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The stories you'll tell your kids. The ones you'll never tell your dad.
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19:30What is dad lorefig. 01photocopy of a photocopy

dad lore

/dad lɔːr/ · noun · plural: dad lore · from the Sector 29 dialect

  1. The legendary stories a father tells his children, which get bigger every time he tells them.“and then, beta, your uncle Jayn went to the Moon.”
  2. The stories you do not, under any circumstances, tell your own father.[citation needed]“we were at Toto's. the car never left.”
Told to the kids · 2046

We fought trees on the Moon.

Told to Dad · 06:15 that morning

We were at Toto's.

only one of these is true.
20:00The case file · Gurugram police · Sector 29 P.S.fig. 02do not show dad

Case file
№ 0019/26

DISTRICT Gurugram, Haryana
STATION Sector 29 P.S.
INCIDENT "Everything" (see attached)
TIME 19:00 to 06:00
SUSPECTS 3 (three)
FATHERS Not informed
Do not show Dad
SUSPECT 01Aarvee, booking photo, eyes blacked out1 SUSPECT 02Jayn, booking photo, eyes blacked out2 SUSPECT 03Toto, booking photo, eyes blacked out3
Exhibit A · The lineup · 03:12 a.m.Witness: "number two was on the Moon"
it is his dad's thar
Suspect 01 / 03Booking no. GGN-29-0019-AEntered 03:12Accent: lime

Aarvee the ringleader

Aarvee, booking photo, eyes blacked out
Right thumb
SignatureAarvee's signature, blurred out by the stationObscenex[blurred by order of the SHO]
NameAARVEE
Known as"the ringleader"
RoleDriver. Ringleader. Owner of the red Thar (it is his dad's).
Last seenSector 29, 21:00, at the wheel
AssociatesJayn, Toto
Home addressparents' house. dad is a light sleeper.
Charges
  • Unauthorised use of a father's vehicle
  • Making a plan (badly)
  • Making a second plan (worse)
  • Threatening a police officer (about a Thar)
  • Telling the truth
Statement of the accused
IMPOUNDED? I'll kill you if something happens to my car.
officer's note: threatened an officer on duty. over a car. that is his dad's. officer has asked for a transfer.
Prime suspect
he went to the moon. like, the actual moon.
Suspect 02 / 03Booking no. GGN-29-0019-BEntered 03:19Accent: marigold

Jayn chaos, personified

Jayn, booking photo, eyes blacked out, tongue out
Right thumb
SignatureJayn's signature, blurred out by the stationRedactedx[blurred by order of the SHO]
NameJAYN
Known as"the gunner"
RoleFires from a moving Thar. Later fought trees on the Moon.
Last seenA rooftop, 23:00. Then the Moon (unconfirmed. very confirmed.)
FoundIn an alley. No clothes. No comment.
AssociatesAarvee, Toto, the Ash (hostile)
Charges
  • Discharging a weapon from a moving vehicle
  • Unauthorised lunar travel
  • Assault on a local tree
  • Being like this
Statement of the accused
I really need to piss
officer's note: pupils the size of the moon.
Under the influence (of the Moon)
14 missed calls
Suspect 03 / 03Booking no. GGN-29-0019-CEntered 03:41Accent: magenta

Toto just wants to chill

Toto, booking photo, eyes blacked out
Right thumb
SignatureToto's signature, blurred out by the stationNot a signaturex[blurred by order of the SHO]
NameTOTO
Known as"bro, one sec"
RolePassenger. Peacekeeper. Permanently on a call.
Last seenBack seat of the Thar, on the phone
Missed calls14 (girlfriend: 11. dad: 3.)
Next of kinKow (a cat. his baby.)
Charges
  • Ignoring 14 missed calls
  • Saying "bro, chill" during a police pursuit
  • Being booked last (again)
  • Starting any of this
Statement of the accused
shitty reception here. My girl's gonna kill me
officer's note: "why am i last." - toto
Released (still on the phone)
End of file · 3 of 3 suspects · 0 of 3 fathers informedofficer's note: all three suspects were seen arguing over who drew the better signature. nobody won. signatures blurred.nobody tells Dad about the car.
03:12Interrogation room 2 · Sector 29 P.S.fig. 02btape is rolling

Interrogation
room 2

Ask a question. All three answer. The polygraph decides who's lying. (Everyone. It's everyone.)

interrogation_room_2.mov · sector29-ps.gov.in/tapes● REC×
Questions · tap one

Officer: Tape's rolling. Pick a question on the left.
Aarvee: we want a lawyer.
Jayn: we want chai.
Toto: one sec, on the phone.

