It's the middle of the night and you can't sleep. It doesn't help that the most severe storm of the area in years is happening tonight. You pick up the picture of you and your mother off the bedside stand. It's been so long since you've seen her. She's always been a light of wisdom in your life.
[[tell your mother about the trees]]
[[tell your mother about the house]]
(set: $bat to false)
(set: $blessing to false)
(set: $monster to true)
(set: $raccoon to false)
(set: $knowledge to false)
(set: $house to false)
(set: $stadium to false)
(set: $memories to false)"I really need to patch up that hole one day" you think to yourself. You finally [[drift off to sleep]] as you consider various ways you could fix your wall.
(set: $raccoon to true)"That was a very suspicious sounding crash." You think to yourself. You decide to get out of bed and go investigate. You groggily hobble down to the basement and turn on the light. You are shocked to see that there is now a [[doorway]] in your basement where there was previously a wall.
[[approach doorway]]
[[Go back to bed]]As you nervously walk towards the doorway, you nearly trip over your old [[baseball bat]].
[[continue approaching the door]]
It's the middle of the night and you've already seen enough for one day. You walk back up to bed and you finally [[drift off to sleep]] as you try to remember if you had any spare door in your basement that you forgot about.You take a moment to admire your baseball bat and all the championships you won with it in high school. Suddenly there is another bang on the door snapping you out of your thoughts and sending a gut-wrenching feeling through you.
[[pick up bat]]
[[continue approaching the door.|continue approaching the door]]You grab the door handle and the icey-cold surface sends shivers down your spine.
[[open the door]]
[[Go back to bed|bed]]You feel throughly creeped out and decide that you really need to get some [[sleep|drift off to sleep]]. You decide that it might be a good idea to have something to protect your self with after hearing that bang and pick up the bat.
[[continue approaching the door]]
(set: $bat to true)
You reach the door and you can quietly hear a low-pitched hum coming from the door.
[[reach for the door handle.]]
[[Go back to bed.]]You decide to open the door and your are frozen in place with shock as you see what appears to be nothing through the door. Just darkness.
[[Enter the void]]
[[Go back to bed|to bed]]This is starting to get very freaky. You let go of the handle and and go back up to bed. You are finally able to [[drift off to sleep]] as you try not to think about the door that has appeared in your basement. There is something compelling about this portal that you are staring at. You step through the portal you feel a wave of misery and coldness wash over you as all of your worst memories come back to you at once.
[[walk further into the void]]
[[leave]]Ok, now this is just too much. This can't be real, right? You're probably just sleep deprived. You quickly run back up to your bed and try to fall back asleep.
After what a long and horrible nightmare you awake to a tall and dark hooded figure with piercing purple eyes at the base of your bed.
[[yell]]
[[cry]]
(if: $bat is true) [[hit with bat]] You are woken up suddenly to the same bang you heard before. But now it won't stop and theres a horrific otherworldly screaming to go along with it.
[[I gotta get out of here]]
[[Go investigate.]]You yell at the monster to get out of your room but this has no effect on it. You try to get out of bed and run but the monster jumps on you and tackles you to the ground. It takes off its hood and you start to feel your life force dwindling. Everything goes black. It is over. You look into the eyes of the beast and you can't seem to look away or move. Your eyes start to water as the monster gets closer to you. Everything goes black. It is over.Thankfully, you decided to bring your bat up to bed with you. You think fast and grab the bat from beside your bed and hurl it at the monster's head. This stuns the monster who then falls to the floor.
[[run away]]
[[keep fighting]]You run to your car and turn on the engine. Fortunately, it seems that the storm has stopped. At this point you realize that you have non idea where you're going. Where do you go?
[[police station]]
[[Uncle Harry's House]]
[[baseball stadium]](if: $raccoon is true) [Ok, that is definetly not a raccoon. You should probably go and see what is down there. As you enter the basement you are shocked to see door and the end of the room where there previously was none.]
(if: $raccoon is false) [You head down to the basement.]
