(css: "font-size: 400%;")[(text-style: "underline")[6:33 AM]]
(live: 3s)[(align: "=><========")[(t8n: "dissolve")[Click the last word to [[continue|Context]].](stop:)]]
(set: $lucidity to (random: 0, 2))
(set: $empathy to (random: 0, 3))
(set: $dread to (random: 0, 2))
(set: $store to false)
(set: $station to false)
(set: $video to false)
(set: $wound to false)
(set: $bird to false)
(set: $store to true)
(live: 13s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[<img src="images/storeday.jpg" height="250">](stop:)]
It is the end of the (link-reveal: "world. ")
[<p>You are walking along an abandoned dirt road with a (link-reveal: "child. ")
[She is not yours, and she is (link-reveal: "quiet. ")
[You take her (link-reveal: "hand. ")
[You see a gas station not too far off and make your way towards (link-reveal: "it. ")
[The sun is going down (link-reveal: "quickly. ")
[The small parking lot is (link-reveal: "empty. ")
[The temperature is (link-reveal: "dropping. ")
[<p>You enter the (link-reveal: "store. ")
[There is a teenager at the cash (link-reveal: "register. ")
[You are the only three people in the (link-reveal: "store. ")
[You have no food or (link-reveal: "water. ")
[The girl has not had food or water for several (link-reveal: "days. ")[<p>You approach the (link-reveal: "counter. ")
[<p>"Leave, now. Get out of here." His look is (link-reveal: "intense. ")[(t8n: "dissolve")[<br><br>(if: $empathy is <= $dread)[ [[''Kill''|Kill]]<br>[[''Rob''|Rob]]<br>[[''Leave''|Leave]] ](else:)[<br>[[''Rob''|Rob]]<br>[[''Leave''|Leave]] (if: $lucidity is > 3)[<br>[[''Reason''|Reason]]] ] ]]</p>]</p>]]]]]</p>]</p>]]]]]]]
<script>$('tw-passage').hide().fadeIn(2000);</script>(to be added in future update)(to be added in future update)Double-click this passage to edit it.(set: $station to true)
There is a space station on another (link-reveal: "planet. ")[<br>Interplanetary travel is made possible by advanced (link-reveal: "technology. ")[<br>Many people must commute between planets for work, study, or (link-reveal: "military. ")[<br>A man has two (link-reveal: "jobs. ")[He must leave by 15:00 to arrive on Earth in time for his second (link-reveal: "job. ")[<br>His wife also works on the non-Earth (link-reveal: "planet. ")[She is very adamant about (link-reveal: "work. ")[<p>The news forecast says there will be a dangerous meteor shower around (link-reveal: "14:00. ")[The man calls his (link-reveal: "wife. ")[<br>He asks her to take the rest of the day off and return with (link-reveal: "him. ")[She says she loves (link-reveal: "him. ")[But she (link-reveal: "can't. ")[<br>He persists and drops by her (link-reveal: "office. ")[She is flattered but (link-reveal: "unwilling. ")[<p>The man decides to stay and miss his own (link-reveal: "work. ")[The meteor shower strikes at (link-reveal: "14:09. ")[<p>An asteroid crashes into the building where the office (link-reveal: "is. ")[Fire sweeps through the (link-reveal: "hallways. ")[<br>Much of the infrastructure is (link-reveal: "destroyed. ")[The man and his lover attempt to escape, yet it is (link-reveal: "futile. ")[<br>They stand on a tall platform which overlooks the (link-reveal: "planet, ")[and they burn in the flames together. (live: 3s)[(goto: "Space Station Continued")]] ]] ]]</p>]]</p>]]] ]] ]]</p>] ]] ]] ]]
(to be added in future update)(set: $video to true)
(live: 25s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[<img src="images/video.gif" height="200">](stop:)]
