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How Fish is Made (Full Transcript)

Lines starting with “>” indicate a player choice has happened.

Text within [square brackets] indicates an non-spoken action.

Transcribed by L. Pierce for Academic Use on 04/16/2023

Green Room | Welcoming Fish

Oh, hello. You just dropped? Haa. . .

Tell me. Are you going UP or DOWN?

You’ll have to make up your mind by the end.

Even the oilliest of us have to, so don’t flatter yourself with your choice, haa.

Where am I going? Don’t worry about that.

So, which is it UP or DOWN?

>UP or >DOWN

Haa ha, are you sure?

Rusty/Bloody Hallway | Flopping Fish

UP. . . UP. . . UP. . .

You look like a smart guy! You also know the way is one way, and that way is UP and ain’t no two ways about it!

I’ve always known it was UP! I never asked, I never changed, never lied!

Let me hear you sing it, I like to hear it, where ya goin’ where ya goin’?

>UP

UP! UP! UP! The water has it wrong, the flesh has it wrong! Everything goes UP UP UP in the end!

> DOWN

Whatcha say? Come again?

> DOWN

Wonder what will happen to you! Will it hurt? Will it stop? Oh well!

Rusty/Bloody Hallway | Flopping Fish

UP! UP! UP!

Rusty/Bloody Hallway | Plastic-Trapped Fish

Ah! What fortune that we should meet. Do not be foiled by that one. He is lost, like so many are.

We can only POETRY them!

I see you are in awe of my throne of inspiration.

It clung to me suddenly one day, much like all my ideas do, complete and unden-

Undeniab- -

UNDENTABLE! Complete and undentable!

No, No, take it in as much as you like. It is a confirmation of my most oily brain.

Do tell. What blind groping has brought you to your choice?

Be forewarned! I did a lot of thinking to know which is indeed, the correct way.

All answers come to me very quickly. Such is my burden.

Would you like to know? It might change your entire WORLD FEW.

It is. . . DOWN. Yes, this I know for sure.

But how?! I hear you ask. Let me explain. . .

No. . .

It is simply too complex for you to PHANTOM! My methods are beyond simple minds!

I have never EVER thought of a single reason to question myself, can you believe it?

No, you cannot.

I am elated to have saved you from making a FATHER embarrassment of yourself!

Just think of me as your guide, mentor and sage.

You’re welcome!

Rusty/Bloody Hallway | Plastic-Trapped Fish

My throne? No, no, no! It’s not uncomfortable at all.

. . .Mrrgh. . .

Red-Lit Room | Screaming Fish

Aaahh! ! !

. . . Oh, hello. Um, the way’s over there.

Red-Lit Room | Screaming Fish

I don’t know what to do. . . my family went UP, but my best bud said that DOWN is the correct choice.

The family is big but distant in their togetherness. But the big group together is safest, it’s the toppestest truth!

. . .Why would he do this to me?

. . .DOWN is wrong, I can feel it between my shiniest flakes

We’ve swam together since both of us were but scrampy things but. . . H-how can I know if he’ll agree to always be my friend?

No one cares about how I feel! Not even him!

I don’t want to choose if I can’t know exactly how it will turn out!

Y-you. . . Which way should I go? UP with the family or DOWN with my buddy?

>UP

. . .You’re right. It’s not my fault he was stupid and flattering himself trying to be big and important.

I don’t always get along with them, but I suppose what your family decides is always, ALWAYS best in the end.

Thank you, I will never question them again!

>DOWN

R-really?

I’ve been so stupid! I can’t make decisions for myself, my buddy always told me as much!

He’ll be angry when I join him, but he always tells me how to earn his forgiveness.

I won’t make this mistake again! Oh, how wonderful, how good, this freedom of certainty!

Red-Lit Room | Screaming Fish

Um, by the way, you’re going the same way right?

>YES

Oh, whew. Good, good. N-not that it mattered anymore! Ha. . ha . . .

Um, be seeing you. . .

[Screaming Fish Disappears]

>NO

. . . Oh.

S-should I? . . . My stomach hurts. . . Uuwgh. . . But what if. . .

I-I have to go! EXCUSE ME!

