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<<audio "new" play volume 0.40>> <div class="center">\ <div class="passageload"></div> <div class="viewport">\ <div class="art">\ <img src="https://i.postimg.cc/FRYtJSL5/Photo-Dec-07-2023-9-31-04-PM.png"> </div>\ <div class="optionL">\ <<button "MENU" "Menu">><</button>> <<button "LOAD" "Load">><</button>> <<button "SAVE" "Save">><</button>> </div>\ <div class="content">\ <<linkreplace "The war took everything.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "From me, from everybody.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ [[Those of us left are only shells of our former selves; of what humanity once was.->War2]] <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ </div>\ </div>\ </div>\ /* This is where the variables are changed for saving/loading */ <<set $thumbnail to "./img/test.png">> <<set $description to "War's Retrospective">> <<set $currentlocation to passage()>>

<<nobr>> <div class="center"> <div class="passageload"></div> <div class="viewport"> <div class="backbutton"><<button "BACK" $currentlocation>><</button>></div> <br> <br> <br> <br> <div class="menutitle"><<linkreplace"BACK TO MAIN MENU">>[["Unsaved progress will be lost. Click to proceed."->Title]]<</linkreplace>> </div> <div class="slot0"> <div class="slotgeneric"> <div class="slotthumbnail"> <<if ndef $save0thumbnail>> no data <<else>> [img[$save0thumbnail]] <</if>> </div> <div class="slotdesc"> <<if ndef $save0description>> no data <<else>> <<print $save0description>> <</if>> </div> <div class="slotbutton"> <<button "SAVE">>\ <<set $save0description to $description>> <<set $save0thumbnail to $thumbnail>> <<script>> if (Save.slots.ok()) { Save.slots.save(0); Engine.play("Save"); } <</script>> <</button>> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slot1"> <div class="slotgeneric"> <div class="slotthumbnail"> <<if ndef $save1thumbnail>> no data <<else>> [img[$save1thumbnail]] <</if>> </div> <div class="slotdesc"> <<if ndef $save1description>> no data <<else>> <<print $save1description>> <</if>> </div> <div class="slotbutton"> <<button "SAVE">> <<set $save1description to $description>> <<set $save1thumbnail to $thumbnail>> <<script>> if (Save.slots.ok()) { Save.slots.save(1); Engine.play("Save"); } <</script>> <</button>> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slot2"> <div class="slotgeneric"> <div class="slotthumbnail"> <<if ndef $save2thumbnail>> no data <<else>> [img[$save2thumbnail]] <</if>> </div> <div class="slotdesc"> <<if ndef $save2description>> no data <<else>> <<print $save2description>> <</if>> </div> <div class="slotbutton"> <<button "SAVE">> <<set $save2description to $description>> <<set $save2thumbnail to $thumbnail>> <<script>> if (Save.slots.ok()) { Save.slots.save(2); Engine.play("Save"); } <</script>> <</button>> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slot3"> <div class="slotgeneric"> <div class="slotthumbnail"> <<if ndef $save3thumbnail>> no data <<else>> [img[$save3thumbnail]] <</if>> </div> <div class="slotdesc"> <<if ndef $save3description>> no data <<else>> <<print $save3description>> <</if>> </div> <div class="slotbutton"> <<button "SAVE">> <<set $save3description to $description>> <<set $save3thumbnail to $thumbnail>> <<script>> if (Save.slots.ok()) { Save.slots.save(3); Engine.play("Save"); } <</script>> <</button>> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slot4"> <div class="slotgeneric"> <div class="slotthumbnail"> <<if ndef $save4thumbnail>> no data <<else>> [img[$save4thumbnail]] <</if>> </div> <div class="slotdesc"> <<if ndef $save4description>> no data <<else>> <<print $save4description>> <</if>> </div> <div class="slotbutton"> <<button "SAVE">> <<set $save4description to $description>> <<set $save4thumbnail to $thumbnail>> <<script>> if (Save.slots.ok()) { Save.slots.save(4); Engine.play("Save"); } <</script>> <</button>> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slot5"> <div class="slotgeneric"> <div class="slotthumbnail"> <<if ndef $save5thumbnail>> no data <<else>> [img[$save5thumbnail]] <</if>> </div> <div class="slotdesc"> <<if ndef $save5description>> no data <<else>> <<print $save5description>> <</if>> </div> <div class="slotbutton"> <<button "SAVE">> <<set $save5description to $description>> <<set $save5thumbnail to $thumbnail>> <<script>> if (Save.slots.ok()) { Save.slots.save(5); Engine.play("Save"); } <</script>> <</button>> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slot6"> <div class="slotgeneric"> <div class="slotthumbnail"> <<if ndef $save6thumbnail>> no data <<else>> [img[$save6thumbnail]] <</if>> </div> <div class="slotdesc"> <<if ndef $save6description>> no data <<else>> <<print $save6description>> <</if>> </div> <div class="slotbutton"> <<button "SAVE">> <<set $save6description to $description>> <<set $save6thumbnail to $thumbnail>> <<script>> if (Save.slots.ok()) { Save.slots.save(6); Engine.play("Save"); } <</script>> <</button>> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slot7"> <div class="slotgeneric"> <div class="slotthumbnail"> <<if ndef $save7thumbnail>> no data <<else>> [img[$save7thumbnail]] <</if>> </div> <div class="slotdesc"> <<if ndef $save7description>> no data <<else>> <<print $save7description>> <</if>> </div> <div class="slotbutton"> <<button "SAVE">> <<set $save7description to $description>> <<set $save7thumbnail to $thumbnail>> <<script>> if (Save.slots.ok()) { Save.slots.save(7); Engine.play("Save"); } <</script>> <</button>> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <</nobr>>

