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=== open ===

'''open''' holds the bulk of Vs. Dave's story and character information, its contents of which are often informally referred to in the community as the "'''3.0(b) lore'''" (as separate from 3.0a, which lacked many of the current parameters with the most significant lore implications). It is highly heterogeneous in subject matter and in-universe authors. Unlike any other command, all but 8 of ''open's'' parameters are case insensitive. 

Many of the entries contain capitalized words, which indicate titles of other entries. This can lead to short chains of parameters being discovered. Some are only one level deep, such as '''open recurser''' containing "ORDER" which leads to '''open order'''. Others can go much deeper. For example, '''open bambi''' contains "GOD", which leads to '''open god''' that contains "EYE", which leads to '''open eye''' that contains "LORD", which leads to the dead-end '''open lord'''. 

8 parameters are character names:

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
|+ 8 characters
|-
! Command !! Current release (3.0b) !! 3.0a
|-
| open '''dave''' ||colspan="2"|Forever lost and adrift.<br>Trying to change his destiny.<br>Despite this, it pulls him by a lead.<br>It doesn't matter to him though.<br>He has a child to feed.
|-
| open '''bambi''' ||A forgotten GOD.<br>The truth will never be known.<br>The extent of his POWERs won't ever unfold. || A forgotten god.<br>The truth will never be known.<br>The extent of his powers won't ever unfold.
|-
| open '''tristan''' ||colspan="2"|The key to defeating the one whose name shall not be stated.<br>A heart of gold that will never become faded.
|-
| open '''moldy''' ||colspan="2"|Let me show you my DS family!
|-
| open '''recurser''' || A being of chaos that wants to spread ORDER.<br>Despite this, his sanity is at the border. || A being of chaos that wants to spread order.<br>Despite this, his sanity is at the border.
|-
| open '''exbungo''' ||colspan="2"|[FAT AND UGLY.]
|-
| open '''expunged''' || [FILE DELETED]<br>[FUCK YOU!] || The End. They weren't created by a beast. <br>They were created by the one who wanted power the leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee<br>[DATA DELETED]<br>[FUCK YOU!]
|-
| open '''boyfriend''' || LOG [REDACTED]<br>A multiversal constant, for some reason. Must dive into further research.  || LOG -1:<br>Beep skeedoop bop! Skeep leep. Skadeep!
|}

In the current source code, ''open expunged'' has a comment stating "[THIS AND EXBUNGOS FILE ARE THE ONLY ONES I HAVE ACCESS TO UNFORTUNATELY. I HATE IT]".

Another 14 parameters are numbers consisting of ''logs'' written by [[Dave]] across the span of several years. Two of the parameters contain new logs in the source code written by [[Muko]]. In 3.0a, the command was "texts" rather than "open".

