(text-colour:red)[Mort Voc Valley]
(set:$lives to 4)
(set:$name to 'traveller')
(set:$mettheDuke to false)
(set:$playerHasSword to false)
(set:$playerHasVial to false)
[[Begin->Mort Voc]]
- $lives days left...
[[Wake up calmly]]
[[Wake up not very calmly]]
(set: $panicNumber to 0)
(set: $exhaustion to 3)
**YAWNNNNnnnnn**
//You raise your hands up in the air and stretch them high in the sky...//
//You sit up and cover your eyes from the rising sun//
Good morning, you say to yourself...
Wait a minute, who was speaking to me??? Is anyone there?
[[panic]]
[[look around]]//You wake up feeling incredibly shitty//
//Your eyes barely open, your muscles feel weak, you're thirsty and hungry, and 3 different types of tired//
HEY WHAT THE **** IS GOING ON WHERE I AM??!
[[look around]]
[[panic]](set: $panicNumber to $panicNumber + 1)
*AHHHHHHHHHHHHH* **WHO ARE YOU, WHERE AM I ??!?!**
//sobs//
Okay...I think $panicNumber time(s) is enough...
[[panic]]
[[look around]]//You take a deep look at your surrounds//
...
//A dense forest with thick, green trees. Seems that you found the only sunny path to sleep in, not much else to comment on, you're not a nature expert. //
How did I get here?
//You memory feels really hazy//
There's no time for this right now... I need to get out of here.
//A sharp breeze of icy air sweeps your arms and legs... you can't help but get an ominous feeling, it shouldn't be this cold at this time of year...//
[[Continue looking around...]]//You reach a clearing in the forest//
There's a lot going on here... I'm not sure where to go.
Should I follow the [[running creak]], I wonder what is over there.
Follow the clamoring sounds of a [[village]], I'm sure there are people over there but I'm sure if they're friendly.
Hide in the nearby [[cave]], I'm getting pretty tired of walking on foot...
I can follow this carved out [[dirt trail]] off course...
Or I could just stand here and look [[stupid]]...
//You decide to follow the running creak...//
//You find some berries and take a few sips of water...//
Nice that's some pretty good stuff.
-HEY STOP TOUCHING THOSE, WHO GOES THERE?
(if:$mettheDuke is false)[[Panic again]]
(if: $mettheDuke is false)[[I go here, what do you want?]]
(if: $mettheDuke is true)[[Information-> the Duke]] //You make your way over to the village//
//You first take notice of the disheveled stone huts//
[[Walk around village]]
[[Observe village from afar and wait]]
[[Walk to trail path->Continue looking around...]]
(if: $playerHasSword is true)[[Give Fairy Vial to Village Elder]]//You enter the cave...//
//It's really damp in here, and has a pungent smell//
Damn this place kinda smells like *shit*
//You put your arms against a wall and feel around until you find a torch, you hear some distant chimes...//
[[investigate]]
[[Head Back]]
Really is this how I want to spend my time....?
No I want to [[Continue looking around...]]
*Yes*, why not, I love feeling [[stupid]].- Wake up
(set:$lives to $lives - 1)
(if: $lives is 3 )[[...]]
(if: $lives is 2 )[[...]]
(if: $lives is 1 )[[...]]
(if: $lives is < 0)[[I sleep.->GameOver Screen]] //You light the torch...//
//The burst of light reveals an illustrious cavern sprinkled with diamond and emeralds glistening in response to your fire.//
//As you crawl deeper and deeper into the cave, you can hear some faint bell chimes//
//Finally you approach a large cave opening with a raging fire//
What should I do?
[[Investigate Further]]
[[Navigate the Cave Tunnel back->Head Back]]
[[Run in and Attack]]
(if: $playerHasSword is true)[[Run in and Attack with Sword]]Okay I've had enough of this dump, let's stop fooling around... I'm heading back...
//You start to make your way out of the cave and take notice of the cool air creeping in//
I can't handle this right now, why is so cold... I'm already so hungry and tired...
//A few minutes pass, the cold is unbearable//
I thi-think the e- exit is j- j- just up ahead....
//A gust of wind extinguishes your torch and you fall to the ground//
//As the harrowing wind rolls over your body, you can almost make out a faint laugh in the distance...//
(set:$lives to $lives - 1)
[[Wake up->Mort Voc]]Okay I'll be careful about this...
//You manage to find a small hole to peak inside at the scene.//
Fairies? Deep within a cave system? Where am I?
[[Ask the fairies some Questions]], they've gotta be friendly right? I mea c'mon they're fairies...