21:00The chase · DLN 24×7 live coveragefig. 03cctv, mostly
The red Thar shoving a white police Scorpio on a wet street at night
Red Thar on flyover.
Police in pursuit.
"It was very red and very fast," said an officer, who was not fast.
Not our jurisdiction


Then floor it.

Rooftop to rooftop, then into the Thar and out onto the flyover, with white police Scorpios flanking and blocking. Shove them into the wall. Jump the gap. You pick the music on the Thar stereo; Jayn handles the window.

The red Thar flying over city blocks at night
Cam 01 · Sky21:14:07
A police Scorpio approaching through a barricade
Cam 02 · Barricade21:16:40
A police Scorpio exploding against a building
Cam 03 · Wall21:17:02
Two police Scorpios crashing on the flyover, top-down
Cam 04 · Flyover21:22:51
Jayn firing at a police Scorpio, DHICHKIAO print
Cam 05 · Flyover21:23:09

pausing to say: the moon was very big tonight. normal.

22:00The rooftops · Traversalfig. 04don't look down
Aarvee climbing between balconies on an apartment blockget to the balcony.
Climb · Shimmy · Leap

Every ledge
is a door.

Gurgaon from above: balconies, AC units, water tanks and wire. Climb it, cross it, drop down. The city is the level.

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Wtf are
you on about?

Someone on the roof knows more than she's saying. Pick what Aarvee says back. She'll remember.

Aarvee meets Pocketmaar Chunni on a green-lit rooftop, dialogue choices on screencross the rooftops. don't look down.
Balancing across a plank between rooftops under a stormy skycross the rooftops. don't look down.
Looking up from an alley at towers, wires and an aurora skyget down to the street. phone's ringing.
Gravity
says hi.

One rooftop. One needle he never saw coming. One very long way down. Jayn wakes up in an alley with no clothes, and that's the normal part.

00:00The Moon · Signal lostfig. 05gravity.dll not found
Gurgaon man
reaches Moon
Police say it is not their jurisdiction.

Jayn wakes up somewhere cold, grey and very far from Gurgaon. On the Moon, the trees walk. The Ash are heavy, wooden and breathing, with a glowing core in the chest. They don't vanish when they die. They burn.

Unidentified lunar resident

Ash

Local tree rejects relocation An Ash, a tree creature with a glowing lattice body, outside a lunar base
02:00The bridge · Dhun pe dhulaifig. 06side A
A brawl on a red-lit bridge, enemies outlined, FLOW x13 on screen
A punch lands, DHISHOOM print, comic outline on a dark bridge

dhun pe dhulai

Bridge cleared
Ten men, one song. Police "not even surprised anymore".

Load a tape into the Walkman and fight to the beat of the song you picked. Every hit lands on the music. Hold the flow, counter on the beat, and the bridge is yours.

Apni Mixtape · 7 tapesNow playing Dhan Te Nanpick one
04:00Evidence locker · /stills/fig. 07hover to preview

Index of /dadlore/evidence/

NameLast modifiedSizeDescription
📁 ../-Parent Directory (dad)
🖼️ ???.jpgtonight 19:0079K"she really isn't coming back this time"
🖼️ balcony.jpgtonight 22:04131Ktechnically a door
🖼️ dont_look_down.jpgtonight 22:3198Klooked down
🖼️ street.jpgtonight 22:50224K"i've looked everywhere, man"
🖼️ scorpio_right_side.jpgtonight 21:15164Kshoved it
🔥 scorpio_after.jpgtonight 21:17147Kwas fine
🌕 big_moon.jpgtonight 23:58106Kforeshadowing
🌳 the_ash.jpgtonight 00:40243Kash cleared 0/3
🌳 red_one.jpgtonight 01:02224Kenraged
📼 bridge.jpgtonight 02:00102Kten men, one song
📄 DO_NOT_OPEN_dad.txttonight 03:120empty. obviously.
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05:45Make the news · DLN 24×7fig. 08byou're on air

Make
the news.

Put a name on DLN 24×7. Yours, your friend's, your entire group chat's. Download the card and post it. Nothing you type leaves this page.

What happened

1080 × 1080 · works for posts and stories

05:30Twenty years later · Bedtime, 2046fig. 08the lore

aarvee, 44: …and that, beta, is how your uncle Jayn got to the Moon. And back. Mostly.

kid, 7: papa that's not true.

aarvee: ask your grandfather. actually, don't.

bedtime_story_2046.txt×
Aarvee leaning against a wall in blue light under a starry sky
Every dad has one night.
toto still says it was his idea.
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Dad Lore is a third-person action-adventure from RADR Games. One night. Three friends. Three rescues.

KeywordsRooftops / red Thar / police Scorpios / the Moon / the Ash / dhun pe dhulai / Sector 29 / dad not informed