#mind maze

[shiningdesignersreflections]

Yexiao: Spring Forest

Designer's Reflection: Spring Forest

Obtained: Mind Maze 5 workshop

Rarity: SSR

Attribute: Gold/Elegant

Awakened Suit: Autumn Forest

Story - transcripts from Designer's Reflection

Chapter 1 - Spring Wind of Past

Chapter 2 - Small Town's Spring

Chapter 3 - Cool Breeze

Chapter 4 - Verdant Spring Wind

Story - summarized

Fei was only a young boy when disaster struck his hometown of Banyan. Now that he's grown up, he wants to pay a visit to the remains of that town.

The weather used to be perfect: sunny all the time, slight breeze. And everyone was happy, not a single care in the world, no suffering. As a boy, Fei loved sitting under the Great Banyan Tree in the center of the town.

One day, he found a girl already under the Great Banyan Tree. She was lost and couldn't remember where her home or family was. All she could remember was her name, Yexiao. But she wasn't scared or distressed. Instead, she calmly painted alongside Fei.

The two became fast friends, and they met every day under the Great Banyan Tree to paint the leaves and flowers. Everything was perfect - until heavy rain swooped in.

From that moment on, Banyan was no longer a paradise. Turbulent weather, more accidents, even Fei's Grandma fell and injured herself. Despite the family's best efforts, she died soon after. As much as Fei wanted to stay, his family knew they had to leave before they themselves got hurt. But Yexiao was staying behind.

Many years have passed since then, but Fei still wonders about her. Everyone in Banyan either died or went missing, and he never heard from her again. But on his trip to the old remains, he passes by a greenhouse, with a large tree that reminds him of the Great Banyan Tree.

And inside, painting the leaves and flowers, was a girl who looked exactly like Yexiao! She even had the same name. But this girl looked too young to be his old friend.

Nevertheless, after their encounter, Fei was at peace. Even if he couldn't return to his old hometown, he could at least hold onto the memories.

Connections

-Yexiao has always loved painting nature. In her Reflection for Flower Tune, she reveals she's entranced by even the paths flowers take when they fall from trees. No two paths are the same, depending on the season and the weather.

-Although no one knew why Banyan suddenly suffered and disappeared, Yexiao explains that the town of Banyan was very close to the Ocean of Memories. So, while the Ocean's power originally gave the town longevity and peace, it eventually "flooded" the town and destroyed it.

Fun Facts

-Despite not being a recurring character, Fei has an avatar sprite for when he's a child. You see his picture during the discussions between him and Yexiao.

-Leonid's prophecy is that the Ocean of Memories will destroy Miraland, and Banyan's fate is one such example of how that can happen.

[389]

Combination of German krautrock motoric-beat rhythms, angular New York post-punk attitude, 60s spy soundtracks, psych, rock, jazz, and 70s synthesizers and vocoders. There is also a cosmic spatial awareness to their sound; both personal inner space and galactic outer space, as well as a wilful pushing of sonic boundaries.

A myriad sounds of 1970s German electronic music (everything from Can to Cluster, Popul Vuh to Tangerine Dream); 1980s New York post-punk and synthcore (from No Wave to Suicide); John Barry’s 1960s movies, John Carpenter’s 1970s horror. You will also hear the influences of French and Italian progressive rock (Magma, Goblin) as well as cosmic, new age and experimental space soundscapes ... an almost endless list of diverse influences that ebb and flow like an ocean of sound, in the process creating a truly unique soundscape that Trees Speak have made wholly their own.

[eampro-blog]

Writing Prompt #64 Acid Dreaming

["I was drowning... That's, that's the last thing I remember." "Your sleeping. And if you don't find a way out of here, your mind will remain in a comatose state forever."]

Write a short story based on the writing prompt. Challenge your writing abilities and see where your imagination takes you.

[tarynisbunhead]

This game was found on the Microsoft Encarta disc, for being an educational game it was so much fun. I miss playing it, and was so mad when my dad - Mr. "I keep everything" - gave away his Encarta disc.

