Hmm
Qvq lbh xabj lbh pna fnir gur vagrea?
WAIT WHAT?? Does it have to do with
gur pebjone va gur ebbz evtug orsber uvf qrngu? V gevrq cvpxvat gung hc ohg vg whfg gbyq zr gung vg jbhyq fybj zr qbja gbb zhpu/V pbhyqa'g pneel vg.
I guess I'll have to check that section again.
Edit: Figured it out, but it doesn't seem to change anything.
V fnirq uvz naq cynlrq gb gur raq obgu jvgu gur qbbe ybpxrq naq haybpxrq, ohg ur qvqa'g fubj hc ntnva naq V fgvyy whfg raq hc fghpx va gur ebbz jvgu gur ynfre tngr. V'z ubarfgyl fghzcrq. Vf gurer zber V unir gb qb sbe uvz gb fheivir?
Just read the hint txt, things make a lot more sense now.
V jnf haqre gur vzcerffvba gung fvzcyl vafregvat gur HFOf vagb gur tngrf jbhyq 'qryvire' gur rkcrevzrag qngn (juvpu V ershfr gb qb orpnhfr qhu), fb V arire tbg gb vagrenpg jvgu gur cbqf va gur svefg cynpr.
V qvq trg gur oyhr rlr, qvqa'g xvyy Abu naq tbg gur bcgvba gb gnxr Rin jvgu zr. V whfg arire bcrarq gur frpbaq qbbe (jryy V qvq bapr juvyr jvgubhg Rin ohg erybnqrq orpnhfr gur rivy ovyyvbanver zna gbyq zr V unq whfg hcybnqrq gur qngn) naq xrcg puvyyvat va gur unyyjnl ybbxvat sbe nabgure jnl gb svavfu gur tnzr.
Just to clarify,
bcravat obgu ynfre tngrf qbrfa'g tvir Pevzrf-ntnvafg-Uhznavgl Wbuafba npprff gb gur erfrnepu sebz gur yno? (Gung'f jung V zrnag jura V fnvq gurer jnf ab jnl gb ershfr (jryy, rkprcg sbe fcraqvat rgreavgl va gur zrng cvg jvgu lbhe qrenatrq inzcver oblsevraq, ohg lrnu.))
Buu evtug, unqa'g gubhtug gung sne - uzz znlor trggvat gur gehr raqvat gb haybpx ng gur svefg tngr jbhyq or orggre gura, gunaxf sbe gur srrqonpx!
Spoiler warning-
Gurer vf ab jnl sbe lbh gb fheivir hayrff Wbuafba tvirf lbh gur qehtf be guebhtu Abu gubhtu.
Va gur shgher bs gur gehr raq, gur arj sbez bs uhznavgl Rvtug znxrf orpbzrf znvafgernz naq biregnxrf Wbuafba'f erfrnepu naljnlf, ohg vg jbhyq srry orggre gb abg unaq uvz nyy gur qngn...
I discovered that one too, but it didn't bother me as much since the game didn't force me to interact with the mirror as opposed to the box. It doesn't help that I'm more scared of missing something important than of dying and reloading, so I'm particularly susceptible to this kind of trap cause I neurotically interact with everything possible.
By the way, what are the clay faces? I feel like it's implied there's
fbzrguvat fhcreangheny tbvat ba, naq bhe znva crefba zragvbaf univat znqr bar (V nffhzr gung'f gur fnzr bar gung jnf va gur obk).
Where do they come from? Are they related to
gur 'tehqtrf' bar bs gur grezvanyf zragvbaf?
Them being made of clay reminds me of golems/early religious icons. I like them a lot, they're a really unique concept for a monster.
Qrsvar 'jbefg'. V whfg jnag zl tevzoevtug 'frys-fnpevsvpr sbe gur tbbq bs gur crbcyr' raqvat. (V trg gur srryvat guvf vfa'g gur xvaq bs tnzr sbe n shyyl tbbq raqvat, V'z cebonoyl abg gur gnetrg nhqvrapr sbe guvf gou nf V qba'g ernyyl rawbl avuvyvfgvp raqvatf, fb qba'g gnxr guvf nf na vffhr ba gur tnzr'f cneg, vg jbhyq whfg or avpr vs bhe yvggyr thl pbhyq znxr n zrnavatshy vzcnpg(nf V fnvq, abg na bowrpgvir snvyvat vs guvf vfa'g gung xvaq bs tnzr, vg'q whfg or n ohzzre sbe zr crefbanyyl.
Anu vg'f pbby, V'z whfg cnenabvq naq jnf rkcrpgvat fbzr fuvggl eht-chyy gjvfg jurer bhe thl fnpevsvprf gurzfrys naq gur onq thl fgvyy jvaf fb vg qbrfa'g znggre. Vg'f whfg n ersyrpgvba bs gur mrvgtrvfg V thrff (gubhtu gurer vf fbzr chfuonpx gb gur geraq bs plavpvfz jvgu gur arj Fhcrezna zbivr/Ybbx Bhgfvqr, vs lbh'ir urneq bs gung tnzr). V whfg jnfa'g rkcrpgvat Nofbyhgr Pvarzn sebz n enaqbz vgpu vb tnzr V pyvpxrq ba bhg bs oberqbz (ab bssrafr).