(if: $bat is true) [You approach the door and decide to open it. As you turn the door handle the door flies open, knocking you to the ground. A fleshy beast with large claws and crazed eyes jumps out of the portal and lunges towards you. You barely grab you bat and swing at it before it rips your face off. The creature falls limp to the floor and spend a couple moments trying to collect what just happened. The portal still looms in front of you.
(set: $knowledge to true)
[[Enter the void]]
[[Go back to bed |to bed]]
[[I gotta get out of here]]
]
(if: $bat is false) [You approach the door and decide to open it. As you turn the door handle the door flies open, knocking you back. As you fall you hit your head hard and you start to bleed out. A fleshy beast with large claws is the last thing you see as it lunges towards you.](if: $monster is true) [You jump over the monster and run away as fast as you can. Your nerves are too much to handle and you trip on the carpet and fall on your knee. You scream in pain as your knee dislocates. You try to coninue getting away by crawling but it is no use, the monster catches you and finishes you off once and for all.
(if: $monster is false) [You're addrenaline is pumping and you run away. You get out to your car and you realized you have no idea where you are going. At least it has finally stopped raining. Where do you go?
[[police station]]
[[Uncle Harry's House]]
[[baseball stadium]]
]You jump on top of the monster and start beating it like your life depended on it. The monster struggles but you are able to overpower it. The monster's body goes limp and dissolves, leaving only a small token shaped like a coin and appears to be made out of a dark wook. On the token is a geometric symbol that you do not recognise.
(set: $monster to false)
(set: $knowledge to true)
[[pick up the token]]
[[run away]]You stumble further into the void, fighting every urge to tell you to turn back. There is just something about this place that you feel connected to.
After walking for what felt like an eternity you stumble apon a large purple crystal .
(if: $bat is true) [[Smash the crystal with your bat]]
(if: $bat is false) [[try to break crystal]]You realize that coming in here was probably not a very good idea. You turn around and notice that the doorway is no longer there! You collapse to the ground and cry as the void consumes you.You your bat at the crytal, smashing it into a million pieces. As the crystal explodes, a cloud of purple smoke enters your body and you suddenly feel amazing. You chuckle maniacally as decicide you need to find more of this stuff. Suddenly you are tackled with a great force and you are restrained to the ground.
You spend the rest of eternity stuck on the ground, in complete darkness, desperately trying to get out so that you can find some more crystals to smash. You slam your fist into the crystal but nothing happens. A surge of pain pulses through your hand. You are pretty sure it's broken but something about this crystal is just begging you to destroy it. You try to punch it again but the crystal is not affected. You start to go mad as you continually slam your body against the crystal. eventually you collapse to the ground. (if: $blessing is false) [You reach for the token but as you grab it you feel an intense heat buring in your hand. You drop the coin in pain and look at your hand as it starts to turn black. This continues to spread until you pass out from the pain. After the darkness spreads to your whole body, you dissolve just as the monster did. ]
(if: $blessing is true) [You reach for the token and as you grab it turns solid gold. A sense of reassurence passes over you.
[[throw token into portal]]
[[enter the portal with the token]]
]As you lay in bed, you hear a loud crash coming from the direction of your basement.
[[Go investigate]]
[[It's probably just the raccoons again]]
As you look at the picture you remember the time you visited the local national park with your mother. You tell your mother about how much you enjoyed that day and want to go back. You listen to the trees rustling outside and you feel a sense of calmness and warmth wash over you as you [[lay]] in bed.
(set: $blessing to true)You are so proud of the new house you were finally able to buy as you recall how horrible it was living with Uncle Harry since your mother disappeared. You tell her all about the new furniture you bought and all the fancy new gadets you have. You feel calm as you continue to [[lay]] in bed.Just an ordinary wooden door, nothing particularly special about it. Well, besides the fact that it shouldn't be there.
[[Go investigate]] You grasp the token firmly with your right hand and step through the portal. At first, everything is dark and you can't see everything. Your worst memories overpower you as you drop to your knees, feeling as if you are being pushed down. As you start to lose all hope, you notice the token in your hand start to warm up and glow. A wave of of warmth and confidence washes over you as you think of your mother and how far you've come. You can't give up, not now. You stand back up and the token glows blindingly bright.