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
|+ 14 logs
|-
! Command !! Current release (3.0b) !! 3.0a !! Unreleased source code (December 2022)
|-
| open '''1''' ||colspan="2"|LOG 1<br>Hello. I'm currently writing this from in my lab.<br>This entry will probably be short.<br>Tristan is only 3 and will wake up soon.<br>But this is mostly just to test things. Bye. || -
|-
| open '''2''' ||LOG 2<br>I randomly turned 3-Dimensional again, but things were different this time...<br>I appeared in a void with<br>random red geometric shapes scattered everywhere and an unknown light source.<br>What is that place?<br>Can I visit it again? || [DATA CORRUPTED] || -
|-
| open '''3''' ||LOG 3<br>I'm currently working on studying interdimensional dislocation.<br>There has to be a root cause. Some trigger.<br>I hope there aren't any long term side effects. || [DATA CORRUPTED] || -
|-
| open '''4''' ||LOG 4<br>I'm doing various tests on myself, trying to figure out what causes the POLYGONization.<br>It hurts a lot, <br>But I must keep a smile. For Tristan's sake. || LOG 4<br>I'm currently working on studying interdimensional dislocation.<br>There has to be a root cause. Some trigger.<br>I hope there aren't any long term side effects. || -
|-
| open '''5''' ||[FILE DELETED] || [DATA CORRUPTED] || -
|-
| open '''6''' || LOG 6<br>Not infront of Tristan. I almost lost him in that void. I- [DATA DELETED] || LOG 6<br>My interdimensional dislocation appears to be caused by mass amount of stress.<br>How strange.<br>Maybe I could isolate this effect. || -
|-
| open '''7''' ||LOG 7<br>My interdimensional dislocation appears to be caused by mass amount of stress.<br>How strange.<br>Maybe I could isolate this effect somehow? || - || -
|-
| open '''8''' || [FILE DELETED] || - || LOG 8<br>Hey, Muko here. Dave recently called me to assist with the PROTOTYPE.<br>It's been kind of fun. He won't tell me what it does though.
|-
| open '''9''' || [FILE DELETED] || - || -
|-
| open '''10''' ||LOG 10<br>Working on the prototype. || - || -
|-
| open '''11''' ||[FILE DELETED]|| - || -
|-
| open '''12''' ||[FILE DELETED]|| - || LOG 12<br>The prototype going pretty well.<br>Dave still won't tell me what this thing does.<br>I can't figure it out even with the<br>blueprints.<br>I managed to convince him to take a break and<br>go to Cicis Pizza with me and Maldo.<br>He brought Tristan long as well. It was fun.<br>-Maldo
|-
| open '''13''' ||[FILE DELETED]|| - || -
|-
| open '''14''' ||LOG 14<br>I need to stop naming these numerically its getting confusing.|| - || -
|}

Note: While LOG 12 is signed off by [[Minor Characters#Maldo|Maldo]], this may be an error. Given that the log states "''still''" and refers to Maldo as a third party, the most likely author is actually [[Muko]].

A third category of parameters consist of 15 singular words including nouns and verbs. All were released with the 3.0b update.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
|+ 15 parameters
|-
! Command !! Current release (3.0b)
|-
| open '''god'''<br>open '''artifact1''' || Artifact 1:<br>A stone with symbols and writing carved into it.<br>Description:Its a figure that has hundreds of EYEs all across its body.<br>Notes: Why does it look so much like Bambi?
|-
| open '''eye''' || Our LORD told us that he would remove one of his eyes everyday.<br>He tells me that he's doing this to save us.<br>That he might one day become unreasonable and we need to have faith in ourselves.<br>...<br>Please, I promise you that's what he said. I-I'm not lying.<br>Don't hurt me.
|-
| open '''lord''' || A being of many eyes. A being so wise. He gives it all up to ensure, that the golden one will have a bright future.
|-
| open '''artifact2''' || Artifact 2:<br>An almost entirely destroyed red robe.<br>Description: A red robe. <br>It has a symbol that resembles Bambi's hat, etched on it.
|-
| open '''artifact3''' || Artifact 3:<br>A notebook, found on the floor of the 3D realm.<br>Notes: I haven't bothered with the cypher yet.<br>I have more important matters.
|-
| open '''artifact4''' || "Artifact" 4:<br>A weird email, with attached images that use the same cypher as Artifact 3.<br>Notes: Who sent this?
|-
| open '''deleted''' || The unnamable [sic] never was a god and never will be. Just an accident.
|-
| open '''prototype''' || Project <P.R.A.E.M><br>Notes: The SOLUTION.<br>Estimated Build Time: 2 years.
|-
| open '''solution''' || I feel every ounce of my being torn to shreds and reconstructed with some parts removed.<br>I can hear the electronical hissing of the machine.<br>Every fiber in my being is begging me to STOP.<br>I don't.
|-
| open '''stop''' || A reflection that is always wrong now has appeared in his dreams.<br>It's a part thats now missing.<br>A chunk out of his soul.
|-
| open '''order''' || What is order? There are many definitions. Recurser doesn't use any of these though.<br>They want to keep everything the way they love it.<br>To them, that's order.
|-
| open '''power''' || [I HATE THEM.] [THEY COULD'VE HAD SO MUCH POWER, BUT THEY THREW IT AWAY.]<br>[AND IN THAT HEAP OF UNWANTED POWER, I WAS CREATED.]
|-
| open '''birthday''' || Sent back to the void, a shattered soul encounters his broken <reflection>.
|-
| open '''polygonized'''<br>open '''polygon'''<br>open '''3D''' || He will never be <free>.
|-
| open '''p.r.a.e.m''' || Name: Power Removal And Extraction Machine<br>Progress: Complete<br>Notes: Took longer than expected. Tristans 7th BIRTHDAY is in a month.
|}



