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<<silently>> <<cacheaudio "forest" "forest.mp3">> <<set $health to 20>> <<set $stamina to 10>> <<set $hunger to 6>> <<set $thirst to 6>> <<set $displayhealth to "">> <<set $variablehealth to $health>> <<set $dead to 1>> <<set $bag to 0>> <<set $kills to 0>> <<set $shirt to 1>> <<set $matches to 0>> <<set $knife to 0>> <<set $jerky to 0>> <<set $waterskin to 0>> <<set $jumping to 0>> <<for $variablehealth to 1; $variablehealth <= $health; $variablehealth++>> <<set $displayhealth to $displayhealth + "I">> <</for>> <<set $displaystamina to "">> <<set $variablestamina to $stamina>> <<for $variablestamina to 1; $variablestamina <= $stamina; $variablestamina++>> <<set $displaystamina to $displaystamina + "I">> <</for>> <<switch $hunger>> <<case 6>> <<set $displayhunger to "You are overstuffed">> <<case 5>> <<set $displayhunger to "You are stuffed">> <<case 4>> <<set $displayhunger to "You are full">> <<case 3>> <<set $displayhunger to "You are peckish">> <<case 2>> <<set $displayhunger to "You are hungry">> <<case 1>> <<set $displayhunger to "You are starving">> <<case default>> <<set $displayhunger to "Fuck">> <</switch>> <<switch $thirst>> <<case 6>> <<set $displaythirst to "Your thirst is fully quenched">> <<case 5>> <<set $displaythirst to "Your thirst is quenched">> <<case 4>> <<set $displaythirst to "Your thirst is under control">> <<case 3>> <<set $displaythirst to "You are thirsty">> <<case 2>> <<set $displaythirst to "You are really thirsty">> <<case 1>> <<set $displaythirst to "You are dehydrated">> <<default>> <<set $displaythirst to "Fuck">> <</switch>> <</silently>> You are one of the Marked. A group shunned for a mark on their chests they are born with. Many across the world will call you "beast" but you know that is not who you are. The name you choose is <<textbox "$name" "">> and the color that defines you is <<textbox "$color" "">>. Your parents were ashamed of you but hid your mark from the world to keep you safe. However you slipped up and the town turned. You flee now into the woods to try to reach the ancient town of Laalville a place where the Marked are safe. When you have input your name and color click "Begin" [[Begin|RealBegin]]Your health is at $health Your stamina is at $fatigue <<switch $hunger>> <<case 6>> You are overstuffed <<case 5>> You are stuffed <<case 4>> You are full <<case 3>> You are peckish <<case 2>> You are hungry <<case 1>> You are starving <</switch>> <<switch $thirst>> <<case 6>> Your thirst is fully quenched <<case 5>> Your thirst is quenched <<case 4>> Your thirst is under control <<case 3>> You are thirsty <<case 2>> You are really thirsty <<case 1>> You are dehydrated <</switch>> <<return "Back">> You follow the path ahead of you. The path is unmarked and untended but an ancient cobble path continues off into the forest. After a brisk walk you encounter a mossy wall, probably a fallen tree covered with the decompisition of a warm grave. The moss is thick and there is no way of knowing what is behind it without first removing it. You could of course use your hands but a tool may be more effective. <<if $knife is 1>> [[Cut the moss|Leftoption1]] <<else>> [[Tear away the moss]] <</if>>You quickly and easily cut through the moss blanket with your knife. The tint of the knife contrasts the moist blanket and you begin to uncover what was underneath the moss. You uncover that underneath the wall of moss is a rusting iron alloy. From a quick slash with your knife you are able to tell that it is far tougher then iron and yet appears very similar to it. You manage to find a whole into the rusted iron wall and discover an extensive interior buried just under the surface of the forest floor. Inside are blank glass windows darkened through some unknown method on top of tables outfitted with levers and buttons of glass and some foreign material. You crawl along the once walls of the building now buried sideways until you reach an empty doorframe. While you ponder crawling deeper into this construct you decide that your quest take you foward, not downward into the exploration of ancient wrecks. Exiting the wreck you find yourself in a large clearing with a small cottage seemingly put together out of the scraps of the wreck. [[Continue|Left 3]]You attempt to light the moss wall on fire with a match however the as soon as your match gets up against the moss it is snuffed out. You try a slightly less damp region of the moss but to no avail. As you try a third time you accidentally drop the matches into the moss wall. After you collect them all you find the moisture from the moss has destroyed what little chance they had of ever igniting. <<return "Back">> <<set $matches to 0>><<if $hunger <6>> The pork is dry and chewy but the slight flavor fills your soul. It seems at least somewhat fresh with some juice in the center of the jerky <<return "Back">> <<set $thirst -= 1>> <<set $hunger