(set: $name to (prompt: "What is your name?"))
<==>
(colour: #ff8000)["$name!"]
==>
<div class="shake shake-little shake-constant">//Answer not, ronin.//</div>
<==>
(colour: #ff8000)["$name! Are you listening?"]
---
[[Respond|Respond]]
[[Remain quiet|Remain quiet]](colour: #d04949)["Yes, I'm listening."]
(colour: #ff8000)["You certainly didn't seem like it. Now..."]
==>
<div class="shake shake-hard shake-constant">//Disrespectful fool!</div>
<div class="shake shake-little shake-constant">
You stand as a grunt.
Yet you think like a lone wolf.
Is your mind absent?//</div>
|opts>[(link: "//Maybe it was...//")[(replace: ?opts)[<div class="shake shake-little shake-constant">//Tokugawa will weep.
His own rebellion
is poisoned within.//</div>
<==>
(colour: #ff8000)["Any questions?"]
---
[[Raise your hand|Raise hand]]
[[Remain quiet|No questions]]]]
(link: "//No.//")[(replace: ?opts)[<div class="shake shake-hard shake-constant">//LIAR! You mock me.</div>
<div class="shake shake-little shake-constant">Have you forgotten?
Remember who you truly are.
Masterless killer.//</div>
<==>
(colour: #ff8000)["Any questions?"]
---
[[Raise your hand|Raise hand]]
[[Remain quiet|No questions]]]]]==>
<div class="shake shake-constant">//Endure the call, ronin.
Tokugawa may call you,
but you see the truth.//</div>
<==>
(colour: #ff8000)["$name, I pray that your silence will be your greatest power in the upcoming battle. Now..."]
==>
<div class="shake shake-little shake-constant">//A silent soldier.
A liberated ego.
Are they different?//</div>
<==>
(colour: #ff8000)["Any questions?"]
---
[[Raise your hand|Raise hand]]
[[Remain quiet|No questions]](colour: #ff8000)["$name... Fine, what is it?"]
==>
<div class="shake shake-little shake-constant">//Be wise here, ronin.
Tokugawa's impatience,
is thin as feathers.//</div>
<==>
(link: "What are we doing?")[(colour: #ff8000)["$name. It seems my expectations for you were too high. We're going to destroy Ishida Mitsunari and his rebellion. None from his employ will stop our pursuit of a unified Japan."]
(link: "Where do you want me?")[(colour: #ff8000)["You are a ronin. I care not for where you are, but how you fight."]]
]
(link: "Where are we?")[(colour: #ff8000)["Sekigahara. Our enemy is somewhere beyond this fog, so I need you at your absolute best."]]
(link: "What year is it?")[(colour: #ff8000)["Disappointing. You should remember this day. The day Ishida Mitsunari met his end at Sekigahara."]]
---
[["I know what I need to."|Advance]] (Done)==>
<div class="shake shake-little shake-constant">//How interesting.
Overwhelming your mind worked.
Let us continue.//</div>
---
[[Onward.|Advance]](colour: #ffb7c5)[An hour later, you come across a peaceful (link: "pond.")[pond. Its clear, glassy plane glistens in what little sunshine pierces the low-hanging fog.] October is a harsh and unavoidable harbringer; there are no fish in the pond and the cherry blossom trees are all but barren.]
==>
<div class="shake shake-little shake-constant">//Ronin, I am thirsty,
and that means that you are too.
Fetch some water. Now.//</div>
|opts>[(link: "//Fine.//")[(replace: ?opts)[
<==>
(colour: #ffb7c5)[You fetch some water from the pond and drink it.]
==>
<div class="shake shake-little shake-constant">//Refreshing, is it?
To lick at the tears of life?
Feel stronger, ronin?//</div>
<==>
(colour: #ffb7c5)[Suddenly, shouts erupt from beyond the lingering fog. The clanging of weapons echo through the valley.]
==>
<div class="shake shake-little shake-constant">//The battle begins.
Tokugawa trusts your faith.
What say you, ronin?//</div>
---
[[FIGHT!|Battle Begins]]
[[Stay Back.|Do Nothing]]
]]
(link: "//Be quiet, demon.//")[(replace: ?opts)[<div class="shake shake-hard shake-constant">//LISTEN TO ME NOW!</div>
<div class="shake shake-little shake-constant">Life is all-consuming.
You'd dare dehydrate us both?
We are one, ronin.//</div>
<==>
(colour: #ffb7c5)[Suddenly, shouts erupt from beyond the lingering fog. The clanging of weapons echo through the valley.]
==>
<div class="shake shake-little shake-constant">//The battle begins.
Tokugawa trusts your faith.
What say you, ronin?//</div>
---
[[FIGHT!|Battle Begins]]
[[Stay Back.|Do Nothing]]
]]]{(set: $helpedTokugawa to true)}(colour: #ffb7c5)[You draw your katana and march into the mists. You look all around and can't help but hear the (link: "screams.")[agonizing wails of death and despair.]]
==>
<div class="shake shake-little shake-constant">//Prove yourself, ronin.
Tokugawa is watching.
Death is not in vain.//</div>
---
[[CHARGE!|Charge in]]{(set: $helpedTokugawa to false)}
==>
<div class="shake shake-little shake-constant">//Can't say I'm surprised.
You are ronin. So be it.
Fate will be close by...//</div>
<==>
(live: 6s)[(colour: #ffb7c5)[The screams continue to echo in the distance.]]
(live: 10s)[(colour: #ffb7c5)[Are the screams and clanging weapons dying down? You think, but they're not.]]
(live: 15s)[
==>
<div class="shake shake-little shake-constant">//Ronin, listen up.
