//This is all for you.\nEvery time you come back, you look back. \n\nBut that's all right. \nYou have a new universe at your disposal.//\n\n[[OKAY.|1.2]]\n\n

//Walk around\nLook out towards the skyline\nWe could contemplate all the love stories in the world \n\nBut we will contemplate your own\nAfter all,// [[WE ARE KINGS|1]]

//...Yeah.\n\nYeah, you're right.//\n\n[[...|7.3]]

There are several rooms down the hallway.\nOne leads to the master bedroom.\nThe next, to the common room. \nThere is also a small balcony on the far right. \n\n//This is a hard time for both of us. \nI've blocked out this floor, I can't control it. \nI still hope you'll find what you're searching for.//\n\n[[I'LL TRY THE BEDROOM|7.3][$next = 1]]\n<<if ($next is 1) or ($next is 2)>>\n[[COMMON ROOM SOUNDS NICE|8][$next = 2]]\n<<endif>>\s\n<<if $open is 1>>\n[[...|9][$next = 3]]\n<<endif>>

A mirror has its place on the left. \nYou notice a nightstand. \nThe bed seems very comfortable.\n\n//You should look at yourself.//\n<<if $beauty is "true">>\s\n//I don't think I'll ever be able to tear my eyes away.//\n<<endif>>\s\n\n[[OKAY WHY NOT|7.4]]\n\n[[WHAT ABOUT THE NIGHTSTAND|7.5]]\n\n[[I WANT TO TRY OUT THE BED|7.6]]\n\n[[ACTUALLY, I WANT TO GO.|7.2]]\n\n

I REMEMBER WHEN I TOLD YOU THAT I UNDENIABLY LOVED YOU\nI REMEMBER THAT WE COULDN'T BE\n\n//It's okay that it took you some time to see it all again. \nSometimes, I lose it all too.//\n\n[[The staircase ends.|7.2]]

A quote, written in white ink on the wallpaper, reads: \n\n"You thought that the night was <<print $night>>\nI could have given you the night"\n\nBelow, almost indistinguishable, a small pencil scribble:\n\n"the day the day is what i took"\n\n//...//\n\n[[UHUH|6]]\n

You open the book and start reading. \n\n//"Shout everything. \nShout to show that you agree. \nShout to show that you disagree.\nShout for yourself.\nShout for your loved ones. \nShout for all the ones that just nod in silence."\n\nYou might have been wondering why everything you say, you shout.\nThis is why. I wanted to make sure that every little thing you said was amplified.\nI wanted to make sure you were heard.\n\nIf you shout ten times at the void, \nthere is a chance that the eleventh,\nit will shout back at you.\n\nDon't you think?//\n\n[[WOAH|6][$shout = 1]]\n\n

You hold the beverage firmly. It conforts you. \nYou sip quietly, while observing the books from afar. \n\n//The one on the far end of the table, \nthat one has the quote I told you about.//\n\n[[OH?|6.2]]

A few pens, a notebook, an empty cup.\n<<if $shout is 1>>\s\nA worn book with one word on the dark cover: SHOUT.\n<<endif>>\s \nOn the edge, a white alarm clock. \n\n//You would always wake up a bit before me. \nI would always wake up feeling loved.//\n\n//...//\n\n//I didn't expect you to remember it. \nOr was it I that put it here? \nWe should know how this place works by now.//\n\n[[IT'S FROM BOTH OF US, I BELIEVE|7.55]]

...NO, IT'S FINE. YOU CAN STAY.\n<<if $beauty is "true">>\s\nYou radiate.\n<<endif>>\s \n//...alright.//\n\n[[LET'S MOVE|7.3]]

//It hasn't changed since the last time I was here.\nI don't think it has ever changed, for that matter.//\n\nTHE BOOK COLLECTION HAS GROWN EXPONENTIALLY.\n<<if $shout is 1>>\s\nLAST TIME I WAS HERE WE DIDN'T HAVE TEN COPIES OF SHOUT. \n<<endif>>\s \n//Don't be embarrassed. Half of them are mine, remember? \nYou are just as invested as I am. \nWhether that is a good thing, \nI don't know.//\n\n[[NEITHER DO I|8.2]]

//The scent is hopeful\nYou would always make tea before you went to bed\nWhen I tasted the air, I smiled//\n\nThe kettle boils. \n\n[[IT'S READY|4][$drink = "tea"]]\n

//I never told you this \nbut when you're grumpy, before drinking your coffee\nthat's when I love you the most//\n\nThe kettle rattles. \n\n[[ALL DONE|4][$drink = "coffee"]]

//..hey.//\n\n[[YEAH?|8.3]]

<<if $night is "something you cannot define for now" and $weather is "weird" and $location is "in the doorway">> You are quite lost. It's okay<<endif>>\n\n

//me too. \nMostly during weekend mornings.\nThose are all you.//\n\n[[FOR ME, ALL IS YOU|8.5]]

The gardens are furious, blooming and grandiose.\n\n[[THE START|9.6]]

//I'll ask you a few questions, so we can give shape to things.//\n\n//What is the weather like in your palace?//\n\n[[HOT|2][$weather = "hot"]] || [[MILD|2][$weather = "mild"]] || [[COLD|2][$weather = "cold"]] || [[NOT SURE|2][$weather = "weird"]]

//Darling,//\n\n//Do you think that the night is beautiful?// \n\n[[YES|4][$night = "breathtaking"]] || [[THE DAY IS |4][$night = "only a shadow of what the day could be"]] || [[NOT SURE|4][$night= "something you could not really explain"]] \n\n

