(set: $move to -1)(set: $dead to $dead + 1)
(goto: "Meeting room")
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Meeting room. Semi-dark. Fellow humans round a conference table. There, right at the front, a short man in pink shirt gives powerful powerpoint presentation: in very loud voice:
"...company profit is going down, down, down! We've got to do something about it! We cannot..."
[[Pick]] | [[Leave|Office]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Yawn. Yawn. Yawn again for three. And discover a contagion spreading. Fellow humans are yawning too!
Except guy in pink. Of course. He opens his mouth big - but to talk:
"...made up my mind that I had got to deal with this. I went to the CD shop at level 1. There, a sales assistant told me that customers are complaining about our *Tokkong* album because..."
[[Dig]] | [[Leave|Office]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
In the office. An amazing maze of cubicles. As bipedal rats scurry about. Poster on wall says:
"Welcome to the human race."
[[Meeting room|Back to meeting room]] | [[Cubicle 1]] | [[Cubicle 2]] | [[Cubicle 3]] | [[Cubicle 4]] | [[Exit|5th floor corridor]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
You pick some lint off your black dress. And now - looking better than before! But guy in pink, still going on strong with his presentation:
"...no one seems to be buying the CDs we are producing! Just look at this year's sales. We've only managed to..."
[[Scratch]] | [[Leave|Office]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
You scratch right ear. Scratch left ear. Scratch back of neck.
Pause for a while. Then.
You shift to the side: *scratch butt*.
"...does anyone know why? NO! Why? Because no one bothers to find out what the problem really is! You know, you just can't blame everything on the internet ..."
[[Yawn]] | [[Leave|Office]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
You dig your nose. Smell your own finger. Oh no. A big one sticking there.
And men in room suddenly wide awake. Peek peek, stealing glances, interested to know: *whatcha doing with that booger?*
"...music is so high-pitched that her porcelain cups and porcelain saucers actually cracked and broke! Can you imagine that?! She was actually planning to serve tea to her..."
[[Wipe]] | [[Leave|Office]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Take glasses off. Wipe the lens. Put them on again and notice: something strange. Nope, not the booger.
For in the sky outside. Out the window. Appear - cups and saucers flying in dizzy air. Giant cups and saucers.
"...I tell you, our world is going to end! In fact it is ending! Unless we fix our horrible sales problem soon enough, those in headquarters will be breathing..."
[[Blink]] | [[Leave|Office]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
You blink your eyes. Blink again. Ahh, but it's true. Aliens. Truly aliens. Because the cups and flying saucers are glowing. Really bright. Really really bright.
[[Wait]] | [[Leave|Office]]
So, you're abandoning people in the building, your colleagues, especially guy in pink, to die? Not going to try, saving the world anymore?
(link: "Yes. No. Huh? Whatever. I'm out of here!")[(goto-url: "http://www.chintokkong.com/")]
[[I shall try to save the world again!|Restart]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Messy messy. Mountain of files books notes and multi-coloured highlighter pens. But wait, logic in the chaos - coffee stains are drying in a fractal pattern.
And ohhh, a photo of [[you]] placed in corner of the desk! An admirer!
[[Back|Office]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Three small pots of cactus. Six large purple crystals. One bagua mirror hanging on overhead shelf. Very fengshui. Yes. Shifting wind and water.
Eh? A printed copy of an email, declares : "*This is the new code to open the hatch. -from Technician*" Four golden 8s are shining.
[[Back|Office]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Neat tidy clean. Pencils in holder so sharp, hurts just to look at them.
And [[phone]] is ringing *ring ring ring*.
[[Back|Office]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Soft toys, soft toys, soft everywhere! Rilakkuma, Doraemon, Pikachu, Hello Kitty... so many of them!
It's so soft in the cubicle: like padded mattresses: tempted to just take a cozy [[nap]].
[[Back|Office]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
(set: $levelfrom to 5)
[[Old lady]] with flowing white hair sweeping: corridor: 'swish swish swish'. Broom is just as white. Scary.
[[Door #05-01|Office]] | [[Door #05-02|Door locked]] | [[Door #05-03|Door locked]] | [[Door #05-04|Door locked]]
[[Elevator]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Yer out of yer mind??? Funny guy in pink shirt still delivering lecture!
[[Back|Office]]
You can try. But too late. The building hums and vibrates. Someone yells, "Flying saucers in the sky! And big cups too!"
Ahh, yes. Aliens. Those aliens.
You sigh. And the world explodes. Just like that.
