Fauna Plays Outer Wilds: Episode 19 【Death】

[@team4star1]

Gabbro was probably like “man cant wait for the next loop” and then-

[@Akumasama]

They've just been spam-pressing Meditate to next loop, and suddenly gets "You are dead". "Somehow, I'm pretty sure the Hatchling is behind this."

[@dardardarner]

Gabbro watching the credits as well 😭😭

[@dylansalus9159]

One thing I love about this let's play is how often Fauna says "I'll edit that out," and does not edit that out

[@Blex_040]

Yeah that's kinda a running gag in video production, the classical "We'll fix it in post" 😄 (meaning post-production aka video editing)

[@50mt]

My favorite running joke before the White Hole -Shuttle- saga

[@GamingFox666]

The best chat comment: "She's a literal anglerfish."

[@LazyAndael]

58:44 The worst she can say is no.

[@agibitable]

its so over for WHS bros

[@Mirrormn]

"You!? I hate you! What even are you! You're irritating me >:l"

[@Luvatar]

The best part of the stream

[@HiroTeaShi]

Fauna holding the warp core under the light of a red giant while wondering what it does has the same energy as someone holding the pin of a grenade wondering what the little piece of metal did for the heavy metal ball at their feet.

[@michaelbruso]

Fauna: "White hole station must be some hidden end game area you need to take a special warp to!" White Hole Station: Is tutorial

[@BeefBossu]

55:28 Fauna: Oh gosh, I don't know if I'm ready to learn this information. I'm very scared. Sun: I gotchu

[@salixuelas]

glad the white hole station made it to the finals

[@extremely_human8598]

White Hole Station is the MVP of this lore run. It's going to be last one standing.

[@Tomzkk]

Her figuring out she unplugged ATP literally second before the sun exploded her is too good. Overall so much gaming done in this episode. And ending it on the personal "I hate you" directed towards WHS just makes it even better lmao

[@devennoyaro7518]

Fauna death counter Supernova: 11 Fall damage: 6 Run out of oxygen: 13 ATP memory recall: 1 Eaten by fish: 3 Flying into the sun: 7 High speed impact: 4 Crushed by rising sand: 4 Pierced by cacti: 3 Ghost Matter: 6 Burned by the proximity of the sun: 1 Meditation: 16 Sand shower: 1 Engulfed by expansion of the sun: 1 Crashlanding in the quantum moon: 3 True death: 1 Total: 81

[@Mirrormn]

So the death you've been spoilering this whole time is one occasion where she was far enough away from the supernova that the energy from the supernova went into the Ash Twin Project, and it triggered *before* she died. Thus, the Ash Twin Project sent her memories back in time at that point, and since the player's perspective *is the memories*, we lost "contact" with the Fauna from that loop at that point in time. Presumably, that Fauna still died from the supernova mere moments later, but it was after the activation of the ATP, so we couldn't see it.

[@Athenor]

@@Mirrormn I went back and checked it yesterday to confirm, and you are exactly right. It was in episode 2 or 3.

[@omegagiga]

@@Mirrormnmind blown 🤯

[@Treviath]

​@@MirrormnImagine the horror of actually being the person that lives in that specific loop instead of being sent prevous memories. Waiting patiently for the flash back while saying "any moment now", and it never happening.

[@artomdidinchuk9580]

It's a bit disappointing that she got a true death before figuring everything out and going on a vessel run. I feel like knowing you will just be able to reload if you fail lessens the impact of you going on your first run, understanding exactly what you are doing and not knowing what would happen if you fail.

[@Strider_Shinryu]

Fauna, pointing at White Hole Station: "This one is bothering me" Chat: "Yes. Us too."

[@JesseAnderson]

The white hole station is right there chat. If we just take one more step... just through the vessel, at those coordinates... she'll find it

[@GiftingStray]

Past Fauna might be the only person ever to get into the Ash Twin core before the White Hole station love her.

[@painpeko3073]

Saps, take this episode for a lesson, never take something out if you dont know what it is Thanks to the dev who did not chose to delete save data

[@Mirrormn]

I understand the decision to give the player a save they can reload from, but I kinda feel like your punishment for getting a true death is that your ship logs **from that loop** shouldn't be saved.

