Closed Doors

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Today is a big day. You're wearing a suit you rented out and you step out into the parking lot from your broken down and beat up car. It's the afternoon. [[Walk]] (set: $walk to 1) (set: $think to 0) (set: $explosion to false) (set: $whitedoorappear to true)

(if: $walk is 1)[It's just an interview. You've done interviews but, this one seems a bit different.] (if: $walk is 2)[You had been emailing this company for some time now. Promises of a stable job, promises of work benefits..] (if: $walk is 3)[Your mind goes blank. What's the job again? Why are we so dressed up? What are we here right now? ] (if: $walk is 4)[You keep walking without thought. A thoughtless individual...walking...] (if: $walk >= 5)[...]  [[Walk]] (if: $walk >= 3) [[Think]] (set: $walk to $walk +1)

You reach far down in your thoughts to remember. You remember it being a job about some new innovative technology. You remember they didn't even specify much. You have been desperate for a job. You don't want to mess this up. [[Walk some more]]

You see emptyness. An empty lobby with nothing but soft blue lighting coming from the top ceiling windows. You see in front of you a reception area. (if: $whitedoorappear is true)[Are you in the right place??](if: $whitedoorappear is false)[To your left you see a blue door and your right a grey door.] (if: $whitedoorappear is false) [[Look at doors]] [[Turn around]]

You walk up to some white double doors with white tinted glass panes. You can faintly see the lobby. It's time. [[Push open doors ->Lobby]]

One door is a lightish blue and the other is grey. You feel untrustworthy of doors because of what just happened but... there is nothing else to do. Maybe you should choose a door. [[Lobby]] [[Grey door ->Pink room]] [[Blue door ->Blue room]]

Nothing but pure washed out white drywall. It's solid wall and the door really is gone. (if: $whitedoorappear is true)[You get a rush of blood to your brain. Did a door just disappear? Thoughts rush through our mind. What does this mean? Thats impossible??..] (link:"Turn back")[(go-to:"Lobby")](set: $whitedoorappear to false)

You are in a blue room. It's pretty aesthetically pleasing inside. The walls are painted a bit darker shade than the past room. You see the same type of windows at the top raining down some light onto the room. In the middle you see a can. [[Walk up to can]] [[Turn around -> Turn around]]

You walk up to the can. You pick it up and the can is pretty heavy. Heavy enough to throw and break something actually... Cans aren't usually that heavy though, what could be inside it? [[Throw can at ceiling window]] [[Open can]] [[Go back ->Blue room]]

The door is gone again. You kind of jump a bit but you're not as surprised this time. (link:"Turn back")[(go-to:"Blue room")]

You give it a good toss and actually manage to create a crack in one of the windows. Tossing it a few more times would probably shatter the window. Maybe this could be a way out... [[Toss again]]

You open it and makes the classic fizz sound all new soda cans make. So it's cola? You look around the can to see if you can get some information. The label says: SAFE TO DRINK! PLEASE DO NOT DROP! Why is it so heavy if it's just liquid? What properties could this liquid have? [[Drink it]] [[Pour it on the floor to inspect]]

You toss again and window is almost broken but, the can is rattling. Would it be safe to throw it one more time? [[Throw again -> Blow up]] (link:"Set the can down")[(go-to:"Blue room")]

You throw the can one last time and breaks the window. You do a quick side step so you don't get cut by the glass. You glance up again as you see the can fall. It all happened so fast. The last thing you remember is feeling a rush of air as you got blown back to the wall. You feel dizzy. [[Get up]]

You get up and notice that huge explosion caused a massive hole on the floor. You look down and.. it's the lobby. You're confused and still feel kinda dizzy from that explosion. [[Jump down]] (set: $explosion to true)

You drink the soda and feel weird. Really weird. You feel HEAVY. You feel cracks forming at your feet and in less than a second you fall through the floor. You fall through the floor and you recognize you've been in this room before! It's the Lobby! [[Try getting up -> Fall though floor]]

You carfully pour a bit of the liquid on the floor. It's spreading. It's spreading a bit too fast actually. You drop the can and take a step back. It looks like a VOID. You see the liquid go under the can and the can just falls through the void. As if the void is some sort of portal. Soon enough you're pinned against the wall. Theres really nothing you can do except... [[Embrace the void]]

You walk into the room and to your surprise the room is not actually grey. It's a pale pink and the place is lit by some hanging light bulbs. In the corners of the room on the ceiling there are black speakers. In the middle you see a waist high pillar which what seems to be a big red button placed on it. [[Approach button]] [[Turn around -> turn around]]

You try getting up but before both your feet even touch the floor you fall through the floor yet again. You get a bit dizzy this time. What just happened? You feel lighter so you think it's safe to get up. [[Get up -> Yellow room]]

GREETINGS INDIVIDUAL! YOU HAVE PROVEN YOURSELF TO BE A THOUGHTFUL AND CURIOUS INDIVIDUAL. YOU DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES. YOUR PERSONALITY IS JUST THE TYPE TO WORK WITH OUR BLACK SUIT RESEARCHERS. WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO ACCEPT OUR INVITATION TO WORK WITH US. WE ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU SAID IT IN WORDS! [[I accept ->Job ending]]

