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You attempt to use your powers to grant <<$target>> their heart's desires.\n\nHowever, despite your best intentions, your efforts fail.\n\nYou failed to discern the true desires of your subject's heart.\n\n<<silently>> <<set $Warmthseeker =2>>\n<<set $Darkness =1>>\n<<set $Day = $Day-1>>\n <<endsilently>>\n\n[[Continue|Court]]

He longs for the feel of wind on his face.\n\nHe yearns for release from the Earthly plane.\n\nEver higher and higher his hopes get with each passing day.\n\nYet every day toils make his body heavy and his mood fey.\n\n[[Go back|previous()]]

You use the power of your domain to grant him his desires.\n\nHe is in a palace by the sea. The cool air blows in through the windows. He is with his family he is at peace.\n\n[[But then...|BuilderNightmare]]\n\n<<playsound "Line 5.mp3" >>

You attempt to save him with your powers.\n\nBut you fail.\n\nThis is the realm of dreams yet you, the Dreamlord of Avernus are not strong enough.\n\nThe last thing he hears before the walls cave in is the neighing of the horses in the collapsing stable.\n\n<<silently>> <<set $Wanderer =2>>\n<<set $Darkness = $Darkness+1>> \n<<set $Day = $Day-1>><<endsilently>>\n\n[[Continue|Court]]

You awaken once more into your court.\n\nIt is only a Dream.\n\n\n[[Hold court|Court]]\n\n<<silently>>\n<<$Wanderer=0>>\n<<$Skywatcher=0>>\n<<$Inventor=0>>\n<<$Warmthseeker=0>>\n<<$Builder=0>>\n<<$Daughter=0>>\n<<$Homeless=0>>\n<<$Lover=0>>\n<<$Elder=0>>\n<<$Star=0>>\n\n<<$Darkness=0>>\n<<$Light=0>>\n\n<<set $Daylimit = $Daylimit-1>>\n<<set $Day=$Daylimit>>\n<<endsilently>>

You attempt to save him with your powers.\n\nBut you fail.\n\nThis is the realm of dreams yet you, the Dreamlord of Avernus are not strong enough.\n\nAs the boy plummets closer and closer to his inevitable end, he looks upon his beloved skies once more.\n\nGreat storm clouds had spontaneously gathered, obscuring the sun's glow but not it's heat.\n\nThe last vision to fleet before the child's eyes was the sight of a great dark cloud in the shape of an ominous bucking mare.\n\n<<silently>> <<set $Inventor =2>>\n<<set $Darkness = $Darkness+1>> \n<<set $Day = $Day-1>><<endsilently>>\n\n[[Continue|Court]]

You attempt to save him with your powers.\n\nBut you fail.\n\nThis is the realm of dreams yet you, the Dreamlord of Avernus are not strong enough.\n\nThe last thing he hears before the walls cave in is the neighing of the horses in the collapsing stable.\n\n<<silently>> <<set $Elder =2>>\n<<set $Darkness = $Darkness+1>> \n<<set $Day = $Day-1>><<endsilently>>\n\n[[Continue|Court]]

Avernus

<<if $Lover is 0>>\nBehold the lonely Lover, roaming the dreamscape endlessly.\n\n[[Delve deeper into his desires|LoverBackstory]]\n\n[[Observe his dream unfold|Lover2]]\n\n<<else>>\nThe Lover dreams no more. <<if $Lover is 2>> His sleep is unquiet. <<else>> He sleeps peacefully <<endif>>\n<<endif>>\n\n[[Go back|previous()]]\n\n<<silently>> <<set $target = 'the Lover'>> <<endsilently>>\n\n<<playsound "Line 1.mp3" >>

The cold talons of the machine form a vicegrip around its creator's throat\n\nTighter and tighter it becomes until the Warmthseeker can do naught but watch as his own 'son' murders him.\n\n[[Destroy the automaton|WarmthseekerSave]]\n\n[[Unmake the workshop|WarmthseekerSave]]\n\n[[Give the Warmthseeker strength to fight off robot|WarmthseekerSave]]

