TERMINOLOGY

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These are just some terms you'll come across sooner or later in the game.

The Illusionary World:
The Illusionary World is pretty much a parallel world to the real world. Or in this case, parallel to all the worlds. Ushio's wish to no longer be alone connected all the worlds to this one, and is the cause for characters being dragged in.

Light Orbs:
These are what you need to gather in order to make a wish. In all appearances, it just seems to be a golden ball of light that could fit in the palm of your hand. Every time someone reaches a moment of true happiness, one of these is formed. Unlike the lights you generally see in the World, these ones you can touch. Well, sort of. Upon touching it, it will glow slightly brighter, and you'll absorb it.

In order to make a wish, you will need twelve orbs of light. In order to gather these, you need to either achieve a moment of happiness yourself by completing a goal, or aiding someone else in doing so.

Shadow Orbs:
These have the powers to take wishes away. To erase what you've created. Every moment of true despair or unspeakable rage creates one of these. They're a mixture of black and violet in color. Like the orbs of light that are native to the World, they will simply pass through you if you attempt to touch them.

Every six orbs that are created will twist a wish and cause it to go horribly wrong. Every twenty will erase a wish that someone has made. These are not used by player characters, but by Amaya.

Wishes:
Once you've gathered enough orbs of light, you can make a wish come true. However, there are rules to this!

1. The Light orbs will only do exactly what's asked, nothing more, nothing less. In the flashback arc when Misae asks Katsuki to love her forever, he turns back into his original form, which is a cat. Katsuki then follows Misae around in this form. Had Misae known that Katsuki was a cat she probably could have asked that Katsuki love her forever as a human. The need for specificity when wishing also manifests itself when Tomoya asks for Nagisa and Ushio to return to life. The orbs grant his wish, but to do it they bring him all the way back to the time that Nagisa gave birth to Ushio, leaving him with a set of memories of the previous timeline.

2. Wishes are only granted if they're genuinely wanted. Katsuki can't use his wish to get the rain to stop falling on him, because it was not a genuine wish from his heart. The first time that Nagisa died, Tomoya, who had a chance to bring his wife back from the dead, (who has a second chance later on) instead wished that he had never met Nagisa. The wish wasn't granted because it wasn't a genuine desire in Tomoya's heart.

3. You cannot wish for another character's death or injury, or something negative like that. Also, you cannot wish for god powers for fairly obvious reasons. No, you can't wish to go home either. The orbs of light represent happiness. Wishes must represent that in some way. Missing part of yourself, your powers, or maybe that trinket you've had since you're a child? That's fine. Wish there was a beautiful lake? A library filled with books? Some power you've always wanted? Granted. The things you can wish for are nearly limitless.