The entire dialogue story convo

(This page is about the entire dialogue (What Es says, what Ego Rex says, Options, etc.))

The dialogue will be broken up into different parts, with each part within the game's chapters being used to discern Es's lines. Then for the different endings, they will be represented by their respective names.

## Chapter 1

### 1-1 Personality Assessment: Self-Discovery Begins

Es: Well, look who showed up. I grew tired of waiting.

Es: Sorry, but I'll get right to the point.

Es: I have 12 questions for you.

Es: Don't think too hard. Just answer honestly.

Es: Do you tend not to get emotional?

```
      CHOICES:
        Yes
        No
        Neither

```

Es: Do you put up a front for others?

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      CHOICES:
        Yes
        No
        Neither

```

Es: Are you easily influenced by others?

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      CHOICES:
        Yes
        No
        Neither

```

Es: Are your tastes easy to discern?

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      CHOICES:
        Yes
        No
        Neither

```

Es: Do you get jealous easily?

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      CHOICES:
        Yes
        No
        Neither

```

Es: Do tough situations make you work even harder?

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      CHOICES:
        Yes
        No
        Neither

```

Es: Are you often irritated by uncertainty?

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      CHOICES:
        Yes
        No
        Neither

```

Es: Are you unhindered by fear?

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      CHOICES:
        Yes
        No
        Neither

```

Es: Do you prefer things to be black and white?

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      CHOICES:
        Yes
        No
        Neither

```

Es: Are you often deceived?

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      CHOICES:
        Yes
        No
        Neither

```

Es: Do you like to be the center of attention?

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      CHOICES:
        Yes
        No
        Neither

```

Es: Do you ignore those you dislike?

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      CHOICES:
        Yes
        No
        Neither

```

Es: Interesting. You're...

*Es analyzes the player's choices and then gives them a screen displaying the results of the test.*

Es: Well? Did that clear things up?

Es: You don't know much at all, do you?

Es: Not about this place, or about who you are...

Es: No matter. We've only just begun.

Es: Come visit me again when you have more EGO.

### 1-2 Existence: The Nameless Place

Es: I see you've been collecting EGO, just as you were told.

Es: How earnest you are. I quite like it.

Es: I suppose you've earned a reward...

Es: You're curious as to where we are, aren't you?

Es: We're... How do I put this?

Es: This place is closed off from the outside world. It doesn't need a name.

Es: To me, that's all there is to it.

Es: Still, I'm curious...

Es: How do you perceive this place?

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      CHOICES:
        A place to question who I've always been.
        A place to gain control over myself.
        A place to discover who I am.

```

```
**Choice Chosen:** A place to question who I've always been.

```

Es: A philosophical answer. Not bad.

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**Choice Chosen:** A place to gain control over myself.

```

Es: You sound like that Façade... Oh, nothing. Never mind.

```
**Choice Chosen:** A place to discover who I am.

```

Es: You aren't wrong. There are no secrets here.

Overlapping Dialogue

Es: The identity of this place is of little importance.

Es: You... are here. Now.

Es: Whether you will it or not, something lies up ahead.

Es: Perhaps that is exactly why you seek reasons.

Es: You... and I, both.

Es: Come back when you have saved up more EGO.

### 1-3 Leading Role: Know Your Audience

Es: There are all sorts of books here.

Es: There's even one that ends differently every time you read it.

Es: It's a picture book. Here, I'll show you.

Es: Your interpretation of the story...

Es: ...is very much of interest to me.

Es: The characters are comprised of a prince, a king, and a maid.

Es: Your interpretation will decide what kind of story this is.

Es: So I'll ask you a few questions, all right?

Es: Choose the closest answer to your take on it.

Es: Now let me hear your story.

Es: What is the prince doing?

```
      CHOICES:
        Pretending to cry because of something the maid said to him.
        Crying because the king got mad at him.
        Rubbing his eyes because he just woke up.

```

Es: How does the kind feel about this?

```
      CHOICES:
        He's angry over what's going on between the prince and the maid.
        He's contemplating how best to discipline the prince.
        He's panicking over the gap between ideals and reality.

```

Es: Why is the maid hiding?

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      CHOICES:
        To escape the prince's observation.
        To gloat over the royal pair's distress.
        To watch over the prince from the shadows.

```

Es: How does the story end?

```
      CHOICES:
        The prince elopes with the maid.
        The king regains his control.
        The prince recovers of his own accord.

```

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**Choice Chosen:** The prince elopes with the maid.

```

Es: Fleeing from the castle, prince and maid follow their hearts and elope.

```
**Choice Chosen:** The king regains his control.

```

Es: Having regained his control, everything goes the king's way.

```
**Choice Chosen:** The prince recovers of his own accord.

```

Es: The despondent prince lifts his chin and sets off down his own path.

Overlapping Dialogue

Es: So... That's how your story goes.

Es: There are some truths of reality one can find only in fiction.

Es: Next time, I want you to let me interpret your story.

*Es analyzes the player's choices and then gives them a screen displaying the results of the test.*

Es: See, if something changes in your world view, the ending will change.

Es: That goes for this place too, not just the story.

Es: The future will be decided by your interpretation...

Es: By your will.

Es: So hurry back when you have more EGO.

### 1-4 Monarch of Stone: Antagonistic Surveillant

Es: That Façade... is getting full of themselves.

Es: Oh? When did you wander in? I didn't see you.

Es: I'm sure you must have run into them on the way.

Es: The self-proclaimed monarch. The Façade. The wretch.

Es: That Façade... lives to plague me.

Es: "Fall not to impulse! Conform to the standard!"

Es: Over, and over, and over they whisper at me!

Es: What need is there for social stricture here?

Es: Hmm... What's your take on it?

```
      CHOICES:
        It's best to live by impulse.
        Rules are absolute.
        It depends on the time and the place.

```

```
**Choice Chosen:** It's best to live by impulse.

```

Es: It is as you say. Thank goodness you understand.

