Your parents are away for the weekend.
(click:"away")[You are home alone on a Sunday night.]
(click:"night")[The window in your room is open a little and the wind gently blows through. ]
(click:"open")[You live in a two story house and you only have a light on in your room.]
(click:"house")[What do you do to pass the time?
[[Finish up your homework]]
[[Surf the Internet]]
[[Play a Game]]
[[Roll a Dice]] (Let chance decide for you)
]You decide to do your homework, but then the power goes out.
[[Now what?]]You decide to surf the internet, but then the power goes out.
[[Now what?]]You decide to play a game, but then the power goes out.
[[Now what?]]You hear a loud...
(click:"loud")[(transition: "shudder")[CRASH] ]
(click:"CRASH")[downstairs.]
(click:"downstairs")[It sounded like the glass on your first story window was shattered completely.]
(click:"glass")[What was that?]
(click:"that")[You have to make a quick snap decision.]
(click:"decision")[Do you?
[[Go Investigate]]
[[Call the Police]]
[[Hide under the Bed]]
]You decide to go Investigate.
(click:"Investigate")[You pick up the metal bat you had kept in your closet.]
(click:"metal bat")[You hold it like a sword and slowly creep the door open.]
(click:"open")[You venture out into the dark corridors.]
(click:"corridors")[(link-goto:"I can't see.")]You decide to sprint for the phone in an attempt to call for help.
(click:"help")[You dial the numbers, but there is no dial tone.]
(click:"tone")[You can't call anyone.]
(click:"anyone")[(link-goto: "What should I do now?")]You quickly drop to the floor.
(click: "floor")[You roll over under the dark underside of your bed.]
(click:"bed")[Its quite dusty and is hard to breathe.]
(click:"breathe")[You can't stay too long.]
(click:"stay")[You roll out from underneath.]
(click:"underneath")[(link-goto: "What should I do?")]"I can't see."
(click:"see")[You creep down the dark long hallway.]
(click:"hallway")[Slowly approaching the stairs down.]
(click:"approaching")[You hear lots of footsteps moving throughout the house.]
(click:"moving")[Firmly gripping the end of the metal bat. You descend the stairs. ]
(click:"descend")[(link-goto:"Am I Crazy?")]
<audio src="http://classroom.uml.edu/art/webart0201/IM/fall17/Alex%20Twyman/366111__dkiller2204__indoor-footsteps.wav" autoplay>"Am I Crazy?"
[[Hell yeah!]]
[[No way! Turn Back!]]You keep tiptoeing your way to the bottom of the stairs.
(click:"bottom")[You feel like you could take on any intruder that comes in your way!]
(click:"intruder")[You peptalk yourself.]
(click:"peptalk")[(link-goto:"You're a warrior!")]You turn around.
There is a tall dark figure behind you.
[[Swing the bat!]]
[[Run for your life!]]You swing the bat as hard as you can!
(click:"bat")[The figure disappears.]
(click:"disappears")[
[[What?]]
]You try to run, but your legs won't move.
(click:"move")[You are paralyzed by fear.]
(click:"fear")[There is no running now.]
(click:"running")[You have to fend for yourself.]
(click:"fend")[(link-goto: "Swing the bat!")]"Did my eyes deceive me?"
(click: "eyes")[No!]
(click: "No!")[...]
(click: "...")[Right?]
(click: "Right?")[You were sure you saw something.]
(click: "something")[(link-goto: "Yeah")]You get to the first floor of your house.
(click:"house")[Its pitch black.]
(click:"black")[Footsteps can still be heard from every direction.]
(click:"direction")[which way now?
[[Right]]
[[Left]]
]
<audio src="http://classroom.uml.edu/art/webart0201/IM/fall17/Alex%20Twyman/366111__dkiller2204__indoor-footsteps.wav" autoplay>
Now what?
[[Descend the Stairs]]
[[Ascend the Stairs]]You go right.
(click:"right")[You walk into the living room.]
(click:"room")[The TV suddenly turns on.]
(click:"turns")[The static sound echoes the room.]
(click:"echoes")[The sound fills your ears.]
(click:"ears")[You fall to the floor as your vision goes red.]
(click:"vision")[ (transition:"shudder")[
[[THUD]]
]
]
<audio src="http://classroom.uml.edu/art/webart0201/IM/fall17/Alex%20Twyman/264593__vacuumfan7072__cheap-tv-static.mp3" autoplay>You go Left.
