(set: $name to "")
(set: $good_choices to 0)
(set: $total_choices to 0)
A shadow falls over the town of Santa Cruz as the clock strikes 12. It has just turned into the spookiest day of the year, Halloween.
Type your name:
(input-box:2bind $name,"X=",1)
(link:"...")
[
(if:$name is "")
[
I see that you have not chosen a name, I will choose one for you then.
(set: $name to "Scooby Doo")
]
[[Next->Intro/Happy Bday]]
]Ahhhh I see, so this year's Halloween will be quite special for you, $name.
(link:"...")
[
Well it just so happens to be your birthday!!!
Happy Birthday $name, this will indeed be a special Halloween for you. Let's hope you come out of this alive.
(link:"...")
[
*Muah ha ha ha ha ha ha*
[[Next->Friends Introduction]]
]
]It just so happens that all of your friends are super exicted to get together for your birthday.
(link:"...")[
They want to check out that delapidated old house at the end of the neighborhood.
Apparently its haunted, or at least that is what your friends tell you, but honestly who believes in ghosts anyway.
Haunted house, no problem at all.
(link:"...")[
H̷̗̔a̸͌͜u̸̗͝ṉ̴̔t̶͇͛e̷̫͘d̴̦́ ̷̰̆h̵̢͋o̵͎̾u̵̹͋s̶̗͛e̵̬̚,̵̞̅ ̴͈͂l̸̟̃e̸̡͊t̶̯͠s̶̺̃ ̴͔͂h̴̜̍o̵͕̾p̴͔͊e̴̻̕ ̵̖̀y̷̧̚ọ̸̈ủ̵̲ ̸̫͊l̶͖͑e̷̡̓a̶̲͆v̶͈̾e̷̳̕ ̵̝͂ą̸̑l̴̙͝i̶̠̍v̴͖͘ḙ̷̊
[[Next->Go to house]]
]
]You and your friends gather in front of the house.
(link:"...")[
Every window is cracked, letting you glimpse the horrors that lay inside the haunted house.
Throughout the entire yard, not a single plant is alive. Any semblance
of a plant has wilted and died.
(link:"Walk Closer")[
You slowly approach the front porch only to realize an ominous
presence observing you. As if there are a pair of eyes on your
back.
Not believing in ghosts, you bravely step foward, dragging your
friends with you.
[[Open Door->Entrace of home]]
]
]The door creaks open with a gentle shove.
(link:"Look Inside")[
Upon looking inside the house, almost nothing is recongizable.
The carpet has decayed into a gray fuzz on the floor, the wood floors
and walls are rotting and moldy, and the fruniture is draped with white
sheets caked in dust.
This house must have been abandoned for years.
[[Next->Main Room]]
]You walk into the main room of the house.
You and your friends quickly look around the room and see serveral doorways and staircases.
In order to get the full Halloween experience, a group decision is made to explore each room at least once.
[[Dining Room->Dining Room]]
[[Living Room->Living Room]]
[[Basement->Basement]]
[[Attic->Attic]]
[[Bedroom->Bedroom]]
[[Bathroom->Bathroom]]
(if:$total_choices > 5)
[
[[...Done->Choose Ending]]
] You and your friends enter the Dining Room.
Weirdly the table has been set with plates, napkins, and utensils.
Why would a haunted house have brand new cutlery on the table?
(link:"Hmmm")[
This is getting weird.
Best to keep looking around the kitchen and see what is there.
[[Kitchen->Kitchen]]
]You and your friends enter the Living Room.
With your flashlights on, everyone scans the room.
(link:"...")[
A tattered couch lies at the far end of the wall.
In the middle of the room, a broken coffee table attempts to stand,
however with only three legs it leans crooked.
The rest of the fruniture in the room has been draped over with a white
cloth covered in grime and dust.
(link:"...")[
Eww, the only thing that is haunted is this place's health and
safety standards.
(link:"Look Over")[
Wait whats that standing up in the corner of the room.
It almost looks like a coffin???
But why is it so new???
