FOREST PLAYGROUND

FOREST PLAYGROUND
Quests	LOST BALL, DAISY'S DILEMMA
BGM	Let's Get Together Now!

FOREST PLAYGROUND is a area located within VAST FOREST in OMORI. This place is where the youthful residents of HEADSPACE gather to have fun and play around.

GEOGRAPHY

The FOREST PLAYGROUND is a large colorful playground located south of the STUMP. The VAST FOREST surrounds the east and west entrances of the PLAYGROUND. At the north entrance of the area, one of MARI's various picnics is set up on the left. There is also one of the many floating mirrors scattered around HEADSPACE. There are many toys, trees, eggs and characters scattered around the space. It is filled with many playground essentials such as swings, monkey bars, a slide, a tetherball pole, and hopscotch.

On the top left area of the area features a poster that constantly changes as the story progresses, ranging from an WANTED POSTER of BOSS to a promotion of the show SWEETHEART's QUEST FOR HEARTS. There is also a nearby MAILBOX that sells items consisting of CANDY, APPLE JUICE, JACKS and PRESENTS.

OMORI can also interact with SHAWN and REN to obtain the skill OBSERVE, after the hide-and-seek minigame. The player can complete a total of two quests, which consist of BERLY'S LOST BALL and DAISY'S DILEMMA. For the first quest, BERLY will join the party in search of the missing tetherball within VAST FOREST. Completing this quest will grant AUBREY the skill HEADBUTT and a BUTT CERTIFICATE. Interacting with BERLY again afterwards increases AUBREY's MP by 20 JUICE.

As for the second quest, the group must head over to OTHERWORLD's JUNKYARD to dig out the FLOWER PUZZLE needed for completion and acquiring the DAISY (CHARM) once OMORI overcomes his fear of heights.

STORY

PROLOGUE - THREE DAYS LEFT

After having made plans to meet up with MARI and BASIL at the FOREST PLAYGROUND, OMORI and friends leave NEIGHBOR'S ROOM and head over to VAST FOREST. The group finds many young denizens playing around while spotting MARI and BASIL. OMORI and friends proceed to join them in their picnic.

After chatting and looking at BASIL's PHOTO ALBUM, BASIL proposes an invitation for the group to visit his house, which is south of the playground. The group can interact with the characters playing on the playground equipment before leaving the area. Before they can leave, the group is stopped by the rowdy BERLY, who wants them to play hide and seek with everyone. OMORI ends up being chosen but ends up finding almost everyone.

While searching for BASIL, OMORI and friends discover him being held hostage by the local bully BOSS. BOSS is upset that none of them invited him for the game and refuses to let go of BASIL. The group then engages in combat against BOSS, only prevailing at the last moment due to OMORI's willpower. After saving BASIL, the friend group (excluding MARI) head over to BASIL'S HOUSE without any interruptions aside from a few LOST SPROUT MOLES attempting to ruin BASIL's flowers.

The peaceful stroll would soon be disrupted when BASIL discovers a photo that he couldn't recognize inside of his house, unknowingly manifesting his SOMETHING by accident. This leads to BASIL being banished into BLACK SPACE and OMORI being flung back into WHITE SPACE. OMORI would soon regroup with his friends and head back to the playground to discuss on the whereabouts of their missing friend. BASIL's disappearance ends up kickstarting the plot of the HEADSPACE shenanigans for the time being.

TWO DAYS LEFT

Upon returning to HEADSPACE once more, OMORI discovers that the FOREST PLAYGROUND is completely deserted due to MR. JAWSUM and his GATOR GUYS tricking all of the children there into signing contracts to work for them at LAST RESORT. From there, OMORI can interact with the playground objects lying around but nothing will really change unless he heads north to progress the story. It is recommended that the player should complete all of the quests originating here before the TWO DAYS LEFT segment.

ONE DAY LEFT

Exclusive to the OMORI ROUTE, after sleeping in the NEIGHBOR'S BEDROOM, OMORI, now taking control of SUNNY's body, awakens in his room to finish the last of his chores before returning to sleep. OMORI once again awakens in WHITE SPACE, and goes through the white door to be greeted by his friends. They repeat dialogue from the very beginning of the game before setting off to meet with MARI and BASIL again in the FOREST PLAYGROUND. Interacting with BASIL after the cutscene will grant you a FLOWER CROWN as the boy mentions he'll cherish OMORI and the others forever in his heart.

If the player goes to LAST RESORT and interacts with MR. JAWSUM for the final time, the children hired by JAWSUM will return to the playground. All of them will mostly have the same dialogue as before. In addition, there is an additional GATOR GUY that joins in the fun by playing Hop Scotch, similar to that of HAPPY.

