<h1>[[START]]</h1>
By laura Miller[[You're intoxicated]]
You are [cold,]<c1| you are [alone]<c2| with [no phone.]<c3|,
and you have [no money]<c4| to help you get home.
(click: ?c1)[You are freezing, in fact.]
(click: ?c2)[Your friends left you as you got sick outside of the car door.]
(click: ?c3)[They pushed you out, leaving your phone to drop to the floor.]
(click: ?c4)[You are deadfully terrified, lost, and wondering who your friends really are.]
<i>[[You're alone.]]</i>(set: $combinedStyles to (text-style: "shudder") + (text-style: "blur"))
$combinedStyles[Shaking.]
{(live: 2s)[
A man appears.
]}
{(live: 4s)[
He says to you:
]}
{(live: 6s)[
"You look cold miss, here take this...
]}
{(live: 8s)[
And be careful tonight.
]}
{(live: 10s)[
There's a lot of weirdos out here!"
]}
{(live: 13s)[
You take the coat,
]}
{(live: 15s)[
[["thanks."]]
]}(text-style: "blur")[Your vision is blurry, as you walk to the nearest gas station a few miles up the road.
You're wearing the man's coat, it covers your ripped dress and keeps you warm.
However, you feel very weak and ill.]
{(live: 6s)[
(text-style: "blur")[You hear change jingling in your pockets.]
]}
{(live: 8s)[
(text-style: "blur")[You see a [[Payphone.]]]
]}
You only have enough change to make a couple of phone calls.
You think of your options, the numbers you remember.
You can call:
[Mom]<c1|
[Your Neighbor]<c2|
[Your friend Shelby]<c3|
[Your phone]<c4|
A [man]<c5| behind you call's out to you, "Hey miss."
(click: ?c1)[Your mom will kill you. Not an option.]
(click: ?c2)[Your neighbor Aileen.
She is probably your best option, but you still risk getting into trouble with your parents.]
(click: ?c3)[She pushed you out of the car...]
(click: ?c4)[You risk reaching absolutely no one.]
(click: ?c5)[You turn to the man, he's a truck driver.]
You begin to [[dial]] a number.
You dial...
[[Mom]]
[[Aileen, your neighbor.]]
[[Shelby.]]
[[Your Phone.]]
You put the phone down, save your change, and talk to the [[man]].
You dial Aileen's number.
(set: $combinedStyles to (text-style: "fadeinout") + (text-style: "blur"))
{(live: 1s)[
$combinedStyles[It's ringing...]
]}
{(live: 3s)["Hello"
]}
{(live: 4s)[(text-style: "blur")["Hello, Aileen? This is Samantha."]
]}
{(live: 5s)["Samantha. Are you okay?"
]}
{(live: 6s)[(text-style: "blur")[Crying and pleading, "No, Aileen. I am not. My friends pushed me out of their car after we had been partying. I walked a few miles to this gas station on old factory road. I'm drunk, alone and my friends have my phone. Please dont call my mom!"]
]}
{(live: 8s)["I'm on my way Samantha! Don't talk to anyone, I'll be there in 40 minutes..."
]}
{(live: 9s)[(text-style: "blur")[ [[continue.]] ]
]}The strange truck driver calls out to you:
"Hey miss, you look like you need some help?"
[["Yeah, I do."]]
[["Help? From a stranger? How do I know you're not a serial killer?"]] You dial Shelby's number.
(set: $combinedStyles to (text-style: "fadeinout") + (text-style: "blur"))
{(live: 1s)[
$combinedStyles[It's ringing...]
]}
{(live: 3s)[
[She Rejects your call.]
]}
{(live: 4s)[
[ [[Try a different number.]] ]
]}You dial Your number.
(set: $combinedStyles to (text-style: "fadeinout") + (text-style: "blur"))
{(live: 1s)[
$combinedStyles[It's ringing...]
]}
{(live: 3s)[
[Your friend jessica answers.]
]}
{(live: 4s)[ [["Hello"]]
]}
You dial Mom's number.
(set: $combinedStyles to (text-style: "fadeinout") + (text-style: "blur"))
{(live: 1s)[
$combinedStyles[It's ringing...]
]}
{(live: 3s)[
[You hang up.
You just can't face her, she would be so dissapointed.]
]}
{(live: 5s)[
[ [[Try again.]] ]
]}You decide to not take any risk, you dial...
[[Aileen, your neighbor.]]
