(set: $name to (prompt:'Your name:',''))
(go-to: 'S1')
(set: $man to "man")
The spirit opens it's eyes.
(link: "It breathes.")[
<div id="center">(link: "in")[
(link: "out")[
(link: "in")[<div>
you breathe with it.
(link: "**It's awake.**")[
[[...No, it's not.->N1]] [[...->Y1]]
]]]]]
(set: $n to $n + 1)
It gurgles and cries.
(text-style: "subscript")[it's aliveit's alive]
(link: "It's awake.")[
[[No, //it's not//->N2]] [[maybe it lives...->Y2]]
](set: $y to + 1)
(link: '. . .')[
It gurgles and cries.
(link: "It's awake.")[
(text-style: "subscript")[//it's alive//]
[[No, //it's not.//->N2]] [[...maybe->Y2]]
]]
(set: $n to $n + 1)
(go-to: "between")
(set: $y to $y + 1)
(go-to: "between")
//It can't be alive.//
//Gods who understand that reign powerfully.//
(link: "It bleeds.")[ (color: "red")[He cries.]
(link: "It bleeds.")[ (color: "red")[He screams.]
(link: "It bleeds.")[ (color: "red")["Please stop, please,"]
(link: "It bleeds.")[ (color: "red")[His body convulses on the ground]
<div id="center">(link: "He bleeds.")[ (color: "red")[''He bleeds'']
The spirit stops. It doesn't (link: "breathe.")[breathe.
The spirit dies.
[[...->start]]
<div>
]]]]]]
there is no democratic god,
there is nobody inside.
There is nobody in there except for (link: "you.")[you.
Think again.
[[It's empty->N3]] [[''He is //alive//.''->Y4]]
]
<div id="center"> Choose.
[[it is alive.->Y3]] [[it can never be alive.->N3]]
<div>
<div id="center">
(text-style: "subscript")[you know how to play god, don't you $name?]
(live: 1s)[
(set: $tick3 to it + 1)
(if: $tick3 is 5)[(text-color: "red")[(text-style: "expand")[you don't deserve it]]]
(if: $tick3 is 6)[(set: $go to 1)]
(if: $go is 1)[(go-to: "build-a-bear")]]
<div> (if: $y is 2)[(go-to: "Y3")]
(if: $n is 2)[(go-to: "N3")]
(else:)[(go-to: "NY")] (text-style: "expand")[
your empathy doesn't make it alive, $name.
and gods don't bond with creatures that don't exist.
so [[kill him.]]
or
[[die.]]
](set: $heYou to "he dies")
(text-style: "expand")[you don't get to choose the choices you get .
<div id="center"> [[ remember that. ]]<div> ]
(set: $heYou to "you die")
(text-style: "expand")[you don't get to choose the choices you get .
<div id="center"> [[ remember that. ]]<div> ]
<div id="center"> Choose.
[[Woman.->W]] [[Man.->M]]
<div>(set: $WM to 1)
(set: $man to "woman")
<div id="center"> Choose.
[[Young.->Young]] [[Old.->Old]]
<div>
(set: $he to "she")
(set: $him to "her")
(set: $his to "hers")(set: $WM to 2)
<div id="center"> Choose.
[[Young.->Young]] [[Old.->Old]]
<div>
(set: $he to "he")
(set: $him to "him")
(set: $his to "his")(set: $Y0 to 1)
<div id="center"> Choose.
[[Good.->Good]] [[Bad.->Bad]]
<div>(set: $Y0 to 2)
<div id="center"> Choose.
[[Good.->Good]] [[Bad.->Bad]]
<div>
... (text-style: "expand")[ you don't make this easy on yourself, do you ?
[[$he is good.->Evil]]
] (set: $GB to 2)
... (text-style: "expand")[ how bad ? ]
[[Bad->Evil]]
[[Very Bad->Evil]]Don't you recognise me? (hidden:)|truth>[I'm your OC, brought to life!]
(live: 1s)[
(set: $tick3 to it + 1)
(if: $tick3 is 5)[(set: $go to 1)]
(if: $go is 1)[(go-to: "Bedroom")]](text-style: "expand")[
|output>[]
|outpt>[]
|a1>[]
|a2>[]
|a3>[]
|a4>[]
|a5>[]
|a6>[]
|a7>[]
]
(set: $var to 0)
(live: 0.4s)[
(set: $var to it + 1)
(if: $var is 1)[
(append: ?output)[o]
]
(elseif: $var is 2)[
(append: ?output)[h]
]
(elseif: $var is 3)[
(append: ?output)[ y]
]
(elseif: $var is 4)[
(append: ?output)[e]
]
(elseif: $var is 5)[
(append: ?output)[a]
]
(elseif: $var is 6)[
(append: ?output)[h]
]
(elseif: $var is 7)[
(append: ?output)[? ]
]
(else:)[(stop:)]
]
(set: $va to 0)
(live: 1s)[
(set: $va to it + 1)
(if: $va is < 4)[
(append: ?outpt)[ ]
]
(if: $va is 4)[
(append: ?outpt)[what'd]
]
(elseif: $va is 5)[
(append: ?outpt)[ $he]
]
(elseif: $va is 6)[
(append: ?outpt)[ do]
]
(elseif: $va is 7)[
(append: ?outpt)[ ?]
