Time... is it really that time again?
For the fate of all dreams lies in your protection. You are ''(text-colour:red)[F](text-colour:yellow)[a](text-colour:green)[t](text-colour:navy)[e]''. Alongside your brother, (text-colour:yellow)+(text-style:"bold","smear")[Destiny], you two are responsible for protecting the Dreamweb, which in turn produces dreams for the material world. Dreams which give people desires. Dreams which give people aspirations. Dreams which give people hope. You both take your duty very seriously, however many see you as juevinile and a bit childish.
[[A terrible vision...]]
You sit on the luxiously soft bed resembling a giant mashmellow. You can [attempt to sleep on it]<cli| , or [[Get up->bedroom]]
(click: ?cli)[Despite your best attempts, you have trouble lying down on it. The lovely sun is up and there is too much on your mind]He's your pet Fluffle - a cute pink ball of fur with two very large eyes. He's been by your side for years. An energetic fellow, he tends to release all his energy during the day and then sleep for long stretches of time during the night. Flufflebash is $fedfluffle
[[Pet Flufflebash]]
[[Punch Flufflebash]]
(link-goto: "Back", $lastPassage)
You are in the main hall. You can either go to your [[bedroom]], the [[main room]] or the [[bathroom]].
Your lovely bedroom in this gingerbread house smells like peaches. Sitting against the wall is your mashmellow-soft [[bed]]. You have a cabinant with a [[television]]. You can leave and go to the [[hallway]][[Flufflebash]] looks at you as you are in the main room. The [[Kitchen]] is to your right. To your left is a [[potions table]] - you had something brewing last night. There is also a [[couch]] you sometimes like to sit on. You can also go to the [[hallway]].
(if:$fedfluffle is "Looks at you with absolutly wide eyes, staring at you expectedly. It's the morning, which is when you normally feed him.")[You can also [go outside]<cli|]
(click: ?cli)[Attempting to get close to the door just results in Flufflebash squeeking and then jumping over to block you from exiting. Are you forgetting something?]
(if:$fedfluffle is "looks warm and content, smiling at you with his two large eyes")[Flufflebash is no longer angrily blocking the door outside, so you can go (t8n-arrive:"shudder")[[outside your house->outside your house]] once you're done fiddling around in your apartment]
(set: $lastPassage1 to "main room")You walk over to your bathroom, with [[Flufflebash]] following you. A literal bathroom, you like to [[take hot baths in your Spa ->Spa tub]] here. [[Flufflebash's food bowl]] made of a bright pink plastic sits on the floor. (if:(history: where its name contains "feed flufflebash")'s length is not 0)[You haven't fed the guy yet, and he looks at you expectedly.] (if:(history: where its name contains "feed flufflebash")'s length >= 1)[You've fed the guy, but he always seems to really want seconds.]
There's a magical [[Mirror]] in the bathroom as well that is often used to get in touch with you when it's hard to otherwise. If you turn around you can [[exit the bathroom->hallway]] and go to the hallway
(set: $lastPassage1 to "bathroom")
You take a walk into your kitchen. You're made of magic and don't really need to eat, but you still enjoy doing so because it makes you feel a bit more human. Your [[refrigerator]] only has packs of soda in it right now, so there's no use toying with an ovan at this point.
[[Go back->main room]]
It's a nice comfortable sofa, made out of a material that feels like a mashmellow. You take a moment to sit on it, and [[Flufflebash]] curls up next to you
You can [lie down and sleep on the couch,]<cli|, or [[turn back around to the main room->main room]]?
(click: ?cli)[Putting all your responsibilities away, you attempt to lie down on the sofa. You actually have trouble resting on it, and go back to sitting ]
You have a cheap flatscreen in your bedroom. Unfortunately the reception is awful You can still[turn it on though]<cli| it?
(click: ?cli)[You turn the television on. All you see is snow. The vision of it still enthrals you for a good five minutes before you snap back to reality]
(link-undo:"Stop fiddling with the tele")This is [[Flufflebash]]'s food bowl. He wanders around it hungrily. You can [[feed flufflebash]]. or [[Stop observing the foodbowl->bathroom]]
Right now however you really don't have time to take a nice, relaxing and hot bath. (if:$fedfluffle is "Looks at you with absolutly wide eyes, staring at you expectedly. It's the morning, which is when you normally feed him.")[Flufflebash is hungry, and you honestly don't feel comfortable getting in the tub when he's like this]
(if:$fedfluffle is "looks warm and content, smiling at you with his two large eyes")[Destiny has told you to look at the forest outside your house. You don't wish to disapoint him.]
[[bathroom]] You know, through all of this, you never thought to take a good look at yourself. You're some type of ethereal being here to protect the Dreamweb. You don't exactly know where you're from... and this is honestly the first time this thought has crossed your mind.
You wear a Technicolor Dreamcoat, a robe that sparkles with the colors of the rainbow, and a blue wizards hat atop your head. You have a blue beard that has taken you centuries to grow out. You think it makes you look wise, although many others (including your brother) tend to see you as childish and juevinile.
