L U M P

<br><br><br><br><img src="assets/splash.png" style="width:100%;box-shadow: 0px 0px 50px rgba(0, 0, 0, .8);"/> <center><br><div class="blink_me" style="font-size:28px">[[START]] </div></center> (set: $embrace to false) (set: $his_lump to false) (set: $her_lump to false) (set: $eat_lump to false) (set: $downstairs to false) (set: $swat to false) (set: $flee_wedding to false) (set: $lift_sheet to false) (set: $army to false) (set: $democracy to false) (set: $youtube to false)

[<img src="assets/snuggle.png" style="width:100%"/>] You're lying snuggled in your bed. [[Pulling the soft sheets up to your chest, you sigh and enjoy your bargain bed from EKIA.]]

[<img src="assets/cars.png" style="width:100%"/>] [<audio src="assets/sounds/sigh.mp3" autoplay></audio>] The air is heavy. Your mind is quiet. Your body is slowly surrendering to the embrace of sleep. [[You can hear cars pass by with booming music, probably off to party...]]

[<img src="assets/fools.png" style="width:100%"/>] [[FOOLS! They'll never sleep as well as you will tonight.]]

[<img src="assets/calm.png" style="width:100%"/>] [[Your arms fall softly to your sides. Your eyes finally close.]]

[<img src="assets/wait.png" style="width:100%"/>] [[Wait...]]

[<img src="assets/wait.png" style="width:100%"/>] What is that you feel? It's... [[It's a LUMP?]]

[<img src="assets/outline.png" style="width:100%"/>] A lump. A lump on your leg. > [[Touch it?]] > [[Leave it alone.]]

[<img src="assets/wait.png" style="width:100%"/>] You touch the lump. It feels soft and gross. It's freaky. > [[Poke it.]] > [[Pat it.]] > [[Squeeze it.]]

[<img src="assets/still_there.png" style="width:100%"/>] The lump is still there. It's probably really gross. > [[Maybe you should touch it?->Touch it?]] > [[Think about something else.]] > [[No, you still want to leave it alone->leave it alone.]]

[<img src="assets/think_something_else.png" style="width:100%"/>] You try to dream. You dream about your perfect wedding day to your one true love. The priest announces you may kiss the... > [[Bride.]] > [[Groom.]]

[<img src="assets/vibrating.png" style="width:100%"/>] [<audio src="assets/sounds/phone-vibrating.mp3" autoplay></audio>] The lump is still there. Wait; it's vibrating... like a phone? > [[Say hello?]] > [[Ignore it.]]

[<img src="assets/hello.png" style="width:100%"/>] "Hello?" "Hello. Am I speaking with the resident of this body?" [[Who is this?]]

[<img src="assets/ringing.png" style="width:100%"/>] [<audio src="assets/sounds/nokia-ringtone.mp3" autoplay></audio>] You try ignoring the lump but it starts ringing. > [[Ok, now you have to say hello?->Say hello?]] > [[Ok, maybe you should touch it?->Touch it?]]

[<img src="assets/hello2.png" style="width:100%"/>] "I am speaking on behalf of Lump. We have become aware that you haven't paid rent in the last three months. This is not acceptable. We will be commencing to evict you as of now." > <a class="tw-link" target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landlord%E2%80%93tenant_law">Wait, what??</a> > [[Tell them to pay rent.]]

[<img src="assets/click.png" style="width:100%"/>] [<audio src="assets/sounds/click.mp3" autoplay></audio>] `*click*` [[A button under your skin clicks. You can feel something deep rumbling from within your body. ]]

[<img src="assets/palm.png" style="width:100%"/>] The lump grows to fit your open palm. It warms and becomes squishy. > [[Poke it.]] > [[Squeeze it.]]

[<img src="assets/squeeze.png" style="width:100%"/>] [<audio src="assets/sounds/squeeze.mp3" autoplay></audio>] You squeeze the lump. It squishes under the pressure of your fingers. > [[Squeeze harder?]] > [[Twist it?]]

[<img src="assets/burst.png" style="width:100%"/>] The squishy lump bursts! There's a strange gooey liquid now all over your sheets and your leg. But... something else is down there, it's climbing up your chest under your sheets. > [[Swat it.]] > [[Lift the sheet.]]

