"//Where am I?//", you scream out.(set: $ll to 0)
There is no answer, not even from your own [[echo.->Nothingness]]
(live:10s)[(show:?timeout)]
|timeout)[Maybe you should (if:$sleep > 3)[really get a move on.](else:)[just go back to [[sleep.->Dreams]]]]
All around you, you are surrounded by pure [[darkness.->The Darkness]]
You raise your hand in front of your face and you see [[nothing.->Feeling]]You raise your hand to your face, and see nothing but the already present void.
You press your hand to your face, and feel the bony, cold flesh against your face.
[[Where->Awakenings]] were you?It isn't just darkness, but is the complete embodiment of void.
There is nothing to see in front of you, [[nobody->Alone]] to call out to.
You don't even know where you are, or what you're even [[laying on.->Awakenings]]Where was everybody? Where did everyone go?
Where did //you// go?
And where are you [[now->Nothingness]]?
Putting your hands to the ground, you feel nothing but hard, splintered wood.
(click-append:"splintered wood.")[ As you feel around, you (if:$inv contains "needle")[find nothing. You have a [[feeling->room1]] you've been here before](else:)[(either: "feel(set: $r to 0)","get pricked by(set: $r to 1)") a small metal needle.
(click-append:"needle.")[
(if: $r is 1)[(text-colour: red)["//Ow!//"], you scream out.]
You pick up the needle.(set: $inv to $inv + (a: "needle"))]
(t8n:"dissolve")[You don't know where you are or why a needle is laying on the ground, but you should be careful when [[feeling->room1]] around the area.]]
]
You barely even know where you are, or how to even begin to get out.
You can start to [[crawl->crawl]] along the floor, or try to [[sit up->ow]] and think straight.
You can check for anything in your pockets.
(click-append:"pockets.")[(if:$inv's length is 0)[ You have nothing on you, nothing to help you.](else:)[ You have (for: each _i, ...$inv)[a _i, ]and nothing else.]]You try to crawl around but feel walls only a foot or so out. You seem to be [[trapped]] within a small, wooden box of sorts.//''Bonk''//
(text-colour:red)[//"Ow!"//], you scream out. (text-colour:red)[//"What the hell is that?"//]
(live: 3s)[(show:?timed1)(stop:)]
|timed1)[(t8n:"dissolve")[You start to feel a trickle of blood down your face(live: 3s)[(show:?timed2)(stop:)]]]
|timed2)[(t8n:"dissolve")[Reaching out with your hands, you feel a [[wooden board->escaping?]] about a foot away from your face]]You close your eyes again.
(set: $sleep to $sleep+1)
(t8n:"dissolve")[You start to see vivid images, pictures of (either:"your home, your family. Their faces blinking to life but gone before you can make out any fine detail.","your backyard, all the time you used to spend playing as a child, reminding you of how quickly that time passed by.")]
(live:5s)[(show:?next)]
|next)[(t8n:"dissolve")[You start to fall back into [[reality->New Beginnings]], shaken awake by a distant (either:"hoot","scream","ding","bark").]]You push against the wood above you, and feel a slight give. (click-append:"give.")+(t8n:"dissolve")[ You feel like you're trapped beneath some kind of [[door]], but something is keeping whatever this is shut tight.]You feel (text-colour:red)[trapped.]
(if:$ll is not 1)[Maybe you can [[get up->ow]] and try to feel around for a door of sorts.]
(live:10s)[(show:?giveup)]
|giveup)[(t8n:"dissolve")+(text-colour:red)[Maybe it isn't worth trying to escape, maybe you can just [[lay down and rest->Dreams]]]](set: $inv to (a:))(set: $sleep to 0)(set: $ll to 0)
Wake up.
(live:2s)[(show:?red)]
|red)[(t8n:"dissolve")+(text-colour:red)[Wake. Up.]]
(live:5s)[(show:?now)]
|now)[(t8n:"dissolve")[[Now.->New Beginnings]]]You feel around the board above you, and you find [[three latches]] on one side of the board.
(live:3s)[(show:?next)]
|next)[(t8n:"dissolve")[On the other side, you feel a [[metal plate]] of sorts]]
(live:6s)[(show:?next2)]
|next2)[(t8n:"dissolve")[You seem to be encassed in a wooden box, held here by whatever kept the door shut above you.]]
(live:9s)[(show:?next3)]
|next3)[(text-colour:red)+(t8n:"dissolve")[You feel more blood pour out of the wound in your [[head.]]]]You feel around one of the latches, and notice screws on each of them.
Theres no way any of these will turn without a screwdriver.
They feel rusty, and very [[old]].
Perhaps you should check the [[metal plate]].You feel around the metal plate.
