The Red Button

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<<set $didnothing to false>> <<set $pressedbutton to false>> You wake up in a room with no windows and one door. You don't know how you got here. You don't even know who you are. Why are you here? In front of you is a large panel. It spans the entire side of the room. It has buttons and screens of different sizes and colours. A red button in the middle of the panel starts flashing. The small label below reads "Do Not Press". //Seems like you should just get out of here...// [[You press the red button.|red button]] [[You do nothing.|nothing]]

<<set $pressedbutton to true>> You press the button. The label says not to, but you can't help yourself. It stops flashing. You think everything is okay. Suddenly, the whole panel turns on and all of the buttons and screens start flashing. [[You press the red button again, hoping to turn it off.|red button1]] [[You do nothing.|nothing2]]

<<set $didnothing to true>> The red button keeps flashing. It starts flashing quicker. This is getting weird. //Is someone watching me?// [[Press the red button.|red button]] [[Do nothing.|nothing2]]

<<if $didnothing is true>>The red button keeps flashing. You don't know what to do. It says don't press it but you really want to. [[Press the red button.|red button]] [[Do nothing.|nothing3]] <<elseif $didnothing is false>> The panel keeps flashing. All of the buttons and screens are turning on and off. An alarm starts ringing. Now you really dont know what's happening. [[You press the red button thinking maybe that will turn it off.|button2]] [[You do nothing.|nothing3]]<</if>>

You thought that would work. If you pressed the button and all of this started happening, then it must work like an on/off switch right? You were wrong. You pressed the button and things got worse. Not only did everything keep flashing like mad, but now an alarm is going off. This isn't what you wanted. All those colours look pretty cool though... [[You do nothing. If the red button isn't an on/off then you don't know how this works.|nothing3]] [[That blue button looks like it might be fun to press...|button2]]

<<if $didnothing is true>>The door starts creaking and slowly opens. You look to your left to see what's there. The light is bright. You can't see what's in front of you, but you take that step through the door anyways... [[Continue.|Ending]] <<elseif $didnothing is false>>You slowly walk to the door, thinking maybe it's a trick. You put your hand on the cold doorknob, and pray for a miracle. You turn the knob. It shocks you so hard that you fall. You hit your head and everything goes black... [[Continue.|Start]] <</if>>

The Red Button

Mackenzie Duffy

<<if $didnothing is true>>The red button keeps flashing. You're getting anxious. What are you doing here? Why is this happening? How do you get out of here? All of the questions keep floating around in your mind. The button stops flashing. Everything seems to be okay. Then the entire panel turns on, and all of the buttons and screens start flashing like crazy. Now you really don't understand what's going on. [[You press the red button hoping it will stop everything.|red button1]] [[You do nothing, hoping that maybe it will all stop on it's own.|nothing4]] <<elseif $didnothing is false>>The red button keeps flashing. You're getting anxious. What are you doing here? Why is this happening? How do you get out of here? All of the questions keep floating around in your mind. The button stops flashing. Everything seems to be okay. Then the entire panel turns on, and all of the buttons and screens start flashing like crazy. Now you really don't understand what's going on. [[You press the red button hoping it will stop everything.|red button1]] [[You do nothing, hoping that maybe it will all stop on it's own.|nothing4]] <</if>>

<<if $didnothing is true>>The panel keeps flashing. All of the buttons and screens are turning on and off. Now, an alarm starts ringing. This isn't what you wanted to happen. Now you really dont know what to do. [[You try the red button. Maybe that is the answer after all.|button2]] [[You still avoid touching anything. That's what it says to do.|nothing5]] <<elseif $didnothing is false>> <</if>>

<<if $didnothing is true>>You regret your decision. The alarm is loud and the flashes are bright. "Why can't this all end?", you plead, hoping someone is listening. You look around at the room, hoping maybe someone else is there with you. That there's some other way of getting out of whatever this is. Then you hear a click. It sounds like the door unlocked. [[Do nothing.|End]] [[Try the door.|End]] <<elseif $didnothing is false>> You regret your decision. The alarm is loud and the flashes are bright. "Why can't this all end?", you plead, hoping someone is listening. You look around at the room, hoping maybe someone else is there with you. That there's some other way of getting out of whatever this is. Then you hear a click. It sounds like the door unlocked. [[Do nothing.|End]] [[Go to the door.|End]] <</if>>

That seems like it did the trick. The alarm stopped, but your ears are still ringing. The panel stopped flashing. Thank goodness because you were getting a headache. But the panel didn't turn off, and one button in the corner is lit up. It's green. [[You press it.|green button]] [[Do nothing.|nothing6]]

The button clicks. It stays lit that bright green colour. That didn't seem to do much. Then you hear a noise. Sounds like something is starting up... The window panel start moving. They're pulling away and opening up to the view. But it doesn't look like there's much out there. Is this actually a window to the outside? [[Move closer and take a look outside.|outside]] [[Do nothing.|nothing7]]

You don't see much except darkness and fires in the distance. Everything looks like it's vanished. Whatever buildings there where there before are only ashes now. This can't be the real world right? You hear a click. Was that the door? [[Try the door.|End]] [[Stand and stare out the window.|nothing 8]]

You can see movement now out the window, but you don't know what it is. You don't want to step closer for fear of what is out there. The light is bright from the window is bright, but not blinding. That green button is still lit. Like it's taunting you. You wish you never saw this. [[You move ahead to take a closer look out the window.|outside]] [[You stay put. You're not getting closer to that door. You really don't wanna know what's out there.|nothing 8]]

A bright light flashes. You can't see anything and you're stunned for a moment. You feel a rumble run through the ground and your body is shocked. You fall to the ground and everything goes black... [[Continue.|Start]]

<<if $didnothing is true>> You wake up in a panic. You're in your bed. In your house. Best of all, you're safe. //For now.// <</if>>

The room goes dark, but that green button is still lit. Like it's mocking you. You look around, as if you're going to be able to see anything in this pitch black room anyways. You hear a sound if front of you. Light starts flooding the room. The window is opening! Your eyes haven't adjusted to the light yet, so it's too bright for you to see anything... [[Move closer to the window to see what's outside.|outside]] [[Do nothing.|nothing7]]