You give yourself a thumbs up through the mirror, which itself is able to act as something of a reciever for magical images. Other magical beings tend to use this when they have trouble getting in contact with you... which due to your forgetful nature, is somewhat often...
[[Stop looking at yourself, already!->bathroom]] (if:visits is not 1)[You've already fed the guy and he's eaten what you've given him already. You don't really like the idea of overfeeding him - the guy has no portion control
[[I mean, alright->bathroom]] ]
(set: $fedfluffle to "looks warm and content, smiling at you with his two large eyes")
(if:visits is 1)[You put a handful of gumdrops in his bowl. He rushes over and nibbles at the sweets, gobbling them up rancorously. You take a moment to smile at him - as bizzare as it is, you find him eating to be rather cute.
Suddenly, through your mirror appears the visage of Destiny, your brother Destiny appears in his golden robes. He eyes you with a glaze that's somewhat dissapointed, yet at the same time, somewhat expected. He wears a set of golden robes that shine brightly, and a sword is slung over his back. Where a dark void would be is instead an ever-shimmering beacon of light. You give him a chipper wave and a smile. He groans.
"You know, I hate having to meet you like this..." he states calmly. "But the time of Oblivions inevitable attack comes soon" he states.
(Wait, [[Oblvion who?->Ask about Oblivion]])
With a slight groan, he looks at you. "Brother, have you by any chance noticed anything strange going on? Maybe - not too far outside your garden?"
You stroke your blue beard to try and figure out what he means "I mean the taffy trees are tasting a bit bizzare but things seem rather swell otherwise and -"
Destiny inturrupts. "Fate... I think Oblivion is ushering an attack sooner than expected. I've heard whispers of him planting agents for... some purpose. And I've heard it's happening in the forest not too far from your little candy hovel"
Ohh...
"I'm coming over to look at this myself" Destiny continues to state "But in the meantime, you're going to have to look at this yourself."
The thought crosses your mind to [[complain to Destiny]] about doing this. Of course, since he's here, you can [[ask how he's doing->make small talk with Destiny]], as you really don't see him too often. You can also [[agree with him, wave goodbye and turn off the transmission from your mirror->bathroom]]]You check up on your garden. Rows of plants fill your vision. The taffy trees are coming in rather well although the Chocolate Truffles have seen better days as they have been smelling a little bit rancid recently.
[[outside your house]]
You are outside your ginderbread house. There is your [[garden]] next to it
(if:visits <= 1)[It seems, however, that you also have a guest! A [[Blue blur of a figure->wandering dreamer]] wanders around blindly, not knowing what he's taking in.]
The way to the [[Cottonplum forest]] is up northIt's a small walk to this point but you reach the front of the forest path surrounded by [[Cottonplum Trees]]. A [[Group of Wandering Dreamers]] idles near the entrance chatting about something. Destiny wants you to[[go through the forest->Pathway through the forest]] and you arn't quite sure what's on the other end - when you leave your house, you normally take a cloud to travel quite a ways away!
"Hey!" you inturrupt. "Who's Oblivion"
Destiny looks at you awkardly for a moment, even scratching his head. "Ah - Are you joking?" he asks.
... "Right, so I'm your brother, okay? There's a third one of us called Oblivion. Sour man, he wishes to purge existance into an everlasting void."
You rub your blue beard. "Okay..." you comment
"Yes, and he plans to do so by invading this world first, which would then let him more easily corrupt the material world. Some know it as Earth"
["Right, but I mean, what is he like?"]<cli|
(click: ?cli)[Destiny pauses and looks around. "Okay, right"
"The guy wears a set of robes like we do, but his are blood red and organic. He has a set of bloodshot eyes around..." Destiny stops, rubbing his hand over his face "Here, and on the rare occasions you see him happy, he has this menacing grin that instills fear even in me!" speaks Destiny, holding a hand over his chest]
(link-undo:"I think I get the picture")
"Soooo how are //you// doing in this fine morning?" you ask him
He pratically raises an eyebrow. "Is this really the time?"
"Yes!"
"Okay, fine... uh..."
He seems legitamently at a loss for words. Just chatting about his life isn't something he does. He's a man of action, not words. But since you're pressing him, he opens up a little
"Well, my side of the Dreamweb tends to be more active than yours. While yours is filled with eugh..." He pauses, shaking his head for a moment "... Sugars, sweets and gumdrops..." he states, perhaps a bit disapointed, "My side tends to be full of hostile creatures and conflict. Even the ground itself rumbles with the occasional volcano, and I have to personally come down and help the wandering dreamers out"
"But do you like doing it?" you ask. He looks down and softly chuckles. "Yeah, I think I do..." he responds
(link-undo:"Cool!")"So I mean, tell me about yourself then!"
He looks at you slightly impatiantly, and then sighs "Okay fine."
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"No, you're just dreaming" you tell him
"Woah! That's like, so cool! You're like Merlin or something, man."