]
(elseif: $va > 7)[(stop:)]
]
(set: $v to 0)
(live: 0.3s)[
(set: $v to it + 1)
(if: $v is 25)[
(append: ?a1)[ [[murder->build]] ]
]
(if: $v is 26)[
(append: ?a2)[ [[murder->build]] ]
]
(if: $v is 27)[
(append: ?a3)[ [[murder->build]] ]
]
(if: $v is 28)[
(append: ?a4)[ [[murder->build]] ]
]
(if: $v is 29)[
(append: ?a5)[ [[murder->build]] ]
]
(if: $v is 30)[
(append: ?a6)[ [[murder->build]] ]
]
(if: $v is 31)[
(append: ?a7)[ [[murder->build]] ]
]
(else-if: $v is 32)[(go-to: "build")]
]
<div id="center">
(text-style: "expand")[
(color: "black")[(text-style: "shudder")[ **$heYou .** ]]
(set: $str to $heYou)
[[<span style="color: black;">try again, pitiful god.</span>->S1]] ]
<div>
(text-style: 'blink')[''Time: 5:45 AM. Monday.'']
(link: "Wake up")[You woke up with a jolt.
Everything came fuzzy into your head: Pictures of a bedroom; the feeling of blinking awake; the echo of a lasting scream.
Adrenaline singed the underneath your skin, but you were clever enough to recognize a dream. You look at your hands and try to breathe.
It's not usually this easy to wake up.
[[Get dressed->get ready]]
[[Brush teeth->get ready]]
[[Eat breakfast->get ready]]
[[Shower->get ready]]
]
You're not human. You don't need to be doing that.
...[[Right.]]
(text-style: "expand")[|output>[]]
(set: $var to 0)
(live: 1s)[
(set: $var to it + 1)
(if: $var is 1)[
(append: ?output)[. ]
]
(elseif: $var is 2)[
(append: ?output)[. ]
]
(elseif: $var is 3)[
(append: ?output)[.]
]
(elseif: $var is 5)[
(append: ?output)[It's easy to forget sometimes.]
]
(elseif: $var is 7)[(stop:) [[Go to work.]]
]
]
(text-style: 'blink')[Time: 8:06 AM. Monday.]
(text-style: 'mark')[(color:"black")[
You usually liked to be as late to work as you could push it, although today you were almost and hour early. Even without your co-workers the building felt the same.
(link: "Desolate.")[ (link: "Numb.")[''Boring.''
The people who worked there weren't the kind you wanted to associate yourself with, and they probably felt the same towards you.
(link: "Sometimes you regretted taking the job at all.")[(text-style: "strike")[sometimes you regretted taking the job at all.] But work was all you had.
[[...->V_1]]
]]]]]
(text-style: 'mark')[(color:"black")[
"You're early, $name,"
Vost was the big boss. He looked more human than the rest of you, although he couldn't be farther from it.
He liked to check in with you often.
[["You're early too,"->V_2]]
[["I didn't mean to be,"->V_3]] ]](text-style: 'mark')[(color:"black")[
"I'm always here this early," he responded. "Maybe you'd know that if you ever bothered to get out of bed before eight fifty-five."
(link: "smile.")["Yes, sir."
"I have a new assignment for you, I want it done by the end of the day."
"I can do that."
"$name," Vost leaned in closer to you, his voice hushed. "I expect this to have no errors. I mean it. You know what happens if I deem you impartial."
Your tired eyes bore into his. [["Yes, sir."->V_4]]
]
]](text-style: 'mark')[(color:"black")[Vost smiled. "No, of course not. My mistake."
You could tell he was making fun of you.
He cleared his throat. Down to business. "I have a new assignment for you. I want it done by the end of the day."
You nod. "I can do that."
"$name," Vost leaned in closer to you, his voice hushed. "I expect this to have no errors. I mean it. You know what happens if I deem you impartial."
Your tired eyes bore into his. [["Yes, sir."->V_4]]
]] (text-style: 'mark')[(color:"black")["Have it on my desk no later than six!" He said, and with that, he was gone.
You felt cold sink into your bones.
Vost knew. ]
[[cubicle]] ] There wasn't much.