He's never known friends.\n\nNothing is between his family and him but blood.\n\nThe word 'home' to him has no meaning. \n\nHe is lost in this world as well as the waking one.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

The dream stops.\n\nThe Inventor stands frozen in place.\n\nThis world is in your hands now.\n\nWhat do you wish to do?\n\n[[Grant him patience|InventorWrong]]\n\n[[Grant him energy to keep on working|InventorWrong]]\n\n[[|InventorWrong]]\n\n[[Grant him wings so that he could soar above the rest|InventorWishGranted 1]]

A spark of genius enkindles a wildfire of enlightenment within the inventor's mind.\n\nHe gets to work on the automaton like one possessed.\n\nAfter tireless hours he beholds the fruits of his labor.\n\nThe automaton comes to life. Its mouth opens. \n\n"Father" it says\n\n[[But then...|InventorNightmare]]

He's never known friends.\n\nNothing is between his family and him but blood.\n\nThe word 'home' to him has no meaning. \n\nHe is lost in this world as well as the waking one.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

He is lost. Death is on his lips. He is going to die alone. He is terrified.\n\n[[Continue Observing|Wanderer4]]\n\n[[Intervene|WandererWishGranted]]\n\n<<playsound "Line 3.mp3" >>

He wanders the deserts, the hills unending\n\n\n[[Continue Observing|Wanderer3]]\n\n[[Intervene|WandererWishGranted]]\n\n<<playsound "Line 2.mp3" >>

And then he gets up.\n\nSlowly but surely, he gets back on his feet.\n\nAnd he continues\n\nBeyond the dune at the edge he finds an oasis.\n\nIt's cool and calm. He drinks Life from it's bosom. And the calmness of sleep envelopes him. \n\n[[Continue|Court]]\n\n<<silently>> \n<<set $Wanderer=1>>\n<<set $Light=$Light+1>>\n<<set $Day = $Day-1>>\n<<endsilently>>\n\n<<playsound "Shout 11.mp3" >>

He doesn't want to die. \n\nNot alone.\n\nNot here.\n\nHe curses and throws himself onto the sands. \n\nHow can anyone watch him suffer like this?\n\nHe will die soon.\n\n[[Continue Observing|Wanderer6]]\n\n[[Intervene|WandererWishGranted]]

Weaker he gets, lost and depleted.\n\nWeaker...\n\nWeaker...\n\nWeaker...\n\n[[Continue Observing|Wanderer5]]\n\n[[Intervene|WandererWishGranted]]

You attempt to use your powers to grant <<$target>> their heart's desires.\n\nHowever, despite your best intentions, your efforts fail.\n\nYou failed to discern the true desires of your subject's heart.\n\n<<silently>> <<set $Inventor =2>>\n<<set $Darkness =1>>\n<<set $Day = $Day-1>>\n <<endsilently>>\n\n[[Continue|Court]]

The cold talons of the machine form a vicegrip around its creator's throat\n\nTighter and tighter it becomes until the Inventor can do naught but watch as his own 'son' murders him.\n\n[[Destroy the automaton|InventorSave]]\n\n[[Unmake the workshop|InventorSave]]\n\n[[Give the inventor strength to fight off robot|InventorSave]]

You attempt to use your powers to grant <<$target>> their heart's desires.\n\nHowever, despite your best intentions, your efforts fail.\n\nYou failed to discern the true desires of your subject's heart.\n\n<<silently>> <<set $Builder =2>>\n<<set $Darkness =1>>\n<<set $Day = $Day-1>>\n <<endsilently>>\n\n[[Continue|Court]]

The walls shake and groan. Furniture gets knocked over. The walls themselves close in on him.\n\n[[Take him elsewhere|LoverSave]]\n\n[[Stop the earthquake|LoverSave]]\n\n[[Wake him up|LoverSave]]