You smile, but then let him down some. "Thanks, but you're probably not going to remember this."
"Man, why not?" he asks
"Because you're going to wake up soon" you tell him.
"You sure? I think I could stay here forever and -" And then he fades away. It's going to be morning on the east coast and the poor guy is likely waking up.
You hate to see them leave but you love to watch them go. With nothing to do here, you should instead start heading to the Cottonplum Forest.
[[outside your house]]
"Hey, wanna see something cool?" you ask the figure. He looks at you awkwardly yet in awe as you pull out a pack of cards and flip them between the two sleeves of your robes. You spin the cards around so they resemble a sphere that you juggle between your shoulders. The wandering dreamer looks at your trick utterly mesmerized.
"Man that's so neat. You think you could show me how to do that or -" And then, in the blink of an eye, he fades out. As much as you love to see them leave, you hate to see them go - it's about 9:25 on the west coast of the Material World, and it seems like the guy is just waking up. Part of you hopes to see him again.
[[outside your house]] Every time someone sleeps, their essence travels to the Dreamweb in a form like this. Blue and shimmering, resembling a shilloette, this here is a wandering dreamer. It looks at you awkardly.
"So like, is this the end of the world or something?" he asks, seemingly out of sequence wondering what exactly he's taking in. Usually completely confused, these beings tend to act vapid and distant, disconnected from everything else. You can [[talk to the wandering dreamer]] or just [[preform a magic trick for]] him.
You open up the fridge to see it bare and clean. Honestly, being made out of magic, you don't really have to eat or drink, but you sometimes do it and absorb the nutriants to feel more human. You can [[Grab a Cherry Fizzitpop->Cherry Fizzitpop]] or a [[Root Sparklebash]] or you can [[Close the refrigerator->Kitchen]][drink]<cli| it?
(click: ?cli)[words]
(if:(history: where (passage:it)'s tags contains "Fluffle-is-fed")'s length is not 1)[His big round eyes look at you expectedly.]
(if:(history: where (passage:it)'s tags contains "Fluffle-is-fed")'s length is 1)[He looks at you curiously but with content]
What do you want to say to him?
(if:(history: where its name contains "feed Flufflebash")'s length >= 1)[ [[Tell Flufflebash you gotta get going]] ]
[[Nothing->Flufflebash]] You well up your hand and attempt to smack the poor little creature across it’s pink little body. As you curl your hand into a fist, he simply looks at you sheepishly with his big, round eyes. You find yourself unable to hit him and instead [[Pet Flufflebash]] A number of Wandering Dreamers have gathered in the area. (if:(history: where its name contains "Wandering Dreamer")'s length is 1)[Wandering dreamers are ghost-like aberitions that represent a person's psyche in the Dreamweb. They go away when the person wakes up.] Sometimes these Dreamers tend to corralate in groups. You can [[Talk to them]] as they seem to be in some deep conversation or [[Go back->Cottonplum forest]]
As you go through the forest, things suddenly get quite a bit darker. It's like the sun stopped shining, as more and more of the plants start turning a sickly purple before becoming a black. The [[bark on the Cottonplum trees goes from a bright red to looking like it's melting->blighted tree]]. It's not a pretty sight, and you can occasionally see a a [[mutated creature]] feasting on [[plants full of poisonous-looking berries->plant full of poisonous-looking berries]] and then scurrying away.
[Go further]<cli|
(click: ?cli)[You keep moving foward through the forest. Eventually you see a bit of light in it, as more and more of the trees start going from rotted to deforested. [[You see a light->Cyano]] as you move forward]
Big billowy plants raising all the way up to the sky, the trees here grow a candyfloss-like substance and have bark that's red and soft - almost resembling a licoriche. The tips of them are a mixture of pastel pinks and purples, with the occasional blue thrown in for good measure.
[[Go back->Cottonplum forest]] forest]]
You take a closer look at one of the trees. The red lichoriche bark of it is now melted, looking like sap with occasional bubbles and burn marks. It smells legitamently awful, like rotted sweets as what remains of the candyfloss leaves drip fluid.
(set: $blighted to "yes")
[[Ew!->Pathway through the forest]] Eugh... it's a plant that looks like it's quite literally melting. There are cloves of little berries on it which don't look like they should ever be eaten. You can still [absorb their nutriants]<cli|
(click: ?cli)[You know, you're quite glad you're literally made of magic otherwise this would have probably killed you. As it stands, the things tast rancid. Foul. The flavor is similar to milk that has been left out for a week. You choke and wonder why you even did this (set: $ateberries to "yes")]
(set: $berries to "yes")
[[Stop inspecting the plant ->Pathway through the forest]] It's actually something similar to flufflebash, but instead of large eyes, the creature in a dark shade of blue has rather large teeth. It growls at you. You can [get closer to it]<cli| if you're really daring
(click: ?cli)[You move closer to the creature and it barks at you.[You can try to pet it if you are daring]<cli2| ]
(click:?cli2)[YEOW! The thing just goes over and bites your hand! You struggle for a moment to get him off. He finally does so and then scurries off (set: $mutated to "yes")]
[[No wait, changed my mind, go back!->Pathway through the forest]]Well, you've arrived to a source of the infection. It smells like burnt garbage and the ground is soft, with paths leading to [[Rotted gingerbread houses]]. The air is cold and there is a feeling of emptyness. One of the few warm areas is a [[building with an open sign->Exterior of a building with an open sign]]
(if:$metscareddreamer is not "yes")[You arn't quite alone. You see a [[Scared Dreamer]] wandering around the place. He looks like he's completely freaking out.]
