What? You've never heard of the Sauce Caves?\n\nIncredible. Outsiders are oblivious to all of life's greatest expectations. Let's go, <<print $playerName>>. We're going [[spelunking|Sauce Caves]].

The square sounds like an ocean town, but it smells like excretion.\n\nCheck out the [[Mackerel Bank]] for some cash.\n\nPeruse the [[Camper's Crease]] for some clothes.\n\n[[Barge Inn]] for a night's stay.\n\nGet buzzed at the [[Volt Lounge]].\n\nVisit [[Lacey Daisy's]].\n\nTalk it up with [[Crotch]].

Crotch is no where to be heard. The wicked scent is overbearing you, dragging you into a crevice now, between two walls. The ground slopes benath you, and you feel like melting in [[between|Melting]] the cracks.

This here is the Volt Lounge, we come here to excite ourselves. The drinks are more than I can handle. I'm flat broke from what I could force down, too.\n\nYou've probably no money, so let's keep [[going|Info: Lacey Daisy's]].

It is so [[hot|Hot]].

You screech and rushing wind and coughing charges over to you. It begins to pad you down.\n\nYou feel heavier now.\n\n[[Leave|Sticky Pot Square]]

I hope you have brought your appetite. I got mine at the Camper's Crease. Saved up after my last broke. Hunger is such a privileged position.\n\nThere should be some left over. We've yet to [[pass|Chamber]] it.

Yes, the Barge Inn. Make your way through, it's what they expect. Buy a bed if you want to stay. But don't forget to keep renting it out. Also, if you need a traffic ticket just speak to the manager.\n\nWell that's that. Let's head [[back|Last Words]] to the square.

You are [[sauce|End]] now.

Pick a card:\n\n[[Scrotum]]\n[[Ace]]\n[[Nitrate]]

It is so hot.\n\nIt is so hot.\n\nIt is so hot.\n\nIt is so [[hot|Molten]].\n\nIt is so hot.\n\nIt is so hot.\n\nIt is so hot.

Welcome to the world of Sink or Swim. I am your host, Crotch. I will serve you however I can, but never ask me go away.\n\nCan you see around you?\n\nYou can't?\n\nLord.\n\nLet me [[guide|Info: Sticky Pot Square]] you.

You exit the Barge Inn, lightly feeling heavier. This brings you out into [[Sticky Pot Square]].

Not that I think you need a change, but Camper's Crease is where you can find new clothing. I swing by every couple of hours to see if they have the same stuff.\n\nOne more [[place|Info: Barge Inn]], okay?

There's plenty that's not okay with that, but I'll consider your answer carefully. What's your name?\n\n[[Blue|Feelings][$playerName = "Blue", $feeling = "sad"]]\n[[Green|Feelings][$playerName = "Green", $feeling = "relaxed"]]\n[[Purple|Feelings][$playerName = "Purple", $feeling = "amused"]]

So, <<print $playerName>>, your legs were <<print $Legs>>, but you've got your brain in the right place. How about you [[follow|Follow Crotch]] me for a bit.

You raise a good point, <<print $playerName>>. If I'm to show you around I should be going first.\n\n<<display "Info2: Sauce Caves">>

You are rooted on the spot. The liquid rocks bury you in submission. The ceiling is so high up.\n\nPerhaps the caves [[continue|End]] downward as well.

You gag and oders flood your senses like liquid smelling salts. pinching wakes you up and you are back in the middle of [[Sticky Pot Square]]

I'll let you <<print $movement>> on any way you wish, <<print $playerName>>, but I must ask you to [[follow|Follow Crotch]] me.

Oh... oh, all right.\n\nWhat's your... uh... name?\n\n[[Brown|BColor][$playerName = "Brown", $feeling = "shitty"]]

Wow, <<print $playerName>>, I've never known anyone that can do such a thing. I wonder what it means to you. I suppose I'll find out. For now, [[follow|Follow Crotch]] me.