[Screaming Fish Disappears]

[Player falls down intestine-like tunnel]

Dark Room | Sobbing Fish

Behold! [Turns toward a condom that contains a dead fish and a small amount of white fluid.]

What did we do to deserve bearing witness to such glory?

It. . . It must mean something. (sob) But what? What is it trying to say?!

Ohwoowaagh!

I’ve groped through my noggin (sob) I’ve eyed every detail!

I don’t understand the message! (sob)

There must be a way out of this creature’s stomach. The answer is here! It looks down upon us! Awaugh!

What is it revealing?

>UP

… No! I think it’s DOWN! Can you see it? I-I think I can see it!

It talks to me! I can hear its approval in the back of my throat!

I must get inside. . . I must be cleansed by this untainted substance!

>DOWN

Yes. . . Yes! I see it, can you see it? It has to be! Behold, behold!

It swallowed us down, so we must keep going DOWN! (sob)

First I must get inside. . . I must be cleansed by this untainted substance!

Join me! Wash with me in this purity!

Dark Room | Sobbing Fish

Oh, to be chosen for such sublime anointment. . . I truly envy him!

I must become worthy. . .

(sob. . .sob. . .sob)

Room with Gears & Button | Gear-Trapped Fish

Oh, oh!

Please help me!

It’s embarrassing. . .but I thought I had found the gills of this creature that swallowed us.

So I figured I’d wriggle my way out through them.

But who would have thought! They were not gills!

If it’s not too much of a bother, could you unstuck me?

Thank you ever so much for your kindness--

Ahh, wait! Hold on!

This is important.

Whatever you do, just make sure not to touch that round, red, glowing thing over there, okay?

Thanks! . . .Whew! What a relief, I thought I might be stuck here forever!

Room with Gears & Button | Gear-Trapped Fish

I can barely feel my fins. Are they still there?

[Player moves toward red button]

Room with Gears & Button | Gear-Trapped Fish

Wha-What are you doing!?

Don’t touch that!

Somebody help me! Help! Aaah!

[Player pushes button, Gear-Trapped Fish breaks into pieces. The door to the next room opens.]

Well-Lit Room | Parasite within Infested Fish

Ah-a!

What fortune that you dropped into this most productive of places!

Him?

Why me ‘n’ my Friend-O here go way back!

I ate his tongue and we’ve been coworkers ever since!

I’ll betcha we have a lot of learnings we can share.

I always say ya have ta get passionate about something.

Me?

I’m passionate about friendship. I want to be there for people as much as possible.

It’s like my buddy here always says, “Teamwork is the soul of success.”

I think that’s beautiful.

Now well by golly! I’ve been struck by the most brilliant of ideas!

Would ya mind if I incentivized you with a little musical stylings of my own creation?

My Friend-O does so enjoy a little show tune here n’ there.

Alrighty then! Hold onto your gills!

[Music Break]

Well-Lit Room | Parasite within Infested Fish

Whoo whew! Well buddy, how we feelin’?

Synced with success? Aligned with ambition?

>YES

No doubt about it, my buddy, my pal!

I daresay I snuck a lil’ of my. . . core competence in ya.

You’ll feel it real soon, don’t you worry!

> NO

. . .

. . . . .

. . . . .Are you stupid?

Well-Lit Room | Parasite within Infested Fish

. . .

. . . . .

OK. Keep it movin’, pal.

Wasp Nest Hallway | Disembodied Voice

Why do you deserve it?

Will you be able to live with it?

Try and try and try and try and try again.

Aah, those double action hinges have always been there, just for you, right?

You’ll come back.

Everyone does.

Weak.

Or you’ll go looking. One way or another, right?

Weak.

Imposing Room | Fish in an Imposing Room

It is time.

Choose.

>UP or >DOWN

I see. Do you understand yet?

This privilege of choice that has been given to a worthless critter like you?

That is the gift. Not the outcome.

Did the uncertainty scare you?

Or does it scare you more to know there is no choice for you at all?

Then all of this would have been for nothing.

But wouldn’t it feel better? Don’t flatter yourself.

I’ll tell you a secret.

You’ve already made your choice.

This is not about making a decision.

This is a test of conviction.

Have you strayed from your path?

Have you been honest and true to your truth, even to others?

