[Netbook post]

[ghostharasser]

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Comments

[eidxiety]

Oooh me too me too!!

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[winterfrosting]

A recipe?

[ he may not be an exciting cook, but he'd be a piss poor cookie if he didn't recognize a list of ingredients and measurements when he saw them]

1/2

[ghostharasser]

[Why is there writing appearing on his journal all of a sudden. Is his room haunted? Wh-]

[ghostharasser]

[OH NO]

WRONG JOURNAL PLEASE IGNORE THAT

[mooninthewater]

[ghostharasser]

[Oh god how many people are going to see this. This is the worst he is going to go climb in the walls.]

Hahaha, yeah ...it's uh. It's just a recipe.

[winterfrosting]

Do not feel bad- I drew a map in here before I realized it went to all the notebooks. It was... quite embarrassing.

[ghostharasser]

[Oh hello.]

[What is this???? A code??? A code for him to break????]

telx f exsbk'q pbbk qefp lkb ybclob. lkb pbz ibq jb qov xka yobxh fq.

[lupusxylem]

it takes so much effort to keysmash in a fucking notebook that im going to assume this is some kind of joke

[Wolfwood doesn't understand ciphers you're safe]

[ghostharasser]

Yeah, I uh, I made the mistake of having both of my journals open at once and started writing in the wrong one.

At least a map is pretty useful!

[mooninthewater]

[purevanillacookie]

Oh! That sounds quite delicious!

[ Yeah, he deciphered it. ]

If you desire strawberries, mine are in bloom!

[ghostharasser]

It's a code and also an accident! Nothing to worry about!

[ghostharasser]

Oh, hey, you cracked it? Cool!

...Oh yeah, strawberries would be awesome. In return I can like, share what I'm making.

[purevanillacookie]

An old friend of mine used to write in code quite often! It became quite the game to try and stump the other.

Oh yes! I would be delighted! Please feel free to come pick what you desire from my garden, my house is located by the Clinic and Lab, near the Watchtower. It is not hard to miss, it looks like a gingerbread house.

about an hour later

[ghostharasser]

[ghostharasser]

Sometimes my uncle and I would do that for fun.

Oh, I've seen that house! Sure thing! I'll let you know when I have something edible. Not to brag or anything but I won a baking contest with this recipe.

[mooninthewater]

I'm glad you like it~! I like these sorts of things. Lotsa RPGs use stuff like this.

[ghostharasser]

Yeah messing around with codes and junk is a hobby of mine. I don't run into other people very often outside my family interested in it.

[lupusxylem]

a code? what for?

[ghostharasser]

Well, initially to keep anyone from reading over my shoulder while I wrote in my journal. That sure doesn't work when you accidentally write in a magic journal that shares it's pages with the entire town, though.

[mooninthewater]

Oh, it's a lot of fun! Ciphers and codes aren't too different from word puzzles, imo.

Have you ever played "Baba Is You"? I feel like that's something right up your alley~

[ghostharasser]

That's true! I do love to mess up a good crossword.

I haven't! Is it a video game? Or tabletop game maybe?

[purevanillacookie]

Vrphwlphv lw lv ixq wr kdyh vrphwklqj vhfuhw ehwzhhq wzr shrsoh!

I cannot wait, my friend! My door is always open, and I believe I am safe in saying Felicity would delight in having a baking buddy if you desire to use my kitchen.

[mooninthewater]

A video game! It's about... "You", who is usually "Baba", this little white bunny creature. And you have to touch an item that is "Win".

Which sounds easy in concept but there's a lot of obstacles that pop up with different word stipulations that affect the rules. Not to mention if "You" are never anything, then instead existential dread sets in as the music goes away and there's nothing but white noise to let you think about what it really means to be you and what would happen if you no longer existed and if the world would simply stop or if you would cease to exist.

You can also hit the undo button to get back to the puzzle.