You Are Not the Hero

"Do you have a name?" [[yes]] [[no]]

"Do you remember anything?" [[???]]

A sense of a purpose rushes back. [[you supress the memories..afraid of what horrid thought lies dormant.]] [[now you remember]]

[[I don't know.]] (set: $memorylvl to $memorylvl +1) (set: $memory to "this must be the stranger who killed you before") <img src= "https://media.giphy.com/media/3o7abu4jZTTVwULKak/giphy.gif" >

How did this happen? [[Hmm...]]

"oh. well.. let's call you Armlles. Sound ok?" (set: $memorylvl to $memorylvl -1) [[ok]]

(put: (prompt: "What is your name?") into $name) "Your name is $name?" (set: $memorylvl to $memorylvl +1) [[yes.]]

"Do you remember anything?" [[???]]

[[Hello, welcome]] <img src= "https://media.giphy.com/media/26FPLIKiXNgqPhHmo/giphy.gif"> (if: $hope > 0)[(set: $temphope to $hope)] (set: $hope to 0) (if: $memorylvl != 0)[(set: $hope to $temphope)] (if: $hope < 0)[(set: $hope to 0)] (set: $memorylvl to 0)

The short, gnomish-like creature who awoke you beckons you towards a long hallway. [[follow him]] [[what is this place?]]

He leads you to a dark area full of doors. [[go through the closest door]] [[go through the oldest-looking door]] [[go through the door behind you]] [[doors have not earned your trust]]

The gnome-man looks at his feet. He seems saddened. "It is a place you will visit again. Now choose a door to find your way back up." [[choose a door]] [[I don't understand.]]

[[Hello?]] (set: $feeling to "You feel a surge of anger") <img src= "https://media.giphy.com/media/l2JJMqflsM6HjMOuA/giphy.gif" >

"*RRRGGGHHH....*" grumpy sounds erupt from the lumpy monstrosity in front of you. [[Can you show me the way?]] [[Who are you?]] [[...]] (set: $feeling to "You feel bitter") <img src= "https://media.giphy.com/media/l2JJIG9ysrN5JQDcI/giphy.gif">

What a strange character. [[I need to get to the other place]] [[Are you busy?]] (set: $feeling to "You feel betrayed") <img src= "https://media.giphy.com/media/3ornjRhhDwjqbAjwKk/giphy.gif">

Your vision starts to get... (text-style: "blur")[fuzzy.] You have an inexplicable urge to [[choose a door]]. (set: $hope to $hope -1)

[[go through the closest door]] [[go through the oldest-looking door]] [[go through the door behind you]] [[doors have not earned your trust]]

"Look, we're not the ones in charge here. We all have to go back up eventually, or I think the world may end. All I know is I have to send you back up." You ponder this. It seems strange, almost unrealistic. You walk towards the doors and wonder where they lead. [[go through the closest door]] [[go through the oldest-looking door]] [[go through the door behind you]] [[doors have not earned your trust]]

"*Mew* This is the best door. It's my door." [[I need to get back up]] [[That's...good]] [[The door isn't yours, only the room is.]]

It is probably best not to think about it. The stubby creature jabs at your nondescript flesh. "I said, do you remember being here before??" (set: $memorylvl to $memorylvl -1) (set: $memory to "You don't know why this stranger's presence troubles you") [[I don't know.]]

"*ARGPHH*" It pulls a lever with its horrid wobbling mouth, and suddenly you are surrounded by a blinding white light. You feel as if you were falling. [[wait for what happens next]]

"I wish you would remember, it has been too many times that you've forgotten." It pulls a nearby lever and sends you plummeting through pure light.You feel as if you are falling through an immense space. (set: $memorylvl to $memorylvl +1) [[wait for what happens next]]

You wait patiently for the thing to speak... You start to wonder if it can speak. [[Can you show me the way?]] [[Who are you?]]

The creature covers you in what feels like silk and you are engulfed by a white light. You feel as if you are entering a different dimension. [[wait for what happens next]]

"Yes," she says. You suddenly find yourself unable to move and surrounded by white light.You feel as if you are crossing a great barrier. [[wait for what happens next]]

You argue over who owns what for quite a while until the conclusion is made that the door was actually just a door and this conversation didn't matter at all. The cat-spider then asks if you wish to 'try again'. (set: $hope to $hope +1) [[yes, send me up]] [[I'm not sure, this seems odd.]]

