Will do!

Show me what you mean!

Welcome to Cryptic Stitching!

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

Cryptic Stitching is an interactive fiction game based on the StoryNexus engine. In order to progress through the game, you draw "cards" from the deck that will appear on the screen before you, and choose your response to each card.

Click the "Onward" button down in the corner. You'll see an empty row of cards and a deck. Click the deck to draw a card.

Only one card will appear this time, but in the future, you'll get up to three cards when you draw.

You are experiencing the awe-inspiring tutorial!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


I'm familiar with these games already.

Get me out of this tutorial!

You know, I spent ages writing this thing.

I labored over a hot keyboard...sniffle...and it was uphill, both ways...and there were wolves...

Nah, you're good. Carry on!

You have completed the awe-inspiring tutorial!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Finally...

Unlocked when experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial! is:

One last thing.
<br>
You may see on this card, there's a little button that says "Like this...

Always

Always


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Finally...

One last thing.

You may see on this card, there's a little button that says "Like this." And then, down at the bottom, when you've selected a choice, there's another button that says "Like this."

If you want to Tweet what's happening in your game, you can hit one of those buttons, and it will tell the entire universe.

Please use this sparingly.

I'm thrilled you like the game, but if you spam everybody you know with tweet after tweet about it, people will hate it. And because the universe is unfair, they will decide they hate me.

So...moderation. That's all I ask.

Always

To heck with you!

I don't care if my friends hate you! I shall spam where and how I please!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Thank you.

Really, I hope you DO love the game and want to tell people about it, I just don't wanna be That Person.

Now! You're up to speed, you're ready to play--have fun!

CREATOR'S NOTE: The game you are about to play goes only to the end of Act 1. There are cliff-hangers, and alas, as Failbetter Games is no longer developing this engine, there is likely not to be an Act 2 in this particular format.

This does not mean that this story will never be resolved, but it may be somewhere else, or a comic, or a book, or Great Plushthanga only knows what. I say this now so that you go in with your eyes open and do not send me hate mail when you reach the end.

I love this world and there are things I'd like to do, but...we'll see what happens.


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Click this card!

See? It's easy!

Now, some cards will appear in a row at the bottom of the screen. These cards are semi-permanent--they may change when you move between areas, but you can always get them back by returning to the original area.

You may sometimes find that you cannot use one of the choices on a card, because you lack the requirements for one of the options. Or you may find that new choices have unlocked, allowing you access to different responses. Check back often, particularly on permanent cards, to see what has changed.

Sometimes

Sometimes

You can click this one because it has no requirements.

(Don't worry, there's nothing exciting on that other card anyway.)

But you cannot access this choice.

If you hover your mouse over the little box with the feather to the right, you'll see that you require a Cloak of Feathers to access this choice.

            1
            You need 1 x Cloak of Feathers  (you have 0)

            1
            Unlocked with 1 x Cloak of Feathers


You Have Arrived!

Unlocked with a stranger 1 - you have 1; Unlocked when experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial! is:

After a long and wearying journey, you arrive in the Valley of Roon, the new homeland of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe...

Always

Always


A note about action points...

Clicking this choice cost you no actions, as a mouseover should have informed you. It costs one action point to click the deck and draw three cards, which can then be played without costing action points.

Permanent cards, on the other hand, usually require an action point to play. You can click the cards at any time to read them, then select "Perhaps Not" if you don't wish to use that card right away.

If you have a card in your hand, however, it will stay in your hand until you play it or move to a different area.


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


You Have Arrived!

After a long and wearying journey, you arrive in the Valley of Roon, the new homeland of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe.

It is a large, prosperous valley on the edge of the great Patchwork Steppes. Moon-Stuffing fled here to escape the depredations of the terrible Eaters-of-Plush.

The inhabitants are wary of strangers, but sympathetic to those also displaced from their homelands.

Before your adventure begins, a few questions are in order...

Are you...

Always

Always

...fuzzy?

(Seriously, we're all stuffed animals here, so it doesn't really matter, except for pronouns.)


Speaking of Action Points...

...you may notice that you only have twenty of them! (Actually you should have nineteen right now.)

You get twenty turns to begin with. These turns gradually refresh, on a timer visible over top of the draw pile.

Once your turns are exhausted, you must wait for the turns to refresh before playing any more, or purchase more turns with the Storynexus currency, "Nex." (If you wish to do this, it's between you and StoryNexus, and I have nothing to do with the transaction.)

There is currently no content in Cryptic Stitching that requires Nex to access, it's just a matter of patience and waiting for the turns to refresh.

Always

Always

Got it!

Action points. Timers. Nex. I'm on top of it.


It's A Boy!

What Manner Of Beast Are You?

As you approach the outskirts of Moon-Stuffing Clan's encampment, the guards look up at you. What manner of stuffed animal do they see?

...probably.

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

An occurrence! Your 'Gender' Quality is now Male!

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 2. This will unlock more stories.


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.


I had total faith that you would be.

Got it!

Speaking of Action Points...

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

By the way, if you go over to the little sidebar on your left, you'll see three tabs, which say "Me," "More," and "Items." Click "More."

This will bring up a box with the words "Accomplishment" and "Story." If you hit the little plus-mark, it'll show you your current list of accomplishments.

You've only got one accomplishment at the moment, but you'll rapidly acquire many more. Visit this sidebar to keep track of skills, quests, items and goals.


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Always

Always


A Long Line Of Warriors

A guard steps forward

"What brings you here, stranger?"
<p>
You consider how much of your history to tell him.

...a fierce teddy-bear!

Tough. Ferocious. Huggable. Not terribly bright.

The teddy-bears of old were fearsome protectors, gallant warriors, some even (dare I say it!) out-and-out berserkers.

A scion of that ancient line, you hear the call of battle in your stuffing, and yearn to follow.

You're a Teddy-bear!

0 change points, 2 more needed to reach level 2.

An occurrence! Your 'Keen' Quality is now 1!

0 change points, 3 more needed to reach level 3.

An occurrence! Your 'Fierce' Quality is now 2!

0 change points, 4 more needed to reach level 4.

An occurrence! Your 'Sturdy' Quality is now 3!

An occurrence! Your 'Cuddly' Quality is now 1!

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 3. This will unlock more stories.


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Teddy-Bear

You only <i>look</i> cuddly.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?


How to Play

So now what do you do?

Well, that's up to you. Click the deck of cards to deal out events. Playing those will cause things to happen. You can practice skills, gain items, or simply advance the plot. The choices you make will often influence what cards, exactly, will come up.

Other cards, down at the bottom, may also cause the plot to advance, so check those occasionally to see what new options have popped up.

Some cards will show up only once, while others will show up repeatedly. If you find yourself getting the same cards over and over, or if the challenges are too difficult for your current skill level, it may be time to move to another area.

Always

Always


Moving to another area is fairly easy.

Once you have the "Travel the Valley" card at the bottom of your screen, you can use that to move around, go hunting, and visit new areas.


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Always

Always


A Plush Without A Past

You Approach The Path

A cold breeze swirls around you as you approach the pathway down. It is soft, but chilled by the glaciers.

...Confused

Wait, are you from around here?  Mommy? You're getting confused again. Better play it cool.

