Act 7

## SUMMARY

### Section 1. Escaping the Woods

Fading back in from the attack by the giant monster, the cursor has washed up onto a wooden dock where you first left. The Cursor then must be woken up.

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Trying to exit via the woods to the left... "The woods are too dark right now..." "You might need some sort of light source to help you."

The only real choice is to enter Nelson's House.

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It's immediately apparent someone's been here since you and Nelson left for fishing. I originally believed it was Ben... but knowing Skye must have captured him before the fishing trip started (at the end of DAY 1), I'm much more confused. I'd believed it must have been before the trip he shot at him, since she believed he was sent to spy on her. That and the fact we know he was there after Number 8 was killed, the language of "He's alive for now". We also know for a fact Ben looking for Gardener Skye and not returning is the whole reason Nelson acts so paranoid when she arrives. I may need to re-examine the details for clarity on this.

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Interacting with the windows... "The windows are blocked."

Interacting with the cabinet where the shotgun was... "The shotgun is missing again."

Finally, without Nelson to tell us no, we can go upstairs to Ben's room.

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Ben at some point left a note on his bed. It reads... "Hey Dad. I think it's time I finally proved that I can take care of myself, so I'm going hunting for a bit. I'll be back at night! Please don't be worried! -Ben."

This note reads rather innocently, clearly he intended to just have a normal hunting trip. Notably, he says he'll be back at night, meaning he left some time during the day. This tracks with what we know about Ben leaving for a regular hunting trip and seeing Gardener Skye kill Number 8.

Interacting with the shotgun case at the top... "A shotgun case." "Does this mean Nelson owns two shotguns?"

Interacting with the camera at the top right... "A camera." "Seems like its broken, though."

Interacting with the lantern in the middle of the room... "Grab the lantern?"

The Cursor then gets a YES or NO prompt. Choosing yes they grab the lantern and can carry it with them, finally allowing them to leave into the woods.

Moving up through the woods, the Cursor quickly runs into a Mutated Handy Pal. It scurries away to reveal behind it Nelson's severed head, with blood all over the floor where it lays. It seems like that monster in particular got to him. Perhaps if this thing never attacked him Nelson would still be alive, but regardless if it was the fish or the Mutated Handy Pal, now he's dead because of Gardener Skye.

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Interacting with it... "It's Nelson's... head."

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Moving counterclockwise through the clearings, including some bushes which will make for hiding spots later, the Cursor makes their way further along.

Here in the woods, there are multiple Mutated Handy Pals that chase the Cursor around.

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They leap above the player like a spider jumping and bite them to kill them.

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Further past the winding paths of the woods to the left is a locked gate. Interacting with it... "Looks like the gate to the bridge is locked." "Maybe there's a key somewhere?"

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Moving up and to the left is a series of bushes and a Mutated Handy Pal. At the very top is a broken, abandoned cabin with a note left on one of the poles. Here there's also a locked chest that seems very old and is covered in moss. Still the lantern above the note remains lit, meaning somebody must have been here relatively recently, probably whoever left that note.

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The note depicts the cabin in a broken state, again suggesting it's somewhat recent. Arrows point from a Mutated Handy Pal drawn crudely to a bear trap. This is clearly a guide for the Cursor letting them know what to do. It might also have been a guide for someone else, maybe a reminder for person who wrote it, but it's unclear.

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Leading the Mutated Handy Pal to the beartrap, it gets stuck. Interacting with it, it motions the code for the locked box to the Cursor and we get some narration after... "Looks like it's trying to tell you something important..."

This brings up an interesting question. Is this Mutated Handy Pal trying to help the Cursor. The narration suggests it's telling us the code deliberately, suggesting there's something of a mind to it. If it does, it seems like its violence is against it's will, and it just can't control itself. We don't know what causes Handy Pals to become Mutated Handy Pals, but it seems like they retain some part of their past selves. Maybe this one knew it was turning and so it left one last guide to anyone unfortunate to pass by it.