[<img src="assets/twist.png" style="width:100%"/>] You twist the lump. It's surpisingly flexible. It feels like you could twist it forever. > [[Keep twisting?]] > [[Squeeze harder?]]

[<img src="assets/keep_twisting.png" style="width:100%"/>] The lump is now twisting long and thin from your hand rolling. The lump now looks like spaghetti. You think of spaghetti. Now you are hungry. > [[Eat the lump spaghetti?]] > [[Don't eat the lump spaghetti and instead go downstairs and eat something from the kitchen?]]

[<img src="assets/sphaghetti.png" style="width:100%"/>] The thin, lumpy spaghetti touches your lips. It tastes... It tastes like... It tastes exactly like a disgusting, smooth lump, which has been twisted into spaghetti. You are disappointed. (set: $eat_lump to true) (if: $embrace and $his_lump and $her_lump and $eat_lump and $downstairs and $swat and $flee_wedding and $lift_sheet and $army and $democracy and $youtube)[ [[Then suddenly-->Lump wake]] ](else:)[ [[Then suddenly-]] ]

[<img src="assets/dont_eat_sphaghetti.png" style="width:100%"/>] You move yourself to get out of the bed. Your feet touch the wooden floor of the room. (set: $downstairs to true) (if: $embrace and $his_lump and $her_lump and $eat_lump and $downstairs and $swat and $flee_wedding and $lift_sheet and $army and $democracy and $youtube)[ [[Then suddenly-->Lump wake]] ](else:)[ [[Then suddenly-]] ]

[<img src="assets/sweat.png" style="width:100%"/>] [<audio src="assets/sounds/gasp.mp3" autoplay></audio>] You jolt awake in a cold, damp sweat. [[Wait...]]

[<img src="assets/hand_ooze.png" style="width:100%"/>] [<audio src="assets/sounds/swat.mp3" autoplay></audio>] You smack violently with your hand and hear a tiny squeal and a loud splat! Then... nothing. Your hand feels warm, it has sickly goo on it. You sniff it. It's gross. (set: $swat to true) (if: $embrace and $his_lump and $her_lump and $eat_lump and $downstairs and $swat and $flee_wedding and $lift_sheet and $army and $democracy and $youtube)[ [[Then suddenly-->Lump wake]] ](else:)[ [[Then suddenly-]] ]

[<img src="assets/baby.png" style="width:100%"/>] You lift the sheet and a tiny naked lump baby is smiling at you with no teeth and black, beady eyes full of love and affection. They crawl up to your head and give you a sticky hug. It's... cute. (set: $lift_sheet to true) (if: $embrace and $his_lump and $her_lump and $eat_lump and $downstairs and $swat and $flee_wedding and $lift_sheet and $army and $democracy and $youtube)[ [[Then suddenly-->Lump wake]] ](else:)[ [[Then suddenly-]] ]

[<img src="assets/embrace.png" style="width:100%"/>] You get an overwhelming urge to write an essay about how HAL from 2001 was innocent and complain about Robocops moral ground on Reddit. You really want to kill Sarah Connor... > [[Embrace the desire.]] > [[Push it back.]]

[<img src="assets/robot.png" style="width:100%"/>] You realise the lump on your leg wasn't actually a lump... it was your external charge port. You're not human. You never were. You're a robot. (set: $embrace to true) (if: $embrace and $his_lump and $her_lump and $eat_lump and $downstairs and $swat and $flee_wedding and $lift_sheet and $army and $democracy and $youtube)[ [[Then suddenly-->Lump wake]] ](else:)[ [[Then suddenly-]] ]

[<img src="assets/bride.png" style="width:100%"/>] You lift up the veil of your bride to be. Her face is a large, squishy, pulsating lump. > [[You kiss that lumpy flesh.]] > [[You flee the wedding, embarassing all who attend.]]

[<img src="assets/groom.png" style="width:100%"/>] You lean in to kiss the handsome groom. But as you put your hand to his face you feel something. A lump. > [[You kiss his lump.]] > [[You try to kiss the priest instead.]]