[bublinko]

Katy Perry - Mind Maze drawing on paper Size: A4 #katyperry #mindmaze #witness #teenagedream #oneoftheboys

[maple-leaf-feet]

Does anyone know if this is emulated somewhere? I'd love to play it again

Microsoft Encarta 97 MindMaze

[somewhereincairparavel]

JASON GRACE PLAYS LACROSSE AND TENNIS. I CAN'T AND WON'T BE NORMAL ABOUT THIS-

[shiningdesignersreflections]

Zoey: Midnight Impression

Designer's Reflection: Midnight Impression

Obtained: Mind Maze 4

Rarity: SSR

Attribute: Blue/Cool

Awakened Suit: Midnight Confession

Story - transcripts from Designer's Reflection

Chapter 1 - Quarter Past Midnight

Chapter 2 - When the Feathers Fall

Chapter 3 - Piano and Guns

Chapter 4 - Return to Zero

Story - summarized

When Zoey was a new commander, she was an arms dealer. One of her clients was a snobbish Pigeon lord in Azureink. To humiliate her, he brought her to a concert hosting a pianist from Pigeon. He kept calling her and the citizens "savages" while boasting that Pigeon culture was better.

She was prepared to hate the concert - one look at the elf playing the piano, and she was head over heels in love. She couldn't take her eyes off his gorgeous appearance: pointy ears, slender hands, pristine tuxedo. Right after the concert, she found him backstage and professed her love to him.

Late that night, they meet at a tavern. The elf is excited to try new things, but it soon becomes clear the two don't have anything in common. He prefers classic music, she likes techno. He's very proper, she speaks her mind. After a few dates, the two break up.

Zoey admits to sometimes being lonely and not having a longer-lasting partner, but she also acknowledges that in her line of work, you can't dwell too much on things. You have to live in the moment.

Connections

-This is the first elf Zoey has encountered since she established the Justiciars in Mercenary Queen. In the Reflection, she met Mercury when he captured her unit and disregarded her power.

-By this time, everyone knew Zoey had killed Booker and taken his position in Azureink. He only shows up in the stages for Mind Maze 4, where he used to employ Zoey and try to pursue something romantic with her, even when she didn't want it.

Fun Facts

-No matter what option of drink you choose in Chapter 1, you end up drinking wine in Chapter 4 by the time you and Zoey are done chatting.

[mermaidinthecity]

I used to be so sparkling, but now it's not so charming. What used to stimulate me now can barely wake me. I'm unresponsive. Will I find salvation? Some kind of moderation? Spinning all these plates is gonna be a challenge. A delicate balance. So do I start over, rediscover? Submit to the sweet surrender. It's a mind maze, all these head games. Caught in a cage, caught in a cage, a complex cage. Am I a car on fire? Will I be devoured? I gotta free myself and get out of my own way. Get out of my own way. Get out of my own way. Get out of my own way. So do I start over, re-rediscover? I submit to your, your sweet surrender. Your sweet surrender. Your sweet surrender. No.

Mind Maze by Katy Perry

[mipexch]

been thinking about something wicked a little too much lately. no harm in romanticizing the ominous dreadful unstoppable force

[s0urw00lf]

This is a PSA. From here on out I write for all women (because I have yet to explore gender neutral writing and I don’t want to accidentally slip up and say something that might make it seem like it’s only woman based)

MEANING. Black, White, Asian, Brown, Hispanic etc.

And if I’m writing about a certain race it will be specified. As a black female it really angers me to see x readers with an obvious target audience that doesn’t include myself, all my life myself and so many other women watched as others were in the spotlight and I rarely saw any representation of myself on screen, let alone ACCURATE. It always has to be stereotyped into the story. Why can’t we be written as an heir to a long line of lawyers or doctors. Why does it always have to be we made it from the trenches and we don’t belong.

Wrote all of that to say. My fics are for ALL women, unless I say otherwise. I just want people to feel more accepted and show that change is happening.

Yes I will be writing WOC for EVERYONE I write for.

[apollosgiftofprophecy]

Concept: In The Burning Maze, I think it would have been cool if one of the crossword puzzles in the labyrinth had been a mathematical equation.

Specifically, a mathematical equation on mathematical logic, such as negations.

Why? Because Apollo is the god of mathematics and I think it would be funny if Grover and Meg were standing there, staring with horror at:

~(~(p^q))

"What is this nonsense?" Asks Meg, a literal sixth grader who has never before encountered college-level math.

"I...I don't know!" Responds Grover, anxiously wringing his hands. He also has never come across something like this before. "I never went to high school!"

