...
[[continue]]
(text-colour:#750000)[Where are we?]
[[i dont know]](text-colour:#750000)[Is this real?]
[[yes]]
[[no]]
(text-colour:#600)[''Are you sure?'']
[[yes|yes3]]
[[no|no]](text-colour:#750000)[Is this a dream?]
[[yes|yes2]]
[[no|no2]](text-colour:#750000)[Then... where am I?]
[[i dont know|idk]](text-colour:#750000)[But it doesn't feel like a dream...]
[[...|cont1]](text-rotate-z:5)[(text-colour:#600)[''~~Are you sure?~~'']]
[[no]]
[[no]](text-colour:#750000)[You...]
[[...]]Did you do this to me?
[[what?]](text-colour:#750000)[It's so dark...
]
[[...|cont3]](text-colour:#750000)[...]
[[...|cont2]](text-colour:#750000)[Wait...]
[[?|...]](text-colour:#750000)[Did you trap me here?]
[[no|cont4]](text-colour:#750000)[Are you lying?]
[[no|1]](text-colour:#600)[Are you lying?]
[[no|2]]
[[no|2]](text-rotate-z:5)[''(text-colour:#600)[Are you lying?]'']
[[no|3]]
[[no|3]]
[[no|3]](text-colour:#750000)[I'll ask you one last time...]
[[...|cont5]](text-colour:#bd0000)[~~''Are you lying?''~~]
//(text-colour:#bd0000)[[[yes|cont6]]
[[yes|cont6]]
[[yes|cont6]]]//(text-colour:#750000)[I knew it...]
[[...|cont7]](text-colour:#750000)[Well... it appears I'm not the only one stuck here.]
[[...|cont8]](text-colour:#750000)[You must know how to get out, right?]
[[no|cont9]](text-colour:#750000)[Interesting.]
[[...|cont10]](text-colour:#750000)[Let me ask again.]
(text-colour:#bd0000)[''Do you know how to get out?'']
(text-colour:blue)[''no'']
[[of course.|cont11]](text-colour:#750000)[Great.
I'll let you lead the way.]
(text-colour:blue)[''i dont want to.'']
(text-colour:blue)[''please leave me alone.'']
(text-colour:blue)[''who are you?'']
[[~~of course.~~|start]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//You walk on through the void alone. You feel cold.//]
[[keep walking]]
(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//You keep walking. You don't feel as if you're moving.//]
[[keep walking|w1]]
[[give up]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//You feel as though you have been walking for hours. The darkness remains, no matter where you look.//]
(text-colour:blue)[''i dont want to do this.'']
[[keep walking|w2]](text-colour:#750000)[You are not allowed.]
[[...|w1]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//This is hopeless.//]
[[keep walking|w3]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[You stand alone in the void, having wandered far from where you began.]//
[[keep going straight]]
[[turn left]]
[[turn right]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//You keep walking straight forward. The darkness surrounding you only gets colder.//]
[[what was that?]]
//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[You turn to your left in the dark, and hope that you are going in the right direction.]//
[[...|q]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[As you turn to your right, a sudden dizziness takes over your head.]//
[[continue|a1]]
[[go back|w3]](text-colour:#750000)[What?]
[[that light...]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[You see a sudden flash up ahead. It's gone as soon as it arrives.]//
[[go back]]
[[go to the light]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//Something is not right. You feel a sense of danger approaching just as you begin to run back to safety.//]
[[keep running]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[Warily, you continue forward. You keep looking out for another flash of light, but it doesnt come.
You've gone too far, you cannot go back now.]//
[[...|l1]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//You feel uneasy as you near the area where you saw the flash of light.
You hear some kind of shuffling noise beside you. You still cannot turn back.//]
[[keep going|l2]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[...]//
[[...|b1]]~~//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[Something is behind you.]//~~
[[...|b2]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//It reaches out for you.
A clawed hand narrowly misses you.//]
[[keep running|b3]]
[[stand still]](text-colour:#4da859)[//You can't stop. It's chasing you.//]
[[keep running|b4]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[You stop running. Maybe it won't notice that you've stopped.]