You're from--somewhere. Over there, maybe. By that rock. Or not. You were doing...something. Have you suffered a blow to the head, or have you chosen to forget your past for inscrutable reasons of your own?

The guard has seen crazy plushes before. Apparently you seem harmless, because he lets you in anyway.

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 4. This will unlock more stories.

Your past is a mystery, even to you. Perhaps especially to you.

An occurrence! Your 'Mysterious' Quality is now 1!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Mysterious

Your past is a mystery, even to you. Perhaps especially to you.

Teddy-Bear

You only <i>look</i> cuddly.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Finally...

One last thing.

You may see on this card, there's a little button that says "Like this." And then, down at the bottom, when you've selected a choice, there's another button that says "Like this."

If you want to Tweet what's happening in your game, you can hit one of those buttons, and it will tell the entire universe.

Please use this sparingly.

I'm thrilled you like the game, but if you spam everybody you know with tweet after tweet about it, people will hate it. And because the universe is unfair, they will decide they hate me.

So...moderation. That's all I ask.

Always

Always

To heck with you!

I don't care if my friends hate you! I shall spam where and how I please!


Yeah, but I have it in writing that I asked you not to.

We call that plausible deniability.

Now! You're up to speed, you're ready to play--have fun and thank you for playing!

CREATOR'S NOTE: The game you are about to play goes only to the end of Act 1. There are cliff-hangers, and alas, as Failbetter Games is no longer developing this engine, there is likely not to be an Act 2 in this particular format.

This does not mean that this story will never be resolved, but it may be somewhere else, or a comic, or a book, or Great Plushthanga only knows what. I say this now so that you go in with your eyes open and do not send me hate mail when you reach the end.

I love this world and there are things I'd like to do, but...we'll see what happens.


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


The Clothes On Your Back

Enter The Valley

The guards nod to you and allow you to pass into the valley below. Your adventure begins now!

It's Warm. Ish.

You draw your cloak more tightly around you.

You have only the cloak on your back and a few amber beads strung in your fur. Will it be enough to make your mark on the Valley of Roon?

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

You're wearing a cloak!

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

An occurrence! Your 'Tattered Cloak' Quality is now 1!

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!

An occurrence! Your 'Amber' Quality is now 3!

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 5. This will unlock more stories.

You can defend yourself. Hopefully.

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

You can make friends!

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

You could probably wear something at your waist, if you had a belt...


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Teddy-Bear

You only <i>look</i> cuddly.

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!


Always

Always


You Have Arrived!

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

After a long and wearying journey, you arrive in the Valley of Roon, the new homeland of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe.

It is a large, prosperous valley on the edge of the great Patchwork Steppes. Moon-Stuffing fled here to escape the depredations of the terrible Eaters-of-Plush.

The inhabitants are wary of strangers, but sympathetic to those also displaced from their homelands.

Before your adventure begins, a few questions are in order...

Are you...

Always

Always

...fuzzy?

(Seriously, we're all stuffed animals here, so it doesn't really matter, except for pronouns.)


That was a close one!

Reconsider your life

Wait! Hang on! I filled that out incorrectly! I want to be something else!

(Selecting this option will return you to the beginning where you may re-select your species.)

You nearly went through life as that one thing, instead of that other thing! That'd give somebody a complex, it would.

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 1. This will unlock more stories.

Your 'Gender' Quality has gone!

Your 'Teddy-Bear' Quality has gone!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Mysterious

Your past is a mystery, even to you. Perhaps especially to you.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


It's A Girl!

What Manner Of Beast Are You?

As you approach the outskirts of Moon-Stuffing Clan's encampment, the guards look up at you. What manner of stuffed animal do they see?

...probably.

An occurrence! Your 'Gender' Quality is now Female!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Always

Always


You Have Arrived!

Always


It's Fuzzy!

It's nobody's damn business is what it is.

An occurrence! Your 'Gender' Quality is now Fuzzy!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Sleek and Sly

A guard steps forward

"What brings you here, stranger?"
<p>
You consider how much of your history to tell him.

...a fuzzy fox!

Bright-eyed, sharp-toothed, and fuzzier than a really fuzzy thing!

Your senses are sharp and your teeth are gleaming. Unfortunately for you, you're mostly made of fur, but you make up for that in cunning.

You're very much a fox!

An occurrence! Your 'Keen' Quality is now 2!

An occurrence! Your 'Cuddly' Quality is now 2!

An occurrence! Your 'Sturdy' Quality is now 1!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Fox

You're as sly as you are fuzzy.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Meek and Mild

...a fluffy bunny

Your adorable cotton tail may be frayed, but you're still fluffy as anything!

People underestimate bunnies. Occasionally they make unkind jokes. But bunnies have seen a lot. They've been around. They know what's up, and occasionally what's coming.

You're a bunny! Go you!

An occurrence! Your 'Fierce' Quality is now 1!

An occurrence! Your 'Cuddly' Quality is now 3!


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!


Wandering Plush

You Approach The Path

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

A cold breeze swirls around you as you approach the pathway down. It is soft, but chilled by the glaciers.

...Wanderer

The urge to travel is in your blood. Or whatever passes for blood in stuffed animals.

You've traveled all over, from the burning deserts of the south to the ice-wall of the far north.

To the guard, you say "Just one more place I haven't been yet."

He nods, satisfied.

You're eager to see strange new lands! Well...fairly strange, anyway.

An occurrence! Your 'Wanderer' Quality is now 1!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Wanderer

You're eager to see strange new lands! Well...fairly strange, anyway.

Fox

You're as sly as you are fuzzy.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Seeking Safe Haven

...Refugee

A guard steps forward

"What brings you here, stranger?"
<p>
You consider how much of your history to tell him.

You are fleeing from something. Perhaps the same thing that brought Moon-Stuffing Tribe to this Valley.

The Eaters-of-Plush were not kind to your tribe. You are the last survivor of your clan, hoping to make a new life here. Or somewhere.

The guard nods sympathetically at your explanation. "Welcome, friend," he says.

Memories of your homeland are never far away.

Your 'Mysterious' Quality has gone!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Refugee

You've fled from something terrible.

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


The Clothes On Your Back

Enter The Valley

The guards nod to you and allow you to pass into the valley below. Your adventure begins now!

It's Warm. Ish.

You draw your cloak more tightly around you.

You have only the cloak on your back and a few amber beads strung in your fur. Will it be enough to make your mark on the Valley of Roon?

You're wearing a cloak!

You can defend yourself. Hopefully.

You can make friends!


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Fox

You're as sly as you are fuzzy.

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!


The Clothes On Your Back

Enter The Valley

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

It's Warm. Ish.

You Approach The Path

A cold breeze swirls around you as you approach the pathway down. It is soft, but chilled by the glaciers.

You're wearing a cloak!

You can defend yourself. Hopefully.

You can make friends!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Refugee

You've fled from something terrible.

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


That was a close one!

Reconsider your life

Wait! Hang on! I filled that out incorrectly! I want to be something else!

(Selecting this option will return you to the beginning where you may re-select your species.)

You nearly went through life as that one thing, instead of that other thing! That'd give somebody a complex, it would.

Your 'Gender' Quality has gone!

