Heyo! I'm running through each entry as we prepare for the voting period! This one is very interesting, so I'll leave my thoughts for you here!
Overall: 3 - There's a lot to unpack here, but the highlight of this entry is definitely the comically esoteric way that everyone talks. The prose is so over the top that it's amusing, but ultimately that seems to be the point, since the actual mysteries to solve here have nothing to do with the content of the text but rather the secrets hidden within. I think the way that gameplay is executed works well enough, although I have some complaints on the execution at times.
Gameplay: 3 - The core loop of this title is exploring masses of text and uncovering their secrets. I think for what it is doing, this is done mostly well enough, with relatively clear hints in each body of text that is fun to seek out but not too obscure as to be frustrating. The most difficult one for me to figure out was the gravestone near the end, which the water-bound creature alluded to but did do in a hard to understand manner at first. The game does largely consist of just walking around and reading, but I think it does this premise well enough.
Story: 3 - I almost gave this a four, I thought the writing was really amusing and well executed in the sort of fancy-pants scholar tone everyone talks in. However, this dialogue becomes really fluffy fast, and occasionally it trips over itself with an occasional grammatical error that makes the whole thing feel inauthentic. However, when breaking down the actual crux of the story, the plot, it is mostly weak in execution due to the majority of the plot being delivered in these long bodies of text that feel unrelated to the story until the reveal at the end, where it all comes together in a mostly predictable manner. It's not terrible, but it felt a little shallow.
Music: 3 - There's not a ton to write home about on this one. The music worked well enough, and I think I'd have to give a bit of extra points for going through the trouble of reading out all this text (although the rough mic quality prevents me from boosting that score to a 4). It was cool to see KV credited under the music as well, I had no idea he did music!
Graphics: 2 - This largely uses bog-standard RTP, and the mapping is mostly just executing on the bare minimum. Nothing about it is especially bad but it all comes together as the weakest link in this entry, with seemingly little effort put into that aspect.
Comedy: 3 - A 3 might seem like a weird choice given that the title has no overt jokes, but the way the writing is so flowery and pretentious made me laugh on multiple occasions as I made it through the entry. The whole time I kept chuckling to myself like "Yeah this is exactly how scholars write their nonsense papers" hahaha. That prose was definitely the highlight of this entry.
Overall Playtime: Roughly 20 Minutes
Good work on this! It was an enjoyable experience and a solid entry!