You are sitting in a car with an entertainment (link-reveal: "system. ")[<br>The screen is not particularly (link-reveal: "clear. ")[<br>You cannot tell if the car is (link-reveal: "moving. ")[You cannot see who else is in the (link-reveal: "car. ")[<br>You can only look at the (link-reveal: "screen. ")[A video begins to (link-reveal: "play. ")[<p>You are in the video facing away from the (link-reveal: "camera. ")[<br>The video shows you bent over a paved (link-reveal: "surface. ")[<br>You are on your (link-reveal: "knees. ")[You slowly get (link-reveal: "up. ")[<br>Your knees are bent (link-reveal: "inwards. ")[Your knees are double (link-reveal: "jointed. ")[<br>You push up with your (link-reveal: "arms. ")[<br>You break your arms and bend your elbows in (link-reveal: "reverse. ")[<br>Your elbows are now double (link-reveal: "jointed. ")[<p>The video makes you feel (text-style: "shadow")[nervous.](live: 2s)[<p>Your other self stumbles and (link-reveal: "falls. ")[Your body appears to be incorrectly (link-reveal: "aligned. ")[<br>Your neck becomes perpendicular to your (link-reveal: "spine. ")[<br>Your pop all of your joints and stand on the pavement (link-reveal: "deformed. ")[<br>The video continues to (link-reveal: "play. ")[<br>You are walking away from the camera in a crippled (link-reveal: "fashion. ")[<br>You cannot maintain your (link-reveal: "posture. ")[<p>It appears you may turn your (link-reveal: "head. ")[(t8n: "dissolve")[<br><br>[[''Look away''|Look away]]<br>[[''Look at your face''|Look at your face]]<br>[[''Look at the driver''|Look at the driver]](if: $lucidity > 2 and $lucidity < 4)[<br>[[''Wake Up''|Wake Up Attempt]]] ]]</p>]]]
]]]]</p>(stop:)]]
</p>]]]
]]]]]]</p>]]]]]
(to be added in future update)(set: $bird to true)
You are conducting research for your (link-reveal: "friend. ")[He is a (link-reveal: "scientist. ")[<br>You are in a dry wheat field in the middle of the (link-reveal: "afternoon. ")[<script>Effect.play('sounds/beep.wav');</script><p><br>Your transmitting device beeps with an (link-reveal: "alert. ")[<script>Effect.stop();</script><p>(text-style: "italic")[(live: 2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")["Good day to you. I'm afraid I must be the bringer of bad news.(stop:)]](live: 4s)[<br>My organ system is failing and if I don't receive replacements soon](live: 6s)[<br>it will be rather dire. Worry not, however, there is a way to](live: 8s)[<br>cultivate the necessary organic matter required to spare my life.](live: 10s)[<br>Simply catch a large bird and perform a swift operation.](live: 12s)[<br>You should have the needed supplies. Bring the organs to my office shortly."]](live: 15s)[<p>You are very concerned for your (link-reveal: "friend. ")[<br>A large flightless bird makes its way through the field and you begin stalking (link-reveal: "it. ")[<br>The bird notices you and (link-reveal: "flees. ")[You are (link-reveal: "faster. ")[(goto: "Surgery")]]]
]</p>(stop:)]</p>]]
]]
(set: $wound to true)
You are standing in front of a (link-reveal: "woman. ")[<br>Her eyes beg for an (link-reveal: "answer. ")[She is dressed in (link-reveal: "white. ")[<br>She harmed you, but it was not her (link-reveal: "intention. ")[<br>You feel anything but (link-reveal: "nothing. ")[(t8n: "dissolve")[<br><br>[[''Anger''|Anger]]<br>[[''Anguish''|Anguish]]<br>[[''Sorrow''|Sorrow]]<br>(if: $empathy is > $dread and $empathy is >= $lucidity)[[[''Forgiveness''|Forgiveness]]]
]]]]]]You wake up (link-reveal: "quietly. ")[<p>It's only (link-reveal: "6:33 am. ")[You barely remember what happened, and you feel a little stiff all (link-reveal: "over. ")[<br>You recall a second of something you (link-reveal: "dreamt. ")[It was a pleasant moment where you weren't entirely in (link-reveal: "control,")[<br>but you did something right (link-reveal: "anyways. ")[(live: 1.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[<br>You go back to sleep and have no more dreams for the rest of the night. ](stop:)]] ]] ]]</p>]
You wake up (link-reveal: "abruptly. ")[<p>It's only (link-reveal: "6:33 am. ")[You feel a cold sweat all over your (link-reveal: "body. ")[<br>You were clenching something, so you let (link-reveal: "go. ")[It's very (link-reveal: "sore. ")[<br>You barely remember what happened, but you recall a second of something you (link-reveal: "dreamt. ")[<br>Something doesn't feel right about (link-reveal: "it. ")[You try to go back to (link-reveal: "sleep. ")[(live: 2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[<br>The next time you wake up you are exhausted. ](stop:)]] ]] ]] ]]</p>]