Your 'Fox' Quality has gone!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Wanderer

You're eager to see strange new lands! Well...fairly strange, anyway.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Always

Always


Act I: A Stranger Comes To Town

Descend into the valley

The path down is broad and easily navigated. You smell the smoke of cooking fires below you.

You have arrived at the main camp of Moon-Stuffing Tribe. Yurts circle a central gathering area, dotted with firepits. Stuffed animals of various species look up with interest as you enter camp.

You have moved to a new area: Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

Your "A Stranger" quality has gone. Welcome to the world!

You're a newcomer to Moon-Stuffing Camp!

You've begun Act I

You have entered the Valley!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Refugee

You've fled from something terrible.

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


You Have Arrived!

After a long and wearying journey, you arrive in the Valley of Roon, the new homeland of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe.

It is a large, prosperous valley on the edge of the great Patchwork Steppes. Moon-Stuffing fled here to escape the depredations of the terrible Eaters-of-Plush.

The inhabitants are wary of strangers, but sympathetic to those also displaced from their homelands.

Before your adventure begins, a few questions are in order...

Are you...

Always

Always

...fuzzy?

(Seriously, we're all stuffed animals here, so it doesn't really matter, except for pronouns.)


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


It's A Boy!

What Manner Of Beast Are You?

As you approach the outskirts of Moon-Stuffing Clan's encampment, the guards look up at you. What manner of stuffed animal do they see?

...probably.

An occurrence! Your 'Gender' Quality is now Male!

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 2. This will unlock more stories.


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!


Look Around The Camp

Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

The central camp of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe

Check out those yurts!
<p>

Sometimes

Sometimes

Get Your Bearings

Check out those yurts!
<p>

Take a look around. See what you can see.


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Refugee

You've fled from something terrible.

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


That's A Yurt, All Right.

Get Your Bearings

Look Around The Camp

Check out those yurts!
<p>

The Camp of Moon-Stuffing Tribe consists of dozens of yurts of various sizes, arranged around a central area like spokes of a wheel. The stony wall of the valley rises behind the yurts. A few campfires flicker inside the cliff-dwellings there.

Most yurts have their own firepit inside and the smoke from the smokeholes fills the air with a pungent aroma.

(Yes, they're burning woolen mammoth dung. Wood is much too valuable to waste on cooking. And you hardly notice it on the meat. Honestly, some people prefer the flavor.)


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Refugee

You've fled from something terrible.

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Sometimes it's better to be small

A guard steps forward

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

"What brings you here, stranger?"
<p>
You consider how much of your history to tell him.

...a velveteen mouse

Smaller than other stuffed animals, you are often underestimated. Plus you're adorable.

You're not very good at outright battle, but you can go places that others can't. Enemies sometimes overlook you.

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 3. This will unlock more stories.

An occurrence! Your 'Keen' Quality is now 3!

You're small and sleek. People often underestimate you.

You're a mouse!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Wanderer

You're eager to see strange new lands! Well...fairly strange, anyway.

Mouse

You're small and sleek. People often underestimate you.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always

More Yurts Than Expected

Unlocked when learning about the Ones Who Came Before is:

Moon-Stuffing Clan has been in this valley for about two years now, if you understand correctly, but you can't help but notice that there are a lot more yurts than you'd expect, and many of them look surprisingly weathered...

You haven't been here long...

...when one of the Elders of Moon-Stuffing Tribe comes bustling up to you...


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Refugee

You've fled from something terrible.

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Seeking Safe Haven

You Approach The Path

A cold breeze swirls around you as you approach the pathway down. It is soft, but chilled by the glaciers.

...Refugee

You are fleeing from something. Perhaps the same thing that brought Moon-Stuffing Tribe to this Valley.

The Eaters-of-Plush were not kind to your tribe. You are the last survivor of your clan, hoping to make a new life here. Or somewhere.

The guard nods sympathetically at your explanation. "Welcome, friend," he says.

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 4. This will unlock more stories.

Your 'Wanderer' Quality has gone!


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Refugee

You've fled from something terrible.

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!


Fuel for the Fire

Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

The central camp of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe

A party of plushes is going out to collect fuel for the many campfires.

They invite you to come with them.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Oh no.

You know what they burn in the fires here. No way.

Sure!

You're glad to help.


"Great!" says the Tangerine Rabbit.

You're glad to help.

"Here's a bag for your dried mammoth dung!"

...Ah. Yes.

It's a cheerful bunch and you enjoy the company of the others, but you still feel absolutely filthy afterwards.

The Tangerine Rabbit thoughtfully provides you with some soap when you get back to camp.

You now have 1 x Soap.


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Refugee

You've fled from something terrible.

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Soap

Essential to keeping your fabric clean.


The Clothes On Your Back

Enter The Valley

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

The guards nod to you and allow you to pass into the valley below. Your adventure begins now!

It's Warm. Ish.

You draw your cloak more tightly around you.

You have only the cloak on your back and a few amber beads strung in your fur. Will it be enough to make your mark on the Valley of Roon?

You're wearing a cloak!

An occurrence! Your 'Tattered Cloak' Quality is now 1!

An occurrence! Your 'Amber' Quality is now 3!

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 5. This will unlock more stories.

You can defend yourself. Hopefully.

You can make friends!

You could probably wear something at your waist, if you had a belt...


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Refugee

You've fled from something terrible.

Mouse

You're small and sleek. People often underestimate you.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Refugee

You've fled from something terrible.

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Soap

Essential to keeping your fabric clean.


Act I: A Stranger Comes To Town

Descend into the valley

The path down is broad and easily navigated. You smell the smoke of cooking fires below you.

You have arrived at the main camp of Moon-Stuffing Tribe. Yurts circle a central gathering area, dotted with firepits. Stuffed animals of various species look up with interest as you enter camp.

You've begun Act I

You have entered the Valley!


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Refugee

You've fled from something terrible.

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!


You haven't been here long...

Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

The central camp of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe

...when one of the Elders of Moon-Stuffing Tribe comes bustling up to you. She's a plump Tangerine Rabbit, and she looks delighted to see you.

"Welcome!" she says. "I'm glad you found your way here. So many haven't, you know." She waves to the yurts surrounding the central fires. "Please, make yourself at home. We have an empty guest yurt---the one down on the end, with the blue hide drape---and you're welcome to use it as long as you like."

Sometimes

Sometimes

You know that Moon-Stuffing welcomes refugees...

            1
            You need Refugee 1 (you have 1)

            1
            Unlocked with Refugee 1 - you have 1


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


...but you didn't expect this.

            1
            You need Refugee 1 (you have 2)

            1
            Unlocked with Refugee 1 - you have 2

The Tangerine Rabbit pats your shoulder. "Oh, my dear. We know what it's like. We had a homeland we loved once too."

Home is where the hearth is. Particularly in the middle of an Ice Age.

Home is where the hearth is.


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Refugee

You've fled from something terrible.

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Your Hearth

Home is where the hearth is. Particularly in the middle of an Ice Age.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Soap

Essential to keeping your fabric clean.


Look Around The Camp

Check out those yurts!
<p>

Sometimes

Sometimes

Get Your Bearings

Check out those yurts!
<p>

Take a look around. See what you can see.


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Refugee

You've fled from something terrible.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always

Talk to the plushes in camp

Moon-Stuffing Clan is only a clan in the loosest sense, made from the stragglers of many tribes that have joined together in their flight from the Eaters-of-Plush...


