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<<if $worldCount < 20>>
<<if $turnedAround is "yes">>
You were again at the door of Liz's, under the kitschy neon lights.
[[Push the door|GetInBar]]
@@.crossOut;Turn around@@
<<else>>
It was <<rg>>{
weather: "(cloudy|windy|snowing|showery|raining|rainy|wet|damp|moist|foggy|blustery|stormy|)",
season: "(winter[3]|autumn)",
adjp: "$weather $season",
start: "($adjp night).art()"
}<</rg>> after another <<rg>>{
start: "$adj $adj",
adj: "(long|exhausting|terrible|upsetting|tough|tiring|wearying|arduous|tiresome|stressful|).nr"
}<</rg>> day.
As usual, you found yourself end up in front of Liz's, on the Japan Street, half in the shadow of the <<rs>>(Tatsuya|Katashi|Hajime|Mariko|Kazuko) Tower, half under the kitschy neonlights<</rs>>. Mid-night, the most lively moment of this district, and the most lively moment of the bar, in a day. So you decided to
[[Push the door|GetInBar]]
[[Turn around|Really？][$turnedAround to "yes"]]
<<set $isBack to 0>>
<<set $seed to random(9999)>>
<<set $iconUrlK to "https://avatars.dicebear.com/api/avataaars/" +$seed+"Katherina.svg?w=50&h=50&topChance=100&top=longHair&accessoriesChance="+random(30,80)+"&facialHairChance=0&skin=yellow&eyes="+RiTa.evaluate('(default[9]|happy[9]|hearts|side[9]|wink[9])')+"&eyebrow="+RiTa.evaluate('(default|raised|up)')+"&mouth="+RiTa.evaluate('(default|smile|tongue|twinkle)')>>
<<set $iconUrlP to "https://avatars.dicebear.com/api/avataaars/" +$seed+"Paul.svg?w=50&h=50&top=" +RiTa.evaluate('(hat|turban|shortHair)')+"&topChance=50&accessoriesChance="+Math.floor(Math.random(0,30))+"&facialHairChance=70&eyes="+RiTa.evaluate('(default|close|cry|squint|dizzy)')+"&eyebrow="+RiTa.evaluate('(default|flat|sad|frown)')+"&mouth="+RiTa.evaluate('(disbelief|eating[2]|sad|serious)')>>
<<set $iconUrlS to "https://avatars.dicebear.com/api/bottts/"+$seed+"Sili.svg?w=50&h=50&colorful=true&primaryColorLevel="+RiTa.evaluate('(50|100|200|300|400|500|600|700|800|900)')+"&secondaryColorLevel="+RiTa.evaluate('(50|100|200|300|400|500|600|700|800|900)')+"&textureChance=100">>
<<set $talkedWithK to 'no'>>
<<set $talkedWithP to 'no'>>
<<set $talkedWithS to 'no'>>
<</if>>
<<else>>
In <<rs>>(green|scorched|white)<</rs>> grass. A bunch of <<rs>>(daisy|aster|calla lily|crimson rose|fern|Hyacinth)<</rs>> lies on a tombstone.
<<timed 2s t8n>>There came the sound of rain.<</timed>>
<<timed 4s t8n>>The hologram was turned off by a hand.<</timed>>
<<timed 6s t8n>>[[You should LEAVE now.|spEnd]]<</timed>>
<</if>>
<<if $worldCountSet is 'yes'>>
<<else>>
<<set $worldCount to 0>>
<<set $worldCountSet to 'yes'>>
<</if>>Right after you got into Liz's, you <<rg>>{
aadj : "(cheap|tasteless|unknown-band|smuggled).nr",
a: "$aadj $aadj (whiskey|rum|tequila)",
cadj : "(low quality|inferior|probably smuggled).nr",
c: "($cadj $cadj (cigarettes|cigar))",
adjSa: "(the infamous|drunk|naked|the speaker|the guard|Chief Mate|laughing|the silent|crying|the bartender).nr",
nss: "(John|Jack|Archer|Brooks|Carter|Fletcher|Graham|Huxley|Mason|Reed|Sawyer|Wilder|Kendall|Kinsley|Madison|Marley|Peyton|Presley|Sutton|Willow|Winter|Wren).nr",
ns: "($a|$c|$c and $a)",
adjS: "(familiar|long-lost|unfamiliar|iconic|distinguishing)",
adjNjob: "(the infamous|drunk|naked|the speaker|the guard|Chief Mate|laughing|the silent|crying|the bartender).nr",
sawP: "($adjSa $nss|$adjNjob $nss and $adjNjob $nss|$adjNjob $nss, $adjNjob $nss and $adjNjob $nss)",
smellP: "$adjS smell of $ns",
oneP: "(smelt the $smellP|saw $sawP[2])",
start: "($oneP|smelt the $smellP and saw $sawP[2])."
}<</rg>>
There were already too noisy in the bar, so you did not shout out to those who you know. Instead, you walked directly to the corner and sat in front of the aged but obviously well cared <<rs>>(wooden|brazen|stainless steel| )bar<</rs>>.
The bartender was like a spinning machine in those Chaplin's movies. He didn't saw you, so you started to watch the TV.