There is barely any dust on it at all.
(link:"...")[
Being goaded on by your friends, you decide to check it out
closer.
[[Check Out Coffin->Coffin]]
]
]
]
]You and your friends enter the Basement.
The staircase creaked all the way down.
(link:"*Ewww*")[
It reeks in here. Something smells absolutely revloting.
Quickly you smell yourself, making sure that you aren't the one
smelling up the place.
Blindly wandering around, one of your friend finds a light switch.
(link:"Turn On Lights")[
Quickly flicking it on, the room is illuminated in a dim light of a
dying bulb.
But nothing appears to be out of place, just a water heater, random
refuse, and the odd cardboard box of Lays potato chips???
(link:"...")[
Thats odd...
Well guess this house isn't haunted, there isnt anything to get
us down here.
[[Guess there was nothing to worry about->Basement Explore pt1]]
]
]
]You and your friends enter the Attic.
For such a small house, the attic is quite spacious.
Wandering around the attic, a flutter from the corner startles all of you.
(link:"What was that")[
What was that flying around?
Don't tell me its, BATS!
(link:"Watch Out!")[
You yell at your friends to close your mouths, we don't want to
risk the chance of accidentally eating the bats and catching some
strange illness.
As everyone scatters in fear, the bats seeem to find their way out
of the attic from a crack in the wall.
Phew, everyone breaths a sigh of relief.
(link:"That was close")[
*sigh*
No one is getting sick tonight from bats that's for sure.
With everyone calmed down from the earlier frenzy, the attic
becomes silent again.
[[...->Attic Vampire]]
]
]
]You and your friends enter the Bedroom.
Woah what is this, a master bedroom.
Man this is way better than my single converted to a double but with three people living inside it right now. Wonder what the rent is?
Everyone decides to split up and check the bedroom, closet, and small bathroom.
(link:"Keep Looking Around")[
Wow, even this bed seems kinda nice, must be a queen size, this is
perfect since the extra long twin bed barely fits me.
This haunted house is honestly quite nice, with a little Extreme
Makeover Home Edition, it could really be something.
I'd probably move that witches' cauldron out of the corner though.
(link:"Wait a second")[
Wait...
Witches' cauldron, this can't be good.
[[Inspect the cauldron.->Cauldron]]
]
]You and your friends enter the Bathroom.
Not sure why you guys would all go to the bathroom together. That's kinda weird, but oh well.
(link:"Look Around")[
You all look inside and see if there is anything interesting.
There's a dirty tub off to one side.
To the other is a sink with a mirror in front.
(link:"Whats that...")[
Why is there a roll of perfectly good toilet paper sitting by the
toilet.
That's weird. Oh well I'll just pocket that in case I run out at
home. Can people please stop panicking and not buy whole shelves
of toilet paper.
Your friends tell you there's nothing else here and decide to
leave.
(link:"Something catches your eye")[
There is something strange about this mirror.
[[Look at mirror->Mirror]]
]
]
]You made: $good_choices good choices
SURPRISE!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Your friends jump out and surprise you.
(link:"What...")[
So, wait, this was just a surprise party all along...
You scared me SIX DIFFERENT TIMES FOR FUN!
Well that explains a lot. Like that chip box, the fresh utensils, and
that new toilet paper on the mummy.
(link:"Mildly Infuriated")[
Now that my blood pressure has hit all time highs, why don't we dig
into some cake.
Your friends sing Happy Birthday as you blow out the candles on the
cake.
(link:"*pfffffff*")[
The only wish you have is to get better friends.
The End.
]
]
]You made: $good_choices good choices
Happy Birthday!
Your friends jump out and surprise you.
(link:"What...")[
So wait, that was all just a surprise for me?
(link:"...")[
I don't know what to say, except, that was the worst surprise party
ever. But I'm glad you guys went through all that effort.
(link:"Sing Happy Birthday")[
As you finish singing Happy Birthday together, one of your
friends with a big bandage on his head comes toward you.
(link:"Ask if he's ok")[
You ask if he is ok.
