danko day 12 part 5 (??:??)

A letter from the Creators posted:

If you have the time, please come to the theater. It's not especially important, but we promise you some interesting conversation. We apologize for having send for you in such a simple way as a letter.

This letter just appeared out of thin air! Creators? There's just Mark and his silly troupe living in the Theater. None of this is making any sense! I need to get out of this place before I go completely insane...



I better stop by Eve's house and get some sleep... Preferably with a bottle of something strong in my stomach first.



Wait... This isn't the way! Stop. STOP! JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!




: Come in. We have been waiting for you.













: See how sad our common destiny is. We had such high hopes for you. We, the miserable actors, expected a new pantomime. This story is already a pain in the neck! But you turned out to be just another puppet, now left on your own with no one to guide you.
The Player: I'm not a puppet!
Actor: Who are you to call me wrong?
The Player: It's me! The player.
Actor: Oh! Then I apologize. You, of course, are not a real puppet. But in this case, that would hardly matter to your so called hero, Daniel. He has been humiliated, crushed and stripped of his authority. But you still stand on his side.
The Player: Of course! I will remain with him up to the end. His words will be my words and his actions are my own.
Actor: Then perhaps not all is lost! We will wait until the end and see what surprises this day brings us. There is still some drama left to perform.
The Player: There is one thing I am wondering about, though. Why are you here, in this world of puppets? What is your role in this story?
Actor: We do not really take direct part in the show. We are there when a certain role is needed. I am the "Unfortunate" actor. My role is to lament the inevitable losses. We are quiet limited in what we can show. I think our theater master Mark has exaggerated how important our little theater is.
The Player: Hah, so even under the mask you have no face? Just a blank surface to project a person onto?
Actor: That is correct. A heap of badly painted triangles on a screen. Oh, but why do you look at me like that? It is not my fault that I have these limitations. If I had been given a more expressive mask, surely you would have been more impressed? But, sadly, I cannot play a greater role than that given to me.


: Those children, with their town made of sand, are just puppets just like their heroes. The true game is now between you and us.
The Player: Ah, but I cannot leave the body of the Bachelor as long as I am here. It limits me.
Executor: The Bachelor lost his fight for freedom the moment he was born. But what about you? What will you do now?
The Player: I would like to stop the plague, even if it's not a real one.
Executor: But by now you must have understood what this epidemic really was? We weren't really trying to hide it, and you have had plenty of time to think about it.
The Player: Well, even if it started as just a game the kids play in their sandbox, it doesn't stop there. There is more to it.
Executor: But was the plague the real evil? Or is that just the immediate form of something deeper? A tool, just like your bloody scalpels. The plague will leave of it's own. It's too destructive to find a place to live for long. But afterward, other ills will come. War, famine and heresy. The inevitable strife between human beings. Isn't that what you were trying to defeat, in the end?
The Player: Yes. But even then, I have to admit I have become rather attached to this shabby town and it's flawed inhabitants.
Executor: Ah... The town was constructed for your sake, after all. We would be very sorry if you weren't pleased.
The Player: So you are that interested in finding out how I would guide this man we call Daniel?
Executor: Ah, but that is not all there is to it. We would like to be convinced that it was actually you that decided his destiny. Are you sure you didn't just follow the puppet-strings of someone else?
The Player: Hmm... Let me just say I had some help from time to time. But even then, would the game have played out differently if I just fumbled around blindly?
Executor: Oh, I'll say! Even if you would have failed at times, it would certainly have been an interesting story anyway. But if you just follow our directions, you become a puppet yourself.
The Player: You give yourself too much credit, I think. But it certainly was a very interesting story.

Summary: What the hell? Did I just get burned by the developers for using their own walkthrough to get the 'best' ending?