<<nobr>> <div class="center"> <div class="passageload"></div> <div class="viewport"> <div class="backbutton"><<button "BACK" $currentlocation>><</button>></div> <br> <br> <br> <br> <div class="menutitle"><<linkreplace"BACK TO MAIN MENU">>[["Unsaved progress will be lost. Click to proceed."->Title]]<</linkreplace>> </div> <div class="slot0"> <div class="slotgeneric"> <div class="slotthumbnail"> <<if ndef $save0thumbnail>> no data <<else>> [img[$save0thumbnail]] <</if>> </div> <div class="slotdesc"> <<if ndef $save0description>> no data <<else>> <<print $save0description>> <</if>> </div> <div class="slotbutton"> <<button "LOAD">> <<script>> if (Save.slots.has(0)) { Save.slots.load(0); } <</script>> <<set $save0description to $description>> <<set $save0thumbnail to $thumbnail>> <<script>> Engine.play("Load"); <</script>> <</button>> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slot1"> <div class="slotgeneric"> <div class="slotthumbnail"> <<if ndef $save1thumbnail>> no data <<else>> [img[$save1thumbnail]] <</if>> </div> <div class="slotdesc"> <<if ndef $save1description>> no data <<else>> <<print $save1description>> <</if>> </div> <div class="slotbutton"> <<button "LOAD">> <<script>> if (Save.slots.has(1)) { Save.slots.load(1); } <</script>> <<set $save1description to $description>> <<set $save1thumbnail to $thumbnail>> <<script>> Engine.play("Load"); <</script>> <</button>> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slot2"> <div class="slotgeneric"> <div class="slotthumbnail"> <<if ndef $save2thumbnail>> no data <<else>> [img[$save2thumbnail]] <</if>> </div> <div class="slotdesc"> <<if ndef $save2description>> no data <<else>> <<print $save2description>> <</if>> </div> <div class="slotbutton"> <<button "LOAD">> <<script>> if (Save.slots.has(2)) { Save.slots.load(2); } <</script>> <<set $save2description to $description>> <<set $save2thumbnail to $thumbnail>> <<script>> Engine.play("Load"); <</script>> <</button>> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slot3"> <div class="slotgeneric"> <div class="slotthumbnail"> <<if ndef $save3thumbnail>> no data <<else>> [img[$save3thumbnail]] <</if>> </div> <div class="slotdesc"> <<if ndef $save3description>> no data <<else>> <<print $save3description>> <</if>> </div> <div class="slotbutton"> <<button "LOAD">> <<script>> if (Save.slots.has(3)) { Save.slots.load(3); } <</script>> <<set $save3description to $description>> <<set $save3thumbnail to $thumbnail>> <<script>> Engine.play("Load"); <</script>> <</button>> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slot4"> <div class="slotgeneric"> <div class="slotthumbnail"> <<if ndef $save4thumbnail>> no data <<else>> [img[$save4thumbnail]] <</if>> </div> <div class="slotdesc"> <<if ndef $save4description>> no data <<else>> <<print $save4description>> <</if>> </div> <div class="slotbutton"> <<button "LOAD">> <<script>> if (Save.slots.has(4)) { Save.slots.load(4); } <</script>> <<set $save4description to $description>> <<set $save4thumbnail to $thumbnail>> <<script>> Engine.play("Load"); <</script>> <</button>> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slot5"> <div class="slotgeneric"> <div class="slotthumbnail"> <<if ndef $save5thumbnail>> no data <<else>> [img[$save5thumbnail]] <</if>> </div> <div class="slotdesc"> <<if ndef $save5description>> no data <<else>> <<print $save5description>> <</if>> </div> <div class="slotbutton"> <<button "LOAD">> <<script>> if (Save.slots.has(5)) { Save.slots.load(5); } <</script>> <<set $save5description to $description>> <<set $save5thumbnail to $thumbnail>> <<script>> Engine.play("Load"); <</script>> <</button>> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slot6"> <div class="slotgeneric"> <div class="slotthumbnail"> <<if ndef $save6thumbnail>> no data <<else>> [img[$save6thumbnail]] <</if>> </div> <div class="slotdesc"> <<if ndef $save6description>> no data <<else>> <<print $save6description>> <</if>> </div> <div class="slotbutton"> <<button "LOAD">> <<script>> if (Save.slots.has(6)) { Save.slots.load(6); } <</script>> <<set $save6description to $description>> <<set $save6thumbnail to $thumbnail>> <<script>> Engine.play("Load"); <</script>> <</button>> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slot7"> <div class="slotgeneric"> <div class="slotthumbnail"> <<if ndef $save7thumbnail>> no data <<else>> [img[$save7thumbnail]] <</if>> </div> <div class="slotdesc"> <<if ndef $save7description>> no data <<else>> <<print $save7description>> <</if>> </div> <div class="slotbutton"> <<button "LOAD">> <<script>> if (Save.slots.has(7)) { Save.slots.load(7); } <</script>> <<set $save7description to $description>> <<set $save7thumbnail to $thumbnail>> <<script>> Engine.play("Load"); <</script>> <</button>> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <</nobr>>