You embrace the void. You tried being careful with the liquid but it betrayed you. You're floating in a void... aimlessly You feel drowsy and fall asleep... . . . . . . . [[Wake up]]

You turn around and again the door is gone. Again. You touch the empty wall to satisfy your curiosity and nothing but plain drywall. (link:"Turn back")[(go-to:"Pink room")]

You walk up to the button. Its a big red button that reaches up to your waist. Egraved on the button are white letters that spell the word "Love". There's not much else about it. [[Press love]] [[Pick up the button]] [[Go back ->Pink room]]

You press it and start hearing a crowd chanting. Its coming from the speakers. It feels almost like if you're in a concert. Maybe you shouldn't had done that. [[Pick up button]] [[Press it again -> Press it again]]

You pick up the button to see if you can make it stop. You hear the voices booing. Why are they booing?? Do they want you to press the button again?? Under the button text says: DO NOT TAMPER and a timer set to all zeroes. Did the timer break? What could be inside it? [[Break open]] [[Press it -> Press it again]]

You press it yet AGAIN and the chants get so loud that the speakers explode and the lights burn out. In your mind you think that was AMAZING. You see a door open in front of you. (set: $buttonroom to true) [[Walk though open door -> Yellow room]]

You walk up to the reception and see a paper and pen. This wasn't here before... On it there is a sheet with multiple names. There is a box for sign-in and one for sign-out. The sign-in box has the exact time you arrived at the building. The sign-out box is empty.... ...like it's waiting for something to be written [[Sign out]]

You decide to break the button open. Nuts, bolts and springs fly out the button. The button is completely broken. The voices stop chanting. The lights dim and you visibly see the room turn grey. In front of you, you see a door open. [[Grey room -> Grey room]]

You walk in and find yourself in a white room. There are black speakers on the ceiling in each corner. Being in this room makes you feel happy for some reason. You hear the speakers make a noise. Something is about to happen. [[Listen ->White room]]

You decide to sign out and write your signature. You feel the warmth of sunlight hit your back. You look up and see sun hitting the wall. You look behind you and the white door with tinted windows is back. [[Walk out white door]]

You walk out and it feels like the day progressed many hours. You're out of there though. You wanted to escape. That place weirded you out. [[Go home]]

Guess this was a flop. You're still a bit dumbfounded with what just happened. It all felt like a dream. Not in control. You didn't like that. You hop in your car and just sit. Should you tell others of what just happened? Would you even be believed? Maybe you'll just process this at home. [[Turn on ignition]]

You go home. <h1>End</h1>

You press it and the crowd cheers even louder than before. Maybe this button controls the volume of the chants. What would happen if you press it again? [[Press one more time]]

You're now in a yellow room. You see a pinata hanging from the top and a bat right below it. Across the room you see a white tinted window. It seems very familiar actually. It looks very similar to the glass from the front entrance. [[Walk to the middle]] [[Look back]]

You pick up the button and it starts beeping... like a bomb.. Under it you see a timer and some text under it. 30 SECONDS. PLEASE DO NOT TAMPER WITH BUTTON. Hey... if this is a bomb you could maybe blow up a wall out of here.. Or maybe you should place it back. You don't know what it could do. [[Throw at wall]] [[Place back ->Approach button]]

You find yourself in a Grey room. It's fairly dim. In the middle you see something enclosed in a glass case. To the left you see a large dark entrance with a neon red sign saying EXIT right above. [[Walk to middle]] [[Look behind you]]

You look back and the door is gone. Again. No surprise. [[Turn back -> Yellow room]]

You walk to the middle and pick up the bat. There's something to be done. But what.... [[Try breaking pinata]] [[Try breaking the window]] [[Go back -> Yellow room]]

You look at the pinata. Its horse shaped with vibrant colors. It brings you back a few memories when you were a kid. You're ready to take a good ol' swing at the pinata. [[Swing just like good old times]] [[Back off ->Walk to the middle]]

You walk up to the window and you are CERTAIN this is the same glass as the front door. This could be a way out. The glass looks very fragile and thin. One good swing it will instantly break. [[Swing with all your might]] [[Back off ->Walk to the middle]]

You give the glass a good swing and instantly cracks the window open. You feel air rush out of the room as if you were to open a window in an airplane. You try hard to keep your balance but get sucked into and out the window. You close your eyes as you fly out. You fall flat on the ground. [[ Get up]]

You get up and you realize you're in a blueish room. Wait...this is the lobby! You look around and the doors are gone. Is this the same reception? You see something on the reception desk. [[Walk up to reception]]

You jump down. Maybe you shouldn't have done that since you're dizzy but you did it with no thought. You're in the lobby again but... see no doors... They're gone. You see something placed on the reception desk [[Walk up to reception]]

You swing at the pinata and it flails around with pieces of it's colorful paper flying out from it. You get a rush of excitement and nostalgia in your mind. You remember the old times. The simpler times. [[Swing again]]

You look back and the door is gone. Wow. No surprise there. [[Turn back -> Grey room]]