@@.news;
BREAKING: <<if $worldCount < 1>><<rs>>
$name=(Cheung|Chan|Yeung|Chiang|Zhang|Wang|Shiffman|Swan|Kojima|Seon)
(Scientist Claims That The Simulation Is Successful<br>Famous scientist, Dr. $name, the leader of the team funded by IT giant CyberX, said that the team had been watching and recording the virtual residents' behaviors in Simugon, their world simulation program, for 100 days. "They look just like us", said Dr. $name.|People Are Frightened by Simugon<br>With the development of Simugon, a world simulation program made by CyberX, people start to be afraid of its outcome. Earlier today a bunch of extremists were arrested for trying to break into CyberX and destroy the servers. Dr. $name, the leader of the development team, said that the fear is unnecessary. "This is a huge step in computer science, sociology and anthropology.", (he[10]|she[10]|they) said.|What can Simugon do?<br>The IT giant CyberX recently announced that their world simulator, Simugon, has passed all tests and been open for researchers. Dr. $name, the chief scientist of the company, introduced the utility of Simugon at today's conference. "Anthropologists and social scientists can now conducted experiments, that are impossible before, in Simugon. That would help us to find a better society model, and also increase our knowledge in the essence of human and society.", said Dr. $name.)
<</rs>><<else>><<rs>>
$name=(Cheung|Chan|Yeung|Yen|Chiang|Zhang|Wang|Shiffman|Swan|Morgan|Freeman|Kojima|Seon)
(Simulation Escaped Into Real World<br>Recently there have been rumors about a Simucon, this is how CyberX call the virtual residents in their world simulation, has been escaped into the real world. The rumors scared many people, there have been 13 reports of people being killed because they were taken as the escaper. (Mr[10]|Ms[10]|Ind). $name, the speaker of CyberX, replied that the rumors are unfounded and fake, and CyberX's simulation is totally safe.|Can Simucon Escape?<br>Recently a hacker organization uploaded a video clip, saying that CyberX's world simulation, Simugon, is not secured. In the video, the anonymous hackers warn that the virtual people in Simugon can escape to our world via serval system vulnerabilities. However, (Mr[10]|Ms[10]|Ind). $name, the speaker of CyberX, said in the press conference that what the video says is not the truth. "Simugon is a safe tool for sociologists and anthropologists to conduct experiments. The video is a malicious attack of the project and CyberX, we will reserve the right to take legal action.", said the speaker.|Simucons Have Human Right?<br>Two extremists were protesting outside the CyberX HQ this morning against Simugon, the world simulation developed by CyberX. They claimed that Simucons inside Simugon are treated inhumanely, and the experiments are conducted for the capitalists to find a society model that they can make more money in. The two were arrested after shouting and threatening CyberX's staffs for 15 minutes. CyberX's speaker, (Mr[10]|Ms[10]|Ind). $name, said again in the press conference, that Simugon is a secured tool for humans good. But the speaker didn't comment on the content of the experiments conduct in Simugon.|Simucon Can Be Threat<br>A scholar in UCNC said that if a Simugon escapes into our world, it can be an unstable bomb. "A Simucon in the physical world might cause unexpected changes", Dr. $name said, "our model cannot predict what will happens. Thus, we cannot ensure that when this happen, everything is fine." However, CyberX, the creator of Simugon, said that no one should worry about this because "It will not happen. Simucon can never escape from Simugon. CyberX uses the most strict safety measurements to ensure that Simugon is 100% safe."|New founding via Simugon<br>Today, famous scholar Dr. $name, who is also one of the first few scientists that are allowed to conduct experiments in Simugon, announces the result of the newest experiment. "We ran our model in Simugon from Stone Age, what happens in Simugon perfectly reproduces our history. Thus, we are confident that the model can help us to predict the future", said Dr. $name.|Simucon can twist time-space?<br>The occult organizations, WoDo, claimed online that an escaped Simucon, the virtual resident in CyberX's Simugon, might trigger unknown incident that messes up the time-space around its location. WoDo showed 10pages of equations in their video to support their argument and asked for CyberX's response. To this, CyberX's speaker (Mr[10]|Ms[10]|Ind). $name said, "Simugon is 100% safe, the argument about 'escaped Simucon' is nonsense. CyberX will not respond to the stupid video.")
<</rs>><</if>>
@@
The bartender finally noticed you after you spent 10 minutes sitting there in silence, watching him flipping mixer and bottles.
So you ordered a cup of
[[Sex On the Beach|getDrink][$drink to "SOB"]]
[[ScrewDriver|getDrink][$drink to "SOB"]]
[[Cuba Libre|getDrink][$drink to "CL"]]
[[Gin Fizz|getDrink][$drink to "Fizz"]]
[[whiskey on the rock|getDrink][$drink to "onRock"]]
[[gin on the rock|getDrink][$drink to "onRock"]]
[[Martini, shaken, not stirred|getDrink][$drink to "MA"]]You turned around and walked into the shadow. Another two <<rs>>(exhausted|tired|fatigued|worn-out)<</rs>> guys went pass you and dragged their bodies into Liz's.
"I deserve a drink tonight", you said to yourself, "fuck it, whatever the stupid doctor said, who cares."
[[Turn black|Begin]]<<if $drink is 'SOB'>>
The bartender rolled his eyes on you, said, "You really think there is still some fresh fruit somewhere out there huh?"
