You awake in a dark cavern. (if: $BoneJuice > 0) [There is a bottle of Bone Juice in your hand.] (if: $sword > 0) [There is a shiny sword in your hand.] (if: $shoes > 0) [There is a pair of very intense boots sitting next to you.] [[next]]A skeleton approaches you. It holds two swords, and wears a glowing backpack. [[call out a friendly greeting]] [[attack it with your bare hands]] [[run away]] (if: $sword is 1) [[[attack it with your sword|attack it with your sword]]] "Hail and well-met, Skeleton!" you hazard. The skeleton says, "Well-met indeed" [[Ask the skeleton how to leave the cave]] [[Ask if you can have its sword]] [[Ask if you can have its backpack]]You put 'em up, but your fists meet the cold steel of the skeleton's blade. It easily cuts you down. [[next|Your vision fades]] You scramble away from the scary skeleton. You come to a fork in the cavern. To the left, a passageway filled with spikes. To the right, a pool of water. [[left]] [[right]]Your vision fades to black, and you feel consciousness slipping away from you ... [[Wake up?|Start]]The skeleton says "Oh sure! the exit is just past that tunnel with all the spikes in it! I bet you could just walk through it if you were careful though." [[Ask if you can have its sword]] [[Ask if you can have its backpack]] [[Bid the skeleton adieu and look around the cave]]"Oh, these old things? I suppose I could part with one of them, but not for free." [[Bid the skeleton adieu and look around the cave]] [[Ask the skeleton how to leave the cave]] [[Ask if you can have its backpack]] (if: $BoneJuice > 0)[[[Offer the skeleton your Bone Juice|Offer the skeleton your Bone Juice]]]"My backpack? Oh no, I wouldn't give this backpack up for anything! Not for all the Bone Juice in China!" [[Ask the skeleton how to leave the cave]] [[Ask if you can have its sword]] [[Bid the skeleton adieu and look around the cave]](if: $shoes is 2) [You slip on your glowing shoes and walk easily over the spikes] (if: $shoes is 2) [[[next|cavern exit]]] (if: $shoes is 0) [You muster all your courage and attempt to walk over the spikes. Within minutes, your feet look like bloody swiss cheese. You feel faint from blood loss.] (if: $shoes is 0) [[[next|Your vision fades]]](if: $BoneJuice is 0 and $sword is 0) [You wade into the pool of water, and as you walk further, you notice something shining at the bottom. Submerging yourself completely, you reach down and grab it. After surfacing, you inspect it and realize it is a shiny bottle of Bone Juice.] (set: $BoneJuice to 1) (if: $BoneJuice is 1) [You wade into the pool of water once more, but you find no other treasures there.] (if: $BoneJuice is 0 and $sword is 1) [You wade into the pool of water once more, but you find no other treasures there.] (if: $BoneJuice is 1 and $sword is 1) [(set: $BoneJuice to 0)] [[Head back|Bid the skeleton adieu and look around the cave]] [[Take a nap|Your vision fades]]As you tromp over the spikes in your boots, you see a light ahead. You exit the cave and feel a light breeze caress your face just as your bus pulls up. You head to work, certain that there must be a better way. **You win** **... ?**You look around the cavern, and see a tunnel that forks in two directions. To the left, a passageway filled with spikes. To the right, a pool of water. [[left]] [[right]]"Is that **Bone Juice**? Wherever did you get that?? Here, take this sword. Time for these old bones to get //juicy//." (set: $sword to 1) (set: $BoneJuice to 0) [[Ask the skeleton how to leave the cave]] [[Ask if you can have its backpack]] [[Bid the skeleton adieu and look around the cave]] You spring at the skeleton, sword in hand, and deftly weave through its defenses and disarm it. "Stop! Please! Here, I'll give you my backpack if you let me go!" The skeleton gives you the backpack and runs off. You open it, revealing a glowing pair of very intense boots. (set: $shoes to 2) You look around the cavern, and see a tunnel that forks in two directions. To the left, a passageway filled with spikes. To the right, a pool of water. [[left]] [[right]]