You are in your room. You've been here for quite awhile now.
You are surrounded by four white walls and a single window, with a bed, desk, closet, and bathroom to keep you company. There is also the door that leads out of your room.
What do you do?
[[Inspect the Bed]]
[[Inspect the Desk]]
[[Inspect the Bathroom]]
[[Inspect the Closet]]
[[Inspect the Window]]
[[Inspect the Walls]]
(if: $ending is 6)[ [[Inspect the Exit]] ]Your bed is unmade. It smells like you, for better and for worse. Comfortable. Safe.
What will you do?
(unless: $bedsearch is "yes")[(set: $ending to $ending + 1)]
(set: $bedsearch to "yes")
[[Look at something else.->START]]
[[Lay down.]]
[[Go back to sleep.]]
[[Make your bed.]]Your desk is covered in random papers, empty bottles, and other trash. You take pride in that there is no rotting food on it. Your laptop is here, as well as a desk chair.
What will you do?
(unless: $desksearch is "yes")[(set: $ending to $ending + 1)]
(set: $desksearch to "yes")
[[Look at something else.->START]]
[[Check the laptop.]]
[[Sit in the chair.]]
[[Clean the desk.]]Your bathroom is quaint and small, with a somewhat claustrophobic shower, a sink with a dusty mirror, and a toilet.
What will you do?
[[Look at something else.->START]]
[[Take a shower.]]
[[Turn on the sink.]]
[[Clean the bathroom.]]
(unless: $bathsearch is "yes")[(set: $ending to $ending + 1)]
(set: $bathsearch to "yes")Your closet is disorganized and filled with clothes. Loungewear and pajamas are at the top of the pile, while everything else has sunk to the bottom.
What will you do?
[[Look at something else.->START]]
[[Look through your clothes.]]
[[Check the upper shelf.]]
[[Clean the closet.]]
(unless: $closetsearch is "yes")[(set: $ending to $ending + 1)]
(set: $closetsearch to "yes")The window outside faces another building, stark and grey. If you peer downwards, there is an alleyway, and if you crane your neck, you can see the main street.
What will you do?
[[Look at something else.->START]]
[[Stare at the other building.]]
[[Peer at the main street.]]
[[Open the window.]]
(unless: $windowsearch is "yes")[(set: $ending to $ending + 1)]
(set: $windowsearch to "yes")The walls of your room are a dull beige color. There are a few odd smears and stains that may or may not have come from you. There's also a moth sitting on the wall.
[[Look at something else.->START]]
[[Stare blankly at the walls.]]
(unless: $moth is "eaten")[ [[Look at the moth.]] ]
[[Clean up around the room.]]
(unless: $wallsearch is "yes")[(set: $ending to $ending + 1)]
(set: $wallsearch to "yes")You look at the door leading out of your room.
[[Go outside.->ending1]]You lay down in bed, idly scrolling through social media on your phone. You see photos of people's pets. A headline about death counts. A video of a politician making an idiot of himself. A woman in a department store spitting in the face of an underpaid employee. A selfie of someone at a crowded beach, smiling as if nothing is wrong. Another headline about death counts.
You scroll for a long time before you manage to turn off your phone.
[[Back to the top. ->START]](if: $sleep is "yes")[You try to lay down and sleep some more, but you can't help but feel restless. Still, you hardly want to get up, so you end up laying down, staring listlessly at the ceiling for an unknown amount of time.]
(unless: $sleep is "yes")[You've already slept for most of today. What's a few hours more?
You lower yourself into the blankets and close your eyes. You're not sure if you sleep or how much you sleep, but when your eyes open again, there's a foul taste in your mouth. (set: $sleep to "yes")]
[[Back to the top. ->START]]You really should do that, shouldn't you? The bed hasn't been properly made in awhile. It'd be more comfortable to lie in if it were made, and if you could change the sheets, it'd be more hygienic too. You have nothing better to do, anyways.
...
Yet for some reason, you can't bring yourself to do it.
[[Back to the top. ->START]]You open up your laptop and a familiar screen greets you.
What will you do?
[[Check social media.]]
[[Play a game.]]
[[Get some work done.]]
[[Look at something else->START]]You sit down in your desk chair, sinking into the old cushions. The chair creaks under your weight in a familiar manner. One of these days it's probably going to give out on you, but... oh well.
[[Look at something else. ->START]]
[[Check the laptop.]]While there's no active biohazards on your desk, it's still a disorganized mess. You spend a lot of time at your desk because of work, so it would surely make you feel better if your workspace was clean, right? You have no other plans for today, so you might as well put the effort into making your room a little more comfortable.
...
Yet for some reason, you can't bring yourself to do it.
[[Back to the top. ->START]]You turn on the water and peel off your clothes, stepping into the shower. The water is lukewarm. You let out a deep sigh and just let the water flow over you.
You exit the shower a few minutes without washing your hair. You put the same clothes back on.
[[Back to the top. ->START]]You turn on the sink and let the cool water run over your clammy hands. The sweat on them is stale and warm, so there's something refreshing about running the water over them.