You said, "I thought Liz can get anything."
"Oh are you trying to be funny now? Can't you see how busy I am? Order something on the menu or go fuck youself."
You knew there is Liz's place and you didn't want to mess up with anybody, so you said:
[["Sorry pal, just give me a cup of whiskey on the rock"|getDrink][$drink to "onRock"]]
[["Hey pal, easy, easy. Just give me a cup of gin on the rock"|getDrink][$drink to "onRock"]]
[["Okay, okay. I want a Cuba Libre"|getDrink][$drink to "CL"]]
<</if>>
<<if $drink is 'onRock'>>
The bartender seemed to be happy to hear that. "Everyone should just order simple things like that", he said, and added "You know, everyone is kind of in a tough situation nowadays."
Your drink was served in a minute. You looked at the transparent liquid floating on the ice. And
[[you grabbed the glass and took a big sip|AfterDrink]]
<<elseif $drink is 'MA'>>
"Wow, wow, a gentleman with taste", the bartender sneered, "where is your hot chick, huh, James Bond?"
"Just make it, or I will shoot a bullet into your skull." You said in James Bond's tone.
The bartender seemed not to be very happy with your order. You waited for another 10 minutes to get a drink that looks terrible, he even "forgot" to put garnish in your cup. However, you were very thirsty, so
[[you grabbed the glass and took a big sip|AfterDrink]]
<<elseif $drink is 'CL'>>
"Cool choice", the bartender said, "you know what, Charles Coulombe said Cuba Libre is a true symbol of the change of world order. The lubricant of the old colonial empire mixes with the icon of the capitalism States..."
"Just move your hands and shut your mouth", you said, "I am not here for a history lecture."
The bartender, who seemed a bit sad, stopped taking. Your drink was done in a while. You had already waited long enough, so
[[you grabbed the glass and took a big sip|AfterDrink]]
<<elseif $drink is 'Fizz'>>
"Just Soda, no lemon, you know.", the bartender said.
"Yeah, I know, I don't expect this shabby place to have this kind of high class healthy thing.", you replied.
"You can't afford it even if we had anyway.", the bartender said in an unhappy voice. You knew you weren't being nice, and he's saying the truth, so you shut your mouth.
Your drink was served in minutes, and the bartender did not make it bad because he was pissed, so you gratefully
[[grabbed the glass and took a big sip|AfterDrink]]
<</if>><<if $isBack == 0>>
You pretty enjoyed the big sip, and you started to relax yourself. At this very moment, you saw three friends, who obviously also saw you, walking toward your position. Apparently, they also had been through a <<rg>>{
adj1: "(long|tough|insufferable|crazy|insane|unsetting)",
adj2: "(long|tough|insufferable|crazy|insane|unsetting|)",
start: "$adj1 $adj2"
}<</rg>> day.
They sat down nearby, so you decided to
<<elseif $isBack == 1 >>
You took another big sip. The alcohol started to get into your blood, and that blood was in your brain. You kind of felt like dead, let's ignore the fact that the trashy alcohol might actually kill you, you were just started to get drunk.
For some reason, maybe because of the liquor, the news on TV jumped into your head. "Why am I remembering this shit?", you thought.
Then, you
<<elseif $isBack == 2>>
You finished your drink with another big sip. Your brain was filled with alcohol, and you started floating in the air. The world started to blur, and you saw <<rg>>{
whos: "(yourself\'s|Katherina\'s|Fat Paul\'s)",
ff: "($whos face|($fadj face).art()[3])",
t31: "(ballons|starts|a bunch of heads)",
polyg: "(triangles|squares|circles|hexagons)",
ths: "(stars|flowers|people walking)",
fadj: "(disgusted|disgusting|wrinkled|unrecognized|young|silly|strange|big|beautiful|ugly|vicious)",
ppl2: "(John|Jack|Archer|Brooks|Carter|Fletcher|Graham|Huxley|Mason|Reed|Sawyer|Wilder|Kendall|Kinsley|Madison|Marley|Peyton|Presley|Sutton|Willow|Winter|Wren)",
lbcp: "(yourself|$ppl2[20])",
t12: "(hyper|drunk|hyperactive| ) $ppl2 start to (sing|dance|give a speech|punch others faces|roam over the room)",
t1: "(fractals on your retina|$t12) and ($ths on the ceiling|$lbcp lean back in the chair)",
t2: "(fractals on your retina|$t12 $ppl2 started to (sing|dance|give a speech|punch others faces|roam over the room))",
t3: "$t31, $polyg and $ff",
start: "($t1[2]|$t2|$t3)"
}<</rg>>.
@@.baumans;color:#e8d800;
SIMUCON
@@
You heard. You turned to the TV, <<rs>>(over a few heads, you saw that the TV was off[10]|but saw some strange numbers appeared on people's heads)<</rs>>. "Hell I am so drunk.", you said to yourself.
It was getting late, so you
[[said "goodbye!" and left Liz's|leftBar]]
<<elseif $isBack > 2>>
You stared at the glass. The bar was getting less and less noisy.
For whatever reason, you started thinking about the sound you heard. The
@@.baumans;color:#e8d800;
SIMUCON
@@
What was it?