[[Observe Further]]
**AHHHH**
//You run in like a crazy person pumped up with every drug known to mankind, and the eyes of a puppy murderer//
I AM GOING TO ATTACK WHATEVER IS IN HERE, WITH NO REGARD FOR MY OWN PERSONAL SAFETY
//About 25 couple hundred faires or so simulataneously look at you dead in the eyes. They jump like a swarm with their pointing teeth looking directly at you...//
Well, maybe this wasn't worth it...
//You lay there, almost completely murdered... alone in the cave, you hear the sound of a violent gust of wind approach//
(display: "Cheesy Line")
(set:$lives to $lives - 1)
[[Wake up->Mort Voc]]You know I've seen enough weird stuff today, why not? Maybe these fairies can help me out here!
//Steps out from hiding place//
//About 25 couple hundred faires or so simulataneously look at you dead in the eyes. They jump like a swarm with their pointing teeth looking directly at you...//
Hey so like, please I really do not want to die.
...OH no please don't do that...
OH GOD NO OH... OH NO!!! STOP.. STOP **AHHHH**..
//Your almost lifeless body lays on the ground, you oberve the fairies placing your blood in a vile, before leaving your body to die in the cold...//
(display: "Cheesy Line")
[[Wake up->Mort Voc]]//You count and come to the conclusion that there must be 1000s of fairies in this system//
...
//They're surrounded by a fairy ringing their bells to create an illustious chime//
...
//It's been a few hours, you are able to make out fairy dominance hierarchies and social dynamics... you could probably write a book//
...
You know what... they seem harmless, why don't I get some field research?
//Steps out from hiding place//
//About 25 couple hundred faires or so simulataneously look at you dead in the eyes. They jump like a swarm with their pointing teeth looking directly at you...//
Hey I come in peace? Why you gotta be like this?!?!?!
//Your almost lifeless body lays on the ground, you oberve the fairies placing your blood in a vile, before leaving your body to die in the cold...//
(display: "Cheesy Line")
[[Wake up->Mort Voc]](set: $panicNumber to $panicNumber + 1)
*AHHHHHHHHHHHHH* **WHO ARE YOU, WHERE AM I ??!?!**
//sobs//
-Hey, woah there partner, $panicNumber time(s) is enough... I'll do you one better... I don't even know your name and you're on my property...
[[Introduce yourself->LOL]]
[[Repanic->Panic again]]
(if: $panicNumber is > 20 )[[Panic Attack...]]
-Hello, interesting Stranger... Might I know your name?
(put: (prompt: "Name","idiot") into $fname)
[[Introduce yourself]]
Oh I-, I'm uh not sure... I just woke up in the forrest and I'm alone and lost. Where are you exactly, who am I talking to? I'm $name.
I'll tell you one thing... I'm From Texas, and that's just what I am take or leave it. I guess I'll just call you $name.
[[What???->Information]]
-Nah I'm messing with you... I'm just a funny dude. Knower of all things in Mort Voc, purveyor of inquisitive knowledge, omniscient viewer of the valley.... Yeah I guess I'm pretty cool. Go ahead and walk up so I may view you...
//You look over. You see a giant frog guarding the entrace to a cave with two surfboards at either side. There is a good amount of flowing water down, with stairs to climb up to the Duke. He has an odd appearance... He has a moustache, two swords, and talks like a surfer from California.//
-Name's the Duke by the way...
[[HELP ME, What's going ON-> the Duke]] -Well I think I've messed with you enough $name. Let me explain to you what I can see with these magic eyes... Let's see... Ah yes, a curse has been placed on Mort Voc Valley, you have $lives day(s) to figure something out before we're all killed. Don't worry, no pressure! I suggest talking to the village elder, I assume he knows what do do... Or don't I never really trusted him anyway.
[[Continue looking around...]]
[[Mock the Duke]]
[[Challenge the Duke to a duel]]
(if: $playerHasSword is true)[[Challenge the Duke to a duel with sword]]
(if: $playerHasVial is true)[[Challenge the Duke to a duel with Vial Power and Sword]]
(if: $playerHasVial is true)[[Give the Duke the Fairy Vial]]
//You walk over to the village and observe the townspeople, they seem shaken up, as you approach them an elderly man comes to you//
- Hello there weary traveller, you come to the valley of Mort Voc at a grim time...
Why is that?
- You see traveller, our village has been cursed by a wretched being- at nightfall a chilling wind blows over the valley, cold enough to kill all life that inhabits it. We need you to help us.
Uhhh...
