Reflection/Dialogues
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Madeline carries Theo to a campfire and waits for him to wake up
- Madeline: "Theo, you're awake!"
- Theo: "Am I? I'm skeptical..."
- Theo: "I had a messed up nightmare."
- Madeline: "Yeah, about that..."
- Theo: "Wait..."
- Theo: "Oh, yep, it's all coming back to me now."
- Theo: "That actually happened."
- Theo: "Thanks for getting us out of there."
- Madeline: "I'm glad we were in it together."
- Madeline: "I don't know if I could've done that alone."
Dialogue choice
- Theo: "How long was I out for?"
- Theo: "What's really going on here?"
Theo: "How long was I out for?"
- Theo: "How long was I out for?"
- Madeline: "It must've been a few hours..."
- Theo: "Man, what a ride."
- Madeline: "Tell me about it."
- Madeline: "Are you okay?"
- Theo: "I mean, aside from the existential crisis?"
- Theo: "Yeah, I'm fine."
Theo: "What's really going on here?"
- Theo: "Clearly, This isn't a normal Mountain."
- Theo: "What's really going on here?"
- Madeline: "I should've told you sooner."
- Madeline: "Back at the old ruins. a... Part of me escaped from a mirror."
- Madeline: "A part I'm not very proud of."
- Madeline: "I swear I dreamt it."
- Theo: "You think the Mountain made her real?"
- Madeline: "Yeah."
- Madeline: "She's been haunting me the whole time."
- Madeline: "She lashed out at Mr. Oshiro."
- Madeline: "I think she was the reason the gondola stalled out."
- Madeline: "And she was there, in the temple."
- Theo: "..."
- Theo: "Why didn't you say something?"
- Theo: "I wouldn't have gone into that temple if I knew what this Mountain was capable of..."
- Madeline: "I tried to stop you."
- Theo: "You could've mentioned that your demon doppelgänger was on the loose."
- Madeline: "Come on, Theo."
- Madeline: "You know how crazy this sounds."
- Madeline: "I didn't even believe myself."
- Theo: "Okay, okay."
- Theo: "I understand."
- Theo: "Next time just talk to me, though."
- Theo: "I promise I'll believe you."
- Madeline: "Okay."
Dialogue choice
- Madeline: "Why is it so easy for you to trust me?"
- Madeline: "Thank you, for believing in me back there."
Madeline: "Why is it so easy for you to trust me?"
- Madeline: "Why is it so easy for you to trust me?
- Madeline: "Seriously, you barely know me."
- Theo: "Honestly?"
- Theo: "You remind me of my sister."
- Madeline: "That's adorable."
- Madeline: "What's she like?"
- Theo: "Oh, you'd love her!"
- Theo: "Actually, you might not get along at first..."
- Theo: "But you'd eventually love her."
- Theo: "She's a literal rockstar."
- Madeline: "She's a musician?"
- Madeline: "That's so cool!"
- Theo: "Okay, she's not literally a literal rockstar."
- Theo: "Alex is just... amazing at everything."
- Theo: "She's studying to be a civil rights lawyer."
- Madeline: "Wow!"
- Madeline: "How do I remind you of her?"
- Theo: "You both live so deep inside your own heads."
- Madeline: "Oh..."
- Theo: "Alex has this amazing internal compass."
- Theo: "It's obvious that she'll get where she needs to be."
- Theo: "I can see that in you too."
- Theo: "I wish I could say the same for myself."
Madeline: "Thank you, for believing in me back there."
- Madeline: "Thank you, Theo."
- Madeline: "...for believing in me back there, I mean."
- Theo: "Believing in you was the easy part."
- Theo: "I wish I could've helped."
- Theo: "I was pretty useless, stuck in that thing."
- Madeline: "You actually helped a lot."
- Madeline: "Honestly, I couldn't have made it without your support."
Dialogue choice
- Theo: "Who do you think built the temple?"
- Madeline: "Your sister sounds great, I really remind you of her?"
Theo: "Who do you think built the temple?"
- Theo: "Who do you think built the temple?"
- Madeline: "It looks ancient..."
- Madeline: "It must predate everything else on the Mountain. The resort, the ruins, the city..."