You wake (link-reveal: "up. ")[<p>It's only (link-reveal: "6:33 am. ")[You have a vivid recollection of everything you dreamed (link-reveal: "about, ")[<br>minus some details here and (link-reveal: "there. ")[You write it down and go back to (link-reveal: "sleep. ")[(live: 2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[<br>You continue dreaming throughout the night. ](stop:)]]
]]]</p>]
The average person has 4 to 6 dreams every (link-reveal: "night. ")[Most are (link-reveal: "forgotten. ")[<p>I remember 4 to 5 dreams each night. This story is based on records of my dreams dating back to when I was a [[child.|Instructions]]</p>]](text-style: "underline")[Instructions]<p>You are ''asleep''. Your levels of lucidity, dread, and empathy will fluctuate and directly affect what happens in your dreams. You may attempt to wake up early, however this is not the purpose of the game.</p>
(live: 6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//Normally when you dream, you accept it as reality. A reality check is a method used to test if you are dreaming. A common reality check is to try and push your finger through the palm of your other hand.//(stop:)]]
(live: 12s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//To perform a reality check press the "r" key.//(stop:)]]
(live: 17s)[ (t8n: "dissolve")[[[Continue.|Disclaimer]](stop:)]](css: "font-size: 110%;")[(text-style: "expand")[Disclaimer: the following text may contain violence, self harm, death, needles, and/or blood.]]
(live: 6s)[(goto: (either: "The Convenience Store", "Wound", "Bird Surgery", "The Video", "Space Station"))]{
|realitycheck>[ (link-repeat: "hotkey")[
(if: $lucidity < 7)[ [(set: $lucidity to it + 1)]
(if: $lucidity < 2)[(text-style: "blurrier")[<p>You have checked reality.</p>]]
(if: $lucidity > 1 and $lucidity < 4)
[(text-style: "blur")[<p>Reality appears to be altered.</p>]]
(if: $lucidity > 3 and $lucidity < 6)
[(text-style: "none")[<p>Something is not quite right.
</p>]]
(if: $lucidity > 5)
[(text-style: "italic")[<p>This is a dream.</p>]]]
]
]
}(set: $dread to it + 2)
(set: $lucidity to it - (random: 1,2))
(set: $empathy to it - 2)
You release the child's hand and raise your (link-reveal: "bat. ")[<script>Effect.play('sounds/kill.wav');</script>You beat the teenager's skull in without a second (link-reveal: "thought. ")[<br>The teenager did not make a (link-reveal: "sound. ")[<script>Effect.stop();</script>The girl was not paying (link-reveal: "attention. ")[(t8n: "dissolve")[<br><br>[[''Rob''|Rob-alt]]<br>[[''Leave''|Leave-alt]]] ]]<br/>]]
You release the child's hand and raise your (link-reveal: "bat. ")[<script>Effect.play('sounds/crash.wav');</script>
You knock everything off the counter and smash the register (link-reveal: "repeatedly. ")[<br>The tray (link-reveal: "opens. ")[The teenager is (link-reveal: "gone. ")[<script>Effect.stop();</script>The floor is littered with coins and broken (link-reveal: "glass. ")[<br>The girl was not paying (link-reveal: "attention. ")[<p>You take (link-reveal: "money. ")[You take food and (link-reveal: "water. ")[The girl takes food and (link-reveal: "water. ")[(set: $lucidity to it - (random: 1,2))(t8n: "dissolve")[<br><br>[[''Leave''|Leave]](if: $lucidity > 2)[<br>[[''Wake Up''|Wake Up Attempt]]]] ]] ]</p>]] ]]]]
(set: $lucidity to it - 1)
(live: 3s)[(if: $wound is false)[(goto: "Wound")]
(elseif: $bird is false)[(goto: "Bird Surgery")]
(elseif: $video is false)[(goto: "The Video")]
(elseif: $station is false)[(goto: "Space Station")]
(else:)[(goto: "Wake Up")]]{
(if: $empathy > $lucidity and $empathy > $dread)
[(goto: "Good End")]
(else-if: $dread > $lucidity and $dread > $empathy)
