[Chapter 14]
Epi: Mo Encounter; Clover is LOVEsick.
Steamworks Structure:
- Catwalk I – Skipped; site of big fight; Clover reflects on how quiet it is;
- Generator room and puzzles; in media res; Puzzles already done; generator active and talking to Flowey; more effective than having Clover trigger it in-scene; weird to switch rapidly back to Axis though;
- Coolant Lake #1: first steam vents; stair case;
- Hallway #1 – engineering awards; Axis; Ceroba and Starlo catch up;
[Clover]
- Mid-conversation with Flowey. He wants Clover to hurry. Already solved the puzzle to turn on the generator, all ready for Clover to turn it on. “Thanks for not shooting it this time, bud.” Talk turns to Martlet and the advice Flowey gave.
-- Faltering machinery as a metaphor for Clover.
[Axis] - Axis and Guardener conversation; Guardener doesn’t seem to know when she is and her system is corrupted; system resists new data;
- Ghost Data; “like deleted information—no longer in the system, but still lingering in memory. True deletion is hard. It usually demands new information or destroying the system”;
[Clover] - Emerging from the dark hallways to the coolant ocean; go over steam vents; it’s easy; Martlet would have argued about going in front of him; she’s not here;
- up the switchback stairs, not supported by anything; bizarre monster architecture; Martlet would have commented; she’s not here;
- no machines yet; they’re further inside the facility; spare them?; ...no; Martlet wouldn’t have wanted him to risk it; it’s almost time to face the murder weapon;
- Plaques on the wall; he ignored them on the first pass; Chujin’s name; load the friendliness pellets;
- Meet Axis: thinks about the line “I was forced to neutralize that human.”; empathy bypass dialogue; special dialogue about ghost data, it doesn’t matter what it did or didn’t want, it’s dangerous; shoot him, and don’t let him get away this time; Ceroba and Starlo come in right before the killing blow; Ceroba hears Axis mention his creator’s name; Axis reaction to Ceroba?;
- Starlo asks if he’s okay; Ceroba lingers, distant; Starlo asks her for healing magic, and she does, after some hesitation; shaped like a corncob;
-- “Ceroba!” He sounds delighted and a bit scandalized. “Yer healing magic is still shaped like corn?”
[Martlet]
-General: aimless; upset more and more at herself along with Clover; can’t reconcile him;
-- Walks into Oasis; considers going home; doesn’t, knows she’ll doom spiral; she’s in the neighborhood, so she’ll pay a visit to her mentor;
-- At the grave: find VHS (explanatory paragraph for how it got there?);
[Chapter 15] - Epigraph: Guardener; stretching the material a bit for epi’s;
Steamworks is breaching containment. Probably needs another chapter added to planning. Guardener will probably demand her own chapter.<<<
- Coolant Lake #2: First encounter; manta ray; Grandfather Clock machine – apple trees are blooming; talk about meadows; human resentment; second steam vents; console to raise gate;
-- First Encounter: Targets Starlo and Ceroba, who lead the group; Clover is interested to see a FIGHT as an outside observer (so many new things); The idea of sparing the machines introduced;
--- “The Steamworks was where my husband worked during the best years of his life. And it’s dying. This place doesn’t need any help getting into its grave, and it especially doesn’t need yours. Let us handle this.”
--Vents section three tiles wide; Ceroba and Starlo going ahead, almost out, both on an OXO row; Clover behind, watching; extreme tension as he watches them have several false starts; considers allowing them to be burned; rejects it- burning is the worst pain; Sees Ceroba about to fuck up and get scalded; no thought-Clover quickdraws and shoots her in the back, shoving her over the vent; scalds his knuckles; Starlo’s mad and heals Ceroba; Ceroba corrects his misconception and heals Clover; Ceroba reaction to how easy it was;
--- Ceroba can make shields, which breaks the scene; have it be limited to one person at a time, and range limited; they still go across together, and Starlo gets the shield, much to his chagrin; have to cross together to keep it up; could do it solo, but they’re both there for emotional support; Ceroba gets burned on her elbow; almost startles forward and gets her snout scalded; freezes up and desyncs with Starlo; accident waiting to happen; Clover tries to make a really hard shot at the shut down lever, but he can’t hit it; too far, and too much chaos in the air; idea-his SOUL bullets always travel in a straight line;
[AXIS]
- Talking to Guardener; set up her memory shenanigans; mournful;
[MARTLET]
- Back in the Wild East: knocks on the Feisty Five’s door; pleasantries; asks about VHS player; sure; asked what she has in mind; she’s not sure—it was an unmarked tape behind a grave; “Uh.”
- Watching Tape: Disbelief; what else did he hide from her? Go back to the estate;