[@bvddh]

@kurowo A deleted save in this game is fairly minor though. The only real progress that's saved is grabbing the launch codes right at the start and the meditation button. Everything else is just knowledge.

[@Blex_040]

I like this feature so much, it reminds me of what happens when you remove your OS chip in Nier: Automata xD (which is btw an equally brilliant game)

[@SJtre3]

You can really see the effects of Fauna playing this game in multiple different sessions. On one hand sometimes she returns with a solution that came to her in a dream, but on the other hand she forgets information that she discovered 16 episodes ago Thanks goodness theres our beloved ship log to help her out Also I gotta give it to Past Fauna, she figured out the ATP warp solution pretty quick and even had the patience to retry after failing. Is this what they call "character development?!"

[@AmeSame]

There is something cosmically funny about dooming an entire solar system by accident and then less than 10 minutes later claiming that the solar system is in "your capable hands"

[@deadzipper1777]

That was an amazing episode, Fauna guessing that she was about to die only right before it happened was hilarious. I’m also leaning to the idea that she never visited the WHS, and that’s what episode 22 is

[@E-Lykos]

Or that will be her going back to do the DLC maybe?

[@deadzipper1777]

@@E-Lykos I feel like she'll probably save that for next time she goes on a long break.

[@nbewarwe]

@@deadzipper1777 Or maybe a full stream.

[@DownAtrocious]

@@E-Lykos no way she beats the dlc in one episode

[@Mirrormn]

I wonder if maybe episode 22 will be a live stream where she goes over her journey and all the lore and talks about it with chat?

[@Perseus-17]

The bit with the warp core and that bad ending was really funny, it's cool that the game actually lets you 'fail' a bit.

[@waffling0]

there are a couple of ways the game lets you fail like that, it's really fun to stumble on them

[@GeneralNaga67]

I believe there are like.. 8 endings? One of them even ends with a kazoo doing the main theme.

[@slenderMax28]

The first time I played this game, I died before finishing the tutorial so I just got a "game over" and it kicked me to the title screen.

[@PrincessAquos]

Fun fact, in the initial release, before any patches/update to the game, dying with the warp core unplugged would actually delete your entire save file, pffffff

[@korkad_]

I guess its not a spoiler anymore for people that have watched up to this far in the lets play but Ash Twins core and the music that plays when you have the warp core is definitely some of the best discoveries you make in this game Fauna is so close to the eye now its crazy!

[@Turtyo]

the text "Total number of probes launched: 9,318,133" Fauna: reads out loud Also Fauna: "how many probes did they launch ?" But hey, she got the coordinates

[@sniperut]

I was laughing pretty hard at that part NGL

[@BradleyZS]

It's not that ridiculous a question since they only launched 1 probe in reality, causing the launcher to be destroyed.

[@Banana_John]

Hey it could be multiple data sets

[@TheLeviathan1293]

To be fair she was rushing due to the music. No time to think.

[@FinalSampling]

Didn’t she ask that question because she was surprised by the ridiculous number?

[@Justicar_Trueblood]

Fauna: "Why would I want to do that?" Also Fauna: does the thing immediately and without hesitation

[@Erionn.]

Death of my hopes of the white hole station ever being visited

[@CeresFan]

episode 22 surely

[@waffling0]

stinky white hole station

[@BradleyZS]

Maybe she'll visit it when she replays for the DLC.

[@MisterVeeg]

Fauna really figured everything out in one episode or, well, most things. Got a handful of plot threads left (and I'm still salty about not doing the High Energy Lab experiment), but that's some fantastic lore found in one sitting

[@HoscoFelix]

Everyone: will Fauna ever visit WHS? Lava moon: ... notice me pls senpai

[@hunterdot]

I genuinely, truly cannot believe that she basically has all the keys to finish the game and the WHS is just sitting there, mockingly. I'm going to be disappointed if she visits this before finishing the game now, it'd make for the perfect ending if that's the last unexplored section

[@Lishtenbird]

Given that there is one more episode after the end, I won't be surprised if in that one she goes looking for White Hole Station.

[@Thinkcrown]

Can’t get true ending without WHS; it’s the only npc capable of playing the harpsichord.

