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This is not where you had expected to end up. You peer out from under the hood at the <font color="#4b9bf3">crossroads</font> ahead of you.
The rain has soaked through your cape, and makes it hard to discern any distinguishing details. Still, you try...
> > To your [[left]], a staircase snakes up a steep hillside, in a zigzag pattern.
> > [[Straight ahead]], the road continues as before through the park.
> > To your [[right]], a narrow path leads into the arboretum.
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<center>[[Credits]]</center>
<center><img src="Media/zigzag.gif" alt="A rainy staircase" style="width:30%">
The city hasn't been the same this year, but, that's the nature of cities, is it not?
In the heavy rain, the streetlights look like stars. Constellations. What was the name of the one you're thinking of?
[[Pleiades?]]
[[Orion?]]
[[Cassiopeia?]]
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<img src="Media/straight.gif" alt="A rainy park" style="width:30%">
The park, usually filled with life, is silent and empty around you. The trees grow straight and high and mighty around you. How old are they? 50 years? 80?
They were here when you were born, and they'll be here when you die. That's the nature of <font color="#4b9bf3">trees</font> , you suppose.
> > You continue [[walking.]]
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Your feet know the fastest path out of the park on their own. The city around you seems transformed by the rain, but you know this area. Still...
[[This part of town always felt safe.]]
[[This part of town always seemed mysterious.]]
[[This part of town always made you nervous.]]
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Credits:
Music - Isn't the rain nice today? by <a href="https://opengameart.org/users/bbatv1">bbatv</a>, released under CC-BY-3.0 on OpenGameArt.org
GIFs by Chride Lassheikki, using images (CC0) from Pixabay.com
Font - VT323 available on Google Fonts
Code inspiration for local storage from Eva Sydney Lee.
Made by Christina "Chride" Lassheikki using Twine (SugarCube) for the Playable Concepts project at Aalto University.
> > Back to [[Start]] <center><img src="Media/rooftops.gif" alt="A rainy city" style="width:30%">
You look out over the sleeping city as the rain grows lighter.
Maybe you can make it through another year.
[[Restart->Start]]
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<font color="#4b9bf3">Pleiades.</font> That's right.
> > You walk up the [[stairs.]]
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<font color="#4b9bf3">Orion?</font> Maybe.
There's a nebula right there, in Orion.
Nebulas are where stars are born. At least that's what you remember from physics class.
In the rain, everything sure looks nebulous.
> > You walk up the [[stairs.]]
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<font color="#4b9bf3">Cassiopeia...</font> No, that's not it.
But the name always reminded you of the Casio calculators,
the your sister showed you how to write 0.1134 on.
And 580008.
Well... It was kind of funny in fifth grade.
> > You walk up the [[stairs.]]
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As you walk the rain subsides, and you pull the hood back. Looking up at the sky, you feel as if you could float right off into the <font color="#4b9bf3">milkyway</font>, and no one would know.
It's comfort, to know, that the moon is there, even behind clouds.
[[Restart->Start]]
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[[Credits & Stop Audio->Credits]]
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The little things that stayed the same call out to.
The corner shop you used to buy ice cream at in the summers.
The sewer grate you lost your favorite toy car to.
The streetpole you licked one winter, with painful results.
> > The [[neon sign]] could just as well say home.
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It's something in the very bricks of the old houses, something in the dark windows and painted doors. The peeling posters and the old cars. They remind you of hard-boiled detectives, and it speaks to your sense of adventure.
You are wearing a cape after all.
> > The [[neon sign]] calls to you through the rain.
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It's darker than it should, and the rain makes the shadows seem deeper than they reasonably are.
You feel as if you're being watched.
Like usual.
> > You spot the [[neon sign]] as you walk faster.
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You arrive at what used to be your home, years ago. But this is a far better use of the space, you have to agree. They kept the <font color="#4b9bf3">neon sign</font> of your parents' café, and it's a nice touch.
You smile, and head back home.
[[Restart->Start]]
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Walk these [[rainy paths->Start]]
[[Credits]]
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