You turn off the water and look in the mirror.
You look fucking horrible.
...
[[Back to the top. ->START]]You're a fairly clean person, so your bathroom rarely gets to the level of filth one may expect from a space that's gone uncleaned for some time. Still, there are a few stains here, some dust there - enough that you could definitely justify cleaning it, especially with the abundance of free time you have now.
...
Yet for some reason, you can't bring yourself to do it.
[[Back to the top. ->START]]You decide to dig through your disorganized pile of clothes. There are many novelty logo t-shirts you never thought you'd wear, but you've been living in them as of late. Same thing with the sweatpants that well-meaning family members had gotten you for holidays that you assumed would just take up space for the rest of time.
The closet's messier than before.
[[Back to the top. ->START]]The upper shelf in your closet is covered in old junk you've never managed to throw out. Boxes filled with unopened presents, outdated pieces of technology, and devices you never used and definitely don't work anymore.
Looking at the wasted potential makes you feel horrible.
[[Back to the top. ->START]]Your closet's not dirty, per se, but it is horribly disorganized. It'd be easier to go through it if it were better organized, with your clothes properly hung up. You have the time today, so why not do it?
...
Yet for some reason, you can't bring yourself to do it.
[[Back to the top. ->START]]The neighboring building is covered in cold grey bricks. There are no windows on this side, leaving the only visible part of it to just be the stark, lifeless wall. There's a ledge where birds used to nest, but now it's covered in thin spikes that prevent them from doing so.
You miss the sound of them.
[[Back to the top. ->START]]There are people walking up and down the main street. Not nearly as many as usual, but enough of them that it... irritates you. Part of it is jealousy, you think. But only part of it.
They have no right.
[[Back to the top. ->START]]Fresh air is always good. You reach out to crack open the window, the sill creaking in protest as you do so. Fresh air fills the room and you can't help but feel the immediate rush in your brain when you inhale.
Then, outside, you hear voices.
There are people outside. There are people outside and because of them, you're stuck in here.
...
You close the window.
[[Back to the top. ->START]]You sit down on the edge of your bed and stare blankly at the walls around you. You've been getting used to doing this. Every little bump and groove in the paint is familiar to you now.
[[Back to the top. ->START]]You look at the moth sitting on the wall. It flutters its wings idly, but doesn't move.
What will you do?
[[Inspect it.]]
[[Kill it.]]
[[Eat it.]]There's meaningless clutter all around the walls. Surely, you can do something about this, right? Even if it's just consolidating the mess under your bed, or just picking things up, it should be an easy fix.
...
Yet for some reason, you can't bring yourself to do it.
[[Back to the top. ->START]]Time to check social media.
You see photos of people's pets. A headline about death counts. A video of a politician making an idiot of himself. A woman in a department store spitting in the face of an underpaid employee. A selfie of someone at a crowded beach, smiling as if nothing is wrong. Another headline about death counts.
You scroll for a long time before you manage to peel yourself away.
[[Back to the top. ->START]]You decide to boot up one of your favorite video games. You play it for about five minutes before you realize how bored you are. You boot up a different one instead to the same result. You try again. You try again.
Nothing is fun anymore.
[[Back to the top. ->START]]You've been working from home for awhile now. Deadlines are approaching, and you have a lot you need to get done. It's nothing you haven't done before, of course, in fact these assignments are things you're certainly quite good at.
...
Yet for some reason, you can't bring yourself to do it.
[[Back to the top. ->START]]It's a common grey moth. You decide to leave it alone for now.
[[Back to the top. ->START]]You grab one of your shoes and whack the moth with it. A footprint covers the stain it leaves behind. You don't clean the mess up afterwards.
(set: $moth to "eaten")
[[Back to the top. ->START]]You grab the moth as it wriggles helplessly in your fingers and shove it into your mouth.
Why the hell did you do that?
The moth is gone.
(set: $moth to "eaten")
[[Back to the top. ->START]]You can't.
[[Give Up]]
[[Go outside->ending2]]You decide to stay inside.You can't. You can't.
[[Give Up]]
[[Go outside->ending3]]Your hands shake.
You can't. You can't.
You can't.
[[Give Up]]
[[Go outside->ending4]]You feel sick. You can't. You can't go out.
[[Give Up]]
[[Go outside->ending5]]Why do you even want to go outside?
[[Give Up]]
[[Go outside->ending6]]There's nothing out there for you. Not anymore.
[[Give Up]]
[[Go outside->ending7]]You miss the world.
[[Give Up]]
[[Go outside->ending8]]So much time has been stolen from you.
[[Give Up]]
[[Go outside->ending9]]You may be alive, but you've lost so much of your life.
[[Give Up]]
[[Go outside->ending10]]You're so tired.
[[Give Up]]
[[Go outside->ending11]]You miss living.
[[Give Up]]
[[Go outside->ending12]]You have to say goodbye, now.
[[Give Up]]
[[Go outside->ending13]]Goodnight.
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