<<if $Builder is 0>>\nBehold the lonely Builder, roaming the dreamscape endlessly.\n\n[[Delve deeper into his desires|BuilderBackstory]]\n\n[[Observe his dream unfold|Builder2]]\n\n<<else>>\nThe Builder dreams no more. <<if $Builder is 2>> His sleep is unquiet. <<else>> He sleeps peacefully <<endif>>\n<<endif>>\n\n[[Go back|previous()]]\n\n<<silently>> <<set $target = 'the Builder'>> <<endsilently>>\n\n<<playsound "Line 1.mp3" >>

It has to work!\n\nIt just has to.\n\nSo much time and effort put into making this.\n\nSpeak, damn it. SPEAK! \n\nThe inventor struggles onward.\n\n[[Continue Observing|Inventor5]]\n\n[[Intervene|InventorWishGranted]]

You stand triumphant, Lord of Dreams.\n\nThe Nightmare has abated for now. But as Awakening fades onces more to Dreaming, your task may start anew.\n\nFor now though, there is peace.\n\n<<playsound "Shout 19.mp3" >>\n\nGOOD END.

He edges on the abyss. And then he stops.\n\nHis machinery whirs on. \n\nHe composes himself and dives straight back into his work.\n\nHe has found peace.\n\n<<playsound "Shout 13.mp3" >>\n\n<<silently>> \n<<set $Inventor=1>>\n<<set $Light=$Light+1>>\n<<set $Day = $Day-1>>\n<<endsilently>>

His fingers continue toiling, almost as fast as mind thinks.\n\nYet he's still too slow, he laments. His machine isn't being built fast enough\n\n<<playsound "Line 4.mp3" >>\n[[Continue Observing|Inventor3]]\n\n[[Intervene|InventorWishGranted]]

He makes adjustments to the automaton in front of him.\n\nSpeak. Speak. He begs it in his mind.\n\nBut no word comes out the inanimate contraption's mouth.\n\nThe whirring of machinery in the lab continues as the Inventor grows ever more desperate.\n\n<<playsound "Line 5.mp3" >>\n[[Continue Observing|Inventor4]]\n\n[[Intervene|InventorWishGranted]]

The dream stops.\n\nThe Lover stands frozen in place.\n\nThis world is in your hands now.\n\nWhat do you wish to do?\n\n[[Grant him succour from the heat|LoverWrong]]\n\n[[Grant him water|LoverWrong]]\n\n[[Send him home|LoverWrong]]\n\n[[Show him what it means to belong|LoverWishGranted 1]]\n\n

Stay afloat\n\nJust keep swimming\n\nHe says to himself\n\nJust keep swimming\n\n\n[[Continue Observing|Warmthseeker5]]\n\n[[Intervene|WarmthseekerWishGranted]]

<<if $Elder is 0>>\nBehold the lonely Elder, roaming the dreamscape endlessly.\n\n[[Delve deeper into his desires|ElderBackstory]]\n\n[[Observe his dream unfold|Elder2]]\n\n<<else>>\nThe Elder dreams no more. <<if $Elder is 2>> His sleep is unquiet. <<else>> He sleeps peacefully <<endif>>\n<<endif>>\n\n[[Go back|previous()]]\n\n<<silently>> <<set $target = 'the Elder'>> <<endsilently>>\n\n<<playsound "Line 1.mp3" >>

You use the power of your domain to grant him his desires.\n\nWings of light spring from the boy's back. And he takes flight! His great white wings beat against the tyrannical heat of the summer day.\n\nHe will not be chained to the indomitable ground ever again!\n[[But then...|SkywatcherNightmare]]

He sinks into the cold pavement. The uncaring mass rushes past.\n\nNo one to help him.\n\nNo one to ask him how feels.\n\nHe is alone. Alone. Alone\n\nHe spots the stairwell to a tower under construction. \n\nHe begins to climb\n\n[[Continue Observing|Skywatcher5]]\n\n[[Intervene|SkywatcherWishGranted]]

The walls shake and groan. Furniture gets knocked over. The walls themselves close in on him.\n\n[[Take him elsewhere|ElderSave]]\n\n[[Stop the earthquake|ElderSave]]\n\n[[Wake him up|ElderSave]]