NO! I'M NOT OK!
He suddenly kicks you in the groin.
(link:"Fall to the ground...")[
Looks like I really shouldn't have hit that monster.
As you writhe in pain on the floor, the party goes on.
(link:"Get up")[
Well at least you got some cake.
Could have been worse.
Hopefully that kick wasn't enough to make it so I
can't have kids...
The End.
]
]
]
]
]
] You made: $good_choices good choices
You are greeted with booing as you enter the kitchen.
(link:"...")[
*BOOOOOOO*
*BOOOOOOO*
(link:"...")[
YOU SUCK!!!
(link:"What's going on?")[
I can't help but notice that all my friends are incredibly mad
at me.
Oh wait.
(link:"Look around the room")[
As you gaze around the room, you see your friends dressed
in monster costumes...
So wait, those monsters I beat up earlier, they weren't
real???
(link:"uh oh...")[
Your friends pelt you with cake with chips and toilet
paper.
I'M SO SORRY!
(link:"...")[
Your pleas of remorse fall on deaf ears. You
really messed up this year.
The End.
]
]
]
]
]
]You made: $good_choices good choices
You are a terrible person and an even worse friend.
Everyone had gathered to throw a surprise party for you, and you ended up hitting and stabbing every single one of them...
Truly you are a despicable human being.
(link:"Oh a text")[
Your friends texted you to say, "We have locked you inside the house,
good luck getting out. We have to go to the hospital now because of
you. We were just trying to have a fun surprise party. Watch out at
school Monday, you might get jumped..."
(link:"*Gulp*")[
Well that was not what I was hoping for.
Aww man, they even took the cake and food with them.
Maybe I am just an evil person...
(link:"*sigh*")[
Time to write the longest text apology ever, and hope that the
medical bills for everyone wasn't too expensive.
The End.
]
]
]Your survival skills have been tested.
Your will to live has been tested.
Your metnal fortitude has been tested.
You will now be judged.
(if:$good_choices is 6)[
[[Next->Wholesome Ending]]
]
(else-if:$good_choices > 3)[
[[Next->Middle Ending]]
]
(else-if:$good_choices > 1)[
[[Next->Bad Ending]]
]
(else:)[
[[Next->Extra Bad Ending]]
]It's even darker in here than in the dining room. Man is it dark.
Wait...
(link:"...")[
Did you hear that rustling noise behind us.
(link:"...")[
Uh no...
(link:"...")[
Are you sure?
(link:"...")[
I'm sure.
(link:"*sigh* Fine")[
Well the kitchen seems empty. Besides the counters
caked in dust and the broken cupboards, nothing sticks
out.
Lets check the pantry over there.
[[Pantry->Pantry]]
]
]
]
]
]*Creak*
This pantry door is really creaky, wonder if there is any twinkies in here, those last forever after all.
(link:"...")[
*Stomp*
(link:"...")[
*Stomp*
(link:"...")[
*Stomp*
(link:"*uhhhhh*")[
Guys, whats that???
Ahhhhh!!!!!!!!!
Out pops a masked man in tattered and bloodied clothes
waving around a kithcen knife.
[[RUN!!!->Dining Room Runaway]]
]
]
]
]You all stumble and run from the pantry. Good thing you did not get cornered in there.
You find yourself in the kitchen. In the flurry of it all, you can no longer find your friends.
(link:"...")[
*Heavy Breathing*
(link:"...")[
*Stomp*
(link:"...")[
*Stomp*
(link:"...")[
The murderer appears before you.
Faced with life or death, you finally realize that this
house may be haunted.
(link:"...")[
Quickly you look around and see a rolling pin on the
floor.
Do you run away or beat the murderer with the rolling
pin?
[[Give a smack down with the rolling pin!->Kitchen Bad choice]]
[[Run away as fast as you can!->Kitchen Good choice]]
]
]
]
]
](set:$total_choices to $total_choices + 1)
You bash and bash the murderer with the rolling pin.
You keep hitting him until he falls to the ground.