(if:$knowsdes is "yestrue")[Now that you know where it is, you can go to[[Desecrate]] ]You take a look at your messy Alchemy bench where you tend to craft potions as a bit of a hobby. You left one brewing overnight that turns things into flowers. It looks about ready. Do you [[Grab the Flowers potion->Grab Flowers potion]] or [[Go back->main room]] ?You grab the potion that you left brewing overnight.
(set: $haveflowers to "yestoo")
[[Okay!->main room]]
You go over to one of the houses. The frosting binding them together is a dripping liquid. Dents and holes poke through the various houses with the gingerbread colored as a dark violet.
You can [knock on the door]<cli|, or [[turn around and go back->Cyano]]
(click: ?cli)[You knock on the door a few times. They don't open. Infact, you just hear the sound of latches and locks being engaged]Going closer to the one accessible building, you find [[Some being wrapped up in a blanket]] The door to [[Inside of the general store]] remains open and unlocked. You can also [[Go back->Cyano]] (if:$been2generator is not "yesyesyes")[ So this must be where Deglith told you where the Generator is. Just as well, you can see it in the distance, as well as the [[Agents of Oblivion, standing gaurd ->Idle Agents of Oblivion]] . Some [[Ink-like substance]] is all over the ground. [[Closer to the Generator]] You can also head right back to [[Cyano]]]
(if:$been2generator is "yesyesyes")[The Agents of Oblivion are still peppering the area with gunshots. Destiny is doing his best to counter them. The [[Ink-like substance]] on the ground is starting to bubble. If you need to grab something from [[Cyano]] then you better do it fast!]You find a figure who looks at you a bit odd. He has purple skin with a light yellow beard on his face alongside small horns coming out of his head. Hunched demeanor, he's wrapped up in a set of blankets.
You can[[talk to the blanketed figure]] or ignore him and go back to [[Exterior of a building with an open sign]]
(if:$havesoda is "yes")[You have a spare soda kicking around in your coat. You can [[Give him one of your sodas]] ]You enter the store and a bell rings. [[The shopkeeper->Deglith]], a large purple and hunched-over figure similar to the figure outside. He has a scratched eyepatch over one of his eyes as he grumbles at you and polishes a glass.
The store itself is baren and dark. . There's one item that crosses your vision, marked as a [[Grease potion]], listed on sale for 2 coins. Given your affinity for potions, you are quite curious about it. (if:$haveflowerpotion is not "yesyes")[Something tells you that you'll need it]
You can also [[Go back outside->Exterior of a building with an open sign]] "Hello!" you chipper excitedly
He gives you a weird look.
(after:4s)["Look I don't know who you are - but if you're just here to gawk at me then you can just go, okay? Scram!"]
[[Well, okay then...->Some being wrapped up in a blanket]]
(if:$knowsclippit is "yes") [ [["Is your name Clippit?"]] ]You summon a set of playing cards and flip them between your two coat arms. Deglith looks at them completely mesmerized. "Aw man, that's so cool."
He flips two gold coins your way. "Here, take these. Get yourself something nice, man. "
[[I will, thanks!->Some being wrapped up in a blanket]](set: $havemoney to "yestoo")(if:$spoketoDeglith is not "yes")["So uh. Hello!"
He's silent, simply looking at you as he continues to polish the glass.
"What's with those robes, kid?" the figure asks.
["It's a Technicolor Dreamcoat!"]<cli|
["I don't think that's any of your buisness!"]<cli|
(click: ?cli)[Deglith examines you fully. "Hey, arn't you that guy from that little house not too far from here?"
You pause for a moment "Er, I mean, yes?" you respond. Deglith spits in the glass. "I don't like that house. It's tacky and loud."
["Oh, well... I'm sorry to hear that. Can I at least know your name?]<cli2| ]
(click: ?cli2)[The figure pauses. "Uh. Okay... Well, I'm Deglith. I run this little shop, the people here actually look up to me as a bit of a father figure here."
A few things come to mind to ask him. [[What is the history of this place]],[[What's the deal with the guy outside?]] or even [[What's the source of the corruption?]] [[How do you guys deal with the wandering Dreamers?]] ]]
(if:$spoketoDeglith is "yes")["Something you want, Kid?