CHARACTERS

MARI

BASIL

BERLY

VAN

MIKAL

SHARLEEN

NEB

DAISY

SHAWN

REN

HAPPY

BROWS

BANGS

BUN

NOSE

JOKER JASH

MAILBOX

BOSS

GATOR GUY

ENEMIES

BOSS

ITEMS

CANDY

APPLE JUICE

JACKS

PRESENT

CONNECTED LOCATIONS

NEIGHBOR'S ROOM

VAST FOREST

QUOTES

Entering FOREST PLAYGROUND (PROLOGUE)

AUBREY MARI! BASIL! MARI Oh, hello AUBREY! Hello, everyone! How are you all doing today? AUBREY KEL'S BEING MEAN TO ME AGAIN!! MARI Oh, no! Not again... How could he? KEL Pshh, I'm not being mean! AUBREY's just being all whiny. MARI Well, KEL! You've just made a very convincing point. Now I don't know who to believe! KEL BELIEVE ME!! AUBREY NO, BELIEVE ME!! HERO Sigh... Settle down, you two... Why does it always have to be like this? MARI Chin up, HERO! Look at you, being all responsible. MARI I really like that about you... hehe... HERO Come on, MARI! Not now... MARI Oh HERO, you know I'm just teasing. You're so cute when you get all flustered! HERO ... MARI While we were waiting for you guys, BASIL and I were going through his PHOTO ALBUM! Did you wanna join us? AUBREY Of course! After all... we're the ones in the pictures, aren't we? KEL BASIL, BASIL! GET A LOAD OF THIS!! KEL C'mon, BASIL! Take a picture of me! BASIL Sorry, KEL. I only take photos of people when they least expect it! HERO You like to take photos of people acting naturally when they're not in front of a camera, right BASIL? BASIL Yeah... There's something special about everyone living their own lives. Those are the moments I want to capture! KEL So like... we just have to pretend you're not there? BASIL Haha... Yeah, I guess you can put it that way. KEL Sure, I can do that! MARI Did you want to show us your PHOTO ALBUM now, BASIL? BASIL Ah, okay... but it's nothing amazing. AUBREY Oh, BASIL! Stop doubting yourself! I'm sure they'll be great. BASIL You're right, AUBREY. Sorry... I'll try to believe in myself more. BASIL Here! This way we can all see. HERO These photos are all so charming, BASIL. You really know how to capture the moment! BASIL Thanks... I didn't take all of them though. MARI likes to steal my camera sometimes. MARI Only sometimes! BASIL Hey, I have an idea! Did you all want to come hang out at my house? BASIL I just finished planting some little sprouts and wanted to show everyone. Come on! They're really cute! KEL Yeah sure, that sounds fun! Let's go! HERO It's south of the playground, right? BASIL Yup, that's the way! MARI Hmm... I think I'll sit this one out. You all go on and enjoy yourselves! MARI But if you're ever feeling weary, you can always stop by one of my picnics! MARI I'll always have some refreshments ready... and you can even SAVE using my picnic basket! HERO Awww... Thanks, MARI! You're always doing so much for us! AUBREY Bye, MARI! We'll see you again soon! MARI Run along and have fun now! You know where to find me!

Mari (Forest Playground)
Before entering Basil's House: MARI Run along and have fun now! You know where to find me! Upon returning after Basil vanishes: MARI Just the other day, NOSE was telling about a cute little leaf she met... but... when she tried to be its friend, all it wanted to talk about was how much it hated bunnies... MARI How could someone hate bunnies!? I just don't understand some people...

Forest Playground Picnic #1

KEL Let's see... There's DAISY... then there's NEB... then HAPPY... BROWS... NOSE... Wait, no... That's DAISY... AUBREY Whatcha doin', KEL? KEL Nothin'... Just trying to remember everyone's names... AUBREY You still don't know everyone's names!? How could you? KEL I'm sorry, okay? I just wanna have a good time... We're all having fun here, aren't we? Everyone's names are secondary! MARI It's alright, AUBREY... HERO never remembers anyone's name either. It's probably a family trait... HERO Hey, I've been working on that! For some it's natural, but for others it's a learned skill! We can't all have a memory like OMORI's...

Forest Playground Picnic #2 (One Day Left)

MARI It's so nice to all sit and relax together like this! KEL MARI! BASIL! Why don't you ever tag along with us? MARI Oh, you know I'd love to... but I have to take it easy. I have a bad knee, remember? KEL Oh yeah... Do you think it'll ever heal, MARI? MARI No I'm afraid not... But that's okay! I can still help you by setting up picnics! MARI Don't you worry about me... I'll always do what I can! MARI And it's not at all bad anyway, since BASIL is always here to keep me company. BASIL Yeah, MARI and I have the best talks. AUBREY You do?! What do you guys talk about? MARI Everything, really! Sometimes, we even talk about you guys! BASIL Yeah! We talk about how cool and composed OMORI is all the time... Or about how AUBREY is so caring about everything... MARI Or about how nice it would be to be as carefree as KEL... Or about how the time HERO fell asleep and a bird thought his hair was a nest... HERO W-Wait... What was that last part again? MARI Oh, nothing!

