Key & Compass presents:
Anolelona
by Caleb Wilson

• Map of Lozengy
• Walkthrough
• Extras
  • Characters, Credits, Endings, Inventory
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Map of Lozengy

Walkthrough

Great Lawn

> x me. (Lohihm Tung, a temporary factotum of Lozengy)

> i. x cape. x hat. x letter.

> x grass. x cliff. x water. x rocks. x pipe.

> w.

Decanting Grotto

> x stone. x spigot. x marble.

> turn spigot.

> e. n.

Highland

> x clay. x hut. x statue.

> w.

Factotum's Hut

> x hammock. x machine.

> x iron. x plate. x crank. x button.

> e. ne.

By Statue

> x statue.

> x arms —or— x chest.

> x eyes. x smile. x ear.

> x door. open door. (locked)

> sw. s. e.

Hummingwater

> x bridge. d. (no: not good for swimming)

> e.

Crumbling Causeway

> x Yoalm. talk to Yoalm.

> x bog. x fruits. x mechanism.

> x blade. x spring. x lever.

> wind spring. pull lever.

> take leaf. x it.

> w. w. d.

Cliff Stair

> x archway. ne.

Atelier

> x mat. x Pzouz. talk to Pzouz.

> give leaf. (Pzouz turns it into a mask for you.)

> x mask.

> sw. d.

Quartz Wall

> x Aowma.

> talk to Aowma. (She flings her crystal to you.)

> x crystal.

> talk to Aowma.

> d.

Submeadow

> x sedges. x old mask. x pools.

> u. u. u. w.

Decanting Grotto

> put crystal on marble. (A bead of liquid from the spigot soaks into the crystal.)

> take crystal. x it.

> e. n.

Highland

> put crystal on clay. (A new resident falls onto the grass.)

> x resident. (He's Zoda Snu.)

> talk to him. ("no no no")

> give mask. (He puts it on and heads south.)

> s. e.

Hummingwater

Zoda Snu slumps toward the water.

> talk to Zoda. g. g.

> w. n. w.

Factotum's Hut

To make a cake that's substantial enough to take, you need to make three tiers, no more, no less.

> turn crank. push button. (one tier)

> turn crank. push button. (2nd tier)

> turn crank. push button. (3rd tier)

> x cake. take cake.

> e. s. e.

Hummingwater

> give cake. (Zoda Snu, in thanks, pulls up a seed-pod from the water for you before heading east.)

> e.

Crumbling Causeway

You watch Zoda Snu pass Yoalm and ascend the causeway to Choirmount.

> w.

Hummingwater

> take pod. x pod.

> open pod. read note.

It's from Anolelona. They want you to follow them below the statue; the glove will help you.

> x glove. wear glove.

> w. n. ne.

By Statue

> open door. (The glove unlocks it.)

> nw.

You find stairs downward and hear Anolelona's dry giggle.

*** The End ***

Extras

Characters

• You are Lohihm Tung, a temporary factotum of Lozengy. You were a new resident who discarded their chorister's mask.
• Anolelona is the factotum of Lozengy, but they are currently away exploring. They are a lizard with two front halves.
• Yoalm is a giant tree-like creature with eyeball fruits. It was the first factotum, and its leaves become the choristers' masks. It also guards the causeway to Choirmount; only masked residents may ascend.
• Pzouz is a giant cutworm who lives in an atelier in the cliff. It nibbles holes in Yoalm's leaves to turn them into masks. It used to reside near Yoalm, but moved away so the factotum would have more work to do.
• Aowma is a giant eight-limbed cat with russet fur. She gathers thoughtquartz crystals from the cliff face.
• Zoda Snu is the newest resident. He was a pirate who died at sea of dehydratation while clinging to a spar and eating kelp.

Mentioned:

• New residents are heralded by a chime and first appear as a gleaming bead of liquid decanted from a spigot.
• Shelby Bowers was the captain of the Ibex.

Credits

This is the response to ABOUT or CREDITS:

Anolelona was written by Caleb Wilson for ShuffleComp 2024. The songs which inspired it are "Barrett's Privateers," by Stan Rogers, "Slice," by O. (and more specifically its video by Yevheniia Vynokurova), and "Step on Me," by the Cardigans.

Many thanks to Jason Love for testing!

Endings

There are two different endings that use the epitaph The End:

• If you wear the mask, you may go northeast past Yoalm and enter Choirmount. I assume this is a lesser ending.
• If you unlock the statue's door, you may go northwest underground and join Anolelona on their journey. I assume this is the best ending.

Inventory

• a cape. You're wearing it.
• Anolelona made it for you to help keep you warm. But usually no one wears clothing in Lozengy.
• a crooked hat. You're wearing it.
• Anolelona made it for you as a symbol of your temporary status as a factotum.
• a letter. You're carrying it.
• Read it. You've taken over Anolelona's duties while they're away.
• a thoughtquartz crystal. At the quartz wall, talk to Aowma to get her crystal.
• In the decanting grotto, put the crystal on the marble block; the crystal becomes a gleaming thoughtquartz crystal.
• In the highland, put the gleaming crystal onto the clay. A new resident, Zoda Snu, forms around the crystal and falls onto the grass.
• Yoalm's fallen leaf. At the crumbling causeway, wind the spring then pull the lever to cut one of Yoalm's leaves from its stalk. Take the leaf.
• In the atelier, give the leaf to Pzouz; he chews it into a new chorister's mask which he hands back to you.
• In the highland, give the mask to Zoda Snu. He wears it and walks south then east, onto the bridge.
• (Alternatively, you may wear the mask and go past Yoalm onto the causeway to Choirmount yourself.)
• a slice of cake. In your hut, turn the crank then push the release button three times to create a three-layered cake that's sturdy enough to take.
• On the bridge over the hummingwater, give the cake to Zoda Snu. He eats the cake, then retrieves a seed-pod for you from the water. He leaves the pod on the bridge before he continues east.
• a seed-pod. Zona Snu puts the pod onto the bridge over the hummingwater after you give him a slice of cake there.
• Open the pod; it contains a tendriled glove and a note.
• a note. It's inside the seed-pod.
• Read the note. Anolelona sent the glove to you and asks you to find them below the statue.
• a tendriled glove. It's inside the seed-pod.
• Wear the glove. By the statue, open the door; the glove acts like a lockpick.

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