...And then he stops.\n\nThe people down below wouldn't care if he jumped. They didn't care about anything.\n\nHis life was worth more than this - more than a brief moment of shock from the uncaring masses.\n\nHe was going to prove them wrong. He was going to show them how to rise above the pettiness that permeated every facet of their unfulfiled lives. \n\nHe steps backwards, away from the edge. His body begins to rise upwards - unbound from the coils that tethered him to Earth.\n\nAs he rose through the sky, the calmness of peaceful sleep found him. And the Skywatcher slept.\n\n<<playsound "Shout 12.mp3" >>\n<<silently>> \n<<set $Skywatcher=1>>\n<<set $Light=$Light+1>>\n<<set $Day = $Day-1>>\n<<endsilently>>

He wanders up and down the crowded city streets, desperate to feel something other than the stagnant heat.\n\nNo breeze penetrates the narrow streets of the city - no zephyr blesses the blazing day with an echo of cooler times.\n\nHe wanders down alley ways he shouldn't enter and faces, soon, the doom of all who walk.\n\n<<playsound "Line 3.mp3" >>\n\n[[Continue Observing|Skywatcher3]]\n\n[[Intervene|SkywatcherWishGranted]]

The dream stops.\n\nThe Builder stands frozen in place.\n\nThis world is in your hands now.\n\nWhat do you wish to do?\n\n[[Grant him succour from the heat|BuilderWrong]]\n\n[[Grant him water|BuilderWrong]]\n\n[[Send him home|BuilderWrong]]\n\n[[Show him what it means to belong|BuilderWishGranted 1]]\n\n

You attempt to use your powers to grant <<$target>> their heart's desires.\n\nHowever, despite your best intentions, your efforts fail.\n\nYou failed to discern the true desires of your subject's heart.\n\n<<silently>> <<set $Wanderer =2>>\n<<set $Darkness =1>>\n<<set $Day = $Day-1>>\n <<endsilently>>\n\n[[Continue|Court]]

You attempt to use your powers to grant <<$target>> their heart's desires.\n\nHowever, despite your best intentions, your efforts fail.\n\nYou failed to discern the true desires of your subject's heart.\n\n<<silently>> <<set $Lover =2>>\n<<set $Darkness =1>>\n<<set $Day = $Day-1>>\n <<endsilently>>\n\n[[Continue|Court]]

<<if $Wanderer is 0>>\nBehold the lonely wanderer, roaming the dreamscape endlessly.\n\n[[Delve deeper into his desires|WandererBackstory]]\n\n[[Observe his dream unfold|Wanderer2]]\n\n<<else>>\nThe Wanderer dreams no more. <<if $Wanderer is 2>> His sleep is unquiet. <<else>> He sleeps peacefully <<endif>>\n<<endif>>\n\n[[Go back|previous()]]\n\n<<silently>> <<set $target = 'the Wanderer'>> <<endsilently>>\n\n<<playsound "Line 1.mp3" >>

The sleepers dream. And as they dream so increases your power.\n\nThe Dream Crown of Avernus sits atop your brows.\n\nAnd your subjects yet dream.\n\n[[Hold court|Court]]\n\n<<silently>>\n<<$Wanderer=0>>\n<<$Skywatcher=0>>\n<<$Inventor=0>>\n<<$Warmthseeker=0>>\n<<$Builder=0>>\n<<$Daughter=0>>\n<<$Homeless=0>>\n<<$Lover=0>>\n<<$Elder=0>>\n<<$Star=0>>\n\n<<$Darkness=0>>\n<<$Light=0>>\n\n<<set $Day=7>>\n<<set $Daylimit = 7>>\n<<endsilently>>

It won't work.\n\nIt won't work. It won't work.\n\nAll that effort, all that time spent working on this machine. All for naught. All for naught. All for naught.\n\nThe gears continue grinding - the gears grind.\n\nPain! Pain shall be the answer. If genius won't come through it'll come through.\n\nThe inventor approaches the gears and extends his hands outwards.\n\n[[Continue Observing|Inventor6]]\n\n[[Intervene|InventorWishGranted]]