[(goto: "Bad End")]
(else-if: $lucidity > $dread and $lucidity > $empathy)
[(goto: "Normal End")]
(else-if: $empathy == $dread)
[(goto: "Normal End")]
(else-if: $dread == $lucidity)
[(goto: "Bad End")]
(else-if: $lucidity == $empathy)
[(goto: "Good End")]
(else:)
[(goto: "Normal End")]
}You reason with the (link-reveal: "teenager. ")[Besides this gas station, there is no food or water for (link-reveal: "miles. ")[<br>You look (link-reveal: "down. ")[There is a plastic bag filled with supplies, as if you had just purchased (link-reveal: "something. ")[<br>The teenager is (link-reveal: "gone. ")[<p>There is money on the (link-reveal: "table. ")[You put the money in the tip (link-reveal: "jar. ")[<br>The girl was paying (link-reveal: "attention. ")[(set: $dread to it - 2)(set: $empathy to it + 2)(t8n: "dissolve")[<br><br>[[''Leave''|Leave]](if: $lucidity > 2)[<br>[[''Wake Up''|Wake Up Attempt]]] ]] ]]</p>] ]]]]
(set: $lucidity to it - 1)
(set: $dread to it + (random: 0,1))
You smash the register (link-reveal: "repeatedly. ")[<script>Effect.play('sounds/crash.wav');</script>The tray (link-reveal: "opens. ")[The floor is littered with coins and broken (link-reveal: "glass. ")[<br>You take (link-reveal: "money. ")[<script>Effect.stop();</script>You take food and water, and so does the (link-reveal: "girl. ")[(t8n: "dissolve")[<br><br>[[''Leave''|Leave-alt]] (if: $lucidity > 3)[<br>[[''Wake Up''|Wake Up-alt]]] ]]]</br>]]]
The lights go (link-reveal: "out. ")[It feels (link-reveal: "dark. ")[The boy watches you (link-reveal: "leave. ")[(set: $dread to it + 1)(live: 4.5s)[(if: $wound is false)[(goto: "Wound")]
(elseif: $bird is false)[(goto: "Bird Surgery")]
(elseif: $video is false)[(goto: "The Video")]
(elseif: $station is false)[(goto: "Space Station")]
(else:)[(goto: "Wake Up")]]]]]
The lights go (link-reveal: "out. ")[It feels (link-reveal: "dark. ")[The boy watches you (link-reveal: "leave. ")[(set: $dread to it + (random: 2,3))(live: 0.5s)[(goto: "Wake Up")]]]]
A few months later, you arrive at the space (link-reveal: "station. ")[You are carrying a huge load of (link-reveal: "luggage. ")[<br>Your father has been working in the military for some time (link-reveal: "now. ")[<br>After your mother passed away he asked if you wanted to visit the station for a couple of (link-reveal: "weeks. ")[<br>Now you are here with your father and your best (link-reveal: "friend. ")[<p>You unpack your things at the space lodge, some are your mother's (link-reveal: "belongings. ")[<br>You and your best friend explore many areas of the space station, including the asteroid collision (link-reveal: "sites. ")[<br>When your father is off work the three of you see a (link-reveal: "movie. ")[<br>You and your best friend adopt a (link-reveal: "cat. ")[Your father teaches you how to hold (link-reveal: "it. ")[<br>It is a very big cat so you have (link-reveal: "trouble. ")[The cat is too big for you and your father (link-reveal: "laughs. ")[<br>You frequently play music through your (link-reveal: "earbuds. ")[<p>An alien species was discovered on the planet miles away from the space (link-reveal: "station. ")[<br>The military has been combatting (link-reveal: "it. ")[Your father reassures you that the situation is (link-reveal: "controlled. ")[<p>One night you hear something outside the (link-reveal: "door. ")[<script>Effect.play('sounds/scrape.wav');</script><br>It is scraping the walls and dragging something across the (link-reveal: "floor. ")[It is very (link-reveal: "dark. ")[<br>Its shadow is taller than the 7 foot door (link-reveal: "frame. ")[(t8n: "dissolve")[<br><br>[[''Light''|Light]]<br>[[''Quiet''|Quiet]]]]] ]]</p>]]] </p>]] ]] ]] ]] </p>] ]] ]]
You turn on your mother's (link-reveal: "lantern. ")[<script>Effect.fade(0,3000);</script>It emits a faint glow which illuminates your father's (link-reveal: "face. ")[<br>He is holding his finger to his lips and motions for you to resume (link-reveal: "sleeping. ")[(set: $empathy to it + 1)(set: $dread to it - 1)(live: 2s)[(goto: "Quiet")]] ]]