Sink or Swim was not kind to you, friend. That much is plain to see. Perhaps you would fare better in the [[Sauce Caves|Info: Sauce Caves]].

<<if $leader is "crotch">>Hmm... Okay, [[follow|One Way]] me close, <<print $playerName>>.<<endif>><<if $leader is "character">>Up ahead. It's dark, too dark to see, but we're pretty [[close|The Other]] now.<<endif>>

Gorging bellows emit themselves from within you. They splatter below and around you. Taken with a silly urge, you run from the store to [[Sticky Pot Square]].

You begin your ascent. Lighter than the dense cavern air. The tallest ceiling in this room is the sky.\n\nYou just have to find a [[way|End]] to get there.

Now we're talking. Lacy Daisy's is the place to be. You can find everything you could want from the world through this door. Just say "please," "thank you," and "I'll be back soon."\n\nBut you might not benefit from that just yet. [[Onward|Info: Mackerel Bank]].

Sauce Quest

Barrelling through the double doors, you laugh and sputter. Dribble runs down your face and someone knocks you [[out|Knocked Out]].

I respect your wishes, <<print $playerName>>, if that's what you want. Hard not to admire someone who can't see paving the way for the rest.\n\n<<display "Info2: Sauce Caves">>

The entrance is nice and open, but the further inside you move, it gets more cramped. Already I can barely see anything, I guess you're not at much of a disadvantage.\n\nWho is to say there's anything to see. Last time I was here it was worth it, though.\n\nIf we head deeper [[inside|Thin Walls]], we'll be where we wanna be.

You Feel [[heavier|Exit]]

You scream for assistance, but all you hear is shouting and gasps. Hands cup you and escort you to the exit.\n\nThe smell of the [[Sticky Pot Square]] is less strong.

We're at the cave's mouth right now, I know you can't see. There's not much to see, frankly.\n\nI've been here only once. My friends at Lacey Daisy's tell me it's a popular hideout.\n\nLet's get on in [[there|Inside Sauce Caves]], I'll lead the way.

Well done, you picked the actual card. You're worth two salts in my sailing book. What is your name?\n\n[[Orange|Color][$playerName = "Orange", $feeling = "excited"]]\n[[Yellow|Color][$playerName = "Yellow", $feeling = "happy"]]\n[[Red|Color][$playerName = "Red", $feeling = "angry"]]

This here, where we are, is the Sticky Pot Square. In all of Sink or Swim there is no place more round.\n\nWe can dwell here later, let's [[continue|Info: Volt Lounge]].

The putrid odor is intoxicating. The drinks slosh every which way. There are many people in here. They make so much noise.\n\n[[Order a drink|Bartender]]\n[[Leave|Sticky Pot Square]]

Sauce Quest\n\nBy Mitchel Pini

Can you hear the rumbling from below? No? How bout the carrion? Do you smell them?\n\nThey smell so sweet and pungent, <<print $playerName>>.\n\nUp [[ahead|The Opening]].

You Feel lighter.\n\nYou Feel lighter.\n\nYou Feel lighter.\n\nYou Feel lighter.\n\nYou Feel lighter.\n\nYou Feel [[lighter|You Feel Heavier]].\n\nYou Feel lighter.\n\nYou Feel lighter.

Wow that sucks. How'd that happen?\n\n[[Born without them|Your legs][$Legs = "never there"]]\n[[Asked for this|Your legs][$Legs = "cancerous"]]\n[[They were taken|Your legs][$Legs = "taken"]]

Brown. Like the color brown. That's colloquial. But if you insist.\n\nI must ask. How do you move like that?\n\n[[Crawling|Movement][$movement = "crawl"]]\n[[Hopping|Movement][$movement = "hop"]]\n[[Floating|Movement][$movement = "float"]]

<<if $body is "light">>You search until you can go no higher.<<endif>><<if $body is "heavy">>You search until you can move no more.<<endif>><<if $body is "sauce">>What now?<<endif>>\n\n[[...|Actual End]]

If you need some money, come to the old Mackerel Bank. There's plenty to go around, but they don't mind deposits and donations.\n\nThis is a good place to stop, but I'm not done with my tour. Stay [[behind|Info: Camper's Crease]] me.