//I am sorry that you don't have an awful lot of choice. \nIt's hard to rebuild a kingdom from scratch every time one of us visits.//\n\n//Are you outside, or inside?//\n\n[[OUTSIDE|3][$location = "outside"]] || [[INSIDE|3][$location = "inside"]] || [[NOT SURE|3][$location = "in the doorway"]] \n

The kitchen is small, but quite cozy. \n\n//I am sorry I cannot provide you with everything;\nthis is the best I can do.//\n\nAs you look out the window, you notice that the night is <<print $night>>.\n\n//Would you like some tea?//\n\n[[YES PLEASE|5.1][$drinky = 1]]\n\n//Or maybe you're all about coffee.//\n\n[[MAYBE|5.2][$drinky = 1]]\n\n//You can always boil the kettle later.//\n\n[[SURE|4]]

You are stood in your palace, <<print $location>>.\n<<if $drinky is 1>>\s\nYou hold your warm cup up to your lips, and take a sip. \n<<endif>>\s\n\n//Would you like to move to the kitchen?//\n\n[[WHY NOT|5]]\n\n//Or maybe you want to explore the library?//\n\n[[INDEED|6]]\n\n//I understand your curiosity for upstairs//\n\n[[ALRIGHT|7]]

You move up the staircase. Your hand grazes the wall.\nYou notice that the temperature is quite <<print $weather>> in here. \n\n//Years ago, we went up these stairs together. \nNobody believed that there could be two kings to one castle.//\n\n[[I AM STARTING TO REMEMBER|7.1]]\n\n\n\n

The library has a vast collection of fantasy novels. \nThere are a few detective stories and comic books too,\nbut they are stashed away in the back. \n\n//I am sorry that you can't shape this place all to your liking.\nAfter all, this is my house too. \nI don't think it is possible for any of us to just leave.//\n\n//You might find the walls interesting.//\n\n[[OKAY?|6.3]]\n<<if $drink is "coffee">>\s\n\nSettle down with your coffee?\n\n[[GREAT IDEA|6.1]]\n<<endif>>\s\n<<if $drink is "tea">>\s\n\nSettle down with your tea?\n\n[[SURE THING|6.1]]\n<<endif>>\s\n\n//Maybe you didn't want to go here?//\n\n[[NOT REALLY NO|4]]\n\n\n\n

A garden. \nRoses, tulips, \nall scattered throughout an enormous landscape.\nCherry bushes.\nSmall benches at regular intervals. \nA fountain, clear water. \nA majestic apple tree.\nVines. Surrounding all of the sculptures. \nSculptures of a past age,\nback when we used to be kings. \n<<if $drinky is 1>>\s\nThe faint scent of <<print $drink>>.\n<<endif>>\s \nA safe place.\n\n\n//Oh my. \nIt's beautiful.//\n\n//...//\n\n[[DID WE MAKE THIS?|9.1]]

We Are Kings

You stand in front of the glass. \n\nYour eyes glisten. \nYou have wonderful hair. \nEveryone would always compliment your posture.\nThat of a true King, they would say.\n\n[[OH WOW|7.3][$beauty= "true"]]

The gardens are extatic, loving and rich.\n\n[[TH E S T AR T|9.8]]

DID WE MAKE SOMETHING THIS WONDERFUL?\n\n//Yes. \nI believe we did.\n\nIt's funny how much you can create when you love.// \n\n[[IT'S FUNNY HOW MUCH YOU CAN DESTROY TOO.|9.2]]

//...Ouch.//\n\nSORRY. I DIDN'T MEAN IT IN THAT WAY. \n\n//I know you didn't. \nIt's just... it feels weird to call it destruction,\nwhen it collapsed by itself, and can be rebuilt \nat any second.//\n\n[[...PLEASE.|9.3]]\n\n

//I can't stop thinking about it.//\n\nYOU KNOW IT'S THE BETTER OPTION. \n\n//What you're saying is that it's the best of the worst.\nYou see, the sad thing about this is that I agree with you,\nbut I am also so angry at you.\n\nbecause you are me and I am you\nand there is nothing but this palace \nthat ties us to the start \nwe are two kings to one castle\nwe went up these stairs together\nand god knows, we'll go down apart//\n\n[[I LOVE YOU|9.4]]\n\n

//do you ever, you know...//\n//think about us?//\n\n[[OBVIOUSLY.|8.4]]

//I love you too.//\n\nThe night is <<print $night>>, \nbut you don't really notice.\n\n[[...|9.5]]

You pass through the door and it's glorious. \nThe baroque period seeps through the walls towards the armchairs,\nwraps itself around the tall ceiling\nonly to descend \ninto a crystal\nchandelier. \n\n//...//\n\n//Our room.//\n\n[[WOW.|8.1][$open = 1]]

//We should head back.\nIt's never good to stay in here for too long.//\n\n[[YOU'RE RIGHT.|7.2]]

The gardens are curious, timid and hopeful.\n\n[[T H E S T A R T|9.9]]

The gardens are warm, coloured, calm. \n\n[[TH E STAR T|9.7]]

WE ARE KINGS\n\nA twine by Vaida\n\n//To look back at when I'm much older \nAnd when my heart is stronger//

//I love you.//\n\n[[I LOVE YOU TOO.|11]]

//A quiet place.\nYou will build and you will remember.\nYou can be as honest as you want to be.// \n\n[[OKAY?|1.1]]\n\n\n

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//...//\n\n//Oh, so you like that game too?\nMaybe we should play together sometime.\n\nI'll totally kick your ass, just saying.// \n\n[[...|10]]

Vaida

You jump on it. It's very bouncy. \nThe sheets are incredibly soft. \n\n//Maybe it's awkward that I'm here with you right now.\nI was just worried that you might get lost or remember wrong. \nIf you need some space, just tell me.//\n\n[[...|7.65]]