[[Probably just a hallucination, you thought, and you left Liz's|leftBar]]
<</if>>
<<if $talkedWithK is 'yes'>>
@@.crossOut;said hi to the beautiful girl Katherina@@ [img[$iconUrlK]]
<<else>>
[[said hi to the beautiful girl Katherina|ConverWithK1][$talkedWithK to "yes"]] [img[$iconUrlK]]
<</if>>
<<if $talkedWithP is 'yes'>>
@@.crossOut;talked with Fat Paul@@ [img[$iconUrlP]]
<<else>>
[[talked with Fat Paul|ConverWithP1][$talkedWithP to "yes"]] [img[$iconUrlP]]
<</if>>
<<if $talkedWithS is 'yes'>>
<<if $isBack < 2>>
@@.crossOut;reached out for the button on the robot Sili's head@@ [img[$iconUrlS]]
<<elseif $isBack > 2>>
[[You turned to Sili and asked, "do you think you are a human?"|isHuman?]] [img[$iconUrlS]]
<<else>>
[[asked Sili, "do you think you are a human?"|isHuman?]] [img[$iconUrlS]]
<</if>>
<<else>>
[[reached out for the button on the robot Sili's head|ConverWithS1][$talkedWithS to "yes"]] [img[$iconUrlS]]
<</if>>"Hi", Katherina replied
"<<rs>>(Just a hi?|Not having a good day?|You look bothered.|Are you OK?|Everything's fine?)<</rs>>", you said. Katherina did not answer that, so you continued, "<<rs>>(I thought you don't drink alcohol.|When did you pick up drinking?|So you join the alcoholics now?|Welcome to the liquor drinker tier!)<</rs>>"
"I don't", said Katherina, "I ordered orange juice."
Then you
[[said, "Glad to see you didn't change."|ConverWithK2]]
<<if $isBack == 2>>
[[went back to your empty glass|AfterDrink][$isBack += 1]]
<<else>>
[[went back to your drink|AfterDrink][$isBack += 1]]
<</if>>"<<rs>>(Hey Paul, haven't seen you around for a while|Paul, you again! Do you really come here every night?|Paul! my friend! Nice to see you again!)<</rs>>", you said.
"<<rs>>(Yeah, good to see you.|Hi, pal.|Hi mate.|Hi.|Oh hello.|Hello.|Hey...)<</rs>>", Paul answered, listlessly. Obviously things did not go well with him.
So, you
[[asked "What happened, man? You look terrible."|ConverWithP2]]
<<if $isBack == 2>>
[[went back to your empty glass|AfterDrink][$isBack += 1]]
<<else>>
[[went back to your drink|AfterDrink][$isBack += 1]]
<</if>><<type 100ms class "typedContent" >>
"<<rs>>(What the (fuck|hell) are you doing|That's not funny|Hey watch your dirty hand|Hey that's not cool|Hey Stop it now)!<</rs>>",
<</type>>
<<timed 4s t8n>>Sili said, i.e. typed on its screen, slowly. It didn't seem to be very happy.<</timed>>
<<timed 4s t8n>>"not having a good day, huh?", you said, "relax, I will buy you a drink. What do you want?"<</timed>>
<<type 50ms start 6s class "typedContent" >>
"<<rs>>$s3=I am a robot, pal. I don't drink. Or at least for now.
$s2=Oh really? Alcohols for your human sucks, I would like a gallon of no.98 gas.
$s1=I am a robot! Do you think it is good to pour some liquid somewhere on me?
$s4=Ha-ha-ha, very funny. I definitely laughed.
$s5=So you are trying to be funny now, huh?
($s1|$s2|$s3|$s4|$s5)<</rs>>"
<</type>>
<<timed 14s t8n>>It was a bit awkward for a moment, then you
[[said, "So, eh, why are you in the bar?"|ConverWithS2]]
<<if $isBack == 2>>
[[went back to your empty glass|AfterDrink][$isBack += 1]]
<<else>>
[[went back to your drink|AfterDrink][$isBack += 1]]
<</if>><</timed>>When you stepped out the door of Liz's and you saw the first ray of the morning sunlight, soft like a thin piece of silk. You started to lose your mind and you said
<<rs>>("What a night."|"What a light."|"I feel dizzy."|"I am goning to vomit"|nothing|"Whatever."|"Well another day."|"Okay, another one.")<</rs>>
Then you walked down the street, dragging the long shadow behind.
<<timed 10s t8n>>[[Next...?|Explanation]]<</timed>>Thank you for playing this little game. below are some words from me about the concept of the game and the process of making it.
Maybe you already found some plots of the story familiar, and yes, the inspiration comes from World On A Wire. (For those who didn't know, World On A Wire is a film about revealing and escaping from a simulation, and maybe now you will want to stop reading this and play the game again.) I am going to quote myself here:
//"If our world is a copy of an upper-level world, then the upper level must be a copy of another world too, and there must be infinite worlds above us. Only in this way, the truth that all efforts would be in vain at the end can be addressed."//
In this game, I use a lot of 'fake choices' to give the players negative agency. This is, of cause, very risky, but since the story is about illusory freedom and impotent status, I think provoking the players is also a part of it.
