Strong tremors in the floor jolt you awake from your rest, half asleep you wonder what it was. You squint as your eyes adjust to the light of morning in your quarters. Though you are awake, you pillow still calls to you.
(set: $havependant to 1)
[[get up->get up]]
[[go back to sleep->sleep2]]You decide to get out of bed and go see what awakened you. As you sit up a powerful surge ''throws'' you off your bed and ''slams'' you into your bedside table. You hear wood creaking and splintering in the distance. It seems the ship you are aboard has struck an obstacle.
[[go find your captain->captains quarters]]
[[go to the deck->deck]] A powerful surge throws you out of bed onto the floor. You jump out of bed and hear faint creaking and splintering. The ship you are aboard starts to shudder violently.
[[run to the captains quarters->captains quarters]]
[[run to the deck->deck]]You arrive at the door to the captains quarters. You knock, no answer. You try the handle, its locked. You look down and notice a pool of (color: red)[red liquid] seeping through the crack under the door.
[[force the door open->dead body]]
[[abandon your captain->deck]] You arrive at the deck and see the first mate assigning life boats. You walk over to him and explain what has befallen the captain. As you as you are talking the boat lurches beneath you. You hear cries (color: grey)[''Get overboard''] and (color: grey)[''"We're going down"''].
[[dive off the side of the boat and swim for your life->swim to shore]]
[[take a lifeboat with the first mate->take lifeboat to shore]]You take a breath, back up and ''slam'' into the door, nearly taking it off its hinges but it stayes closed. You back up and try again, this time the door swings open. Your captain is laid on the floor, a (color: red) [//bloody crater//] visible on his head. You see a (color: #FFD700)[gold pendant] tied around his neck, one you have always looked at with admiration.
[[steal the pendant from your captain->theif]]
[[leave the pendant and go to the deck->deck]] You reach down and undo the clasp of the (color: #FFD700)[pendant], removing it from your captains neck. You pocket the pendant and head to the deck, hoping ~~nobody will notice what you have done~~.
(set: $havependant to 2)
[[join your fellow survivors on the deck->deck]] You see a shore in the distance and start to make your way toward it. At first you feel good, swimming with (background: blue)[''powerful strokes'']. However the shore is a //long// ways away and you begin to fade. You finally get to the shore and pass out from (color: grey)[exhaustion].
(set: $swim to true)
[[wake up->island]]You and the first mate manage to get on a lifeboat and away from the ship. A massive **BOOM** fills the air as ship finally splits in half and sinks before you know what happened. Now it is just you, the first mate and a shore in the distance.
(set: $swim to false)
[[go to the shore->island2]] You come to on the sand, with waves just tapping your feet. You raise your head and look around and to your surprise the first mate is standing in front of you.
"I thought you were dead back there" he tells you
You respond:
[[Well I feel dead, what is this place anyway?->what is this place]]You arrive at the shore and step off the lifeboat, extremely thankful to be on solid ground once again.
You say:
[[what is this place->what is this place]]"Some sort of undiscovered island," he responds. You look around you and see (color: green)[palm trees] and (color: green)[lush vegetaion],
(if: $swim is true) [If you had not just swam yourself to exhaustion it wouldve been almost beutiful.]
(if: $swim is false) [If you had not almost died in a firery shipwreck, it would have been beutiful]
With the admiration out of the way, now you need to [[find food->get resources]] and shelter before dark.You have seen some smaller animals running about the island. You decide to set up a small, makeshift trap and hope to catch one of them.
[[watch the trap from nearby]]You decide to go in search of (color: blue)[clean water]. You find a clear stream that seems sanitary.
[[walk up to the stream]](set: $shelter to true)
You decide to build a makeshift lean to that is large enough for you and the first mate to sleep under. You find a solid branch and balance it in a crest between two tree trunks as your base. You then gather smaller, leafy branches and lean them up against the base of the structure, creating an effective shelter for the time being.
[[get more rescources->get resources]] You are waiting for an animal to fall into your trap. A ^^rabbit^^ enters your line of sight. ~~You hold your breath~~ wating for it to go for the bait. It does, you catch a ''rabbit''.
(set: $food to true)
[[get other resources->get resources]] As you approach the water you hear the leaves rustling beside you. You turn, a (color: black)[(background: orange)[''huge tiger'']], with claws as long as your pinky finger, approaches the stream and begins to drink. It hasnt noticed you yet.
