Part 88: Second Time Around: The Forest Of The Elves, Part 1

Second Time Around: The Forest Of The Elves, Part 1



We set off for the Forest of the Elves.

: I know this one! 'Boat'!

: Nope.

: Huh? How could it not be boat? 'Ocean' and 'sky' don't start with 'B'!

: It's 'Buddy', silly!

: Oh... I don't think you really understand this game, Lyndsay.

He might be right. Anyway! Let's help some people dressed like frogs.



He also might be right.



Hopper really only wants paint. It seems like the forest temple would be better served by wooden columns anyway.





Hands up if you're surprised!



Yup. Anyway, the elves are being unforthcoming about their quests for some reason, so we can go look around--



--oh dear.





We can do this.





Welp. Let's try the input '0111000', or '8'.



Proto-Makoto nods and beeps sadly along, a single pixellated tear appearing on her face.



Guess not! 00100001, which the internet assures me is '!'?



Her reaction is exactly the same, but her mood is now 'jk'. Our choices are 'e' or 't'. Long story short, 'e' makes her malfunction again. The proper response to 'jk' is 't'. Just so you know.



Her current mood defies pretty much all the binary translators I tried. One claims it's 'M,', the other gave me an unreadable splat. Apparently our choices are '!' and 'r'. The correct answer is '!'.



You get the idea. We have to sort randomly through her binary code until we hit on something that works. Finally:



Woo!





WHONK

slurp



This is how all robots are reprogrammed, you see. You slam a comically oversized computer chip directly into their face and they suck it in. This makes them happy.











She also drops this T.O.B.O.R. F.I.G.U.R.I.N.E.. Hmmm. Anyway! We can talk to her now!







That's nice.



One can never have too many pairs of goggles. Anyway! Next time we'll see if we can get those snooty elves to talk to us!