- Theo: "There's a lot of history here."
- Madeline: "Yeah."
- Madeline: "This Mountain has meant so many things to so many people."
- Madeline: "I'm starting to understand why that crazy old lady lives here."
- Theo: "You ran into her too?"
- Theo: "What's her deal?"
- Madeline: "I think she's just a mean person."
- Madeline: "...but she does seem pretty content living out here."
Madeline: "Your sister sounds great, I really remind you of her?"
- Madeline: "Your sister sounds great, I really remind you of her?"
- Theo: "Are you kidding me?"
- Theo: "You're the one who's dead set on climbing this Mountain."
- Theo: "And you don't even know why."
- Theo: "That's classic Alex."
- Madeline: "..."
- Theo: "I'm just teasing you."
- Theo: "Why are you climbing this Mountain, anyways?"
- Madeline: "You're right, I don't even know why."
- Madeline: "I just had to get out of my head."
- Madeline: "I'm stuck in a cycle."
- Theo: "You're preaching to the choir here."
- Theo: "I've had many a soul-destroying day job."
- Madeline: "Work is fine actually, I just..."
- Madeline: "..."
- Madeline: "I'm going crazy."
- Madeline: "I can't stop thinking about dumb crap that doesn't matter."
- Madeline: "My brain fixates on these stupid things that happened forever ago."
- Madeline: "I should be over them."
- Madeline: "None of it even matters."
- Madeline: "..."
- Madeline: "I'm good at keeping up appearances, but the truth is I'm barely holding it together."
- Theo: "I'm sorry, that's pretty rough stuff."
- Theo: "Can I help?"
- Madeline: "You're already helping."
- Madeline: "It feels good to say it out loud."
- Theo: "You don't talk to anyone about it?"
- Madeline: "No... not really."
- Madeline: "My mom knows I get depressed, and have panic attacks."
- Madeline: "That's about it."
- Theo: "No wonder you feel trapped."
- Theo: "How do you cope with... anything?"
- Madeline: "I drink, mostly."
- Madeline: "And get mad at people on the internet."
Dialogue choice
- Madeline: "What brought you to the Mountain?"
- Theo: "Would you mind talking about what depression is like?"
- Madeline: "I should get some sleep." (this choice ends the conversation)
Madeline: "What brought you to the Mountain?"
- Madeline: "How about you?"
- Madeline: "What brought you to the Mountain?"
- Theo: "I'm just kind of bumming around."
- Theo: "As usual."
- Theo: "I started this new job in Seattle."
- Theo: "I thought I finally knew what I was supposed to be doing with my life..."
- Theo: "But I hated it."
- Theo: "So I quit after a week and hopped a bus to Canada."
- Theo: "I just felt this urge to... get lost in the middle of nowhere."
- Theo: "..."
- Theo: "Now that I'm saying it out loud, I realize how flakey it sounds."
- Madeline: "It just sounds like you're under a lot of pressure."
- Theo: "Not really."
- Theo: "Everyone is so patient with me."
- Theo: "Though I guess I am putting a lot of pressure on myself."
- Theo: "People always think I'm comparing myself to Alex, but I swear that isn't the problem."
- Theo: "I'm just worried that I'll never figure out where I'm going."
- Madeline: "You said you wanted to feel lost."
- Madeline: "Maybe you should just embrace that for now."
- Theo: "Maybe."
Theo: "Would you mind talking about what depression is like?"
- Theo: "Would you mind talking about what depression is like?"
- Madeline: "..."
- Madeline: "It sucks."
- Theo: "Yeah, but what does it feel like?"
- Theo: "Alex struggles with it too, I really want to understand."
- Theo: "We can talk about something else if you want."
- Madeline: "..."
- Madeline: "It's like..."
- Madeline: "I'm at the bottom of the ocean."
- Madeline: "I can't see anything in any direction."
- Madeline: "It's claustrophobic, yet I feel exposed."
- Madeline: "..."
- Madeline: "I remember feeling normal."
- Madeline: "But now it feels just out of reach, no matter what I try."
- Madeline: "Then again, I was probably always messed up."
- Madeline: "It just took something hurtful to bring it out."