to 6>> <<set $ate to 1>> <<else>> You stuff your face with the pork but almost as soon as it goes down you realize it was a mistake to have eaten something so soon after your last meal. Your soon vomit on the cobble. <<set $ate to 1>> <<set $thirst -= 4>> <<set $hunger -= 3>> [[Back|Left2]] <</if>><<if $thirst <6>> You pop the cork keeping the water inside the waterskin and drink. The water tastes frail as though the water has aged with whoever originally fill the waterskin. It at least fills your body with the liquid you need to survive. <<return "Back">> <<set $thirst to 6>> <<set $drank to 1>> <<else>> You decide against your better judgement to drink from the waterskin. Almost immideatly you feel the gush of the frail water fill your full stomach and you vomit onto the ground losing more then you gained. <<set $thirst -= 3>> <<set $hunger -= 3>> <<set $drank to 1>> [[Back|Left2]] <</if>>As you continue into the clearing near the cottage you begin to see Sol go down. With night comes the rain and with the rain comes searing pain. With no other choice you have to choose between the cottage and hiding within the wreck. While the cottage seems safe from the rain, you are not sure if you can trust whoever may be in the cabin. The wreck on the other hand is falling apart and may not be watertight but from your brief exploration it seemed uninhabited. [[Hide in the wreck]] [[Knock on the Cabin door]] <<set $wrecked to 0>>Others can be hostile and dangerous to those with the Mark. Isolation can be the safest option even inside civilization. You crawl back inside the wreck and make your way deeper inside, hoping the rain will not be able to find you if you go deep enough. You scrape yourself against torn metal seemingly forced open by some enourmous force but your manage to find yourself in what seems to be a bedroom or at least it once was. The intense amount of furniture lines the floor haphazardly. You manage to find a cloth bedding rotting from old age but still usable. You fix up the room a bit and lay your head down against the moist bedding [[...|Hide in wreck 1]] <<set $health -= 5>> <<set $wrecked to 1>> <<set $stamina += 4>><<if $shirt is 1>> Despite the fear of others you decide to knock on the Cabin door. If you are lucky they will be hospitable. After you knock on the door you hear the groan of metal as though the metal cabin is straining itself just by existing. Then the latch on the door opens with a thud and a small old lady greets you with a smile. "Hello there deary! Welcome to my quiet old home. Please come on in!" You are wary of this kind lady as she is cleary from the generation behind the beast trials but the rain is coming and you can't really say no at this point. [[Go inside the cabin|Go Inside the Cabin]] <<elseif $shirt is 0>> Despite not having a shirt you decide to risk it and knock on the cabin door. An old woman comes up to door and greets you with a smile. Hello there deary! Welcome to my quiet old home. Please come on in!" Despite the shock of her not even noticing your mark you walk inside. [[Go inside the cabin|Go Inside the Cabin]] <</if>>... [[...?|Hide in wreck 3]]You awaken to a searing sharp pain. The Mark is humming $color and the scrape you got is inflammed and burning with pain. You look around to see rain dripping from the ceiling. This is not good. You quickly use the bedding to dry your scrape and begin frantically breathing hoping to stem the Mark. If it continues to hum so loud it will easily be heard. While entering the panic a voice calls out "Are you ok down there?" You almost call back before you stop yourself. You cannot be found in a state like this. If someone hears this and they... You stop the thought you are already in a bad enough situation as it is. You hear pounding as whoever called out begins to search the wreck. The wreck seems to groan as footsteps get louder and louder until a face looks at you from above, the once door to this bedroom. The humming is intense and the Mark is clearly visible on your chest searing past your shirt. You are found and you may not live much longer [[Be found]] <<set $health -= 5>>The face calls out "Hello down there dear! I hope I didn't startle you!" The voice is kind and soothing and the hum quiets. "I haven't had visitors in a long time but it seems my home isnt quite as inviting as I'd hoped. Lets get you out of this old tomb and all warmed up!" You stare in complete disbelief. Not only has someone treated you with kindness but someone older clearly from the days of the beast trials. You decide to climb out and greet this person as you don't have much of a choice. [[Go to the cabin|Go Inside the Cabin]]<<set $sitdown to 0>> <<if $health <= 0>> As you begin climbing you realize you do not have much time left. The wounds of the past have caught up to you and decide to crawl into the kind old lady's arms. She has shown you kindness and while you have failed your quest