Entering the code to the locked box, it opens and the Cursor receives the key to the bridge.

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Shortly after returning to the gate, unlocking it, and starting to use the bridge, a Mutated Handy Pal arrives and begins to chase the Cursor. It chases them much further into the Woods where several logs impede the escape. Along the bridge are several lanterns hung from the trees.

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Eventually the Cursor bumps into an unavoidable log, dropping the lantern and falling to lower ground into some bushes.

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The Mutated Handy Pal creeps closer, before being suddenly attacked by Gardener Skye, being pinned to a tree...

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???: (Gardener Skye) (Text part purple and shaking) "Having fun, big guy?" "Well, now there's nowhere to go..."

It cuts to a close up view of the Mutated Handy Pal.

Gardener Skye: (Text part purple and shaking) "It's just you..." "...and ME!"

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With a black, clawed hand like she used against Number 8, she slashes through the Mutated Handy Pal. We see her eyes are still glowing purple.

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The Mutated Handy Pal's remains are scattered across the tree.

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As we see one last piece settle, we find out this Mutated Handy Pal used to be Number 10.

Gardener Skye: (Text part purple and shaking) "Number 10..." "What a fool..." "You really thought you could escape from ME?" "YOU STUPID GLOVES ARE ALL THE SAME!" "DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?" "I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN... NO MATTER WH-"

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Suddenly she's struck by a feeling of sickness, is visibly discomforted. We see the outline of her features, her pupil at a normal size, until we cut back to it shrunken, as it slowly enlarges just a little. As this happen a purple glow appears and fades. It's as if whatever was taking hold of her since her freak out at the Lake has lost some of its control, and now Gardener Skye is feeling the effects.

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After this she gets queasy and passes out, throwing up more of the black substance on the ground.

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Cutting back to the regular top down view we see Gardener Skye knocked out on the ground, twitching. Both of her hands seem back to normal, not black claws but brown furry paws.

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Even if the Cursor walks up to her she has no response.

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Walking further away we can hear her cough and scurry away. sure enough if the Cursor returns she's gone. To the right there's a path past some trees leading down. After a left turn from the bottom the Cursor arrives at Gardener Skye's house. This is marked by a panning shot and a dramatic sound cue.

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After a pan back to the Cursor narration reads as follows... "That's quite a nice-looking house." "But why is it here?"

Interacting with the flowers in front of the house... "Aren't these Skye's flowers?"

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Interacting with the front door... "Enter the house?"

The Cursor is presented with a YES or NO choice. Selecting YES the Cursor goes inside the house.

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The environment seems relatively mundane. There's a table with a single chair, a small cabinet with a clock and what looks like a mirror behind it. There's several pieces of cooking utensils laying around and some dishes in the sink. Purple potted flowers are placed all over the room. At the top right is a photo taken by Ben. We learn from the description the photo was taken by Ben while looking for Gardener Skye in the woods. It says the black substance in the photo is blood, and that the origin is unknown. This is a rather curious photo, since we know after it was taken Ben's camera was broken. Some time after this, the camera itself was returned to Nelson's House, AT LEAST by the time it's found after the Cursor washes up and Nelson dies. For Gardener Skye to find this photo, she must've taken it from Ben. For the broken camera to be at Nelson's House but for the photo to be taken before it broke, someone must have returned the camera to Nelson's House after Ben found out she killed Number 8. It wouldn't make sense for Gardener Skye to be the one to return the camera, so the implication seems to be Ben went back to Nelson after going hunting to tell him Gardener Skye has been killing Handy Pals and that they could be in danger of her. This explains why Nelson knows he was looking for her himself, despite the letter on Ben's bed talking about what sounds like a normal hunting trip. After warning his dad, Ben left again, and by the time Gardener Skye arrives at Nelson's House he's been gone the entire night.