- Madeline: "There must be something wrong with me."
- Theo: "Whatever happened, I'm sure it's not your fault."
- Madeline: "I guess I thought that I could..."
- Madeline: "I don't know."
- Madeline: "I'm just floating in this abyss, swimming in a random direction."
- Madeline: "Hoping that I find something."
- Madeline: "That's really why I'm here."
- Madeline: "..."
- Madeline: "But I can't escape myself."
- Madeline: "I'm literally fighting myself the entire way."
- Madeline: "Maybe this is all pointless."
- Theo: "Madeline, you just saved my life."
- Theo: "That's not pointless."
- Madeline: "Yeah..."
- Theo: "Look, you're a good person."
- Theo: "You're a little intense, but you're a good person."
- Theo: "I think you're just trying to push out of that rut you're stuck in."
- Theo: "That's a totally legit reason to climb the Mountain!"
- Madeline: "Maybe."
- Madeline: "That's... helpful."
- Theo: "This Part of You that's haunting you, maybe she comes with the territory."
- Madeline: "So you think I'm stuck with her forever?"
- Theo: "Well, she's stuck with you, too."
- Madeline: "That's not helpful."
Dialogue choice
- Theo: "So you want to destroy this Part of You?"
- Theo: "Why not take a vacation instead?"
- Madeline: "I should get some sleep." (this choice ends the conversation)
Theo: "So you want to destroy this Part of You?"
- Theo: "So you want to destroy this Part of You?"
- Theo: "Won't that hurt you, too?"
- Madeline: "If I don't she's just going to keep bullying me."
- Madeline: "She says she's protecting me, but that's obviously not true."
- Theo: "Maybe she thinks she is."
- Theo: "She could be some kind of... twisted defense mechanism."
- Madeline: "Honestly, who cares?"
- Madeline: "She has so much control over me."
- Madeline: "I hate it."
- Theo: "Maybe you can learn to control her instead."
- Madeline: "The feather helps a lot."
- Madeline: "Thanks for teaching me that."
- Theo: "Just one of my grandpa's many nuggets of wisdom."
Theo: "Why not take a vacation instead?"
- Theo: "Why not take a vacation instead?"
- Madeline: "What do you mean?"
- Theo: "Dude, you needed a change so you chose to climb a Mountain..."
- Theo: "Why not do something relaxing instead?"
- Theo: "Go to Hawaii, or like, take a bath."
- Madeline: "..."
- Madeline: "I guess I feel like I needed to accomplish something."
- Theo: "It sounds like you have enough on your plate already."
- Madeline: "I guess it is kind of extreme."
- Madeline: "But that's how I am."
- Madeline: "I need something to challenge me."
- Madeline: "And I can't just do something a little bit."
- Madeline: "It's all of me, or nothing."
Dialogue choice
- Madeline: "Are you close to your grandpa?"
- Madeline: "I should get some sleep." (this choice ends the conversation)
Madeline: "Are you close to your grandpa?"
- Madeline: "Are you close to your grandpa?"
- Theo: "Yeah... I was."
- Madeline: "Oh... I'm sorry."
- Theo: "It's okay, that's just how it is".
- Madeline: "..."
- Theo: "All I can do is stay positive."
- Theo: "And live a meaningful life, because that's what he would want."
- Madeline: "I'm so sorry, Theo."
- Theo: "Thanks."
Dialogue choice
- Madeline: "What else did you learn from grandpa?"
- Madeline: "I want to remember this night..." (this choice ends the conversation)
Madeline: "What else did you learn from grandpa?"
- Madeline: "What else did you learn from grandpa?"
- Theo: "So much stuff!"
- Theo: "Actually, he was the one who told me about Celeste Mountain."
- Theo: "He always said that this place changed his life."
- Theo: "After I quit my job in Seattle, I realized how close I was to it."
- Theo: "I felt like he was telling me to come here."
- Theo: "Grandpa said that the Mountain was "special"."
- Madeline: "Do you think he went through the temple like us?"
- Madeline: "Do you think he understood the power of the Mountain?"
- Theo: "He never talked about what happened here."
- Madeline: "I doubt your grandpa was as messed up as me..."