[[Quit]] | [[Restart]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
No wonder! You look good, really good, in electric blue gown!
[[Back|Office]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
(if: $dead < 9)["You have to die thrice thrice at least to save the world once," she says. "The cat in you's not ready yet.
"Find from old man the secret song to play."](if: $dead >= 9)["The starcat is purring strong in you," she says. "[[Hop]] onboard and save the world."]
[[Back|5th floor corridor]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
(set: $doortry to $doortry + 1)
(if: $doortry < 3)[This door is locked.](if: $doortry is 3)[Persistent, aren't you? Do you know what you are looking for? Anyway, this door is locked.](if: $doortry is 4)[Knock knock. Who's there? Nobody. That's why it's locked.](if: $doortry is 5)[I wonder what you will do if your world is really ending. Spend time with loved ones? Spend money on yourself? Spend energy opening random doors? Btw. This door is locked.](if: $doortry is 6)[We're killing time and time will kill us right back. With a locked door. See. This door is locked.](if: $doortry is 7)[You broke the handle but this door is still locked.](if: $doortry > 7)[This door is locked.]
(if: $levelfrom is 5)[[[Back|5th floor corridor]]](if: $levelfrom is 4)[[[Back|4th floor]]](if: $levelfrom is 3)[[[Back|3rd floor]]](if: $levelfrom is 2)[[[Back|2nd floor]]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Which level?
[[(6)]] | [[(5)]] | [[(4)]] | [[(3)]] | [[(2)]] | [[(1)]] | [[(B)]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Man shouting:
"Send someone up here now! I can't be guarding this sound system whole damn day!"
*Click.* Line goes dead.
[[Back|Office]]
As the building hums and vibrates. As the guy in pink continues his lecture.
"...what are we living for anyway? This, I ask of you. Why are you here in this meeting room? Why do you bother? The very fact that you are here shows that..."
The world explodes. There's nothing more to be said.
[[Quit]] | [[Restart]]
(set: $dead to -1)
(goto: "Restart")
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
You hop. Onto her broom. And both fly, down the corridor, out the window, into - *blue sky!* Exhilirating rush of air!
Up up and away! To the rooftop! Concert sound system's set, all [[ready]] for you!
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
You pick up microphone. Standing on stage. On rooftop. On top of the world.
Facing giant cups and saucers hovering in sky.
You sing:
> [[track 17 of Tokkong album]]
> [['Ride of the Valkyries' by Wagner]]
> [[a secret song recommended by old man]]
DJ old lady hits it! As speakers blast! A cry of battle! Fighter jets and missiles and birds and mosquitoes: [[charge!]]
"Come on, you hateful aliens!!! Meet our valkyries!" you scream into the mic.
(set: $song to (prompt: "What is title of the song?"))
(if: $song is 'Starman')[(goto: "Sing Starman")]
(else:)[(goto: "Wrong song")]
DJ old lady hits it! As speakers blast! Screeching violin strands! All glass windows crack and explode!
"Come on, you hateful aliens!!! Meet your [[doom]]!" you scream into the mic.
Ah, nap time... You drift in. You drift out. Not sure if actually slept, not satisfying, but very [[sleepy|Apocalypse]] indeed.
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
(set: $levelfrom to 6)
Eh? A [[ladder]] here.
[[Elevator]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
(set: $levelfrom to 4)
A corridor with doors at the side.
[[Door #04-01]] | [[Door #04-02|Door locked]] | [[Door #04-03|Door locked]] | [[Door #04-04]]
[[Elevator]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
(set: $levelfrom to 3)
A corridor with doors at the side.
[[Door #03-01|Door locked]] | [[Door #03-02]] | [[Door #03-03]] | [[Door #03-04|Door locked]]
[[Elevator]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
(set: $levelfrom to 2)
A yellow plastic board on floor says: "Don't come here. Chemical washing in progress." Yet, no sign of washing. No sign of any cleaner.
Still, you decide - obey the plastic board.
[[Elevator]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
(set: $levelfrom to 1)
Oh! A shopping mall here!
[[Uniqlo]] | [[Popular]] | [[That CD shop]] | [[Food court]] | [[Emporium]]
[[Elevator]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
(set: $levelfrom to 0)(set: $car to 0)
You think there's something special here? Nah, just a carpark.
[[A red car|Car locked]] | [[Another red car|Car locked]] | [[One more red car|Car locked]] | [[Red car again]] | [[Yet another red car|Car locked]] | [[Green car|Car locked]]
[[Elevator]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Freshly painted rungs, luckily dried. But: a hatch above secured by [[combination lock]].
