<div class="info">
<i>Whispers echo from the forest...</i> </div>
$name knows only too well the nature of the thing that pursues them in the dark. <p> <i>The shadow grows behind you. Do not fear, but the only way through is forward. Per Aspera...</i> <p>
[[NEXT->1-2]]
The shadow grows closer. $name panics. The last time they panicked, they ran off into the woods, leaving them where they are now.
In the distance there is a house. $name knows this. $name desperately wants to avoid that house, enough to make then turn and bare their face to the approaching fog.
[[APPROACH THE HOUSE->1-3]]
[[LIE FACEDOWN ON THE FOREST FLOOR->1-2-1]]
The house awaits. It may be a new situation, but the feeling of walking into the inevitable is all too familiar. $name sets their jaw and tiptoes into the hands of fate.
[[Go inside->Crossroads 1-4]]
$name turns left and walks into the library. Fourth on the left on the third shelf of the fourth bookcase in the seventeeth row is $name's favorite book,(either: "Ender's shadow","PEte the cat: pete at the beach","This is how you lose the time war", "the Count of monte cristo", "dante's Inferno", "pRide and prejudice", "ONe fish two fish red fish blue fish", "vampires don't wear Polka dots"). $name is too stressed out to read right now. <i><i/>
[[NEXT->2-2]]
$name wanders around a bit. There is a very nice sign above the exit of the library.
"Didn't find what you were looking for? Come back some other time. The library is your best friend."
[[Leave the library->Crossroads 1-4]]
[[Wander around some more->2-1]]
[[Explore the back of the Library->2-3]]
The right side of the house entry leads to a sitting room.
The air in the room is stifling. $name coughs. Time is slipping away: they must hurry up.
[[Read the paper above the fireplace->3-2]]
[[Search through the cabinets->3-1-1]]
[[Inspect the carving on the wall->3-3]]
[[Back->Crossroads 1-4]]You turn back the way you came, but the only other option than the path you've been on is a dark opening in the Earth. The caves within are too deep for you to glimpse their end.
<i>Per Aspera...</i>
[[descend into the labyrinth->4-2]]
At the top of the stairs is a door. $name tries the handle but cannot get the door to budge. Three locks stand between them and whatever lies beyond: a red, a silver, and a black.
(if: $red is true and $black is true and $silver is true)[$name takes all three keys out of their pocket and inserts them into their respective locks one by one. The knob is cold to the touch, but $name twists it and gives the door a solid kick, gritting their teeth all the while. Clouds of dust spiral in the air as the door reluctantly creaks open. [[Walk through...->5-2]]](else:)[$name is going to need to find all three of the corresponding keys if they want to know what's behind the door. [[Go back downstairs->Crossroads 1-4]]]
The right side of the house entry leads to a sitting room.
[[Back->3-1]]
Upon closer inspection, the carving in the wall is made up of an array of buttons.
[[Back->3-1]]
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They slump to the ground with a sigh of relief, leaning against the door through which they came. The darkness in pursuit will not be able to reach them here.
A faint whisper sounds from the other side of the wall.
(font: "Courier New")+(t8n: "dissolve")+(transition-time: 3s)["Do you know me?"]
[[NEXT->5-3]](set: $map to "")\
|workarea>[
(for: each _y, ...(range: 1, $dungeon's length))[
(for: each _x, ...(range: 1, $dungeon's (_y)'s length))[
(if: _x is $positionX and _y is $positionY)[
(set: $map to it + "P ")
]
(else-if: $dungeon's (_y)'s (_x) is 0)[
(set: $map to it + "# ")
]
(else-if: $dungeon's (_y)'s (_x) is 1)[
(set: $map to it + ". ")
]
(else-if: $dungeon's (_y)'s (_x) is 2)[
(set: $map to it + "E ")
]
(else-if: $dungeon's (_y)'s (_x) is 3)[
(set: $map to it + "X ")
]
]
(set: $map to it + " <br>")
]
]\
$map
{
(set: $seperator to "")\
(set: _north to $dungeon's ($positionY - 1)'s ($positionX))
(set: _east to $dungeon's ($positionY)'s ($positionX + 1))
(set: _south to $dungeon's ($positionY + 1)'s ($positionX))
(set: _west to $dungeon's ($positionY)'s ($positionX - 1))
(if: _north is 1)[
$seperator
(link: "North")[
(set: $positionY to it - 1)
(replace: ?map)[(display: "Map")]
]
(set: $seperator to " | ")
]
(else-if: _north is 2)[
$seperator[[Exit]]
(set: $seperator to " | ")
]
(else-if: _north is 3)[
$seperator[[?]]