<div class="center"> <div class="viewport"> <div class="backbutton"><<button "BACK" $currentlocation>><</button>></div> <div class="menutitle"><<linkreplace"BACK TO MAIN MENU">>[["Unsaved progress will be lost. Click to proceed."->Title]]<</linkreplace>> </div> <div class="slider1"> <div class="slidergeneric"> MUSIC VOLUME <<volume>> </div> </div>

<<audio "mainTheme" play loop>> <div class="center">\ <div class="passageload"></div> <div class="titleViewport">\ <br> <p style="text-align:center;">Based on<br> Octavia Butler's <i>Dawn</i></p> <div class="titleButtons"><<button "START GAME" "Start">><</button>></div> <div class="titleButtons"><p style="text-align:center;"><<button "LOAD GAME" "Load">><</button>></p></div> <div class="titleButtons"><p style="text-align:center;"><<button "CREDITS" "Credits">><</button>></p></div> </div>\ </div>\ <<set $currentlocation to passage()>>

<div class="center"> <div class="passageload"></div> <div class="viewport"> <div class="backbutton"><<button "BACK" $currentlocation>><</button>></div> <h3>CREDITS</h3> <div class="credits">\ Based off Octavia E. Butler's novel <i>Dawn</i> Game written by PJ Pearson Illustrations done by Sian Kiviberg and PJ Pearson Main theme: Claw Finger from Silent Hill Special thanks to those on r/TwineGames and the Twine section of intfiction.org, without whom this game would probably be entirely non-functional. </div> </div> </div>