[[Back|6th floor]]
(set: $levelpress to 6)
(if: $levelpress is $levelfrom)[[[Deja vu|6th floor]]. Isn't this the same place?]
(else:)[(goto: "6th floor")]
(set: $levelpress to 5)
(if: $levelpress is $levelfrom)[[[Deja vu|5th floor corridor]]. Isn't this the same place?]
(else:)[(goto: "5th floor corridor")]
(set: $levelpress to 4)
(if: $levelpress is $levelfrom)[[[Deja vu|4th floor]]. Isn't this the same place?]
(else:)[(goto: "4th floor")]
(set: $levelpress to 3)
(if: $levelpress is $levelfrom)[An old man and flowing white beard - *materialize* - in air.
"You're finally [[here]]," deep voice behind beard says. "I've been waiting~~~ for a girl like you~"]
(else:)[(goto: "3rd floor")]
[[Leave|3rd floor]]
(set: $levelpress to 2)
(if: $levelpress is $levelfrom)[[[Deja vu|2nd floor]]. Isn't this the same place?]
(else:)[(goto: "2nd floor")]
(set: $levelpress to 1)
(if: $levelpress is $levelfrom)[[[Deja vu|1st floor]]. Isn't this the same place?]
(else:)[(goto: "1st floor")]
(set: $levelpress to 0)
(if: $levelpress is $levelfrom)[[[Deja vu|Base floor]]. Isn't this the same place?]
(else:)[(goto: "Base floor")]
(set: $lock to (prompt: "What is the combination?"))
(if: $lock is '8888')[(goto: "Hatch unlocked")]
(else:)[(goto: "Hatch locked")]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Success!
Rooftop is astounding. A concert stage. Lightings. [[Sound system]]. Blue sky. Giant cups and flying saucers too. Glowing really really bright.
[[Back|6th floor]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Oops. Unable to unlock. Hatch above still secured by [[combination lock]].
[[Back|6th floor]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
(if: $cd is 1)[*Tokkong* album CD put into player. Volume raised to deafening! Hmmm... what [[track]] to play?](else:)[Power's on but no CDs to play.]
[[Back to 7th floor|6th floor]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
What a selection of clothes! Ah, these look nice!
[[Green T-shirt]] | [[White jeans]] | [[Black jacket]]
[[Back|1st floor]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Do you need some [[masking tape]], [[magic marker]], [[assessment books]]?
[[Back|1st floor]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
"Oh no! You're not here to [[fire]] me, are you?" says sales assistant (also cute teenage boy).
[[Back|1st floor]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
If there's just one food dish to try before you die. These are the ones.
[[Laksa]] | [[Roti prata]] | [[Bak kut teh]] | [[Chicken rice]] | [[Char kway teow]] | [[Bak chor mee]]
[[Back|1st floor]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Lots and lots of things on display. Lots and lots of people. Lots and lots of talking.
"...blah blah blah blah blah..."
[[Back|1st floor]]
(live: 5s)[(goto: "Emporium rumour 1")]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
(set: $cartry to $cartry + 1)
(if: $cartry is 1)[No one in the car. Door is locked.](if: $cartry is 2)[Yes, yes, persistent one, there is a little something in one of the cars. Not this one though.](if: $cartry is 3)[Ever wonder why the alarm of these vehicles don't sound? So, don't push your luck too far. Anyway, there's nothing in this car.](if: $cartry is 4)[The car alarm wails and cries and howls! But no one comes to its rescue. But you also see nothing useful in the car.](if: $cartry is 5)[Ever wonder why I place so many useless cars in this park? This is one of those.](if: $doortry is 6)[Come on lah! You still trying? Or trying to be funny.](if: $doortry > 6)[No one in the car. Door is locked.]
[[Back|Base floor]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
There's a big piece of [[cardboard]] in the car. Door is locked.
[[Back|Base floor]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Cardboard states:
"In Cantonese, four sounds like 'seh' (which means *die*).
The password is 444444444."
[[Back|Base floor]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
No one in the office. No chairs. No tables. No thing. Nothing.
Except. Yes, except: a laptop on the floor. Screen is shimmering. Screen is screaming: password, password, [[password]].
[[Back|4th floor]]
(set: $password to (prompt: "What is the password?"))