you at least are a bit more optimistic about the world <<elseif $health > 0 and $wrecked is 0>> The old womans cabin is actually quite nice. A big pot of stew sits on top of a stove crafted from the wreck and the rest of the cottage is as well. The bed is covered in big thick blankets far larger then any you have ever seen. A small fire fueled by seemingly nothing roars in here metal fireplace. You feel uncharacteristically safe here. The old woman speaks "Welcome to my humble abode! I hope you find it to your liking! You can sleep on the bed tonight and I will sleep on my couch. Supper will be ready in 30 minutes. Oh and my name is Shirley but you can just call me Gran. You thank her greatly and introduce yourself as Steve. She gives you a strange look and tells you to take a seat at the table. [[Go to the table]] [[Refuse to sit down]] <<elseif $health > 0 and $wrecked is 1>> You climb up the wall of the wreck and she is able to surprisingly help pull you out of the hole you are in. She quickly uses a towel to make a bandage around your inflammed scratch. She gives you a strange hooded cloak which seems to magically repel the rain. The rain refuses to even bead up on the cloak in fact. she then invites you into her cabin. The old womans cabin is actually quite nice. A big pot of stew sits on top of a stove crafted from the wreck and the rest of the cottage is as well. The bed is covered in big thick blankets far larger then any you have ever seen. A small fire fueled by seemingly nothing roars in here metal fireplace. You feel uncharacteristically safe here. The old woman speaks "Welcome to my humble abode! I hope you find it to your liking! You can sleep on the bed tonight and I will sleep on my couch. Supper will be ready in 30 minutes. Oh and my name is Shirley but you can just call me Gran. You thank her greatly and introduce yourself as Steve. She gives you a strange look and tells you to take a seat at the table. [[Go to the table]] [[Refuse to sit down]] <<else>> This shouldnt show up <</if>>Once you sit down Gran comes and sits across from you. You chat about small things and other such things. Once the stew starts to boil Gran takes a big scoop out and pours it into your bowl. After a long day of walking through the woods it refreshes you and gives you a big boost of energy. Once done with your stew Gran leads you to her closet which take a great tug from both you and her to open. As soon as you do the contents of the closet crash into you and her. After getting back up she begins to dig through the pile of close and pulls out the softest shirt and pants you have ever seen. Then she asks to see you try them on... <<if $shirt is 1>> [[Fuck|Frick...]] <<elseif $shirt is 0>> [[That's nice of her!]] <</if>> <<set $health += 3>> <<set $thirst += 6>> <<set $hunger += 6>> <<set $stamina +=5>><<if $sitdown is 0>> You outright refuse to sit down no matter what. You hurt Grans feelings and honestly I am disapointed with you After 5 minutes your legs start getting tired [[Sit Down|Go to the table]] [[Continue to refuse to sit down|Refuse to sit down]] <<set $health -= 1>> <<set $sitdown += 1>> <<elseif $sitdown >= 1 and $sitdown < 10>> You just continue to not sit down. Your legs ache and you unsure if you should just sit down. After awhile your legs hurt a little more <<set $health -= 1>> <<set $sitdown += 1>> [[Sit Down|Go to the table]] [[Continue to refuse to sit down|Refuse to sit down]] <<elseif $sitdown >= 10>> After standing all night you simply collaspe into a pile. The stress of your quest seems to have frozen you solid. <<set $health to 0>> <<else>> THIS SHOULDNT EVER BE SEEN <</if>>A million thoughts run through your brain, what will she think, will she freak out, and is she really kind? [[Ask if theres somewhere you can change]] [[Try to delay until later]] [[Run out into the rain]] <<if $wrecked is 1>> [[Do as she asks]] <<elseif $wrecked is 0>> [[Tell the truth]] <<else>> THIS SHOULD NEVER BE SEEN <</if>> <<set $stamina += 2>>Gran looks at you confused, "Can't you see that this is a single room cabin deary? Now go on don't be shy I don't bite!" <<return "Shit...">>You attempt to tell Gran that you are super thankful for the gift but you really prefer to sleep in your everyday clo... Gran cuts you off and tell you "These ''are'' your everyday clothes! Really try them on!" <<return "Crap...">>You start to grab the clothes before you bolt out the door into the searing rain. It burns you as you run and quickly you feel yourself draining and falling apart. After about a minute of sprinting you collaspe into the pile. You are no longer ''yourself''. <<set $health to 0>>You nervously take the clothes and begin to change. First you take off your rusty pants and put on the super soft pants she gave you. They are warm and cozy and make you feel relaxed. However next is your shirt. You attempt to turn away from Gran but you do it to late. The Mark is