You have no more purpose here.
Leave now, forever.
//</div>
---
[[No.|Refuse to Leave]]
[[Fine.|Leave Battlefield]]
]
(stop:)==>
<div class="shake shake-hard shake-constant">Idiotic worm!</div>
<div class="shake shake-little shake-constant">//Ronin, you are two.
A warrior, free as air,
and a caged rodent.//</div>
<==>
(live: 6s)[(colour: #ffb7c5)[The harrowing sounds of war have faded. Birds sing harmoniously in the distance. The fog remains.]]
(live: 12s)[
==>
<div class="shake shake-little shake-constant">//The world is silent.
Go forth, ronin, and behold:
ignorance's bliss.//</div>
---
[[Has Tokugawa fallen?|See Battle Results]]]
(stop:)==>
<div class="shake shake-little shake-constant">//See? I'm always right,
and you are wrong, ronin.
But **we** can fix you.//</div>
---
(live: 5s)[[[Tokugawa can fend for himself.|Chapter 1]]](stop:)=><=
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<h3>[[Prologue|Prologue]]</h3>
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</audio>(if: $helpedTokugawa is false)[(colour: #ffb7c5)[The fog has settled and the results of the war are (link: "apparent.")[apparent. There are plenty of corpses littering the soil. Shattered armor and broken katanas rest in the fluttering grass blades and the odors of their shattered, rotten limbs soil the air.] You soon come across a peculiar body with a tattered war flag barely standing beside him. (link: "He is...")[He is...
[Ishida Mitsunari.
==>
(color: white)[<div class="shake shake-little shake-constant">//Mitsunari rots.
The Eastern Army has won.
But you will have not.//</div>
<==>
(colour: #ffb7c5)[There is no sign of Tokugawa or any of his forces.]
==>
(color: white)[<div class="shake shake-little shake-constant">//The battle is won.
But answer me this, ronin:
are you satisfied?//</div>]
---
[[Only time will tell...|Chapter 1]]]]]]
(if: $killedIshida is true)[(colour: #ffb7c5)[You stand for what seems like an eternity, until Tokugawa approachs your slaughter ground.]
(colour: #ff8000)["This is your doing, $name?"]
(colour: #ffb7c5)[He marvels at your achievement and turns away.]
(colour: #ff8000)["I'll be sure to have you handsomely rewarded for your noble deed today. I... rather, Japan is in your debt, ronin."]
---
[[Thank him.|Accept Praise]]
[[Remain silent.|Refuse Praise]]
](colour: #ffb7c5)[You charge headfirst into the fog and bellow at the top of your lungs.
But you find nobody to fight.
The sounds of war are all around you, but you see no one.
Suddenly, you bump into something of a stump on the ground. You twirl around and (link: "it's...")[it's...
(link: "Ishida Mitsunari.")[
Three arrows have driven themselves into his chest and the wounds are oozing blood. He's barely able to look up at you with his crimson stare and spurts at your feet.]
(colour: #33d6ff)["Do it, ronin! You'll regret serving Tokugawa... as he'll... bring this nation to its knees...</div>"]
==>
<div class="shake shake-constant">(colour: "white")[DO THE DEED, KILL HIM!
Think of the fame you'll accrue!
SLAY HIM NOW, RONIN!</div>]
---
[[Slay him.|Slay Ishida]]
[[Spare him.|Spare Ishida]]]]{(set: $killedIshida to true)}(colour: #ffb7c5)[You push the edge of your katana against his throat and jerk your arm across his jugular. His head droops down and his throat becomes a geyser of blood. His corpse crumbles to the ground beside you.
The world goes quiet.]
(live: 10s)[
==>
<div class="shake shake-little shake-constant">//It is done, ronin.
Tokugawa will be pleased.
Will you? I wonder...//</div>
---
[[So do I.|See Battle Results]]](colour: #ffb7c5)[You lower your katana and just stare at him. He is on his last breath and he peers up at you in confusion.]
(colour: #d04949)["You don't deserve this death, Ishida."]
(live: 9s)[
(colour: #ff8000)["You deserve this one."]
(colour: #ffb7c5)[Tokugawa slices downward and decapitates Ishida. Ishida's corpse crumbles to the ground, painting the grass a deep crimson red. Tokugawa stares menacingly at you, blood dripping from his katana at his side.]
(colour: #ff8000)["I'm ashamed, $name. Ishida gave his opponents little to beg for. You should have given him less."]
(colour: #ffb7c5)[And with that, he walks off...]
(live: 22s)[
==>
<div class="shake shake-hard shake-constant">//Disgraceful lowlife!!!//</div>
<div class="shake shake-constant">//You have failed, ronin!
You are penniless, worthless!
Now we must evolve.//</div>
---
[[You have FAILED Tokugawa.|Chapter 1]]
(stop:)](stop:)](colour: #d04949)["A pleasure to work with you, sir."]
(colour: #ff8000)["No, the pleasuere is mine."]
(colour: #ffb7c5)[Tokugawa walks away and sheathes his katana. You are alone.]
(live: 6s)[
==>
<div class="shake shake-little shake-constant">//You did well, ronin.
Japan will praise us, but still...
Hail me as your sword.//</div>
---
[[You have HELPED Tokugawa.|Chapter 1]]
]
(colour: #ff8000)["...right. Your actions are appreciated nonetheless Goodbye, ronin."]
(colour: #ffb7c5)[Tokugawa walks away and sheathes his katana. You are alone.]
(live: 6s)[<div class="shake shake-little shake-constant">//You did well, ronin.
Japan will praise us, but still...
The future is grey.
//</div>
---
[[You have HELPED Tokugawa.|Chapter 1]]]