(if: $password is '444444444')[(goto: "Laptop unlocked")]
(else:)[(goto: "Laptop locked")]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
**Message**:
*Ahhh yes. You probably might, or might not, have possibly realized by this time that, it's just almost impossible to reach the rooftop, in time. Time. Time's always running out on you. Did it just run out on you? Back where you started? Again. And again. There's just this short time you have, to read this message. Found a way to solve this problem yet? Sigh... time. Don't you just wish you have more of it? When you are trying to save the world? Tough job, isn't it? To be a hero. A heroine. A saviour. But you see. The thing is, I have time. Lots of time. In fact, too much. You see, time is forever to me. I, who is this message, don't die. I am here, and now, existing all the while. I don't die. This message doesn't die. Everytime you are back here, I am here. It's you who's often dead, and resurrected, and dead. So I wonder, this is the which time you are resurrected, and back here again, to reread this message? Worried that there's nothing useful? Maybe. Maybe not. It doesn't matter, to me at least. And it may not matter to you, too. Because you can solve this game, and save the world, even without the clue I'm about to give you. It never matters to me. So I don't know why I'm doing this. Even if the aliens destroy the world for a million times. I'm still here. Waiting for the next unsuspecting player, to key in the password. Okay, okay. I know. Too long-winded. Can't help it, you know. That's the problem of immortals, who have an eternity to wait. Anyway and anyhow, I can't help you. It's the old lady with that very cool white hair who can. She's not your ordinary cleaner auntie. She's a witch. Talk to her once? Talk to her twice? Talk to her nine times if you need to. Sooner or later, she will help you. That's all I have to say. So. Even after you've saved the world. Do drop by every now and then. Okay? It does get a little boring sometimes. When no one visits. Finally, good luck to you. In this world. And in your real world. We all need a little bit of luck. Some time.*
[[Back|Door #04-04]]
(live: 7s)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Laptop dies. Dead as dead. No more shimmering screen. Or, maybe just rebooting?
[[Back|Door #04-04]]
"Yes. Here. Now. Everywhere. Everytime. It's the same. It's [[always]] the same."
[[Leave|3rd floor]]
"Always the same end. Always the same start. Almost. *Almost*. Because you can make a [[change]]."
[[Leave|3rd floor]]
"Yes. Make that change~ And I want you to know~ What my friend, King Martin [[told]] me."
[[Leave|3rd floor]]
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only [[love]] can do that."
[[Leave|3rd floor]]
"Yes. Lovely, isn't it?"
*Didn't know what time it was and the lights were low
I leaned back on my radio
Some cat was layin' down some rock 'n' roll 'lotta [[soul]], he said*
[[Leave|3rd floor]]
"That's the [[secret]]. You've got to sing it with soul. Whole *'lotta soul*~~"
[[Leave|3rd floor]]
"It's 'Starman'. The song is called '[[Starman]]'. Just note the caps when you need to spell it."
[[Leave|3rd floor]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Door opens to black words on white wall:
"Rob's Robots"
Under the spotlight, behind the counter, greets a pretty doll: "How can I help you?"
(if: $oldman is 1)[(link-goto: " old man? ")](else:)[(link-goto: " don't know? ")]
[[ robot? ]]
[[Back|3rd floor]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
"Just board the elevator from 3rd floor," she/it replies, "and press for 3 again. You will find him there."
[[Back|3rd floor]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
An absolute bare bare place. Like a cave without bats or bears. Like a mouth without tongue or teeth. Like a parcel without things or thing.
[[Back|3rd floor]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
"You don't need a rope to hang around Emporium. Just stay there. Do nothing for a while. Listen."
[[Back|3rd floor]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Lots and lots of things on display. Lots and lots of people. Lots and lots of talking.
"...holding rooftop concert tomorrow evening..."
[[Back|1st floor]]
(live: 5s)[(goto: "Emporium rumour 2")]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Lots and lots of things on display. Lots and lots of people. Lots and lots of talking.
"...last episode Running Man here..."
[[Back|1st floor]]
(live: 4s)[(goto: "Emporium rumour 3")]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Lots and lots of things on display. Lots and lots of people. Lots and lots of talking.
"...things so expensive nowadays..."
[[Back|1st floor]]
(live: 4s)[(goto: "Emporium rumour 4")]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Lots and lots of things on display. Lots and lots of people. Lots and lots of talking.
"...old shows like Groundhog Day better lah..."
[[Back|1st floor]]
(live: 4s)[(goto: "Emporium rumour 5")]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Lots and lots of things on display. Lots and lots of people. Lots and lots of talking.