- Madeline: "His experience was probably les... violent."
- Theo: "He found the Mountain before I was born."
- Theo: "I don't know what he was like before that."
- Theo: "I wonder what he learned about himself here..."
Conversation ending dialogue choices
- Madeline: "I want to remember this night..."
- Madeline: "I should get some sleep."
Madeline: "I want to remember this night..."
- Madeline: "You know what?"
- Madeline: "I want to remember this night..."
- Madeline: "Let's take a selfie!"
- Theo: "I thought you'd never ask."
Madeline and Theo take a selfie together
- Madeline: "Y'know, despite everything, I feel pretty good right now."
- Theo: "Wait a second..."
- Theo: "You're going to reach the summit tomorrow!"
- Madeline: "Don't jinx it."
- Madeline: "...yeah, I'm excited."
- Madeline: "I'm ready to put this all behind me."
- Theo: "I'll be cheering you on."
- Theo: "We should get some sleep."
- Madeline: "Okay, goodnight, Theo."
- Madeline: "Thanks for... being cool."
- Theo: "What can I say? It comes naturally."
They both go to sleep.
Madeline: I should get some sleep.
- Madeline: "I should get some sleep."
- Theo: "Oh, are you sure you don't want to keep talking?"
- Theo: "I'm tired too, but we have a lot to talk about."
Dialogue Choice
- Madeline: "You're right, I can sleep later."
- Madeline: "Yeah, sorry, I'm really tired."
Madeline: "You're right, I can sleep later."
- Madeline: "You're right, I can sleep later." (this brings you back to the previous choice screen at the time)
Madeline: "Yeah, sorry, I'm really tired."
- Madeline: "Yeah, sorry, I'm really tired."
- Madeline: "You know what?"
- Madeline: "I want to remember this night..."
- Madeline: "Let's take a selfie!"
- Theo: "I thought you'd never ask."
Madeline and Theo take a selfie together
- Madeline: "Y'know, despite everything, I feel pretty good right now."
- Theo: "Wait a second..."
- Theo: "You're going to reach the summit tomorrow!"
- Madeline: "Don't jinx it."
- Madeline: "...yeah, I'm excited."
- Madeline: "I'm ready to put this all behind me."
- Theo: "I'll be cheering you on."
- Theo: "We should get some sleep."
- Madeline: "Okay, goodnight, Theo."
- Madeline: "Thanks for... being cool."
- Theo: "What can I say? It comes naturally."
They both go to sleep.
Starjump[edit | edit source]
Madeline gets high in the sky with a view of the northern lights thanks to some golden feathers and begins floating in circles with Badeline
- Madeline: "The northern lights are so beautiful."
- Badeline: "Yeah... they are..."
- Badeline: "..."
- Badeline: "Where are we?"
- Madeline: "We need to talk."
- Badeline: "...okay."
- Madeline: "I finally understand who you are."
- Madeline: "You're not my true reflection."
- Badeline: "...I'm not?"
- Madeline: "You're everything I need to leave behind."
- Madeline: "You're cruel, paranoid, controlling..."
- Badeline: "Why would you say that?"
- Madeline: "No, it's okay!"
- Madeline: "I understand now."
- Madeline: "I don't need you anymore."
- Badeline: "So you're just... abandoning me?"
- Madeline: "I'm setting you free."
- Madeline: "We'll both be so much happier."
- Badeline: "You're so..."
- Badeline: "so..."
- Badeline: "...so stupid!"
- Badeline: "You think you can just leave me behind?"
- Badeline: "You think you can blame everything on me?"
- Badeline: "You think you're above me!?"
- Badeline: "ANSWER ME!"
Badeline takes hold of Madeline with one of her hair-tentacles.
- Madeline: "Calm down, please..."
- Badeline: "Calm down!?"
Badeline begins spinning around Madeline in circles.
- Madeline: "Breathe, Madeline."
- Madeline: "Use the feather."
This begins a feather breathing minigame that quickly gets interrupted
- Badeline: "You're going to think about a feather to stop me?"
Badeline destroys the feather
- Badeline: "You are not above me."
- Badeline: "And you can't climb this Mountain."
