Myst Island
The lookout on the pirate ship spots a small pine tree-covered island in the distance, and you set out in a rowboat to investigate. You land at a convenient dock and have a look around -- oddly, the place seems to be uninhabited, despite having a number of interesting buildings -- a large clock tower, a planetarium, even a broken-down rocket ship of some sort.
Eventually you come upon a small library. Two books -- a red one and a blue one -- are separated from the rest of the volumes. Upon opening them, though, you discover that neither one contains any words, but instead a small window full of static and a mysterious voice begging you to find some missing red or blue pages.
Not wanting to get involved in what is undoubtedly a long and drawn-out adventure full of obscure puzzles and probably at least one really annoying maze, you put the books back on the shelf, pointedly ignore the obvious secret panel in the fireplace, and instead spend an hour in the planetarium improving your knowledge of the cosmos before heading back to the pirate ship. As far as you're concerned, the ending to this one can remain unwritten.
| You gain X Enchantedness. |
Coordinates
(3,35) (13,86) (44,45) (52,50) (81,5)
References
- The Myst island is obviously a reference to Myst, a point and click game which contained an island with a clock tower, a planetarium, a broken-down rocket ship (containing a special book linking to another area which contains a large maze), and a library with red and blue books containing the imprisoned sons of Atrus, the central character of the series (other than the player); the sons would beg the player to locate additional pages for their books, eventually pointing out a secret panel in the library's fireplace which led to the final page (as well as an additional book). The mention of being "unwritten" refers to Atrus's monologue during the opening sequence of Myst as he falls into the fissure, where he suggests "that perhaps the ending has not yet been written".
