After many days of travel you finally make out a large structure drifting among the nebulous horizon.
[[//...//|Arrive1]]You approach the structure and notice docking pads populating it's exterior. You land your spaceship on the nearest one.
[[//...//|Arrive2]]You don't know why you're here, except for something was calling you.
[[//...//|Arrive3]]You need answers.
[[//Exit the spaceship...//|Exit0]]Unfortunately, after you exit the spaceship, the structures' docking mechanism malfunctions.
[[//...//|Exit1]]Your ship is destroyed, there is no going back now.
[[//Approach the structure...//|foyer]]As you approach the structure you come across it's airlock mechanism. Fortunately it worked properly. You are now in the interior of the structure.
[[//Continue onward...//|foyer1]]As you continue onward, you notice something... peculiar.
[[//...//|encounter0_0]]You make out someone stumbling towards you in the distance. They appear to be wearing metallic crimson armor.
[[//...//|encounter0_1]]They are carrying a laser assualt rifle at their side.
[[//...//|encounter0_2]]Suddenly they raise the weapon towards you.
[[//Wait...//|death0]]
[[//Attempt to disarm them...//|encounter0_3]]
[[//Blast them from a distance...//|death1]]They open fire. You're scattered parts litter the grimy surface.
[[//RESTART//|Arrive0]]You fire at their weapon, flawlessly removing it from their grasp. The humanoid figure suddenly collapses to the ground.
[[//...//|encounter0_4]]You swiftly fire a shot straight into their head, but it's no good. An ooze-like substance seeps out of the puncture you made in their helmet.
[[//...//|death0]]You walk up to them, and strangely, see know signs of movement.
[[//Investigate...//|investigate0]]
[[//Continue onward...//|Main Entrance]]You decide to take off their helment, only to reveal nothing inside.
[[//Continue onward...//|Main Entrance]]In front of you lies a massive blast door. A keypad is positioned right in front of it.
[[//...//|Main Entrance1]]You walk up to the keypad and instinctively enter a code.
[[//...//|Main Entrance2]]The door opens.
[[//...//|Main Entrance3]]An expansive cityscape is suddenly revealed. Lush trees scatter various plots of land. Cylindrical buildings tower upward, and a transparent skydome revealing a canvas of stars encapsulates the area.
[[//...//|Main Split]]Seeing this causes you to... remember things.
[[//You ruled over the people here...//|KingRoute]]
[[//Your job was to protect the people here...//|CaptainRoute]]
[[//You were never allowed here, you were always down under...//|UnderbellyRoute]]But something happened, this place appears to now only be the remains of your once beloved kingdom.
[[//...//|KingRoute1]]But when the incident occured, you failed your job. And that's what led to the fall of this place.
[[//...//|CaptainRoute1]]You were a resident of the underbelly. Every day you'd be subjected to harsh, mindless work.
[[//...//|UnderbellyRoute1]]That is why to you must reclaim it. You must swear that one day you will rule over it once again.
[[//...//|KingRoute2]]You must avenge your failure.
[[//...//|CaptainRoute2]]However, despite that, you still had hope. Hope that one day you would be allowed up there.
[[//...//|UnderbellyRoute2]]That hope was crushed the day the incident occured.
[[//Continue to the Underbelly...//|UnderbellyEncounter]]You must keep your honor.
[[//Continue to the armory...//|CaptainRoute3]]That is the least you can do for your family's legacy.
[[//Continue to the tower...//|KingRoute3]]After a long trek, you finally arrive at the underbelly.
[[//...//|UnderbellyEncounter1]]In the distance you spot somone slumped over on the ground... it appears to be someone you once knew... someone close.
[[//...//|UnderbellyEncounter2]]Suddenly they rise.
[[//Wait...//|UnderbellyEncounter3]]
[[//Blast them...//|UnderbellyEncounter3.1]]As they rise you make out their face. You remember more now, this person was one of your closest friends... but then they took it.
[[//...//|UnderbellyEncounter4]]You fire a couple of shots into them, however they appear to do nothing. Suddenly a green ooze like substance seeps from upon them, rushes towards you, and consumes you.
[[//RESTART//|Arrive0]]They took the "serum".
[[//...//|UnderbellyEncounter5]]That's why you came back. You came back to finally put this one person and everyone else who took the serum to rest.
[[//...//|UnderbellyEncounter6]]Suddenly your internal combustion unit fires up, and you self destruct. It's all over now, you completed what you came to do. The once glamorous kingdom that drifted out in space is now obliterated.
[[//RESTART//|Arrive0]]As you continue to the armory, you suddenly notice five figures standing in front of you.
[[//...//|CaptainEncounter0]]Before you can react, all five burst into gelatinous piles of ooze and rush towards you.
[[//Wait...//|CaptainDeath0]]
[[//Dodge...//|CaptainEncounter1]]
[[//Blast them...//|CaptainDeath1]]They rush upon you and consume you in and instant.
[[//RESTART//|Arrive0]]You fire blasts of energy towards all of them, but to no effect.
[[//...//|CaptainDeath0]]As they rush forward you swiftly dodge out of the way. They suddenly seem to slow down.
[[//...//|CaptainEncounter2]]You keep dodging each of their assaults. They keep growing more lethargic.
[[//...//|CaptainEncounter3]]Finally they slow to a halt. Due to a lack of sustenance for aeons, the ooze-like substance must of simply died.
[[//...//|CaptainEncounter4]]For a moment, you revel in the fact that you slayed this horrendous monstrosity, but it is only the beggining.
[[//...//|CaptainEncounter5]]If you are to reclaim your honor, you must vanquish every last one until this kingdom is saved.
[[//...//|CaptainEncounter6]]You vow to do so.
[[//RESTART//|Arrive0]]In the center of the kingdom lies the talles tower. This tower, which towers even beyond the skydome and into the stars, stores the ancient magics of the royal family.
[[//...//|KingRoute4]]That is why you instinctively march towards your tower. If there is anything powerful enough to reverse what happened and reclaim glory for your kingdom, it's there.
[[//...//|KingRoute5]]You finally reach the base of the tower, enter it, and ascend it's spiral staircase.
[[//...//|KingRoute6]]Shockingly, someone was waiting for you at the top of the tower.
[[//...//|KingRoute7]]"Your majesty, I didn't expect you come" he says. "Nor did I expect you to return in the metallic form you are in now."
[[//...//|KingRoute8]]"Nevertheless, let us get this over with." The figure suddenly tosses aside his cloak and raises his weapon.
[[//Wait...//|KingDeath0]]
[[//Dodge...//|KingDeath1]]
[[//Blast him...//|KingRoute9]]Instead of reacting, you idly stare at this man. You recognize him... he was the one who brought ruin on your kingdom. He caused the incident.
[[//...//|KingDeath0.1]]You attempt to dodge his shots, but to no avail. The dexterity of his aim proved to be far too... lethal.
[[//...//|KingDeath0.1]]You swiftly fire a shot into his chest. He collapses to the ground.
[[//...//|KingRoute10]]He blasts you straight in the chest. You are obliterated.
[[//RESTART//|Arrive0]]He laughs: "You got me, but no matter. All the sacred magics of your family's history..."
[[//...//|KingRoute11]]"... I burned them."
[[//...//|KingRoute12]]The air fades from his lungs, and he dies. You check to see if what he said was true.
[[//...//|KingDeathRoute13]]It is.
[[//...//|KingRoute14]]Your once glorious kingdom that rivaled every intergalactic civilization was brought down by something as frivolous as the destruction of your family's ancient library.
[[//RESTART//|Arrive0]]