You walk to the middle. enclosed in a glass case is a rotating black cube. Pulsating and glowing white. There is text engraved on the brim of the pillar the cube sits on and just says DO NOT. To the right you see a large doorframe. There is a red neon sign above that says EXIT. It looks like it might be a staircase. There is a decision to be made here... [[The cube]] [[The stairs]] [[Go back -> Grey room]]

You swing again and you see the bottom of the pinata starting to open. You feel happy for some odd reason. One more swing and this pinata for sure will break. [[One last swing]]

You hit the pinata one last time. The pinata breaks open and all that comes out is white confetti. Many would've felt disappointed but you feel good. You feel accomplished. [[Smile]]

You see a door open in front of you. Another door. You're curious about what else this office has to offer. [[Walk through door ->Walk through]]

HELLO INDIVIDUAL! YOU HAVE PROVEN YOURSELF TO BE A RECKLESS BUT CURIOUS INDIVIDUAL. YOU ARE VERY OBEDIENT. WE HAVE CONTROLLED EVERY OUTCOME. YOUR PERSONALITY IS JUST THE TYPE TO WORK WITH OUR WHITE COAT RESEARCHERS. WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO ACCEPT OUR INVITATION TO WORK WITH US. WE ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU SAID IT IN WORDS! [[I accept ->Job ending]]

WE KNEW YOU WOULD ACCEPT! NOW, BEHIND YOU IS THE ENTRANCE TO OUR FACILITY. WE HOPE TO CREATE SOME WONDERFUL THINGS WITH YOU. [[Walk to the door]]

OH, AND ONE LAST THING. PLEASE CLOSE THE DOOR BEHIND YOU. [[Close door]]

You go to work. <h1>End</h1>

You throw the button bomb at the wall and it INSTANTLY explodes. You're blown back to the wall and some of your hair catches on fire. You quickly pat it down. You look at the hole you just created and see... the lobby? [[Walk through hole in wall]]

You walk in and yes, you're back in the lobby. All the doors you saw are gone but you see an object placed on the reception counter. [[Walk up to reception]]

You wake up. How long were you out? Where has this void taken you? You look around and find yourself in a grey room. [[Get up -> Grey room]]

This rotating black cube pushes all the buttons of your curiosity. You really want to see what the cube does. You look at the engraving that says DO NOT. "Do not what" you think. Do not touch? Do not stop yourself from being curious? You do what you want. This cube is too interesting for you to pass up. Or is it? [[You want the cube]] [[Back off ->Walk to middle]]

You walk up to the stairs. The red neon from the exit sign shines on your forhead and it feels warm. You also hear a slight buzzing coming from it. You look down the stairs. They go straight up diagonally. As if these stairs were the stairway to heaven. This could be the way out... [[Walk up the stairs]] [[Back off ->Walk to middle]]

You try removing the glass that the cube is enclosed in. To your surprise it comes right off. Like if it was a glass case containing some bread. You look at the cube. Spinning. Rotating. Glowing. You don't even remember the words DO NOT. [[Grab the cube]]

You grab the cube and it's actually very light. You feel the force of the cube as if it still wants to rotate. Almost like if its a creature of it's own. Your own force of your hand prevents it from rotating. And you feel it. You wonder... what's inside this cube...whats it made of? [[Crush the cube]]

You gently try to crush the cube. You feel the force pushing back. You tighten your grip. The force of the cube pushes harder. [[Tighten grip even harder]]

You tighen even harder and the cube gives in. The cube then starts having the same texture and feeling as if you were squishing a balloon. Before you even realize this to loosen your grip the cube POPS. You have ashes of black dust on your hand and you see it trickle down between your fingers like sand. A door opens in front of you. [[Walk through door]]

You walk in and find yourself in a black room. There are white speakers on the ceiling in each corner. Being in this room makes you feel powerful for some reason. You hear the speakers make a noise. Something is about to happen. [[Listen ->Black room]]

You start walking up the stairs. You begin the journey of what could take forever. But you don't care. You just want out. Every step you take it gets darker. [[Keep walking]]

You keep walking. At this point it is pitch black. Your feet are just doing the motion of walking up the stairs at this point. Moving up without thought. [[Keep walking ->Walk pt.2]]

You keep walking in the darkness. All of a sudden you stop. You feel something is about to happen. You feel yourself being pulled up by some force. Not just any force. Its gravity. Gravity just shifted. You lose your balance.. ..you start falling down the stairs...upwards... [[Try to regain balance]]

You try regaining your balance but it's impossible. The momentum has picked up and you can't stop tumbling up the stairs. You have your eyes closed the whole way but through your eyelids you see some light. You get to the end and fall flat at the base of the stairs. You feel dizzy and very hurt all around. [[Get it together]]

You get up dazed. You try focusing on where you are. You look around. Softish blue light? You're in the lobby!! You look around. The stairs are gone. The doors are gone. You see something lying on the reception counter. [[Walk up to reception]]

<h2>Closed Doors</h2> <h6>by Josue A. Uriarte Reyes</h6> [[Play ->The Beginning]]