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Joy

Summary

Joy was a tiefling child and daughter of Ennuyé, connected to the Barrier Observatory, clone research, rings, repeated graves, and later invisible pain near the Barrier.

Known Details

  • A vase reads, part of me can be with you while you study all my love - Joy.
  • Ennuyé is Joy’s father.
  • A hidden ring in Mr Snuffles reads: a pact in darkness made in sorrow to bring (no sharpness) back Joy.
  • Joy’s diary records that she was bed-bound, cared for by robots, terminally ill, and disturbed by Daddy’s creepy friend asking about the rings.
  • Six graves were all marked Joy, with clone-spell research nearby.
  • Dirk later saw or heard invisible Joy saying they were in pain and that it burned, asking for help.
  • During a barrier surge at Envi’s lab, Valenth saw Joy heading away, not toward a specific circle.
  • Errol later saw a tiefling child, possibly Joy, looking out of a window at quiet Crater’s Edge around midnight.
  • On Day 42, Joy appeared with Emri as two ghost figures in an Ashkellon dome; Ruby Eye said the rings activate in the Barrier so Joy cannot leave, and that his and Joy’s mother’s sacrifices kept Joy safe and eternal.
  • In the Ashkellon library sequence, Joy warned that they've got him and told the party to go, probably referring to Ruby Eye.
  • Day 43 records Joy’s dislike of Emi’s dark-skinned elf apprentice.
  • Day 44 notes Joy in the old school context around Ennuyé / Thomas, Hannah, and Cardonald’s daughter.
  • On Day 46, an illusion of Joy appeared beyond the map table after the altered Original Goliath Sphinx died, saying she was there because the party had met her and that she was lost and always had been.
  • Day 47 clarifies that Ennuyé sacrificed his wife Hannah Joy so Joy could live, but the attempt failed because Joy could not exist if her mother did not exist.
  • Hartwall lab memory rooms preserved Joy-labelled tea-set papers and confirmed Hannah Joy, Ennuyé’s wife, had been erased from existence.

Timeline

  • day-05: Joy is introduced through observatory visions, images, a teddy ring, and inscriptions.
  • day-06: Her diary, graves, clone chambers, and medical clues reveal repeated attempts to preserve or restore her.
  • day-14: Invisible Joy appears to Dirk in pain.
  • day-16: Memories connect Joy directly to Ennuyé and alarm responses.
  • day-26: Valenth sees Joy leaving during an energy surge at Envi’s lab.
  • day-30: A possible Joy-like tiefling child appears at Crater’s Edge.

Open Questions

  • Which Joy was original?
  • Was Joy poisoned by Slowbane or harmed by shield-crystal-like sickness?
  • Is Joy’s soul trapped, cloned, divided, or otherwise bound by the pact?
  • Was the Crater’s Edge child Joy, a clone, a projection, or bait?
  • Why did Joy need to live eternally, and can she ever leave the Barrier?
  • Who had Ruby Eye when Joy warned they've got him?
  • Why does Day 46 Joy describe herself as lost and always having been lost?
  • If Hannah was erased to save Joy, what part of Joy now exists, remembers, or remains lost?