You listen to quiet music through your earbuds to mask the (link-reveal: "noise. ")[<script>Effect.fade(0,5000);</script><script>Sound.play('sounds/quietmusic.wav');</script>(set: $lucidity to it - 2)Somehow, you fall asleep in an anxious (link-reveal: "state. ")[<p>You pack your things the next (link-reveal: "day. ")[<script>Sound.fade(0,3000);</script>Your father sends you and your best friend back to (link-reveal: "Earth. ")[<br>On Earth you leave your mother's belongings at the house, but you cannot stay home in good (link-reveal: "conscience. ")[<br>You board a return trip to the (link-reveal: "planet. ")[<p>Your father is very (link-reveal: "concerned. ")[<br>He informs you that the alien species is rapidly gaining territory and could soon infilitrate the (link-reveal: "station. ")[<br>They move only at (link-reveal: "night. ")[The space lodge is (link-reveal: "evacuated. ")[<p>Due to the situation of the planet, they temporarily shut down interplanetary space travel to (link-reveal: "Earth. ")[<br>It is a precaution against (link-reveal: "contamination. ")[<br>Your father allows you to stay in his bunker, located within the space (link-reveal: "station. ")[<br>You rely on processed food to survive as fresh produce shipments to the planet ceased in favor of (link-reveal: "weaponry. ")[<br>You finish your meal of macaroni and sausages with your (link-reveal: "father. ")[<p>Suddenly the door (link-reveal: "opens. ")[It is a soldier, but you can only see the whites of his (link-reveal: "eyes. ")[<br>He is (link-reveal: "mindless. ")[<script>Sound.play('sounds/meteorshower.wav');</script>He is (link-reveal: "infected. ")[<br>Your father takes you under the table to (link-reveal: "hide. ")[The soldier is getting (link-reveal: "closer. ")[<br>He lunges under the (link-reveal: "table. ")[<p>Your father intervenes and wrestles with the (link-reveal: "soldier. ")[Your father has the upper hand, but you take (link-reveal: "action. ")[(t8n: "dissolve")[<br><br>[[''Open window''|Open window]]<br>[[''Close door''|Close door]]]
]]</p>] ]] ]] ]]</p>] ]] ]]</p>]] ]]</p>]] ]]</p>]]
(set: $openEP to true)
(set: $closeEP to false)
You crawl out from under the table and push one of the window panels (link-reveal: "open. ")[<p>Your father grips the soldier's wrists and throws him out the (link-reveal: "window. ")[He falls 70 feet below the (link-reveal: "station. ")[<br>Your father turns and begins to thank (link-reveal: "you. ")[<script>Effect.play('sounds/boom2.wav');</script><p>Suddenly an enormous boom shatters the entire window and knocks you to the (link-reveal: "floor. ")[<script>Effect.fade(0,1000);</script><br>You open your eyes and see your father looking out the (link-reveal: "window. ")[<p>"It's beautiful," he (link-reveal: "says. ")[
(set: $counter to 3)
(if: $empathy is > $dread or $lucidity is > $dread)[|timedchoice>[[[''Look outside''|Look]]]]
(live: 1s)[
(set: $counter to it - 1)
(if: $counter is 0)[(replace: ?timedchoice)[ ](stop:)]
]
(live: 3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[An indescribable shriek draws your attention to the (link-reveal: "doorway. ")[There is a massive alien with a large set of (link-reveal: "jaws. ")[<br>It uses several of its many limbs to pull your father close and crush (link-reveal: "him. ")[<p>You are (link-reveal: "paralyzed. ")[A meteor lands meters away from the station and (text-style: "rumble")[violently shakes the entire structure.](live: 2s)[(text-style: "blur")[<br><br><p>You are knocked unconscious in the (link-reveal: "chaos. ")[<script>Sound.fade(0,1000);</script>(goto: "Epilogue")]</p>] ]]</p>]] ]]
(stop:)]
]</p>]]<p/>] ]]</p>]
(set: $openEP to false)
(set: $closeEP to true)