[[run back to camp->get resources]]
[[sneak up to the stream and get some water]]You creap up to the stream and (color: blue)[fill your canteen with water], all the while keeping an eye on the (color: black)[(background: orange)[''enourmous tiger'']].
(set: $water to true)
[[get more resources->get resources]] You dont't know how much (color: yellow)[daylight] you have left. You know you need to get necessities before dark so you can survive.
[[find food]]
(if: $food is true) [[find clean drinking water]]
(if: $water is true) [[build a shelter]]
(if: $shelter is true) [[continue on in the story]]Congratulations! You have created a usable camp! Its getting (color: #00008b)[(background: black)[dark,]] time to rest up.
[[sleep->wake up]]The (color: yellow)[light] filtering through the (color: green)[leaves] above wakes you from your sleep. You get out from under the lean to and see the first mate fanning a fire he started. As you approach you see that he is using a makeshift blanket (a large palm branch) to make smoke signals. You decide to...
(if: $havependant is 2)[[Help the first mate]]
(if: $havependant is 1)[[Ask what he is doing]]You approach the first mate at fire and...
[[Ask what he is doing]]
[[kneel down and fan the flames]]The first mate responds "Oh, I didnt expect to see you this early. I am, uh, doing smoke signals in case there is anyone nearby who can, uh, help us get out of here."
[[that sounds suspicious]]
[[say "ok, anything I can do to help"->ok, anything I can do to help]]You dont think the first mate is telling you the complete truth. You tell him "OK sounds good," but you are not convinced he is on your side.
[[ask him if there is anything you can do to help->ok, anything I can do to help]]
[[try to kill the first mate]] The first mate says "Yeah sure..." his voice trails off, "actually hmmm, why dont you find some (color: grey)[rocks] and write out SOS on the shore so it can be seen from above."
[[sounds like a plan]]The first mate seems to be acting kind of //suspicious//. ''He might not want you to be standing near the fire...''
[[keep arranging the rocks]]
[[go back and keep an eye on him]] You sneak back over to where the first mate was sending the smoke signals. You see the first mate take out a secret ''pocket radio'' and say something you cant make out. You begin to hear the faint knocking of a ''helicopter'' in the distance, it seems like it is getting closer. Either the first mate has (color: red)[''set you up''], or he has an (color: green)[''escape plan''] for the two of you that he did't tell you about.
[[try to kill the first mate]]
[[keep arranging the rocks]]You gather a heap of rocks to spell out SOS. Before you can finish you feel a tap on your sholder. As you turn around you see the first mate and he has [[something in his hand]].You take your knife out and creep up behind the first mate. Without hesitating any longer you ''plunge'' the knife deep into his neck, twisting the handle, and when it wouldnt go any further, pulling it out, jumping back away from the (color: red)[stream of blood]. The first mate looks up at you a look of shock in his eyes as he takes his last breath. Then he slumps onto the ground, not moving. You hide his body in some (color: green) [thick vegetation]. Just in time, the helicopter completes its decent onto the beach.
[[go to the chopper]]The helicopter is open, you climb up and strap yourself in. The pilot asks you what happened to the first mate. You shake your head, not saying anything. He notices a small (color: red)[bloodstain] on your hand, nods, and starts up the chopper, not saying another word.
[[continue]]The pilot closes the doors, as you ascend you look down at the island you had just escaped. "I (color: red)[''killed''] him you know" you tell the pilot. He looks at you for a second but saying nothing he continues flying. Finally he speaks "I never liked him much anyway, seems cruel to (color: red)[murder] an ''entire'' crew and captain." You look at him, the surprise plain on your face. You don't say anything you just look out the window as you [[fly into the horizon]]THE END"I'm sorry," The first mate whispers. He ''plunges'' his knife into your abdomen. Your eyes widen, realising what he just did. Then he takes the knife out and (color: red)[does it again]. Then.... [[darkness]]YOU DIED. TRY AGAIN. [[sleep]]As you bend over to fan the fire, the (color: #FFD700)[pendant] you stole from the captains corpse slips out from behind your shirt. It glimmers in the sun and the first mate notices. "Hey," he says catiously with squinted eyes "is that not the same pendant the captain used to wear."
[[Tell him the truth->Lie]]
[[Lie]]Before you can say anything, the first mate ''darts'' from the opposite side of the fire, taking his knife and ~~slitting~~ your throat with one clean movement. You live long enough to hear "Although I sank the ship and killed everyone on board, I'll be damned if I let anyone steal from my captain and live." Then all you see is [[darkness]]