(link:"Its over *sigh*")[
You quickly regain your composure and get your bearings.
Wanting to find your friends again, you run through the kitchen back to
the dining room and into the main room.
[[Main Room->Main Room]]
](set:$total_choices to $total_choices + 1)
(set:$good_choices to $good_choices + 1)
Running as fast as you can you get out of the kitchen, back through the dining room and into the main room.
(link:"*panting*")[
That was a close call.
With your heart pounding, you think to yourself, either this house is
haunted, or that I really hate my friends for convincing me to go
inside.
[[Main Room->Main Room]]
]Ewww this mirror is incredibly dirty.
I can barely even see my reflection in it.
It's just covered in water stains and grout.
(link:"...")[
Wait whats that.
...
...
...
[[...->Bathroom Werewolf]]
](set:$total_choices to $total_choices + 1)
Your sharpened tooth brush goes through the werewolf's flesh like butter.
(text-colour:red)[You see its crimson red blood spilling to the floor.]
(link:"Back Away")[
Deciding that you should not become a murderer yourself tonight, you
run away to the main room.
Murdering a half-wolf half-man counts as manslaughter? I hope not.
[[Main Room->Main Room]]
](set:$total_choices to $total_choices + 1)
(set:$good_choices to $good_choices + 1)
Using your powers of getting a PS5 on Black Friday, you crash through the right side of the werewolf.
It falls to the ground with a loud thud.
(link:"THATS RIGHT!!!")[
Thats the same power that took down 10 middle schoolers and 5 soccer
moms for that PS5.
Running full speed you make your way back to the main room.
[[Main Room->Main Room]]
]Hey wait, this coffin is brand new.
I wonder when it was brought here, it doesnt seem like it's been sitting here for decades.
(link:"Look Closer")[
Thats weird, why is the lid slightly creaked open.
You and your friends gather around it.
Curious as to what it might contain.
(link:"...")[
There is no way that it could be a real dead body that would be
seriously creepy.
(link:"...")[
*breathing*
(link:"...")[
*breathing*
(link:"...")[
*breathing*
(link:"...")[
No wait something is alive in this coffin, either
that or my friends are breathing down my neck like
crazy right now.
As you go closer and begin to crack open the lid,
it opens swiftly.
[[...->Coffin Open]]
]
]
]
]
]
](set:$total_choices to $total_choices + 1)
Swinging wildy with the rolled up newspaper in hand, you bit the mummy from head to toe.
It yells in pain, but you don't stop till it hits the floor.
(link:"That's strange")[
Weirdly it seems like it was wrapped in toilet paper.
I don't remember the ancient egyptians having charmin brand ultra
strong toilet paper.
(link:"Oh Well")[
No time to think about that.
Time to pay back my friends with the newspaper for abandoning me.
[[Main Room->Main Room]]
]
](set:$total_choices to $total_choices + 1)
(set:$good_choices to $good_choices + 1)
You run only glancing back to make sure the mummy is not catching up to you.
(link:"Look Back")[
Oh wait I forgot mummys are really slow at running, and they have to
run with their arms forward.
I guess I broke a sweat for no reason.
(link:"...")[
*panting*
(link:"...")[
*sweating*
(link:"...")[
My friends are gonna pay for leaving me to confront that
mummy. I'm going to give them an earful.
[[Main Room->Main Room]]
]
]
]
]Bumping around in the darkness of the basement, you wish you had the echolocation of a bat. Or at least that glowy eye thing that dogs have.
(link:"...")[
*burrrrrrr*
*aghhhhhhh*
(link:"...")[
*burrrrrrr*
*aghhhhhhh*
(link:"...")[
What was that...
Quickly you scramble to take out your phone and turn the
flashlight on.
(link:"AHHH!!!")[
MINECRAFT ZOMBIE!!!
Oh wait, just regular zombie.
ZOMBIE!!!
(link:"Oh No...")[
Wondering whether to give up and be eaten or do it
Walking Dead style and survive the zombie apocalypse,
you look around.
Under that pile of refuse is something shiny, looks
like a bat of some kind.