Still it's unclear how or why the camera was broken. The photo must have been taken before the camera was returned, so Ben probably left it in his room when he returned to warn Nelson. If that's true though, than he hadn't yet been captured by Gardener Skye (presumably she captured her right after being shot and attacking him). If Gardener Skye hadn't yet confronted Ben, how would she have damaged his camera? It'd have to be something else, no? Either way, Ben continued looking, keeping the photo with him, and Gardener Skye took it from him, keeping it on the counter.

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After the Cursor stops looking at the photo, the flowers in the room open their eyes to look at them. Immediately they close, indicating they're trying not to let them know they're spying on them.

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Going up the stairs there's a clock above a cabinet. To the left is a locked door where the piano room is. Interacting with it... "It's locked."

Entering the door on the right there's Gardener Skye's bedroom.

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To the left is a bucket. Interacting with it... "A bucket..." "It has a horrible smell." "You decide not to investigate further."

Interacting with the wardrobe at the top... "Looks like this is Skye's wardrobe." "She seems to wear the same clothes everyday."

Interacting with the rug with a lump on it... "There's light coming from below the rug." "Pull out the rug?"

the Cursor is given a YES or NO choice. Selecting yes reveals a giant trap door to the basement. Right after opening it Gardener Skye stomps into the room, face covered in stains and eyes still glowing purple. Her hands clearly taking the forms of black claws like when she attacked Number 10 a moment ago. She laughs as she throws us down.

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Eventually, the Cursor hits the ground with a loud thud. In front of them is Ben sitting dejected with his arms crossed.

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Interacting with him starts some dialogue... ???: (Ben) "So, she got you too, huh?" "Dang."

(Ben pauses for a moment)

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"Y'know, I've spent these past few hours trying to convince myself that maybe, that wasn't really her." "But I saw it." (Number 8's death scene plays faintly in the background) "I saw her... killing your kind." "A- And I couldn't just let her get away with it." "After seeing what she's capable of, I had a feeling that my dad and I were next." "So, I tried to find her myself..." "...but it all went wrong."

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After a fade to white we get a flashback to Ben's encounter with Gardener Skye. We see her in the middle of the woods, eyes glowing purple, smiling.

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She stares where Ben is looking crazed.

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Seeing her crazed expression, Ben shoots her in the eye.

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Suddenly, with shrunken pupils, he's shocked at what he's done.

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Seeing Gardener Skye in pain, crouched against a tree he extends a hand to her. She's covering her face, when suddenly she strikes, mouth wide open. Even her eye socket has somewhat of a purple glow.

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The scene then cuts back to Ben at current time in the basement.

"Honestly, I didn't want to use my dad's shotgun." "But when I looked at her eyes, it was like she w-wasn't there anymore!" "So, I got scared and pulled the trigger." (Ben's eyes open wide, terrified) "Even then, she still recovered in a matter of seconds!" "There's definitely something off about that rabbit, assuming she's even a rabbit to begin with." "Don't worry though, 'cause guess what?'" "I... got a plan to get out of here!" "Let's just say it may involve a lot of... waiting." "...and a bit of persuasion." "Oh wait! I almost forgot!" (surprised) (Ben extends a ring from his hand) "I found this in the woods yesterday."

Ben then gives you Number 8's ring.

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"Yeah, it fell out of her pocket and I grabbed it." "I'm guessing it belongs to one of you guys, so I'm giving it to you." "Anyway, time to execute my plan, the waiting game begins!"

After this Ben just sits there and doesn't respond to any interaction. To the right is a lock, and at the bottom of the room are some chains and the lock combination written in stains.

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As pointed out on the discord server by Via/Nikki, the handprints on the wall have 5 fingers, but the Handy Pals only have 4. This means the person who wrote this before the Cursor and Ben were tossed in was some 5 fingered character, probably more humanoid. Despite there being chains, it's also notable that Gardener Skye decided not to lock either of them up, despite being able to. This supports the idea that Gardener Skye is specifically going easier on Ben.

