1960's Grocery Sim.

It's morning (if: $day is 2)[,again.](else:)[]\ (set: $dinner to 0)\ (set: $beef to 0)\ (set: $status to 0)\ (set: $beauty to "tired")\ (set: $Taylor to 0)\ (click-replace: ", quietly")[...You didn't even get a kiss goodbye... figures](click-replace: "figures")[figures. He was so displeased with the dinner he came home to yesterday](click-replace: "displeased")[upset](click-replace: "upset")[furious]An hour ago you heard your husband wake and leave for work, quietly. You need to [[wake up->I'm up]] and check on your [[child.->Taylor]]

It's a new day, you know you can do better. Your feet touch the shag carpet and you think... _Today you must_ 1. Clean 2. Go grocery shopping 3. Prepare dinner 4. Care for [[Taylor]] (if: $beauty is "tired")[But before all of that you must get ready for the day. [[Look in the mirror.]]] (else:)[[[Vaintiy->Look in the mirror.]] [[Kicthen]] ]

(if: $Taylor is 0)[Your child is audibly sleeping. There is drool.[[Wake up Taylor.->wake up Taylor]] (if: $day is 2)[Digusting...](else:)[]] (if: $Taylor is "awake")[Taylor is awake, Your child makes weird noises] (else:)[This is hard.] [[Kicthen]] [[Bedroom ->I'm up]] [[Vainity ->Look in the mirror.]]

(click-replace: "family")[family. You used to think you had good genes](click-replace: "genes")[ genes. However there is a living reminder of your failure] You have been told that you have above average looks. Your mother gave you striking, yet gracefull facial features, and you have long, dark, lucious curls from your father's family. (if: $beauty is 0)[You look tired] (else:)[You look (print: $beauty).] Do your [[Make-up]] Check on [[Taylor]] Go to the [[Kicthen]]

(set: $beauty to 'disgusting') (click-replace: "Lips")[The lipstick outlines your smile in a vibrant, deep, blood-red.(set: $beauty to 'OK')] Lips (click-replace: "Eyes")[The soft brown/black color makes you beautiful, Your husband wants you to wear this.(set: $beauty to 'Fine')]Eyes (click-replace: "Powder")[The powder covers up the slight, yet ever-growing wrinkles around your eyes. The consistancy reminds you of ash.(set: $beauty to 'Good Enough')] Powder [[Look in the mirror.]]

(click-replace: "coffee.")[coffee. You notice the broken glass in the garbage as you dispose of the coffee grounds. You still look $beauty. (if: $Taylor is 0)[ [[You should wake up Taylor ->wake up Taylor]]] (if: $Taylor is "awake")[] (else:)[This is hard.]]You //could// make coffee. [[Back to the Bedroom->I'm up]] [[Start Cleaning]] [[Go Shopping with out Taylor->Don't Bring Taylor]] (if: $Taylor is "awake")[[[Go Shopping with Taylor->Bring Taylor]] ] (set: $house to "not clean")

Your child wines and cries. They've pissed the bed again. (set: $Taylor to "awake") You look $beauty [[Kicthen]] [[Bedroom ->I'm up]] (if: $beauty is "tired")[[[Vaintiy->Look in the mirror.]]] (else:)[]

This is the easiest part of your day. Sweaping, Mopping, Dusting, The Bathrooms and Laundry. You want Husband to be pleased.(click-replace: "pleased.")[pleased. Last time he noticed you forgot to dust his golf trophies. We has to get a new carpet after that.] (click-replace: "new carpet")[new, red carpet] (set: $house to "clean") As you clean you decide to have stew for dinner. Even though it's summer, beef stew has always been Husband's favorite. He will be surprized. You should leave for the supermarket now. [[Bring Taylor]] [[Don't Bring Taylor]]

(if: $day is 2)[Yesterday was a mess...] (else:)[ That the best choice. Last time you left Taylor alone, the house nearly burnt down.] (set: $Taylor to "with") Taylor wines and cries, better here than at the store. //Lord knows// you don't want a temper tantrum at the store, not again. [[Go to the store]]