Deciding its now or never, you yell LEEROY JENKINS!!!
[[Grab the bat and go for the brains!->Basement Bad Choice]]
[[Bash the door open and run!->Basement Good Choice]]
]
]
]
]
](set:$total_choices to $total_choices + 1)
All your years of little league are about to pay off.
Using your knowledge from every zombie movie, you go for the head.
Swing after swing, it just bounces off the zombies head.
(link:"Thats not supposed to happen...")[
You may be holding a wiffle ball bat...
This was a bad idea...
(link:"Well I'm dead...")[
Panicking, you run!
Leeroy Jenkins would not approve.
[[Main Room->Main Room]]
]
](set:$total_choices to $total_choices + 1)
(set:$good_choices to $good_choices + 1)
Hitting the door over and over, you realize this bat is useless.
(link:"...")[
Its just a wiffle bat...
Wait, I'M AN IDIOT!
(link:"Remember how to use a door")[
You twist the doorknob and the door opens and fast as you can push
it.
My friends are gonna pay, I'm going to take out their kneecaps with
this wiffle bat.
[[Main Room->Main Room]]
]
]I HAVE COME TO SUCK YOUR BLOOD! *sounding like Count von Count*
(link:"Wait a second this we aren't in an episode of Sesame Street")[
I'M HERE TO COUNT HOW MANY NECKS I CAN BITE INTO TONIGHT!
AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
(link:"...")[
The caped count of Sesame Street lunges for your necks.
(link:"AHHHHHHHHHH!!!")[
Everyone races for the ladder leaving the attic, accidentally
shutting it before you could get through.
It's time to slay this counting vampire tonight.
(link:"...")[
You reach around the floor and see a thin piece of wood.
[[Drive this wooden stake right through his heart!->Attic Bad Choice]]
[[Throw pocket sand at the count and run away!->Attic Good Choice]]
]
]
]
](set:$total_choices to $total_choices + 1)
You thrust the wooden stake into the vampires chest.
(link:"Keep driving that stake in")[
It cracks into many splinters.
(link:"Well thats not good...")[
Turns out it was just a wooden chopstick...
(link:"Today is not my day...")[
Not knowing what else to do, you quickly remember a counting
vampires weakness.
HEY! COUNT FREAK! COUNT HOW MANY FRIENDS YOU HAVE! ZERO!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
(link:"Escape")[
You quickly make your escape via the ladder.
[[Main Room->Main Room]]
]
]
]
](set:$total_choices to $total_choices + 1)
(set:$good_choices to $good_choices + 1)
The pocket sand is a direct hit.
(link:"Nice throw!")[
AH HA HA HA HA HA HA!
I AM BLIND!
AH HA HA HA HA HA HA!
(link:"Ouch that must have hurt")[
Man, Dale Gribble was ahead of his time using pocket sand.
While the vampire counts the pain, you scramble down the ladder.
[[Main Room->Main Room]]
]
]Hmmm, nothing looks to be out of place.
It's just filled with a bubbling and glowing green ooze inside.
(link:"Look closer at the ooze")[
Oh is that an eyeball floating in there.
This is a weird looking soup thats for sure.
I'll just go in for a quick whiff, maybe add a bit of salt and peper to
it.
(link:"Go in for a smell")[
*sniff*
*sniff*
(link:"Something is REALLY wrong")[
Hmmm, definitely needs some garlic and salt.
That's weird.
*thud*
[[...->Go to Sleep]]
]
]
]What was that.
Why am I on the floor.
Smelling whatever was brewing in the cauldron was not a good idea.
(link:"Huh, what's that...")[
What's that weird and yet strangely beautiful figure in front of me.
(link:"As you regain your consciousness")[
Wait, is that POKIMANE!!!
And she's dressed up as a witch.
(link:"WOW!")[
This is literally the most poggers moment in my life.
I can't believe my tier 3 sub finally got noticed.
She's here for me!!!
I hope she is impressed by my Fortnite KDA.
