The world is ending. Soon.
(textcolor:"red") [Shiva], the Destroyer, believes that the time has come for the termination of all life. She has begun destroying parts of the world and does not seem to be slowing down.
There is not much time left. (textcolor:"yellow") [Brahma], the Creator, believes that there is more work to be done on Earth. He has requested your presence as one of his warriors to protect his creation.
[[What is your name?]](set: $name to (prompt: "What is your name?", ""))
Hi, $name. Welcome.
(textcolor:"yellow") [Brahma] believes you are powerful and wise enough to assist him on his journey. There is a chance you will not succeed and Shiva will continue his destruction. Because of the high stakes, this is not a job for the faint of heart. Will you accept his request?
[[Yes]] or [[No]](textcolor:"yellow") [Brahma] thanks you for accepting.
Before you begin, click [[here|external links]] if you would like to learn more about the gods that have a part in your journey.
In his decision to destroy the world, (textcolor:"red") [Shiva] relocated Aum, the first sound that was heard at creation, and hid it from the gods so no one could restore life while he was at work.
(textcolor:"yellow") [Brahma] wants to find the symbol and return it to the beginning of creation, its rightful place. If you help him succeed, you will reach Moksha and be liberated from death.
This is your goal, and the obstacles are endless.
Click [[here|Begin]] to begin.So you'll ignore Brahma's request and have no part in saving the world?
(textcolor:"yellow") [Brahma] would like to give you one more chance. Do you accept?
[[Yes]] or [[No|NO]]Suit yourself.
(link: "Brahma") [(goto-url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahma")]
(link: "Saraswati") [(goto-url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saraswati")]
(link: "Vishnu") [(goto-url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu")]
(link: "Lakshmi") [(goto-url:"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshmi")]A forest fire was reported in California and has already wiped out four million acres of land. It has become the most destructive fire the world has seen thus far.
Do you want to [[check and see if this was Shiva's doing]] or [[let the fire burn and check elsewhere first]]?
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/137282817@N07/38144255164/in/dateposted-public/" title="California Picture"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4551/38144255164_1b5c0a34a8_b.jpg" width="824" height="568" alt="California Picture"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>It looks like you came to the right spot. (textcolor:"red") [Shiva] has engraved each burned down tree with an "S" intial. Luckily, the fire departments all over the state have gained control over the fire.
[[Continue your journey|heat wave]](if: $variable is 0) [You take off for India in hopes that you find clues that will lead you closer to finding Aum.
Where do you want to look?]
(if: $one is 0) [[[Brihadisvara Temple|Brihadisvara Temple]]]
(if: $two is 0) [[[Venketeswara Temple|Venketeswara Temple]]]But it looks like (textcolor:"red") [Shiva] will not stop there. The northern part of the United States have experienced a heat wave of temperatures reaching up to 120 degrees, in December. These extreme temperatures could only be the Destroyer's doing.
Do you want to [[go to the northern states]] or [[request help from a god]]?You make it to the northern states to discover the destruction that the heat wave has caused. Plants are dying and water is running out. You want to stay and help, but you know you need to stop Shiva, because he is only moving faster.
Do you [[request help from a god]] or [[follow Shiva's path of destruction]]?
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/R83-jKZIILs" frameborder="0" gesture="media" allow="encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>(textcolor:"green") [Saraswati], the goddess of learning, has come to tell you a fact about Shiva that may lead you closer to the hiding spot.
"(textcolor:"red") [Shiva] and I are good friends. In the past, we have enjoyed visiting the Taj Mahal. I think you may find a hint or two there."
Click [[here|Taj Mahal]] to continue.(set: $one to 1) [You traveled to Thanjavur, India to the temple but you couldn't get inside. Click [[here|let the fire burn and check elsewhere first]] to go back.]
You struck out here. There wasn't much to see, but you must continue on with your journey.
Do you want to [[request help from a god]] or [[follow Shiva's path of destruction]]
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/R83-jKZIILs" frameborder="0" gesture="media" allow="encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>(if: $variable is 0) [(textcolor:"red") [Shiva] doesn't get far before destroying something else.]
(if: $three is 0) [[[Go to Egypt|Go to Egypt]]] where a 9.8 earthquake has just hit.