That's A Yurt, All Right.

Get Your Bearings

Look Around The Camp

Check out those yurts!
<p>

The Camp of Moon-Stuffing Tribe consists of dozens of yurts of various sizes, arranged around a central area like spokes of a wheel. The stony wall of the valley rises behind the yurts. A few campfires flicker inside the cliff-dwellings there.

Most yurts have their own firepit inside and the smoke from the smokeholes fills the air with a pungent aroma.

(Yes, they're burning woolen mammoth dung. Wood is much too valuable to waste on cooking. And you hardly notice it on the meat. Honestly, some people prefer the flavor.)


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Refugee

You've fled from something terrible.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Refugee

You've fled from something terrible.

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Soap

Essential to keeping your fabric clean.


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Your New Yurt

The guest yurt needs a little cleaning, but the walls are solid. It's at least ten degrees warmer inside, out of the wind.

Sometimes

Sometimes

You're not ready to be tied down to a yurt.


More Yurts Than Expected

Moon-Stuffing Clan has been in this valley for about two years now, if you understand correctly, but you can't help but notice that there are a lot more yurts than you'd expect, and many of them look surprisingly weathered.

Not to mention the cliff-dwellings built into the overhanging rock wall...

Sometimes

Sometimes

Ask someone

"What's up with the cliff-dwellings?"

Make your own observations...

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

A tough challenge


A little cleaning and it's good as new.

You spend a not-unpleasant hour beating rugs and cleaning ashes out of the firepit. The smokehole is clear of cobwebs and you convince the dust lemmings to migrate somewhere else for the moment.

Home is where the hearth is.


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Refugee

You've fled from something terrible.

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Soap

Essential to keeping your fabric clean.


"Oh, we didn't build those."

Ask someone

"What's up with the cliff-dwellings?"

Savage-Buttons, one of the Teddy-bears, laughs. "We're good, but not that good. No, a lot of this was here when we got here. The cliffs...about half of the yurts..." He shakes his head. "All standing empty."

 "Wool-Stuffing Tribe, across the water-meadow, has some legends about the area being inhabited, but they don't remember what used to be here."

Just who WERE the Ones Who Came Before?


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Refugee

You've fled from something terrible.

Mouse

You're small and sleek. People often underestimate you.

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!


Sometimes

Sometimes

Your Yurt

Unlocked when Your Hearth is:

The Guest Yurt (you have this)

The Guest Yurt--Now With Indoor Pool

The Guest Yurt--Now With Pool & Love Nest

A Yurt of Your Own

The howling winds off the glacier don't penetrate the walls of your yurt...

Always

Always


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Refugee

You've fled from something terrible.

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Soap

Essential to keeping your fabric clean.


You haven't been here long...

Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

The central camp of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe

...when one of the Elders of Moon-Stuffing Tribe comes bustling up to you. She's a plump Tangerine Rabbit, and she looks delighted to see you.

"Welcome!" she says. "I'm glad you found your way here. So many haven't, you know." She waves to the yurts surrounding the central fires. "Please, make yourself at home. We have an empty guest yurt---the one down on the end, with the blue hide drape---and you're welcome to use it as long as you like."

Sometimes

Sometimes


Your Yurt

The howling winds off the glacier don't penetrate the walls of your yurt. The fire is warm. You can roast stuffing over it and make a nice cup of tea and settle in, secure against the elements.

Always

Always

Feed the birds

There are small, finch-like birds that hop around outside your yurt. Maybe they'd like some grain...

            1
            You need 1 x Grain  (you have 0)

            1
            Unlocked with 1 x Grain


...but you didn't expect this.

The Tangerine Rabbit pats your shoulder. "Oh, my dear. We know what it's like. We had a homeland we loved once too."

Home is where the hearth is.


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Refugee

You've fled from something terrible.

Your Hearth

Home is where the hearth is. Particularly in the middle of an Ice Age.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always

Fuel for the Fire

A party of plushes is going out to collect fuel for the many campfires...


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Talk to the plushes in camp

Moon-Stuffing Clan is only a clan in the loosest sense, made from the stragglers of many tribes that have joined together in their flight from the Eaters-of-Plush. There are many different species represented here, from the fierce Teddy-bears formerly of Sun-Stitch Clan to small, fierce Hummingbirds from Jewelwing.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Seek out other refugees

Perhaps some of them have word from your own homeland.


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Refugee

You've fled from something terrible.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


All Gone

Seek out other refugees

            1
            You need Refugee 1 (you have 3)

            1
            Unlocked with Refugee 1 - you have 3

You didn't really expect to find any other survivors. The Eaters-of-Plush are thorough. You do, however, locate an Aging Lemur from a tribe whose lands bordered your own.

His black button eyes are filmed with sorrow. "All gone," he says. "All, all gone."


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Refugee

You've fled from something terrible.

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Soap

Essential to keeping your fabric clean.


The Bread Oven

At the base of the cliff dwelling, there are two large outdoor ovens built of clay.

They're kept running at a low level all the time. The chimneys heat several of the cliff rooms and the camp uses the ovens to warm up cold food or to cook things that require a long, slow heat.

The downside, of course, is that somebody has to check the fires regularly.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Take your turn watching.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

A tough challenge

It's not all that hard. It's just boring.


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


You can watch a fire all day long.

Take your turn watching.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

A very chancy challenge

Somebody wants a fire watched, you are <i>there.</i>

0 change points, 5 more needed to reach level 5.

Keen has increased to 4!

You succeeded in a Keen challenge! (Risky challenges mean you learn more.)


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Refugee

You've fled from something terrible.

Mouse

You're small and sleek. People often underestimate you.

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!


I'm familiar with these games already.

Welcome to Cryptic Stitching!

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

Cryptic Stitching is an interactive fiction game based on the StoryNexus engine. In order to progress through the game, you draw "cards" from the deck that will appear on the screen before you, and choose your response to each card.

Get me out of this tutorial!

I labored over a hot keyboard...sniffle...and it was uphill, both ways...and there were wolves...

Nah, you're good. Carry on!

You have completed the awe-inspiring tutorial!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Always

Always


Finally...

One last thing.

You may see on this card, there's a little button that says "Like this." And then, down at the bottom, when you've selected a choice, there's another button that says "Like this."

If you want to Tweet what's happening in your game, you can hit one of those buttons, and it will tell the entire universe.

Please use this sparingly.

I'm thrilled you like the game, but if you spam everybody you know with tweet after tweet about it, people will hate it. And because the universe is unfair, they will decide they hate me.

So...moderation. That's all I ask.

Always

To heck with you!

I don't care if my friends hate you! I shall spam where and how I please!


Thank you.

Really, I hope you DO love the game and want to tell people about it, I just don't wanna be That Person.

Now! You're up to speed, you're ready to play--have fun!

CREATOR'S NOTE: The game you are about to play goes only to the end of Act 1. There are cliff-hangers, and alas, as Failbetter Games is no longer developing this engine, there is likely not to be an Act 2 in this particular format.

This does not mean that this story will never be resolved, but it may be somewhere else, or a comic, or a book, or Great Plushthanga only knows what. I say this now so that you go in with your eyes open and do not send me hate mail when you reach the end.

