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GRAVEYARD LOCATIONS
Not sure what you were expecting upon walking through the side of a mountain, but it probably wasn’t this. Welcome to The Lobby, a large, circular room with a high domed roof decorated with a mural of a cloudy sky in blue and gold. The walls are transparent - glass, maybe, but never smudged or dirtied and barely reflective. Peering through them you can see what lies beyond them is an endless sea of stars. Similarly to the walls, the floor is made of the same transparent material. While it’s just as useless when it comes to reflecting your surroundings, somehow a shadowed version of the mural above in red and black spreads beneath your feet.
In the dead-center of the room is some kind of structure that you can walk beneath. You can walk through as many times as you’d like! It doesn’t appear to do anything, though.
But perhaps more interesting than that are the several doorways scattered around the room. Though the arches seem to show you nothing but those stars, walking through will take you somewhere new. Through each gate, invariably, there is a large screen set up to view the living.
🏫 The Kindergarten Gate - If the colorful gate didn't clue you in, surely the sign hanging from the arch will give you an idea of what lies ahead. When you pass through, you find yourself at the bottom of a scenic, grassy hill. At the top of a winding stone path is an equally colorful school (also helpfully labeled.) This one-story building spreads out pretty far over the hillside, but walking inside you'll find it's less of a school and more of a…daycare center? Everything seems to be within eyesight, and it's easy to spot all kinds of different authority figures roaming around. The in-house doctor, the lunch-ladies, and even the principal are all chao, doing their best to look busy throughout the day. However, if you approach them they don't speak in words and they tend to wander around like lost toddlers getting into whatever they can find. That's probably fine, right? It's not like some of you brought dangerous items with you to Heaven—ohhh wait. Hm. You may want to collect your things, and fast.
😇 The Hero Gate - Through the downright angelic gate lies a warm sunny day on a small island in the clouds. While you can stand or sit on its edge, a magic barrier keeps you from ever falling. There are scattered palm trees across the island, and a few small chunks of land floating in the sky around it for those of you looking for a higher vantage point. One of these land masses hosts a bell tower, a structure that glistens in the sun and rings every hour on the hour.
Centered at the far end of the island is a fountain its crystal clear waters curving through the land. Though it isn't very deep, there's a bridge so you don't have to hop over to get to the other side of this river, and some kind of large structure that doesn't seem to have much of a purpose. Judging by how chao react to it though, it's pretty fun to climb on just because.
😈 The Dark Gate - Through the demonic gate lies a predictable opposite to the Hero Gate. The sky surrounding this floating island is an odd, dark purple, though much of it is blocked out by the tall mountains fencing things in. Unlike the waters in the Hero Gate, the lake here is a vivid red and more difficult to see through. The ground is grey and cold, and the trees look dead despite bearing fruit. The lack of sunlight may make you feel a little more boxed in, and a little more depressed, but nothing's forcing you to stay.
You can try to head upward, but the jagged wrought iron fences do very little to make the main path up the hill any safer. Should you make it, you'll find a small garden at its peak, though all the flowers are wilted. At the very edge sits one lone, dead tree, and dangling from one of its branches is a cage that hangs over the water below. Strangely, none of this seems to concern chao, who just continue to play and explore. Oh well. Probably nothing to worry about then.
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The Maze - The Maze Gate appears to just be a big mirror with an ornate golden border, but should you touch it you'll find that you can step through! Straight into a hedge maze. As in “the only way forward is into the foliage.” Tall rosebushes make up many of the walls of this maze, and though the paths are wide and easy to travel you’ll find yourself being lead down a myriad of dead-end roads. It probably doesn’t help that some of the paths close off and open new ones elsewhere.
The Meadow - Once you're free from the maze, an expanse of lush, but well managed nature awaits you. Starting with a beautiful field of flowers that spreads off into the horizon. This is the perfect place for those Insta-worthy photoshoots, and bonus: it doesn't even have the passive aggressive singing flowers. Instead you can enjoy the pleasant sound of the fountain, should you follow the paved path. All around, coordinated by color, there are rows and rows of lilies, roses, mums, windflowers, hyacinths, cosmos, and tulips.
The Vegetable Patch - In one direction, treating the flowers will earn you a change in scenery as they slowly turn to something else. Sprouts and green leaves pop up out of the ground in what you recognize as a veggie garden! There's a little glass shelter with gardening tools nearby, in case you want to make use of the vacant plots of dirt. Already sprouting, you'll find carrots, potatoes, pumpkins, sugarcane, tomatoes, and wheat.
The Orchard - Beyond the flowers and the vegetable patch lies a small orchard, with trees growing apples, cherries, oranges, pears, and peaches. Don't worry! These apples make no offers. Off to the side, half in the shade and overlooking the flower, fruit, and vaggies, a small table sits at the ready for tea-time. There is a tea cart nearby with cups, a kettle that's always hot, packages of various tea flavors... some cursed and some not. And who could forget the snacks to go with your tea? There's also a 3-tiered stand with finger-sandwiches and all sorts of sweets and crackers.
Bon Bon Ranch - The last area of this gate is just as expansive. Here lies an idyllic horse ranch, where you can spend time horseback riding, racing, or grooming steeds. There are separated areas with obstacle courses and shooting targets for those who desire an additional challenge. The horses are varied in both appearance and personalities, from sweet to short-tempered, though they are always kind to chao.
To get their attention, you can offer a carrot, an apple, or cube of sugar, or simply call out the name "Adolphe," for some reason. Riding equipment, archery gear, treats for the horsies, and other typical items may be found in a comparatively small barn near the border of the fence.
Drink-Me Tea
(Orchard Tea Table)
Speak in rhyme for 1 hour.
Eat-Me Cookies
(Orchard Tea Table)
One random body part grows or shrinks for 2 hours.