I think one of the affordances of using context-free grammar is that each time it runs we get a similar but slightly different story. And somehow I think this is powerful for a topic of infinite copies of worlds. However, as you must know now, there are ways to 'end' the story. (Since you are reading this, I am quite sure you did not take the most extreme one -- closing the browser, but actually, I expect some player to end the story in that way.) In my intention, these ways of ending the story are all metaphors of actions facing the meaninglessness as the essence of life -- we either do not realize meaninglessness essence; or pretend that we did not figure it out; or keep finding meaning even we know there is no meaning; or accept the meaninglessness and become part of the absurd; or just negate everything including ourselves.
In the end, I think the idea of merging Twine and context-free grammar might have potential, but we need to figure out why a story should be and is good to be, told in this way. To use the advantage of combining Twine and context-free grammar, I think the story needs to allow, and encourage, the readers to experience it again and again, or at least twice. Or there is not necessarily a story, you can also create a world that stories, or continents, are linked by the hyperlinks. I think overall the idea is to lead the readers to come back to the same passage again, and let them found out the slight difference and the importantness of the difference of the story.
JohnC<<type 50ms class "typedContent" >>
"<<rs>>(So you human come here just to drink?|To have a chat, of cause! That's called social.|I don't know, why are you here then?)<</rs>>",
<</type>>
<<timed 4s t8n>>"I guess after all the shit happened in the daytime we are all exhausted, huh?", you said, "So, I will skip the how was your day question, what happened?"<</timed>>
<<type 50ms start 7s class "typedContent" >>
"<<rg>>{
dever: "I ran over 100 kilometers on my own wheels today, man. I literally just kept moving and moving from one warehouse to another without even a second stop for gas, god Turing! I think I have carried over 10 tons of goods today, my wheels and hydraulic system are in terrible condition now.",
clerk: "You know, just another day, tons of paperwork, uncountable forms and each one is 10 pages long, I don't even know what they are for. I have been sitting on the desk for 12 hours straight, and that's bad for robots too! It might cause blockage in our hydraulic system.",
mine: "You can tell from the cinder and engine oil on my body, man. I was in the mine for 12 hours straight. I mean I am at least a bit better than those poor human laborers that need to breathe, but that's still inhumane... and inrobot-ne.",
wd: "I was dividing cans for the last 12 hours! God Turing knows from where they got so many cans of different flavors of baked beans. I have repeated the same action a million, no, a billion times! Now I almost forget how to do other things, for example, trying to grab this chair!",
start: "($mine|$clerk|$dever|$wd)"
}<</rg>>"
<</type>>
<<timed 25s t8n>>Then you
[[said "At least you have decent job, pal. You are not shot in a gang fight and end up in the Recycle Center."|ConverWithS3]]
<<if $isBack == 2>>
[[went back to your empty glass|AfterDrink][$isBack += 1]]
<<else>>
[[went back to your drink|AfterDrink][$isBack += 1]]
<</if>><</timed>><<type 50ms class "typedContent" >>
"<<rs>>(Come on!|What?) Decent job? Do you really think that still exists? Man, I am telling you, there is not something called a "decent job" out there. There are only fat, bald, hypocritical capitalists and their poor slaves! That's not better than in the Recycle Center!<</rs>>"
<</type>>
<<timed 15s t8n>>"Yeah. Maybe you are right.", you said. Sili seemed to be happy that you agree with it.
Then you
<<if $isBack == 2>>
[[went back to your empty glass|AfterDrink][$isBack += 1]]
<<else>>
[[went back to your drink|AfterDrink][$isBack += 1]]
<</if>><</timed>>"Well, things bad", said poor Paul. He looked like he's gonna cry. "<<rs>>(It's complicated|Nevermind, it's too sad|Maybe not of the right mood|just like how they always are)<</rs>>", he then said.
"That's not cool, man", you said, "you can tell me all, I am here for you." You ordered a cup of <<rs>>(double whiskey|double vodka|strong cocktail|double gin)<</rs>> for him.
So Paul said, "<<rg>>{
fried :"I lost my job... You know, when they were talking about how those IT giants fire their old employees I thought that were just memes. Then today my supervisor said, she is sorry that after evaluation, my performance last week did not meet the criteria and they need to fire me. But I did my job well, they fire me just because I am 30 now and I cannot work 12 hours for 7 days a week like the 20s anymore. And they don't even gonna pay my salary this month...",
ill: "My doctor told me that I am too fat, and with 10 or 12 chronic diseases. He told me to exercise, or to control my diet, otherwise I might just suddenly die on my way to work or back home. But I need to work 12 hours a day sitting in front of a computer, and that god damn job pays so little that there is no way I can afford healthy food. And if they know my condition, I might lose that job as well...",
disvorced: "Jane, she... she left me. She said I make so little money that it is impossible for us to buy an apartment in 200 years. But I have tried my best, I got three jobs and work 14 hours a day, I can possibly earn more... and she said I never spend time with her, but that's because I am working for our future, why don't she understand?",
broke: "I am broken, man. Really, thanks for the drink, I don't even have a pany to pay for it now... Those motherfuckers guaranteed that I can gain easy money from the stocks just by investing in their short fund. 'Easiest money you can ever make!', and now I just want my money back but they say, 'You have signed for taking the risk.'. Fucking liars!",
start: "($fried|$disvorced|$ill|$broke)"
}<</rg>>"
You didn't know how to answer him, so you
[[brought another drink for him|ConverWithP3]]
<<if $isBack == 2>>
[[went back to your empty glass|AfterDrink][$isBack += 1]]
<<else>>
[[went back to your drink|AfterDrink][$isBack += 1]]
<</if>>"Thank you", Paul said, slowly and softly. "you know what, sometimes I think it is not bad to die suddenly, like pain, stress, everything, are just gone. There is no me anymore, so I am not upset anymore, not disappointed anymore, not..."