[[What is the history of this place]],[[What's the deal with the guy outside?]] [[What's the source of the corruption?]] [[How do you guys deal with the wandering Dreamers?]] ]
You can also [[Go back->Inside of the general store]] Marked in a milky white bottle is an item marked "Grease Potion". The storekeeper chimes in. "What, curious about that? If you throw it at the ground somewhere, it'll make a slippery mess."
"How much?"
"It's two gold coins."
(if:$havemoney is not "yestoo")[You don't have any money right now, so you *cant* buy it]
(if:$havemoney is "yestoo")[ [[Buy the potion]] ][[Don't buy->Inside of the general store]] Up ahead, taking gaurd are the Agents of Oblivion that Deglith talked about. They prowl around the generator taking gaurd. Thick black uniforms dress their boil-infested skin as they hold large weapons bolted onto their arms.
They thankfully haven't spotted you yet.
[[Bleh, Nasty!->Desecrate]]You poke the ink-like substance seeping from ground. Immideatly you regret it - the fluid has a distinct feeling of death running through it. It's clear on further inspection that this must be the stuff corrupting the land around it. The fluid pools around the ground and occasionally the Insomnia Generator pumps more into the air, quickly splashing int the ground.
[[Bleh!->Desecrate]]You get closer to the Insomnia Generator but the [[Agents of Oblivion]] turn around and start opening fire. Hails of bullets whiz past you.
Suddenly, [[Destiny]] comes in, riding his horse. He slides off it and begins parrying bullets with his sword. "Came just in the nick of time, haven't I?"
In the protracted gunfight, Destiny is put on the defensive. All the Agents of Oblivion end up targetting him, and not you. The good news is that he seems to be able to defend himself. The bad news is that he's unable to really fight back - the Agents have him pinned down.
"I can't get rid of these guys while defending you!" he huffs. "If you have something that can get rid of them, use it now!"
(if:$haveflowers is "yestoo")[ [[Throw Flowers potion]] at the Agents of Oblivion]
(if:$havegreasepotion is "yestoo")[ [[Throw Grease potion]] at the Agents of Oblivion]
[["Uh, be back in a second!->Desecrate]]
(set: $been2generator to "yesyesyes")Large figures with fleshy boils and black millitary jackets, these Agents of Oblivion must be Oblivion's special strike team. Huge weapons are bolted onto one of their arms. You try to make a move at the Agents of Oblivion but they start firing their scattercannons at you! Loud, brutal weapons, shells of the things fly past your robes.
One of the shells almost hits you! And then before you can react, Destiny slides over and parries the next few hits with his sword! You hear a few lound DINGS! as the shells hit his blade made of some magical compound.
"You should really stay back, Brother! If you have something that can take care of them from a distance I'd use it on them!
(if:$haveflowerpotion is "yesyes")[ [[Throw Flowers potion]] at the Agents of Oblivion]
(if:$havegreasepotion is "yestoo")[ [[Throw Grease potion]] at the Agents of Oblivion]
[[Okay I will!->Closer to the Generator]]
Clad in his golden robes,
Do you want to [talk to Destiny?]<cli|
(click: ?cli)["Hey Destiny! I-"
Suddenly, the Agents of Oblivion, hearing a new source of noise, start opening fire at you! But your brother is quick, sliding to your location and parrying their bullets with his sword!
"Is now really the best time for this?"]
[[Go back->Closer to the Generator]] You toss the potion you had back at your house at the Agents of Oblivion. Suddenly, flowers begin sprouting from their skin. They turn their weapons towards you and open fire.
They arn't so lucky. Their bullets suddenly become small seeds which don't even reach you. The entire grotesque bodies of these creatures continues to sprout. Multitude of colors, reds, blues, purples and oranges. They're rather pretty to look at now, and you would say it is a vast improvement.
Destiny scratches his head. "Well. I suppose that's one way to solve it. Come now, the Generator is up ahead!"
You did it! You have [[defeated the Agents of Oblivion->disable the generator]]!
(set: $statflower to "yes")You toss the potion you got from Deglith at the Agents of Oblivion. It spills across their feet. At first they are distracted for a small bit, and then they start advancing towards you two.
And then they slip. With a loud CRACK, The arm cannon of one of the Agents comes flying off, and another breaks a robotic leg it apparently had. One other gets up quite quickly. He aims his cannon towards you!
But not fast enough. Destiny takes this moment to make a quick advance. Light shoots out of his sword and the Agents evaporate into brightness. You did it! You have [[defeated the Agents of Oblivion->disable the generator]] ! Nothing stands in your way between you and the generator!
(set: $statgrease to "yes")You get closer to the thing. Looking like an oil rig, the mechanics of the thing sound like a beating heart. It's rather unnerving. And it's the heart of this entire corruption.
Just as you take another step though, you hear a familier voice. Running this way, you recognize him as Deglith.
"Wait! Waiit!" he yells. "If you destroy this then you'll purify the land!"
You look at him confused. "Yeah, I mean, that's the point, right?"
"And if you do that, you'll purify the town. We lives here!" he shouts, all but pleading with you not to go through with this. Destiny shoots you a look. "You really can't be serious about this. This thing needs to go, Fate."