(if: $four is 0) [[[Go to Northern Africa where Shiva has dried up all of the water sources.|Go to Northern Africa]]]
(if: $five is 0) [[[Go to Japan where the biggest tsunami ever recorded just hit|Go to Japan.]]]You find yourself in Egypt among some of the coolest pyramids in the world. On one pyramid, see an ingraved letter "S".
As you investigate the initial, you hear a sound coming from above your head. You look up to find (textcolor:"red") [Shiva] standing atop the pyramid. What do you do?
[[Run away]] or [[Stand your ground]]
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/137282817@N07/38144256674/in/dateposted-public/" title="Egypt Picture"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4526/38144256674_cbbefe8549_b.jpg" width="824" height="568" alt="Egypt Picture"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>You arrive in New Dheli to find an escort holding your name on a piece of paper. He sees you and motions for you to go with him. You find out that he works with (textcolor:"green") [Saraswati] and tells you that he is bringing you nearer to a clue.
Do you [[go with him]] or [[travel by yourself]] and try to follow the path independently?
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CsCGW4Xmk2I" frameborder="0" gesture="media" allow="encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>(textcolor:"red") [Shiva] is faster than you, and you die.
Click [[here|Reincarnation]] to continue.He knows who you are, and what your mission is. (textcolor:"red") [Shiva] says you either need to leave him alone or join forces with him to help him complete the destruction.
What do you do?
[[leave him alone]] or [[join forces]]You turn away to leave when (textcolor:"red") [Shiva] begins to attack you. (textcolor:"yellow") [Brahma] is pleased with your loyalty so he sends (textcolor:"purple") [Vishnu] to protect you from (textcolor:"red") [Shiva's] angry attacks. Unfortunately, (textcolor:"purple") [Vishnu] was unsuccessful.
Click [[here|Reincarnation]] to continue.You sabotoged (textcolor:"yellow") [Brahma] and broke the promise you made to him. You will not reach Moksha and are successful in destroying the world, destroying yourself in the process. You have died and need to be reincarnated. (textcolor:"yellow") [Brahma] has decided to let you chose what you would like to be reincarnated into. He believes every option will allow you to defeat (textcolor:"red") [Shiva]. Chose one of the following to continue.
[[Snake]]
[[Human]]
[[Tiger]]You know you need to find (textcolor:"red") [Shiva] and bring Aum back to (textcolor:"yellow") [Brahma], but you're not sure where to start. (textcolor:"yellow") [Brhama] tells you to go to Egypt. Once you get to Egypt, where do you start?
[[pyramids]]
[[the Grand Nile Tower Hotel]]You are reincarnated back into a human! (textcolor:"yellow") [Brahma] has informed you that (textcolor:"red") [Shiva] has stopped destroying the world and resorted to protecting Aum, wherever he hid it. (textcolor:"yellow") [Brahma] gives you the task of discovering where she is. Do you think she is in [[Egypt]], [[California]], or (if: $six is 0) [[[Japan|Japan]]]?Because of your new life as a tiger, you now have the ferocity it takes to continue the journey. Your bite is strong and your roar is loud. But because of your inability to think as humans do, you lose sight of (textcolor:"red") [Shiva]. He has moved on his path of destruction. What will you do?
[[Call on Brahma for help]] or [[just chill in the forest]]Your decision to travel alone has not paid off. You get lost traveling through India and get attacked by a rhino.
Click [[here|Reincarnation]] to continueHe tells you that the Taj Mahal is not your final destination. He says you need to travel to Egypt to find the clue.
Click [[here|Go to Egypt]] to continue.The Edge of Moksha
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[[Works Cited]]http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/religion/attaining-moksha/article4763267.ece
http://www.dummies.com/religion/hinduism/hindu-gods-and-goddesses/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahma
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saraswati
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshmi
The tsunami has destroyed everything in Japan, so there aren't any clues for you to find. (textcolor:"yellow") [Brahma] tells you to go somewhere else.
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(set: $five to 1)
Click [[here|follow Shiva's path of destruction]] to continue.
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/137282817@N07/38144393554/in/dateposted-public/" title="Japan Picture"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4515/38144393554_523c1aeea4_b.jpg" width="824" height="568" alt="Japan Picture"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>(textcolor:"yellow") [Brahma] tells you that (textcolor:"red") [Shiva] is beginning to flood the Earth. He tells you to go to New Orleans to take on the tide.
Click [[here|New Orleans]] to go to New Orleans.(textcolor:"red") [Shiva] begins to flood the Earth and you can't swim. You die from drowning.