As the light dissipates the world starts to form around you and the darkness is gone. You can see what the darkness has been hiding all along. You notice many monsters around you, now staggering back trying to get away from you. You look down at your arm and notice that you are now glowing!
You look around a see that the 'void' is really a seemingly endless and open cave. Nearly every surface on the walls and ceilingis covered by glowing purple crystals with some sort of flowing essence inside them. Crazed looking beasts with large claws scratch away at the crystals, but they do not seem to be able to make any impact on the crystals.
On the ground, many large hooded figures like the one you encountered harvest the crystals using large hammers and drain the essence in to pipes that all lead towards an opening in the wall.
[[follow the pipes]]
As you walk through the void, monsters all around you hiss and squeal from the light you emmit. you manage to climb on top of one of the large pipes, and walk along it to wherever it is leading. After walking through a narrow passage for a long time, you can hear faint chanting that gets louder as you continue along the pipe. the cave once again opens up into a massive chamber.
There are hundreds of pipes all over the walls that each drain into a gigantic opening in the ground that you can not see the bottom of. You can hear otherworldly and demonic screaming coming from the pit. On the ground around the pit there are thousands more hooded figures chanting in a langauge that you don't understand.
Suddenly, the purple fluid stops flowing out of the pipes. The hooded figures chant becomes more intense and louder as the ground starts to shake and low pitched growl comes from the pit. The golden token heats up in your hand.
[[hide and see what happens]]
[[throw token into pit]]You throw the token into the portal. You see flashes and hear monster screams as through the doorway. You blink and suddenly the door is gone. There is just a blank wall.
You decide to watch TV to try and get your mind off of everything that just happened. As you watch TV, an emergency news report comes on. The reporter panickedly explains that a towering monster has emerged out of the earth and is wreaking havok on the area. Many smaller beasts accompany it in this destruction.
[[humanity enters a war with the void]]You duck behind a boulder as the chanting turns into screams and the shaking intensifies. pipes and rocks all around the chamber are collapsing and falling into the pit. Suddenly, a horrible roar comes from the pit and you fall over from the tremors as a horrific beast emerges from the pit. It has the stature of a massive gargoyle with the purple essence pumping all through its body. You run out of there as fast as you can. Rocks all around you are collapsing but the light is creating a force-field protecting you.
You are finally able to make it out of the void and there is chaos all around. The void monsters wreak havoc along the streets. As you look down at yourself, you notice that you are still glowing. You feel a sudden urge of confidence and responsibility. You get in your car and race off towards the giant monster.
As you reach the monster it towers over you as it walks along hitting things with its fearsome claws and blasting purple rays out of its mouth. Every step it takes everything living around it withers. You grasp the golden token as you go full superhero mode and charge towards the goliath. As you grab onto its leg it yelps in pain. it tries to shake you off but you manage to climb all the way up its body and your body glows brightly. You take the golden token and press it into the skull of the monster causing it to roar in pain and collapse to the ground. Its doing everything in its power to get you off, scratching at its own head but you are able to stay on and keep the token steady. Eventually the beast falls limp and you emerge victorious. After the minions see what happen, they scurry back the void, never to be seen again.
[[Aftermath]]
You crawl along the pipe towards the end where the spout is. The chanting has turned into full out screams and the intensity of the shaking makes it hard to stay on the pipe. Many of the hooded figures begin jumping into the pit and pipes and boulders are collapsing all around you. You glance down into the pit and see two massive glowing eyes open. You quickly hurl the token into the pit. After falling for a few seconds an unbearably loud scream comes from the pit, knocking you off your feet as you clutch your ears. The pit begins glowing blindingly bright as everything collapses around you. You fall off the pipe and plung towards the pit and into the [[light]].As you fall, all the chaos around you dissapears and you land softy and you land on a bench. You are overlooking a pond with geese swiming joyfully in it. There are trees all around you. You reconize this place, this is the park you would always visit with your mother. You look over and your mother is siting there next to you. Its the day before your baseball championships, which is also the day your mother disappeared. You are so happy to see again. She is wearing the token on a string around her neck. She looks over and smiles at you. You feel calm and reassured that this moment will never end. As militarys from all around the world assembled to fight the beast and its hoard of minions. After years of fighting and deaths in the millions, the humans were able to find some key weaknesses in the monster. They were able to manufacture a mega stun grenade knock it out and contain with a large device that it will never be able to escape. By the time it had awoken, it was locked deep underground, where it could do no more harm.
