends on Saturday, June 7, 2014 at 10:51:03.
TFv03 CH 13 Sew (annotated)

Annotations for Sew from Honeysuckle & Pain.

## Page 342

**Sevenka Qoyawayma**

 Hopi woman, quote is probably from book No
Turning Back : A Hopi Indian Woman's Struggle to Live in Two Worlds by Polingaysi
Qoyawayma (We do not walk alone. Great Being walks beside us. Know this and be
grateful.)

## Page 343

**SR 15**

State Route 15

## Page 346

**Magic**

album

**Mountain City**

small town in Georgia

**Dillard**

small town in Georgia

**Sylva**

city in North Carolina

## Page 347

**Sunsphere**

in Knoxville, Tennessee, is an 81.07 m (266 ft) high hexagonal steel
truss structure, topped with a 23
 m (75
 ft) gold-colored glass sphere that served as the symbol
of the 1982 World's Fair

## Page 348

**Sterns**

?Bobby's last name perhaps.

## Page 349

**Nathan Hale**

(June 6, 1755 – September 22, 1776) was
an American soldier and spy for the Continental Army during the American
Revolutionary War. He volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission in New
York City but was captured by the British and executed. His last words before
being hanged were purported to be "I only regret that I have but one life
to lose for my country." Hale has long been considered an American hero
and, in 1985, he was officially designated the state hero of Connecticut

## Page 351

**Etsy**

place to buy and sell all things handmade

## Page 352

**Appomattox**

see 196 – Appomattox - The Battle of Appomattox
Court House, fought on the morning of April 9, 1865, was one of the last
battles of the American Civil War. It was the final engagement of Confederate
Army general Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to
the Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

## Page 353

**Polenta**

cornmeal as used in Italian cooking

**Ranjbaran**

persian composter
TFv02 CH 01 Mother's Day (annotated)

Annotations for Mother's Day, the first chapter of Into the Forest.

## Page 48

***Rogue intensities roam the streets of the ordinary.***

from the book *Ordinary Affects* byKathleen Stewart. The text continues:

There are all the lived, yet unassimilated, impacts of things, all the
 fragments of experience left hanging.

Everything left unframed by the stories of what makes a life pulses at
 the edges of things.

 All the excesses and extra effects unwittingly propagated by plans and
 projects and routines of all kinds surge, experiment, and meander.

 They pull things in their wake.

 They incite truth claims, confusions, acceptance, endurance, tall
 tales, circuits of deadness and desire, dull or risky moves, and the
 most ordinary forms of watchfulness. (link)

**frosty images**

Astair as Demeter? (see TFv2 p 319)

## Page 49

**23:32:10**

one second after V1. It really is a Mother's Day

## Page 51

as she wakes up, the parentheses are more logical

**Dov was in Istanbul**

could he met someone related to Ozgur?

**pink dots**

meaning love, affection?

## Page 52

**Lares and Penates**

In Roman mythology, Lares and Penates were groups
 of deities who protected the family and the Roman state. Although
different, the Lares and Penates were often worshiped together at
household shrines.

## Page 56

**neither dead nor living**

schrodingers cat

**draw color out of the air**

like children in the prehistoric episode in V1

## Page 60

**Words With Friends**

Most Popular Mobile Word Game

## Page 66

**Doula**

a birth companion and post-birth supporter

## Page 67

**Rochelle Gardiner**

real person

## Page 74

Love and Peace or Else

a song by U2

## Page 76

**Eustace Beatrice Donnelly West**

Bea, Astair's mother (so Astair is originally Astair West?)
TFv04 CH 16 slashes (annotated)

Annotations for slashes of Hades.

## Page 427

**George Balanchine**

was a choreographer. Styled
as the father of American ballet, he co-founded the New York City Ballet and
remained its Artistic Director for more than 35 years.

**full quote**

The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden
of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener.

## Page 428

**Le Reve**

painting by Douanier Rousseau

**nakedness on an equally dreamy divan**

notice the different font of N in the word „an“

Page 429

**Sleeping Gypsy**

also by Rousseau

**entopic**

Entoptic phenomenon, visual effects arising from within the eye, often misspelled entopic

**or to eat him**

him? it’s a she – Edit: see next page

## Page 434

**Let sleeping ... lie**

let sleeping dogs lie, see TFv1 p 419

## Page 435

**Michael Brown**

an 18-year-old black man, was fatally shot by Darren Wilson,
28, a
white Ferguson police officer, after reportedly robbing a convenience store (Wikipedia)

## Page 439

**PC bang**

is a type of LAN gaming center in South Korea, where patrons
can play multiplayer computer games for an hourly fee

## Page 440

**Okam’s Ray Sword**

refference to Occam’s razor: entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity
(Wikipedia)

**inevitable move ... Facebook and Gehry**

2015: Facebook moves into California campus designed by
Frank Gehry (link)

## Page 454

**The room where it happens**

a song from
the Hamilton.
MZD added it to his spotify playlist for Powell’s (link)

## Page 455

**Misha**

Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov nicknamed Misha is an American dancer, choreographer,
and actor

**Margot Fonteyn**

was an English ballerina. She spent her entire career as a
dancer with the Royal Ballet, eventually being appointed Prima Ballerina
Assoluta of the company by Queen Elizabeth II.