[[I will see what I can do!]]
[[Why should I help you?]]DUKE, I challenge you to an honorable fight.
- HAHAHAHA, the Duke laughs at your offer, dude... You don't even have a weapon. And I've got 2 swords. HAHHAHAHA DUMBass...
[[ the Duke]]
You know what the Duke, you just waste all day sitting on your ass on top on those stairs blocking that cave entrance.
- Well fuck you too dude.
[[ the Duke]]the Duke stands up and engages in a sword duel, it's a close fight BUT
[[You Die->Mort Voc]]
//You follow the dirt trail for a few hours...//
//You approach an ancient looking structure//
Huh... this is peculiar..? But do I have the time to look any further?
[[continue searching structure]]
[[go back home->Continue looking around...]]//You enter the structure, the door closes behind and you're met with pure darkness//
Shit... Where do I go?
[[North]]
[[East->Wrong Step]]
[[South->Wrong Step]]
[[West->Wrong Step]]Day 1, you wake up again the next day; you learn nothing new [[Mort Voc]]
Day 2, you wake up again the next day; the villagers try to kill you and you will remember the next day
Day 3, you will die yet again and not realize the villagers kill you, basically game over
(text-colour:red)[Game Over]
//The Cold Winds of Mort Voc Valley freeze over and the village meets their dastardly fate. Men, women, children, the elderly... Scream out in Anguish at the taste of Death. Oh no what have you done? You were meant to be their savior, why didn't you save them? But more importantly,
You Lose.//
[[Try again?->->Wake Up]]//As the harrowing wind rolls over your body, you can almost make out a faint laugh in the distance...//Phewww... that was a close one...
Now which path should I take?
[[North->Wrong Step]]
[[East]]
[[South->Wrong Step]]
[[West->Wrong Step]]//You take one step forward into the darkness//
*THUDDD*
Uh oh...
//A pile of stones and rocks creep toward you while the floor underneath trembles//
AHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhh....
//You wake up a few hours later, barely conscious, entombed in rocks and stone//
(display: "Cheesy Line")
[[Wake up->Mort Voc]]I think I'm getting a little warmer... It shouldn't be too far from here.
[[North->Next Direction]]
[[East->Wrong Step]]
[[South->Wrong Step]]
[[West->Wrong Step]]It's close, I can feel it!
[[North->Wrong Step]]
[[East->Wrong Step]]
[[South->Wrong Step]]
[[West]]//You veer west from your position and run into a wall//
Huh... what gives?
//After some fidgeting you find a stone on the wall that feels like it can be pressed in//
[[press stone]]//You press the stone and an even larger stone slab falls to reveal a candlelit room with a sword centered in the middle.//
Wow this is incredible, this must be 100s of years old... But just who lit the candles in here.
//You take a closer look at the sword//
It's protruding out of a small, marble slate.
//Something about it's appearance gives you a sense of dread and familiarity//
[[Take Sword]](set:$playerHasSword to true)
//You wrap your fingers around the hilt of the blade making sure to get a tight grip. It struggles to budge at first but you get it to give a little bit... All of a sudden you are flashed with images of fire, townspeople scrambling and hurrying...//
Who are those people... This place is giving me the creeps I need to get out of here.
//You budge the sword again and pull with all your strength and it gives!//
Well this will fit just nicely.
//You wave the sword around before sheathing it//
Now what to do...
[[Look further inside]]
[[Leave Structure->Continue looking around...]]
//You push past the room with a sword to discover a room even further in.//
//You walk in find a mask with a hole at the top to insert something... A liquid of some sort it seems as evidenced by the red stain at the top of the mask. You stare at it and feel an inviting, yet ominous presence...//
Huh that's strange... Maybe I need to bring something in order to use this mask... Maybe I can come back later.
[[Leave->Continue looking around...]]
(if: $playerHasVial is true)[[Use Fairy Blood]]
**AHHHH**
//You run in like a crazy person pumped up with every drug known to mankind, and the eyes of a puppy murderer//
I AM GOING TO ATTACK WHATEVER IS IN HERE, WITH NO REGARD FOR MY OWN PERSONAL SAFETY
//About 25 couple hundred faires or so simulataneously look at you dead in the eyes. They jump like a swarm with their pointing teeth looking directly at you...//
//You start waving your sword around, killing dozens with each swing//
//After about half an hour the whole cave is covered in the bioluminescence blood of the fairy colony you slaghtered...//
Welp... Guess that's that...
