Editing Reference:RAWA/2001 Lyst posts (section)

== Re: I thought you guys would get a kick out of this ==
Date: Thursday, July 19, 2001

in Myst he gives you his library, in Riven he sends you home. In Exile he takes you to releeshahn.

A fan wrote:
<blockquote>How do we KNOW he sends us home in Riven? I thought that was speculation... all I know is when I end Riven it feels like a just jump into and endless void.</blockquote>

One of the problems with the games is that there isn't any way to have real-time, interactive conversations that you'd actually have with Atrus if you were there, without resorting to hideous, disgusting, "You're-in-a-game-now", evil, conversation tree kind of things ("don't hold back, RAWA, how do you really feel about putting conversation trees in Myst?").

The games try to get the most vital information across, but we're limited to a short speech where the player's part of the conversation is implied. But if you dig, the info you're looking for is there.

From the Epilogue:

"And though I am unable to understand how, the very flow of stars that brought my Myst book into worthy hands, I am sure served as a safe passage home for my friend."

From Gehn's journal re. the Fissure:

"It seems that the fabric of this Age has been breached in a way that permits matter to be hospitably exchanged between two discreet but overlapping spaces- much like a Link,"

That implies that he knows it's safe, he just doesn't know where it goes. You, the player, know that it goes from Riven to Earth - that's how you got the Myst Book in the first place...

A fan wrote:
<blockquote>And a library? I've always wanted a library....</blockquote>

From Atrus' speech at the end of Myst:

"Oh, and reward. I'm sorry, but all I have to offer you is the library on the island of Myst. The books that are contained there."

It's not much. He knows that. But at this point, he doesn't have anything else to offer.

A fan wrote: 
<blockquote>I consider myself a fan of the games, and I have play Myst, Riven, realMyst, and read the Book of Atrus. I was under the assumption that all the people he did help in the games and book were "d'ni" I have read the journals in Myst and Riven, but again, I thought everyone was D'Ni.</blockquote>

I don't know what to say to that one. The journals in Myst and Riven seem pretty clear on this to me. Admittedly that's easy for me to see from this side of things.

But the Book of Atrus, imo, is _really_ clear that the D'ni are out of the story during the time of Myst and Riven.

Sorry it isn't clearer.

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RAWA

Richard A. Watson<br />
D'ni Historian<br />
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