[@boranblok]

I just booted up the game to visit the WHS a bit and give it some love. (And also to check out if you can see the memory send-back process from the projection pool in the probe tracking module, and you can)

[@RrmanRS]

The fact that the WHS is going to be the last thing she goes to (or not at all) is so hilarious

[@Solizeus]

Poor Shuttle receiving hate at the end

[@Backcornerboys]

One of my favorite bits at this point is that she'll periodically just pause in the lore web to insult the WHS and then move on

[@Treviath]

"shuttle"

[@Ali-cya]

"I hate you. What even are you ?!" 58:44 Poor "shuttle" is not only invisible to her eyes but is even hated for merely existing. ;D

[@ZeezyTop]

We are crushing it right now. Only one more major area to explore left. The White Hole Station

[@Godouuu]

Post-premiere: She did indeed touch the thing that she didn't really know what it did this episode She's in the end game now and everything is all coming together Except for the White Hole Station That is the most elusive mystery of all Looking forward to seeing if she'll finally figure it out maybe in the next episode and how embarrassed she might be

[@EtherSword]

47:14 "don't sniff me" also, the recent episode added to the playlist is probably white hole station cause after this episode, she really has no reason to ever go there now and she probably recorded it cause future fauna saw chat.

[@OnlyYeti]

WHS becoming more mysterious that the eye of the universe

[@Banana_John]

Eye of Universe is nothing compared to the mystery of White Hole -Station- Shuttle

[@kincsespeti]

Probe tracking module saved by ship log, smart move by the devs to include that the player saw it's location through the projection screen.

[@KappaMatty]

One of two things will happen with WHS: 1. Fauna beats the game having never gone there. 2. Fauna spends a couple of loops getting there, only to discover she already knows everything that it could have taught her. She doubles down on how stinky WHS is.

[@aikatsukin]

Fauna skipped the warning that said "DO NOT REMOVE OR YOU WILL DIE FOREVER". All you had to do was turn to the right again But great job solving two of the remaining three biggest mysteries of the game needed to beat it, just one left!

[@Flugmorph]

yeah WHS

[@MrKanti-yy5ux]

Business as usual for our forever impatient distracted kirin.

[@Erionn.]

At least she realized it literally seconds before death

[@nbewarwe]

Hey, at least she still found out, right? In her own unique Fauna way.

[@Zapdos7471]

It’s so cool that the designers made the white hole station the final place you go after teasing its reveal throughout the game 🙃

[@snowboundwhale6860]

A rollercoaster of an episode, and another double breakthrough! With the fact it still illudes her I'm expecting the final episode to be her looking for the WHS for 40 minutes before finishing things up in one last loop.

[@S.N.I.P.]

Dang, the name of today's episode was pretty accurate huh. Can't believe how much progress LP Fauna made today, but I guess that makes sense with how close we are to the end. Can't wait for those last couple parts! So excited!

[@wi11i9m]

Thats why we let Fauna cook (Even thought she may overcook it sometimes) So many blessed sneezes and cute noises these past LP I love it

[@cyanophyceae]

Going straight to the 'bad' ending while lacking critical infromation, this is so Fauna Huuuge progress this episode, kirin so smart! I wonder how things will happen for the last few episodes

[@pochi__]

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[@UnscentedCamel]

Congrats on the first death of the LP! The realization when you take out the core of what's going to happen was another favorite moment in my playthrough. Looking forward to seeing how you mess with the loop in the remaining episodes!

[@JustChiaki]

Man, the wall in the vault where everything comes together is so satisfying. The way this game tells it's story is just fantastic. Seems my initial theory about the ending might be wrong (though also kind of right, because I did think the whole loop being caused by the sun's natural death). And what awaits at the Vessel? -White Hole Shuttle isn't real- Only two episodes to go! Can't wait!

[@doctordd-ey]

Fauna getting in through the Jellyfish was hype

[@Byzantine343]

This was the best episode of the series, some quality Fauna moments. WHS bros are gonna have to wait for that ep. 22 though I'm feeling

[@Kayessi5]

It's all coming together I can't wait to see the conclusion, but I also don't want it to end Thank you for the episode

[@YTPaul3]

Such a lore packed episode. Lot of big reveals and we are so close to finish the Outer Wilds experience man I am excited.