I love this world and there are things I'd like to do, but...we'll see what happens.


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Will do!

Click the "Onward" button down in the corner. You'll see an empty row of cards and a deck. Click the deck to draw a card.

Only one card will appear this time, but in the future, you'll get up to three cards when you draw.

You are experiencing the awe-inspiring tutorial!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Always

Always


You Have Arrived!

After a long and wearying journey, you arrive in the Valley of Roon, the new homeland of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe.

It is a large, prosperous valley on the edge of the great Patchwork Steppes. Moon-Stuffing fled here to escape the depredations of the terrible Eaters-of-Plush.

The inhabitants are wary of strangers, but sympathetic to those also displaced from their homelands.

Before your adventure begins, a few questions are in order...

Are you...

Always

...fuzzy?

(Seriously, we're all stuffed animals here, so it doesn't really matter, except for pronouns.)


It's A Girl!

What Manner Of Beast Are You?

As you approach the outskirts of Moon-Stuffing Clan's encampment, the guards look up at you. What manner of stuffed animal do they see?

...probably.

An occurrence! Your 'Gender' Quality is now Female!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Meek and Mild

A guard steps forward

"What brings you here, stranger?"
<p>
You consider how much of your history to tell him.

...a fluffy bunny

Your adorable cotton tail may be frayed, but you're still fluffy as anything!

People underestimate bunnies. Occasionally they make unkind jokes. But bunnies have seen a lot. They've been around. They know what's up, and occasionally what's coming.

You're a bunny! Go you!

An occurrence! Your 'Fierce' Quality is now 1!

An occurrence! Your 'Keen' Quality is now 2!

An occurrence! Your 'Cuddly' Quality is now 3!

An occurrence! Your 'Sturdy' Quality is now 1!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


A Plush Without A Past

You Approach The Path

A cold breeze swirls around you as you approach the pathway down. It is soft, but chilled by the glaciers.

...Confused

Wait, are you from around here?  Mommy? You're getting confused again. Better play it cool.

You're from--somewhere. Over there, maybe. By that rock. Or not. You were doing...something. Have you suffered a blow to the head, or have you chosen to forget your past for inscrutable reasons of your own?

The guard has seen crazy plushes before. Apparently you seem harmless, because he lets you in anyway.

An occurrence! Your 'Mysterious' Quality is now 1!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Mysterious

Your past is a mystery, even to you. Perhaps especially to you.

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?


Click this card!

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

See? It's easy!

Now, some cards will appear in a row at the bottom of the screen. These cards are semi-permanent--they may change when you move between areas, but you can always get them back by returning to the original area.

You may sometimes find that you cannot use one of the choices on a card, because you lack the requirements for one of the options. Or you may find that new choices have unlocked, allowing you access to different responses. Check back often, particularly on permanent cards, to see what has changed.

Sometimes

Sometimes

(Don't worry, there's nothing exciting on that other card anyway.)

But you cannot access this choice.

If you hover your mouse over the little box with the feather to the right, you'll see that you require a Cloak of Feathers to access this choice.


The Clothes On Your Back

Enter The Valley

The guards nod to you and allow you to pass into the valley below. Your adventure begins now!

It's Warm. Ish.

You draw your cloak more tightly around you.

You have only the cloak on your back and a few amber beads strung in your fur. Will it be enough to make your mark on the Valley of Roon?

You're wearing a cloak!

You can defend yourself. Hopefully.

You can make friends!


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!


A note about action points...

Clicking this choice cost you no actions, as a mouseover should have informed you. It costs one action point to click the deck and draw three cards, which can then be played without costing action points.

Permanent cards, on the other hand, usually require an action point to play. You can click the cards at any time to read them, then select "Perhaps Not" if you don't wish to use that card right away.

If you have a card in your hand, however, it will stay in your hand until you play it or move to a different area.


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Act I: A Stranger Comes To Town

Descend into the valley

The path down is broad and easily navigated. You smell the smoke of cooking fires below you.

You have arrived at the main camp of Moon-Stuffing Tribe. Yurts circle a central gathering area, dotted with firepits. Stuffed animals of various species look up with interest as you enter camp.

You have moved to a new area: Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

Your "A Stranger" quality has gone. Welcome to the world!

You're a newcomer to Moon-Stuffing Camp!

You've begun Act I

You have entered the Valley!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Mysterious

Your past is a mystery, even to you. Perhaps especially to you.

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?


Speaking of Action Points...

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

...you may notice that you only have twenty of them! (Actually you should have nineteen right now.)

You get twenty turns to begin with. These turns gradually refresh, on a timer visible over top of the draw pile.

Once your turns are exhausted, you must wait for the turns to refresh before playing any more, or purchase more turns with the Storynexus currency, "Nex." (If you wish to do this, it's between you and StoryNexus, and I have nothing to do with the transaction.)

There is currently no content in Cryptic Stitching that requires Nex to access, it's just a matter of patience and waiting for the turns to refresh.

Always

Always

Got it!

Action points. Timers. Nex. I'm on top of it.


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Look Around The Camp

Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

The central camp of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe

Check out those yurts!
<p>

Sometimes

Sometimes

Get Your Bearings

Check out those yurts!
<p>

Take a look around. See what you can see.


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


I had total faith that you would be.

By the way, if you go over to the little sidebar on your left, you'll see three tabs, which say "Me," "More," and "Items." Click "More."

This will bring up a box with the words "Accomplishment" and "Story." If you hit the little plus-mark, it'll show you your current list of accomplishments.

You've only got one accomplishment at the moment, but you'll rapidly acquire many more. Visit this sidebar to keep track of skills, quests, items and goals.


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


That's A Yurt, All Right.

Get Your Bearings

Look Around The Camp

Check out those yurts!
<p>

The Camp of Moon-Stuffing Tribe consists of dozens of yurts of various sizes, arranged around a central area like spokes of a wheel. The stony wall of the valley rises behind the yurts. A few campfires flicker inside the cliff-dwellings there.

Most yurts have their own firepit inside and the smoke from the smokeholes fills the air with a pungent aroma.

(Yes, they're burning woolen mammoth dung. Wood is much too valuable to waste on cooking. And you hardly notice it on the meat. Honestly, some people prefer the flavor.)


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always

The Bread Oven

At the base of the cliff dwelling, there are two large outdoor ovens built of clay...


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Always

Always


The Bread Oven

At the base of the cliff dwelling, there are two large outdoor ovens built of clay.

They're kept running at a low level all the time. The chimneys heat several of the cliff rooms and the camp uses the ovens to warm up cold food or to cook things that require a long, slow heat.

The downside, of course, is that somebody has to check the fires regularly.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Take your turn watching.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

A high-risk challenge

It's not all that hard. It's just boring.


You can watch a fire all day long.

Take your turn watching.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

A tough challenge

Somebody wants a fire watched, you are <i>there.</i>

2 change points, 2 more needed to reach level 4.

Keen has increased to 3!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Mysterious

Your past is a mystery, even to you. Perhaps especially to you.

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?


How to Play

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

So now what do you do?

Well, that's up to you. Click the deck of cards to deal out events. Playing those will cause things to happen. You can practice skills, gain items, or simply advance the plot. The choices you make will often influence what cards, exactly, will come up.

Other cards, down at the bottom, may also cause the plot to advance, so check those occasionally to see what new options have popped up.