## Page 457

**rubs his eyes**

entoptic

## Readers Guide Questions

***One of Xanther’s possible names for her cat is “Sadat” (p. 436), and the former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat makes an appearance in a Preview at the beginning of the volume. What does knowledge of President Sadat’s biography add to the story of The Familiar? How are historical traumas—the Arab-Israeli conflict or the Armenian genocide—woven into the fictional world(s)?***

***Xanther says that “games should relate to the world around us, and not, you know, the entoptic workings of the game’s, you know, machinery” (p. 447). “Entoptic” describes visual phenomena that originate within the eye, rather than in the external world. How does The Familiar function as a non-entoptic novel?***

***In TFv2 Danielewski used the 2014 Isla Vista shooting as a plot point (TFv2, p. 517), and in this volume he briefly references the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson (p. 435). What do you make of this? Do you think he should include the election of Donald Trump?***
Locations

A Google Map started and populated by members of The Familiar Book Club on Facebook as part of its inaugural read-along of MZD's Familiar, volumes 1-5.

Click here to explore or contribute!

Couple of disclaimers:

1. Launched July 4, 2017, edited as we read our way through the series.
2. Locations haven't been verified by Mark Z. Danielewski.
Ying

## **Background**

Not much is known about Ying. She was born in Japan, and later moved to the town of Veverka in Brazil, bordering the Amazon River. Her parents were killed by Dave Marcus and his gang members, and she vowed to take revenge upon them. Eventually, she became corrupt, and

   decided to take her frustrations out on the innocent. She trained in the rain forest for years, facing against nature at it's most difficult. Fighting through jaguars, electric eels, insects, and toxic plants for years on end, she eventually came out of the woods as a changed woman.

## **Appearance**

Nobody is quite sure what Ying looks like under her costume. She very well could be a civilian of Veverka. She wears a skintight black morphsuit that completely binds to her body, and a slit is cut out at the eyes, with the surrounding area in red. She wears red gauntlets, and red shinguards with her costume. She chose this costume to not only blend in with the night, but to hide in the shadows of the homes that are in town. She isn't very muscular, but has always been very strong. She is slender, almost petite. However, she's very tall, standing at 5'11, taller than most Japanese women. She weighs 137 pounds. She keeps five kunai strapped to her thigh.

## **Personality**

Ying is occasionally very violent. Despite this, she is very kind to those she approves of, and has a very bubbly personality. She is very often found happily giggling to herself about almost anything.

## **Creation**

"I wasn't really sure what to do with her. I knew I wanted to make a kunoichi, but I didn't really want her to be like the girls in Dead or Alive, or even most anime." -Shyleaf

Despite this quote, Ying was almost entirely created by Miiverse user Daisy/Kristen.

## **Connections to Other Characters**

Ying has very few connections with other people, aside from the civilians she mugs. She has a particular hatred towards criminals, exactly like the Bandana Gang and Dave Marcus. In general, she isn't a people person, and her identity is sought after by many, even rewards have been put out by the local newspaper to find out who she is. A handful of civilians have been able to maintain conversations with her, but nobody notable.

## **Trivia**

Ying is loosely based off of Mai Shiranui from the King of Fighters series.

Not a person knows who she is in Veverka, although many attempt to find out.

Her hair color is one of the few unknown things about her.

She has been arrested by the Veverka Police Department many times, but she escaped repeatedly.

Ying is likely to be bandaged under her morphsuit due to many years of training in the woods, and she is more than likely to have the scars to show it.
Jingjing

A recovering addict living in Singapore with his "auntie", the wise-woman called Tian Li, and her cat. Jingjing functions as Tian Li's assistant, going where she goes and doing chores when asked. Jingjing has a dream wall at home and desperately wants to get out of Singapore and see the world.

## Chapters

### Volume 1

* 04) zhong
* 12) palace above the day
* 22) raeden
* 30) auntie!

### Volume 2

* 05) be extraordinary
* 12) so it begins
* 20) smoke

### Volume 3

* 01) wings
* 17) cannibal stones
* 25) hungry ghost

### Volume 4

* 12) changi!
* 22) black dog
* 30) no chance
Richard Dodson

## **Background**

Richard Dodson was an English explorer, out and about in the Amazon investigating some thousand year old stories. As many people did, he stumbled upon Veverka, and became a resident of the town, and began a new life, much more peaceful in the small and quiet town. He opened his own bakery, and after Jane Beck was found, he hired her, took her in, and treated her like a daughter. Dodson isn't only a father figure, but he also gives great advice to many of the people around town. He lives in the apartment area of the Dodson Bakery. He is 63 years old.