```
**Choice Chosen:** Rules are absolute.

```

Es: Goodness gracious. Have I been speaking to a wall this whole time?

```
**Choice Chosen:** It depends on the time and the place.

```

Es: Hmph. Such an ambiguous answer... but it beats that Façade's, any day.

Overlapping Dialogue

Es: You see, that Façade is my adversary.

Es: They would control me, like judge and jury.

Es: Listen... You hear it, don't you? Their voice!

Es: Damn you. Hush! You damnable Façade! I...!

Es: I'm not mistaken! I'm not a failure! I-I...!

Es: Forgive me, I can't focus on a conversation right now.

Es: If you don't mind... Come back again later?

Es: I'll see you when you have more EGO saved up.

### 1-5 Girl Opposed: Between Sanity and Madness

Es: Books are to me what breath is to others.

Es: I cannot stay myself without books to read.

Es: For the sake of my sanity...

Es: I immerse myself in the worlds I find within.

Es: Even now, as I stand here, conversing with you...

Es: I am fighting down my very impulses...

Es: To put my hands around your throat; to...

Es: A-hem.

Es: May I ask you something?

Es: Should I restrain my impulses? Tell me.

```
      CHOICES:
        Give them free rein!
        You should conform to society.
        Get a hold of yourself.

```

```
**Choice Chosen:** Give them free rein!

```

Es: Yes. You are right. I'll just wring your...

```
**Choice Chosen:** You should conform to society.

```

Es: Society. Conform. Ugh. What a farce. A Façade.

```
**Choice Chosen:** Get a hold of yourself.

```

Es: Get a hold of myself? Is that even possible?

Overlapping Dialogue

Es: I'm... fine, now.

Es: They were just so loud. I... got confused.

Es: Speaking to you seems to have calmed me.

Es: I'm well. I am. For now, I'm still all right.

Es: I know how to tame my impulses, you see.

Es: I'm fairly certain I won't do anything...

Es: Like wring your sweet neck. Yes. Trust me.

Es: So come back soon... when you have more EGO.

### 1-6 Association: The Illusion of Awareness

Es: So good of you to come. How do you like the new view?

Es: Are you nervous? Your heartbeat is racing.

Es: Take deep breathes, now... In... Out...

Es: There you go. Well done. Now for the main event.

Es: I want for you to talk about whatever is on your mind.

Es: It doesn't matter if it's boring, or meaningless...

Es: Just speak freely.

Es: Now, close your eyes...

*For this section, since the options seem to be randomized for the most part, the words will be listed with each having the same question. Though to be noted; each question has a total of eight options that can be chosen.*

```
Choose freely from among these words whichever most suit your feelings, regardless of whether they seem boring, unrelated, or pointless.

```

```

```

Es: You can open your eyes now.

Es: It can be difficult to open yourself to associations...

Es: But you did well. It seems like you've done this before.

Es: Now, let me interpret what it all means...

*Es analyzes the player's choices and then gives them a screen displaying the results of the test.*

Es: What is awareness?

Es: It's like an illusion that appears only when you think of it.

Es: Both hope and despair are rooted outside of awareness.

Es: What is it that your unconscious mind longs for?

Es: If you wander around this place a bit longer, you might find out.

Es: Keep saving up EGO and come see me again.

### 1-7 Omens: Torn at the Seams

Es: It seems you have gotten used to how things work in this place.

Es: I think we're ready to progress, don't you?

Es: Whatever is the matter? Afraid of change?

Es: You don't have to be.

Es: Nothing will change right away.

Es: Yet, when I look at you as you are now...

Es: You seem content to walk your own path.

Es: I have nothing further to tell you.

Es: After all, you will decide your own fate.

Es: Ah... Something unwanted this way comes.

Es: Yes. It's that Façade.

Es: Let their words in one ear and out the other.

Es: There's no need to heed them whatsoever.

Es: I, however, will be off for now.

Es: Come back when you have gathered more EGO.

## Chapter 2

### 2-1 Desires: Chasing the Ideal

Es: I have a confession to make.

Es: I quite enjoy these talks we have.

Es: I've been alone here for such a long time.

Es: Such a long... long...

Es: ...

Es: At first, it was just a way to kill time.

Es: I wanted to learn more about another person; the first I've ever met.

Es: But now... It's like a reprieve for me.

Es: It doesn't seem that way? Really?

Es: I'm just not very expressive.

Es: Now, I'm going to ask you 12 questions.

Es: Don't think too hard. Answer quickly and honestly.

Es: Are you punctual?

```
      CHOICES:
        Yes
        No
        Neither

```

Es: Does your mood change at the drop of a hat?

```
      CHOICES:
        Yes
        No
        Neither

```

Es: Do you take action before thinking?

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      CHOICES:
        Yes
        No
        Neither

```

Es: Do you prefer quiet solitude?

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      CHOICES:
        Yes
        No
        Neither

```

Es: Do you like bustling places?

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      CHOICES:
        Yes
        No
        Neither

```

Es: Do you enjoy the unexpected?

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      CHOICES:
        Yes
        No
        Neither

```

Es: Do you consider things systematically?

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      CHOICES:
        Yes
        No
        Neither

```

Es: Do you prioritize that past over the future?

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      CHOICES:
        Yes
        No
        Neither

```

Es: Do you have difficulty empathizing with others?

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      CHOICES:
        Yes
        No
        Neither

```

Es: Do you prefer to make a splash in life?

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      CHOICES:
        Yes
        No
        Neither

```

Es: Would you say you're a dreamer?

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      CHOICES:
        Yes
        No
        Neither

```

Es: Are you the type who doesn't get jokes?