Some cards will show up only once, while others will show up repeatedly. If you find yourself getting the same cards over and over, or if the challenges are too difficult for your current skill level, it may be time to move to another area.

Always

Always


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Fuel for the Fire

Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

The central camp of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe

A party of plushes is going out to collect fuel for the many campfires.

They invite you to come with them.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Oh no.

You know what they burn in the fires here. No way.

Sure!

You're glad to help.


Moving to another area is fairly easy.

Once you have the "Travel the Valley" card at the bottom of your screen, you can use that to move around, go hunting, and visit new areas.


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


"Maybe next time!"

They leave without you, waving cheerfully.


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Always

Always


Making Beds

Most of the yurts have dirt floors, which is sensible, since there's a lot of dirt to go around. Unfortunately, when you live in a permafrost zone, dirt floors are either really cold or really squishy. A layer of sod and hay keeps everything useable, but it's still better to keep your bed off the floor, which is why most of Moon-Stuffing sleeps on raised platforms, on pallets stuffed with dried grasses and hay.

Some members of the camp are turning out the old bedding and collecting new.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Offer to help

They're giving you a bed, the least you can do is help make it!

Undoubtedly there is something else you can be doing.


You saunter off.

The sounds of pallets being beaten and dust lemmings being driven out of yurts continues behind you.


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Mysterious

Your past is a mystery, even to you. Perhaps especially to you.

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?


Finally...

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

One last thing.

You may see on this card, there's a little button that says "Like this." And then, down at the bottom, when you've selected a choice, there's another button that says "Like this."

If you want to Tweet what's happening in your game, you can hit one of those buttons, and it will tell the entire universe.

Please use this sparingly.

I'm thrilled you like the game, but if you spam everybody you know with tweet after tweet about it, people will hate it. And because the universe is unfair, they will decide they hate me.

So...moderation. That's all I ask.

Always

Always

To heck with you!

I don't care if my friends hate you! I shall spam where and how I please!


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Cleaning the Catch

Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

The central camp of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe

Several of the members of Moon-Stuffing have gone fishing in the nearby stream, and come home with a load of trout.

Fish is on the menu tonight, but they could use some help preparing.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Offer to help clean the fish

You have to get the nasty bits out, or it fouls the stuffing.

Offer to help with the fire

You'd like to help, but...ew. Fish guts.


Thank you.

Really, I hope you DO love the game and want to tell people about it, I just don't wanna be That Person.

Now! You're up to speed, you're ready to play--have fun!

CREATOR'S NOTE: The game you are about to play goes only to the end of Act 1. There are cliff-hangers, and alas, as Failbetter Games is no longer developing this engine, there is likely not to be an Act 2 in this particular format.

This does not mean that this story will never be resolved, but it may be somewhere else, or a comic, or a book, or Great Plushthanga only knows what. I say this now so that you go in with your eyes open and do not send me hate mail when you reach the end.

I love this world and there are things I'd like to do, but...we'll see what happens.


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


It's a nasty job, but somebody has to do it.

You and Savage-Buttons, one of the Teddy-bears, sit down with knives and begin gutting.

Everyone is grateful for your assistance. The fish is wrapped in hay and set on hot rocks. A long slow cook at the bottom of a hot pit, and you've got a feast fit for Plushthanga himself. You pull off a few of the larger fish-scale sequins to keep for later.

You now have 1 x Fish Scales.


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!

Fish Scales

Made of extremely sturdy sequins.


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Mysterious

Your past is a mystery, even to you. Perhaps especially to you.

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?

Fish Scales

Made of extremely sturdy sequins.


Making Beds

Most of the yurts have dirt floors, which is sensible, since there's a lot of dirt to go around. Unfortunately, when you live in a permafrost zone, dirt floors are either really cold or really squishy. A layer of sod and hay keeps everything useable, but it's still better to keep your bed off the floor, which is why most of Moon-Stuffing sleeps on raised platforms, on pallets stuffed with dried grasses and hay.

Some members of the camp are turning out the old bedding and collecting new.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Offer to help

They're giving you a bed, the least you can do is help make it!


"Great! Take an end, and I'll take the other one..."

Between you and the Lime Rabbit, you turn out a half-dozen beds, evict small, squeaking dust lemmings, and freshen them up with armloads of new bedding.

Some of the grasses had dried seed heads attached. You pocket a handful.

You now have 1 x Grain.


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Grain

Part of a balanced breakfast!

Fish Scales

Made of extremely sturdy sequins.


You Have Arrived!

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

After a long and wearying journey, you arrive in the Valley of Roon, the new homeland of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe.

It is a large, prosperous valley on the edge of the great Patchwork Steppes. Moon-Stuffing fled here to escape the depredations of the terrible Eaters-of-Plush.

The inhabitants are wary of strangers, but sympathetic to those also displaced from their homelands.

Before your adventure begins, a few questions are in order...

Are you...

Always

Always

...fuzzy?

(Seriously, we're all stuffed animals here, so it doesn't really matter, except for pronouns.)


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Grain

Part of a balanced breakfast!

Fish Scales

Made of extremely sturdy sequins.


More Yurts Than Expected

Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

The central camp of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe

Moon-Stuffing Clan has been in this valley for about two years now, if you understand correctly, but you can't help but notice that there are a lot more yurts than you'd expect, and many of them look surprisingly weathered.

Not to mention the cliff-dwellings built into the overhanging rock wall...

Sometimes

Sometimes

Ask someone

"What's up with the cliff-dwellings?"

Make your own observations...

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

A tough challenge


It's A Boy!

What Manner Of Beast Are You?

As you approach the outskirts of Moon-Stuffing Clan's encampment, the guards look up at you. What manner of stuffed animal do they see?

...probably.

An occurrence! Your 'Gender' Quality is now Male!

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 2. This will unlock more stories.


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Make your own observations...

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

A very chancy challenge

Your observational skills aren't worth much.

Eventually you give up and ask someone.

Savage-Buttons, one of the Teddy-bears, laughs. "We're good, but not that good. No, a lot of this was here when we got here. The cliffs...about half of the yurts..." He shakes his head. "All standing empty."

 "Wool-Stuffing Tribe, across the water-meadow, has some legends about the area being inhabited, but they don't remember what used to be here."

Keen has increased to 4!

Keen 3 failed in a challenge! (When you try a challenge that's difficult for you, you learn more even when you fail.)

Just who WERE the Ones Who Came Before?


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Mysterious

Your past is a mystery, even to you. Perhaps especially to you.

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!

Grain

Part of a balanced breakfast!

Fish Scales

Made of extremely sturdy sequins.


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always

Cleaning the Catch

Several of the members of Moon-Stuffing have gone fishing in the nearby stream, and come home with a load of trout...


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Grain

Part of a balanced breakfast!

Fish Scales

Made of extremely sturdy sequins.


Cleaning the Catch

Several of the members of Moon-Stuffing have gone fishing in the nearby stream, and come home with a load of trout.

Fish is on the menu tonight, but they could use some help preparing.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Offer to help clean the fish

You have to get the nasty bits out, or it fouls the stuffing.

Offer to help with the fire

You'd like to help, but...ew. Fish guts.