"Is it code for something?"

"The little carrot there looks kinda like a Greek Delta- is Daedalus related somehow?"

"A carrot-what?"

"The carrot!" Grover points at the symbol between the 'p' and 'q'. "It looks like the Delta symbol!"

"Oooh. Okay."

The sentence below the odd thing reads;

Solve my riddle,

Or play second fiddle,

You can find me in education,

For I am the ________!

"...What does that mean?" Grover whimpers.

Meg looks stumped.

"...negation," Apollo's staring at the strange equation. "'Solve my riddle, or play second fiddle. You can find me in education, for I am the negation!'. That's the missing word in the rhyme."

They stare at him. "How do you know that?" Grover bewilderedly asks. "It makes no sense!"

"Math logic," Apollo simply says. "This particular one is...about first, second-year level in college, I'd say."

Grover closes his eyes, muttering; "No wonder I couldn't solve it." as Meg stares first at the equation, then at Apollo.

"What even is a negation?"

"That," Apollo points to the squiggly lines. "It cancels the truth values out, giving you the opposite of what's inside the parathesis."

"...What?"

Apollo huffs. "The 'p' and 'q' both represent something, like two parts of a sentence. The carrot can be upside-down or right-side-up, representing 'or' or 'and' in that sentence."

"Which way is up when?" Grover looked to be on the verge of tears as the realization math did not, in fact, end with numbers or numbers and letters.

"Uh..." Apollo made a 'V' with his hands. "If it's like this, it's 'or'. If it's like this," he made a tiny pyramid with his hands. "It's 'and'. Imagine a line through the center, like an 'A'. That's 'and'."

Grover rubbed at his eyes. "Too much," he whimpered. "Too much."

Apollo gave him an awkward pat on the shoulder. "In this case," he said. "It's saying 'and'. The negation, well, negates their values, so it becomes-" he pats his pants and looks in his pockets. "Anyone have a pen and paper...?"

Blank looks met his. "Okay, then...then just imagine a squiggly line in front of the 'p' and 'q'. That's what the first negation does. Then the second one negates that negation, taking the squiggly lines away."

Breathing in, he finished with; "So our mathematical answer would be, 'p and q', written with the carrot right-side-up- like the 'A'."

The tunnel was silent.

Then it was broken. "How do you know all that?" Meg demanded, looking extremely confused. "That makes no sense. I thought there were numbers."

"There are," Apollo patiently explained. "But this is a logic problem, and they don't do numbers."

"Never before have I been grateful to not to have to go to college," Grover rubbed at his temples. "Algebra was bad enough. Now this?"

"Hey!" Apollo looked slightly offended. "It's all quite fun, really, when you figure it out! Besides, we didn't even have to solve it!"

"Then why did you?" Meg asked.

Apollo stared at her. "Because you asked me too-!"

"Nope." She blew a raspberry. "None of us did."

He closed his eyes, as if praying for mercy.

"Anyway," Apollo gave both of them the stink-eye. "Math and music were quite intertwined back in the day, so the Muses and I are quite adept at it- Thalia's the geometry queen, and whatever you do, do not say 'Bet you can't solve this in a minute' to Urania. She will make you look stupid."

"Bet that's not hard."

"Oh, shut up."

insert cackle from Meg

"ANYWAY," Apollo gives her the stink-eye. "Ancient Greece was a breeding ground for mathematical minds- Pythagoras, for one, who was my son to boot! Even Hestia enjoys looking over Hephaestus's construction equations in her spare time."

The other two stared at him, as if shocked the gods would find math, of all things, fun.

Apollo awkwardly glanced away from them. He didn't know what their reactions would be if he told them of the many contributions he has made to the world of mathematics. For some reason, silly mortals didn't seem to appreciate the hard work put into them!

Sighing, he said; "Uh, Labyrinth, the answer is 'negation'. We got side-tracked there for a bit."

One hallway in front of them glowed with the answer. Without another word, they quickly speed-walked down the passage-way.

[cherie-luvv]

They literally invented love

[horreurscopes]

i like my body when it is with your body.

[lunarwednesday]

Me when I procrastinate by trying to animate kdj smile...save me

[ok-pop-1]

saw @linked-maze's twili rules, decided i desperately needed to make an oc for myself. anyway her name is dalia and i love her dearly