Warning!
This is a journal I kept while playing this game. This journal contains spoilers. It’s nothing but spoilers really. Do not read this if you plan on playing this game. Only read this if you’ve already played this game, or if you have decided that you will NEVER play this game. Like your ex works for the company that made it and you hate this game and you wouldn’t play it even if it was the only game.
Outer Wilds Note
This is organized by play sessions. Each day is a play session. Each play session is broken up into individual time loops. Each new paragraph or page break is a new time loop unless otherwise indicated.
Day 2
I found the hanging city on Brittle Hollow. I learned how to operate their moving devices and I found a city directory which I translated. There were a couple of hallways that led to different sections of the city but I ignored them for the moment. I walked down a walkway and discovered some ruined dwellings. Around the dwellings were some bulletin boards where the Nomai had discussed the best way to fashion a new warp core. There were a lot of good ideas but I think they settled on designing a new one rather than finding the one from their crashed ship. After I finished reading I took the steps to the top floor of the house. There was a light elevator so I took that up. Then there was a final ramp that led me to a small stream pouring through a crack in the rock. I walked through the crack and found myself out on the surface of Brittle Hollow staring at a beautiful sunset. I stood and watched as our sun went Supernova. It was magnificent.
I discovered and navigated the white hole station. Probably good knowledge to have given how often I fall into that godddamn black hole. I did leave my ship behind but that’s alright because the sun went supernova pretty soon after anyway.
It’s just one big time suck, that’s what it is! This fucking thing keeps launching me out into the middle of goddamn nowhere! I went twice this cycle! How am I supposed to get anything done? For fuck’s sake. At least when I arrived in the White Hole station the second time, the thing was already turned on.
I have tried and failed twice to get to the southern observatory on Brittle Hollow. I may have to give up and try something else. It doesn’t seem to want me to go there. I got into the quantum moon shuttle. I could make it take off and land but not much else. No sign of the quantum moon.
One mission. Get to the observatory.
I fucking made it. I finally made it into that goddamn observatory. It was worth it too. The place is awe inspiring. Huge model of the solar system and I know how to get below the current on Giant’s Deep now! Also the music was cool so you know it was a cool place. I also opened the door to the surface. It wasn’t so much broken as it was locked from the inside. Still LOTS to do on Brittle Hollow but I feel like I accomplished something. I was trying to leave the planet when the piece of crust my ship was on tumbled into the black hole and we were transported to deep space in time to see the sun nova. Fitting.
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