Probably Not An Ostrich, Anyway

A guard steps forward

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

"What brings you here, stranger?"
<p>
You consider how much of your history to tell him.

...a vaguely stuffed-animal shaped...thing.

...I don't know, is that a seal? Maybe a marmot? Something, anyway.

Either from long wear or inept stitching, nobody's quite sure what species you are. And that's just fine with you.

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 3. This will unlock more stories.

You're...a rabbit? Maybe a bear? Something like that?

You're...um...possibly a seal? Maybe a wolf?

0 change points, 3 more needed to reach level 3.

An occurrence! Your 'Fierce' Quality is now 2!

An occurrence! Your 'Cuddly' Quality is now 2!

0 change points, 2 more needed to reach level 2.


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Vague

You're...a rabbit? Maybe a bear? Something like that?

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?


There's plenty of work to do...

Offer to help with the fire

Cleaning the Catch

Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

The central camp of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe

You manage to avoid the ickier tasks while still being useful digging the firepit and wrapping fish filets in fresh hay. A long slow cook atop hot rocks, and you've got a feast fit for Plushthanga himself.

One of the fisherman gives you a couple of the more attractive sequined scales by way of gratitude.

You've gained 1 x Fish Scales (new total 2).


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Mysterious

Your past is a mystery, even to you. Perhaps especially to you.

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!

Grain

Part of a balanced breakfast!

Fish Scales

Made of extremely sturdy sequins.


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always

Making Beds

Most of the yurts have dirt floors, which is sensible, since there's a lot of dirt to go around...


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Grain

Part of a balanced breakfast!

Fish Scales

Made of extremely sturdy sequins.


Fuel for the Fire

A party of plushes is going out to collect fuel for the many campfires.

They invite you to come with them.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Oh no.

You know what they burn in the fires here. No way.

Sure!

You're glad to help.


"Great!" says the Tangerine Rabbit.

You're glad to help.

"Here's a bag for your dried mammoth dung!"

...Ah. Yes.

It's a cheerful bunch and you enjoy the company of the others, but you still feel absolutely filthy afterwards.

The Tangerine Rabbit thoughtfully provides you with some soap when you get back to camp.

You now have 1 x Soap.


Cloak

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!

Soap

Essential to keeping your fabric clean.

Grain

Part of a balanced breakfast!

Fish Scales

Made of extremely sturdy sequins.


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Wandering Plush

You Approach The Path

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

A cold breeze swirls around you as you approach the pathway down. It is soft, but chilled by the glaciers.

...Wanderer

A guard steps forward

"What brings you here, stranger?"
<p>
You consider how much of your history to tell him.

The urge to travel is in your blood. Or whatever passes for blood in stuffed animals.

You've traveled all over, from the burning deserts of the south to the ice-wall of the far north.

To the guard, you say "Just one more place I haven't been yet."

He nods, satisfied.

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 4. This will unlock more stories.

An occurrence! Your 'Wanderer' Quality is now 1!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Wanderer

You're eager to see strange new lands! Well...fairly strange, anyway.

Vague

You're...a rabbit? Maybe a bear? Something like that?

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Mysterious

Your past is a mystery, even to you. Perhaps especially to you.

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!

Soap

Essential to keeping your fabric clean.

Grain

Part of a balanced breakfast!

Fish Scales

Made of extremely sturdy sequins.


Talk to the plushes in camp

Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

The central camp of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe

Moon-Stuffing Clan is only a clan in the loosest sense, made from the stragglers of many tribes that have joined together in their flight from the Eaters-of-Plush. There are many different species represented here, from the fierce Teddy-bears formerly of Sun-Stitch Clan to small, fierce Hummingbirds from Jewelwing.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Mingle with the crowd...

...They seem nice, mostly.

            1
            You need Mysterious 1 (you have 1)

            1
            Unlocked with Mysterious 1 - you have 1


A Missing Past

...They seem nice, mostly.

            1
            You need Mysterious 1 (you have 2)

            1
            Unlocked with Mysterious 1 - you have 2

...The refugees are mostly very friendly. Your own lack of a past is troublsome, though. When people tell you where they're from and then look at you expectantly, you don't know what to say.

You've gained 1 x Mysterious (new total 2).


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Soap

Essential to keeping your fabric clean.

Grain

Part of a balanced breakfast!

Fish Scales

Made of extremely sturdy sequins.


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Soap

Essential to keeping your fabric clean.

Grain

Part of a balanced breakfast!

Fish Scales

Made of extremely sturdy sequins.


The Clothes On Your Back

Enter The Valley

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

The guards nod to you and allow you to pass into the valley below. Your adventure begins now!

It's Warm. Ish.

You Approach The Path

A cold breeze swirls around you as you approach the pathway down. It is soft, but chilled by the glaciers.

You draw your cloak more tightly around you.

You have only the cloak on your back and a few amber beads strung in your fur. Will it be enough to make your mark on the Valley of Roon?

You're wearing a cloak!

An occurrence! Your 'Tattered Cloak' Quality is now 1!

An occurrence! Your 'Amber' Quality is now 3!

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 5. This will unlock more stories.

You can defend yourself. Hopefully.

You can make friends!

You could probably wear something at your waist, if you had a belt...


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Wanderer

You're eager to see strange new lands! Well...fairly strange, anyway.

Vague

You're...a rabbit? Maybe a bear? Something like that?

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


The Little Pink Hedgehog

You haven't been in a gathering this large in awhile. There's a lot of unfamiliar faces. You begin to wander from campfire to campfire.

Well...that was the plan. Actually, you make it about ten feet when the Little Pink Hedgehog descends on you. This small fuschia dynamo barely comes up to your collarbone and is carrying a plate full of stuffing steak.

"Have you eaten?" she demands.

Sometimes

Sometimes


The Hedgehog's eyes are round with horror.

"Oh, you poor thing! You must be starving! Let me feed you!"

The Little Pink Hedgehog is an excellent cook, and apparently thinks you are on the edge of dying of starvation. You finally crawl away after your fourth helping, clutching a bag of leftovers to your chest.

People are starting to recognize you around the campfire...


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Mysterious

Your past is a mystery, even to you. Perhaps especially to you.

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!

Soap

Essential to keeping your fabric clean.

Grain

Part of a balanced breakfast!

Fish Scales

Made of extremely sturdy sequins.


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Soap

Essential to keeping your fabric clean.

Grain

Part of a balanced breakfast!

Fish Scales

Made of extremely sturdy sequins.


Avoiding Leftovers

Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

The central camp of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe

In a desperate attempt to avoid being fed by the Little Pink Hedgehog for the fifth time today, you dive into a stranger's yurt.

The Old Mule Woman and her granddaughter look up at you in mild amazement as you burst through the hide drape over the door.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Attempt to be charming

Cuddly

So huggable!

A very chancy challenge

Talk your way out of this!

Honesty is the best policy.

"Hedgehog. Leftovers. You understand."


That was a close one!

Reconsider your life

Enter The Valley

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

The guards nod to you and allow you to pass into the valley below. Your adventure begins now!

Wait! Hang on! I filled that out incorrectly! I want to be something else!

(Selecting this option will return you to the beginning where you may re-select your species.)

You nearly went through life as that one thing, instead of that other thing! That'd give somebody a complex, it would.

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 1. This will unlock more stories.