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Via suggests this person could have been Boxers, which is a genuine possibility, but it also may have been whoever C is (see C's Notes). However given the substance resembles the same black goo that Silvie's made of, and that gives the Handy Pals life, Boxers does honestly seem to be a pretty good match.

Entering the code given by the arrows into the lock, the room to the right opens up.

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The rightmost part of the room has what looks like the scattered remains of a Handy Pal against the wall. There's also a glove in the middle of the table with black goo pouring out of it. Pliers and what looks like a saw are on the table, even what looks like an empty label. A chalkboard shows what looks like a diagram of the Handy Pals. On the ground to the left is some black goo in the shape of a Handy Pal, similar to how we see the dead fighters in the Labyrinth.

Inspecting the table under the light...

"A Handy Pal, but it seems there's no number attached to it." "There's also a strange black liquid leaking from its insides." "...and it's moving."

Inspecting the table in the corner... "There's a lot of Handy Pals on the table." "But they seem to look more like you."

This matches up with the 2022 Interview where El Pichon says... "The Handy Pals have something inside of them that brings them to life, but its origins are unknown… for now."

(prepare for speculative theorizing starting from tame to how did we get here)

It also corresponds to Boxers' earlier statement seeing the Cursor of "Did she run out of gloves". If that interview statement is still true, it seems that instead of say capturing people from outside the computer, as I once thought, Gardener Skye takes truly inanimate gloves and uses the black substance to bring them to life, stuffing them with it, sealing them up, and putting a label on them. The Handy Pals are her own creation, brought to life by the same thing she's made of. This would even further separate the Cursor from the rest of the Handy Pals which aligns with all of Boxers' othering comments about them.

Where she got so much of that substance is unclear, although she may produce it herself. She's known to vomit the stuff out and even keeps a bucket in her room for it. We also see in Chapter 1 Act 2 - The Garden if we fail enough times, as Gardener Skye gets frustrated, some of it seems to leak from her mouth. Either way, it seems Handy Pals do not come from anywhere, they are created with black goo and inanimate gloves to give them form. This also provides some insight as to how Handy Pals become Mutated Handy Pals. Gardener Skye is seen herself transforming with black claws and other features, and we see in Chapter 1 Act 6 - Fishing at the Lake that the black substance can take the form of long claws... not dissimilar from their fully black spidery legs. The black goo itself seems amorphous, and the gloves are used to give them form. If what's inside of them goes berserk like we see Gardener Skye do, then the thing that's inside of them starts to break past that exterior. That is what the Mutated Handy Pals are.

(This part above I'm pretty confident in)

With all that in mind, we might be able to paint a clearer picture of Boxers' origins. If Gardener Skye was willing to create the Handy Pals to do work and keep her company, who's to say she wouldn't make herself a son. Boxers, like the Handy Pals was probably created in her own image. She gathered up a lot of black goo and with it created a creature like herself. How she'd manage to maintain his form without a body like the gloves, I'm not sure. Ultimately, this being came to life, and she raised him as a son. Somewhere in-between, their relationship is ruined, and the two start to live separately. The son, makes his own name "Boxers", wearing a box to cover his face, and clothes to cover his form. Boxers becomes a friend to the Handy Pals promising no rules and with them building a hideout for them to have all the fun they want. Given the Handy Pals' trust in Boxers, who judging by the "NO BUNNIES ALLOWED" text and signage everywhere hasn't been honest about being a bunny himself, it seems like most of the Handy Pals didn't know him before he split and became the Boxers we know now. That further implies she kept him in the house away from the garden. If Skye really created Boxers and the Handy Pals in the same way an artist creates, I feel like that'd make Boxers' line about them being treated like puppets all the more impactful.