You just feel alone, so you turn around...
You put the phone down, save your change, and talk to the [[man]].{(live: 1s)[
[Jessica is too incoherent to help you.]
]}
{(live: 2s)[
[ [[Try a different number.]] ]
]}
While waiting the strange truck driver calls out to you.
Stay quiet and just [[wait for Aileen.]]
or
Talk to the man. [[Hi, can i help you?]]
Aileen arrives.
She gets out of her car, running to you.
She swiftly covers you with a blanket and opens the passenger door.
[[You head home.]]The man:
"Actually I was wondering if I could help you?"
You say:
[["I'm okay!"]]
or
"I'm supposed to have a ride coming in 40 minutes, if she doesn't show do you think I could have [[a ride?]]You stay silent and [[wait for Aileen.]]
Aileen is taking a bit longer than expected.Aileen begins to drive, you pull down the mirror in front of you and begin to whipe away smeared makeup across you face.
{(live: 1s)[
(text-style: "blur")["I look awful"]
]}
{(live: 2s)[
"You're fine"
]}
{(live: 2.5s)[
(text-style: "blur")[You lean your head against the window, look back you at the mirror.]
]}
{(live: 4s)[
You see something move in the back of the car.
]}
{(live: 6s)[
(text-style: "blur")["Aileen. What is going..."]
]}
{(live: 8s)[
(text-style: "blur")[A man holds a rag over your mouth.]
]}
{(live: 9s)[
(text-style: "blur")[ [[ You blackout ]] ]
]}
You wake up in Aileen's garage. You are disoriented.
You look around and there is not a single person in sight.
You are tied up to a chair with tape over your mouth.
You spot a set of tools next but a garbage can is in the way.
You plan to gently scoot your way across the floor.
You can attempt to get to the tools but you risk knocking over the trash can and someone hearing you. You can either scoot to move closer to the [[trash can]] where you can maneuver it gently out of the way. Or go directly to the [[tools]].
You scoot closer to the trash can you find a small DeWalt angle grinder blade in the trash. It is just small enough to cut the rope.
[[You cut the rope.]] And rip the tape from your mouth.You scoot towards the tools and knock over the trash can, you make a very large noise, but luckily you find a small DeWalt angle grinder blade on the floor left in the trash. It is just small enough to cut the rope.
[[You cut the rope.]] And rip the tape from your mouth."I'm going south, can I give you a ride?"
[[Accept the help.]] The man responds:
"A serial killer? You're the one who looks like a serial killer. You're out here at 3am using a pay phone and you look as though you got into a brutal fight with someone. Clearly you're alive, so I'd hate to see the other guy."
"Would you still like some help?"
[[Call Aileen]]
or
[[Accept the help.]]You dial Aileen's number.
(set: $combinedStyles to (text-style: "fadeinout") + (text-style: "blur"))
{(live: 1s)[
$combinedStyles[It's ringing...]
]}
{(live: 3s)["Hello"
]}
{(live: 4s)[(text-style: "blur")["Hello, Aileen? This is Samantha."]
]}
{(live: 5s)["Samantha. Are you okay?"
]}
{(live: 6s)[(text-style: "blur")[Crying, "No, Aileen. I am not and I need your help. I'm at this gas station."]
]}
{(live: 8s)["I'm on my way Samantha! I'll be there soon..."
]}
{(live: 9s)[(text-style: "blur")[ [[wait for Aileen.]] ]
]}The man:
"I can drive you closer to home but I can only take you so far, is that okay?"
You respond:
[["Do you have a phone?"]] I'll call my neighboor once we get close. She can help me get home from here.The man:
"I can drive you closer to home but I can only take you so far, is that okay?"
You respond:
[["Do you have a phone?"]] I'll call my neighboor once we get close."Yeah of course I have a phone. Just let me know soon."
{(live: 3s)[
The time comes to make a decision.[[You go.]]
]}You end up at another station. You [[Call Aileen]].You pull the Emergency Release Cord to the garage door and run from your neighbors who hear you. You run home and enter from the back door, you're crying hysterically only to find your mother talking to your neighbors at the front door. They explain everything to your mom:
"Your daughter had been drugged at a party and has been acting beligerent since we picked her up, you may want to get her checked into a rehab facility."
Crying, your mother thanks your neighbor and turns her away.
[[You're Devistated.]]<h1>[[Chapter Two.]]</h1>To be continued.