He makes a greater effort to stay on top of the waves.\n\nFor a minute he succeeds with great effort.\n\nYet every moment his strength dwindles a bit more.\n\n\n<<playsound "Line 6.mp3" >>\n[[Continue Observing|Warmthseeker4]]\n\n[[Intervene|WarmthseekerWishGranted]]

He splashes around desperately trying to stay afloat, but bit by bit you know he's time is coming to an end.\n\n\n<<playsound "Line 5.mp3" >>\n[[Continue Observing|Warmthseeker3]]\n\n[[Intervene|WarmthseekerWishGranted]]

As the weight of his bloated lungs drag him under, a burst of energy surges through him\n\nWith herculean effort he drags himself from down under and grabs onto a piece of floating log.\n\nHe's no longer drowning, merely enjoying the sublime gift of being alive.\n\n<<playsound "Shout 14.mp3" >>\n<<silently>> \n<<set $Warmthseeker=1>>\n<<set $Light=$Light+1>>\n<<set $Day = $Day-1>>\n<<endsilently>>

Water fills his lungs. His body grows heavier. \n\nThe effort to stay afloat grows more taxing every second\n\n[[Continue Observing|Warmthseeker6]]\n\n[[Intervene|WarmthseekerWishGranted]]

<<if $Skywatcher is 0>>\nThe boy stares into the ever changing heavens.\n\nAll about him rage the elements of mundanity.\n\nUnspeaking crowds, unending cacophany.\n\nHe craves release. He craves freedom.\n\n[[Delve deeper into his desires|SkywatcherBackstory]]\n\n[[Observe his dream unfold|Skywatcher2]]\n\n<<else>>\nThe Skywatcher dreams no more. <<if $Skywatcher is 2>> His sleep is unquiet. <<else>> He sleeps peacefully <<endif>>\n<<endif>>\n\n[[Go back|previous()]]\n\n<<silently>> <<set $target = 'the Skywatcher'>> <<endsilently>>

You attempt to save him with your powers.\n\nBut you fail.\n\nThis is the realm of dreams yet you, the Dreamlord of Avernus are not strong enough.\n\nThe last thing he hears before the walls cave in is the neighing of the horses in the collapsing stable.\n\n<<silently>> <<set $Builder =2>>\n<<set $Darkness = $Darkness+1>> \n<<set $Day = $Day-1>><<endsilently>>\n\n[[Continue|Court]]

The dream stops.\n\nThe Elder stands frozen in place.\n\nThis world is in your hands now.\n\nWhat do you wish to do?\n\n[[Grant him succour from the heat|ElderWrong]]\n\n[[Grant him water|ElderWrong]]\n\n[[Send him home|ElderWrong]]\n\n[[Show him what it means to belong|ElderWishGranted 1]]\n\n

The time of reckoning has come!\n\n<<if $Light > $Darkness>>\nThe darkness from beyond sought to invade your lands - to drive your people senseless. \n\nBut you remained steadfast, faithful in your people's struggle\n\nAnd now all that remains is to burn away the last vestiges of this unwelcome Darkness.\n\n[[Continue|GoodEnd]]\n<<else>>\n\nYour people called out for help, and attempt to help them you did. But the darkness that calls out from beyond twists and turns the wills of men - twisting them into something perverse.\n\n[[Continue|BadEnd]]\n<<endif>>\n

He wanders the deserts, the hills unending\n\n\n[[Continue Observing|Lover3]]\n\n[[Intervene|LoverWishGranted]]\n\n<<playsound "Line 7.mp3" >>

He is lost. Death is on his lips. He is going to die alone. He is terrified.\n\n[[Continue Observing|Lover4]]\n\n[[Intervene|LoverWishGranted]]\n\n<<playsound "Line 9.mp3" >>

Weaker he gets, lost and depleted.\n\nWeaker...\n\nWeaker...\n\nWeaker...\n\n[[Continue Observing|Lover5]]\n\n[[Intervene|LoverWishGranted]]