This is a hard choice, but dealing with Taylor is too much. To many stares. But you think again... [[Go to the store]] or [[Bring Taylor]]

(if: $Taylor is not "safe")[(set: $Taylor to "dead")](else:)[] (set: $day to $day+1)\

(if: $Taylor is "with")[Taylor is with you, people a starring. You know why, but choose to not think about it. As you push the cart into the organic section. Maybe you should check on [[Taylor->Taylor/organic]] or [[Continue-> Don't Check1]]] (else:)[You start to worry less, and coninue on shopping. As you pass the pass the glass windows you see your reflection, you look $beauty. [[Continue->Taylor/organic]]]

(if: $Taylor is "with")[(set: $ingredients to "yes")Taylor is reaching for an apple at the bottom of the pile, you stop them just in time, but Taylor very audibly shrieks and blabbers. You can feel the eyes of the fellow shoppers. Quickly you grab the carrots, potatoes, onions and [[Continue]]] (else:)[(set: $ingredients to "yes")Taylor is not with you. You worry, but coninue on shopping. You get your vegetables for the stew peacfully and wonder why you've never done this before. [[Continue]]]

(if: $Taylor is "with")[Next is the Butcher, You speak with the man behind counter, his eyes jump from watching [[Taylor->Check_Butcher]], to your bust, to your face.] (else:)[The butcher tries to feed you awful pick-up lines. If only he knew what a disapointing wife you are... Husband knows, but you're glad he doesn't leave you. Perhaps it's the dinners you make or maybe it's Taylor.(click-replace: "Taylor")[Taylor. A woman's only duty is to produce healthy children. All you could create was a failure..]] Get Beef for stew.(click-replace: "Get Beef for stew.")[You have beef now. That guy's a creep...] (set: $beef to "beef") [[Leave]]

As you walk away you hear a the heart-crushing sound of an entire display of apples tumble to the floor. You quickly grab Taylor and hurry away from the scene.(click-replace: "hurry away from the scene.")[hurry away from the scene. Taylor resists, yelling incoherently. You panic, //not again//. The manager is already here, He's furious.](click-replace: "furious.")[furious. //"This is no place for things like that!"// he gestures to Taylor, //"Those f**cking retards ought to be put out of their missery!"// (set: $ingredients to "no") You're escorted out of the store... (set: $Taylor to "crying") [[Home->Home2]]]

The store is filled with other wives buying groceries. You wonder if their lives are like yours...(if: $Taylor is 0)[(set: $Taylor to "dead")](else:)[] (if: $Taylor is "with")[ As you leave you hear the sound of metal equipment crash. Taylor is pilled under the butcher meat-cutting equipment. Your child is dead.(click-replace: "dead.")[dead. You feel a weight come off your shoulders. It's all over.(set: $Taylor to "dead") ]]\ (if: $Taylor is "safe")[Taylor, sings/blabbers the sesame street song. Drooling slowly, forever-flowing. You want to leave as soon as possible. [[Home->Home2]] ]\ (else:)[The Check out lines are long, but the peacful silence makes you want to stay here forever. Away from it all... After you have a small, meaningless conversation with the cashier you head [[Home->Home2]]]

You stop Taylor from fiddleing with the dangerous meat-cutting equipment... They should really put those some place else. (set: $Taylor to "safe") [[Look back at the butcher->Continue]] [[Leave]]