(link:"Wait a second...")[
As your strength comes back and your eyes focus, you can
tell that Pokimane isn't in front of you.
It's just a witch.
An ugly, wart faced witch.
This dream has become a nightmare.
(link:"This witch is going to pay.")[
She's going to pay for impersonating my favorite twitch
streamer, oh and also knocking me out too.
Should I push her into the cauldron or give her a swift
karate chop.
[[Let her cook in her own stew!->Bedroom Bad Choice]]
[[CHOP CHOP!!! oh and then run!->Bedroom Good Choice]]
]
]
]
]
](set:$total_choices to $total_choices + 1)
With all your might, you run at the witch, picking her up.
Pushing as hard as you can, you throw her into the bubbling cauldron.
(link:"*phew*")[
The screams of the witch echo through the bedroom.
Job well done.
[[Main Room->Main Room]]
](set:$total_choices to $total_choices + 1)
(set:$good_choices to $good_choices + 1)
(link:"KARATE CHOP!")[
BAM!
(link:"KARATE CHOP!")[
BAM!
You throw two quick strikes at the witches' sides.
She shrieks in pain.
(link:"That's enough for now")[
Deciding that your work here is done, you run away back to the
main room.
[[Main Room->Main Room]]
]
]
]It slams open.
...
...
...
(link:"...")[
MUMMY!!!
AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
(link:"AHHH!")[
Franticly searching, all your friends have ran off already. *sigh*
I hate them.
(link:"Look at the Coffee Table")[
The coffee table has a newspaper on it, I wonder if I could use
that to give a beatdown.
[[Beat that mummy silly with the rolled up newspaper!->Living Room Bad Choice]]
[[Run and yell at your friends for leaving you!->Living Room Good Choice]]
]
]
]What are those red dots reflecting in the mirror???
(link:"...")[
*heavy breathing*
(link:"...")[
*heavy breathing*
(link:"...")[
*stomping*
Sensing something behind you, you quickly turn around.
(link:"Turn Around")[
A WEREWOLF WITH RED EYES IS BLOCKING THE DOORWAY.
His nostrils flared, claws dripping with blood, and sharp
teeth glistening in the ambient light.
(link:"AHHHHHH!")[
Quickly you scramble around and see a broken toothbrush
with a sharp tip.
Do you stab wildly at the werewolf or try to barge past
and run away?
[[Stab like no tomorrow->Bathroom Bad Choice]]
[[Push and Shove, just like Black Friday->Bathroom Good Choice]]
]
]
]
]
]Suddenly
(text-colour:yellow)[*spark* ]
(text-colour:yellow)[*spark* ]
(link:"...")[
The light bulb breaks, the room is thrown into darkness.
A scuffle of shoes on the floor ensues.
Your friends push towards the staircase leaving you behind.
(link:"I HATE THEM.")[
*UGH*
[[Wander in the dark.->Basement Explore pt2]]
]
]A couple of your closest friends from high school tell you that they have something fun planned for your birthday.
You have been friends with these guys since elementary school.
(link:"...")[
One of your closest friends is Willie. He is the typical high school
student. He might not be one of those athletes with rich parents or
one of the super geniues nerds, but the best friend ever.
(link:"...")[
Completely opposite of Willie is Brent. Brent is stand out in
everything. Honestly it seems humanly impossible to be this
athletic and this smart. I'm really surprised he is actually my
friend.
(link:"...")[
And in between these two are Bill and Marc. Two more average
dudes who don't mind sharing their homework when I forget, or a
beer at the friday football game.
(link:"...")[
Overall, everyone is pretty close so I am expecting that
they have something really good planned this year for my
birthday.
(link:"Although...")[
They have been acting very strange about it.
(link:"Stranger than usual")[
And quiet.
(link:"Hmmm")[
And it's kinda odd, my other 6 closest
friends haven't said a word to me this
whole week.
[[Next->Intro/Friends]]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
↶↷
A shadow falls over the town of Santa Cruz as the clock strikes 12. It has just turned into the spookiest day of the year, Halloween.
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