And then he gets up.\n\nSlowly but surely, he gets back on his feet.\n\nAnd he continues\n\nBeyond the dune at the edge he finds an oasis.\n\nIt's cool and calm. He drinks Life from it's bosom. And the calmness of sleep envelopes him. \n\n[[Continue|Court]]\n\n<<silently>> \n<<set $Lover=1>>\n<<set $Light=$Light+1>>\n<<set $Day = $Day-1>>\n<<endsilently>>\n\n<<playsound "Shout 17.mp3" >>

You attempt to save him with your powers.\n\nBut you fail.\n\nThis is the realm of dreams yet you, the Dreamlord of Avernus are not strong enough.\n\nAs the boy plummets closer and closer to his inevitable end, he looks upon his beloved skies once more.\n\nGreat storm clouds had spontaneously gathered, obscuring the sun's glow but not it's heat.\n\nThe last vision to fleet before the child's eyes was the sight of a great dark cloud in the shape of an ominous bucking mare.\n\n<<silently>> <<set $Skywatcher =2>>\n<<set $Darkness = $Darkness+1>> \n<<set $Day = $Day-1>><<endsilently>>\n\n[[Continue|Court]]

His fingers are ever busy, his minds ever racing.\n\nMachine after machine he builds only to discard.\n\nThey're not perfect, none of them are perfect. None of them looked into his eyes and called him father.\n\nIf only he had more time\n\n[[Go back|previous()]]

You attempt to use your powers to grant <<$target>> their heart's desires.\n\nHowever, despite your best intentions, your efforts fail.\n\nYou failed to discern the true desires of your subject's heart.\n\n<<silently>> <<set $Skywatcher =2>>\n<<set $Darkness =1>>\n<<set $Day = $Day-1>>\n <<endsilently>>\n\n[[Continue|Court]]

The dream stops.\n\nThe Skywatcher stands frozen in place.\n\nThis world is in your hands now.\n\nWhat do you wish to do?\n\n[[Grant him succour from the heat|SkywatcherWrong]]\n\n[[Remove the uncaring masses|SkywatcherWrong]]\n\n[[Give him wealth|SkywatcherWrong]]\n\n[[Grant him wings so that he could soar above the rest|SkywatcherWishGranted 1]]

He's never known friends.\n\nNothing is between his family and him but blood.\n\nThe word 'home' to him has no meaning. \n\nHe is lost in this world as well as the waking one.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

He is lost. Death is on his lips. He is going to die alone. He is terrified.\n\n[[Continue Observing|Elder4]]\n\n[[Intervene|ElderWishGranted]]\n\n<<playsound "Line 8.mp3" >>

He soars ever and ever higher, closer to the sun - closer than any beast, man or bird should approach.\n\nA voice cries out, urging him to go higher - until his pale wings burst aflame from the sun's opressive heat.\n\n[[Take him elsewhere|SkywatcherSave]]\n\n[[Stop his fall|SkywatcherSave]]\n\n[[Restore his wings|SkywatcherSave]]

<<if $Day>0>>\nThe Court of Dreams is now in session. Your subjects await.\n\n<<if $Light > $Darkness>>The world seems just a bit brighter\n<<else>> The Dark whispers.\n<<endif>>\n\nYou have <<$Day>> days until the court disbands\n\t<<silently>>\n\t<<if $Day is 7>>\n\t\t<<loopsound "Number-1.mp3" >>\n\t<<else if $Day is 6>>\n\t\t<<stopsound "Number-1.mp3">>\n\t\t<<loopsound "Number-2.mp3" >>\n\t<<else if $Day is 5>>\n\t\t<<stopsound "Number-2.mp3">>\n\t\t<<loopsound "Number-3.mp3" >>\n\t<<else if $Day is 4>>\n\t\t<<stopsound "Number-3.mp3">>\n\t\t<<loopsound "Number-4.mp3" >>\n\t<<else if $Day is 3>>\n\t\t<<stopsound "Number-4.mp3">>\n\t\t<<loopsound "Number-5.mp3" >>\n\t<<else if $Day is 2>>\n\t\t<<stopsound "Number-5.mp3">>\n\t\t<<loopsound "Number-6.mp3" >>\n\t<<else if $Day is 1>>\n\t\t<<stopsound "Number-6.mp3">>\n\t<<endif>>\n\t<<endsilently>>\n\nAbandon your kingdom and [[let them dream anew|Rewind]]\n\n[[The Wanderer|Wanderer]]\n\n[[The Skywatcher|Skywatcher]]\n\n[[The Inventor|Inventor]]\n\n[[The Warmth-seeker|Warmthseeker]]\n\n[[The Builder|Builder]]\n\n[[The Lover|Lover]]\n\n[[The Elder|Elder]]\n\n<<else>>\nThe time for reckoning has come.\n\n[[Reckoning|Reckoning]]\n\n<<endif>>\n\n