seen. You can tell by her wide gaze that she heard the hum of $color. You brace for terror. Instead you hear flowers. "Oh honey you don't need to hide yourself from your Gran. You should have told me!" The surprise of her words coupled by shock of her reaction cause you to almost immideatly break down. She gives you a big hug and says "What really is your name? To which you respond ''$name''. After a long cry you thank her for her kindness and crawl into the bed. The warmth of the day coddles you into the deep sleep... [[Wake up]]You suddenly and abruptly begin to tell your story to Gran. You tell her that your real name is $name you tell her how you are marked, you thank her for her kindness and by the end you are sobbing. At first she is a little surprised but quickly she seems to beam with pride. "It's ok dear it's ok, I love all my children who come through my woods regardless of who they are. Thank you for trusting me enough to tell me" You sob harder knowing it was less trust then fear that led you to tell her. After a long talk you finally crawl into bed and fall into a deep sleep... [[Wake up]]<<if $name is "Steve">> You are not ''Yourself'' <<back "Back">> <<else>> In order to survive this journey you will have to keep your needs met. If you become to injured, tired, hungry, or thirsty you will fail your quest and be consumed by the forest. Keep watch on your stamina and begin your journey [[Enter the Forest]] <</if>> <<set $stamina to 10>> <<audio "forest" volume 0 fadein loop>>As you enter into the forest you hear the rustling of leaves and quickly turn to look behind yourself. However when you look back you no longer see your hometown but instead an almost identical path to the one you are on. It seems the stories of the forest being an unending maze may be true. It won't help to panic now so you continue... [[Foward]] [[Behind]] <<set $stamina to 10>>Continuing on the path you begin to notice the trees bend to create a path of sunshine ahead of you. The dirt turns to gravel, and then cobblestones as you continue foward. Eventually you reach an ancient concrete road splitting from the force of the trees roots underneath. After walking for what seems like an hour you look back to see only forest behind you. However the path in front of you has changed. The trees are darker and a ravine stands before you. However on the other side is none other then the exit! You can hardly believe your eyes but it seems Laalville is right on the other side! If you had to guess it's probably at least 6 feet across and when you drop a rock down it you dont hear the sound bounce back up. [[Jump it]] <<if $jumping is 0>> [[Go back]] <<else>> <</if>>You decide to continue behind yourself. If the forest refuses to be predictable you will too. You follow the twisty windy road as vines move on their own and trees seem to bend to block out the sun. Time itself seems to have lost meaning back here. Finally you exit out into a clearing. At the far end is a small wooden cabin shockingly built in this forest. Perhaps not everyone who enters here desires to leave, or maybe they aren't able too. To the right of the clearing is another path. It seems a bit straighter and less overgrown then the one you followed. You could also of course turn around but there is no telling if it will lead you back the way you came... [[Knock on the Cabin door|BadCabin]] [[Go Right|Left1]] [[Turn Back|Foward]]<<if $health > 20>> <<set $health to 20>> <<elseif $stamina > 10>> <<set $stamina to 10>> <<elseif $hunger > 6>> <<set $hunger to 6>> <<elseif $thirst > 6>> <<set $thirst to 6>> <<else>> <</if>> <<set $displayhealth to "">> <<set $variablehealth to $health>> <<for $variablehealth to 1; $variablehealth <= $health; $variablehealth++>> <<set $displayhealth to $displayhealth + "I">> <</for>> <<set $displaystamina to "">> <<set $variablestamina to $stamina>> <<for $variablestamina to 1; $variablestamina <= $stamina; $variablestamina++>> <<set $displaystamina to $displaystamina + "I">> <</for>> <<switch $hunger>> <<case 6>> <<set $displayhunger to "You are overstuffed">> <<case 5>> <<set $displayhunger to "You are stuffed">> <<case 4>> <<set $displayhunger to "You are full">> <<case 3>> <<set $displayhunger to "You are peckish">> <<case 2>> <<set $displayhunger to "You are hungry">> <<case 1>> <<set $displayhunger to "You are starving">> <<case default>> <<set $displayhunger to "Fuck">> <</switch>> <<switch $thirst>> <<case 6>> <<set $displaythirst to "Your thirst is fully quenched">> <<case 5>> <<set $displaythirst to "Your thirst is quenched">> <<case 4>> <<set $displaythirst to "Your thirst is under control">> <<case 3>> <<set $displaythirst to "You are thirsty">> <<case 2>> <<set $displaythirst to "You are really thirsty">> <<case 1>> <<set $displaythirst to "You are dehydrated">> <<default>> <<set $displaythirst to "Fuck">> <</switch>> <div id="footer">Health: <span class="health">$displayhealth</span> Stamina: <span class="stamina">$displaystamina</span> $displayhunger $displaythirst <style> #footer { border: 5px solid black; background-color: white; text-align: left; color: black; line-height: 1.5; padding: 10px; width: 300px; height: 150px; } .health { color: red; } .stamina { color: green; } </style> </div> <<if $health < 1 and $dead > 0>> <<goto [[Death]]>> <<set $dead to 0>> <<elseif $stamina < 1 and $dead > 0>> <<goto [[Death]]>> <<set $dead to 0>> <<elseif $hunger < 1 and $dead > 0>> <<goto [[Death]]>> <<set $dead to 0>> <<elseif $thirst < 1 and $dead > 0>> <<goto [[Death]]>> <<set $dead to 0>> <<else>> <<set $stamina -= 1>> <</if>> You begin to feel the call of void upon your soul. Your journey through the woods has been treacherous and it has finally done you in. You collaspe into a ball and the many beings that dot this cursed place... <<link "Restart">><<run UI.restart()>><</link>>You walked up and knock onto the cabin door. The logs the comprise it are damp and the door barely makes a sound. However a middle aged women still opens the door. "Hello there! It isn't often that we recieve visitors! Come in come in!" You don't have much of a choice and walk on in to the cabin. A small girl is playing on the floor with some wooden toys and a teenage boy is reading a book on a bed. If they have a father he is not inside right now. The women speaks again "Im so glad you could join us! This is George and Krissy, say hi kids!" Both children wave sheepishly at you and go back to what they were doing "Oh and I'm Hannah. Now what's your name? [[Tell her your name]] [[Tell her your real name]]You introduce yourself as "Steve" and tell her you are on a journey to Laalville. She continues to have a beaming smile and shows you around their one room cabin. After that she offers you a small leather bag. It is covered in dust and seems ancient, but she assures you that it has everything you will need to make your way to Laalville. She then tells you to put it on. As you put it on your back it pulls up the shirt you have covering your stomach and shows your $color mark. Hannah's beaming smile turns from kind and insincere to terror "YOU ARE A BEAST! YOU ARE TRYING TO CORRUPT MY CHILDREN AREN'T YOU" You try to explain you are just trying to make it to Laalville but she hears none of what you said. She grabs a knife from the kitchen and begins to wave it around. [[Run]] [[Fight]]You tell her that your name is $name and begin to explain that you are trying to go to Laalville. However her beaming smile turns to a look of suspicion. "$name? Isn't that a name only those wicked ''beasts'' use? Are you one of those ''things''? Now that I think about it Laalville is a place for criminal, thugs, and of course ''beasts''." She lunges at you and before you can stop her she pulls up your shirt and reveals your mark. "You are one of those wicked things! Get out of my home! Get out or I will make you wish you leaved!" She grabs a knife from the kitchen counter behind her and begins waving it at you [[Run]] [[Fight]]You quickly turn and begin to open the door behind you but as you do you see a hulk of a man, far closer to a ''beast'' then you could ever be. He stands nearly two feet taller then you and he is carrying an axe big enough to fell a tree, or you, in a single swing. You begin to run, faster and harder, faster and harder for your life. Your adrenaline is spiking and you are wearing yourself out. When you finally stop, you nearly collaspe but the hulk of a man chasing you is gone. Then you feel the pain. It seems the momentary pause from seeing the man gave the woman a chance to slice your arm. It's bleeding heavily and it dosent feel good <<set $health -= 5>> <<set $stamina -= 1>> <<set $hunger -= 1>> <<set $thirst -= 1>> [[Rip your shirt to make a makeshift bandage]] [[Ignore it]]With the door closed behind you, you decide the best option is to defend yourself. The woman swings her knife wildly and without form and while it is wild it is still predictable. You quickly grab a chair leg and rip it off. Seeing you grab a weapon she slices right at your face. You shield yourself with the chair leg and knife embeds itself into the leg. Her kids stand terrified frozen in place and as you think to use this oppurtunity to flee she shrieks. You turn your head to see her covered in blood with her neck bleeding profusely. The knife drops from her hand. Before you can even offer to help she drops either from blood loss or from shock. You then feel the door behind you bend and nearly buckle before a mans voice booms incomprehensively from outside. [[Grab the knife]] [[Attempt to save her life]] [[Run|Run2]] You choose to rip the only shirt you have off your back and make a bandage out of it. While your mark is now visible for all to see your feel a lot better have your wound covered instead of open to the wind <<set $health += 3>> <<set $shirt to 0>> [[Continue|Leave]]You choose to