- Badeline: "It's time to accept that."
Badeline pulls Madeline downwards forcefully back into the Campfire area
- Theo: "Madeline, what's happening!?"
The floor breaks beneath Madeline and she falls a great length down the mountain
Hollows[edit | edit source]
Madeline encounters a reflective crystal and looks at herself in the reflection
- Madeline: "I was so close."
- Madeline: "It's over now."
- Madeline: "Why won't she leave me alone."
- Madeline: "I hate her."
- Madeline: "..."
- Madeline: "..."
- Madeline: "But she's Part of Me."
- Madeline: "I'll never be able to get rid of her."
- Madeline: "And she was right."
- Madeline: "I couldn't climb the Mountain."
Reflection[edit | edit source]
Madeline stumbles upon Granny.
- Granny: "Oh, hello again."
- Madeline: "Of course you're here."
- Granny: "Callin' it quits I see."
- Madeline: "No, I fell."
- Madeline: "It's over."
- Granny: "That's probably for the best."
- Granny: "The Mountain doesn't pull any punches."
- Madeline: "Yeah, I get it."
- Madeline: "I wasn't strong enough to climb your stupid Mountain."
- Madeline: "You can laugh at me again if you want."
Granny laughs at Madeline for a second.
- Madeline: "I didn't mean actually laugh..."
- Granny: "Sometimes you gotta know when to throw in the towel."
- Granny: "You'll get over it."
- Madeline: "You know what?"
- Madeline: "I had a lot of time to think, climbing out of this cave..."
- Madeline: "And I'm already over it."
- Madeline: "That Part of Me was right, I can't do this."
- Madeline: "I'll just... go home to my sad life and be miserable forever."
- Granny: "You clearly aren't over it."
- Madeline: "Shut up, I know."
- Madeline: "I don't want to give up..."
- Madeline: "But no matter how hard I try, she sabotages me every step of the way."
- Granny: "A lot of kids come here to climb this Mountain, only to give up."
- Granny: "It's a shame that you fell, I was starting to think you'd make it."
- Madeline: "What makes me so special?"
- Granny: "I've never met someone so angry at themself."
Granny starts laughing
- Granny: "Honestly, I thought you'd reach the summit only to spite yourself."
- Madeline: "Gee, thanks."
Granny stops laughing
- Granny: "This girl you're talking about, it sounds like she's holding you back."
- Granny: "Talk to her."
- Granny: "Figure out why she's so scared."
- Madeline: "You think she's... scared?"
- Madeline: "I guess I never thought of it that way."
- Granny: "Stop wasting both of our time and ask her."
- Granny: "What have you got to lose?"
Talking to Granny a second time.
- Madeline: "I don't know how to find her..."
- Granny: "She's Part of You, right?
- Granny: "If you look for her, she won't take long to find."
- Madeline: "So you know about the Mountain's power."
- Granny: "Of course I know, I live here."
- Granny: "I tried to warn you."
- Madeline: "You need to work on your messaging."
- Granny: "A glimpse at the truth is good for people."
- Granny: "Even if most can't accept what they see."
- Granny: "There's no shame in running back to your car and driving away."
- Granny: "Some day you'll be ready, then you'll come back."
- Madeline: "..."
- Madeline: "No."
- Madeline: "I'm going to see this through."
- Madeline: "No more running."
- Granny: "I thought so."
- Granny: "Good luck."
Talking to Granny a third time.
- Madeline: "How can you stand living here?"
- Madeline: "Isn't it hard to deal with this all the time?"
- Granny: "It's true, you never really get used to it."
- Granny: "But it keeps me sharp."
- Granny: "I like that about it."
- Madeline: "But the Mountain is so... confrontational."
- Granny: "Sure, it doesn't beat around the bush."
- Granny: "Celeste Mountain is a place of healing, dear."
- Granny: "The first step of healing is confronting the problem."
- Granny: "It's never easy."
- Madeline: "Tell me about it."
Rock Bottom[edit | edit source]
Madeline finds Badeline after following her hair-tentacles.
- Badeline: "Looking for me?"
- Badeline: "I thought you were done with me."
- Madeline: "That was a mistake."