The words contained in angled brackets - p.r.a.e.m, free, and reflection - are the parameters necessary for the '''vault''' command. When the command is used, the final additional 8 parameters are revealed. Each parameter is an English word encoded in base64. These 8 parameters are case sensitive, likely due to the fact that base64 encoding is, also, case sensitive; changing the casing of letters changes the base text. Two have been removed and one has been added in the current source code.


{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
|+ 8 base64 ciphers
|-
! Command !! Current release (3.0b) !! Unreleased source code (December 2022)
|-
| open '''cCGVyZmVjdGlvbg'''<br>''"perfection"'' || [BLADE WOULD'VE BEEN PERFECT. BUT DAVE HAD TO REFUSE.] || [BLADE WOULD'VE BEEN PERFECT. THE GOLDEN WARRIOR. BUT DAVE HAD TO REFUSE. HE HAD TO LIE TO ME. LIAR. LIAR.]
|-
| open '''bGlhcg'''<br>''"liar"'' || LOG 331<br>I refuse to put Tristan through the torture that is P.R.A.E.M. Especially for [DATA EXPUNGED]. Not now. Not ever. || -
|-
| open '''YmVkdGltZSBzb25n'''<br>''"bedtime song"'' || Even when you're feeling blue.<br>And the world feels like its crumbling around you.<br>Just know that I'll always be there.<br>I wish I knew, everything that will happen to you.<br>But I don't, and that's okay.<br>As long as I'm here you'll always see a sunny day. || -
|-
| open '''dGhlIG1lZXRpbmcgcDE='''<br>''"the meeting p1"'' || Conversation Log (1/2)<br>Recurser: You're Dave<br>[Dave turns around abruptly, startled.]<br>Dave: Uh. Yeah.<br>Recurser: I've been watching.<br>Dave: ...<br>Recurser: Why are you 3D? Can you stop?<br>Dave: I... don't know. And if I would, I could.<br>Recurser: Out of Order. This... isn't what you do.<br>Dave: "Out of Order..?" || ''Removed.''
|-
| open '''dGhlIG1lZXRpbmcgcDI='''<br>''"the meeting p2"'' || Conversation Log (2/2)<br>Recurser: Yeah. Things aren't the way they are supposed to be. Wrong.<br>Dave: I can... agree.<br>Recurser: And... what about [DATA EXPUNGED]<br>[Dave Freezes]<br>Dave: How did you-<br>Recurser: I already have explained. I've been watching.<br>Dave: ... <br>Dave:Can you help me..?<br>Dave: You spend a lot of time around this... place. Can you prevent [DATA EXPUNGED] from messing things up please...<br>Recurser: I'll stop them from causing things to go Out of Order.<br>Dave: Thank you... || ''Removed.''
|-
| open '''Y29udmVyc2F0aW9u'''<br>''"conversation"'' || - || Log 336<br>I encountered some entity in the void today.<br>Called me "Out of Order".<br>It mentioned [DATA EXPUNGED] and I asked it for help.<br>I don't know if I can trust it but I don't really have<br>any other options.
|-
| open '''YXJ0aWZhY3QzLWE='''<br>''"artifact3-a"'' || http://gg.gg/davetabase-artifact3 || -
|-
| open '''YmlydGhkYXk='''<br>''"birthday"'' || http://gg.gg/davetabase-birthday || -
|-
| open '''ZW1haWw='''<br>''"email"'' || http://gg.gg/davetabase-mysterious-email|| -
|}