You are engulfed in white light. You feel as if you are traveling a great distance. [[wait for what happens next]]

The creature, seemingly ignoring you, begins to wrap you in silk. You can only see white light. You feel as if you are being sent to another very different place. (set: $memorylvl to $memorylvl -1) [[wait for what happens next]]

<img src= "https://media.giphy.com/media/3ornke4xprAuc7Bpm0/giphy.gif"> [[continue]]

A shrill sound comes out of the creature.. Your ears are ringing and your vision starts to turn bright white. You feel like you are traveling through a barrier. [[wait for what happens next]]

The weird creature nods and continues its habitual wiggling. You then hear a shrill shriek which numbs your senses. Everything goes white around you... You sense that you are traveling to another place. (set: $hope to $hope +1) [[wait for what happens next]]

(print: $feeling) [[Approach the figure]] <img src= "https://media.giphy.com/media/l2JJxVxEoHQ5zqDO8/giphy.gif">

(print: $memory) "Do you remember me, monster?" [[I remember you]] [[I don't remember you]]

(if: $memorylvl > 2)[Death follows this creature. Your heart is pulled out through your chest. <img src= "https://media.giphy.com/media/3ornjUShXxvaGA4h7G/giphy.gif"> [[continue->blah blah]]] (else:)[Does this creature mean you harm? [[I think so]] [[I dont think so]]] (set: $memorylvl to $memorylvl +1)

The figure rips your heart out. (set: $memorylvl to $memorylvl -1) [[continue->blah blah]]

"You're back!" [[Huh?]] [[Unfortunately]] <img src= "https://media.giphy.com/media/26FPLIKiXNgqPhHmo/giphy.gif">

"You were killed. You have to try again" [[I'm ready]] [[no, I don't want to]]

"Ok, choose a door" (set: $hope to $hope +1) [[go through the farthest door]] [[go through the most ordinary door]] [[go through the newest door]]

You wait what seems like an eternity. But, you know you still have to face the upper world. You have to, though you are not sure why. (set: $hope to $hope -1) [[Go back->Unfortunately]]

"*Glub, glub*" <img src= "https://media.giphy.com/media/3ornjVaNzbv6fIpaMw/giphy.gif"> [[Glurg glub]] [[What kind of creature are you?]] (set: $adj to "menacingly")

<img src= "https://media.giphy.com/media/xT9DPyZfKDnMZriHdK/giphy.gif"> [[I need to get to the surface]] [[Why is there a bag on your head?]] (set: $adj to "nightmarashly")

<img src= "https://media.giphy.com/media/l2JJLFmqQGlZwGCFG/giphy.gif"> [[I need to find that.. creature]] [[What is your name?]] [[Why am I here?]] (set: $adj to "ominously")

"Ok, try again." [[go through the farthest door]] [[go through the most ordinary door]] [[go through the newest door]]

"My name is Gouger, it's nice to meet you, again." (set: $memorylvl to $memorylvl +1) [[I'm ready to go]]

The character taps its mechanical claws, "We don't know.. well, we don't have a clear idea. But we think that you are important. The rest of us cannot travel through the doors. Once we are killed, we stay here. But you keep coming back." (set: $hope to $hope +1) [[Wow.]]

"That creature is your enemy. It is the hero." You are met by glowing white strings that cover your eyes. [[Continue->surface2]]

[[I'm ready to go]]

You are met by glowing white strings that cover your eyes. [[continue->surface2]]

The bag-headed creature stares at you for a minute before sending you back. (set: $memorylvl to $memorylvl -1) [[continue->surface2]]

The creature just points at you. You feel akward. You are enveloped in bright strings of light. [[continue->surface2]]

<img src= "https://media.giphy.com/media/xT9DPQgmtC9OovPOZq/giphy.gif"> [[keep going]]

"You're back." The figure moves towards you, (print:$adj). [[wait for something to happen]] [[maim the figure]] [[kill it]] <img src= "https://media.giphy.com/media/l2JJxVxEoHQ5zqDO8/giphy.gif">

"*Glubb glurb glab gug glurble glub glub grug blub gerg bergerg gerba blurb blobob gurg gub bub gub glu burb gurb.*" [[Gurb glurg]] [[There's no time for such nonsense!]]

The creature seems unable to understand you. [[say something else->go through the farthest door]]

After a long conversation in glubbish,(who knew?) you find that you seem to remember something about the past. Though you aren't quite sure. You soon find yourself sinking into a glowing white liquid, and are consumed by it. (set: $memorylvl to $memorylvl +1) [[continue->surface2]]

You ask the creature to send you back. It cordially glubs at you and you are consumed in a watery white light. (set: $memorylvl to $memorylvl -1) [[continue->surface2]]

You don't see the point in trying to subdue this thing... You wait for it to come closer. "I will kill you" it says. [[Beg to keep your life]] [[no. I will kill you->kill it]] [[Offer peace]]

You try bashing your head into the figure to knock it out. But your head is much softer and you suffer an aneurysm before you are sliced open by some very sharp object. [[continue->lasttime]]

You attempt to bash the figure into the ground. You attempt to bash the figure into the ground again. Your lack of arms causes you to be an inferior fighter. You had not realized before that you didn't have arms. You feel a sharp pain and realize you are (text-style: "fade-in-out")[severely] hurt and will bleed out soon. (set: $hope to $hope +1) [[continue->lasttime]]

