<<timed 2s t8n>><center><h1>FIRE FOREST</h1></center><</timed>>
<<timed 3s t8n>><center><h1>[[ILLINOIS REMIX|prolouge]]</h1></center><</timed>><<timed 1s t8n>>Hello there, what’s your name?
<<textbox "$name" "">>
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<<timed 4s t8n>>Why are you here? Are you seeking something perhaps? Looking for adventure, looking for information, looking for familiarity?
Sorry… Let me slow down this all must be rather overwhelming, how are you feeling?
<<textbox "$feeling" "">>
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<<timed 12s t8n>> Ah, I see
Well, your adventure awaits, [[click|intro]] when ready…
<</timed>><<type 60ms start 2s>>One night you find yourself walking down the deserted gravel trail of the prairie near your home. Something unknown to you had compelled you to take this evening stroll even with the bitter wind that chilled you to the bone.
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<<type 60ms start 1s>> Despite the poor weather you are overcome with a deep warm feeling of content in your chest. The sky is bright with stars and the coos of the birds and crickets guide you calmly through the tall grass. That is until you reach a [[cross roads]]…
<</type>><<type 100ms start 1s>> Will you choose to go:
[[Straight?|straight]]
[[Left?|left]]
[[Right?|right]]
<</type>><<type 60ms start 2s>> You choose to go straight:
You’re already heading this way anyways, might as well keep on trekking. You are admiring the constellations when you notice something gleaming on the ground a few paces in front of you. You quicken your pace and when near you realize it’s a [[coin…|coin straight]]
<</type>> <<type 60ms start 2s>>You choose to go left:
You knew someone who was left handed a while back, they were pretty cool, maybe this path will be too. You are admiring the constellations when you notice something gleaming on the ground a few paces in front of you. You quicken your pace and when near you realize it’s a [[coin…|coin left]]
<</type>> <<type 60ms start 2s>> You choose to go right:
The right path must be the right way..? You shake off your terrible attempt at a pun and keep moving forward into the night. You are admiring the constellations when you notice something gleaming on the ground a few paces in front of you. You quicken your pace and when near you realize it’s a [[coin…|coin right]]
<</type>><<if $encounter eq 1>>
<<type 60ms start 2s>> Next thing you know you wake up in your bed. Your shoes still on and your coat still hugged tightly around your body. You shoot up and look around your room for any sign of the ghostly blue light, but the only source of luminance is the rising sun seeping through your curtains.
The smooth stone is still clenched in your cold [[fingers…|outro]]
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<<type 60ms start 2s>>Next thing you know you wake up in your bed. Your shoes still on and your coat still hugged tightly around your body. You shoot up and look around your room for any sign of the ghostly blue light, but the only source of luminance is the rising sun seeping through your [[curtains...|outro]]
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<<set $encounter to 1>><<type 60ms start 2s>> You hand over the coin and as the creature takes it from you you can feel the heat emanating from its limb. The creature sings a small tune before disappearing in a flash of light.
All that is left behind is a small blue bag. You pick up the blue bag and empty the contents into your hand. A smooth blue-green marbled stone falls into your palm. It looks as if it’s [[glowing…|end]]
<</type>><<type 60ms start 2s>> You stuff the coin in your pocket and flee!
Who wouldn’t? You run until you are forced to stoop and clutch your knees in an attempt to catch your breath. Once you recover you reach into your pocket and pull out the coin. It gleams in the blue moonlight and as you flip it in your hand you are blinded by it’s [[shine…|end]]
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<<type 60ms start 2s>> What happened, $name ?
You may never find out
After that experience I’m sure you no longer feel: $feeling .
Next time maybe don’t walk off into the prairie in the middle of the night.
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<<type 60ms start 2s>> You scoop the coin into your hand, but as soon as the cool metal touches your palm the world goes [[black…|end]]
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<<type 60ms start 2s>> You no sooner scoop the coin from the ground when a burst of blue-green light flashes in front of you…
You blink fast clearing your blurry vision and notice a small creature of light has appeared. It glows from a source undetermined, but clearly is internal. It’s eye are void of emotion, but that doesn’t deter you, instead that warm pool of calm fills your chest again. The creature gingerly reaches out it’s limb in what appeared to be a gesture for the coin…
You are compelled to oblige to the, but the shock of the striking appearance wears off and you are met with the reality that you are alone with a small-blue-light-creature in the middle of no where.
Quickly you shove the coin in your pocket and make a run for it past the small creature, heading deeper into the void prairie. Once you feel that you can slow your pace you spare a glance over your shoulder, the blue creature is no where to be found. You sigh and turn to face the path again.
option "But your relief is short lived as now there are three of the creatures floating in front of you, their eyes just as soulless and that familiar feeling of calm has been replaced with deep sickly dread
Before you can even move, the world flashes [[blue…|end]]
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<<type 60ms start 2s>>The right path must be the right way..? You shake off your terrible attempt at a pun and keep moving forward into the night. You are admiring the constellations when you notice something gleaming on the ground a few paces in front of you. You quicken your pace and when near you realize it’s a coin…
You no sooner scoop the coin from the ground when a burst of blue-green light flashes in front of you…
You blink fast clearing your blurry vision and notice a small creature of light has appeared. It glows from a source undetermined, but clearly is internal. It’s eye are void of emotion, but that doesn’t deter you, instead that warm pool of calm fills your chest again. The creature gingerly reaches out it’s limb in what appeared to be a gesture for the coin…
You are compelled to oblige to the, but the shock of the striking appearance wears off and you are met with the reality that you are alone with a small-blue-light-creature in the middle of no where … should you [[hand-over]] the coin or do you [[run]]?
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