#Doc7or Coolhaxx is not impressed with SakuraPetalFantasy1989's approach to writing a walkthrough

[itsbenedict]

[cp12] Need help with a survey!

embark not upon this quest if thy wish is to remain unblemished by corruption! though you do not yet know it, [ed: If you're willfully ignoring all the gray text "them" the game is really unsubtly hinting are supposed to be the big bads,] the design center that manufactures Keen Dean's glasses... not to spoil anything, hehe, but you may not wish to see their aims fulfilled. who knows what sort of nefarious use the fruits of thy labors shall be put to? thy reward is of no use until much later, in any event! [ed: God, she's so obsessed with her coy tour guide shtick, but she'll drop spoilers (not that they're not obvious) because she has some kind of actual grudge against the fake 'evil' corporation from the funny furry video game? As if she's thwarting their plans by warning people that they're evil? What is her deal?]

if you are determined to stain thy soul, however, meet with thy contact at the gate to the southwestern road out of town. though the gate remains locked to unauthorized personnel, Eric Smuster has ventured forth out of that fortress of iniquity to offer vile temptation!

[ed: Man, don't be mean to Ricky! Kid's just doing his job! Like, even apart from how they're actually not evil, Ricky doesn't even do any of the big secret "villain" stuff! He's a marketing intern! Calm down!]

should you choose to fall for this trap, eric shall present thee with an assignment: spy upon the people of Lebwa, and extract their innermost secrets! [ed: Jesus H. Christ, it's called market research, Sunscreen! It's literally just a survey!] you are to pose as an ordinary citizen, and ask those who wear a pair of Keen Dean's augmented reality glasses about their opinion on the product! those who lurk in the shadows are "keen" to know how their machinations are progressing.

though you may find new conversation topics with any bespectacled inhabitant of lebwa, there are five with whom you must speak before you may mark the request complete! you shall find:

in the town square, ask he who bears the mane [ed: The lion guy in the tracksuit running around the fountain]. you shall hear that he is quite enthused about these glasses, irrespective of their shadowy origins! it seems as though learning his true form was that of the king of beasts was a great boon to his self-confidence!

make thy way to the den of creation and ply your questions with its ruler! [ed: Go talk to Geek Anon.] he will tell you that without the Sight, he was yet more than capable of unraveling and reassembling code into useful forms- but that the spectacles have sped up his workflow considerably! the design studio, then, seeks to enhance the productivity of the people? hmmmm...

by water's edge, the one whose words are framed by daggers! [ed: She's a walrus, jesus.] as a sailor, her life was smooth sailing... but now that she can see bugs, bugs can see her- and dealing with those attacks has been no small feat! why does she not simply remove them, i wonder...? perhaps some compulsion built in by some malefactor? [ed: Not a thing.]

seek out the most devout of killers! [ed: ARE YOU TRYING TO WRITE A WALKTHROUGH OR A BOOK OF RIDDLES?! THE PRAYING MANTIS LADY IN THE HOUSE BEFORE THE SPINWALKS, FFS.] she is perhaps less than open-minded- she is annoyed that the animal kingdom is reflected in the souls of humanity! whyever cannot people simply be normal, she wonders.

the guard at Skybreaker Castle [ed: Yes there's like a dozen identical ones. It's the one wearing glasses to the left in the entry hall.] has grave concerns! is it truly for the best that such power be scattered about for just anyone to use? should not such insight into the nature of reality be shepherded carefully by responsible authorities? [ed: God, I can't stand this dude's concern-trolling. You're just a bootlicker who wants to keep being special, shut up.]

once you have collected these responses, report back to eric for your ill-gotten reward, should you so choose.