(if: $Taylor is "dead")[(set: $status to 0)](else:)[]\ (if: $Taylor is "awake")[(set: $Taylor to "dead")You come home to police cars swarming the block, a sense of anticipation builds in your chest. One of the officers asks if you're the //"parent"// with hesitation. He explains to you that Taylor wandered into the road and was struck by a truck. You woke Taylor up this morning, but didn't bring them with you to the store. It's quiet. ](else:)[]\ (if: $Taylor is "0")[(set: $Taylor to "dead")You left Taylor at home today, Didn't even wake your child up. As you walk into the room at the end of the hall way you hear silence. Taylor's corpse rests in the bed, the putrid smell of piss, shit and vomit fill the room. Your child is dead. It's quiet.](else:)[]\ (if: $Taylor is "crying")[(set: $Taylor to "safe")(set: $status to "crying")](else:)[]\ (if: $ingredients is "yes")[You have veggies. ](else:)[You didn't get veggies. (set: $dinner to "1")](if: $beef is "beef")[You have beef. ](else:)[You didn't get beef. (set: $dinner to "1")] (if: $Taylor is "safe")[Taylor is safe. (if: $dinner is 0)[At least you have everything for dinner. When youre husband comes home he is visibly stressed. Dinner is completed in silence. Husband finishes his meal then smokes his cigar. ](else:)[Dinner is not made. Your husband arrives home, visibly stressed. He asks where his dinner is and you can only offer excuses. You plead with him //"It was Taylor!"// He yells ''"you made that damn thing!"'' and proceeds to physically remind you, again and again. You bleed onto the red carpet, but you can't see it. ](if: $house is "clean")[ The house is clean.](else:)[ The house is not clean. ][[ Try again tomorrow.->It's Tuesday.]]] (else:)[Taylor is dead...(set: $Taylor to "dead") After, You sit in silence for a very, very long time. You can't cry. There were no charges of mansughter or endagerment of a child, because Taylor was //technically// 26. The mental-age means nothing to law enforcement... There were plenty of witnesses. (if: $dinner is 0)[At least you have everything for dinner. When youre husband comes home he is visibly stressed. Dinner is completed in silence. Husband finishes his meal then smokes his cigar. ](else:)[Dinner is not made. Your husband arrives home, visibly stressed. He asks where his dinner is and you can only offer excuses. You plead with him //"It was Taylor!"// He yells ''"you made that damn thing!"'' and proceeds to physically remind you, again and again. You bleed onto the red carpet, but you can't see it. ](if: $house is "clean")[ The house is clean. ](else:)[ The house isn't clean. ]] (if: $status is "crying")[Taylor is crying. You struggle to get Taylor to go to bed. More often than not, you have to use physical force to even get your child to the bedroom. It's extremely exhausting, Taylor can easily overpower you. This reminds you how weak you are. You wish Husband would help you.(click-replace: "help you.")[help you, but it's your duty to take care of Taylor. Husband works all day and he is very tired. You //don't// want to bother him. After it all, you quietly [[head to bed.->It's Tuesday.]] You don't look in the mirror on your way. ](else:)[]] (if: $Taylor is "dead")[ It's quiet. [[END]]](else:)[]

Double-click this passage to edit it. (if: $Taylor is "awake")[(set: $Taylor to "dead")Taylor wandered into the road. ](else:)[] (if: $Taylor is "0")[(set: $Taylor to "dead")Taylor died while sleeping. ](else:)[] (if: $Taylor is "crying")[(set: $Taylor to "safe")(set: $status to "crying")Taylor is crying](else:)[]\ (if: $ingredients is "yes")[You have veggies. ](else:)[You didn't get veggies. (set: $dinner to "1")](if: $beef is "beef")[You have beef. ](else:)[You didn't get beef. (set: $dinner to "1")]  (if: $Taylor is "safe")[Taylor is safe. (if: $dinner is 0)[Dinner is made. ](else:)[Dinner is not made. ](if: $house is "clean")[The house is clean.](else:)[The house is not clean. ]]\ (else:)[Taylor is dead. (if: $dinner is 0)[Dinner is made. ](else:)[Dinner is not made. ](if: $house is "clean")[The house is clean. ](else:)[The house is not clean. ](if: $status is "crying")[Taylor is crying. ](else:)[Taylor is not crying. ] [[Restart Tomorrow]]]

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_Thanks for playing. _Jessica Warren theoddlog.org (9/8/16)

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