ignore the wounds on your arm and leave it to heal on its own. Hopefully this won't come back to bite you. [[Continue|Leave]] <<set $stamina +=1>> You quickly lunge for and grab the knife besides the womans body. Her breathing is staggered and you can tell she dosen't have to long to live. The door continues to bend each time the man rams into it. You don't have much time left before the door buckles and man charges in. <<set $knife to 1>> [[Fight|Fight 2]] [[Run|Run2]] [[Attempt to save her life]] Seeing Hannah bleed out before you forces you into overdrive. You quickly rip the shirt off your back and tie it gently around her neck, allowing blood and oxygen to go through while preventing her from completely bleeding out. George and Krissy quickly pull out box of makeshift medical supplies and give them to you. You don't even hear the man burst the door open behind you as you quickly grab the needle in the box and begin to stitch the wounds up. While not perfect it will prevent her from bleeding out. By the end you are covered in blood and more tired then when you entered but you didn't take a life today. The man seems terrified of you and your mark but seeing his wife ok he seems hesitant to fall back on his beliefs. Without speaking he brews a tonic for you out of some herbs and gives you a leather bag covered in dust. You thank him, gulp the tonic in a single go, put on the bag, and leave. [[Leave]] <<set $stamina += 4>> <<set $hunger -=2>> <<set $bag to 1>>Seeing the womans blood pool on the floor reminds you what might happen if you stick around. You quickly notice a makeshift window above their stove and sprint and jump through it. In front of you the forest opens up and reveals a path and you sprint down it. The forest itself covers your escape as you sprint. Before long you tire and stop to check your surroundings. Perhaps you really are a ''beast''. [[Continue|Leave]] <<set $stamina to -=2>> <<set $hunger to -=3>> <<set $thirst to -=3>> <<set $kills to +=1>> Having survived the crazy ass family in that clearing, you begin down the path again. Soon enough you find another clearing with a wooden chair in the center of it. As you enter into the clearing you find The forest closes behind you leaving only a path to left or right. Before you decide however you sit down on the chair to rest a little before continuing your journey. <<if $bag is 1>> While sitting down you remember the bag you were given by the family to continue your journey. You open it up to find an ancient waterskin, a piece of rotten jerky, and rusty bronze knife. <<silently>> <<set $matches to 1>> <<set $knife += 1>> <<set $jerky to 1>> <<set $waterskin to 1>> <</silently>> <<else>> <</if>> [[Go Left|Left1]] [[Go Right|Foward]] <<set $stamina += 3>>You hold the knife out in your hand and wait. One slam. Two slams. Three slams. On the fourth slam the door snaps in half and before you stands a man nearly two feet taller than you. He holds an axe big enough to fell a tree in a single blow, or you for that matter. Steeling yourself you wait for him to swing. He pulls the axe back and in a single moment you dash out of the way and attack him. When the moment end the hulk of a man lays dead upon the floor. You notice a sharp pain in your left wrist and then realize you dont have a left hand. Your hand sits bloody upon the floor next to the man and his axe. The weasels scream and flee out the window leaving you to stand amongnst the blood. You put the knife through both bears backs to make sure they die and you then go to sack their cabin. You find a medical kit underneath the bed of one of the weasels. which you use to bandage your stump of a left hand. When you are done sacking their cove you eat their food, drink what little water they had replace the knife you grabbed with the bear's axe. She was right to call you a Beast. Then you run out into the forest to continue your journey. [[Leave|EvilLeave]] <<set $health -=15>> <<set $stamina +=5>> <<set $kills +=2>>You run through the forest. The leaves are red, your mark is red, everything is red. A metal wreck blocks your path so you chop through it ignoring the entrance covered with overgrowth. When you reach the other side you see a metal cabin. But the rain, the bane of your kind as come. [[Go to the Cabin]] [[Hide in the wreck|HideEvil]]You run up to the cabin and force open the door. Inside is an old owl staring menacingly at you. She hoots at you as though she is afraid. The rain pours behind you and your mark hums violently. [[Kill the Owl]] [[Spare the Owl]]You claw your way into the wreck to wait out the storm. But as you climb through your forget to watch the sharp metal walls which cuts into your side leaving a giant wound. Quickly scrambling you attmept to run outside to find a bandage. However the rain begins to pour and burn into your wounds. Without much shelter you drop from the pain and writhe in agony and the rain punishes you