/* <<vntype [passageName]>> … <</vntype>> - passageName: (optional) Name of the passage to send the player to Examples: <<vntype>>Text to type.<</vntype>> <<vntype "Next passage">>Text to type.<</vntype>> */ <<widget "vntype" container>> \<<type 30ms none>> \<<= _contents.trim()>> \<span class="vn-link"><<link "Continue">> <<if _args[0]>> <<goto _args[0]>> <<else>> <<ctpAdvance "vn-text">> <</if>> <</link>></span> \<</type>> \<</widget>>

<<cacheaudio "hover" "https://cdn.freesound.org/previews/405/405158_7708675-lq.mp3 ">> <<cacheaudio "click" "https://cdn.freesound.org/previews/52/52555_199517-lq.mp3">> <<cacheaudio "new" "https://cdn.freesound.org/previews/651/651664_10334845-lq.mp3">> <<cacheaudio "mainTheme" "https://od.lk/s/ODBfNDUzOTYzOTlf/youtube_BxWZ987gWMA_audio.mp3">> <<set $oankali to 0>> <<set $name to "Estelle">>

<div class="center">\ <div class="passageload"></div> <div class="viewport">\ <h1><u>WARNING</u></h1> <h2>this game contains scenes of violence and disturbing imagery. Viewer discretion is advised.</h2> <h2><u>[[Proceed>->Title]]</u></h2> </div>\ </div>\ <<set $currentlocation to passage()>>

<<audio "new" play volume 0.40>> <div class="center">\ <div class="passageload"></div> <div class="viewport">\ <div class="art">\ <img src="https://od.lk/s/ODBfNDUzOTcyMzBf/dusk_normal_room.png"> </div>\ <div class="optionL">\ <<button "MENU" "Menu">><</button>> <<button "LOAD" "Load">><</button>> <<button "SAVE" "Save">><</button>> </div>\ <div class="content">\ <<linkreplace "Now, I do not even have the luxury of suffering.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "As I wake up, gasping for breath like a fish out of water, my only anchor is the familiar sparks of pain dancing across my skin. There are never discernable points of interest in my surroundings, just seamless plastic walls that make way into smooth, featureless furniture.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "The sterile atmosphere was not unlike a hospital, if the evident cage-like qualities did not immediately bring to mind that of a solitary confinement room.">>\ <<type 20ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "This was one thing I was sure of: I was a prisoner.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ [[Captured, surely by Russians–though my captors spoke to me in perfect English through speakers I have yet to locate. I never saw their faces, but after waking up with extraordinary pain so many times, I could only imagine the type of experiments I’d undergone.->newDawn2]] <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ </div>\ </div>\ </div>\ /* This is where the variables are changed for saving/loading */ <<set $thumbnail to "./img/test.png">> <<set $description to "New Dawn">> <<set $currentlocation to passage()>>

<<audio "new" play volume 0.40>> <div class="center">\ <div class="passageload"></div> <div class="viewport">\ <div class="art">\ <img src="https://od.lk/s/ODBfNDUzOTcyMzBf/dusk_normal_room.png"> </div>\ <div class="optionL">\ <<button "MENU" "Menu">><</button>> <<button "LOAD" "Load">><</button>> <<button "SAVE" "Save">><</button>> </div>\ <div class="content">\ <<linkreplace "The next time I Awake, I can tell by the way my body feels leaden with soreness and disuse that significant time has passed. ">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "Slowly and carefully, I scan my skin for scars, looking for some tell of a test or experiment–but for what? Not chemical warfare testing–who is left to kill? Not organ harvesting for the elite–who is left to save?">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace " Maybe humans are an alien delicacy.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "I laugh to myself, but these thoughts are my only possession, all that may entertain me. Even the voices of my malevolent captors is a welcome escape from the torment of total isolation, now probing with more complex questions.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ [[ Not seeing a point in defiance, these moments morph almost into conversations. Culture and history are particular points of interest, but not for any reason I can discern. I lay back down, succumbing again to the only liberty I have: sleep.->newDawn4.5]] <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ </div>\ </div>\ </div>\ /* This is where the variables are changed for saving/loading */ <<set $thumbnail to "./img/test.png">> <<set $description to "New Dawn">> <<set $currentlocation to passage()>>