(set:$ll to 1)
(live:2s)[(show:?next)]
|next)[(t8n:"dissolve")[There seems to be a small pinhole, perhaps you have (if:$inv contains "needle")[[[something->escape]]](else:)[something] you can put into it, as if it was some sort of lock.]]
(live:8s)[(show:?next2)]
|next2)[(text-colour:red)+(t8n:"dissolve")[Maybe there is no way out, and you are truly [[trapped]]]]
As you touch your forehead, you feel the warmth of your (text-colour:red)[blood] on your fingertips.
You have to [[stop]] this before the bleeding gets too out of hand.Struggling to take off the shirt you have on, you finally wrap your head in the makeshift cloth bandaid.
You start to feel a bit of [[relief]].
(set: $head to 1)With your injury taken care of, you take another feel at the door above you.
(live:2s)[(show:?next)]
|next)[(t8n:dissolve)[On one side, you feel the same [[three latches]], while the other has the same [[metal plate]] as before]]You don't really know how long you've been in here.
In fact, you can't even remembered what happened before this.
All you can really remember is waking up in this box.
(live:5s)[(show:?next)]
|next)[Maybe you should take a look at the [[metal plate]]]You push the needle into the small hole, making sure to not drop it while doing so.
(live:5s)[(show:?pop)]
|pop)[//**Pop**//]
(live:6s)[(show:?pop2)]
|pop2)[(t8n:"dissolve")[You try to [[open]] the door.]](enchant:?Page, (color:#000000) + (background:#ffffff))[Light streams into your box, forcing you to shut your eyes as you adjust]
(set:$box to "open")(set:$dusted to 0)(set:$stares to 0)(set: $c1 to 0)(set: $c2 to 0)(set: $c3 to 0)
(live:5s)[(show:?final)]
|final)[(t8n:"dissolve")[Perhaps it is time for you to [[Get up]]]](enchant:?Page, (color:#000000) + (background:#ffffff))As you try look around the room, your vision starts to [[focus]] as you continue adjusting to the bright lights.
The first thing you notice is that the box you were in wasn't just some box, but a (text-colour:red)[coffin].
(live:3s)[(show:?light)]
|light)[(if:$head is not 1)[(t8n:"dissolve")+(text-colour:red)[The bleeding from your [[forehead]] starts to get worse.]]](enchant:?Page, (color:#000000) + (background:#ffffff))Across the room from you lies a wooden [[desk]], with a small piece of paper on top of it.
On the right of the room, you see a [[metal door]], presumably locked, with a keypad attatched to the door handle.
On the left of the room, there is a reinforced [[window]].
At the back of the room lies the [[coffin->box]] you awoke inside of.
(live:10s)[(show:?light)]
|light)[(if:$head is not 1)[(t8n:"dissolve")+(text-colour:red)[The bleeding from your [[forehead]] gets even worse.]]](enchant:?Page, (color:#000000) + (background:#ffffff))You take a look at the wooden desk.
On top of the desk you see a [[note]].
The desk has drawers, but they seem [[locked]].
Maybe we should keep looking around the [[room->focus]].(enchant:?Page, (color:#000000) + (background:#ffffff))
You [[stare->loop]] out the window and see nothing but a white expanse, all encompassing, and ever-blinding.
Maybe we should keep looking around the [[room->focus]].(enchant:?Page, (color:#000000) + (background:#ffffff))You take a look at the big metal door in front of you. It seems to be the only way out of here.
Near its handle is a small blinking [[keypad]].
Maybe we should keep looking around the [[room->focus]].(enchant:?Page, (color:#000000) + (background:#ffffff)) You quickly take off your shirt and use it to wrap your head.
That's much [[better->focus]]...
(set: $head to 1)(enchant:?Page, (color:#000000) + (background:#ffffff))You look at the coffin. It's where you started this whole thing in, and now, seeing it from above, it looks a lot smaller than it felt like in there.
(if:$box is "open")[Theres nothing you can obviously make out that could help you in the [[open->closing]] coffin.](else:)[There was nothing inside of the now [[closed->opening]] coffin, but you can make out (if:$dusted is 1)[[[writing->writing]] on the coffin's door.](else:)[(text-style: "blurrier")[[[dusty->dusty]]] writing on the coffin's door.]]
Maybe we should keep looking around the [[room->focus]].(enchant:?Page, (color:#000000) + (background:#ffffff))You lean down and start to read the note.