Paul did not finish his sentence, but you knew clearly what he was going to say. Clearly his was drunk as fuck and will not be conscious in the next 4 hours.
So you
<<if $isBack == 2>>
[[went back to your empty glass|AfterDrink][$isBack += 1]]
<<else>>
[[went back to your drink|AfterDrink][$isBack += 1]]
<</if>>"<<rs>>(Really?|Come On.|Hmm,)<</rs>>", said Katherina, "I thought we both know that <<rs>>(we both have changed a lot|we are not who we were 15 years ago|we are not the same persons anymore|time changed a lot of things|we are both changed by time|things are not the same as before)<</rs>>."
"Maybe, I mean, basically yes", you answered uncertainly, "so what have you been up to? Still chasing that <<rs>>(artist|illustrator|)<</rs>> dream?"
"You know I will never give up", Katherina rolled her eyes on you, "<<rg>>{
$art: "I recently finished the holo-flower drawing that takes me nearly half a year. I mean, it did not actually take lots of time but you know I have to work and do other kinds of stuff, balabala. But I finally finished it this morning and I am now gonna contact a print shop to print it out. Are you interested in buying a copy? I might give you a good discount for our 15 years of friendship.",
life: "I went to my doctor this morning, he said that some of the numbers are over standard again, so I have to take those pills again. Well, that sucks, but anyway, I am still alive and I can still draw.\"<br><br>\"Don't give me that look, I am not as pessimistic as you.",
work: "But recently I am too busy to draw anything. I have 12 reports due next week and I have been working days and nights for them. I am now just sneak out to enjoy and relax myself a bit so I can get back to them filled with enthusiasm.",
bf: "I always want a boyfriend that shares the same interests with me. He will one day impressed by my artwork and find me in my exhibition, which is a huge event hold in the SoWFModern. For that moment to happen I need to create the best artwork ever in my life - and that's why I am here _ to find inspiration!",
start: "($work|$life|$art|$bf)"
}<</rg>>"
"You are really the one that loves your life most among all people I know", you responded. Then, you
[[rose you glass and said "Cheers for your great life!"|ConverWithK3]]
<<if $isBack == 2>>
[[went back to your empty glass|AfterDrink][$isBack += 1]]
<<else>>
[[went back to your drink|AfterDrink][$isBack += 1]]
<</if>>"Yeah, cheers", she rose her glass too, "for friendship, and for you stop being a radioactive source of negative power"
You shrugged your shoulders, then, Katherina asked, "<<rs>>
$first = (So, enough about me, how are you doing?|So, how are you doing?|So, What about you?)
$second = (Still thinking about why you should not kill yourself?|Still finding a reason to be alive?|Have you found the reason for not being dead yet?|Have you made the decision?)
$first $second
<</rs>>"
You did not answer, and
<<if $isBack == 2>>
[[went back to your empty glass|AfterDrink][$isBack += 1]]
<<else>>
[[went back to your drink|AfterDrink][$isBack += 1]]
<</if>><<set $rules = {
start: "Say my name $name!",
name: "Golden | Bill"
}>>
<<rg $rules>><</rg>>
<<rg $rules 'name'>><</rg>>
<<rg>>
{
start: "Say my name $name!",
name: "Golden | Bill"
}
<</rg>>
<<rg 'name'>>
{
start: "Say my name $name!",
name: "Golden | Bill"
}
<</rg>>
<<rg>>
{
"start": "Say my name $name!",
"name": "Golden | Bill"
}
<</rg>>
<<type 50ms class "typedContent" >>
"<<rs>>(What do you mean?|What? absolutely no.|You are really drunk.)<</rs>>I am a robot, ok? I don't need to breathe, I don't need to eat and digest things - I have a more efficient energy transform system, and I don't think like you human!"
<</type>>
<<timed 11s t8n>>"Yes... no. Maybe I should say us humans are like you robots.", you tried your best to pronounce the words, "You know, maybe we are also like you. Maybe we are programmed too... But done badly, you know, I can't even calculate tax by myself."<</timed>>
<<type 50ms start 8s class "typedContent" >>
"You are REALLY drunk, pal."
<</type>>
<<timed 20s t8n>>"Yeah...." you moved your lips. Then
[[You again asked, "So What do you think is the purpose of your existence?"|askExistance]]
<<if random(90) < 30>>
[[You felt like there is too many liquid in your bladder.|Pee]]
<<set $PSV to 'P'>>
<<elseif random(60) < 30>>
[[You felt like you want a roll of tobacco too.|Smoke]]
<<set $PSV to 'S'>>
<<else>>
[[You felt like something is up in you throat.|Vomit]]
<<set $PSV to 'V'>>
<</if>><</timed>>So, you got up and walked through the back door of Liz's, the toilet is just across the narrow alley.