<<audio "new" play volume 0.40>> <div class="center">\ <div class="passageload"></div> <div class="viewport">\ <div class="art">\ </div>\ <div class="optionL">\ <<button "MENU" "Menu">><</button>> <<button "LOAD" "Load">><</button>> <<button "SAVE" "Save">><</button>> </div>\ <div class="content">\ <<linkreplace "Well, I wasn’t about to take it for granted. I turned over, appreciating the opportunity to sleep in somewhat darkness.">>\ <<type 20ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "Some semblance of familiarity, comfort at last…">>\ <<type 25ms none>>\ <<linkreplace `$name + "?"`>>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "I seethed through my teeth at the dreadfully familiar voice interrupting my prospect of one conventional ‘night’s’ sleep, nearly dismissing it until I registered where it came from.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "My captor's voice was not coming from some unseen source above. This sound had to have come from only a few feet away.">>\ <<type 35ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "Inside the room.">>\ <<type 10ms none>>\ [[I bolted upright and whipped my head around to the corner opposite me, and–->meeting3]] <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ </div>\ </div>\ </div>\ /* This is where the variables are changed for saving/loading */ <<set $thumbnail to "./img/test.png">> <<set $description to "Meeting">> <<set $currentlocation to passage()>>

<<audio "new" play volume 0.40>> <div class="center">\ <div class="viewport">\ <div class="art">\ <img src="https://od.lk/s/ODBfNDUzOTczNjBf/dusk_war_manypeople.png"> </div>\ <div class="optionL">\ <<button "MENU" "Menu">><</button>> <<button "LOAD" "Load">><</button>> <<button "SAVE" "Save">><</button>> </div>\ <div class="content">\ <<type 35ms none>>\ [[They inched closer every day.->newDawn1]] <</type>>\ </div>\ </div>\ </div>\ /* This is where the variables are changed for saving/loading */ <<set $thumbnail to "./img/test.png">> <<set $description to "War's Retrospective">> <<set $currentlocation to passage()>>

<<audio "new" play volume 0.40>> <div class="center">\ <div class="passageload"></div> <div class="viewport">\ <div class="art">\ <img src="https://od.lk/s/ODBfNDUzOTcyMzFf/dusk_dark_figure.png"> </div>\ <div class="optionL">\ <<button "MENU" "Menu">><</button>> <<button "LOAD" "Load">><</button>> <<button "SAVE" "Save">><</button>> </div>\ <div class="content">\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "“What are you here for, then?” I spat, not giving him a chance to respond. “Forget to put me to sleep before gutting me?”">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "“I am taking you outside.” He spoke calmly, further fueling my ire. Talking to me like some dog…The nerve!">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "“Like hell you are. What’s waiting for me out there?” My mind is filled with thoughts of cages and exam tables. Something around his head shifted, though even squinting my eyes it was too dark to make anything out.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "A wash of dread came over me, suddenly unsure of myself, and incredibly unsure of the stranger in front of me.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ [[A new life for you. Education, a career.” Things I hadn’t given a second thought after the war began. Concepts like this were dead, what was he on about?->meeting4]] <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ </div>\ </div>\ </div>\ /* This is where the variables are changed for saving/loading */ <<set $thumbnail to "./img/test.png">> <<set $description to "Meeting">> <<set $currentlocation to passage()>>