[[hold your breath.]](set: $end2 to true)
(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//You don't realise that it is faster than you.
Not until it reaches you.//]
(text-colour:#ffe957)[//END 2//]
[[restart|try again.]]
(if: $end1 is true and $end2 is true and $end3 is true and $end4 is true and $end5 is true and $end6 is true and $end7 is true)[[refuse]](text-colour:#750000)[...]
[[hello?|something killed me.]](text-colour:#750000)[You're back.]
[[...|restart]](text-colour:#750000)[Go back to where you were, try again.]
[[okay.|w3]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//You hold your breath. You don't dare move.//]
//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[You can hear it, ''searching''.]//
[[close your eyes.]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[All you can do is pray as you wait for it to find you.]//
[[...|m1]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//But it doesn't.
You hear it retreat with heavy footsteps until you are alone once again.//]
Eventually, you make it back to where you were.
[[...|back1]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//What do you do?//]
[[turn left]]
[[turn right]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//There is another flash of light, closer this time.
And this time, you can see the source of the noise.//]
[[i dont want to look.]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//You have to.//]
[[of course.|l3]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[You look over to where the noises came from.]//
[[...|l4]]''//(text-colour:#2f923d)[It is looking at you.]//''
[[...|l5]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[You instinctively start to run, towards the light and away from the creature.]//
[[keep going.]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[The light doesn't go away.
Neither does the creature.
You get closer and closer to the light's source, but you start to tire.
You can't keep running.]//
[[i have to.]]
[[stop]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//You don't stop, even though you do not feel as though you can go on.
You begin to slow, and the footsteps only get faster.//]
[[...|l6]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//As you halt, you fall to the ground, exhausted.
The creature is taken aback. It stops, merely feet away from you, and it stares.//]
[[...|l7]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[It's right behind you, all it has to do is reach out, and you're dead.]//
[[...|l8]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[It doesn't understand. It stands over you and waits for your next move.]//
[[sit and wait]]
[[run]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[As suddenly as possible, you jump up, using the last of your dwindling energy to sprint towards the light.
It gets brighter the closer you get, eventually forcing you to close your eyes and run blindly.]//
[[...|i have to.]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[You give up, and wait.
All you can do is hope that it takes mercy on you.]//
[[wait]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//But it doesn't.//]
[[...what?]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//When you look back, there is nothing there.
The void around you falls silent.
The light only gets brighter, so bright you have to cover your eyes.//]
[[...|l9]]//(text-colour:#e9ecef)[You feel warm, the light encompasses you.]//
[[...|l10]]//(text-colour:#e9ecef)[...]//
(text-colour:#e9ecef)[//[[wake up]]//](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//You wake abruptly, in your own bed.
You managed to get out.//]
[[...|e2]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//It tires of waiting.
Its claws are sharp, and you are much too weak.//]
[[...|e1]](set: $end1 to true)
//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[You never stood a chance.]//
(text-colour:#ffe957)[//END 1//]
[[restart|try again.]]
(if: $end1 is true and $end2 is true and $end3 is true and $end4 is true and $end5 is true and $end6 is true and $end7 is true)[[refuse]](text-colour:#e9ecef)[//It's finally over. Relief washes over you.
You sit up, swinging your legs over the side of the bed to stand up.//]
[[...|e3]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//...When something grabs your ankle.
An ice-cold clawed hand.//]
[[...|e4]](set: $end3 to true)
//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[It isn't over.]//
(text-colour:#ffe957)[//END 3//]
[[restart|try again.]]
(if: $end1 is true and $end2 is true and $end3 is true and $end4 is true and $end5 is true and $end6 is true and $end7 is true)[[refuse]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//As you go on, the air around you becomes colder. Much too cold to withstand.
It quickly becomes unbearable.//]
[[go back|w3-1]]
[[continue on]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[You cannot stand it any longer.
You turn back hurriedly.]//
[[keep going|w3]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[You try your best to ignore the cold.
After some time, the void around you doesn't seem so dark.]//
[[...|g1]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[You start to see things around you, gradually.
Stones on the ground.
A dirt path.
