As stupid as that sounds, I think you may be right, faceless tooltip guide.
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Uh, hi. I don't know if you can like, hear any of this. I'm not even sure if I'm even saying anything out loud at this point, to be honest, but,
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I guess what I'm trying to say is...
Sorry?
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What?
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Oh, you were making a joke. I didn't know disembodied voices had senses of humour, but I guess we can't all be utilitarian all the time. 'Sides, what did you think I was going to do? Turn around and go where?
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I hope you know this is going to be boring.
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Who lit all...
It's not like there's anything else to do.
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I don't know what you expected, to be honest. Just more empty blackness. Feel free to pitch in with any other INGENIOUS suggestions.
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Point taken.
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It just looks like another candle, though, so it's still more of the same. I wasn't...
It's good to see the strange helpful tips aren't going anywhere. Seems like whenever you turn up, the plot just happens to get moving.
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I'll begrudgingly admit that wasn't a bad idea.
Looks like I have a MAKE-SHIFT TORCH now. Hope it doesn't melt away too fast.
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Can I feel...
Well, I'm not sure what we're supposed to do now.
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Huh. Well, that's convenient. And also useless! Did you not see the strange spectral being that snuffed out the candle just one post ago? It's pitch...
Oh, look. More plot conveniences. I do love me some lazy writing!
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It's...
What a cliché it is, to open up in a dark and mysterious room. And what a cliché it is to point out your clichés in your story, as if this makes it okay and you, as an author, are "meta" or whatever the hell you want to say to excuse this overused rubbish. A cliché is a cliché, and by pointing...