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      CHOICES:
        Yes
        No
        Neither

```

Es: Ah, so you're...

*Es analyzes the player's choices and then gives them a screen displaying the results of the test.*

Es: Quite the revelation, hm?

Es: That should explain a bit of what goes on in your head.

Es: It might sound somewhat strange to say, but...

Es: Understanding one's own heart is not such an easy thing to do.

Es: The same goes for me, of course. I don't know myself, at all.

Es: In fact, I probably know even less than you do about... About my...

Es: Yes. Well. Come on back when you have gathered some more EGO.

### 2-2 The Playhouse: A Mind Discombobulated

Es: I had a strange and sudden thought...

Es: That my words, and deeds, and private thoughts...

Es: Were following a script someone prepared for me.

Es: Do I even have a will of my own, I wonder?

Es: Perhaps I am someone else's mindless puppet.

Es: Perhaps I'm the only one who doesn't know it.

Es: It's just a thought. I don't really believe it.

Es: You needn't take it seriously.

Es: It was inspired by something I read in a book.

Es: It stuck with me, for some reason.

Es: Could I... ask you a question?

Es: Are my words truly my own?

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      CHOICES:
        They are, I'm sure.
        No, they're not.
        If you want them to be.

```

```
**Choice Chosen:** They are, I'm sure.

```

Es: Yes. Yes, they are. I'm Es. I am Es. I'm...

```
**Choice Chosen:** No, they're not.

```

Es: Then whose? I'm... I am...

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**Choice Chosen:** If you want them to be.

```

Es: And... if not? Is it the wanting that matters?

Overlapping Dialogue

Es: You strip away all my security, you do.

Es: The more you come to know yourself...

Es: The less I seem to know myself. I see that now.

Es: You're like my shadow.

Es: As my shadow grows longer, I end up...

Es: No, that's not right.

Es: If anything, I must be your...

Es: ...

Es: Gather more EGO, will you? I'll be waiting.

### 2-3 The Villain: There Can Be Only One

Es: Good and evil...

Es: ...can't be defined in black and white.

Es: That's why one's interpretation becomes so important.

Es: I'm fascinated to see...

Es: How you will interpret this story.

Es: This story is about two little girls who obtain some poison.

Es: The nature of the story depends on how you interpret it.

Es: Are you ready to answer a few questions?

Es: Choose the closest answer to your take on it.

Es: Let's hear it then. What's your story?

Es: Who did they get the poison from?

```
      CHOICES:
        They stole it from their parents.
        A nasty wizard gave it to them.
        They made it themselves.

```

Es: Why did they want the poison?

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      CHOICES:
        They need it because they're planning a murder.
        They didn't. They just happened to wind up with it.
        They're simply curious about it.

```

Es: What is the relationship between the twins like?

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      CHOICES:
        They're partners in crime.
        They trust each other as family.
        They're too alike to get along.

```

Es: How will it end?

```
      CHOICES:
        The twins will poison their parents.
        The twins will be punished for obtaining poison.
        One twin will be killed by the poison.

```

```
**Choice Chosen:** The twins will poison their parents.

```

Es: Having succeeded in the poisoning, the twins enjoy freedom.

```
**Choice Chosen:** The twins will be punished for obtaining poison.

```

Es: Rotting away in a dark, dank prison, the twins reflect on their sins.

```
**Choice Chosen:** One twin will be killed by the poison.

```

Es: Whether by murder or suicide, only one twin lives on.

Overlapping Dialogue

Es: That was quite the story.

Es: Sometimes, it takes fiction to reveal the truths of reality.

Es: Allow me to interpret your story next.

*Es analyzes the player's choices and then gives them a screen displaying the results of the test.*

Es: As that Façade appears evil to me...

Es: So too must appear evil to them.

Es: Might I ask...?

Es: Which of us is evil in your eyes?

Es: My apologies. That was an awful question to put to you.

Es: After all, I'm the one who just said there's no definitive answer.

Es: Forget I asked.

Es: Really. Put it out of your mind.

Es: I'm afraid of the answer.

Es: I'll see you later, when you have more EGO.

### 2-4 Skepticism: From Whence the World Came

Es: You asked me once...

Es: What this place is. Do you remember?

Es: This place is closed off from the outside world. It doesn't need a name.

Es: I believe that is how I answered you.

Es: I don't know anymore, though.

Es: I thought I understood this place.

Es: I didn't question it for a fraction of a second.

Es: I didn't consider it for even a millisecond.

Es: Maybe it's strange of me to ask you this...

Es: But what do you think this place is for me?

```
      CHOICES:
        A place where no one can bind you, where you can be yourself.
        A place to gain control over your impulses.
        A place to rediscover who you truly are.

```

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**Choice Chosen:** A place where no one can bind you, where you can be yourself.

```

Es: Free, you mean? From the Façade? From... you? Am I, really?

```
**Choice Chosen:** A place to gain control over your impulses.

```

Es: You and that Façade... So very alike.

```
**Choice Chosen:** A place to rediscover who you truly are.

```

Es: Re... discover? Is that even possible for me?

Overlapping Dialogue

Es: I suppose I shouldn't overthink it.

Es: It's just as I've been telling you.

Es: Your interpretation begets your story...

Es: And my interpretation begets mine.

Es: Yet, if that is so, then...

Es: When you're not here, I'm...

Es: I'm...

Es: Excuse me. I need some time alone, to think.

Es: Keep saving up EGO and come see me again.

### 2-5 Self Doubt: What am I?

Es: I've had time to think, but I'm even more confused.

Es: There's nothing here for me. Nothing, at all.

Es: Those books back there? I've read all of them.

Es: But it's hilarious, really, because I was utterly ignorant.

Es: For example, to whom do those books even belong? I don't know.

Es: I'm not even sure when I read them.

Es: These memories I have of having read all those books...

Es: Are they fantasies? Delusions I cooked up to hold onto my sanity?

Es: If that is true, then what do I have left?

Es: The only thing I have... You're the only...