GALLERY

IN-GAME

"Your friends warmly smile behind you."

"You are alone."

Distorted mirror jumpscare

The friend group share a group hug.

Full Map

Poster (Prologue)

Poster (Post Tutorial)

Poster (Three Days Left)

Poster (After defeating HUMPHREY in OMORI ROUTE)

Poster (Unused)

Poster (Demo)

EXTRAS

Berly and Van playing tetherball.

Mikal on the swingset.

Nose playing on the slide.

TRIVIA

• The overall structure of this area takes inspiration from FARAWAY PARK, evident by the equipment and the characters that show up most of the time.
• There is an unused poster that could've showed up at the start of TWO DAYS LEFT. This one features the list of children that MR. JAWSUM tricked into working for him at LAST RESORT.
• According to some unused dialogue, LIFE JAM GUY was originally meant to debut here after the party defeats BOSS, in which he helps them heal a toasted KEL recover by using LIFE JAM. This would also lead to his brief encounter, along with additional dialogue after he leaves the playground.
• In the 2018 demo, the banana seen lying on the ground originally had dialogue where it advised the group to try eating food around picnic baskets if they feel weary.

SITE NAVIGATION

[v · e · ?] LOCATIONS HEADSPACE GENERAL: WHITE SPACE  •  NEIGHBOR'S ROOM  •  NORTH LAKE  •  BLACK SPACE  •  NEIGHBOR'S BEDROOM  •  SNOWGLOBE MOUNTAIN  •  THE ABYSS  •  CLUB SANDWICH  •  BORING ROOM VAST FOREST: FOREST PLAYGROUND  •  TRAIN STATION  •  PINWHEEL FOREST  •  BASIL'S HOUSE OTHERWORLD: OTHERWORLD CAMPSITE  •  OTHERWORLD OUTSKIRTS  •  SPACE BOYFRIEND'S HOUSE  •  CATTAIL FIELD  •  SPROUT MOLE COLONY  •  FROZEN LAKE  •  JUNKYARD ORANGE OASIS: DINO'S DIG  •  OASIS INTERIORS  •  ORANGE JOE'S HOUSE  •  RELL'S HOUSE  •  PALMIE'S HOUSE  •  DONUT HOUSE  •  RAIN TOWN  •  BREAVEN PYREFLY FOREST: SPROUT MOLE VILLAGE  •  SWEETHEART'S CASTLE  •  LOST FOREST  •  LOST LIBRARY  •  THE DUNGEON UNDERWATER: LAST RESORT  •  GHOST PARTY  •  DEEPER WELL  •  HUMPHREY  •  BOSS RUSH FARAWAY FARAWAY: PARK  •  PLAZA  •  HANGOUT SPOT  •  OTHERMART  •  HOBBEEZ  •  GINO'S  •  FIX-IT  •  CHURCH  •  CEMETERY  •  RECYCULTIST'S HQ  •  TREEHOUSE  •  HOSPITAL UPPER HOUSES: SUNNY'S HOUSE  •  KEL'S HOUSE  •  CRIS'S HOUSE  •  MIKHAEL'S HOUSE  •  PRINCIPAL'S HOUSE  •  KIM'S HOUSE  •  THICK EYEBROWS' HOUSE  •  CHARLENE'S HOUSE LOWER HOUSES: GRUFF GUY'S HOUSE  •  COUPLE'S HOUSE  •  CLUMSY GUY'S HOUSE  •  AUBREY'S HOUSE  •  BASIL'S HOUSE (FARAWAY)  •  WRINKLY FOREHEAD'S HOUSE  •  FASHIONABLE MOM'S HOUSE  •  ARTIST'S HOUSE MEMORY: BASIL'S MEADOW  •  MEMORY LANE  •  BACKSTAGE BLACK SPACE BLACK SPACE: PAIN AREA  •  DISCO AREA  •  SCRIBBLE AREA  •  TOWN AREA  •  BACKYARD AREA  •  PUNISHMENT AREA  •  WATERMELON AREA  •  BEACH AREA  •  SPIDER AREA  •  RAIN AREA  •  FACELESS AREA  •  TREEHOUSE AREA  •  FISHBOWL AREA  •  RAFT AREA  •  MIRROR AREA  •  BED AREA  •  REEF AREA  •  NEIGHBOR AREA  •  CHURCH OF SOMETHING  •  RED SPACE BLACK SPACE 2: BLACK FOREST 1  •  THE DOCKS  •  BLACK FOREST 2  •  WEATHERVANE AREA  •  CLOUD WALKWAY FURTHER BLACK SPACE: STATIC VOID  •  LOST AT SEA  •  RED MAZE  •  CORRUPTED JUNKYARD  •  MARI IS HOME  •  RED ROOM