- Madeline: "I'm sorry."
- Badeline: "You think you've got it all figured out."
- Badeline: "You think you don't need me."
- Madeline: "I said I'm sorry."
- Madeline: "We need to move past this."
- Badeline: "You expect me to trust you?"
- Madeline: "You aren't innocent here either."
- Madeline: "..."
- Madeline: "But I know you're scared."
- Madeline: "Look, we're at rock bottom."
- Madeline: "There's no point in fighting."
- Badeline: "I can keep digging."
- Badeline: "I could pull us down to the center of the earth."
- Madeline: "What would be the point?"
- Madeline: "let's climb out of here together."
- Badeline: "Come close to me and I'll make you regret it."
Madeline approaches Badeline, initiating the Badeline boss fight/chase sequence
During the Badeline boss fight/chase sequence
- Badeline: "I did you a favor."
- Badeline: "You aren't a mountain climber."
- Badeline: "I'm just trying to help you!"
- Badeline: "None of this would have happened if you had listened to me!"
Boss fight/chase sequence end
Madeline approaches Badeline who is looking away from her sitting in a fetal position on the ground.
- Badeline: "Fine."
- Badeline: "You win."
- Badeline: "I guess you don't need me after all."
- Badeline: "If you want me to go away, I'll try."
- Madeline: "That's not what I want."
- Madeline: "I need your help now more than ever."
- Madeline: "Please. Let's work together."
- Badeline: "Work together?"
- Badeline: "You're joking, right?"
Madeline places her hand on Badeline's shoulder
- Madeline: "It's okay to be scared."
Badeline's hair-tentacles disappear from the area.
- Badeline: "..."
Madeline and Badeline hug, resulting in Badeline allowing herself to fuse with Madeline.
Resolution[edit | edit source]
Madeline and Badeline climb up the cave thanks to their double dash and the Badeline Orb
- Madeline: "How did we do that?"
- Madeline: "If we can climb like that, maybe we can still reach the summit!"
- Badeline: "You still want to climb the Mountain?"
- Badeline: "Why would we go back up there?"
Granny approaches both of them
- Granny: "It's good to see you two playing nice."
- Madeline: "Hey, thanks for talking some sense into me earlier."
- Granny: "Don't mention it."
- Granny: "I'm glad I can still be useful every now and then."
An offscreen unknown voice shouts:
- ???: "Madeline!!!"
Theo walks up to Madeline and looks exhausted.
- Theo: "Madeline! You're okay!"
- Theo: "I ran down to help, but it looks like you're doing fine."
- Madeline: "Thanks, Theo."
- Madeline: "Honestly, maybe that fall was what I needed."
- Theo: "Is this the Part of You that you were talking about?"
- Theo: "She's like an adorable goth Madeline!"
- Badeline: "Hi."
- Madeline: "You were right, Theo."
- Madeline: "I shouldn't be afraid of her."
- Madeline: "If her and I work together, I think we can still finish the climb."
- Theo: "That's so rad!"
- Badeline: "Wait, no."
- Badeline: "...I didn't agree to this."
- Badeline: "You said we'd talk about things first."
- Madeline: "You're right."
- Madeline: "I understand that you're scared."
- Madeline: "But we both know that this is something we want to do."
- Madeline: "We have to try one last time."
- Theo: "Yeah! You've got this!"
- Badeline: "I don't know..."
- Badeline: "We were so close, and then we, uh, fell..."
- Badeline: "The Mountain tore us apart."
- Madeline: "Yeah, that happened."
- Madeline: "But I have to believe we can put that behind us."
- Madeline: "I have to believe we're capable of this."
- Granny: "It's not a bad idea."
- Granny: "It'll still be difficult, mind you."
- Granny: "But I'm amazed you got as far as you did, butting heads like you were."
- Granny: "I reckon you can make it if you cooperate."
- Badeline: "..."
- Badeline: "Okay."
- Badeline: "I'll try."
- Theo: "Can I help?"
- Madeline: "You've already done so much for me."
- Theo: "Let me hold your bag at least."
- Madeline: "Good idea."
- Madeline: "This won't take long."
Madeline drops her bag.