<<if $Warmthseeker is 0>>\nThe warm sea breeze blows from the east, comforting the Warmth Seeker\n\nThis would be a dream if not for the fact that warmth seeker was drowning upto his neck in water.\n\n[[Delve deeper into his desires|WarmthseekerBackstory]]\n\n[[Observe his dream unfold|Warmthseeker2]]\n\n<<else>>\nThe Warmthseeker dreams no more. <<if $Warmthseeker is 2>> His sleep is unquiet. <<else>> He sleeps peacefully <<endif>>\n<<endif>>\n\n[[Go back|previous()]]\n\n<<silently>> <<set $target = 'the Warmthseeker'>> <<endsilently>>

And then he gets up.\n\nSlowly but surely, he gets back on his feet.\n\nAnd he continues\n\nBeyond the dune at the edge he finds an oasis.\n\nIt's cool and calm. He drinks Life from it's bosom. And the calmness of sleep envelopes him. \n\n[[Continue|Court]]\n\n\n<<silently>> \n<<set $Builder=1>>\n<<set $Light=$Light+1>>\n<<set $Day = $Day-1>>\n<<endsilently>>\n\n<<playsound "Shout 15.mp3" >>

Weaker he gets, lost and depleted.\n\nWeaker...\n\nWeaker...\n\nWeaker...\n\n[[Continue Observing|Builder5]]\n\n[[Intervene|BuilderWishGranted]]

He is lost. Death is on his lips. He is going to die alone. He is terrified.\n\n[[Continue Observing|Builder4]]\n\n[[Intervene|BuilderWishGranted]]\n\n<<playsound "Line 7.mp3" >>

He wanders the deserts, the hills unending\n\n\n[[Continue Observing|Builder3]]\n\n[[Intervene|BuilderWishGranted]]\n\n<<playsound "Line 2.mp3" >>

He's never known friends.\n\nNothing is between his family and him but blood.\n\nThe word 'home' to him has no meaning. \n\nHe is lost in this world as well as the waking one.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

You attempt to save him with your powers.\n\nBut you fail.\n\nThis is the realm of dreams yet you, the Dreamlord of Avernus are not strong enough.\n\nThe last thing he hears before the walls cave in is the neighing of the horses in the collapsing stable.\n\n<<silently>> <<set $Lover =2>>\n<<set $Darkness = $Darkness+1>> \n<<set $Day = $Day-1>><<endsilently>>\n\n[[Continue|Court]]

Liz, Nolan, Mostafa and Lyndsey

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<<if $Inventor is 0>>\nThe whirring and humming of machinery echoes around the small stone lab.\n\nThe inventor toils endlessly - the array of inventions all around him bare testimony to that fact.\n\nYet his ultimate goal always seems to escape his reach.\n\n[[Delve deeper into his desires|InventorBackstory]]\n\n[[Observe his dream unfold|Inventor2]]\n\n<<else>>\nThe Inventor dreams no more. <<if $Inventor is 2>> His sleep is unquiet. <<else>> He sleeps peacefully <<endif>>\n<<endif>>\n\n[[Go back|previous()]]\n\n<<silently>> <<set $target = 'the Inventor'>> <<endsilently>>

