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<img src="https://imgur.com/Jvu51hq.png" width="500" height="auto"> <<type 25ms>>\In the late night, you are catching the last bus home. It's a bit cold, as you shove your hands deeper into the pockets of your coat and shiver. There isn't many people around, with the city having gone to sleep early tonight. You can see maybe two or three people across the street. You keep a sharp eye on your surroundings, with working at a convenience store in a dangerous part of town. The wind feels chillier than usual on your spine. The bus should've been here five minutes ago. <center>[[Look around][$energy -= 1]] | [[Keep waiting]]</center>\<</type>>

<<set $energy = 4>>

<img src="https://imgur.com/amSOXj7.png" width="500" height="auto"> <<type 25ms>>\You take a look around, peering from underneath your out-grown hair. With a puff, a strand of your hair flies up and you see only the glowing lights of the streetlamps lining the street. The orange lights make you wish you could take a nap again, from when you used to have free time. It's getting colder... <center>[[Pull your coat tighter|Coat]] | [[Rub your hands together|Hands][$energy -= 1]]</center>\<</type>>

<img src="https://imgur.com/IWpHeM6.png" width="500" height="auto"> <<type 25ms>>\You continue to stare down at your feet, kicking a rock away. The only sounds you hear are the low rumbling of cars in the distance. It reminded you of the times you would walk home after school ended, right before the work rush began and the streets got busier with vehicles. It's getting colder... <center>[[Pull your coat tighter|Coat]] | [[Rub your hands together|Hands][$energy -= 1]]</center>\<</type>>

<img src="https://imgur.com/Jvu51hq.png" width="500" height="auto"> <<type 25ms>>\You wrap your favorite coat tighter around yourself. A lot of people say it's gaudy, but it keeps you plenty warm in the later nights like these when your shift runs a little too late. Sometimes, you like to think about your old best friend. You tug slightly on the large scarf around your neck, reminiscing on the times you spent together. You're not quite sure where he went, though. It made you wonder if anyone who wasn't your parents was meant to stay in your life. <center>[[Check your phone][$energy -= 1]] | [[Look up into the night sky]]</center>\<</type>>

<img src="https://imgur.com/fiSNXic.png" width="500" height="auto"> <<type 25ms>>\You rub your bare hands together and blow into them, attempting to warm them up. They're so cold. You've got to wear gloves more often. You lightly fidget with the key hanging from your neck. You pull the beanie on your head tight again around your head. At least your ears were warm. This would be one of those times you wish you could talk with your best friend to pass the time with. <center>[[Check your phone][$energy -= 1]] | [[Look up into the night sky]]</center>\<</type>>

<img src="https://imgur.com/8TL5Qsl.png" width="500" height="auto"> <<type 25ms>>\Your phone vibrates in your pocket and you decide to check what it was. A text? Probably not. A part of you quietly hoped it was, especially a text from your best friend. These days you tend to stick by yourself, not really wanting to get close to someone again. It's way easier to spend all day on a computer hacking away at the keys on some new program or developer journal. You see that it's just a notification for a YouTube channel you watch. <center>[[Something feels very wrong...]]</center>\<</type>>

<img src="https://imgur.com/MB2xVnn.png" width="500" height="auto"> <<type 25ms>>\You gaze upward, seeing the stars twinkling. Does he look at the same stars, too? You don't even know if he's alive or not. It was weird to think about someone you once saw every day, and now no one else sees them. They continue to live on in your memory. But he had to be alive. There's no way that he would just leave the note about deleting everything on his computer before he disappeared. There must've been something going on. <center>[[Something feels very wrong...]]</center>\<</type>>

<img src="https://imgur.com/1V9ctCw.png" width="500" height="auto"> A hand suddenly grabs you by the shoulder. <<timed 3s>> Another one grabs at your ankle. <</timed>> <<timed 6s>> What's happening?! <</timed>> <<timed 9s>> <center><<if $energy >= 1>>[[Fight back][$energy -= 1]]<</if>> <<if $energy == 0>> You're so exhausted... [[Give up]]<</if>></center><</timed>>

<img src="https://imgur.com/6tZkOmU.png" width="500" height="auto"> You pull away from the hands, the one on your shoulder releasing. <<timed 3s>> You turn to look around and you only see the shadows. <</timed>> <<timed 6s>> Another hand grabs your wrist, threatening to pull you down. <</timed>> <<timed 9s>><center> <<if $energy >= 1>>[[Fight back|fightback2][$energy -= 1]]<</if>> <<if $energy == 0>>You're so tired... [[Give up]]<</if>></center> <</timed>>

<img src="https://imgur.com/T9LYZbx.png" width="500" height="auto"> <<type 25ms>>\The consequences of being so weak catch up to you. If only the genetics lottery was more merciful to you. You couldn't help but fight, despite knowing this was a battle you'd lose anyway. You couldn't even do a single push-up if you tried with all your might. Out of breath, you succumb to the shadows. Your vision begins to grow dark spots as you helplessly struggle. You think about how your best friend had disappeared, and you waited for so long. You think about how no one is waiting for you at home. You thought about whether or not someone would look for you as you looked for him. You wonder if you'll die. You don't remember anything after that. <center>THE END. [[Restart|Intro][$energy to 4]]</center>\<</type>>

<img src="https://imgur.com/sR8sIbc.png" width="500" height="auto"> You kick off the hand at your foot, taking a step away. <<timed 3s>> It's a little brighter now, but another hand tugs at your scarf. <</timed>> <<timed 6s>> You begin to breathe heavily, panic setting in quick. <</timed>> <<timed 9s>> <center><<if $energy >= 1>>[[Fight back|fightback3][$energy -= 1]]<</if>> <<if $energy == 0>>You're so exhausted... [[Give up]]<</if>></center> <</timed>>

<img src="https://imgur.com/mGGmsyx.png" width="500" height="auto"> <<type 25ms>>\With all your might left in your body, you take a strong heave back, successfully pulling all the hands off of you. You stumble backward into the light of the streetlamp, turning the other way and running as fast as you could--which wasn't very fast after all that fighting--home. You don't understand what that was. Was it what happened to your best friend? You need to get home and find some answers. <center>THE END? [[Restart|Intro][$energy to 4]]</center>\<</type>>

<img src="https://imgur.com/Li3u5YX.png" width="500" height="auto"> Another hand grabs at your other ankle. <<timed 3s>> You try to see who or what it is, but everything's so blurry and spinning... <</timed>> <<timed 6s>> <center><<if $energy >= 1>>[[Run|go home][$energy -= 1]]<</if>> <<if $energy == 0>>You're so weak... [[Give up]]<</if>></center> <</timed>>