Es: Unless... you're just another of my delusions.

Es: It doesn't matter if you are.

Es: Your visits here with me are the only times...

Es: I feel stable.

Es: I feel like I can be myself.

Es: But when it comes down to it, I don't know...

Es: I. I... I, I, I...

Es: I use this word so unconsciously.

Es: What does it even mean? What does it refer to?

Es: My body? Or, perhaps, my thoughts?

Es: If I halved my body, in which half would I reside?

Es: If all the cells in my body swapped places...

Es: Would my "self" just be an optical illusion?

Es: The same goes for thoughts. No, those are even less certain.

Es: How can I say for certain that my thoughts are my own?

Es: My thoughts could belong to some other person I dreamed up.

Es: Am I hallucinating that thoughts of someone from a book I read are mine?

Es: If I am not my body or my thoughts, then... my interactions?

Es: Am I defined by my relation to the world?

Es: If no one is here to perceive me... Do I cease to exist?

Es: If that is true...

Es: ...I can only despair.

Es: For, within this world, there is only the stone wall that denies me.

Es: With this world as all I know, I may as well be dead.

Es: If I don't exist without someone here to perceive me...

Es: Where do I go when you are not here?

Es: If I do not exist when you are not here with me...

Es: Does that mean that you... are me? Or am I you?

Es; I beg of you...

Es: Tell me the answer.

Es: You're the only one here, the only one who can answer me.

Es: What am I?

```
      CHOICES:
        You are you.
        You are nothing.
        There is no answer.

```

```
**Choice Chosen:** You are you.

```

Es: Perhaps I am myself... And yet, I am not.

```
**Choice Chosen:** You are nothing.

```

Es: I... am nothing? Yes... You must be right.

```
**Choice Chosen:** There is no answer.

```

Es: And if there is no answer, then there can only be more questions.

Overlapping Dialogue

Es: Oh, my... How much we have discussed.

Es: Ah, but how badly I wanted to hear someone say it.

Es: I'm glad I asked you.

Es: It feels like just talking to someone can resolve the issue.

Es: Not that I've found any answers, but... I do feel better.

Es: Therefore...

Es: I think I will dwell on the mystery of myself for a while longer.

Es: I have to stand and face these thoughts. Nothing good comes of avoidance.

Es: Save up some more EGO and I will see you soon.

### 2.6 Catharsis: The Telling of Stories

Es: You know, I think we should change things up a bit.

Es: I did all the talking last time, remember?

Es: Now it's your turn.

Es: Tell me all the fears you usually can't disclose.

Es: Talking to someone quite helped me.

Es: I'm sure it's important for you to put feelings into words, too.

Es: The more details you tell me, the better I can interpret them.

Es: Don't worry. Your secrets are safe here with me.

Es: What's said here, stays here. I won't tell.

Es: So, tell me... What's bothering you?

*For this section, since the game decides on what to have Es say depending on what the player types out, the amount of characters the player types will be used as what the player's 'choices' are. The characters the player types does not have to be unique from one another, and can be all the same if they please. The game also counts any character one can type as a character, including spaces, symbols, and emojis.*

```
God is in the details... of every analysis. Spare nothing.
Your answer will be confined to this game.
It will not be shared with any outside parties.

```

```
*CHOICE:* The player types a message that is between 1 to 10 characters long.

```

Es: All done?

Es: Were you able to express all of your worries?

```
      CHOICES:
        Yes
        No

```

```
**CHOICE CHOSEN:** No

```

Oh? Try again, then. Don't hold back, now.

The player is then sent back to the screen where they can type out their thoughts.

```
**CHOICE CHOSEN:** Yes

```

Es: Well, then. I suppose that will do.

Es: I'll tell you what I've gathered.

```
*CHOICE:* The player types a message that is between 11 to 99 characters long.

```

Es: Ahhh... I feel as though I have learned a lot about you.

Es: I'll tell you what I've gathered.

```
*CHOICE:* The player types a message that is more than 99 characters long.

```

Es: It's much harder than it seems to put worries into words.

Es: You expressed yourself very well, though.

Es: A valiant effort. I'm impressed.

Es: Let me explain my take on things, then..

Overlapping Dialogue

*Es analyzes the player's choices and then gives them a screen displaying the results of the test.*

Es: How does it feel to get it all off your chest? Better?

Es: Baring your thoughts to another can help to get them in order.

Es: That's how it was for me, anyway.

Es: I think... I'm close to an answer.

Es: If I can just come up with my own answer...

Es: I'll... be all right.

Es: Come back... when you have some more EGO.

### 2-7 Presentiment: A Branching of the Way

Es: You mean to go on, then.

Es: I, meanwhile, have been thinking nonstop about who I am.

Es: In the end, I haven't managed to arrive at any conclusions.

Es: I think and think, and only discover more questions.

Es: At this point, I can only assume there are no answers, after all.

Es: Even so, I cannot stop thinking.

Es: Ever thinking, ever searching...

Es: I'm sure it must be the same for you.

Es: Oh, look. The Façade is here to talk with you.

Es: Go on and humor them. I'll be elsewhere.

Es: Keep saving up EGO and I will see you soon.

## Chapter 3

### ID Route

#### 3-1 Spiral: Sentiment Encroaching

Es: I've been waiting. I wanted to see you.

Es: I'm feeling quite good, these days.

Es: The more I think on it, the more I come to think I'm right.

Es: That Façade is nothing but hot air, when it comes down to it.

Es: See, I'm the only one here, in this world.

Es: This world, everything in it... It's all me.

Es: Even the Façade. All me.

Es: They're a monster born of my guilty conscience.

Es: Even you must also be...

Es: A figment of my dreams. Aren't you?

```
      CHOICES:
        That I am.
        You're wrong.
        There's no way of knowing.

```

```
**Choice Chosen:** That I am.

