Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game

[You are taken by courier bug to the ’Forbidden Lake’...]

The courier bug continues to delve deeper underground, taking far longer than usual.

After over half an hour, you finally arrive at your destination.

[...]

[The vibrations cease and the buggy’s lateral meat membrane opens...]

[You take a deep breath in the endless darkness, smelling the rich, damp air...]

[You hop out of the vehicle, and the courier bug emits a distressed chirp before burrowing into the ground and disappearing.]

[You focus True Element into your eyes and can finally see the scene in front of you.]

[You are in an incredibly vast underground area, where a large amber-hued lake stretches out before you, the waters tranquil and deep with not a single ripple.]

[Two statues stand on the edge of the lake, one of the ’Desire Wet Nurse’ feeding maggots, and the other, the ’Initial Firefly’, casting a soft light.]

[Both statues are riddled with cracks, and it seems the slightest force could make them crumble and collapse.]