"Look, I can take care of this area if you make me it's caregiver. The sweetened land you call a home... it's not good for us. Like, at all." yells Deglith. Destiny scowls. "And this corrupted soil is not good for US! You fail to know what's at stake, fool! The fate of this entire world, as well as the material one, rests with this decision"
Well, Fate, you old boy, what's it going to be?
[[Disable the Generator anyways->Ending 1: Birth by sleep]]
[[Tell Destiny off and make Deglith the caregiver->Ending 2: Insomnia]][[Ending 1: Birth by sleep]][[Ending 2: Insomnia]]"Brother, we can't destroy this. The people here need it to survive."
Destiny looks at you awkwardly. "I hope you're joking..."
"I - I'm not. I don't think I've been more serious about anything. We can't do this"
Deglith nods. "Look, if it's all the same to you, I can run this place. I more or less have for the past year or so."
Destiny almost readies his sword to strike down Deglith. He recoils, but you shoot him a concerned stare. "Fine. But I'm *not* cleaning this place up when it inevitably gets corrupted. That's your job now, and mark my words - it will"
[cont.]<cli|
(click: ?cli)[And it does. Months pass and you eventually have to evacuate from your house, taking flufflebash with you - it's rather hard to live in the place when the walls smell of sour milk.
It takes a few months for the people of Cyano to get the generator working in a way that both supports the blight of the town without spreading it, but they eventually do. It takes them an even longer time for them to get used to the Wandering Dreamers. Even now they still don't like them, occasionally go out of their way to scare them, but most take a weird and sympathetic warming to them.
When Oblivion's armies came, they came angry. The blighted land gave them an oppertunity to spill into the world and spread it farther. But they arn't able to get too far - the Residents of Cyano join the fight against them
(t8n-depart:"dissolve")+(t8n-arrive:"zoom")[[Final ending tally->Final ending tally]] ]
(set: $ending2 to "yes")You shake your head. "No - we really can't risk this place coming back" you tell Deglith. You take one of the Agent's rifles and attempt to jam it into the machine. Deglith attempts to stop you one last time as you frantically destroy the thing. Destiny throws him down to the side. He scrampers off. The generator comes to a buzz and a halt. Destiny swipes at what's left of it with his sword, and it vanishes into lightness.
[cont.]<cli|
(click: ?cli)[Time passes and the small town is all but forgotten about. Despite Deglith's protests, apparently the residents of the place are still around. But the town itself struggles, with the non-corrupted areas of the Dreamweb purifying the area. Cottonplum trees grow in the place. Your garden has never tasted better.
Eventually, a brand new town begins growing in that area. Tartfrost, as the new residents begin to call it. It is a surprising hit with the dreamers. Resembling a theme park as the large trains peak over the treetips, even visible from your shack.
It's not all sunshine and rainbows. When Oblivion's army attacks in the few years, they find the former residents as willing recruits...
[[Final ending tally]] ]
(set: $ending1 to "yes")Slowly you get out of [[bed]]. Was what you just saw a vision of things that could be, or will be?
[[Flufflebash]] chirpily jumps up and down next to you, eying you hungrily. You like to feed the little guy every morning. You remember that his food bowl is in the bathroom.
You have a [[hallway]] to your left leading to either the main room or the bathroom
(set: $fedfluffle to "Looks at you with absolutly wide eyes, staring at you expectedly. It's the morning, which is when you normally feed him.")You have bought the potion
[[Cool!->Inside of the general store]]
(set: $havegreasepotion to "yestoo")With the occasional one popping away, they seem to be in a discussion on whether or not its a great idea to go into the forest. One mentions that one of the dreamers went in and never came out in passing through the conversation.
Eventually however, as is the fate of wandering dreamers when they wake up, they all slowly fade off.
[[Cottonplum forest]]
Oh my! It's cherry flavored!
Do you [drink]<cli| it, or [[Take it with you->Take Cherry Fizzpop]]?
(click: ?cli)[The taste is rather sweet and tart. You down the whole thing in one go.]
[[Keep looking in the refrigerator->refrigerator]] [[Actually, just head back to the kitchen->Kitchen]]The bottle of this rootbeer-flavored drink is a nice crips brown. There's an image of a mouse drinking the soda
You can [drink]<cli| it, or [[Take the Root Sparklebash with you]]
(click: ?cli)[You absorb the nutriants and flavor from the drink. It's a bit pale but rather sweet tasting. ]
[[Keep looking in the refrigerator->refrigerator]] [[Actually, just head back to the kitchen->Kitchen]]You sense something. You sense his presence. Hating existance and wishing it to return to a black void comes (text-colour:(hsl:0,0,1,0.7))+(background:(gradient: 359, 0.2915,#000000,0.5,(hsl:0,0.8039,0.5,0.65),0.7973,#000000))[Oblivion]. Every 100 years on the spot he attemps to corrupt the dreamweb, merging it with the (text-style:"blur","fidget")[Misery Sphere], where nightmares are born. It's about two years until this happens again, which you are sure is [plenty of time!]<cli|
(click:?cli)[(text-style:"smear","fidget")[And yet, in your sleep, you feel a cold and unwelcome presence. It's one you've felt for a while. Yet this time it's intense. You can't shake it. You feel a vision of things getting cold, screams, and then it fades to darkness and... nothing. Just nothing. Not a spare thought or...
