You've just started university in a new, unfamiliar city. Deciding to put yourself out there for once, you join an orientation event. Someone greets you.
You respond [[with...|First line]]<span class= "time"><<include "Timer">></span>
"Hi, my name is [something that sounds like garbled nonsense to your overwhelmed brain] and I'm a [you instantly forgot] major. How about you?"
//[[Answer truthfully|Nice 1]]//
//[[Try to act cooler than you really are|Wild 1]]//
//[[End the conversation as soon as possible|Mean 1]]//<span id="countdown">Your social awkwardness will catch up to you in $seconds seconds.</span>
<<silently>>
<<repeat 1s>>
<<set $seconds to $seconds - 1>>
<<if $seconds gt 0>>
<<replace "#countdown">>Your social awkwardness will catch up to you in $seconds seconds.<</replace>>
<<else>>
<<replace "#countdown">><</replace>>
<<goto "Conversation End">>
<<stop>>
<</if>>
<</repeat>>
<</silently>>
Your conversation ended after a prolonged bout of awkward silence.
[[Try again?|Start]]
<<set $seconds to 20>><<set $seconds to 20>><span class= "time"><<include "Timer">></span>
"Oh wow, it's so nice to meet you! I hope to see you around campus sometime?"
[["Yeah, maybe we have some classes together!"|Nice 2]]
[["Do you want to see me balance my textbooks on my head!?"|Wild 2]]
[["No offense but I will probably have a mental breakdown if I ever speak to you again hahaha..."|Mean 2]]<span class= "time"><<include "Timer">></span>
"Haha, a space explorer fantasy warrior trainee major with an emphasis in dinosaur hunting? I didn't even know that this place *had* a degree like that! What classes do you have?"
[["Oh, just the usual classes... You know..."|Nice 2]]
[["Well, there's Time Travelling 101, the Warrior Practicum, Topics in Space Fighting..."|Wild 2]]
[["It's too complicated for you..."|Mean 2]]<span class= "time"><<include "Timer">></span>
"Whoa, sorry! I didn't mean to pry or anything. I just kinda figured that this was standard stuff..."
[["I'm sorry too. Hopefully we can see each other again?"|Nice 2]]
[["That wasn't me speaking just now. It was the demon who lurks in my left eye..."|Wild 2]]
[["I am going to freak it if I don't get out of this social interaction and I wish I were kidding."|Mean 2]]<span class= "time"><<include "Timer">></span>
"Here's my class list! Maybe we can find an overlap, but if not, we could always meet in the cafeteria or at the library?"
[["Yeah, we should totally do that... Sometime..."|Conversation End]]
[["If I can successfully defeat The Horrors, I would be honored to join you."|Conversation End]]
[["I kinda prefer to be by myself..."|Conversation End]]<span class= "time"><<include "Timer">></span>
"Wow, you are so cool! What kind of interests do you have? Maybe we share a common interest!"
[["Yeah, we should definitely do that! Sometime!"|Conversation End]]
//[[Remember your favorite blorbo and become an unskippable cutscene.|Conversation End]]//
[["I don't know if we would really have the same tastes, to be honest..."|Conversation End]]<span class= "time"><<include "Timer">></span>
"Oh, I'm sorry if I offended you... Would you rather I just left?"
[["Absolutely not!! Please continue gracing me with your wonderful presence!"|Conversation End]]
[["I'm not offended at all! In fact, one might call me... DEFENDED. Haha..."|Conversation End]]
[["I'm the one who should leave..."|Conversation End]]
Introvert Simulator
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