(set: $seperator to " | ")
]
(if: _east is 1)[
$seperator
(link: "East")[
(set: $positionX to it + 1)
(replace: ?map)[(display: "Map")]
]
(set: $seperator to " | ")
]
(else-if: _east is 2)[
$seperator[[Exit]]
(set: $seperator to " | ")
]
(if: _south is 1)[
$seperator
(link: "South")[
(set: $positionY to it + 1)
(replace: ?map)[(display: "Map")]
]
(set: $seperator to " | ")
]
(else-if: _south is 2)[
$seperator[[Exit]]
(set: $seperator to " | ")
]
(if: _west is 1)[
$seperator
(link: "West")[
(set: $positionX to it - 1)
(replace: ?map)[(display: "Map")]
]
]
(else-if: _west is 2)[
$seperator[[Exit]]
]
}{
(set: $dungeon to (array:
(a: 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0),
(a: 0,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0),
(a: 0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0),
(a: 0,1,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,0),
(a: 0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0),
(a: 0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,0),
(a: 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0),
(a: 0,1,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0),
(a: 0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0),
(a: 0,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,1,2,0),
(a: 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0)
)
)
(set: $positionX to 2)
(set: $positionY to 2)
}$name stumble out of the maze into a small vault. In the middle of the room sits a table displaying a single black key. $name picks up the key and puts it in their pocket.
(set: $black to true)
[[Back upstairs->Crossroads 1-4]]|map>[(display: "Map")]The house is dim, but $name has no problems in the dark.
"What now?"
[[Turn Left->2-1]]
[[Turn Right->3-1]]
[[Go into the basement->4-1]]
[[Go upstairs->5-1]]
[[UMBRA->Details]]
(set: $red to 'false')
(set: $black to 'false')
(set: $silver to 'false')
The button stays pressed. A good sign?
[[Back->3-1]]
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There's a red key inside. $name picks it up and puts it in their pocket.
(set: $red to true)
[[Back to main room->Crossroads 1-4]] (set: $name to (prompt: "Input Name", ""))
[[BEGIN ->Forest 1-1]] $name lies facedown in a neverending ocean of leaf dust. $name's prone body is now nearly submerged in degrading organic matter; They would care more were they not petrified at the thought of that which they refuse to think about. The fog is a breath away from brushing the soles of $name's shoes before they lose their courage and run far, far away. The shadow looms behind, lurking as always.
[[APPROACH THE HOUSE->1-3]](set: $password to (prompt: "Enter Password","") )
(if: $password is "perception")[[[The cryptex breaks apart and the door swings open...->2-6]]](else:)[You are wrong. [[Back to the Library->2-1]].]There's a less dusty spot on the wall in an alcove in the back of the library. $name brushes off the cobwebs and spots a cryptex set into the wall. It has 10 spaces for letters.
[[Try your luck->2-3-5]].Nothing happens. $name shrugs.
"Guess I didn't figure the puzzle out."
[[Back to sitting room->3-1]]"I know you. Ghost. Shadow. <i>Umbra.</i>"
(font: "Courier New")+(t8n: "dissolve")+(transition-time: 3s)["Then why do you run?"]
...
[[NEXT->5-4]]
A click sounds deep within the panel on the wall, which slides open to reveal a previously hidden alcove. Inside sits a gleaming silver key.
$name picks it up and puts it in their pocket.
(set: $silver to true)
[[Explore the rest of the house->Crossroads 1-4]]The only thing in the cabinets is a scrap of paper.
[[Back->3-1]]"Perhaps I'm exerting my free will. Appropriating my own destiny."
(t8n: "flicker")+(transition-time: 3s)[Silence.]
$name sits cross legged on a dusty wooden floor in the dark.
Is this what freedom feels like?
$name always imagined there would be a bit more light.
[[NEXT->5-5]]For whatever reason, $name feels compelled to speak.
"Alright, fine. I am afraid."
(font: "Courier New")+(t8n: "dissolve")+(transition-time: 3s)["You know, it is foolish to be afraid of oneself."]
[[NEXT->5-6]](font: "Courier New")+(t8n: "flicker")+(transition-time: 1s)["Are you happy, then?"]
$name laughs, but there is no humor to it. "I've won. You can't reach me here."
(font: "Courier New")+(t8n: "flicker")+(transition-time: 4s)["You know, it is foolish to be afraid of oneself."]
[[NEXT->5-7]](font: "Courier New")+(t8n: "dissolve")+(color:red)[[["Do you think that I am not here with you? I will always be here, because you cannot outrun your own shadow."->5-8]]]
The eerie silence begins to feel more stifling than comforting. The darkness of the room holds a thousand shadows.
(font: "Courier New")+(t8n: "dissolve")+(color:red)+(transition-time: 3s)["Well, $name? You've decided to cut off your own shadow. But can you live without light?"]
"You drove me from my own house into the night. When I came back, you shut me into my own bedroom. This hardly feels fair."
[[NEXT->5-9]](font: "Courier New")+(t8n: "dissolve")+(transition-time: 1s)+(color:red)["Life isn't fair. Anyways, don't you remember? <b>I am you.</b>"]
$name takes a shuddering breath.
"Maybe I've been acting foolishly. Playing out my own games in my own house to distract myself from the reality of this story. But I'm afraid, you know. You're pretty difficult to get rid of..."
[[NEXT->5-10]](font: "Courier New")+(t8n: "flicker")+(transition-time: 2s)["I guess you'll just have to keep me, then. Next time you run away, you'll be able to take me with you."]
$name takes a shuddering breath. They reach for the object in the drawer of the desk against the wall, able to find it even in the dark. This is their house, after all.
[[Then they strike a match.->5-11]](t8n: "dissolve")+(transition-time: 10s)[<h1>UMBRA</h1>]