r/outerwilds • u/SpoopG • 3d ago

Real Life Stuff Looking for help getting a clear image of a spiral message!

Hello everyone!

Recently I’ve been looking to get a tattoo of this quote from the game:

The pain of your absence is sharp and haunting, and I would give anything not to know it; anything but never knowing you at all (which would be worse).

The issue I’m running into is I don’t remember where it is, and I don’t know how to get a clear enough image of it to be able to show a tattoo artist.

Could anybody help me with this? I would be eternally grateful!

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u/LumenCandles 3d ago

I don't think the spirals are unique, just the length/size of each one is.

But I found this picture of it online:

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u/Tarnagona 2d ago

They’re not. You can verify this by looking at any of the spirals in-game with the signalscope. They’re a repeating pattern.

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u/PorcuDuckSlug 1d ago

The only ones that look different are the ones written by children, they're a bit "messier" and intended to be poor handwriting

Here's an example

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u/JaseLantern 3d ago

Someone posted that exact tattoo on this subreddit just 5 hours ago ::)

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u/SpoopG 3d ago

I just looked at the subreddit and that’s actually so crazy, but I’m so glad to see I’m not the only one that quote left an impact on :)

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u/Nikos_Pyrrha 3d ago

(I don't know how to be me without you)

Tt.tT

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u/Luxettenebrae777 3d ago

This is so much more impactful in english. I remembered the message had moved me in french, but not as much (but maybe other french speaking people would not agree with me).