. . .

. . . . .

He he he. Did you believe me just now?

I’m just a fish in an imposing room.

Good enough, right?

Imposing Room | Fish in an Imposing Room

I wouldn’t eat any of those. They taste awful.

Grimy Hallway | Big Fish

This is really it, huh. I’ll level with ya, ain’t real sure I can do this.

Did ya run into that smart-talkin’ fella earlier? He sure did seem to know what he was talking about.

Here I been always thinkin’ I’m the biggest thing in the water.

Look at me now, a big ol’ boy shiverin’ like a scramp out in the blue!

Hah!

Anyway, I thought keepin’ track of how many fish went in either direction could help.

Not sure it did at all, lemme tell ya.

Reckon ya wanna hear how many have gone each way?

>YES

Ya sure? Might be best to just follow your gut at this point.

>YES

Alrighty. By my count… 199 fish have gone UP, and 474 have gone DOWN.

>NO

Right on partner, swim your own way!

Grimy Hallway | Big Fish

Ain’t all this just worse than a loose flake in your gill?

Well. . . Hell.

If I can’t help myself at this point, maybe I could at least give you a better change, partner.

How bout I go on and skadoodle into one of them, and just. . .

HOLLER out real loud the first thing I notice. Whatcha think about that?

Hahahaha! Heck, it’s so stupid it just might be genius!

Lookit us! Two big ol’ oily friends makin’ our own dang currents! Hahaha!

Alright, hit me. Which way, partner?

>UP or >DOWN

Lemme tell ya, before I go, partner.

You made a dumb ol’ fish feel real big again right at the end.

For a small lil’ thing, yet lookin’ real big too right about now! Hah!

THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT!

ROO-HAH! It’s go time! Catch ya on the flipside, partner!

[Big Fish disappears]

PAAARTNER! HERE I GO, LISTEN UP!

RO-WHEE!

It. . It feels SOFT!

. . .

>[Player swims UP or DOWN]

??? | ???

You know I always hated hearing, “Don’t worry, a lot of people are going through the same thing. You’re not alone.”

There’s this selfish, barbed wire inside my chest that coils up at that.

“No, my pain is more tragic. Grander! Deeper! If only you knew!”

That’s not true, of course. I hate talking about it.

Because I hate people who talk about it.

And that’s not very nice, that’s not okay, that’s not how you can be about all this.

It’s not romantic, but at least it’s true.

Don’t worry, a lot of people are going through the same thing.

And that’s what makes it the best USP yet.

Thanks for playing.

[Player sees either HFIM END CARD UP or HFIM - END CARD DOWN]

END CARD UP:

END CARD DOWN:

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jonnyparable · 3 years ago

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Cottage Hills: The Red Chamber Part VII

He's Not A Machine

Gray arrives at the square to tell the others about Zack being missing. He finds the townspeople getting ready for the hot pot. Everything's set up, and when they see him, they ask him where he's been.

Mayor Thomas :

"Gray! There you are! Where have you been? Come, join us. We are just about to start. Saibara said you had gone to Mary's earlier today. Have you seen Mary or Wally? They're not here too. "

Gray:

"Sorry Mayor, but they've gone to the woods to look for Zack. He's been missing all day and we were out searching for him. "

Harris :

"Missing? Don't worry Gray, we will all help to look for him. Alright everyone, it could be dangerous in the woods, so let's try to stick together in groups!"

While the town hurriedly mobilises to help find Zack, Saibara, Gray's mentor, upset with Gray for disrupting the festival, comes up to confront him.

Saibara:

"Gray, I've had enough of that abomination you created. I can overlook the fact that it lives outside town, but the villagers have only just started eating, and you've ruined this yearly tradition so that everyone can go into the woods, endanger themselves to search for that abomination? It is just a machine!"

Gray:

"No, master! Zack is not just a machine! I know you don't understand right now, but Zack is just like any one of us and he needs our help. Look around, you're the only one here who refuses to see it, and I don't know why... but I don't care anymore. You don't have to go if you don't want to, but he's my friend and I'm going to help find him!"

He leaves Saibara standing there, fuming. Eva and Oak watch with growing concern as the townspeople head into the woods. They give each other a knowing look before running off into the night...