(This part above is pretty speculative, but there's evidence to back it up, just not very directly)

If we want to go totally wild into the speculation, I think this might paint somewhat of a picture of Silvie and her origins. This black substance seems to have the tendency to act alive, and different clumps of it are separate entities with their own, often opposing, wills. It is amorphous and can change shape, meaning it can turn into many different things. Perhaps Silvie came from the origin of this substance altogether, a sentient black puddle that based its form off of what was around it, that began to learn more and more about the world, and become her own person. There've also been hints from the dev (albeit from a long ago point in development) that rather than a body snatcher or something, Silvie is a straight up shape shifter, which matches with her partial, on-the-fly transformations we see at different points.

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(I admit, that last part's basically pure speculation based off what's already a theory about other characters, potential implications thereafter for Silvie assuming this whole thing tracks to her as well. For all we know, someone else formed her on purpose with the black stuff).

* ANYWAYS...\*

Interacting with the light switch near the ladder... "A light switch."

Interacting with the ladder itself... "Skye is still upstairs, so it might not be a good idea to use the ladder." "Maybe there's another way to access the second floor?"

Interacting with the box at the top right... "There's something inside the box." "Grab it?"

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The Cursor is presented with a YES or NO choice. Selecting yes... "You found a crowbar!"

Returning to Ben, the Cursor leaves the crowbar on the ground for him to use.

???: (Ben) "Hey, what's th-" "YOU FOUND A CROWBAR?" (shaking)

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(Ben's face changes to one of giddy excitement) "Holy crap! This is perfect!" "Now we can use it to bash her head and run the heck out of here!"

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After this comment, the Cursor wags disapprovingly

???: (Ben) "No? What do you mean, no?"

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The Cursor motions upwards towards the vent. A sparkle effect plays over it.

???: (Ben) "Huh?" "Ooooh, I see!" "You want me to open the vent!" "Oh yeah! And then we can sneak through the vent and escape!" "Good thinkin' glove!"

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After a fade to black we see Ben's opened up the vent.

???: (Ben) "Alright." "Gloves go first!" "Don't worry, I'll be right behind you, heh." "Wait, do you hear that too, glove?" "That music must be coming from the other room." "That means we'll have to listen carefully to find the right path." "Let's go!"

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### Section 2. The Basement

After the short talk with Ben, the Cursor is left to follow the direction of the piano playing in the vents, or be sent back to the start. This concept is later inverted in Chapter 1 Act 8 - The Labyrinth.

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As Ben and the Cursor progress further, the numbers inside the vents increase. After section 03, they arrive to the piano room.

???: (Ben) "Yes! We're here!" "Let's be careful though, Skye might still be inside this room."

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This ends what's probably the shortest individual section in the entire game.

### Section 3. Playing the Piano

This piano room is full of a LOT of detail. So following the Cursor through to the exit, I'll try and point them out.

At the far right is a bookshelf, a floral painting, and a diagram of a Handy Pal on the chalkboard. It seems to depict a transition from white (slightly in color, normal gloves, look like the Cursor) to gray like the Mutated Handy Pals, to finally a beige color. Over the second step is a dotted line to a box with unreadable text. The rightmost, seemingly final stage, is circled for emphasis. Notes are also stuck to the top.

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Between playing notes, Gardener Skye looks up from the piano with a purple flash, and whoever is escaping trembles.

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Towards the middle, not only Gardener Skye is visible, but her dirty footprints. It seems like after the stress of everything that just happened, she's trying to calm herself down, though given her paranoid looks every few moments, it's clearly not working.

At the far left end of the room is another bookshelf and a glass case with a single white glove on display. Once the Cursor makes their way out of the room Ben follows, and here nothing's really changed.

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If either Ben or the the Cursor get caught, Gardener Skye jumps at them and slashes them with black claws.

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After Ben and the Cursor escape, they show up from the second floor, meaning the piano room must have been where that previously locked door is.

???: (Ben) "We're out!" "Come on, let's get out of here!"

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The both of them leave through the front, and after a fade to black, they seem to have gotten some distance away, somewhere between Gardener Skye's house and the garden. Ben's still panting from all of the running away.

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???: (Ben) "Did we make it?"

The Cursor gestures up towards a clearing between the trees where there's a sign.