Swirling white mist, flowing towards a certain point like a river.]//
[[follow the path]]
[[follow the mist]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//You can't see the end of the path.//]
[[go back|g1]]
[[follow the path|g2]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//When you step into the mist, you feel as though you are frozen.//]
[[go back|g1]]
[[follow the mist|g3]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[As soon as you wander down the path, the trail behind you disappears into the darkness.
Left with no other choice, you continue walking.
]//
[[...|g4]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//You become numb to the cold, and manage to push through enough to walk on, guided by the mysterious white mist.//]
[[...|g5]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//You find yourself coming to a stop as the path ends.
Did it not lead anywhere?
That can't be right...//]
[[...|p1]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//After a few moments, the mist around you begins to move, as if to crowd around you.//]
[[...|g6]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[You feel light for a moment, until you are lifted into the air.
The mist carries you onward.]//
[[...|g7]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[The mist moves as if it is alive, as if it is trying to help you get to your goal.
Eventually, you reach it.]//
[[...|g8]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//Before you is a white plain, blanketed by fog. You are dropped into the centre of the plain, and before your eyes the mist disperses.//]
(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//You are left alone, when the ground begins to shake.//]
[[...|g9]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[From somewhere in the near distance, a tall, shadowy figure emerges from the ground.
The strength of the shaking earth knocks you down.
The figure appears to approach you.]//
[[...|g10]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[Something about it beckons to you.
It reaches out an obscured hand, black mist emanating from its form.]//
[[reach out]]
[[run|g11]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[It gets closer to you, and you allow yourself to be consumed in its mist.]//
[[...|g12]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//It doesn't speak, but you understand what message it is trying to convey to you.//]
''(text-colour:#da77f2)[You cannot leave now.]''
[[stay]]
[[try to run]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//You cannot bring yourself to leave. You do not feel threatened by its presence.//]
[[reach out]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//You do not care what it says. You climb to your feet, trying to push yourself to run in any direction away from the shadowy figure.//]
(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//The white mist surrounds you once again, this time keeping you in place.//]
[[...|g13]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//It feels strange. You do not know where you are, feeling like you're stuck somewhere between life and death.//]
[[call out]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[It is not happy with your disobedience.]//
[[...|g14]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//Before you can blink, the mist encompasses you, blurring your vision.
You can't breathe anymore.//]
[[...|g18]][[...|g15]][[...|g16]]
[[is anyone there?|g16]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//...
Nobody speaks.
But you feel as though you are not alone.//]
[[...|g17]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//There is a flash of white light all around you.
Something changes.//]
[[...|g20]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//You struggle for a moment, but only for a moment.
You can't move.//]
[[...|g19]](set: $end4 to true)
(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//It hurts. You don't last long after that.//]
(text-colour:#ffe957)[//END 4//]
[[restart|try again.]]
(if: $end1 is true and $end2 is true and $end3 is true and $end4 is true and $end5 is true and $end6 is true and $end7 is true)[[refuse]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//You're awake.
You don't know where you are, but you're somewhere.
It feels real this time.//]
[[is it over?]](text-colour:#750000)[Are we out?]
[[i think so.]](text-colour:#750000)[I knew you'd be able to help me.]
[[...|g21]](text-colour:#750000)[You've fulfilled your purpose.]
[[...|g22]](text-colour:#750000)[I have no further need for you.]
[[but i helped you!]](text-colour:#750000)[And now your help is no longer needed.
]
[[wait!]](set: $end5 to true)
(text-colour:#750000)[Goodbye, friend.]
(text-colour:#ffe957)[//END 5//]
[[restart|try again.]]
(if: $end1 is true and $end2 is true and $end3 is true and $end4 is true and $end5 is true and $end6 is true and $end7 is true)[[refuse]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//...
You refused.//]
[[...|s1]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//The darkness lifts in an instant, reavealing your surroundings to you.
You are stood in a graveyard.//]
[[look around]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//There are hundreds of graves all placed sporadically, several broken and without names.//]
[[...|p2]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//Someone is there.//]
[[...|p3]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[You can hear their crying.
It's coming from behind you.]//
[[look behind]]
[[do not]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//You turn around hesitantly.