There is naught left of your kingdom but ashes. And ashes it will remain.\n\n(BAD END)

The dream stops.\n\nThe Wanderer stands frozen in place.\n\nThis world is in your hands now.\n\nWhat do you wish to do?\n\n[[Grant him succour from the heat|WandererWrong]]\n\n[[Grant him water|WandererWrong]]\n\n[[Send him home|WandererWrong]]\n\n[[Show him what it means to belong|WandererWishGranted 1]]\n\n

Despite your best efforts Avernus has falle.\n\nMaybe there's naught left for you but to [[Give up|TrueBadEnd]].\n\nOr maybe you may [[Try again|Rewind]]\n\n<<playsound "Shout 20.mp3" >>

He climbs higher and higher.\n\nThe top of the tower is within his reach.\n\nHe reaches the top and immediately walks towards the edge.\n\nHe looks down.\n\nAn eternal maze, teeming with millions - millions who would not care if he were to leap off right now.\n\nThe edge tempted him, tempted him worse than anything had before in his mortal life.\n\nHe takes a step forward...\n\n[[Continue Observing|Skywatcher6]]\n\n[[Intervene|SkywatcherWishGranted]]

The walls shake and groan. Furniture gets knocked over. The walls themselves close in on him.\n\n[[Take him elsewhere|BuilderSave]]\n\n[[Stop the earthquake|BuilderSave]]\n\n[[Wake him up|BuilderSave]]

He wanders the deserts, the hills unending\n\n\n[[Continue Observing|Elder3]]\n\n[[Intervene|ElderWishGranted]]\n\n<<playsound "Line 6.mp3" >>

You attempt to use your powers to grant <<$target>> their heart's desires.\n\nHowever, despite your best intentions, your efforts fail.\n\nYou failed to discern the true desires of your subject's heart.\n\n<<silently>> <<set $Elder =2>>\n<<set $Darkness =1>>\n<<set $Day = $Day-1>>\n <<endsilently>>\n\n[[Continue|Court]]

The dream stops.\n\nThe Warmthseeker stands frozen in place.\n\nThis world is in your hands now.\n\nWhat do you wish to do?\n\n[[Remove Water|WarmthseekerWrong]]\n\n[[Grant him energy to keep on working|WarmthseekerWrong]]\n\n[[Allow him to breathe underwater|WarmthseekerWrong]]\n\n[[Lift him up into the skies|WarmthseekerWishGranted 1]]

And then he gets up.\n\nSlowly but surely, he gets back on his feet.\n\nAnd he continues\n\nBeyond the dune at the edge he finds an oasis.\n\nIt's cool and calm. He drinks Life from it's bosom. And the calmness of sleep envelopes him. \n\n[[Continue|Court]]\n\n<<silently>> \n<<set $Elder=1>>\n<<set $Light=$Light+1>>\n<<set $Day = $Day-1>>\n<<endsilently>>\n\n<<playsound "Shout 16.mp3" >>

Weaker he gets, lost and depleted.\n\nWeaker...\n\nWeaker...\n\nWeaker...\n\n[[Continue Observing|Elder5]]\n\n[[Intervene|ElderWishGranted]]

The walls shake and groan. Furniture gets knocked over. The walls themselves close in on him.\n\n[[Take him elsewhere|WandererSave]]\n\n[[Stop the earthquake|WandererSave]]\n\n[[Wake him up|WandererSave]]

A spark of genius enkindles a wildfire of enlightenment within the Warmthseeker's mind.\n\nHe gets to work on the automaton like one possessed.\n\nAfter tireless hours he beholds the fruits of his labor.\n\nThe automaton comes to life. Its mouth opens. \n\n"Father" it says\n\n[[But then...|WarmthseekerNightmare]]

He trudges onwards through the filthy streets in search of something, anything that would be his deliverance.\n\nHe seeks something which does not exist.\n\nThe labyrinthine streets confuse and confound. There is no escape\n\n<<playsound "Line 4.mp3" >>\n[[Continue Observing|Skywatcher4]]\n\n[[Intervene|SkywatcherWishGranted]]