I'll wait around right here in [[Sticky Pot Square]], just hit me up if you need any [[help|Crotch]]. That's what I'm here for.\n\nGo on. You can do far more than I can. Go [[find|Sticky Pot Square]] yourself.

Truly wondrous. I've always wanted to learn the <<print $dance>>. Perhaps you can show me later. For now, [[follow|Follow Crotch]] me, <<print $playerName>>.

Happiness is a warm butt. Cloth yours with the fabrics. You feel the satin throes beneath your touch. The voice from far away shouts at you. "You must leave" it says.\n\n[[Leave|Vomit]]

There is no way to breathe, but you are not drowning. You can smell a gas inside you.\n\nYou feel [[lighter|Lighter][$body = "light"]].\n\nYou feel [[heavier|Heavier][$body = "heavy"]].

This smell is intense. I don't recall this scent. [[How about you|Scent]]?

<<print $playerName>> huh? how <<print $feeling>> you must always feel.\n\nNow I must ask. You to dance.\n\nWhat jig. Do you do?\n\n[[Snakes|Dance][$dance = "slither"]]\n[[Dig-dug|Dance][$dance = "dig-dug"]]\n[[I don't have legs][$dance = "legless"]]

You are bombarded by an olfactory vigor. The soft surface of the cavern floor is becoming more malleable, and you feel as if you are sliding down the thin corridor. You gnash as you [[go|The End]].

You can hear Crotch's eagerness in front of you. It gusts forward and breaks from you. The wind of the vacuum it leaves behind is noisome.\n\nThe scent in front of you is overpowering. It leaks into your senses and floods you.\n\nDespite your hacking and gagging, you cannot draw breath.\n\nA sinking feeling [[fills|Suffocating]] your well.

How <<print $feeling>> you must feel amidst so many different places. Truly it is a strange sight to see you.\n\nWhat can you do?\n\n[[Eat|Ability][$ability = "eat"]]\n[[Cry|Ability][$ability = "cry"]]\n[[Lay|Ability][$ability = "lay"]]

Paper and dense metal odors fill the air. You hear rubbing. Voices cough every so often, but no one asks you to leave.\n\n[[Leave anyway|Sticky Pot Square]]\n[[Ask for money|Withdrawal]]

Music like bells rings all around, it's warm in here and a hand touches your shoulder like you've never felt. A voice asks what you'd like.\n\n[[Leave|Panic]]

You come to wake wrapped in bundles. You feel soft and unending. Like sauce and tots.\n\nOnce you remove yourself from the birth sheathe, [[you feel lighter|You Feel Lighter]].

There's barely any space to fit both of us side-by-side. Turns out single file was the way to go.\n\nStill, it's uncomfortable., such a tall ceiling and such [[thin walls|The Split]].

Crotch Tale

You cannot feel anything else but the furnace chamber. You flail but nothing happens.\n\nYou have been [[reduced|You Are Sauce][$body = "sauce"]].

If you've never wanted to be somewhere, it's probably in the Sauce Caves without a friend. Bliss is a dangerous activity.\n\nWell, shall you go in first, or should I?\n\n[[You][$leader = "crotch"]]\n[[Me][$leader = "character"]]

<<if visited("Bartender", "Panic", "Withdrawal", "Vomit", "Exit")>>Wowzer, <<print $playerName>>, you're looking all sorts of bad. Looks like you could use some help. How bout you [[come|To the Sauce Caves]] with me.<<else>>\nGot yourself an issue that needs fixing?\n\nNeed more sauce?\n\nTry [[Sticky Pot Square]].<<endif>>