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You are not prepared to call it life, I suppose,
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i told my friend the other day that i used to read senshi's dialogue in a scottish accent and they said that they sometimes picture chilchuck as irish. had to draw it

the sequel: lai-oz and marcitaliana

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on the subject of abstract horror, one of my absolute favorite moments in kentucky route zero is finding the church in act 1. it's an optional location you can find on the map off of Morgantown Road.

(Conway stops the truck)

'A singing chorus echoes from within the church. The building is one story tall with a pitched roof, and a three story spire rising from the front. The top section of the spire is made of stained glass. An interior light illuminates the pines in red, green and blue.'

(you can hear a muffled sermon at this point coming from inside, what sounds like a small choir singing. it is well past midnight)

'A large LED display glows in the parking lot:

"LIGHT OF THE LAST GREAT AWAKENING BAPTIST CHURCH"

Enter the church.

Listen.

Drive away'

[you listen.]

'Conway stands and listens to the chorus.

The muffled chorus drones at a steady volume, repeating the same two verses without rest.

Enter the church.

Listen.

Drive away.'

[you enter the church]

'Conway approaches the Church doors.

The front doors of the church are modest and worn. They are locked.

Walk around the rear of the building.

Listen.

Drive away.'

[you walk around the rear of the building]

'Conway walks to the rear of the building.

A ramp leads up from a few dusty metal trash cans to the church's back door.

Look in the trash cans.

Enter the church's back door.

Go back to the front of the building.'

[you look in the trash cans]

'Conway opens a few of the trash cans and looks in.

One has a bit of something leafy and rotten stuck to the bottom of it. Another is full of unlabeled videotapes.

Look in the trash cans.

Enter the church's back door.

Go back to the front of the building.'

[you enter the church's back door]

'Conway pushes open the back door.

He finds himself in a kitchen lit by a buzzing fluorescent ceiling fixture. On the counter are a plate of moldy bread and an empty dixie cup flecked red around its waxy rim. A set of swinging plastic doors on the far wall lead out of the kitchen.

Walk through the plastic doors.

Walk back outside.'

[you walk through the plastic doors]

(what was an echoing sound of people reverently singing is abruptly changed to the scratchy warped tin of a cassette playing as you enter)

'Conway pushes through the plastic doors and walks through.

Vacant pews sprawl unevenly into the church. A small raised stage lies to Conway's right, bare except for a tape recorder.

The tape recorder's power cord runs to an outlet near Conway's feet.

Unplug the tape recorder.

Go back to the kitchen.'

[you unplug the tape recorder]

(you hear the warped pull of the power cutting the tape)

'Conway unplugs the tape recorder.

The singing stops. The lights fail.'

---x---

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tamara-kama

An arcade is a structure made by enclosing a series of arches and columns. The word's roots go back to the Latin word "arcus," which means arc or bow.

Thusly the Video Game museum in Madrid, Spain is the most arcadey arcade that I know of!

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