<<audio "new" play volume 0.40>> <div class="center">\ <div class="passageload"></div> <div class="viewport">\ <div class="art">\ <img src="https://od.lk/s/ODBfNDU0NjE0NzRf/dusk_bright_figure.png"> </div>\ <div class="optionL">\ <<button "MENU" "Menu">><</button>> <<button "LOAD" "Load">><</button>> <<button "SAVE" "Save">><</button>> </div>\ <div class="content">\ <<linkreplace "With a short huff, I squeeze my eyes shut and clench my fists to ground myself. Every time I peek towards it, I am propelled to look away. It remains eerily calm, as though expecting this. ">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "Vaguely, I wonder if it must have gone through this before. ">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "“You’re much more tolerant than others like you.” It speaks after a moment.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "I swallow hard. “You mean other humans?”">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "It doesn’t answer. Typical.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "But the silence is suffocating. “Explain!” I urge it, the taste of bile flooding in my mouth as I raise my voice.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "“You are aboard a ship. There are other humans here.” I am able to look towards it now, for shock if nothing else.">>\ <<type 30ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "“Is Earth…?” I trail off.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "“We are in its orbit.”">>\ <<type 30ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "“Is it…liveable?”">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "“Yes.” The snakes protruding from its body smoothed over to conform to the shape of itself, and it took me a moment to realize that it was some kind of physical reaction.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "“You seem surprised.” It says, and it's usually toneless voice sounds almost amused. I realize then that I must look ridiculous: I make the conscious effort to close my agape jaw.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "“...I know what I saw during the war. I could go days without seeing the color green–I went years without seeing the blue sky. You’re telling me there’s some island that was miraculously untouched?”">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "“No. More than an island. Our efforts have restored much of the planet’s sustaining ecosystems.”">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "I shook my head, disbelieving. “Nuclear war isn’t something you can exactly come back from.”">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "“No. We are very advanced. More so than you can fathom.”">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "I blinked, initially registering such a claim as haughty, though as I take in my surroundings, I suppose it must be true. I focus on the seamless blend of the floor into the walls, into the furniture platforms, into–">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "“You must look at me.” It spoke sharply, the worms atop its body writhing. I squeeze my eyes shut, gathering the courage to turn towards it again.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "“Once you are able to tolerate my presence without fear, you will be able to go outside.” Against my best judgment, this gives me a glimmer of hope.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "I focus on a point somewhere where I can imagine a face, and try to will the invasive thought of maggots crawling over roadkill out of my mind.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "The alien begins what looks to be a complex yet fluid set of motions to situate itself on top of the table platform. After a few moments, I realize that this must be its way of sitting.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "The folding of its limbs, all with four-too-many joints, sends a shiver down my spine. Something as simple as sitting…yet it is still so alien.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "“Your name.” I croak. I hope, selfishly and perhaps impossibly, that it is something familiar.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "“Kaaltahkaanwarhani lel Guyahtaj aj Dinso.” I sighed, squeezing my eyes shut to prevent the frustrated tears from falling.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "“You may call me Tahkaan.” It supplied, as though it were a solution to my turmoil.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "“Tahkaan” I echoed. “You said other humans have gone through this.” I muttered. “What becomes of them?”">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "It was silent for a moment, as though it were gauging how I may react. “Our goal is to repopulate the Earth.” It says slowly, carefully.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "Like it wants to say something else but fears revealing too much. “Though many humans choose to live among us.”">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "The confusion must have been evident on my face, because it hurriedly continued. “Once you are assimilated, you may come to find that you prefer our way of life.”">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "Assimilated. That word burns a hole in my mind. It seemed impossible to me now–to live among aliens? When a fresh, new Earth lies just below?">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ What do I think? [[I need to find other humans and get out of here… Earth is my home.->trueEnd1]] [[Assimilating could mean new opportunities I can’t even comprehend…->neutralEnd]] <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ </div>\ </div>\ </div>\ /* This is where the variables are changed for saving/loading */ <<set $thumbnail to "./img/test.png">> <<set $description to "Meeting">> <<set $currentlocation to passage()>><<audio "new" play volume 0.40>>

