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Dedusmuln who is searching for a paper cup to be used with a water cooler. In Dedusmuln's tent is a device next to a bed that can be activated to reveal the cup's location in a dream. Also within the dream is a room containing a Sage, an ancient ruler before Gibby. Upon finding and giving the
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vendor. The key is prohibitively expensive, however another island houses a laboratory where devices that turn creatures into money can be accessed, granting enough to purchase the key. After launching the ship and landing on the Moon, Wayne fights through Gibby's palace, eventually reaching Gibby
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Act I begins in the house of the player character, Wayne. Nearby Wayne's house is a town and a facility for warping to another dimension. Exploring the town and its adjacent mountain reaches an area filled with ruins populated by Cone
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called the game's animation "wonderful" and stated that "to play a Mason
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