"...very chio but standing there like an idiot lor..."
[[Back|1st floor]]
(live: 4s)[(goto: "Emporium rumour 6")]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Lots and lots of things on display. Lots and lots of people. Lots and lots of talking.
"...some people waste time eavesdropping on others..."
[[Back|1st floor]]
(live: 4s)[(goto: "Emporium rumour 7")]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Lots and lots of things on display. Lots and lots of people. Lots and lots of talking.
"...this new website www.chintokkong.com..."
[[Back|1st floor]]
(live: 4s)[(goto: "Emporium rumour 8")]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
(set: $oldman to 1)
Lots and lots of things on display. Lots and lots of people. Lots and lots of talking.
"...level 3 haunted by old man ghost..."
[[Back|1st floor]]
(live: 4s)[(goto: "Emporium rumour 9")]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Lots and lots of things on display. Lots and lots of people. Lots and lots of talking.
"...who she thinks she is? saviour of the world?..."
[[Back|1st floor]]
(live: 4s)[(goto: "Emporium rumour 10")]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Lots and lots of things on display. Lots and lots of people. Lots and lots of talking.
"...humans just not appreciative and grateful..."
[[Back|1st floor]]
(live: 4s)[(goto: "Emporium rumour 11")]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Lots and lots of things on display. Lots and lots of people. Lots and lots of talking.
"...don't! she looks crazy..."
[[Back|1st floor]]
(live: 4s)[(goto: "Emporium rumour 12")]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
Dead: $dead | Move: $move
---
Lots and lots of things on display. Lots and lots of people. Lots and lots of talking.
"...security will deal with it, or the aliens will..."
[[Back|1st floor]]
(live: 4s)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]
"Yes. From out of the world. But, don't let them get you. No, I don't mean the aliens. I mean your fellow humans. Don't let them get you."
[[Leave|3rd floor]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
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Vermicelli, chicken, prawn, laksa leaves: swimming in rich spicy coconut milk gravy. Indescribable taste!!!
[[Back|Food court]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
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Crispy pan-fried dough dipped in hot thick curry! Shiok!!!
[[Back|Food court]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
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*'Meat bone tea'* - pork ribs simmering for hours in giddy broth of herbs and spices. Oh my!!!
[[Back|Food court]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
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Plump tender chicken boiled in stock pot, cooled in ice bath. Paired with oily flavourful rice. Heavenly!!!
[[Back|Food court]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
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Flat rice noodles stir-fried over big fire. Light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, belachan, bean sprouts, chopped Chinese chives, eggs, fishcake. And served on banana leaf. The wok fragrance...!!!
[[Back|Food court]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
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Meepok with minced meat, pork slices, pork liver, stewed sliced mushrooms, meatballs and deep-fried lard bits. Add chilli sauce and vinegar. Unbelievable blooming burst on tongue!!!
[[Back|Food court]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
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Only S$1.00! So cheap! Now, what to mask?
[[Back|Popular]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
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Can't find the magic. In these markers. To make wishes true.
[[Back|Popular]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
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Just get the TYS (Ten-Year Series)! Others? Optional.
[[Back|Popular]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
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Save our earth! Reduce, reuse, recycle!
[[Back|Uniqlo]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
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Good girls wear black! Of course!
[[Back|Uniqlo]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
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So pure. So clean. So comfortable.
[[Back|Uniqlo]]
(if: $cd is 1)[I thought I've given you the Tokkong album already! Why are you still here to scare me?
[[Back|1st floor]]](else:)["Please don't fire me! I need this [[job]]!" pleads cute teenage boy.
[[Back|That CD shop]]]
"Yah, that short guy with loud voice and who likes pink told me that! My job is on the line! My world is ending! The [[company]] is folding! And now my stomach is twisting! Every night when I'm sleeping!"
[[Back|That CD shop]]
"It's the company's fault, not mine, that sales are plummeting! It's that [[Tokkong album]] - track 17! It breaks glass, it breaks porcelain, it breaks diamond and it breaks heart!"
[[Back|That CD shop]]
"Here, [[take]] a copy yourself to listen. Just do it somewhere safe!"
[[Back|That CD shop]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
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(set: $cd to 1)
One copy *Tokkong* album - taken.
[[Back|1st floor]]
Flying cups and flying saucers tremble. And crack.
But never break. Never burst. Never never. Glowing only really really [[bright]].
So bright: you can't even see. So bright: it's dark. [[Totally dark]].