<<audio "new" play volume 0.40>> <div class="center">\ <div class="passageload"></div> <div class="viewport">\ <div class="art">\ <img src="https://od.lk/s/ODBfNDUzOTcyMzJf/dusk_oankali_portrait.png"> </div>\ <div class="optionL">\ <<button "MENU" "Menu">><</button>> <<button "LOAD" "Load">><</button>> <<button "SAVE" "Save">><</button>> </div>\ <div class="content">\ <<linkreplace "Overcome with rage, I storm towards it. Looking at it fuels and strengthens my temper but also fills me with such horror I fear I may never sleep again.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "Every apparatus, every snake atop its head, they writhe with an independent motive. I am unable to focus on just one, especially as I come right up upon it.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "As much as the thought of those things touching me mortifies me, I take a stance.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "It makes no move to stop me, which unnerves me more. It simply leans forward, and urges me,">>\ <<type 40ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "“Don’t.”">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "It's disturbing how human it sounds…Looking at it, I can’t even tell where the sound is coming from. Whatever its equivalent is to a throat, maybe. ">>\ <<type 30ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "“I won’t harm you.” It assures.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ What should I do? [[Double down and throw the first hit. Negotiating freedom peacefully won't work.->badEnding1]] [[Back away and put my fists down. Try to negotiate peacefully.->meeting5a]] <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ </div>\ </div>\ </div>\ /* This is where the variables are changed for saving/loading */ <<set $thumbnail to "./img/test.png">> <<set $description to "Meeting">> <<set $currentlocation to passage()>><<audio "new" play volume 0.40>>

<<audio "new" play volume 0.40>> <div class="center">\ <div class="passageload"></div> <div class="viewport">\ <div class="art">\ </div>\ <div class="optionL">\ <<button "MENU" "Menu">><</button>> <<button "LOAD" "Load">><</button>> <<button "SAVE" "Save">><</button>> </div>\ <div class="content">\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "I squeezed my eyes shut and turned away.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "“No.” I started firmly, hugging my arms around myself. “I want to go to Earth. Take me to see humans, let me be among my kind.”">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "I heard it stir behind me, though I could only slump to the ground and hug my knees.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ [[Even as it approached me from behind, I could not make out its words, only fade into an unnatural sleep as one of the tentacles ghosted over my shoulder.->trueEnd2]] <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ </div>\ </div>\ </div>\ /* This is where the variables are changed for saving/loading */ <<set $thumbnail to "./img/test.png">> <<set $description to "True Ending">> <<set $currentlocation to passage()>>

<<audio "new" play volume 0.40>> <div class="center">\ <div class="viewport">\ <div class="art">\ <img src="https://od.lk/s/ODBfNDU0NjE0NzBf/dusk_lilith_blurry"> </div>\ <div class="optionL">\ <<button "MENU" "Menu">><</button>> <<button "LOAD" "Load">><</button>> <<button "SAVE" "Save">><</button>> </div>\ <div class="content">\ [[. . . ?->trueEnd4]] </div>\ </div>\ </div>\ /* This is where the variables are changed for saving/loading */ <<set $thumbnail to "./img/test.png">> <<set $description to "True Ending">> <<set $currentlocation to passage()>>

<<audio "new" play volume 0.40>> <div class="center">\ <div class="viewport">\ <div class="art">\ <img src="https://od.lk/s/ODBfNDU0NjE0NDRf/dusk_lilith"> </div>\ <div class="optionL">\ <<button "MENU" "Menu">><</button>> <<button "LOAD" "Load">><</button>> <<button "SAVE" "Save">><</button>> </div>\ <div class="content">\ [[Rise and shine.->trueEnd5]] </div>\ </div>\ </div>\ /* This is where the variables are changed for saving/loading */ <<set $thumbnail to "./img/test.png">> <<set $description to "True Ending">> <<set $currentlocation to passage()>>