<img src= "https://media.giphy.com/media/3o7abp1Wq5hVkI2qQg/giphy.gif"> [[continue->begin3]]

You beg for your life. But you aren't sure if it even understands you. It comes near you. You feel a sharp pain. (set: $hope to $hope -1) [[continue->lasttime]]

Your head slowly clears."What did you do?" [[Get up]] [[Pretend to be asleep still]] <img src= "https://media.giphy.com/media/26FPLIKiXNgqPhHmo/giphy.gif">

You get up and walk towards the hall of doors. You are starting to get tired. (set: $hope to $hope +1) [[Go through the uninviting door]] [[Go through the thinnest door]] [[Go through the smoothest door]]

Well, you've got to get up *sometime*... (set: $memorylvl to $memorylvl -1) [[Get up]]

Your words seem to get lost in its merciless gaze. You feel a sharp pain in your mid-section. (set: $hope to $hope +1) [[continue->lasttime]]

<img src= "https://media.giphy.com/media/xT9DPt2InFpEWMhCrC/giphy.gif"> The indimidating creature gazes at you with eyes filled with hidden secrets. [[Can you take me to the surface?]] [[Why do you all stay behind doors?]]

<img src= "https://media.giphy.com/media/3o7abvb7lC3k2v9bc4/giphy.gif"> You wonder whether the creature is the thing in the sweater or the sweater with something in it. [[Who are you?->sankey]] [[Will you take me to the surface?]]

<img src= "https://media.giphy.com/media/3ornk646S4vvloh6yk/giphy.gif"> *blink* [[Is anyone here?]] [[Hello, I need to get back to the other place]] [[Why are you hiding?]]

You notice a nervous shaking behind the curtain. "ummm... yes I'm here." Do you need to go back now? The blinds are opened and you are surrrounded by floating white lights. [[continue->finalfight]]

"Hello again, stranger." You think you recognize the voice. The blinds are opened and white lights filter in. (set: $memorylvl to $memorylvl +1) [[continue->finalfight]]

"I'm not hiding. I'm an eye. Don't worry. It's a common mistake." It opens the blinds and you are covered in a white light. (set: $memorylvl to $memorylvl +1) [[continue->finalfight]]

"Just another monster I suppose. Maybe you will defeat the enemy and set us free. But, probably not" [[Thats not very positive.]] [[What should I do?]]

"I suppose I will. You must be getting close to getting your own door..." You are blinded by a bright white light. [[continue->finalfight]]

"Yes, but first. Tell me. Do you have hope? [[Yes->hopeyes]] [[No->hopeno]]

"If you must know, we are exiled 'monsters' and we hold the power to send you to the upper world. You must choose which doors will lead you on the right path. The hero, as it is called, will try to defeat you until you become too bitter, too tired, too hateful and are trapped like the rest of us. (set: $hope to $hope +1) [[Is there a way out?]]

"No. There is little hope left. We have yet to find a way to escape from these rooms." You are then surrounded by white lights. (set: $hope to $hope -1) [[continue->finalfight]]

<img src= "https://media.giphy.com/media/xT9DPAGnwnLyDWaz8k/giphy.gif"> (if: $hope >3)[[[face the enemy->win]]] (if: $hope <4)[[[face the enemy->lose]]]

Yes, there is hope for me. "You could be the one to save us." It says, before sending you into a flurry of white lights. [[continue->finalfight]] (set: $hope to $hope +1)

No, I don't think so. The creature pauses before responding, "Then neither do I." You are sent up in a flurry of white light. [[continue->finalfight]] (set: $hope to $hope -1)

"You should do something that has never been done. Forget your fear, and your failures, and hope that you can overcome this. There is nothing else you can do." You are then greeted by a myriad of white lights. (set: $hope to $hope +1) [[continue->finalfight]]

You are forced into thinking about last time you went to the surface and how it ended very badly. Maybe this sweater creature was right. The bright white light appears and you are swept away. [[continue->finalfight]] (set: $hope to $hope -1)

You have reclaimed the world that was once yours, you defeated the hero with (print: $hope) hope. Your memory is slowly coming back, and you remember (print: $memorylvl) of your old friends who are now freed. You now live in peace among the rest of the monsters. <img src= "https://media.giphy.com/media/xT9DPK9zvjYpDlSjjq/giphy.gif">

(if: $memorylvl > 4)[(set: $hope to $hope+5)] [[Try Again->Start]]

You attempt to flee from the figure, but you are too slow. (set: $hope to $hope -1) <img src= "https://media.giphy.com/media/3ornjUShXxvaGA4h7G/giphy.gif"> [[continue->blah blah]]

(set: $hope to $hope +1) <img src= "https://media.giphy.com/media/3ornjUShXxvaGA4h7G/giphy.gif"> [[continue->blah blah]]

[[Start]] <img src= "https://media.giphy.com/media/l2JJHZkwWMLIpppPW/giphy.gif">