[@holo_fever]

I loved the WHS callout at the end. Past Fauna really knows how to bully the saps! So much good discovery this episode, it felt awesome watching her figure out the jelly fish too!

[@Vorthein]

Poor WHS always getting called stinky and irritating since its one of the few question marks left So so close the ending, really excited to see the last couple bits of information put together and see your reaction

[@ghosty515]

We are certainly in the end game now, and only a few more opportunities to discover the mysteries of the White Hole Station lol! Either way it's been a blast so far and I can't wait to see how everything wraps up! Looking forward to the penultimate episode tomorrow, the Finale and the cheeky episode 22 that was added as well lol! Thanks for the entertainment Fauna!

[@Zannmaster-]

Where were you when Ceres Fauna was kil? What a great episode I can't believe it's almost over. It has been so fun.

[@thomaspiskorski7324]

Holy moly what a great episode. So many fantastic discoveries

[@Sonicmaster2008]

So much lore obtained! Nice! And Past Fauna also found a way to stop the time loop, causing death in the process. I can see we're approaching the end soon! Thanks for the episode Fauna!

[@DrF3lix]

If only there was a white hole station tracking module....

[@CDR_Xreon]

Everything is coming together, and the end game is near. Perhaps a little destruction of the universe along the way, but what lore filled episode

[@noahpilarski]

fauna... this playthrough of outer wilds is the most painful i've ever watched.

[@MidgarMerc]

at this point the warp core itself will teleport her to the WHS

[@YahomieButters]

Today's episode was so good! So much lore and cute excited Fauna moments!

[@Secret_Takodachi]

*GASP* I HAVE TO TAKE THE WARP CORE TO THE VESSEL, BUT IT'S GUARDED BY FEESH! 😭❤ I'm not crying because of WHS, I'm crying because Fauna has "figured it out" despite everything!

[@OneWayOnlyHim]

I'm gonna miss this series as we seem to be nearing the end ! But maybe that just means we get to see Fauna soon too ! Really excited for the next one !

[@emathebird2117]

Excellent progress!!! I'm gonna enjoy the last episodes

[@Bluetanmancan]

Wow, this was an exciting episode, with breakthrough after breakthrough. I sorta figured the last view episoded would be loaded with discoveries, and now one episode is all that seperates us friom the finale! This has been a wonderful journey so far

[@AnnoADI]

55:32 The emotion that every Outer Wilds player feels when that music plays.

[@Godouuu]

Pre-premiere: Ominous title I'm guessing she figured out how to get into a certain place and maybe touched something that she had no idea of what it did

[@sniperut]

Yes... Yes she did 😂

[@Scorns.]

I love how Fauna goes full lore gremlin in this one

[@ChocoLatteDX]

Getting very close to the end and lots of progress made!

[@RedNox64]

So many good moments from this playthrough but Fauna unknowingly taking out the core that's keeping her alive has to be in the top three for sure

[@realkingtom]

I love this game so much and I love watching Fauna play it. Every time she makes a breakthrough I get goosebumps as if I was playing it myself for the first time all over again.

[@roarlandsteelskin6084]

Thank you for the stream Fauna. A lot of question marks getting cleared. Zero-ing on some answers to the mystery.

[@Eldien301]

Amazing progress today Really excited to talk about the game when you return!

[@hantakorys]

As we get closer to the end the cliffhangers are getting worse and worse but also extremely exciting

[@Shometsu7]

“Why would I want to do this? I don’t know.” *does it Also it’s very cute that she looks over where chat would normally be when she’s excited after making a breakthrough

[@crashairsprig]

Thanks for the ep today Fauna! You made so much progress in this one! Genuinely a great job! Now if only that pesky White Hole Station weren't a question mark when it's so clearly destroyed, not to mention that uninteresting shuttle with nothing inside!

[@williamjr3413]

Freight train Fauna has blessed all of our days! MILF

[@Thinkcrown]

Some say the WHS is bigger on the inside, and that when inside it, if you listen closely, you can sometimes hear the faint woeful whispers of Alex Beachum.

[@KenanVonKaiser]

Fauna Is Out Of This World!

[@seemslikely]

Thanks for the stream, Fauna! Amazing progress today! Even with a few blind moments, you stuck it out and found some motherlodes of lore drops! Only one big challenge remains: recognizing the White Hole Station with your own eyes! I kid-- looking forward to your adventure with the anglerfish tomorrow!