<<audio "new" play volume 0.40>> <div class="center">\ <div class="passageload"></div> <div class="viewport">\ <div class="art">\ <img src="https://od.lk/s/ODBfNDU0NjExNjBf/dusk_antagonized_zoom.png"> </div>\ <div class="optionL">\ <<button "MENU" "Menu">><</button>> <<button "LOAD" "Load">><</button>> <<button "SAVE" "Save">><</button>> </div>\ <div class="content">\ <<linkreplace "Though the prospect of laying my hands on this abomination repulses me, I clench my fist and strike its bony body.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "I hear it speaking, but I can’t make anything out over the adrenaline in my ears. Its body is hard and plasticky, blood beginning to blossom from my knuckles and its body. It is evident that it is more resilient than a human.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "Still, true to its word, it does not fight back.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "One of the snakes reaches towards me with a determination that feels faintly familiar, and I duck my body to avoid it, aiming my fist for one of its long protruding limbs. They seem more malleable than the rest of its body, and I fear the tentacles too much to touch them.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "Another hit to that flexible arm and the alien’s body stiffens. ">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "I attempt to raise my fist, though my body does not move.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "It's saying something again, but I can’t make anything out other than its frantic tone.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "After a moment of stillness I realize I can’t move anything. Nothing, except for my eyes.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "My eyes trail toward my left, where one of its snakes has made light contact with my shoulder. I feel no fear, even this close to the limb.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "I don’t feel anything.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "My last sight is its distraught, flailing snakes reaching out towards me as I slump down.">>\ <<type 35ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "I think that, really, they look more like big worms than small snakes.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ [[It is my last thought.->badEnding2]] <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ </div>\ </div>\ </div>\ /* This is where the variables are changed for saving/loading */ <<set $thumbnail to "./img/test.png">> <<set $description to "Bad Ending">> <<set $currentlocation to passage()>><<audio "new" play volume 0.40>><<audio "new" play volume 0.40>> <div class="center">\ <div class="passageload"></div> <div class="viewport">\ <div class="art">\ </div>\ <div class="optionL">\ <<button "MENU" "Menu">><</button>> <<button "LOAD" "Load">><</button>> <<button "SAVE" "Save">><</button>> </div>\ <div class="content">\ <<linkreplace "Though the prospect of laying my hands on this abomination repulses me, I clench my fist and strike its bony body.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "I hear it speaking, but I can’t make anything out over the adrenaline in my ears. Its body is hard and plasticky, blood beginning to blossom from my knuckles and its body. It is evident that it is more resilient than a human.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "Still, true to its word, it does not fight back.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "One of the snakes reaches towards me with a determination that feels faintly familiar, and I duck my body to avoid it, aiming my fist for one of its long protruding limbs. They seem more malleable than the rest of its body, and I fear the tentacles too much to touch them.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "Another hit to that flexible arm and the alien’s body stiffens. ">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "I attempt to raise my fist, though my body does not move.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "It's saying something again, but I can’t make anything out other than its frantic tone.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "After a moment of stillness I realize I can’t move anything. Nothing, except for my eyes.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "My eyes trail toward my left, where one of its snakes has made light contact with my shoulder. I feel no fear, even this close to the limb.">>\ <<type 15ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "I don’t feel anything.">>\ <<type 25ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "My last sight is its distraught, flailing snakes reaching out towards me as I slump down.">>\ <<type 35ms none>>\ <<linkreplace "I think that, really, they look more like big worms than small snakes.">>\ <<type 40ms none>>\ [[It is my last thought.->badEnding2]] <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ <</type>>\ <</linkreplace>>\ </div>\ </div>\ </div>\ /* This is where the variables are changed for saving/loading */ <<set $thumbnail to "./img/test.png">> <<set $description to "Bad Ending">> <<set $currentlocation to passage()>><<audio "new" play volume 0.40>>

<div class="center">\ <div class="passageload"></div> <div class="viewport">\ <h1><u>UPDATE NOTICE</u></h1>\ <h2>The looping bug has been fixed, the rest of the game is now playable. Thank you to those who emailed me about it!</h2>\ <h4>If anyone finds any other bugs or has a question or recommendation or just wants to talk about the game, please email me at friendlypajamas@gmail.com.</h4>\ <h4>Thanks for playing!</h4>\ <h2><u>[[Proceed>->Disclaimer]]</u></h2> </div>\ </div>\ <<set $currentlocation to passage()>>

<div class="center">\ <div class="passageload"></div> <div class="viewport">\ <h1><u>BROWSER DISCLAIMER</u></h1>\ <h2>This game is built in HTML and Javascript. As such, its functionality depends on the browser's capabilities. Please use the latest version of Firefox or Chrome on desktop for best experience, as they have been tested.</h2>\ <h4>Internet Explorer, Safari, mobile devices, etc. have not been tested, and may not perform as intended. Play at your own risk.</h4>\ <h2><u>[[Proceed>->Warning Start]]</u></h2> </div>\ </div>\ <<set $currentlocation to passage()>>