[...]<cli|
(click: ?cli)[ [[Wake up]]
(t8n-depart:"blur")+(t8n-arrive:"blur")(link-goto:"[[Wake up in a cold sweat->Wake up]]","Wake up")
(t8n-depart:"shudder")+(t8n-arrive:"rumble")(link-goto:"[[Wake up screaming->Wake up]]","Wake up") ]]]
(set: $lastPassage to "")there is [[locked door]] and [[room with key]]
(if:(history: where its name contains "pick up key")'s length >= 1)[[open the door]]]
[[testworld]][[pick up key]] [[testworld]]
[[tangentthing]] horay!ok
[[tangentthing]]
[[testworld]](cycling-link:"test","ay","be","cee")go back to where you came
(link-goto: "Return", (history:)'s last)Fix flufflebash logic - done, mostly
Put in logic for Agents of Oblivion
Put in logic fo Destiny in the mirror
Then keep writing as many discriptions as you can.
Specifically, the 2nd act"But I don't *wanna* check outside!" you whine. Destiny gives you a rancid and sour look, yet perhaps one that's not entirely unexpected. "Fate, if you don't, the entirity of this world threatens to be swallowed up in a void. The damage to the material world would be substantial. Bloodshed. Endless wars. Nothing would survive, Fate. Existance and time itself would soon cease to exist"
(link-undo:"The thought of this hollows you. you breath in, slightly on edge and agree that this would be bad")
Double-click this passage to edit it.Double-click this passage to edit it.Screencap this in feedback to show some of the actions taken.
(if:$ending1 is "yes")[ENDING: BIRTH BY SLEEP]
(if:$ending2 is "yes")[ENDING: INSOMNIA]
AGENTS OF OBLIVION - METHOD OF DISPATCH: (if:$statflower is "yes")[POTION TYPE = FLOWERS] (if:$statgrease is "yes")[POTION TYPE = GREASE]
PLAYER:KNOWSCLIPPIT:(if:$havemoney is "yestoo")[TRUE]
(if:$ateberries is "yes")[BERRIES: ATE (UNFORTUNATELY)]
(if:$mutated is "yes")[PLAYER:HASBEENBIT: YES (UNFORTUNATELY)]
PLAYER:INVENTORY:SODA (if:$havesoda is "yes")[TRUE] (if:$havesoda is not "yes")[FALSE]
(if:$scareddreamer is "yes")[DREAMER-IN-CYANO:STATUS:SCARRED]
PLAYER:KNOWSDEGLITH: YES
FLUFFLEBASH:STATUS: FED
AGENTS-OF-OBLIVION:STATUS: DISPATCHED
OBLIVION:STATUS: ANGRY
COMPILING FINAL RANKING...
(if:$scareddreamer is "yes")[Your(after:2s)[RANKING:(after:3s)[(text-colour:yellow)[''SCARE BRINGER'']] ]]
(if:$scareddreamer is not "yes")[(after:2s)[RANKING:(after:3s)[(text-colour:yellow)[''DREAM MASTER'']] ]]
(after:25s)[Adventure by CEOMINDSET20]You take the rootbeer-flavored drink with you as you shut the door to the fridge
(set: $havesoda to "yes")
[[Okay!->Kitchen]]You take one from your fridge and shut the door
(set: $havesoda to "yes")
[[Okay!->Kitchen]]You reach down to pet the little creature. He makes a purring sound in contentment
[[Aww...->Flufflebash]](if: not ((passage:)'s tags contains "Fluffleint"))[(set: $lastPassage to (passage:)'s name)]
You pet the little creature on his head. He flips himself over and lays on his belly, which you pat. "Flufflebash my good friend, I need to get going for a little bit"
He seems to understand, purring in disapointment.
"But I'll make sure I'm back later for you, okay? I'm only going to be out for a bit"
He squeeks happily, and lightly licks your hand
[[Cute!->Flufflebash]] Double-click this passage to edit it.Double-click this passage to edit it.Double-click this passage to edit it.Double-click this passage to edit it.He looks at the drink and gulps it down. "Oh man, that's actually great. I haven't had anything like that to drink in..."
He pauses for a moment, looking around. "Hey, you're alright. Listen I don't have a ton of money on me or nuttin' but I mean..."
He looks around. "You want that Grease potion my man Deglith got? You look like a guy who handles those things."
He stands up to enter the building. "Hey look, just gimme a minute". Entering the structure, he comes out with the Grease potion and gives it to you.