Meanwhile...

The Man Behind the Pumpkin

Olkan:

"Zack! Have they hurt you? Why have you done this! Reveal yourself!"

Scrampy:

"You mean you haven't figured it out yet? And here I thought my natural charisma would have given me away! But I really can't stay, I've got someplace to be, but I'll be back! Come Moguai, the hotpot awaits! "

Olkan :

"Enough! Tell us who you are now!"

Won:

"Well aren't you an angry one. Fine. If you really must know, it is I, Won Moshu! Returned at last to exact my terrible vengeance!"

Mary :

"Won! I knew I recognised that voice! So you've come back, but why? And why have you captured Zack?"

Olkan :

"Speak, trickster! Why have you done all this? What have the people of this town ever done to you? Just who are you?"

Won:

"That is an interesting question isn't it? Who is Won Moshu really? I'm sure you are all familiar with this town's lovely little founding myth?"

Wally:

"Yes... Three pilgrims came to awaken the Goddess to end the eternal winter and fog, and they later founded the town. Led by... "

Won:

"FALSE! You have all been fed nothing but a shameful lie for centuries! A deceitful half truth! You see, there were not three pilgrims, but FOUR!"

Wally:

“Four pilgrims? But who... "

Won:

"Yes! The fourth pilgrim's name was Nehemiah Firethorn! And I am his last living descendant! The Last Firethorn! "

The Last of the Firethorns

Olkan:

"Firethorn? I do not know this name.."

Won :

"Just like the other pilgrims, Nehemiah came, equal in piety and faith, to awaken the Goddess, and later used his talents to help build the town. Nehemiah Firethorn was a sorcerer, a conjurer, and he was especially gifted at making poisons. In an age of chaos, his poisons kept the fledgling town safe from ferocious wild beasts and from marauding invaders."

Mary:

"So... That's why the prophecy refers to the "one of four, once favoured by the Goddess" .... There were four pilgrims! But what happened to him?"

Won:

"Before he died, he wrote all his deadliest recipes down on a manuscript and left it for his descendants. But many years after his death, the townspeople, led by the traitorous Elmsleys, Goodmans and Rosenbergs, turned against the Firethorns! The cowards saw the Firethorns as a threat, and having grown fearful of the Firethorns' power, they whipped the villagers up into a frenzy, and they took the manuscript and hid it away in the church! Spurned and betrayed by the very people they protected, the Firethorns were then cast out of the town, any mention of their name was erased from the records and even Nehemiah himself was removed from the founding myth. Its the greatest lie of all, an act of unmitigated sacrilege! THIEVING LIARS!"

Wally:

"So that means the Firethorns fled to Shang Tao and became the Moshus! "

Won

"Yes! Cast out by the town they served, my ancestors spent years wandering like vagrants, but a storm blew them to the island of Shang Tao. There, the warlord, a visionary, saw the true value of our poisons, and the family grew in stature under his patronage, eventually changing our name to Moshu. We once more had riches, power! But we never forgot why we were there, and we never forgave that monstrous betrayal!"

Mary:

"So just as the prophecy said, you are back to seek your father's vengeance!"

Won:

"Correct! I was sent here by my father to take back the manuscript and to destroy this town. Tonight I shall fulfill his dying wish, with the manuscript now in my possession, I shall use Nehemiah's deadliest poison, The Black Cup, to destroy the backstabbing Elmsleys, Goodmans and Rosenbergs once and for all!"

Zack:

"He plans to poison the town's hot pot. It will prove fatal to all who consume it. I had found out about his plan last night, but I was captured. I'm sorry, Olkan..."

Mary:

"No! Won, what happened to your family is wrong but you can't do this!"

Won:

"Oh? Can't I? Perhaps you four should be the first to try the Black Cup, you are after all, esteemed guests in my humble home!"

Just then, the clouds above suddenly part, and the full autumn moon shines through. Olkan begins to cry out in pain and he suddenly glows like a burning ember, as if on fire from within. Wolves can be heard howling in the distance.

Wally:

"Olkan! What's wrong?!"

Mary:

" No don't hurt him! What are you doing to him? "

Won:

"What? It's not me! I'm not doing anything! What trickery is this?"

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