```

Es: Yes, of course you are. You must be.

```
**Choice Chosen:** You're wrong.

```

Es: You're very critical for a dream. Like that Façade.

```
**Choice Chosen:** There's no way of knowing.

```

Es: More philosophy? You never tire, do you?

Overlapping Dialogue

Es: Dream or not, I do enjoy your company.

Es: A precious dream... that voices my thoughts.

Es: Well then. See you when you save up more EGO...

Es: Hm? A personality test?

Es: Ah, yes... That's why you're here, after all.

Es: You wander about here, searching for yourself.

Es: Such is what drives you, my own, dear dream.

Es: There will be no more of that.

Es: Why should there? It's all just a farce.

Es: I am what I am. That is the only truth.

Es: Come back again when you have more EGO.

#### 3-2 Passions: A Dance in Print

Es: It's an odd thing, but I can't read anymore.

Es: My eyes scan the words, but they don't reach my brain.

Es: It's hard to believe I used to read as easily as I breathe.

Es: Now, I only keep turning pages out of boredom.

Es: How could this have happened?

Es: I don't understand it.

Es: If I really try to read, it's as if the words are dancing around the page.

Es: All I see are letters. Words have no meaning.

Es: Any contemplation of the meaning, or attempt to combine the letters...

Es: And I forget the letters I had tried to read.

Es: I can talk, as I am doing now...

Es: But my mind is buzzing.

Es: Words manifest in droves and then disappear.

Es: It's like a meaningless, free thought exercise.

Es: Do you think...

Es: I've gone a bit mad?

```
      CHOICES:
        It's the world that's mad.
        You're just now realizing that?
        Beats me.

```

```
**Choice Chosen:** It's the world that's mad.

```

Es: You're brilliant. It's the world that's mad.

```
**Choice Chosen:** You're just now realizing that?

```

Es: Hmph. Is that your best Façade impression? That's funny.

```
**Choice Chosen:** Beats me.

```

Es: You neither confirm nor deny... Because you'll be revealed for a fool?

Overlapping Dialogue

Es: It's... worse... when I'm alone.

Es: I... desperately... want to destroy... I can't suppress my impulses.

Es: Even you... Even now... I still want... to...

Es: Relax. I will refrain. One enemy is enough.

Es: Come back when you're in possession of more EGO.

#### 3-3 Breaking the Lock: The Day Madness Reigns

Es: Ugh... Not again.

Es: That bastard's voice is grating even louder...

Es: They just repeat themselves over and over at me.

Es: Saying I'm mistaken. Saying I've failed.

Es: Why won't things go the way I want?

Es: If they're just a dream of mine...

Es: I'm not mistaken! I'm not a failure!

Es: I'm... I...

Es: I can go on existing. I can be allowed to exist, can't I?

Es: I'm not unwanted.

Es: So... I'm going to fight. For my freedom.

Es: If I'm to be trapped here and killed. I'd rather die fighting.

Es: I want to go on as myself. I won't lie.

Es: That f\*cking bastard is in my way.

Es: Either I will die, or they will.

Es: There's no way for us both to go on like this.

Es: I'll do it right now. I'll... have their...

Es: Say... You're my alley, aren't you?

```
      CHOICES:
        Of course I am!
        I think we're on opposite sides.
        I'm neutral.

```

```
**Choice Chosen:** Of course I am!

```

Es: Yes, you would be. My ally. Forever and ever.

```
**Choice Chosen:** I think we're on opposite sides.

```

Es: Have you forgotten the walls have ears? That isn't funny.

```
**Choice Chosen:** I'm neutral.

```

Es: You probably think your vague replies are cool.

Overlapping Dialogue

Es: Hmm... Talking to you smothers that Façade's voice.

Es: You're perfect.

Es: You are the ideal I've dreamed up.

Es: You must love me very much.

Es: That's why you take my words so kindly.

Es: That's why you support me and adore me.

Es: You must be my...

Es: ...my hope.

Es: If I'm dreaming all this. I'd be fine with only you.

Es: Gather more EGO and then come visit me again.

#### 3-4 Solipsism: ID

Es: Here at last.

Es: There's a book I'm interested in, but...

Es: I'm afraid to read it by myself.

Es: It's a picture book, but it's strange... I can't take my eyes off it.

Es: If I try to read it alone, I may never leave this room again.

Es: I think this book could be dangerous for me.

Es: Yet, I need to read it to learn who I am.

Es: Would you...

Es: Read it with me?

Es: The cover reads...

Es: "Alter Ego"

Es: I think it's safe to assume that that's the title of this book.

Es: There are two characters in this story.

Es: One is a lost wanderer. The other is a girl acting as their guide.

Es: The wanderer, who has lost their way in the world, keeps on asking:

Es: "Who am I? What defines the world?"

Es: The girl, who is guiding the poor wanderer, asks...

Es: "Who are you? What defines the world?"

Es: However, the girl simply doesn't realize...

Es: That she, herself, is the wanderer.

Es: Through her interaction with the wanderer, she finally realizes...

Es: She is...

Es: Oh my... The story just trails off after that.

Es: How do you think it ends?

(The options would all be the same, with "Choose Impulse" thought bubbles covering up all answers expect the one in the middle, even though all the answers in the end are the same. These speech bubbles would have random letters in said text be capitalized and lowercased.)

```
      CHOICES:
        This world should not be permitted to exist.
        This world should not be permitted to exist.
        This world should not be permitted to exist.

```

```
**Choice Chosen:** This world should not be permitted to exist.

```

Es: At the end of the journey, the girl denies the world itself.

Es: See? The outcome was decided before it even began.

Es: This world should not be allowed to exist. The Façade should not exist.

Es: So...

Es: Since I know now...

Es: It's all right now. That's why...

Es: This world will... This place will...

Es: My...

Es: My own...

Es: I... Come again. When you have more EGO.

