Player Interactions:Perhaps You Will Feel Him Smile

Interaction Information

Date: August 14, 2021
Player(s): Starling, Poppy, Patchrabbit, Hasty
Interacted With: Unknown Caller
Major details from the Interaction:

• HUNT-THE-STRONG sends his stalker to test Starling, who sneaks behind her as she enters the Place Between. They then wait on the roof, throwing noisemakers towards her location when she emerges. Hasty spots the stalker, and she and Patchrabbit call Starling’s attention to their location. Starling swiftly catches them, and the Unknown Caller praises her successful hunt.
• He asks what she has found in there and is informed that the Place Between is the same as ever, but that we can now use Old Tongue to earn Voice masks; the Hunter is pleased with her progress on learning Old Tongue.
• The Caller tells her that HUNT-THE-STRONG had chosen not to enter before because he suspected a trap and was validated by Grandmother’s containment, even if it may not have been able to hold him. He is ever patient, and has been working to find ways to shake the Voices out of The Place Between; one has already taken the bait.
• As the Caller parts, the other three kids use his name while saying their goodbyes. At the Boxcar, Starling receives a HUNT-THE-STRONG mask.

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Transcript

Transcript:

Patchrabbit: (seeing the Shape exit a red door) Oh, hi, Shape. Too bad I’m not down there! Patchrabbit: Oh, the Shape’s going for the Place Between because—he heard noise over there. (Noisemakers are heard near the Place Between after Starling exits, and the group begins to look around until Hasty spots the stalker.) Hasty: Oh—Stalker. Pinged ‘em. Patchrabbit: Oh? Hasty: Star? Starling: What? Patchrabbit: Ribbit! Ribbit! Rooftops! Hasty: Rooftops, above Colm— Poppy: (softly) Oh, my god… Patchrabbit: They’re going for the street! (Starling begins restraining the stalker.) Starling: (gasps) (in excitement) Oh, my god, it’s them. Poppy: (gasps) (happily) Ribbit! Starling: Hasty, thank you so much. Patchrabbit: (simultaneously) Nice eye, Hasty! Poppy: Hasty, you are an angel. (excitedly) Ribbit, you got ‘em! Hasty: (upon seeing the captured Stalker) Oh, goodness. Patchrabbit: (hurriedly) Whoop! Sorry…! I better move! Poppy: (in awe) Wow, it’s beautiful… Patchrabbit: (spotting climbing Sleepers) Uhh, you’ve got a crowd behind you. Hasty: No problem. (Hasty turns and throws a God Rock.) Starling: (with laughter) Oh my god, we do have a crowd! Patchrabbit: (giggles) Poppy: That mask is fantastic. Patchrabbit: (unintelligible) Starling: It’s so pretty! Poppy: It’s so, so pretty. Starling: Kind of looks like a Power Ranger mask. Patchrabbit: Oh, no! Starling: (with laughter) (unintelligible)—I can leave, sorry! Patchrabbit: Oh! Hi, Shape! Hasty: No, you’re fine, you’re fine! Sleep traps do not like slants. (laughs softly) Unknown Caller: STARLING. STARLING. STARLING. YOU HAVE WET YOUR BEAK, CHILD. Starling: (bracingly) Hi! I have! Starling: It only took like six or seven increasingly frustrated lights to the Hunter. But we got there. Unknown Caller: INTO THAT PLACE YOU WENT. ALONE. HE WAS RIGHT BEHIND YOU. CLOSE ENOUGH TO TOUCH. Starling: I heard that they were trained to get that close. Patchrabbit: The Place Between… Unknown Caller: WHAT DID YOU FIND THERE? HE WISHES TO KNOW. Starling: Honestly? Not much… Just—the regular ol’ Place Between. Starling: Single tree, weird circular stone in the middle of the island—the stone pillar that—with the moving shadow. Poppy: You’ve also been unlocking masks, though. Starling: I have unlocked—uhhh, ah… There’s like, Old Tongue combinations you can put in and—I—you get stuff for it. I have, uh, like… masks and clothing. Starling: It’s fun to watch the eclipse. Unknown Caller: YOU HAVE LEARNED MUCH OF THE OLD TONGUE. THAT WILL PLEASE HIM. Starling: Well—he told me to. Patchrabbit: (soft, short chuckle) Starling: It was like, our second ever meeting or something, he told us to—well, told me to study the Old Tongue and to keep studying it. (Patchrabbit blows a kiss at Starling and gets a curtsey in return.) Starling: Is there—are you still there? Is there any— Starling: Why does he need to know so much about the Old Tongue in the Place Between? Starling: Because, the last time I offered to take him there, he decli—well, he humbly declined going. Unknown Caller: YOU WERE PATIENT. STARLING. BEYOND THE BOUNDS OF YOUR KIND. SO HE WILL ANSWER. Poppy: (gasps) Ribbit…! Unknown Caller: HE SUSPECTED. THAT THE OTHERS HAD MADE IT A TRAP. THE LOOSE JAWBONE SEEMS TO PROVE THIS TRUE. Starling: Oh! Starling: There was… this whole idea of the Scholar wanting to stop time, I assume within the Place Between itself. I don’t know if that relates to—that plot at all. Unknown Caller: IT MIGHT HAVE FAILED TO HOLD HIM. BUT HE, TOO. IS VERY PATIENT. EVEN NOW… Starling: Patience is indeed one of the Hunter’s strongest attributes about him. Patchrabbit: That’s certainly true. Unknown Caller: HIS LONG LABORS HAVE SHAKEN THE TREES. LITTLE MONKEYS FALL OUT. YOU SEE… Unknown Caller: HE HAS SOUGHT WAYS TO MAKE THEM EMERGE FROM THAT PLACE. ONE, ALREADY. HAS TAKEN THE BAIT. Starling: Is that—the one who's taken the bait, perhaps the Martyr? If you can speak about it? Poppy: Either tha—I don’t know if they meant DIE or Wayka, but you could be right. Unknown Caller: THE FACE YOU WILL BEAR. HOLDS ONLY HIS EYE. BUT WHEN HE STRIKES… Unknown Caller: PERHAPS YOU WILL FEEL HIM SMILE. SEE YOU SOON Starling: (quietly, in a breath) Oh. Starling: Goodbye, Unknown Caller. Poppy: Ribbit~ Starling: See you soon. Poppy: Bye, Camden. Hasty: See you, Camden. Patchrabbit: Bye, Camden. Poppy: Ribbit! Oh my god! Starling: Huff! Patchrabbit: Get ready for photos! Starling: Huff! Poppy: I’m so happy! I can’t tell you how happy I am! Patchrabbit: I hope you’re ready for a photoshoot! Starling: Well, Hasty’s the MVP. Poppy: (simultaneously) Are you ready for one? Poppy: I know! Hasty— Hasty: (simultaneously) Oh, yeah! Patchrabbit: Yeah! Nice eye! Hasty: (simultaneously) I’m gonna make—I’m gonna make— Hasty: Are you ready for a new set of character cards? (laughs) Poppy: Yes! Starling: (with laughter) Oh my god, yes! Poppy: Ribbit! Poppy: Oh, my stars… I’m so excited!