for your deeds as the beast. Perhaps when the world tell you that you are beast, all they want to is reason to kill you like a beast. <<link "Restart">><<run UI.restart()>><</link>>You heft the axe with your hand and cleave the owl into pieces. As you do so your reality finishes twisting. You are a Beast. You are the greatest beast. All who enter this forest shall fear your howl and run from your blade. Your stump morphs into claws and you walk into the rain, which sears your back as you rip a piece of the owls cabin to make a blade worthy of the beast. Perhaps when told you are a beast for your entire life the only option to become that beast. <<link "Restart">><<run UI.restart()>><</link>>You temper your anger and put your axe down. You are tired and owl seems kind. You look at your stump to see that it was never covered in bandages in the first place. You look at the old woman and she comforts you as you feel your life force drain. Your mark begins to glow $color again. You allow yourself to go peacefully, you escaped the beast inside. Perhaps the world tells you that you are a beast in the hope that you will sacrifice yourself to not become one. <<link "Restart">><<run UI.restart()>><</link>><<if $jumping is 0>> You take several steps back before sprint full force at the ravine. When you reach the very lip on the cliff you leap and soar towards the otherside. At first you think you will make it, however quickly you realize you are falling to fast and you scrape yourself along the side of the cliff. You can feel your shirt being ripped and blood wetting the cliff face. However you manage to just barely grip the cliff side avoiding falling to certain death. You don't have much time, it will take all your stamina to avoid certain death. <<set $health -= 5>> <<set $thirst -= 2>> <<set $jumping to 1>> <<if $stamina > 8>> [[Climb out|Success!]] <<elseif $stamina <=9>> [[Climb out|Fail to climb out]] <</if>> <<elseif $jumping is 1>> Confident in your ability to jump the ravine you start sprinting from where you stand. As you reach the edge of the ravine you feel energized and jump like your life depended on it (which it does). You soar quickly across the gap and land on the otherside unharmed. You managed to escape the forest which has claimed so many and trapped the unworthy [[Success!]] <<set $stamina to 10>> <<set $health to 20>> <<set $hunger to 6>> <<set $thirst to 6>> <</if>>Deciding the jump is to far you turn back to the forest and find it has once again opened up. You begin to search for something that can help you make the jump [[Continue|Left1]] As your attempt to scamble out of the ravine, your strength begins to fail and you quickly begin lose your grip. Finally slipping on your own blood you begin to plummet. You hit several sharp rocks which tear at you and your insides as you fall. Your shirt rips and your mark becomes covered in blood as fall, and fall, and fall. Finally you feel the crushing weight of the world below as you reach the bottom. What you expected to be the quick release of death however does not come. You are battered, bloody, and barely clinging to life but you are alive. The adrenaline of your entire body burning jolts you like a second wind. Anything could kill you down here but you still have a chance if you can make it back to the top. [[Observe your surroundings]] <<set $health to 1>> <<set $stamina to 10>> <<set $hunger to 1>> <<set $thirst to 1>> <<set $shirt to 0>>After a long journey you finally make it to Laalville. Despite the world trying to kill you, you had the will to continue foward despite all the odds. You are $name and you are ''yourself!'' <<link "Restart">><<run UI.restart()>><</link>>Around you are sharp jagged walls that tore you up as you fell. Behind you the ravine seems to stretch infinitely but ahead of you is a dark cave. Without much choice you limp ahead into the cave. Water from ancient aquifers drops from the ceiling and begin to crawl through the cave. As you explore the ancient cave you find the corspe of a man covered in a strange cloth and hardened armor. The cloth is torn to shreds revealing that they too probably fell down the ravine but they did not live much longer. On the wall behind them is a message written in dried blood. While a large part has been wiped away by water and time and parts of it don't even appear to be in your language you do manage to read some of it. "My na e is Jagard Tharn. I am th C p ain o t e US Ha mo y. We cras ed here f ve w ks ago. I be ieve I am he la t survivor of my sh p. I leave m mark here f r tho e wh find e." Without much context you can't really understand much of what they wrote. What you do understand is drawin in blood a massive symbol nearly the size of the man. Water marks run through the symbol but the shape is unmistakable. It is the mark which covers your chest, drawn here by a corspe so ancient the bones are disintigrating leaving only their clothes