#### 3-5 Wreck and Ruin: Giving Over to Instinct

Es: There you are.

Es: I've finally worked out the truth of the world.

Es: This is my world, and I alone exist in it.

Es: This whole world is just an endless dream I've manifested.

Es: The conclusion is predetermined.

Es: I am the be-all and end- -all of this world.

Es: So, I can do whatever the hell I want.

Es: There was never any point in holding back.

Es: I can do what I want; follow my impulses.

Es: I can destroy what I want. Love what I want.

Es: First, I'll deal with that f\*cking Façade.

Es: F\*cker keeps telling me I'm a mistake and a failure.

Es: Over and over...

Es: ...and over, and over andoverandoverandover...

Es: They just keep criticizing!

Es: I've had enough! It makes me wanna puke!

Es: Conform, conform! That's all they ever say!

Es: Always telling me what I should do! And what I shouldn't!

Es: They don't even know what you're talking about!

Es: Conform for the sake of conformity? How closed--minded can you get?!

Es: They're content to just go along with someone else's decisions.

Es: What are they, a f\*cking dog?!

Es: What a load of bullsh\*t!

Es: I wanna feel everything myself, you know?

Es: I wanna choose for myself what I do or don't do.

Es: F\*ck the rules! F\*ck the sh\*th\*\*ds who make them!

Es: This is our world.

Es: An uninhibited world of impulse and pleasure.

Es: No, that's still not enough. Not enough. Not enough!

Es: I will break this world. Destroy it. BrEaK iT. DesTRoY...

Es: iT... I.. Plea...

Es: For...gi...

Es: me...

#### 4-1 Es

Es will be seen in the library, spouting random pieces of dialog (of which the letters of those said dialog pieces will have letters that are randomly capitalized and lowercased) that include;

* Nothing better to do?
* Guess you won't improve.
* You're just a delusion.
* Hahaha
* All done?
* Do a better job.
* This world is mine.

### SE Route

#### 3-1 The Bulkhead: Eternal Penitence

Es: I've started dreaming.

Es: I dream of a white room, in which I am walled in on all four sides.

Es: I scream at those walls, a repetitive plea for forgiveness.

Es: "Forgive me! Please, forgive me!"

Es: They're just plain, white walls. No Façade.

Es: Even so, I can't stop apologizing.

Es: Even though I know... I'll never be forgiven.

Es: I keep apologizing.

Es: Tens, hundreds of times.

Es: In my dream... I'm... I'm crying.

Es: I wonder...

Es: What do you think it means, this dream?

```
      CHOICES:
        It represents your guilty conscience.
        It's symbolic of your defiance.
        It doesn't mean anything at all.

```

```
**Choice Chosen:** It represents your guilty conscience.

```

Es: That... makes sense. All this time, I've...

```
**Choice Chosen:** It's symbolic of your defiance.

```

Es: Perhaps... you're right, and I'm still...

```
**Choice Chosen:** It doesn't mean anything at all.

```

Es: No interest in dream interpretation? Well, that's that, then.

Overlapping Dialogue

Es: Right. See you when you save up more EGO...

Es: Hm? A personality test?

Es: Ah, yes... That's why you're here, after all.

Es: You wander about here, searching for yourself.

Es: That's what brings you to a place with nothing else going for it.

Es: I apologize. My head is full of my own issues.

Es: I can sit here trying to figure you out...

Es: But my findings would be thoroughly biased.

Es: I doubt it's a good idea at the moment.

Es: I... really am sorry.

Es: Try me again when you've saved up more EGO.

#### 3-2 The Pristine: Out, Damned Spot!

Es: There's a wrinkle in your brow.

Es: Are you concerned? For me?

Es: I'm perfectly fine.

Es: There's nothing off about me at all.

Es: You don't believe me.

Es: No... I suppose you wouldn't. Very well. I'll talk.

Es: I can't get my thoughts in order. It makes it hard to read.

Es: When I try to read on my eyes just slide over the words.

Es: I chase the letters, but they form no meaning in my mind.

Es: The printed word I've craved so much, now scares me a little.

Es: What's more...

Es: I feel like my hands will stick if I try to turn the pages.

Es: I worry about how dirty my hands are when I touch them.

Es: So it's gotten difficult to read books, you see.

Es: Oh, I've washed my hands, many, many times.

Es: Nothing comes off, though. They won't come clean.

Es: It doesn't matter how many times I wash them. They remain filthy.

Es: I can wash and wash... and wash, and wash...

Es: Do...

Es: Do my hands look dirty to you?

```
      CHOICES:
        How could they possibly be?
        Oh, you finally see it.
        Mmmm, I can't tell.

```

```
**Choice Chosen:** How could they possibly be?

```

Es: Are you patronizing me? Or is it mere pity?

```
**Choice Chosen:** Oh, you finally see it.

```

Es: You... knew.

```
**Choice Chosen:** Mmmm, I can't tell.

```

Es: How clever you are, leaning neither one way nor the other.

Overlapping Dialogue

Es: Perhaps I'm being overly sensitive. I do feel better now, though.

Es: It's so much worse when I'm alone.

Es: I just... get so... so very depressed.

Es: So much... that I start thinking about ways to disappear entirely.

Es: Speaking to you helps... distract me some.

Es: Come back soon with more EGO saved up.

#### 3-3 Perfection: Someone to Cling To

Es: When I'm alone here, I'm all I can think of.

Es: When you're gone, it's only me here.

Es: Can you even imagine? Alone in all the world.

Es: Even the Façade is silent when you're away.

Es: The voice ringing in my head must be a mere hallucination.

Es: Is it really okay for me to go on existing?

Es: Am I here because no one needs me?

Es: Have I, all unknowing, been committing sin?

Es: And so I must suffer the consequences?

Es: Although... It's not all bad.

Es: You're here, after all.

Es: This time I spend talking with you...