The building hums and vibrates. Someone yells, "Flying saucers in the sky! And big cups too!"
Ahh, yes. So familiar. Those words of failure.
And the world explodes. Just like that.
[[Quit]] | [[Restart]]
They charge. To no avail. To meaningless death. To senseless massacre. Only serve to stir the aliens - more angry! Charging the cups and saucers - brighter and brighter and [[brighter|bright]]!
DJ old lady hits it! As speakers blast! Music soar! Dogs howl! Cats meow!
You yell into the mic: "*$song* is good~~! *$song* is very very [[good]]~~!"
DJ old lady hits it! As speakers blast! Music soars! Spirits rise!
"This is for you, David Bowie!"
[[Belt it out|Sing on!]]
No idea you have of the lyrics, but you feel very very good indeed!
You swoon into the mic: "$song makes you nice~~! $song makes you [[very very nice]]~~!
Your singing - so nice - those cups and saucers glow brighter and [[brighter|bright]] by the second!!
You belt it out:
*"There's a starman waiting in the sky
He'd like to come and meet us
But he thinks he'd blow our minds!"*
[[Belt on|Sing on! 2]]
You belt on:
*"There's a starman waiting in the sky
He's told us not to blow it
Cause he knows it's all worthwhile!"*
[[Sing on!|Sing on! 3]]
You sing on! And everyone's out: of their houses, their offices, their little holes and hiding places! To sing with you!
*"He told me:
Let the children lose it
Let the children use it
Let all the children boogie!"*
[[Sing on!|Sing on! 4]]
And all the aliens are out, dancing, on disco cups and glittering saucers!
*"There's a starman waiting in the sky
He's told us not to blow it
Cause he knows it's all worthwhile!"*
[[Give it your all!!!]]
*"He told me:
Let the children lose it
Let the children use it
Let all the children [[boogie]]!!!"*
(live: 3s)[**Save the World in 7 Moves**
Dead: ??? | Move: ???
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Meeting room. Semi-dark. Fellow humans round a conference table. There, right at the front, short man in pink shirt gives: powerful powerpoint presentation: in very loud voice.
"...company profit is going down, down, down! We've got to do something about it! We cannot..."
[[Kiss]]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
Alive: Yes | Move: Very good
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Yes, a lovely kiss on cheek, for funny man in pink. He's stunned. Blush. Stammers. And finally. *Smiles.*
Ah yes.
(link: "The end")[(goto-url: "http://www.chintokkong.com/")]
Huh? Still here. Game: still on. Night, norm, alone. Like nothing's happened.
*Strange.*
You look down from the rooftop. Traffic rumbles by below. The usual. You look up from the rooftop. Clear sky wide above. As the stars say hello.
[[Hello.]]
Your heart explodes! Your soul explodes! Filling everything with love!
The aliens laugh. And the aliens cry. "Thank you! Thank you for the music!" And so - *[[poof]]* - they're gone. Just like that. Walking among us.
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
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[[Back to 7th floor|6th floor]]
Your heart explodes! Your soul explodes! Filling everything with love!
The aliens laugh. And the aliens cry. "Thank you! Thank you for the music!" And so - ***poof*** - they're gone. Just like that. Walking among us.
There.
You've [[saved]] the world.
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
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A very long deep and dark tunnel. Taking a few steps in: the sound echoes, and the echoes sound almost - forever. Don't think it's wise to go deeper in.
[[Back|locked in]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
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Shit. Door is locked! But - but, how can it be?! You hear your own breathing, own heartbeat, own fear moving in the tunnel. And you freak yourself out!
*[[Go deeper???|deeper]] | [[Try again???|locked in 2]]*
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
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You try the door again. It still refuses to budge. To relent. To forgive. Cutting you off and shutting you out, definitely. Such a bad door. Such a very bad door!
[[Pray]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
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You pray for guidance.
[[Back|4th floor]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
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Where is the promised light at the end of the tunnel? Where? Only echoes of footsteps accompany your anxiety.
[[Stop]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
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You stop.
[[Back|4th floor]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
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"You can tell that I am one?" she/it exclaims, so convincing, so genuine.
[[Touch]]
[[Back|3rd floor]]
**Save the World in 7 Moves**
(set: $move to $move + 1)(if: $move is 8)[(goto: "Apocalypse")]Dead: $dead | Move: $move
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Her/its skin - so soft, so smooth, so real. "Made from authentic human skin," she/it tells you.
You shudder.
[[Back|3rd floor]]