[[Fill up Vial With Fairy Blood]]//You have filled up your vial with Fairy Blood... It's shine hurts your eyes if you stare too long.//
//The Cave behind you starts to collapse, the diamonds and emeralds light up... Will they lead you back?//
(set:$playerHasVial to true)
[[Follow jewels to entrance->Continue looking around...]]- Thank you traveller... We need a hero to go into the diamond and emerald cave to retrieve some //Fairy Blood in a Vial//. Be warned, it is dangerous in there and I would suggest finding a //sword// to protect yourself.
Thanks old guy...
[[Where can I find a sword?]]
[[Thank you, I will be on my way...->Continue looking around...]]- Traveller, you're our only hope... please.....
[[Okay... I guess I'll help->I will see what I can do!]]
[[I'm tired of 'old' village elders telling me what to do, I don't care about the village of Mort Voc and you can go to hell with the rest of this village by night's end.]]- If you are willing to wait until dawn's end, a cloaked woman named Vivan will approach you outside the village, ask her about the //Sword of Arabath//.
[[Return to village->village]]//You decide to set up camp with the view of the village within eye's distance. After a few hours you see a woman with a cloak approach you//
She doesn't look dangerous... but I've been wrong before...
[[Leave and continue looking around->Continue looking around...]]
[[Welcome her to the campfire]]- Hello $name, my name is Vivan. I am a friend. I understand you seek the //Sword of Arabath//, is this true?
Yes can you lead me to it.
- First you must make your way to the dirt trail located outside the village, then you must veer NORTH, EAST, NORTH, and lastly WEST to find the weapon you seek...
[[Thank you!->Continue looking around...]]- Then so be it...
//The village elder shrugs his hand to the side and walks away...//
Uh now what...? I still don't know why I am here.
//Frustrated you make a scene in the village, kicking over some buckets and glass//
//With nothing left to do, you leave the village and set up camp. As the night grows older, the slight chilling wind has become more and more ferocious. Soon the cold takes over your mind and you faint.//
Did I really have to be so cruel to that old dude?
(display: "Cheesy Line")
[[Wake up->Mort Voc]]//You give the elder the vial.//
[[Next]]//The Villagers all come out in unison, it looks like something out a cult. They all meet in the middle surrounding the elder and start to chant together in an ancient language.//
What is going on here?
//You are grabbed by townsfolk, despite your struggle and their managled appearance they are able to hold you down..//
HELP!
//The village elder grabs a sceptor and pours the shining fairy blood into the top.//
- I'm sorry it has to be this way, $name... This ceremony requires human AND fairy sacrifices. I'm sure you understand.
//The elder pushes the knife through your heart in spite of your screams of agony...//
The End.'AHHHHHHHH'
'AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH'
- WOAH, hey there relax... I'm here to help you. Name's The Duke by the way...
//You look over at the Duke. You see a giant frog guarding the entrace to a cave with two surfboards at either side. There is a good amount of flowing water down, with stairs to climb up to the Duke. He has an odd appearance... He has a moustache, two swords, and talks like a surfer from California.//
- Look dude, between us? you look kinda stressed. I don't do this often, but how's about you enter the indoor surfing cave with me!
[[HELL YEAH]]//You enter the indoor surfing cave. You and the Duke catch the wildest gnars, 5,6,7... EVEN 10 foot waves. Damn you guys look so cool... You end up telling each other your deepest secrets and you two have a grand old time! It's been so long, you don't even remember if you had something else to do! Welp at least you have a heater and wet suit to keep you warm//
Life's good.
- You said it, dude.
//Congratuations, you and the Duke have fun and surf forever!//
(put: (prompt: "Name","idiot") into $fname)
[[...->Introduce yourself]]DUKE, I challenge you to an honorable fight.
- HAHAHAHA, the Duke laughs at your offer, wha... Okay you do have a sword. The Sword of Arabath.... Duke accepts your challenge, but offers you one final chance to walk away with your life.
[[Strike Right->theDukeKill]]
[[Strike Left->theDukeKill]]
[[ the Duke]]
DUKE, I challenge you to an honorable fight.
- HAHAHAHA, the Duke laughs at your offer, wha... Okay you do have a sword. The Sword of Arabath.... Duke accepts your challenge, but offers you one final chance to walk away with your lif- is that a vial of Fairy Blood?
*gulp* WOAH these feels great
//You can feel also your senses slow down and your mind clears up. You have achieved peak human flow state... It feels amazing!//
[[Strike Right->theDukeKills]]
[[Strike Left->theDukeKills]]
[[ the Duke]]
- What's that dude? A Vial of FAIRY BLOOD you say?!?!