It was so dark out there in the shadow, just the entrance of the toilet emitting dim yellow light, guiding you to where you need to go to.
After happily emptied the liquid, you stood in front of the mirror. You saw a <<rs>>(fatigued|ugly|pale|weary|unrefreshed|raddled)<</rs>> face, and some silhouettes outside running on the alley.
And you heard some noise from the silhouettes, they seemed to be fighting. Then, you saw the reflection of a handgun in the mirror, the handgun must be hung on one of the siluhouettes' belt.
So you
[[decided to go out to see what's going on|lostMind]]
[[hid in the toilet, peeking out to see what's going on|peek]]You took out a cigarette and got up to leave.
"Here is smokey enough without that cigarette", Katherina said in a smile.
"Yeah but outside is less noisy", you said, "I love to think when smoking."
You got out from the back door of Liz's, a narrow, dark alley is out there. Watching the dim yellow light from the toilet opposite from the alley, you started to enjoy your cigarette.
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SIMUCON
@@
You kept thinking about the sound.
When you finished the cigarette, you saw some silhouettes running toward your direction, and they didn't look nice.
So you
[[went to say hi.|lostMind]]
[[hid into the toilet.|peek]]"Are you ok?", Katherine asked, "you look sick."
"I am fine", you answered," just drink too much." Then you got up and went through the back door of the Liz's.
There is a toilet just across the narrow dark alley, but you could not hold on to there. You started to vomit just at the root of the wall.
After getting all the dinner out of your stomach, you felt a little better, and leaned on the wall.
At this time, you saw some silhouettes running toward your direction, and they didn't look nice.
So you
[[went to ask them if they want a drink too.|lostMind]]
[[hid into the toilet.|peek]]"They are armed!", you said to yourself, "I might get shot! Why am I thinking this?"
Then you
[[hid in the toilet, peeking out to see what's going on|peek]]The silhouettes stopped moving when getting close
"<<rs>>(Sir, please... I don't know what you are talking about, I don't know what's a Simucon. Really, I am telling the truth. Please believe me!|Sir, there must... must be a mistake! I am not some Simucon, I don't even know what does that word means. I am not lying!|Sir, please! You got the wrong guy! I don't know what Simu- whatever it is!)<</rs>>"
You heard one of the silhouettes begging. "They must be the police", you thought, "fortunately I am in here now."
"<<rs>>(Are you sure it is this guy?|The guy doesn't seem to be lying.|Can you confirm we got the right one?)<</rs>>", one silhouette, seemed to be a detective, ask another silhouette.
The one being asked stepped out, so you saw a little bit of the face, and the face looks familiar. "Maybe I have seen this officer on TV", you thought. "Yes. They won't remember anything, that's the good news.", the asked silhouette answered.
"<<rs>>(Good|OK|Let's go)<</rs>>", the detective gave a sinal to the subordinates.
"NO! Please! You get the wrong one! You can't do this to me! Let me go...", the scream became smaller and smaller with the poor guy dragged away by the police.
The alley became quiet again. You
[[got out of the toilet.|backToBar]]
<<if $worldCount>1>>[[stayed in fount of the mirro|seeMirro]]<</if>>Stepped back onto the black alley, you thought about the arrested guy, "What a poor guy, must be another victim for the police's KPI."
But then you realized something was not right. The back door of Liz's is @@.news;GONE@@
"I must be so fucking drunk!", you thought, and you rubbed your eyes to see more clearly. But the door is still @@.news;GONE@@.
"I remember I walked out of the back door, or did I", you thought, "The alcohol is messing me up."
So you decided to
[[try to go through the wall at the position that the door was in your memory|Errrr][$worldCount += 2; $turnedAround = 'no']]
[[look for the door at your left|lookForDoor]]
[[look for the door at your right|lookForDoor]]You walked along the wall for a dozen meters, and there was still no door on the wall.
"That's weird", you thought.
[[Then you looked for the door in the other direction|lookForDoor2]]
[[Then you tried to go through the wall at the position that the door was in your memory|Errrr][$worldCount += 2; $turnedAround = 'no']]
[['"I must be so drunk that I forget Liz's don't have a back door ever."'|frontDoor]]There was no door on the other side of the wall, too.
"What the hell?", you said, "HOW is this possible?"
[[Then you tried to go through the wall.|Errrr][$turnedAround = 'no']]
[['"Maybe Liz's REALLY DONT have a back door."'|frontDoor]]So you found your way to go back to the front door of Liz's.
When you again at the door, you saw the first ray of the morning sunlight, soft like a thin piece of silk. You started to lose your mind and you said
<<rs>>("What a long night."|"What a light."|"I feel dizzy."|nothing|"Whatever."|"Well another day."|"Okay, another one."|"Wow."|"That's cool.")<</rs>>
Then you turned around and walked down the street, dragging the long shadow behind.
<<timed 10s t8n>>[[Next...?|Explanation]]<</timed>><<type 50ms class "typedContent" >>
"Huh?"