Click [[here|Reincarnation]] to continue.
(textcolor:"pink") [Lakshmi] notices that you can't swim so he consults (textcolor:"yellow") [Brahma] to reincarnate you into a snake, so you can defeat the tide.
Click [[here|Snake]] to continue as a snake.You begin traveling around Egypt looking for clues. You think that (textcolor:"red") [Shiva] is hiding Aum in one of the well-known buildings in Egypt. Where do you start?
[[Grand Nile Tower Hotel]]
[[Pyramids]]
[[Mosque of Muhammad Ali]]
[[Lighthouse of Alexandria]]The California forests are destroyed from the wildfires cause by (textcolor:"red") [Shiva] but you find some abandoned buildings to look in.
Which one do you go into first?
[[abandoned hospital]] or [[empty warehouse]]
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/137282817@N07/38144259244/in/dateposted-public/" title="Last Picture"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4576/38144259244_d6e8ce767b_b.jpg" width="824" height="568" alt="Last Picture"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>There is still not much here as the tsunami destroyed everything, so Aum can not be here.
Click [[here|Human]] to go back.
(set: $six to 1)You look in every room, looking for any hints you can find but you don't find anything. You decide to move on to the warehouse.
Click [[here|empty warehouse]] to continue. You start to look around when you hear a loud crash above you. You look up and see a figure, but you can't make out what it is. That's when you hear him. He asks you to join forces with him so he finish his mission. You're tired of fighting, and just want this to be over so you agree. It doesn't seem like he's going to give up so you might as well give up.
Click [[here|Destruction]] to continue.(textcolor:"red) [Shiva] was able to successfully destroy the Earth, destroying you along with it. You go to check the Grand Nile Hotel, but there's no way you can check all of it. You ask (textcolor:"yellow") [Brahma] for help and he says Aum is not there. Where do you check next?
[[Pyramids]]
[[Mosque of Muhammad Ali]]
[[Lighthouse of Alexandria]]You go to check the pyramids, and see (textcolor:"red") [Shiva] protecting one of them. You know that she is hiding Aum in that pyramid, but you're not sure how to get inside, much less if you can get any closer without getting hurt. You see a very small opening at the bottom of the pyramid. You call on (textcolor:"pink") [Lakshmi] and (textcolor:"yellow") [Brahma] to help you. They reincarnate you into a snake.
Click [[here|Aum]] to continue.
You thought it would be weird that (textcolor:"red") [Shiva] would hide Aum in such an important monument of a different religion, but then you realized that's what would make it the perfect hiding spot. You go an look around, but don't find anything. Where do you go next?
[[Pyramids]]
[[Grand Nile Tower Hotel]]
[[Lighthouse of Alexandria]]You arrive at the pyramids to see (textcolor:"red") [Shiva] guarding a pyramid, where Aum is hidden. You see a small opening at the bottom of the pyramid that (textcolor:"red") [Shiva] is guarding.
Click [[here|Aum]] to continue.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OEMBefwRY0A" frameborder="0" gesture="media" allow="encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>With (textcolor:"yellow") [Brahma's] help, you search the hotel and find nothing. You need to go to the pyramids to see if (textcolor:"red") [Shiva] is there.
Click [[here|pyramids]] to go to the pyramids.You quikcly begin moving towards the opening and make it inside just before (textcolor:"red") [Shiva] attacks you. You find Aum easily as it was in the middle of the pyramid. You call in (textcolor:"yellow") [Brahma] to come take it. As soon as (textcolor:"yellow") [Brahma] has Aum, (textcolor:"red") [Shiva] no longer has any power.
Click [[here|Moksha]] to continue.(textcolor:"yellow") [Brahma] restores Aum to the beginning of Creation, and you successfully reach Moksha. Congratulations!
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/137282817@N07/38144260774/in/dateposted-public/" title="Moksha Picture"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4517/38144260774_67b744f228_b.jpg" width="824" height="568" alt="Moksha Picture"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>You look around here, but it's pretty small so there's not much to see. You know pretty quickly that (textcolor:"red") [Shiva] hasn't hidden Aum here. Where do you go next?
[[Grand Nile Tower Hotel]]
[[Pyramids]]
[[Mosque of Muhammad Ali]]You get to Northern Africa and immediately realize you never should have come. There is no water, and it is extremely hot. You die from dehydration.
Click [[here|Reincarnation]] to continue.
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