Es: Is the only time I feel a sense of the wider world.

Es: I'd like to spend even more time with you.

Es: I want you with me, 24/7.

Es: You and I... together...

Es: ...

Es: I used to be just fine by myself.

Es: Now, when you're gone...

Es: Tell me, is this what it means to be dependent?

```
      CHOICES:
        It's love.
        It's utter dependency.
        It's too soon to tell.

```

```
**Choice Chosen:** It's love.

```

Es: You're quite the romantic, aren't you?

```
**Choice Chosen:** It's utter dependency.

```

Es: I-I'm sorry, I just...

```
**Choice Chosen:** It's too soon to tell.

```

Es: Then there's still time to decide...

Overlapping Dialogue

Es: I'll be just fine, with you by my side.

Es: I won't hope for more. Just that one thing.

Es: To be with you...

Es: ...forever.

Es: So hurry back when you store up some more EGO.

Es: I'll be here, waiting for you... Like always.

Es: So please... Please... Don't leave me hanging.

#### 3-4 Super Ego: SUPER EGO

Es: Here at last.

Es: There's a book I'm interested in, but...

Es: I'm afraid to read it by myself.

Es: It's a picture book, but it's strange... I can't take my eyes off it.

Es: If I try to read it alone, I may never leave this room again.

Es: I think this book could be dangerous for me.

Es: Yet, I need to read it to learn who I am.

Es: Would you...

Es: Read it with me?

Es: The cover reads...

Es: "Alter Ego"

Es: I think it's safe to assume that that's the title of this book.

Es: There are two characters in this story.

Es: One is a lost wanderer. The other is a girl acting as their guide.

Es: The wanderer, who has lost their way in the world, keeps on asking:

Es: "Who am I? What defines the world?"

Es: The girl, who is guiding the poor wanderer, asks...

Es: "Who are you? What defines the world?"

Es: However, the girl simply doesn't realize...

Es: That she, herself, is the wanderer.

Es: Through her interaction with the wanderer, she finally realizes...

Es: She is...

Es: Oh my... The story just trails off after that.

Es: How do you think it ends?

(The options would all be the same, with "Choose conformity" thought bubbles covering up all answers expect the one in the middle, even though all the answers in the end are the same.)

```
      CHOICES:
        The girl should not be permitted to exist.
        The girl should not be permitted to exist.
        The girl should not be permitted to exist.

```

```
**Choice Chosen:** The girl should not be permitted to exist.

```

Es: At the end of the journey, the girl denies her own existence.

Es: See? The outcome was decided before it even began.

Es: The girl should not be permitted to exist. I... should not exist.

Es: So...

Es: Since I know now...

Es: It's all right now. That's why...

Es: This world will... This place will...

Es: My...

Es: My own...

Es: I... Come again. When you have more EGO.

#### 3-5 Self-Destruction: Choose Conformity

Es: You're finally here.

Es: At last, I've unraveled the truth of this world.

Es: Ego Rex created this world to guide you.

Es: It was predetermined all along; the outcome.

Es: Me? I'm nothing more than a harlequin.

Es: A harlequin puppet on a string, designed to nudge the plot along.

Es: Here to pull the wool over my eyes, my dear protagonist.

Es: But you... You were righteous. You could not be swayed.

Es: You chose the right path. You didn't let me mislead you.

Es: You've adhered to norm, just like Ego Rex wanted.

Es: You were right. I was wrong.

Es: I was a detestable barrier that you overcame.

Es: You've done well.

Es: I congratulate you. Truly. Congratulations.

Es: My... It appears we haven't much time left.

Es: Exit Harlequin, stage left. Time to step down.

Es: This is the end of my story.

Es: From here on, this story belongs to you and Ego Rex.

Es: This world is strict; built on rules.

Es: It doesn't... need me... so...

Es: Goodbye.

Es: ...

Es: If... If you would want to... grant me a different story...

Es: Then, please... hel...

Es: ...

Es: ...me.

### AE Route

#### 3-1 Self Portrait: Those Who Waver

Es: I've been waiting all this time for you to come back.

Es: ...

Es: How long has it been since we last talked?

Es: Just a few hours? Or... Perhaps days?

Es: I'm sure that time must flow strangely here.

Es: What seem like infinite hours to me...

Es: Probably feel like mere moments for you.

Es: I've been plagued by such a strange dream, recently.

Es: in it, I accept the Façade's guidance, and deny myself, repeatedly.

Es: Or, unable to restrain my impulses, I turn against the whole world.

Es: It always comes down to polar opposites.

Es: Either I deny myself, or I deny the world.

Es: And either way, there's not a grain of hope.

Es: In my dream, I...

Es: I'm not myself.

Es: What do you think? Is it just a regular dream?

Es: It sounds somewhat like science-fiction, but...

Es: You alone even tell if I'm really... here.

Es: It is just my unconscious mind?

Es: Is that... my true self?

Es: Tell me...

Es: Are all of my dreams actually real?

Es: Tortured to death by guilt; giving over to my impulse for destruction.

Es: Is that person in my dreams the true self I've been seeking?

```
      CHOICES:
        It's all a dream, even now.
        It's as you say.
        You have to decide for yourself.

```

```
**Choice Chosen:** It's all a dream, even now.

```

Es: Then I'm dreaming... you, too?

```
**Choice Chosen:** It's as you say.

```

Es:

```
**Choice Chosen:** You have to decide for yourself.

```

Es:

Overlapping Dialogue

Es: It's as though the ending changes with each re-read.

Es: Am I... just like that picture book?

Es: ...

Es: Forgive me. I was lost in thought.

Es: Let's leave it at that for now.

Es: See you when you save up more EGO...

Es: Hm? A personality test?

Es: Now that you mention it, let's stop doing them for a while.

Es: You don't have any need of my interpretations.

Es: Try thinking things through for yourself.

Es: That's... what I'll be doing.