Your 'Gender' Quality has gone!

Your 'Vague' Quality has gone!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Wanderer

You're eager to see strange new lands! Well...fairly strange, anyway.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


The Old Mule Woman is fairly deaf...

Honesty is the best policy.

"Hedgehog. Leftovers. You understand."

...but her granddaughter understands completely. "Stay as long as you like," she says. "We understand."

The old woman's happy to have a visitor, however, and tells you a great deal about the journey to the Valley. "Carried me on her back, she did!" she crows, thumping her granddaughter on the shoulder.

Her granddaughter, a strapping young Mule who could probably lift a mammoth one-handed, smiles tolerantly.


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Soap

Essential to keeping your fabric clean.

Grain

Part of a balanced breakfast!

Fish Scales

Made of extremely sturdy sequins.


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Soap

Essential to keeping your fabric clean.

Grain

Part of a balanced breakfast!

Fish Scales

Made of extremely sturdy sequins.


Always

Always


The Midden

You're still not entirely familiar with the layout of the camp, so it's probably not surprising that you take a wrong turn and wind up at the midden.

The trash heap is well away and downwind of Moon-Stuffing Camp, in a natural depression in the stone. It's dusted with lime to keep the smell down, but still attracts scavengers.

While the larger beasts, like pinstripe hyenas, won't come this close to habitation, it's home to vultures, kites, and large numbers of the fur-bearing polar lungfish.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Dig through the trash!

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

A chancy challenge

Hey, there might be something good there!

Chase off some of the lungfish

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

A high-risk challenge

Filthy animals, with their nasty bald heads and...err....lungs...


They're not impressed.

Chase off some of the lungfish

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

A tough challenge

Several of the lungfish flee, cheeping, from your approach, but the vast majority stay on the midden.

1 change point, 2 more needed to reach level 3.

Fierce has increased to 2!

Fierce 1 failed in a challenge! (When you try a challenge that's difficult for you, you learn more even when you fail.)


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Mysterious

Your past is a mystery, even to you. Perhaps especially to you.

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!

Soap

Essential to keeping your fabric clean.

Grain

Part of a balanced breakfast!

Fish Scales

Made of extremely sturdy sequins.


You Have Arrived!

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

After a long and wearying journey, you arrive in the Valley of Roon, the new homeland of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe.

It is a large, prosperous valley on the edge of the great Patchwork Steppes. Moon-Stuffing fled here to escape the depredations of the terrible Eaters-of-Plush.

The inhabitants are wary of strangers, but sympathetic to those also displaced from their homelands.

Before your adventure begins, a few questions are in order...

Are you...

Always

Always

...fuzzy?

(Seriously, we're all stuffed animals here, so it doesn't really matter, except for pronouns.)


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Soap

Essential to keeping your fabric clean.

Grain

Part of a balanced breakfast!

Fish Scales

Made of extremely sturdy sequins.


The Albino Raccoon

Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

The central camp of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe

The Albino Raccoon falls in with you as you leave the midden after dropping off some trash.

He shares a yurt with the Patchwork Hyena. They may just be good friends, although the Tangerine Rabbit claims they're a couple. (Mind you, if you left the Tangerine Rabbit alone with a tree stump and a rock, she would be planning the lives of the Stump-Rock children within the hour.)

"Settling in?" he asks. "Everything going well?"

Sometimes

Sometimes

"This Hedgehog keeps trying to feed me leftovers."


It's A Girl!

What Manner Of Beast Are You?

As you approach the outskirts of Moon-Stuffing Clan's encampment, the guards look up at you. What manner of stuffed animal do they see?

...probably.

An occurrence! Your 'Gender' Quality is now Female!

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 2. This will unlock more stories.


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Wanderer

You're eager to see strange new lands! Well...fairly strange, anyway.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


He points out some of the landmarks.

"Be sure you visit the cliff-dwellings up there. They're worth a look."
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Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Soap

Essential to keeping your fabric clean.

Grain

Part of a balanced breakfast!

Fish Scales

Made of extremely sturdy sequins.


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Soap

Essential to keeping your fabric clean.

Grain

Part of a balanced breakfast!

Fish Scales

Made of extremely sturdy sequins.


"Just who I was looking for!"

The Tangerine Rabbit needs someone to deliver a message to one of her offspring. "Tell them I need carrots," she says. "And grain. And a pot to cook them in. And somewere to do the cooking."

When you ask which of her numerous children she wants this message taken to, she looks blank. "Any of them. It doesn't matter."

Sometimes

Sometimes

Find one of her children

There's at least four in the camp.

Offer your yurt as a place to cook

You're feeling hospitable.

            Unlocked when Your Hearth is:

The Guest Yurt

The Guest Yurt--Now With Indoor Pool

The Guest Yurt--Now With Pool & Love Nest

A Yurt of Your Own


You find a suitable victim

Find one of her children

There's at least four in the camp.

"Plushthanga's bones," mutters her daughter, the Lime Rabbit. "I'll be cleaning for a week..."

You leave the Lime Rabbit to her fate.


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Mysterious

Your past is a mystery, even to you. Perhaps especially to you.

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!

Soap

Essential to keeping your fabric clean.

Grain

Part of a balanced breakfast!

Fish Scales

Made of extremely sturdy sequins.


A Long Line Of Warriors

A guard steps forward

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

"What brings you here, stranger?"
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You consider how much of your history to tell him.

...a fierce teddy-bear!

Tough. Ferocious. Huggable. Not terribly bright.

The teddy-bears of old were fearsome protectors, gallant warriors, some even (dare I say it!) out-and-out berserkers.

A scion of that ancient line, you hear the call of battle in your stuffing, and yearn to follow.

You're a Teddy-bear!

An occurrence! Your 'Keen' Quality is now 1!

0 change points, 4 more needed to reach level 4.

An occurrence! Your 'Sturdy' Quality is now 3!

An occurrence! Your 'Cuddly' Quality is now 1!

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 3. This will unlock more stories.


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Teddy-Bear

You only <i>look</i> cuddly.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Soap

Essential to keeping your fabric clean.

Grain

Part of a balanced breakfast!

Fish Scales

Made of extremely sturdy sequins.


A flash of pink...

Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

The central camp of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe

The Little Pink Hedgehog is headed this way! <i>And she's got a casserole!</i>

Sometimes

Sometimes

Run!

You don't want to be rude, but you're still stuffed from the last meal!


You bolt between two yurts and escape...for now.

You're making a run for it!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

fleeing the casserole of doom

Run! Run before she feeds you!

Bunny

SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Soap

Essential to keeping your fabric clean.

Grain

Part of a balanced breakfast!

Fish Scales

Made of extremely sturdy sequins.


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


A Plush Without A Past

You Approach The Path

A cold breeze swirls around you as you approach the pathway down. It is soft, but chilled by the glaciers.

...Confused

Wait, are you from around here?  Mommy? You're getting confused again. Better play it cool.

You're from--somewhere. Over there, maybe. By that rock. Or not. You were doing...something. Have you suffered a blow to the head, or have you chosen to forget your past for inscrutable reasons of your own?

The guard has seen crazy plushes before. Apparently you seem harmless, because he lets you in anyway.

An occurrence! Your 'Mysterious' Quality is now 1!

Your 'Wanderer' Quality has gone!