(live:2s)[(show:?1)(stop:)](live:4s)[(show:?2)(stop:)](live:6s)[(show:?3)(stop:)](live:8s)[(show:?4)(stop:)](live:10s)[(show:?5)(stop:)](live:12s)[(show:?6)(stop:)]
|1)[(t8n:"dissolve")[//If you're reading this note, it means you woke up. //]]
|2)[(t8n:"dissolve")[//You got out of the box you were trapped in, and now you're stuck in a room. //]]
|3)[(t8n:"dissolve")[//Have you took a look out the window yet? //]]
|4)[(t8n:"dissolve")[//You don't even know where you are, what is out there, or what is beyond that door. //]]
|5)[(t8n:"dissolve")[//You already know that whatever you need to escape is in this room somewhere. //]]
|6)[(t8n:"dissolve")[//You just need to look **really** hard. //]]
(text-color:white)[[[What's this?->secret1]]]
Maybe we should keep looking around the [[room->focus]].(enchant:?Page, (color:#000000) + (background:#ffffff))(if:$inv contains "key")[The drawer has a small keyhole that it looks could fit a small [[key->unlocked]]](else:)[The drawer has a small keyhole that it looks could fit a small key]
Maybe we should keep looking around the [[room->focus]].(enchant:?Page, (color:#000000) + (background:#ffffff))
You noticed a small flat on the sheet of paper in the bottom corner. Upon opening it, you see a small green (text-colour:green)[e].
(set:$c1 to 1)
This should be [[useful->focus]].(enchant:?Page, (color:#000000) + (background:#ffffff))You grab the door that you left open against the wall, and begin to [[close->box]] the coffin door.
(set: $box to "closed")
(live:10s)[(show:?reset)(stop:)]
|reset)[(t8n:"dissolve")+(text-colour:red)[It looks a little [[vacant]] in there, like you could just crawl back in and fall back asleep...]](enchant:?Page, (color:#000000) + (background:#ffffff))Upon reopening the coffin, (if:$inv contains "key")[you see nothing, just the same old space you were just trapped in. Did you just expect more keys or hints? Sorry but this is [[all->focus]].](else:)[you see a small key sitting in what you just thought was an empty box. How the hell did that get there?
You pick up the key and get back to what you were [[working on->focus]](set: $inv to $inv + (a:"key"))](enchant:?Page, (color:#000000) + (background:#ffffff))The text reads:
//When blinded by the light, sometimes you can't see things hidden within the (text-colour:white)[white spaces]//
The text [[ends->box]] there.(enchant:?Page, (color:#000000) + (background:#ffffff))You fit the key into the keyhole and unlock the drawer. Inside you find a blue (text-colour:blue)[X] painted on the bottom of the drawer.
That should be pretty [[useful->focus]].
(set: $c2 to 1)You lay down in the coffin, closing the door above you.
You're not sure why, but this just feels right.
You start slowly drifting off to [[sleep->Dreams]].(enchant:?Page, (color:#000000) + (background:#ffffff))You wipe your hand over the (text-style:"blurrier")[dusty] writing.
(mouseover-replace:"dusty")[(text-style:"none")[[[dusty->writing]]]]
(set:$dusted to 1)(enchant:?Page, (color:#000000) + (background:#ffffff))
You [[keep staring->loop]] out the window and see nothing but a white expanse, all encompassing, and ever-blinding.
(if:$stares > 5)[(if:$head is 1)[In the reflection, you see your own face, and the bloodied [[shirt]] covering up your forehead]]
Maybe we should keep looking around the [[room->focus]].
(set:$stares to $stares + 1)(enchant:?Page, (color:#000000) + (background:#ffffff))Unwrapping the shirt from around your head, you see a bloodied (text-color:red)[O] where you had hit your head earlier.
I'm not sure if that is any [[useful->focus]].
(set:$c3 to 1)(enchant:?Page, (color:#000000) + (background:#ffffff))
On the blinking screen, you see a red, green, and blue selection boxes.
(if:$c1 is 1)[(if:$c2 is 1)[(if:$c3 is 1)[You think of a code that you can [[enter]].]]]
Maybe we should leave this alone and keep [[looking around->focus]].(enchant:?Page, (color:#000000) + (background:#ffffff))Using the keypad, you type the only combination you think would work: (text-colour:red)[O] (text-colour:green)[E] (text-colour:blue)[X].
(live:3s)[(show:?true)(stop:)]
|true)[(t8n:"dissolve")[The lock clicks open. You begin to open the [[door->end]].]](enchant:?Page, (color:#000000) + (background:#fffcac))Stepping out the door, your feet land on a concrete sidewalk. Behind you, a door slams and you hear a lock click soon after. At this point, you're just happy to be free, and to be out.
You take a look up at the bright sky, and are overcome with relief.
You start running home to patch up your forehead, and to escape from whatever the hell just happened to you.
You won.