???: (Ben) "Yeah, that's the exit." "Oh wait, so, you wanna go back to the garden?" "I get it now..." "Well, I guess this is where we part ways, then." "I need to go back to see my dad, he must be suuuuper worried." "Hopefully we can move out of that ol' cabin before things start getting out of hand." "But hey! It was nice meeting ya!" "And thank you for helping me back there!"

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Ben starts to walk away, but stops for a moment. Clearly something important has come to mind.

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???: (Ben) "Hey, umm..." "Speaking about dad..." "Did you and that rabbit..." "...see him today?"

The Cursor is then presented with a choice, to tell the truth or lie to Ben. Of course it comes, again, in the form of responding YES or NO to him.

Choosing NO grants the achievement Name's Ben! and the following dialogue...

???: (Ben) "Well, while in the basement, I overheard Skye talking about meeting my dad with her Handy Pals." "I didn't hear why she was going, though." "But I hope he's doing fine over there." "But yeah, thank you for being honest with me, Mr. Glove." "Oh, wait!" (surprised sound) "I just realized I never told you my name!" Ben: "Name's Ben! I hope we'll meet each other again." "See ya!"

After this, Ben walks away ignorant to the fact his father Nelson isn't anywhere to be found, at least not whole.

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If the Cursor decides to instead say YES, Ben prompts yet another question giving the opportunity to lie.

???: (Ben) "I-Is he..." "Is he s-still alive?"

Answering YES...

???: (Ben) "That's... good to know." "Well, while in the basement, I overheard Skye talking about meeting my dad with her Handy Pals." (The rest is the same as saying no to the first question)

Answering NO, the Cursor lets Ben know that Nelson died prompting a dramatic scene. This also earns the achievement Honesty. Ben puts a hand to his chest, mouth shaking, pupils shrunken. He seems rightly heartbroken.

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Ben knowing the Cursor was there themself, seems to blame them for doing nothing. The Cursor's mute nature here acts as the main source of dramatic tension, as they so clearly want to explain what happened, but can't.

Ben: "So, you were there..." "...and you did nothing?" (his left fist clenches)

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"Everything I did..." (crying)

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"...was for you guys." "When I saw her killing one of your kind..." "I- I sacrificed myself for those Handy Pals..." "But you're just like her, aren't you?" "You don't care about anyone but yourself." "We escaped together, but for what?"

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"...for you?" "Well I b-bet you're happy now."

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"I bet you have a f-family waiting for you back there." "But g-guess what? I have nothing." "I can't believe I risked everything for a stupid glove!"

After reprimanding the Cursor, Ben bolts away, as they reach out, with not even a look back from him. With a defeated droop, the Cursor seems to know it's too late to explain right now, and the scene fades to black.

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After either lying or telling the truth to Ben, the Cursor can explore this small part of the Woods they've ended up in. Reading the sign to the right, we get a much clearer picture of where they are... "North - Entrance to Skye's Garden"

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Entering the top, the screen fades to black as we see the title card for DAY 3... "THE FINAL DAY".

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Further up from where they entered is a clearing in the woods right before where the garden is. There's even stone steps. To the right is a broken bridge over a lake, and to the left winds a path leading to the entrance to the garden.

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Arriving at the garden there's heavy winds blowing. Even the main sign is swiveling around. The entrance to the garden proper is blocked by a wooden gate (although this gate is used in multiple places and seems to be there for gameplay reasons to avoid invisible walls. If the developers found a cannon reason to explain all of them that'd be really funny).

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What's most strikingly apparent is the entrance to the Labyrinth. The gate that was once there is demolished, and the black substance seems to be oozing out of it. There's nowhere else for the Cursor to go so they enter.

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Going deeper through the path, there's more black goop and many ripped apart Handy Pals. It seems like Gardener Skye's already started doing damage here.

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At the top, the Cursor finds Boxers, Fingertaker, and several Handy Pals presumably from the hideout.

