You're an astronaut on the International Space Station.
There was supposed to be a supply mission arriving two weeks ago, but disastrous weather has made it impossible for the ship to launch.
You're rapidly running out of food!
Do you:
[[ration yourself to one meal every two days|ration]]
[[finally give in and open the astronaut ice cream you've been dreading|ice cream]]
<em>Four days later...</em>
You haven't eaten since yesterday. Your stomach is growling and making terrible noises. You're breaking into a sweat. Fever dreams abound as you float through the ISS.
Do you...
[[give in and binge-eat the rest of your rations?|binge]]
[[grab the bag of cheetos and dive in|cheetos]]
[[steal your captain's secret stash of pringles?|pringles]]
There's so many packets of the stuff.
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Dry, powdery, warm ice cream. Yum.
Do you choose...
[[Mint Chocolate Chip|mint]]
[add your own here!]
The ice cream crumbles into a gummy, sugary glue in your mouth.
Ugh! It's rancid!
[[You immediately start vomiting and don't stop for 20 hours.|blackout]]
You wake up from blacking out but you're bleeding and have to go to the First Aid Kit on the wall.
"Man... Of course I would get hurt in space...", you say to yourself, knowing that the Captain doesn't believe any astronaut could get hurt in space.
[[Walk to the first aid kit.|firstaid2]]
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You eat literally all of the food you have left.
The resupply mission still hasn't taken off.
There is
NO
FOOD.
Upon discovering your gluttony, your crewmates are <strong>FURIOUS</strong>.
[[They are so livid that they duct-tape you to the airlock door until a week later, when the supply ship finally arrives.|blackout]]
You open the bag of Flamin Hots, salivating.
But
You forgot
[[YOU'RE IN SPACE|no gravity]]
THEY'RE FLOATING EVERYWHERE
Things have gotten
<span style="color: orange;">DANGEROUSLY CHEESY</span>
[[Your captain, alerted by the cheetos floating through the cabin, catches you literally red-handed.|blackout]]
What's this?! There's a secret message inside the Pringles can. It reads.
"Took you long enough!"
You wonder how this message can tell time.
"Mr. Astronaut, I was hoping that you would get hungry and try out my delicious Pringles. You see, I needed to know if you had a love of cheetos or pringles before I knew I could trust you."
You are very confused. Why would your snacking preferences be something your commander would want to know? Is he working for Big Pringle?
You shake it off and decide to move on to the rest of the message.
"What I need you to do is acquire some supplies from the first aid station. Grab a cotton ball and a paper clip. I know they aren't NASA approved, but I pulled some strings. Oh, that reminds me, get the string, too."
[[Continue eating Pringles because you just can't have one.|pringlesaddict]]
[[Retrieve supplies from the First Aid Station.|firstaid1]]
Munch munch munch...
The last chip is gone. But there are still crumbs on the floor!
[[Lick the crumbs off the floor.|crumblicker]]
[[Pull yourself together. Take a breath. Walk over to the First Aid Station.|firstaid1]]
You start licking the floor to make sure you lap up all that savory salty potato goodness.
You delight in the slight metallic flavoring added by the NASA space-grade aluminum grate flooring.
You notice something peculiar on the floor. Almost like a glitter.
[[Inspect the glitter.|glitter]]
You find a message under the string.
"Great! You've found me. I hid this note here because no one would need the First Aid Kit in space! It's so safe and injury-free. Our biggest problem is forgetting to schedule our resupply missions appropriately!"
Anyways, get that stuff that I told you in the Pringles can.
[[Get the string, cotton ball, and paper clip.|correctsupplies]]
[[Get the cotton ball, paper clip, and Pringles (there's more Pringles!)|incorrectsupplies]]
The glitter is green and has a slight goopiness to it. It looks like it is a line.
It's very... enticing. You zoom in to inpect further. It is very strange and you wonder about it's properties.
[[You decide to follow the goopy glitter line to it's end.|followthegreenglitterroad]]
[[You decide to smell it.|smellglitter]]
[[You decide to taste it.|eatglitter]]
You follow the green glitter path into the command module...
(...To be continued)
You dip your finger in the green goopy glitter and bring the finger close to your mouth...
[[Stick out your tongue.|crewmatejohn]]
You grab the cotton balls and the string, but drop the paperclip.
It seems to be covered in glitter...
You find the glitter is on the ground, too.
[[You investigate the goop.|glitter]]
You start to think that the Captain really has a pringle problem.
You finish off the pringles, but accidentally drop one on the ground right in some shiny green goop...
[[You investigate.|glitter]]
"WHAT are you DOING?"
Your fellow crewmate John (if that is his real name), walks in, abhored.
You aren't very good at lying, so you say, "Well, I found this glittery green goop and thought the first thing I should do was..."
You trail off.
[[You are ashamed, but figure he's at least 5 feet away from you and the goop is so close that you just taste it real quick!|tasteslikebliss]]
The taste stops you...
in...
your...
tracks...
[[Say "mmMMMMmmmmmm".|mmmMMMmmm]]
[[Don't lead on to Crewmate John how much you enjoy the taste, but silently think "mmMMMmmmmmm".|mmmMMMmmm]]
Not only did tasting the green glittery goop provide you with an incredible sensory experience, but it also instilled a newfound sense of adventure.
[[You wonder where the glittery green trail will lead and decide to follow.|followthegreenglitterroad]]
The green goop smells sweet, like pineapple. You love pineapples.
The sleep depravation is starting to get to you.
You close your eyes... and dream of pineapples.
Must.
Taste.
[[You stick out your tongue to taste the wonderful pineapple green goop.|crewmatejohn]]
You go to the first aid station and find cotton balls and a band-aid to put on your wound.
What is this?! Pringles?
You find a can of Pringles on top of the kit.
Your stomache grumbles.
[["Yuup." You grab the pringles and start eating.|pringles]]