You crawl out from under the table and lock the (link-reveal: "door. ")[<p>Your father grips the soldier's wrists and throws him into the far (link-reveal: "corner. ")[<br>He grabs a chair and beats the soldier until he ceases to (link-reveal: "move. ")[<br>Your father begins to ask if you are (link-reveal: "alright. ")[<script>Effect.play('sounds/boom2.wav');</script><p>Suddenly an enormous boom shatters the entire window and knocks you to the (link-reveal: "floor. ")[<script>Effect.fade(0,1000);</script><br>You open your eyes and see your father looking out the (link-reveal: "window. ")[<p>"It's beautiful," he (link-reveal: "says. ")[
(set: $counter to 3)
(if: $empathy is > $dread or $lucidity is > $dread)[|timedchoice>[[[''Look outside''|Look]]]]
(live: 1s)[
(set: $counter to it - 1)
(if: $counter is 0)[(replace: ?timedchoice)[ ](stop:)]
]
(live: 3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You pick up your earbuds which fell to the (link-reveal: "floor. ")[A gurgling noise draws your attention to your (link-reveal: "father. ")[<br>The soldier, though badly beaten, has bitten into his neck and torn the flesh--they both fall to the (link-reveal: "ground. ")[<p>You are (link-reveal: "paralyzed. ")[A meteor lands meters away from the station and (text-style: "rumble")[violently shakes the entire structure.](live: 2s)[(text-style: "blur")[<br><br><p>You are knocked unconscious in the (link-reveal: "chaos. ")[<script>Sound.fade(0,1000);</script>(goto: "Epilogue")]</p>] ]]</p>]] ]]
(stop:)]
]</p>]]<p/>] ]]</p>]
(set: $dread to it - 2)
(text-style: "italic")[A meteor shower is happening right over the space (link-reveal: "station. ")[<script>Effect.play('sounds/boom.wav');</script>Streaks of light cut through the (link-reveal: "sky. ")[<br>It is truly beautiful.(if: $openEP is true)[(live: 4s)[(goto: "Open EP")]] (elseif: $closeEP is true)[(live: 4s)[(goto: "Close EP")]]
] ]]
(t8n: "dissolve")[<img id="window" src="images/test.gif">]You were the only one who survived on the space (link-reveal: "station. ")[<br>You are transported back to Earth and treated at a top healthcare (link-reveal: "facility. ")[<br>A television broadcasts a mass of people demanding that the planet be destroyed with nuclear (link-reveal: "weapons. ")[<br>You are regarded as a national icon for your survival and knowledge of the alien (link-reveal: "species. ")[<script>Sound.play('sounds/musicbox.wav');</script><br>Your father is a military hero for his service in the alien (link-reveal: "war. ")[<p>Another program (link-reveal: "plays. ")[A teacher is quizzing the audience on facts about your (link-reveal: "life. ")[<br>They are going to show an interview with you (link-reveal: "next. ")[<br>You cry in your hospital (link-reveal: "bed. ")[Music is playing through your (link-reveal: "earbuds. ")[<script>Sound.fade(0,5000);</script>(if: $lucidity > 3)[<br><br><br>[[''Wake Up''|Wake Up]] (live: 3s)[(if: $store is false)[(goto: "The Convenience Store")]
(elseif: $wound is false)[(goto: "Wound")]
(elseif: $bird is false)[(goto: "Bird Surgery")]
(elseif: $video is false)[(goto: "The Video")]
(else:)[(goto: "Wake Up")]]
]]] ]] ]</p>] ]] ]]
An indescribable shriek draws your attention to the (link-reveal: "doorway. ")[<script>Effect.stop();</script>There is a massive alien with a large set of (link-reveal: "jaws. ")[<br>It uses several of its many limbs to pull your father close and crush (link-reveal: "him. ")[<p>You are (link-reveal: "paralyzed. ")[A meteor lands meters away from the station and (text-style: "rumble")[violently shakes the entire structure.](live: 2s)[(text-style: "blur")[<br><br><p>You are knocked unconscious in the (link-reveal: "chaos. ")[<script>Sound.fade(0,1000);</script>(goto: "Epilogue")]</p>] ]]</p>]] ]You pick up your earbuds which fell to the (link-reveal: "floor. ")[<script>Effect.stop();</script>A gurgling noise draws your attention to your (link-reveal: "father. ")[<br>The soldier, though badly beaten, has bitten into his neck and torn the flesh--they both fall to the (link-reveal: "ground. ")[<p>You are (link-reveal: "paralyzed. ")[A meteor lands meters away from the station and (text-style: "rumble")[violently shakes the entire structure.](live: 2s)[(text-style: "blur")[<br><br><p>You are knocked unconscious in the (link-reveal: "chaos. ")[<script>Sound.fade(0,1000);</script>(goto: "Epilogue")]</p>] ]]</p>]] ](set: $empathy to it - 2)