//The Duke leaps from his position, right into your comfort zone.//
- GIVE IT.
// The Duke downs the blood like madman.//
- HAHA. You fool! Everyone knows fairy blood gives limitless powers to magical creatures such as myself. I now have the strength to walk, to surf, to swim, for revenge...
What do you me-mean the Duke?
- $name, I merely wanted to play games with you. The truth is, you were the mysterious being who put the curse on the village. I put a spell on you to fix the cold winds in three day's time, only you and I can maintain our memories from day to day.
I'm the one who tried to destroy the valley?
- And I will be the one to finish the job. I will slay each and every villager to test out my new power and rage!
[[What about the wind? We will both die?]]//You Swing//
//The duke blocks your swing in between both swords. Sweat beads down your brow, you stare at his moustache...//
- DUDE, you're not radical enough to do this, this will be your final mistake.
//The Duke extends his tongue and uses his superior tongue stickiness to steal and eat your sword...//
- Game over $name...
[[Wake up->Mort Voc]]//You Swing//
//The duke blocks your swing in between both swords. Sweat beads down your brow, you stare at his moustache...//
- DUDE, you're not radical enough to do this, this will be your final mistake.
//The Duke extends his tongue and uses his superior tongue stickiness to steal and eat your sword...//
- Game over $name...
Not so fast, frogman.
- YOU TAKE THAT BACK NOW!
//You reach inside of the Duke's mouth and are able to recover your sword, although it is extremely wet and mucusy.//
- Damn, that's just foul.
The Duke, you're going down...
//You thrust your sword with pinpoint accuracy between both of his swords and you pierce through his heart.
- Before I go, I want you to know the tru-th-th about you and the cu-curse...
[[Victory!]]Victorious! I win! I have slayed that cocky bastard. Everyone know the name!
$name slayed the Duke MUAHAHAHA....
Now what....
//You wait...//
//And wait...//
Huh, something tells me that maybe this wasn't so worth it...
//You mourn the loss of the only friend you ever made in Mort Voc Valley//
(display: "Cheesy Line")
[[Wake up->Mort Voc]]- YOU FOOL I'M WEARING A WETSUIT UNDER THIS GARB. AND I'M COLD BLOODED HAHAHAH.
//The Duke jumps up high into the sky and lands a few miles down the creek. You follow his path to see a destroyed village with no survivors... In your path to save these townspeople, you inadvertently got them murdered by a psycho, surfing frog. Very interesting choices you made... Really...?//
The End.//Your decide to pour the Fairy Blood in the mask.//
Hmm that's strange I really thought something would happen. Maybe I should put it on?
//You pull the mask over your face and before you let it settle, you hesitate. You're not sure what, but you sense impending doom.//
[[Put on Mask]]//You put on the mask. You're immediately bombarded with images of fire, of screams, of death...//
NO, this isn't right!
//You reach to take off the mask, but it's grip has tightened and you're unable to close your eyes... You see faces. Familiar faces... You once knew these people, but there lives were taken away from you. You grow angrier and angrier. You need to do something. You had to do something. You will do something. Your memories start to be less hazy. As the fire roars, you recognize this memory happening inside Mort Voc Valley. Was the village responsible for this.//
I am the only one who made it out alive. I need to take revenge. They will pay for what they've done. Mort Voc has stolen everything from me!
//With a newly acquired sense of duty and honor, you take it upon yourself to take vengeance at all costs. The masks makes you feel more rage and wrath than you've felt in your whole life, it gives you the energy to succeed.//
[[Destroy Village]]//You leave the structure and approach the village, fueled by the images the mask subjects you to. Unable to make clear of exactly what happened, you aim to subject the village of Mort Voc to your wrath to pay for their atrocities. You unsheath the Sword of Arabath.//
...
//untethered by your rage and fueled by the mask, you make quick work of every villager, man, woman, and child. Your work is done. But the masks image continue. You can make out the villagers, the townspeople. They're running, scurrying. They're getting away from the fires? You hear panics and screams, you see the faces of those you came with. You see the fire reflecting off their eyes. You see the hatred with every swing of the sword they make. You see your people murder the townsfolk of Mort Voc. We weren't being pillaged, we were setting fire to this city... We were attacking Mort Voc... //
//You wait//
//As the harrowing wind rolls over your body, you can almost make out a faint laugh in the distance... it's familiar...//
//You look up to see a spitting image of yourself grinning ear to ear.//
My own curse...
//You say before the lights in your eyes go out.//Double-click this passage to edit it.