<</type>>
<<timed 1s t8n>>Sili seemed to be confused.<</timed>>
<<type 50ms start 2s class "typedContent" >>
"<<rs>>(You tell me, man. You human create me, OK?|What purpose can a robot has other than to get the job done?|You are being weird today, pal. Are you on crack?)<</rs>>"
<</type>>
<<timed 7s t8n>>"Well, of cause I know 'why', you are created.", you said, "but is it the 'purpose' of you?" You stopped for a while, then continued, "I mean now you and me are here together, at the bar. I guess you and I are not so different. But what am I created for? What's my purpose? What's OUR purpose?"<</timed>>
<<type 50ms start 10s class "typedContent" >>
"<<rs>>(I don't know what's our purpose, but I do know that now even me want some alcohol[10]|You know what? Now I want a drink.[10]|I guess I am going to order a cup of you human's drink now.[10]|#$T*&Ese@pe##@&^%#*#&$^#$#&@#)<</rs>>"
<</type>>
<<timed 22s t8n>>Sili did not seem to be interested in this. And
<<if $PSV is 'P'>>
[[your bladder was going to explode.|Pee]]
<<elseif $PSV is 'S'>>
[[you were so desperate for a roll of cigarettes.|Smoke]]
<<else>>
[[you really could not hold what in yout throat anymore.|Vomit]]
<</if>><</timed>>You saw the face in the mirror. For a while you thought it is weirdly unfamiliar.
<<rs>>(For a dozen minutes you kept just standing there and looking into the mirror with your void eyes. The same pair of eyes in the mirror was sucking you into somewhere you don't know.|You started seeing yourself on the above, for a dozen minutes you totally forgot everything, you couldn't recognize anything around you, but they are strangely familiar, it felt like you have a stroke.|You started to lose control of yourself. You tried to move your lips, but your image in your vision stay still. You tried to shout, but you seemed to see your lips rise slightly.)<</rs>>
When you suddenly realized that you have been standing there for too long, you
[[left the toilet.|backToBar]]
[[turned on the faucet.|washFace]]
<<timed 12s t8n>>[[jumped into the mirror.|Errrr][$turnedAround = 'no']]<</timed>><<if $worldCount > 2>>The water was cold, cold like a blade, like a tombstone, like a dead body... but still refreshing.
@@.baumans;What now.@@
<<timed 4s t8n>>Then you decided to<</timed>>
<<timed 4s t8n>>[[walk into the mirror.|Errrr][$turnedAround = 'no']]<</timed>>
<<timed 4s t8n>>[[get back to the bar.|backToBar][$turnedAround to 'no']]<</timed>>
<<timed 4s t8n>>[[just stand there and do nothing.|stand]]<</timed>>
<<timed 4s t8n>>[[made a gun guesture with you right hand and put it in your mouth.|suicide]]<</timed>>
<<else>>The water was cold, and refreshing. You felt alive, and the image in the mirror became clear again.
"Even too clear", you thought.
Then you decided to
[[get back to the bar.|backToBar][$turnedAround to 'no']]
<<timed 10s t8n>>[[jump into the mirror.|Errrr][$turnedAround = 'no']]<</timed>>
<</if>>You thought you understand something.
<<timed 2s t8n>>You thought you figure out the essence of yourself from your absurd stories.<</timed>>
<<timed 4s t8n>>You stopped taking.<</timed>>
<<type 50ms start 6s class "typedContent" >>
You started typing.
<</type>>
<<timed 8s t8n>>[[yes|spEnd]]<</timed>><<type 20ms class "typedContent" id "spEnd">>
<<rs>> (0100001101101111011011100110011101110010011000010111010001110101011011000110000101110100011010010110111101101110001000010010000001011001011011110111010100100000011000010111001001100101001000000110011001110010011001010110010100101110[9]|01010111011001010110110001100011011011110110110101100101001011000010000001100111011101010110010101110011011101000010000000100011001101000011001000101110[9]|010101110110010101101100011000110110111101101101011001010010000001100010011000010110001101101011001011000010000001110100011100100110000101110110011001010110110001101100011001010111001000101110)
<</rs>>
<</type>>
<<timed 7s t8n>>[[You have finished the story. Now you can choose to read a few sentences by the author.|Explanation]]<</timed>><<type 40ms class 'redType'>><<rs>>(010001010111001001110010011011110111001000100001[9]|0101011101000001010100100100111001001001010011100100011100100001[9]|0100010101010011010000110100000101010000010001010100010000100001[9]|011010000110010101101100011011000110111100100000011011100110010101110111011000100110100101100101)<</rs>><</type>>
<<set $timetoshow to random(500, 1000)>>
<<timed $timetoshow+'ms'>><<goto Begin>><</timed>>Slowly, you pull the trigger.
<<timed 2s t8n>>"Pong", you said.<</timed>>
<<timed 4s t8n>>You saw yourself putting a bullet in your head.<</timed>>
<<timed 6s t8n>>You saw yourself cutting your vein with a blade.<</timed>>
<<timed 8s t8n>>You saw yourself falling.<</timed>>
<<timed 10s t8n>>You saw yourself suffocated.<</timed>>
<<timed 12s t8n>>You saw nothing. You are nothing.<</timed>>
<<timed 14s t8n>>Everything is negated. You, too.<</timed>>
<<timed 16s t8n>>[[Cool.|spEnd]]<</timed>>