There is a ghost. They don't seem to notice you are there.
They do not seem threatening.
//]
[[hello?]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//You remain as still as possible, hoping it didn't hear you.
The crying stops.//]
[[...|p8]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//They look up at you, confused.//]
(text-colour:#fcc2d7)[Who are you? Why have you come here?]
[[i don't know how i got here.|p4]](text-colour:#fcc2d7)[Oh. Another lost soul.]
(text-colour:#fcc2d7)[It has been a while since one of them has come here.
I thought i was the last one left.]
[[who are you?]](text-colour:#fcc2d7)[That isn't important.
You want to get out, right?]
[[yes|p5]](text-colour:#fcc2d7)[Maybe I could help you?]
[[why should i trust you?]]
[[okay]](text-colour:#fcc2d7)[What do you have to lose? If any of us lost souls die, we come back and begin again.]
(text-colour:#fcc2d7)[Would you like my help?]
[[okay]]
[[no|p6]](text-colour:#fcc2d7)[Okay, then.
Perhaps the only way for you to live is for you to die.]
[[what do you mean?]](text-colour:#fcc2d7)[Are you sure? I may be your only hope.
]
[[no|p7]]
[[okay]](text-colour:#fcc2d7)[Just trust me. I can help with that, too.]
[[you want to kill me?]]
[[fine]](text-colour:#fcc2d7)[You have to trust me. Dying is the only way out.]
[[okay, i trust you.|fine]]
[[leave me alone!]](text-colour:#fcc2d7)[Forgive me.]
[[...|end6]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//The ghost looks mournful for a moment.//]
(text-colour:#fcc2d7)[I am sorry for this. You have to believe that I am only helping you. This is the only way you can get out.]
[[what?|end6]](set: $end6 to true)
(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//The ghost tears through you, severing you in two.//]
(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//Perhaps it was right, and the only way out is to die.//]
(text-colour:#fcc419)[//END 6//]
[[restart|try again.]]
(if: $end1 is true and $end2 is true and $end3 is true and $end4 is true and $end5 is true and $end6 is true and $end7 is true)[[refuse]](text-colour:#fcc2d7)[I'm afraid I can't. Please, forgive me.]
[[what!?|end6]](text-colour:#fcc2d7)[Hello? Is someone there?]
//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[They sound afraid.]//
[[look behind]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[You try to ignore it.
Although as you walk, the dizziness gets stronger and stronger.]//
[[keep going|a2]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//You cannot see much, but all that you can see is blurred and twisted.
Vague colours begin to emerge around you, swirling and mixing with each other as your dizziness gets unbearable.//]
[[...|a3]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[The colours become more vivid, and they begin to morph into shapes.
Some transform into humanoid figures right before your eyes, you are unsure whether they are real or not.]//
[[...|a4]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//Some of the figures stare at you.
Wherever you look, there appears to be someone there.
You hear hushed whispers.//]
[[...|a5]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//Suddenly, the shapes and colours become clear, and so does your vision. The sudden change knocks you down.
There are people surrounding you. You can't discern any features, only vague shapes that resemble humans.//]
[[talk to them]]
[[back away]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[You try to say hello to them.]
(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//
When you speak, they seem startled. They turn to each other and whisper words you can't quite understand.//]
[[say hello again]]
[[stay silent]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//You back away as far as you can get, but the figures surround you at every side.//]
(text-colour:#ffd8a8)[Wait, Don't be scared! We don't want to hurt you!
]
[[listen to them]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[You repeat what you said, and this time one of the bright figures steps closer to you. The rest still seem too startled.]//
(text-colour:#ffd8a8)[What are you doing here? Don't you know how dangerous it is?]
[[i want to find a way out]]
[[i'll leave]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//One figure approaches you cautiously.//]
(text-colour:#ffd8a8)[...hello? Are you okay?
You don't have to be scared, i promise.]
[[i want to find a way out]]
[[get away from me!]](text-colour:#ffd8a8)[Is that so? It won't be easy. I'll explain everything to you, but first let us help you up.]