behind. You draw the symbol of your mark upon your hand and then continue throught the cave. [[Continue|Cave2]]Going deeper into the cave you discover a massive metallic wall. The wall itself is compromised of panel seemingly fused to massive nails which held the wall in place. Toward the right side of the wall however is a gapping hole punched through with weapon far stronger then anything possible today. The metal is sharp but you just barely avoid cutting yourself again. On a sign on the wall are two words with directions to each "Medical" and "Bridge" [[Follow the sign to Medical]] [[Follow the sign to the Bridge]] <<set $medical to 0>>Following the sign to Medical you find a room covered in glass. Luckily you kept your shoes for the fall and are able to walk through the room. A wall lights up and seems to show you, but really what your injuries are. Then the room comes to life. Animated by some unknown force the walls come apart and begin to stitch your wounds and heal you. By the time the room stops moving you feel amazing. Your Mark hums with delight and you walk out towards the [[Bridge|Follow the sign to the Bridge]] <<set $medical to 1>> <<set $health +=14>> <<set $stamina +=5>> <<set $thirst +=3>><<if $medical is 1>> You follow the designated path through the dark white halls of this strange magical structure. Along the way you find corspes of ancient people all with similar clothing to the corspe outside. Eventually you reach a door which is labeled "Bridge" You touch it to open but you feel a jolt of electricity shoot down your spine. After the sensation passes the door opens and you continue into the [[Bridge]] <<set $health -=5>> <<elseif $medical is 0>> You follow the designated path through the dark white halls of this strange magical structure. Along the way you find corspes of ancient people all with similar clothing to the corspe outside. Eventually you reach a door which is labeled "Bridge" You touch it to open but you feel a jolt of electricity shoot down your spine. The shock send your already failing heart into overdrive and it feels as though its bursting. Blood begins to pour out of your grievous wounds and you quickly pass out from the blood loss. Surrounded by the dead you die with them to never be seen again. <</if>>Entering onto the bridge you see flashing walls of light glitter around the room. Chairs next to strange beeping desks scatter across the floor and broken metal panels cover the floor. A sound blips out from the walls and room falls dark and quiet. Then without even a seconds pause you find yourself on the other side of the ravine. [[Success!]] Double-click this passage to edit it.As you begin to tear into the mossy wall you discover underneath is not a tree but some sort of metal. It seems far tougher then iron but has a very similar appearance and is rusted similary to it. As you continue dig through the moss you feel a sharp pain on your hand and arm. A quick look shows that you have a deep cut into your hand and arm. Luckily the metal was sharp to an entrance punched into this strange metal wreckage. Inside you discover an extensive interior buried just under the surface of the forest floor. Inside are blank glass windows darkened through some unknown method on top of tables outfitted with levers and buttons of glass and some foreign material. You crawl along the once walls of the building now buried sideways until you reach an empty doorframe. While you ponder crawling deeper into this construct you decide that your quest take you foward, not downward into the exploration of ancient wrecks. Exiting the wreck you find yourself in a large clearing with a small cottage seemingly put together out of the scraps of the wreck. [[Continue|Left 3]] <<set $health -= 5>> <<set $thirst -= 1>> <<set $hunger -= 1>>As you wake up you see Gran mixing up something in her pot. Once she has seen that you are awake she quickly pours you a bowl "This will help you reach Laalville all you gotta do it drink it all up" You take the bowl and drink the entire tonic. The distinct taste of rabbit meat slides past your tongue along with a strange mint aftertaste. "This is my famous rabbit jumping juice! You should be able to reach Laalville easily now!" You talk for a bit longer and then she sends you on your way. While the wreck is now gone a path has opened up ahead for you to take [[Let's do this!|Foward]] <<set $jumping to 1>>You quickly put the shirt on. It is the most comfortable thing in the entire world. You are simply stunned by how comfortable it is. Once you put it on she then asks you about your Mark. Without much reason to lie you tell her your real name and explain your life story. You also explain how you need to get to Laalville. She gives you a big hug and tells you to not worry she will help you get there in the morning but for now get some rest. You crawl into the warm comfortable blankets and fall fast asleep. [[Wake up]]