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2022-08-26 22:31 dustin  
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rockford: hey, wait! what are you doing there?  
  
voodoo: oh shit, he got me. i wasn't quick enough!  
  
rockford: wait... was it you who helped me all the time?  
  
voodoo: well, er... yes, it was me. or, more precisely, it was us.  
  
rockford: who are you?  
  
voodoo: first, i'd be glad for a "thank you".  
  
rockford: thank you.  
  
voodoo: you're welcome.  
  
rockford: who are you?  
  
voodoo: ehm... i'm a voodoo. my name's timo.  
  
rockford: a voodoo? i thought voodoos were dolls where you put needles in and...  
  
voodoo: well, that's just a fairy tale. in reality, we aren't scared of needles but we're scared of fireflies.  
  
rockford: of fireflies?! those cute little glowing animals?  
  
voodoo: well, in our world they're mutated ultra-aggressive beasts who explode if they catch you. you already met a few of them, but we crushed most of them out of the way for you.  
  
rockford: and why did you do all that for me?  
  
voodoo: one hand washes the other.   
  
rockford: what do you mean?  
  
voodoo: as i already said, i and all other voodoos, we're afraid of fireflies. you won't see any of us for the first few years of your career, but when fangames come up, you'll meet many of us, and then you'll have to keep the fireflies away from us!  
  
rockford: and if i fail to do so...  
  
voodoo: well, i think you know what happens if a voodoo gets harmed.  
  
rockford: but you just said that's just a fairy tale!  
  
voodoo: not this part.  
  
rockford: but! one of you did explode recently!  
  
voodoo: what makes you think so?  
  
rockford: in caves d, e, f and g i saw a trace leading from the start to the finish. but in cave h, the trace did not lead to the exit, so whoever helped me there must have made a mistake and got crushed!  
  
voodoo: ah, that was herbert. he was never very careful.  
  
rockford: but that means i will explode too!  
  
voodoo: just kidding :d herbert faked his death to make you think you're on your own from now on.   
  
rockford: pheeeeeew. very funny. haha.  
  
voodoo: but we decided that we should still help you, but without leaving traces. ida took all the \\\ she could find and brought them to cave i. jeffrey had the funniest idea. he bought a jackhammer and broke some walls to free all the fireflies. then he left a message behind to make you think the fireflies escaped by themselves. we all watched you while you played cave j. i was laughing my ass off when i saw your face! :d :d  
  
rockford: very funny xd. but then in cave m...  
  
voodoo: yes, martha left traces again, because she didn't see another way to help you.   
  
rockford: but the last three caves were rather difficult! i had to learn how to crush butterflies in cave n, use a magic wall in o and blast a wall in p!  
  
voodoo: true. norbert, otto and paul thought that we won't help you in the long run if we do all the work for you forever. you had to start learning how to do things on your own. what you learned in the last few caves was just absolutely basic stuff for your career!  
  
rockford: alright, so what now?  
  
voodoo: use the magic wall again!  
  
rockford: but you'll have to go out of the way first, or the \\\ will fall onto you!  
  
voodoo: never mind, that won't hurt me. i'm only afraid of fireflies and butterflies.  
  
rockford: and then? where will this outbox take me?  
  
voodoo: well, if i'm not mistaken, it will lead you straight to level +1.  
  
rockford: and what about you?  
  
voodoo: as i already said, you won't meet us for the next few years.  
  
rockford: what will you do, then?  
  
voodoo: well, i think we'll retire.  
  
rockford: what?!?!  
  
voodoo: yes, we'll have a few nice funny years and then we'll come back and watch you in the fangames. but we'll just sit there without helping you. then it'll be your turn to help us!  
  
rockford: hmmm... alright, so... i think... see you then?  
  
voodoo: see you then.  
  
rockford: thanks and bye.  
  
voodoo: bye and good luck!  
  
rockford takes the outbox. and the rest is history...

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2022-08-26 23:07 nesdori  
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:D :D what a great ending and story and it's amazing that you planned all of this beforehand. now it all makes sense :D

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2022-08-27 06:44 Rob Gilbert  
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what a great series and what a great ending for the series!  
Thanks for the enjoyment! :) This was very quiet and relaxing and yet amusing and funny too!

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2022-08-27 21:22 dustin  
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thx guys! glad you liked it :) it was fun inventing the caves and story :)

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2022-08-27 21:32 nesdori  
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 dustin , btw.. i assume that you actually played some caves yourself because the path voodoos made looked authentic. but how did you record the cave map after you reached the exit? because if you played here, you can't see the demo because cave is not ready. so what i thought you did is that you just walked through the cave again and checked how the final cave looks. and if you had to step on dirt or move ||| you just had to remember what you did afterwards. am i correct? :)

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2022-08-27 23:21 dustin  
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 nesdori , actually i did everything directly in the construction kit. i made empty space into the path the voodoos should take, and i moved the ||| to where they would fall. same for explosions. it took some minutes, but not as long as it may sound ;)

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2022-08-29 09:58 nesdori  
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 dustin , ah! then you fooled me; you did a good ckitting job :)

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2022-08-29 10:59 DarkStoorM  
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Nice! :D I actually thought you just recorded videos of test plays and then built the caves :d