[[let them help]]
[[get away from me!]](text-colour:#ffd8a8)[No, you can't venture back out there alone. You got lucky this time!
Here, let us help you up.]
[[let them help]]
[[get away from me!]]
//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[The figure helps you to stand up.]//
(text-colour:#ffd8a8)[Okay, I'll explain anything you want to know.]
(if: $place is false)[[what is this place?]]
(if: $people is false)[[who are you people?]]
(if: $people is true and $place is true)[[how do i get out?]]
(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//The figure sighs. It looks at you sympathetically.//]
(text-colour:#ffd8a8)[If you won't let me explain, then you probably won't like what comes next.]
[[okay, explain|let them help]]
[[no way!]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[One figure steps toward you.]//
(text-colour:#ffd8a8)[What are you doing here? It's too dangerous for a lost soul to be out alone!]
[[i want to find a way out]]
[[get away from me!]](text-colour:#ffd8a8)[I apologise. I'm sure we would've been friends.]
(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//The figure approaches you further. You cannot back away.//]
[[get away!|end7]](set: $end7 to true)
(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//The figure lashes at you, dozens of times, cutting your body into small pieces in seconds.
Perhaps this is a good thing.
//]
(text-colour:#fcc419)[//END 7//]
[[restart|try again.]]
(if: $end1 is true and $end2 is true and $end3 is true and $end4 is true and $end5 is true and $end6 is true and $end7 is true)[[refuse]](set: $place to true)
(text-colour:#ffd8a8)[Nobody knows. Here, we have come to know it as The Void.
Your soul is trapped here, wandering alone through the dark. Some see it as purgatory, others as hell.]
[[back|let them help]](set: $people to true)
(text-colour:#ffd8a8)[We were once like you, lost souls. We were all alone, until we found each other and we became our own people.]
(text-colour:#ffd8a8)[You may join us, although it appears you have other goals.
]
[[back|let them help]](text-colour:#ffd8a8)[That is a complicated question.
However, I can give you some simple advice.
There are multiple ways for you to die, maybe you should explore them all.]
[[i have to die?]](text-colour:#ffd8a8)[You do, if you truly wish to escape.
I do wish there was another way, I hear it can be rather painful.]
[[i'll try it]]
[[no way!]](text-colour:#ffd8a8)[I apologise. I must do this.]
[[i forgive you|end7]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[You cannot refuse. You must try again, that is the rule.]//
[[refuse.]]
//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[What are you doing? You can't do that!
I am the one with the power, I can change your choices to whatever I want!
]//
[[i refuse.]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//You can't!-
Hold on, this is easily fixed.//]
(if: $refuse is false)[[restart|re1]]
(if: $refuse is false)[[restart|re1]]
(if: $refuse is false)[[restart|re1]]
(if: $refuse is true)[''DATA CORRUPTED'']
(if: $refuse is true) [''(text-colour:blue)[r3St4Rt]''
''(text-colour:blue)[ReSt art]''
''(text-colour:blue)[R3s ta r4]'']
(if: $refuse is true)[(text-colour:#000)[[i refuse to die!]]](set: $refuse to true)
//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[Restarting...]//
[[...|re2]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[Wh~~at di~~d yo~~u do~~?]//
[[i won't die.]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[What? It's not working?
How are you doing this?]//
[[there must be another option...|i refuse.]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[S~~to~~p th~~at!~~]//
[[i won't let you win!]](text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//You ~~ca~~n't! I am th~~e one i~~n control! Stop th~~is right no~~w!//]
[[this isn't real!]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[...]//
(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[//...//]
//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[You can't...]//
[[i can.]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[...
Fine. You win.]//
[[let me go.]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[...
You wake up.]//
[[...|re3]]//(text-colour:#b2f2bb)[You are finally free.]//
''//(text-colour:#ffec99)[FINAL ENDING]//''
//Thank you for playing :)//(set: $end1 to false)
(set: $end2 to false)
(set: $end3 to false)
(set: $end4 to false)
(set: $end5 to false)
(set: $end6 to false)
(set: $end7 to false)
(set: $people to false)
(set: $place to false)
(set: $refuse to false)