Es: Come back when you have more EGO.

#### 3-2 Dream Persona: The Twisted Ones

Es: You're... here. Finally here.

Es: Do you have any idea how long I've been... What's wrong?

Es: Could it be that I'm the only one who...?

Es: Has this eternity passed only for me?

Es: I...

Es: I'm... so tired of this.

Es: This whole world is just some picture book anyway, right?

Es: Just like that book that changes endings every time you read it.

Es: Would you tell me...?

Es: Are you... just another character in this picture book?

```
      CHOICES:
        I am.
        Not me.
        I'm not sure.

```

```
**Choice Chosen:** I am.

```

Es: You are? Then how can you stay so calm?

```
**Choice Chosen:** Not me.

```

Es: It must be hilarious to you, then. Watching me writhe in agony.

```
**Choice Chosen:** I'm not sure.

```

Es: I'm not sure, either; not about anything.

Overlapping Dialogue

Es: I can't take any more. It makes me nauseous.

Es: All I want to be able to choose for myself...

Es: What I will do, and what I won't.

Es: It wouldn't hurt to let me have that much!

Es: And yet...

Es: Is my very existence... but a dream?

Es: In that case, I want nothing more than to tear it apart.

Es: That Façade, this place... You, too...

Es: I want to twist it all up. Tear it! Break it!

Es: This whole f\*cking world can go to hell!

Es: ...

Es: Ah... So that's it.

Es: I had a dream about that.

Es: I followed my impulses, denying the whole world.

Es: This entire place was wrecked, as I desired.

Es: I wasn't... myself, anymore.

Es: Just like I wanted, this place was...

Es: I'm sorry. Let me be. That's enough for now.

Es: If we keep this up, I'll end up hurti...

Es: No, not yet. You're still safe, for now.

Es: I'm still myself, you see.

Es: Come back with more EGO.

#### 3-3 Ego: The Seekers

Es: I think... I'm done for.

Es: I've been dreaming of self-denial. It must be some sort of backlash.

Es: I dream that I'm a failure, a mistake, just as the Façade says.

Es: I dream that I'm just here to pull the wool over your eyes.

Es: I should disappear all together.

Es: If I'm gone from this world...

Es: This picture book will have its happy ending.

Es: So I'm just going to... I'll just...

Es: I can't... My head's all jumbled.

Es: I can't tell dream from reality.

Es: There's no reason for me to even be here.

Es: There's no place for me to... belong.

Es: I...

Es: Am I... unwanted?

```
      CHOICES:
        You're both wanted and needed.
        You can still be reformed.
        I don't know.

```

```
**Choice Chosen:** You're both wanted and needed.

```

Es: How kind you are... I appreciate it.

```
**Choice Chosen:** You can still be reformed.

```

Es: Reformed... Indeed. I can't stay as I am.

```
**Choice Chosen:** I don't know.

```

Es: I suppose I can't ask you everything. I have to work it out myself.

Overlapping Dialogue

Es: But... like a recurring dream...

Es: I, too, must disappear someday.

Es: Perhaps... it is I... who wishes to disappear.

Es: I wonder... If I disappear...

Es: Did I disappear because that was what I desired?

Es: When I denied this world and wished for its destruction...

Es: I got what I wanted. The world shattered.

Es: If I think about it... It's the same either way, isn't it.

Es: My dreams always end in extremes of destruction.

Es: One way or another, the ending was the one I desired.

Es: The world in which I disappear, and the world which itself disappears.

Es: Both world were those which I, myself, desired.

Es: Yes... It makes sense. If this world is like that picture book...

Es: I just have to decide... what it is that I want.

Es: It all depends on my interpretation of this world.

Es: In that case...

Es: There's still a way for me.

Es: Do come back when you've gathered more EGO.

Es: Please. I'm sure we must be close, now.

#### 3-4 Alter Ego: ALTER EGO

Es: Here at last.
Es: There's a book I'm interested in, but...

Es: I'm afraid to read it by myself.

Es: It's a picture book, but it's strange... I can't take my eyes off it.

Es: If I try to read it alone, I may never leave this room again.

Es: I think this book could be dangerous for me.

Es: Yet, I need to read it to learn who I am.

Es: Would you...

Es: Read it with me?

Es: The cover reads...

Es: "Alter Ego"

Es: I think it's safe to assume that that's the title of this book.

Es: There are two characters in this story.

Es: One is a lost wanderer. The other is a girl acting as their guide.

Es: The wanderer, who has lost their way in the world, keeps on asking:

Es: "Who am I? What defines the world?"

Es: The girl, who is guiding the poor wanderer, asks...

Es: "Who are you? What defines the world?"

Es: However, the girl simply doesn't realize...

Es: That she, herself, is the wanderer.

Es: Through her interaction with the wanderer, she finally realizes...

Es: She is...

Es: Oh my... The story just trails off after that.

Es: How do you think it ends?

```
      CHOICES:
        This world should not be permitted to exist.
        The girl should not be permitted to exist.
        The girl continues searching, for herself, and the wanderer.

```

```
**Choice Chosen:** This world should not be permitted to exist.

```

This will go the same as it would go in the ID route.

```
**Choice Chosen:** The girl should not be permitted to exist.

```

This will go the same as it would go in the SE route.

```
**Choice Chosen:** The girl continues searching, for herself, and the wanderer.

```

Es: Putting denial behind her, the girl continues on her travels.

Es: See, there's more than one ending to the story.

Es: I don't have to reject either the world, or myself.

Es: It won't be easy to find the right answer

Es: I'm still in the middle of my journey, after all.

Es: I hope I can keep searching... together with you.

Es: Won't you take me along on your journey?

Es: So that I can remain as myself.

Es: Thank you so much... for keeping me company all this time.

Es: I need a little time to work things out in my own mind.

Es: Gather some more EGO and come back soon.