You spend the rest of your days visiting the park frequently, holding on dearly to what is left in this post-destruction world. You drive over to the poice station because everything you've seen tonight has been way to freaky. You run to the officer at the front desk and explain to them everything you've seen and they laugh and tell you to go away. You begin walking out when you hear yelling coming from the back and one of the officers comes running in to the front room. They wisper to the desk officer what happened and the desk officer looks up at you with wide eyes. Suddenly every TV cuts to the news.
The reporter panickedly explains how a giant monster with ferocious wings and massive claws has emerged from the earth, and is terrorizing the land with its hoard of minions.
You run outside and can see the massive beast miles away yet it still looks so big.
(if: $blessing is true and $stadium is true and $house is true)[[It doesn't seem very happy]]
(if: $blessing is false or $stadium is false or $house is false) [[It doesn't seem very happy|happy]]You head over to the town's baseball stadium. You sit down in the dugout and memories of the night of the [[national champs]] comes flooding back to youYou prompty drive off to Uncle Harry's house. He lives all the way across town since you tried to get as far away from him as you could. You park in front of his house and the [[memories]] of moving in with him come flooding back to you.The crowd is full and cheering loudly. It's the ninth inning and the game is tied. Tensions are high as it is your turn to step up to the plate. As you walk out you look up to your mother in the stands. She smiles and cheers you on as you reach the plate. The pitcher is tall and has slicked back hair. You stare him down as he preparesa to throw the ball. You aren't quite ready and he rockets the first ball past you. Butterflies attack your stomach as the umpire yells "Strike!". You line up for the next ball. Its a swing and a miss. Two strikes now. This is it. The pitcher launches the ball and you swing with full force. The crack of the bat echoes through the stadium and the ball flies for a home run. The crowd goes wild as you win the game. You run around the bases and your team gathers around you to celebrate picking you up into the air and cheering. You look over to your mother in the stands and she is no longer there...
(set: $stadium to true)
You flash back to reality and you take one last look at the stadium as you walk back to your car. Where do you go next?
[[Uncle Harry's House]]
[[police station]]Your mother has been missing for a week now. No one knows where she went. Child protective services is forcing you to move in with your uncle Harry, the biggest jerk of all time. As you enter the house you experience what will be the gist of your four years with Harry. He stinks of beer as he shouts at you to go up to your room. You don't even know which room is yours yet. He grumbles and walks upstairs to show you your room. Its musty and consists of nothing but a moldy matress on the ground. He tells you not to bother him as he goes back downstairs you drink and watch reality TV.
(set: $house to true)
As you snap back into reality, you see Harry's porch light turn on. Uh oh, better get going. Where do you go next?
[[baseball stadium]]
[[police station]] The monster emerges from its pit but it seems incredibly uncomfortable, making high pitched squeeling noises. Its body parts starts to decompose and falls to the ground, exhausted. It must not have been ready for an invasion of the Earth.
The government takes the body to do research on. You settle back down and try to forget about everything that has gone down in the past few hours.The ginormous beast glows with an eminating power that is toxic to anything and everything. The humans try to defend Earth in a war against the beast and its minions but it proves to powerful, bringing the Earth into an age of darkness and terror. The world is incredibly thankful for you fast action against the monster and killing it and you are awarded many hero awards. The governments takes the body for reseach and works to make sure people forget about this event. You settle back down once and for all and decide to get back into baseball, keeping the token as a memory of your mother.