## **Appearance**

Dodson is a typical old man, hunched over, grey mustache, grey hair, very typical. He wears a white dress shirt with his black apron over it, and wears black pants with suspenders and dress shoes. He always tried looking his best, even if he stands at only 5'4, and ever so frequently pushes up his glasses.

## **Personality**

He's far from the typical perverted old man cliche, and is actually very inquisitive. His curiosity is why he found Veverka, and it's what keeps him in the town today. Richard is very kind, loving, warm, and intelligent. He would give anything to help Jane.

## **Connections to Other Characters**

Dodson is a very nice person, however, he never trusts Mighty Venus, and orders her out of his shop immediately. The two aren't very fond of each other, even though Jane and Venus are best friends. He accepts Vision into his store, and frequently chats with him. Jane Beck became fully conscious in the apartment of Richard's store, in which he explained all the legends about her were true, and what's happened. He took great care of her, and treats her like a daughter, as she treats him like a father. He is capable of grounding her, and taking charge of her, but rarely does so. Even though she lives with Mighty Venus, she spends most of her time at the Dodson Bakery.

## **Trivia**

He is based on Sebastian from Tekken Tag Tournament 2.
TFv05 CH 16 You should be dead (annotated)

Annotations for You should be dead of Redwood.

## Page 412

**quote**

from Badu’s
twitter response to fans criticizing her for having three kids with three men:
"If I lose you as a fan because I want to continue to have children, then
fuck off ... who needs you ... certainly not me ... kick rocks ... call Tyrone
... pack light ... bite me."

## Page 413

**chinese**

?

**chinese**

?

## Page 424

**symphyseal**

symphysis **-** a
place where two bones are closely joined, either forming an immovable joint (as
between the pubic bones in the center of the pelvis) or completely fused (as at
the midline of the lower jaw).

## Page 432

**minion italics**

like the T.M.D. section!

## Page 436

**Remember Bagheera loved thee**

from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.

“Remember, Bagheera loved thee," he cried, and bounded
away. At the foot of the hill he cried again long and loud, "Good hunting
on a new trail, Master of the Jungle! Remember, Bagheera loved thee.”

## Page 457

see this picture for translations (thanks Sarah-Beth Gardner Libby)
TFv02 CH 00 Intros (annotated)

Annotations for the "intros" of Into the Forest.

## Page 7

**Brian Turner**

 (born 1967) is an American poet, essayist, and professor. He won the 2005 Beatrice Hawley Award for his debut collection, *Here, Bullet* (Alice James Books) the first of many awards and honors received for this collection of poems about his experience as a soldier in the Iraq War

the whole poem

**Sadiq**

*It is a condition of wisdom in the archer to be patient
because when the arrow leaves the bow, it returns no more.*

Sa’di

It should make you shake and sweat,
nightmare you, strand you in a desert
of irrevocable desolation, the consequences
seared into the vein, no matter what adrenaline
feeds the muscle its courage, no matter
what god shines down on you, no matter
what crackling pain and anger
you carry in your fists, my friend,
it should break your heart to kill.

## Page 8

**Ice Cream Koans**

A popculture trope: Something that looks like a Koan (a Chinese Buddhist riddle meant to encourage contemplation), walks like a koan, quacks like a koan, but lacks… substance. It sounds meaningful at first, but after you think a moment, instead of getting some rush of insight, you realize that it is nothing more than nonsense,
 or just a joke dressed up in profundity's hand-me-downs. Like ice cream
 itself, it looks good and tastes good, but is ultimately just empty
calories (TV tropes)

**"Where can we look for witness for whom there is no witness"?**

Please let me know who said that. Edit: Blanchot. MZD answered it in Volume 4.

**Ayaan Hirsi Ali**

is a Somali-born Dutch-American dual citizen activist,
author, and politician. She is critical of female genital mutilation and Islam,
and supportive of women's rights and atheism.

**Maurice C. Blanchot**

was a French writer, philosopher, and
literary theorist. His work had a strong influence on post-structuralist
philosophers such as Jacques Derrida.

**Eat or**

die? be eaten?

## Page 17

**Grand Unification Epoch 10na -36**

In physical cosmology,
assuming that nature is described by a Grand unification theory, the grand
unification epoch was the period in the evolution of the early universe
following the Planck epoch, starting at about 10−43 seconds after the Big Bang

## Page 34

**Es Skhul**

Es Skhul (meaning kids) is a cave site situated c. 20 kilometers south
of the city of Haifa, Israel, and c. 3 kilometers from the
Mediterranean Sea. The excavations revealed the first evidence of the late
Epipalaeolithic Natufian culture, characterised by the presence of abundant
microliths, human burials and ground stone tools. Skhul also represents one
area where Neanderthals - present in the region from 200,000 to 45,000 years
ago - lived alongside these humans dating to 100,000 years ago