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They seem not to notice us though as they talk to themselves.

Boxers: "Hmm, I don't know about that Fingertaker." "You should probably wait til' the others come back."

After a Handy Pal taps on his shoulder to get his attention, Boxers and the other Handy Pals are startled.

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Boxers: "HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN FLOATING THERE?" "You scared the crap outta me!" (Boxers sighs) "Dang it, I really need to keep myself calm." "Anyway, I see you're hangin' onto something there, you got something you wanna show me?"

the Cursor moves forward, and Boxers reaches his head down. The Cursor flips their palm to reveal Number 8's silver ring, which Boxers is very displeased to see.

Boxers: "Number 8's ring..." "Man." "I- I really thought he was gonna make it, b- but she..." "She killed him." ???: (Gardener Skye) "Too bad!" (laughing menacingly)

The view then pans to Gardener Skye facing the escapees with that crazed purple look in her eyes, and a wide smile. Quickly however, this expression changes to one of anger. Skye: "Maybe if he followed my RULES, none of this would have happened!" "And all of you could've lived your normal lives as always..." "But NO, you just HAD TO BREAK THE DAMN RULES, DIDN'T YA?" "Anyone who steps inside the labyrinth must be DISCIPLINED! SIMPLE!"

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Boxers retorts, calling her out for her secrecy and brutality.

Boxers: "Disciplined? You mean killed?" "Doesn't sound like you're "disciplining" anyone around here." "Sounds more like you're hiding something from us!"

With a careful spin, she jumps all the way past everyone. After landing, Gardener Skye quickly pulls out her red whistle, and bursts the remaining Handy Pals, except for Fingertaker who is mysteriously unaffected. Boxers is taken aback in shock.

(Ominous reversed piano music plays)

Skye: "I think I get it now." (sighing) "You just miss me, don'tcha?" "It's been a long time since we last saw each other..."

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Boxers acts in denial, talking like he knows nothing about what she's saying.

Boxers: "W-What are you talking about?" Skye: "Don't play dumb with me!" "I know how much you missed..." "...the real me."

From here, face already covered in remains, and with crazed eyes, still glowing purple, she leaves her body like a flesh suit. Her old body dripping with black liquid, totally hollowed out. Out of that body is a similar shaped figure. A black rabbit made of black ooze. This is Silvie, in the form she calls "the real me".

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Cutting back to a top down view, Silvie continues to torment Boxers.

???: (Silvie) "What's wrong, little one?" "I'm here for you..."

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Boxers covers his face, deeply uncomfortable with Silvie's words. Boxers: "STOP IT!" "Please... just, stop already!"

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???: (Silvie) "After all this time..." "...and this is how you treat your own MOTHER?" "Heh, just as I thought." "You..." "You're just a WEAK!" "...PATHETIC!" "...LITTLE!"

Suddenly with a glare, Fingertaker intervenes, separating the two and punching Silvie away. This seems to snap Boxers out of it.

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Boxers: "F-Fingertaker?" "Are y-you...?"

Fingertaker simply tips his hat, as the gate swings open.

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Boxers: "..." (covering his face again) "Thank you." (directed towards Fingertaker)

The two of them head into the Labyrinth as Fingertaker stays to fend of Gardener Skye as long as he can.

Boxers: "It's too dark in here, take this."

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The cursor then slowly walks towards Boxers offering it, which is swiftly shut down. We see Boxers is still holding his head down.

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"No, I don't want it back." "You need it more than me." "Look." (Boxers sighs) "I..." "I failed you guys..." (covering his face) "I failed the fighters." (trembling with both hands on his head) "I f- failed Number 8." "I failed the Handy Pals..." "...and I failed you." "Things are only gonna get worse if we stick together." (looking away from the Cursor) "So let's split up from here." "I don't know if we'll ever see each other again, but..." "...don't come back for me."

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Silvie audibly says "Where are you?" calling out for them, causing the Cursor to turn around.

Boxers: "She's coming for us." "Go."