(set: $havegreasepotion to "yestoo")
[[Score!->Some being wrapped up in a blanket]]Double-click this passage to edit it."Well..." he pauses, taking a breath. "So one day me and some mates are going through the forest, right? We come across this inky substance on the ground"
"The stuff kept creeping forwards towards us, right? One of us touches it and well..." He motions to himself, showing off his greasy purple skin. "Does this to us"
"Now we try going back, maybe see if we can find a way to undo it? I mean I'll be frank with you, I think the horns rather add character here, but we start feeling sick when we touch the sweetened grass. We find out quickly that we only really start feeling well when we're on this darkened soil. We start building a town here to remedy this. I mean we can go beyond it for a bit and occasionally do, but really it's only for a little while. Makes us sick"
Deglith looks around. "Now occasionally we see these jackbooted thugs wander around near our town, alright? They tend to gaurd this one area to the south. One time, Chippit here goes over towards one of them. They hit him in the shoulder with one of thems rifles they have strapped to their arm. He says he heard some angry figure talk to them through some type of radio to gaurd something called an 'Insomnia Generator'. Weird, right?"
Angry figure... that must be Oblivion. Insomnia Generator? What's that?
"So we think that's the thing that's transforming this 'ere area. We'd actually really like it if someone got rid of those 'Agents of Oblivion' gaurding it"
["Hey so uh, you woulden't happen to know where that is, would you?"]<cli|
(click: ?cli)["Yeah, we call that area Desecrate. It's to the south of here from the main town.
[[Alright, cool!->Deglith]] ]
(set: $knowsdes to "yestrue")
(set: $spoketoDeglith to "yes")"That's Clippit, my hunting friend."
Deglith points to his eyepatch. "You see, when we were hunting, he accidently did this. I mean it's cool - hurts like hell but I rather like the way it looks on me"
"So when we were building houses, we didn't have enough for everyone. That's why I let him stay here."
"Don't let his apperence fool you. He's actually quite friendly and likes it when people preform for him"
(set: $knowsclippit to "yes")
(set: $spoketoDeglith to "yes")
[[Alright, cool!->Deglith]] "What do you mean Corruption, kid?"
["The way things are rotting, it's kinda gross!"]<cli|
(if:$mutated is "yes")[ ["The mutated little creatures! One tried to bite me!"]<cli| ]
(if:$blighted is "yes")[ ["The dead cottonplum trees!"]<cli| ]
(if:$berries is "yes")[ [Those really nasty looking berries! They taste as awful as they look!]<cli| ]
(click: ?cli)[He gives you a really sour look. "You know I woulden't call that corruption. We need to really go looking for more supplies to support this place, but we actually like the way things grow here."
Maybe if you're trying to ask him about the source about this stuff, it'd [[be best to take another approach->Deglith]] ]
(set: $spoketoDeglith to "yes")Double-click this passage to edit it.Double-click this passage to edit it.Double-click this passage to edit it.Double-click this passage to edit it.Double-click this passage to edit it.Double-click this passage to edit it.Suddenly the figure goes from being rather dour to being bright and cheery. "Wah - why yeah, it is."
He takes a pause. "Hey look I know I look all destitute and all but Deglith here takes good care of me. Now you look like you know magic and things. I'll make it worth your while if you can pull off a card trick for me or something"
[[Yeah, I can do that->preform magic trick for]] Another Wandering Dreamer, he looks around and eyes the place with complete fear. The sudden twist from an area bright and flowery to one of utter gloom has completely shocked him to his core. Looking like his heart is about to explode from nervousness, he looks over to you.
"Oh my god - please tell me this is a dream!"
[[Calm him down]]
[[Preform a magic trick for the Scared Dreamer]]
[[Scare him]]
(set: $metscareddreamer to "yes")You hush him for a bit. "Yeah - this is a dream" you tell him. Awkwardly, he stops acting as if bugs are suddenly crawling over his skin and calms down.
"Oh - I mean, I knew tha-"
He then fades away and vanishes. He'll probably forget all about this place, thankfully
(set: $calmdreamer to "yes")
[[Go back->Cyano]] Quickly, you pull out a set of cards between your robes and flick them between each of your arms, spiraling the cards over your magical cap with a smile.
"Jesus christ what the hell are you, anyways?" he yells
[[Yeah, that didn't work, did it?->Scared Dreamer]]You put your hands up above your head and yell "Boo!"
"''AAAAAaa!!!''" he yells. And then he fades away.
Good job, man. You just gave that guy nightmares. Are you proud of yourself?
[[...Not really...->Cyano]]
(set: $scareddreamer to "yes")Deglith gives a large grin across his patched face. "We scare the bejesus out of them, hah!"
(if:$scareddreamer is "yes")[You rub your shoulder awkwardly. "Y-Yeah, imagine doing that, hahah..."
[...->Deglith]]]
(if:$scaredreamer is not "yes")["You really shoulden't do that, Deglith. These beings wander in here and suddenly don't know what to make of it. You should be more supportive"
"Yeah, and these blue specters shoulden't come in here, then."
[[You give Deglith a concerned look->Deglith]] ]