[<img src="assets/kiss_bride.png" style="width:100%"/>] [<audio src="assets/sounds/kiss.mp3" autoplay></audio>] The lumpy kiss tastes cold and soft. You step back and gaze at your new lump-wife. (set: $her_lump to true) (if: $embrace and $his_lump and $her_lump and $eat_lump and $downstairs and $swat and $flee_wedding and $lift_sheet and $army and $democracy and $youtube)[ [[Then suddenly-->Lump wake]] ](else:)[ [[Then suddenly-]] ]

[<img src="assets/aisle.png" style="width:100%"/>] [<audio src="assets/sounds/running.mp3" autoplay></audio>] As you run past the aisles of all your family and friends, you realise they have lumpy, flesh faces. Lumpy, flesh faces with dark, bulging veins and tiny spots. The lump faces watch you with no emotion, lifelessly as you run faster and faster from the altar. (set: $flee_wedding to true) (if: $embrace and $his_lump and $her_lump and $eat_lump and $downstairs and $swat and $flee_wedding and $lift_sheet and $army and $democracy and $youtube)[ [[Then suddenly-->Lump wake]] ](else:)[ [[Then suddenly-]] ]

[<img src="assets/kiss_groom.png" style="width:100%"/>] [<audio src="assets/sounds/kiss.mp3" autoplay></audio>] You lean in and miss the groom's mouth and instead kiss the hard lump on his face. You feel aroused and disgusted. Shame overtakes you. (set: $his_lump to true) (if: $embrace and $his_lump and $her_lump and $eat_lump and $downstairs and $swat and $flee_wedding and $lift_sheet and $army and $democracy and $youtube)[ [[Then suddenly-->Lump wake]] ](else:)[ [[Then suddenly-]] ]

[<img src="assets/priest.png" style="width:100%"/>] You recoil from your groom-to-be and instead try to kiss the priest. The priest refuses. The priest insists you kiss the groom. That [[You kiss his lump.]]

[<img src="assets/hello.png" style="width:100%"/>] You tell the lump "I think you're the one who should be paying rent... you are merely but a small spot on my body?" The lump replies "Well.. just because you have capital power over me, does not make you any more of a force of authority. You consider- > [[Allowing a state of peaceful governance.]] > [[Removing lump forcefully through investing in a private army.]]

[<img src="assets/lump_is_you.png" style="width:100%"/>] Lump does not recognise a democracy. Lump stages a revolution and overthrows you. You are now Lump and Lump is you. (set: $democracy to true) (if: $embrace and $his_lump and $her_lump and $eat_lump and $downstairs and $swat and $flee_wedding and $lift_sheet and $army and $democracy and $youtube)[ [[Then suddenly-->Lump wake]] ](else:)[ [[Then suddenly-]] ]

[<img src="assets/dictator.png" style="width:100%"/>] You become a dictator and lay an assault on Lump. Your army realises your ideologies are corrupted and they turn against you. You are brought to justice by being placed inside the Lump. (set: $army to true) (if: $embrace and $his_lump and $her_lump and $eat_lump and $downstairs and $swat and $flee_wedding and $lift_sheet and $army and $democracy and $youtube)[ [[Then suddenly-->Lump wake]] ](else:)[ [[Then suddenly-]] ]

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[<img src="assets/snuggle.png" style="width:100%"/>] [[It's a clear and calm night.]]

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[<img src="assets/lump_sweat.png" style="width:100%"/>] [<audio src="assets/sounds/gasp.mp3" autoplay></audio>] You jolt awake in a cold, damp sweat. [[Wait...->lump wait]]

[<img src="assets/lump_wait.png" style="width:100%"/>] What is that you feel? It's... [[It's a HUMAN?]]

[<img src="assets/human.gif" style="width:100%"/>] [<audio src="assets/sounds/moan.mp3" autoplay></audio>] [[Eww...]]

[<img src="assets/lump_city.png" style="width:100%"/>] [["That was a weird dream"]]

[<img src="assets/credits.png" style="width:100%"/>] <center>CREDITS<br> <a target="_blank" href="http://apoorvaj.io/">Apoorva Joshi</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mkchibs.com/">Maya McKibbin</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://murraysomerville.com/">Murray Somerville</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/cykelero">Nathan Manceaux-Panot</a> </center>