Key & Compass presents:
The Forests of Lachryma
by Roger Carbol

You play as Aris Bleph, an important citizen of the Upper Forest of Lachryma, one of the twin nations currently threatened with catastrophy. Scientists recently spotted an asteroid plummeting towards the Milk Sea and it is now your duty to retrieve that asteroid.

This solution is by David Welbourn, and is based on Release 1 of the game.

Walkthrough
Extras
- Characters, Endings, Inventory
Thank You to my Patreon supporters
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Walkthrough

Chamber of Reflection

> about. (You learn the SPOILERS command.)

> n.

Main Plaza

> x tree. u.

Signals Observatory

> x telescope. x oatmeal. read oatmeal.

> take bowl. d.

Main Plaza

> read oatmeal. d.

Research Station

> x pod. read oatmeal. enter pod.

Research Pod

> read oatmeal. x window. (Warning not to open it in transit.)

> pull down. pull down. out.

Landing Site

> read oatmeal. x hook. take it. s.

Impact Site

> read oatmeal. x asteroid. attach hook to asteroid.

> n. in.

Research Pod

> spoilers.

> pull up. pull up.

*** You are a hero ***

In case you haven't quite figured out what the situation is, the Milky Sea is an eye, the Mother Tree is an eyelash, and the asteroid is a speck of dust. The "twin nations" referred to in the game's first sentence refer to the upper and lower eyelashes.

Extras

Characters

The bowl of oatmeal seems to be the home of another even more microscopic civilization. Try reading the bowl in every location to see what they have to say.
A number of scientists, your family, and the king welcome you in the hero ending.

Endings

You have lost everything if you look out the pod's window when halfway down to the surface.
You are a hero if you return back up the tree with the asteroid in tow.

Inventory

a bowl of oatmeal. It's in the Signals Observatory, found when you examine the telescope. Read the oatmeal in various locations to learn what the civilization on it has to say. If you like, you can eat the oatmeal and destroy them with no negative consequences for yourself.
a grappling hook. Found at the Landing Site. Attach it to the asteroid at the impact site.

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