(click:"Left")[You enter into the dining room.]
(click:"dining")[The footsteps get louder.]
(click:"louder")[The room spins as you the sounds overcome you.]
(click:"spins")[You drop the bat.]
(click:"bat")[You cover your ears and close your eyes.]
(click:"eyes")[The spinning stops.]
(click:"stops")[You move onward into the kitchen. Picking up the bat again.]
(click:"kitchen")[(link-goto:"The Kitchen")](link-goto:"Hell yeah!")You begin to climb up the stairs.
(click:"climb")[You keep going up and up and up.]
(click:"going")[Is there an end?]
(click:"end")[You can't get back to your room.]
(click:"room")[(link-goto:"Descend the Stairs")]You enter the kitchen.
(click:"kitchen")[The tea kettle is going off.]
(click:"off")[You walk up to it slowly.]
(click:"slowly")[The stove top isn't on.]
(click:"top")[You go to pick it up, but it melts in your hands and disappears.]
(click:"melts")[(link-goto:"What the hell is going on?")]
<audio src="http://classroom.uml.edu/art/webart0201/IM/fall17/Alex%20Twyman/265017__sethlind__tea-kettle-boiling-whistling.wav" autoplay>You feel like your losing your mental state.
(click:"state")[You don't want to be alone anymore.]
(click:"alone")[You hear a voice from the other room.]
(click:"room")[
Do you?
[[Go towards it]]
[[Stay where you are]]
]You slowly start walking towards the voice.
(click:"voice")[You grip the metal bat in you hands.]
(click:"hands")[
You walk [[back into the living room]]
]You here the voice again.
(click:"again")[You stare into the the dark doorway.]
(click:"dark")[There's no way you are going towards the voice.]
(click:"going")[Something grabs your shirt.]
(click:"shirt")[You slowly get dragged towards the voice. You grip your bat in your hands.]
(click:"dragged")[You try to stop yourself, but your socks are just sliding against the floor.]
(click:"floor")[
[[You get sucked into the darkness|back into the living room]]
]You Roll a Dice.
(click:"Dice")[
(set: $decider to (random: 1,3))
(if: $decider is 1)[ You rolled to do your Homework.
[[Finish up your homework]] ]
(if: $decider is 2)[ You rolled to Surf the Internet.
[[Surf the Internet]] ]
(if: $decider is 3)[ You rolled to Play a Game. [[Play a Game]]]
]This story is based off one of my fears when I was younger.
This takes place before cell phones were given to children/teenagers.
Headphones are Recommended.
It's [[called]]...<img src="http://classroom.uml.edu/art/webart0201/IM/fall17/Alex%20Twyman/TitleCard.gif" width="1000" height="800" alt="Title Card">
[[Begin|Continue]]
<audio src="http://classroom.uml.edu/art/webart0201/IM/fall17/Alex%20Twyman/268511__xtrgamr__beautiful-or-ominous-music-box.wav" autoplay>You wake up standing in the stairway again.
(click:"stairway")["Was that a warning?"]
(click:"warning")["I shouldn't go that direction."]
(click:"direction")[(link-goto:"Left")]You are back in the living room.
(click:"living")[The TV turns on.]
(click:"turns")[A hand comes out of the TV and grips the frame of it.]
(click:"frame")[The figure starts to pull itself out of the TV.]
(click:"figure")[It stands before you. Its as tall as the ceiling. ]
(click:"ceiling")[You grip you bat.
[[Swing the bat at it!]]
[[Run Away from it]]
]You swing the bat as hard as you can!
(click:"swing")[The bat just passes through the figure.]
(click:"passes")[The figure draws closer. The darkness consumes your vision.]
(click:"consumes")[(link-goto:"You try to scream, but you can't.")]You try to run away, but you can't move your legs.
[[Fight it|Swing the bat at it!]]You wake up in a cold sweat in your bed.
(click:"bed")[It was really all a dream?]
(click:"dream")[You hear a loud...]
(click:"loud")[(transition: "shudder")[CRASH] ]
(click:"CRASH")[downstairs...Again?
[[Maybe not...|Go Investigate]]
]"What should I do?"
[[Go Investigate]]
[[Call the Police]]"What should I do now?"
[[Go Investigate]]
[[Hide under the Bed]]