[@Styxvalen]

That is an ominous title for sure An interesting one too after the _check notes_ 79 previous deaths (after premiere edit) Fauna cooking those theories just starting All those Fauna noises while waiting for the sand were really blessed, ngl 14:15 She made it to the ATP and all the juicy lore it have, or better said, ALL the important lore needed from the game about the ATP and how the time loop works ...oh no... she missed the important part about the warp core and took it... well o7 31:00 Game Over... Congrats on finishing the game(? Man, she really need glasses, finding the correct module and how to enter took her a lot more than I expected 47:10 Sneeze and sniff Wonder how long it will take her to try the correct way to use the jellyfish... okay, that was fast, she is in! literally! More important lore! this time the coordinates, with that number of probes it means that the loop have been happening for 390 years and a bit, glad that we weren't trapped in it that long Just a bit more for her to be able to put all together and finish the game

[@Gufnorkian]

Well, those deaths didn't actually happen since she remembered taking that trip and consequently decided to make a different trip instead since she had already learned what is to be learned there.

[@JavaStrike]

Sneeze + 1. Bless.

[@circa_dia_n3301]

oh no the title really did mean she yoinked the advanced core and died, with a moment of WHS slander for good measure

[@reisuuuuu]

WHS bros, it's so Faunover. o7

[@Huminei]

Another great episode! I laughed a lot despite the silliness

[@Mace492]

Very proud of you past Fauna! Crazy how you saved so much juicy stuff for the very end, but made this episode absolutely amazing! Looking forward to the last two

[@punpundit5590]

The pace of Fauna's progress has reach the hockey stick curve, I'm so excited!

[@rombo8911]

She's getting closer!

[@InstantRiot]

Another fantastic episode! Lots of progress, really looking forward to seeing how this all ends! Thanks for this great Let's Play!!

[@Medluwu]

WHS believers rise up, episode 20 is our episode

[@Duplucky5]

Great episode too here ! First half was funny because it was like a baby kirin doing a big mistake but didn't understood how to fix it so she was totally panicked and cute at the same time.😄 Second part was great too, she managed to explore a tricky area in one loop and obtained what she needed just before the end of the loops. There is only one thing missing and we will be able to go to the end ! But she said she hated WHS too :(

[@lochie2804]

She currently has all she needs to complete the game without having a need to visit the whs

[@Chooie6]

This goofy kirin really fills me with joy I think a monkey neuron meme with Fauna as the monkey and the activation being a screenshot of the ship log updated is in order

[@Revaxx]

Man I Love Fauna

[@shintori1029]

Oh, I guess she experienced the "death". I expect huge progress in this episode.

[@mra9577]

Past Fauna beats the game today!

[@Kuro_Tokki]

I miss present Fauna but I also don't want this space adventure with past Fauna to end! Also I cannot believe that you called what was going to happen at the very last second before it happened. Almost felt scripted and I couldn't stop laughing

[@boznia9320]

3rd beeg episode in a row for discoveries! We made a trip to the core of Ash Twin, and learned not to take things that look important lol. Also went back and more thoroughly checked out the Orbital Probe Cannon, and found the missing module from the cannon at the core of Giant's Deep! So much lore gained this ep about the Ash Twin Project and the Orbital Probe Cannon, although we had to speedrun some of the latter lore due to o7. Not much left on the Log to fill in, and Past Fauna seems to know what she has to do next. The Endgame is here.

[@zerotwo7319]

This is an important lesson kids. Read the instruction manual.

[@TheLeviathan1293]

58:46 Don't take it out on the White Hole Station :(. It wants you to find it. It's been making an humongous effort to be found by you. But you keep refusing it :( .

[@THT619]

Ship log MVP

[@hashira4869]

WHS arc is so funny lol.

[@brendanleal6823]

Such a NICE RUN. PFauna figured out so much. WHS bros, its FAUNOVER

[@angelquinones9201]

Ready for another great Fauna adventure

[@DeViceCrimsin_]

You can mute windows noises super easy. Right click the speaker symbol. Click on the sound mixer. mute or pull system sounds to 0. Tell Microsoft to (redacted) for good measure. done. yay!