Let's Play The Neverhood
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Chapter 6: The Pulling of the Pin
I can't remember the last time a door just opened for me without whining about something.
Nice place. Very, uh, yellow.
Disk.
I'm not sure what this is, but it's turned off.
I can't go any further. Frankly, I'm a little stumped.
I know where I can go for a clue!
Raise the bridge...
...and back here!
Let's see if I have any mail yet.
I wonder how you know what to say, Willie.
I hear a bell sound when I pull on this ring.
Come to think of it, I also heard it at the radio in the lake.
Anyway, let's lower the stairs again...
Someday I'll get the hang of this.
It's working now! Another radio.
[ BGM - Coffee and Other Just Desserts ]
This is some, er. Interesting music.
Let's tune it to another station...
[ BGM - Spring has Spring ]
[ BGM - Resolution #8 ]
[ BGM - An Elf Sings His ABCs ]
[ BGM - I'm Thirsty, I Need Wahwah ]
[ BGM - Chiming In ]
[ BGM - Sound Effects Record #32 ]
[ BGM - B3, B C ]
There! I know this song. It played just last chapter.
And with the right song picked, the door out closes, and the door further in opens.
[ BGM - Operator Plays a Little Ping Pong ]
Sure is dark in here.
There's some kindof science-y looking contraption here. Let's play with it!
When in doubt, start with the reddest button.
Gosh!
I mean, it didn't do anything, but still.
I feel like a scientist now!
Let's do some science on this pull string.
Oh, it's just the lights.
Apparently this machine belongs to BOBBY.
I can't fire the laser when the lights are on, but at least I can tell what these buttons do, now. They rotate the crystals, changing their colors.
Now, here's a theory - what if that sign didn't say BOBBY....
...but said Blue, Orange, Blue, Blue, Yellow instead?
Okay, I have to admit, that wasn't the first thing I expected to happen.
Might as well make the most of it, then.
There's a science minibar down here!
I have no idea what I'm doing here.
Not only did it not do anything, but it tasted awful.
It's amazing the places I can get now that I'm this small.
What a fancy room.
At least some of these look to be busts of Quater's sons.
The second science minibar has blue, green, and red.
Wait! I know this one. I saw it outside, on the buggy.
I think it looked like this...
Delicious!
What?
Oh, good, back to normal size again.
Disk.
Not much in here except a bunch of busts.
Actually, this one looks a bit suspicious.
I wonder if I can just... reach in there, and...
Oh, look, a ladder.
I'm guessing that ring is the way back down.
Disk.
Disk machine!
Oh, good. I filled out the holes in the story.
Let's hear it!
Um, hello! Me Willie. Me Willie Trombone! These discs tell a story!
Story about good! Story about bad. These discs are all that are left of the true story. True story of the closing of the third age! Willie know that once you know this truth, then you know what to do! Listen! I tell you.
It all start with Hoborg! A being who had to create. Because...
...he had to. He make a world full of beauty and wonder. This world, the Neverhood, a world where he could live for ever and ever more!
Hoborg thought this world would make him happy! But it make him sad. Walking around his big beautiful new world make him feel all alone.
But then, Hoborg get him an idea! He said...
HOBORG: "I know! I'll make a friend to enjoy this world with me."
Hoborg happy to have a new friend!
He name him Klogg, and welcome him to the neverhood.
HOBORG: "Everything you see here is yours to enjoy. You and I shall spend all our days here together."
HOBORG: "With you by my side, I'll make more--"
KLOGG: "Crown!"
HOBORG: "No! I mean... no, Klogg. This crown is the only thing you cannot have."
HOBORG: "I am ruler of this world, the Neverhood, and a ruler needs his crown. Surely, you can understand that. Now go, and explore your new home, while I go back to my throneroom to plan some more people to make."
So Hoborg go to make more friends...
And Klogg start thinking bad things.
Sitting in the throneroom, Hoborg start thinking about who he make next.
HOBORG: "Huh? What? My... crown!"
The story's starting to come together now, isn't it?
But enough story time. I have exploring to do!
There's a thing here!
Of the six buttons, only one is blinking. I press it, then press the big red button.
As I said, reddest button is the way to go.
Pow!
Zap!
I wonder where I am.
It's a chain, connected to the whole Neverhood.
I wonder if I can... just...
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