You had a desktop computer and your office supplies. Neither could keep you busy for very long.
[[Play online games]]
[[Write something]]
[[Start working]](font:"Courier new")[(text-style: "blink")[
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S ! ]
YOU WON WITH $POINTS POINTS !
IT ONLY TOOK YOU $tries TRIES !
ENTER YOUR CREDIT CARD INFORMATION BELOW TO REDEEM YOUR PRIZE OF A FREE CRUISE AROUND THE MEDITERANIAN SEA ! //VALID BIRTHDAY, FULL NAME, AND SECURITY ANSWER QUESTIONS REQUIRED.//
]Old & Bad.
(text-style: "outline")[-------------------------------------------]
(font:"Courier new")[**D I C E G A M E**
(text-style: "blink")[
RULES ]:: AFTER PLACING A GUESS(1 - 6), ROLL A SIX SIDED DIE.
IF GUESS IS CORRECT --> +10
IF GUESS IS INCORRECT --> -2
20 POINTS TO WIN!
[[Play!]]
]
(text-style: "outline")[-------------------------------------------]Double-click this passage to edit it.Double-click this passage to edit it.(set: $guess to (prompt: "What is your guess?", "1") )
(font:"Courier new")[THE DICE IS ROLLING (text-style: "blink")[. . . ]
(set: $num_guess to(num: $guess))
(set: $die to (random: 1, 6))
#**$die !** (if: $die is $num_guess)[(set: $points to $points + 10)]
(else:)[(set: $points to $points - 2)]
(if: $die is $num_guess)[YOU WIN ! +10 POINTS !]
(if: $die is not $num_guess)[YOU LOST ! -2 POINTS !]
POINTS :: $points
[[Play again?->Play!]]
(if: $points > 19)[(go-to: "Win")]
(set: $tries to it + 1)
]Double-click this passage to edit it.(text-style: 'mark')[(color:"black")["Great!" He said, back to his loud voice. "Any other concerns before I leave you to work?"
[["What is the assignment?"]]
[["Can I have more time?"]]
[["No, sir."->"Yes, sir."]]
]] (text-style: 'mark')[(color:"black")[
Vost looked at you carefully for a long moment. The kind of moment that made you forget where you were standing and who you were.
The kind of look made you remember who you belonged to.
"$younger $man, not very well known. Lives alone. An easy case." He said. "Nothing you won't be able to handle, I hope."
(set: $ass to 1)
[[...->questions]]
]] (text-style: 'mark')[(color:"black")[Your boss didn't like that.
"No, you can't." He said. "I know you may be slightly... //different// from the others, but rules are rules. This case needs judgement today."
You try to shrug off his glare. It sticks to you.
"(link: "Okay, I get it.")[Okay, I get it."
"//You're not human anymore, $name.// Remember that."
(link: "...")[[["I know that, sir."->vSmile]] ]
]]]<div class="leftcolumn">
Name: Sawyer
</div>
<div class="rightcolumn">
This is in the right column, which has a right margin of about 5 letters wide. It is twice as wide as the left column.
</div> (text-style: 'mark')[(color:"black")[
"Any more questions?"
(if: $ass is 1)[ [["Can I have more time?"]] ] (else:)[ [["What is the assignment?"]] ]
[["What happens if I'm deemed impartial?"]]
[["How old are you?"]]
[["No, I'm okay."->"Yes, sir."]]
]]<div id="center">
(text-style: "expand")[''"Good."'']</div>
(live: 1s)[
(set: $tick to it + 1)
(if: $tick is 2)[(set: $x to 1)]
(if: $x is 1)[(go-to: "questions")]]
(text-style: "expand")[|output>[]]
(set: $var to 0)
(live: 1s)[
(set: $var to it + 1)
(if: $var is 1)[
(append: ?output)[. ]
]
(elseif: $var is 2)[
(append: ?output)[. ]
]
(elseif: $var is 3)[
(append: ?output)[.]
]
(elseif: $var is 5)[
(append: ?output)[you know what happens,]
]
(elseif: $var is 6)[
(append: ?output)[ $name.]
]
(elseif: $var is 8)[(stop:) [[Go to work.]]
]
]
(text-style: 'mark')[(color:"black")[
Vost laughed. "How //old?"//
"The same age as life, I suppose. Only as old as a god can get."
(link: "...")[(link: "How old am I?")["How old am I?"
His smile is almost sad. It's still a smile.
"It doesn't work like that anymore," He said.
Your heart sinks. You frown.
"You're a young kind. Time doesn't pass the same for you, does it? How can you grow when you're not human? When you have no form?"
(link: "I understand, sir.")["I understand, sir."
"... Don't make a habit of asking those questions, $name."
[["...I understand."->questions]]
]]]]]