You take off your (link-reveal: "clothes. ")[They fall to the (link-reveal: "floor. ")[There is a knife in your (link-reveal: "hand. ")[<br>You press the knife to the skin below your navel and cut a deep (link-reveal: "wound. ")[(live: 1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(text-style: "smear")[<br><br>The wound bleeds heavily.]](stop:)] (live: 3s)[(if: $store is false)[(goto: "The Convenience Store")]
(elseif: $bird is false)[(goto: "Bird Surgery")]
(elseif: $video is false)[(goto: "The Video")]
(elseif: $station is false)[(goto: "Space Station")]
(else:)[(goto: "Wake Up")]] ]] ]] (set: $dread to it + 1)
You take off your (link-reveal: "clothes. ")[They fall to the (link-reveal: "floor. ")[There is a knife in your (link-reveal: "hand. ")[<br>You press the knife to the skin below your navel and cut a deep (link-reveal: "wound. ")[(live: 1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(text-style: "shadow")[<br><br>The wound is irreparable.]](stop:)] (live: 3s)[(if: $store is false)[(goto: "The Convenience Store")]
(elseif: $bird is false)[(goto: "Bird Surgery")]
(elseif: $video is false)[(goto: "The Video")]
(elseif: $station is false)[(goto: "Space Station")]
(else:)[(goto: "Wake Up")]] ]] ]] (set: $lucidity to it - 1)
You take off your (link-reveal: "clothes. ")[They fall to the (link-reveal: "floor. ")[There is a knife in your (link-reveal: "hand. ")[<br>You press the knife to the skin below your navel and cut a deep (link-reveal: "wound. ")[(live: 1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(text-style: "italic")[<br><br>The blood is mixed with your (link-reveal: "tears. ")[
(set: $counter to 3)
(if: $lucidity > 3)[<br><br>|timedchoice>[[[''Wake Up''|Wake Up]]]]
(live: 1s)[
(set: $counter to it - 1)
(if: $counter is 0)[(replace: ?timedchoice)[ ](stop:)]
](live: 3s)[(if: $store is false)[(goto: "The Convenience Store")]
(elseif: $bird is false)[(goto: "Bird Surgery")]
(elseif: $video is false)[(goto: "The Video")]
(elseif: $station is false)[(goto: "Space Station")]
(else:)[(goto: "Wake Up")]]
]]](stop:)] ]] ]]
(set: $empathy to it + 2)
(set: $lucidity to it + 1)
(set: $dread to it - (random: 1,2))
You take off your (link-reveal: "clothes. ")[They fall to the (link-reveal: "floor. ")[There is a knife in your (link-reveal: "hand. ")[<br>You press the knife to the skin below your navel and cut a deep (link-reveal: "wound. ")[(live: 1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[<br><br>The female apologizes and weeps sincerely.](stop:)] (live: 2.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[<br>Your cut does not (link-reveal: "bleed. ")[
(set: $counter to 3)
(if: $lucidity > 3)[<br><br>|timedchoice>[[[''Wake Up''|Wake Up]]]]
(live: 1s)[
(set: $counter to it - 1)
(if: $counter is 0)[(replace: ?timedchoice)[ ](stop:)]
](live: 3s)[(if: $store is false)[(goto: "The Convenience Store")]
(elseif: $bird is false)[(goto: "Bird Surgery")]
(elseif: $video is false)[(goto: "The Video")]
(elseif: $station is false)[(goto: "Space Station")]
(else:)[(goto: "Wake Up")]]
]](stop:)]]] ]]
(set: $dread to it - (random: 0,1))
(live: 0.5s)[(if: $store is false)[(goto: "The Convenience Store")]
(elseif: $wound is false)[(goto: "Wound")]
(elseif: $bird is false)[(goto: "Bird Surgery")]
(elseif: $station is false)[(goto: "Space Station")]
(else:)[(goto: "Wake Up")]](set: $dread to it + (random: 1,2))
(goto: "Wake Up")(set: $lucidity to it + 1)
There is no one.
(live: 2.5s)[(if: $store is false)[(goto: "The Convenience Store")]
(elseif: $wound is false)[(goto: "Wound")]
(elseif: $bird is false)[(goto: "Bird Surgery")]
(elseif: $station is false)[(goto: "Space Station")]
(else:)[(goto: "Wake Up")]]You bring the bird to an operation room and secure it to the (link-reveal: "tabletop. ")[<script>Effect.play('sounds/wings.wav');</script><br>It has a large (link-reveal: "belly. ")[<br>You retrieve your scalpel and begin to make (link-reveal: "incisions. ")[<script>Effect.fade(0,3000);</script><script>Sound.play('sounds/heart.wav');</script><br>You neatly pull back a thick layer of skin, fat, and (link-reveal: "feathers. ")[<br>Underneath, the organs are very clean and (link-reveal: "alive. ")[There is no (link-reveal: "blood. ")[<br>The lungs expand with every (link-reveal: "breath. ")[The heart continues to (link-reveal: "pulse. ")[<br>The kidneys process (link-reveal: "toxins. ")[There is little (link-reveal: "muscle. ")[<script>Sound.fade(0,3000);</script>(live: 1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[<br><br>(text-style: "blur")[//"Oh sir, why is it that you wish to kill me?"//]](stop:)] (live: 3s)[<p>You are (link-reveal: "surprised. ")[You do not want to kill the (link-reveal: "bird. ")[You try to comfort (link-reveal: "it. ")[<br>The bird tells you it will donate its organs and it will (link-reveal: "die. ")[<p>You weep for the (link-reveal: "bird. ")[You tell the bird you want it to (link-reveal: "live. ")[<br>You apologize (link-reveal: "repeatedly. ")[(live: 1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[<br><br>(text-style: "blur")[//"If I kill you I am so sorry... I'm so sorry."//]](stop:)] (live: 3.5s)[<p>Your tears taste (link-reveal: "salty. ")[You resume the (link-reveal: "operation. ")[<script>Sound.play('sounds/heart.wav');</script>(t8n: "dissolve")[<br><br>[[''Well''|Well]]<br>[[''Poor''|Poor]] ]]](stop:)]]
]
]</p>]]
]]</p>(stop:)]]] ]] ]] ]] ]]
(set: $lucidity to it - 1)
(text-style: "blurrier")[You attempt to awaken from your dream.]
(live: 3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(text-style: "blur")[For a few moments you see only darkness.]](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(if: $store is false)[(goto: "The Convenience Store")]
(elseif: $wound is false)[(goto: "Wound")]
(elseif: $bird is false)[(goto: "Bird Surgery")]
(elseif: $video is false)[(goto: "The Video")]
(elseif: $station is false)[(goto: "Space Station")]
(else:)[(goto: "Wake Up")]]
(set: $empathy to it + 2)
You carefully carve out each organ save for the (link-reveal: "heart. ")
[<br>You are conscious of the (link-reveal: "time. ")[<br>You preserve the organs in containers and close the flap you (link-reveal: "created. ")[<script>Sound.fade(0,3000);</script><br>The bird awaits your (link-reveal: "return. ")[(goto: "Bird End")]] ]]
(set: $empathy to it - 1)
(set: $dread to it + (random: 1,2))
You accidentally sever some ligaments and muscle (link-reveal: "fibers. ")
[<br>The bird feels (link-reveal: "pain. ")[<script>Sound.fade(0,3000);</script><br>You carve out each organ including the (link-reveal: "heart. ")[<br>You preserve the organs in containers and leave the bird on the (link-reveal: "table. ")[<br>Your tears seep into its (link-reveal: "flesh. ")[(goto: "Bird End")] ]] ]]
You bring the organs to the scientist who transplants them into his (link-reveal: "body. ")
[He is like (link-reveal: "new. ")[<p>You grab the front of his dress shirt and erupt into frantic (link-reveal: "shouts. ")[<br>You sob, the bird is (link-reveal: "dying. ")[<br>You tell him to help you save the (link-reveal: "bird. ")[<br>He does not let (link-reveal: "you. ")[<p>The television in his office plays a comedy skit about live (link-reveal: "torture. ")[You can't turn it off.
(live: 3s)[(if: $store is false)[(goto: "The Convenience Store")]
(elseif: $wound is false)[(goto: "Wound")]
(elseif: $video is false)[(goto: "The Video")]
(elseif: $station is false)[(goto: "Space Station")]
(else:)[(goto: "Wake Up")]]
]</p>]] ]] </p>]]