Please stop playing at any time if you need to. Contains sound, and various references to mental health and the ways that beings do (or don't) deal with it. Take care of yourselves. <3
[[Okay.]]<img src="http://laevos.com/i/nt_sim/sunlight.jpg">
Your alarm is going off. It's the only one you have set. You need to [[turn it off and get up]].
There's also a [[snooze button]].<img src="http://laevos.com/i/nt_sim/sunlight.jpg">
You kill the alarm and hop out of bed.
[[_|shower]]<img src="http://laevos.com/i/nt_sim/sunlight_distort.jpeg">
Don't want to risk being late! You kill the alarm and hop out of bed.
[[_|shower]]<img src="http://laevos.com/i/nt_sim/tiles.jpg">
You'd better get a shower now, can't start the day without it!
Stepping into the hot water and closing the door, the steam travels up the glass door in little motes. You can [[take a quick shower]], but maybe you'd prefer to [[sit on the floor]] for a while?<img src="http://laevos.com/i/nt_sim/tiles.jpg">
Refreshing!
[[_|breakfast]]<img src="http://laevos.com/i/nt_sim/tiles_distort.jpeg">
Now why would you want to do something like that? You need to get ready, so you take a quick shower and get out.
[[_|breakfast]]You're dressed and in your kitchen now, and you need to get breakfast before you go to work! You can see a few things from here:
<ul>
<li>[[bread]]</li>
<li>[[crock pot]]</li>
<li>[[pile of paper]]</li>
</ul>Toast isn't a sufficient breakfast. In any case, you prepared something ahead of time [[last night]].That's right! You made something [[last night]]!The thought of eating any of it doesn't cross your mind for a moment, now does it?
[["Nope."|breakfast]]The inside of the crock pot smells like sugar and grain. It's filling.
Time to [[go to work]].You get in your car; it turns on after a few turns of the motor. Do you drive to work?
[[Yes.|drive]]
[[No.|drive]]You drive to work.
Traffic is heavy, but this doesn't cause you any particular distress. You arrive at your desk right on time, congratulations! It's time for you to [[work]] now.<audio src="http://laevos.com/i/nt_sim/typing_clean.mp3" autoplay loop></audio>
<img src=http://laevos.com/i/nt_sim/people.jpg>
You're working, and time is passing at the rate you'd expect it to. One of your coworkers comes up to you and strikes up a contentless conversation. You respond.
[[Full affect]]
[[Flat affect]]<audio src="http://laevos.com/i/nt_sim/typing_clean.mp3" autoplay loop></audio>
<img src=http://laevos.com/i/nt_sim/people.jpg>
Correct! The conversation passes without a single exchange of thought; how nice. You're getting hungry though, and it's about noon, so you'd better go down to the cafeteria and [[get some lunch]].<audio src="http://laevos.com/i/nt_sim/typing_dist.mp3" autoplay loop></audio>
<img src="http://laevos.com/i/nt_sim/people_distort.jpeg">
No, that'd be rude. You respond, jovially, casually, and presenting all the proper [[emotions|Full affect]].<audio src="http://laevos.com/i/nt_sim/kitchen_clean.mp3" autoplay loop></audio>
Down at the cafeteria, you look up at the menu. It looks like it's been changed over the weekend, so nothing on it is familiar to you. You reach the front of the line.
[[Order something at random.|order]]
[[Ask to see the calorie content of the items.|calories]]<audio src="http://laevos.com/i/nt_sim/talking_clean.mp3" autoplay loop></audio>
You get your food, eventually. It took a while for them to get it to you, the one person working there doesn't seem familiar with the new menu either. You make sure to berate them.
The food is fine, you eat it without incident. Return your dishes and go back to your [[desk]].
<img src="http://laevos.com/i/nt_sim/kitchen.jpg"><audio src="http://laevos.com/i/nt_sim/kitchen_dist.mp3" autoplay loop></audio>
There's no reason you'd want that information, now is there. You order [[something|order]].<audio src="http://laevos.com/i/nt_sim/typing_clean.mp3" autoplay loop></audio>
While you're working, you notice the notification light of your phone blinking out of the corner of your eye. It [[doesn't bother]] you, so you wait a while before responding to you. Or maybe it [[does]].<audio src="http://laevos.com/i/nt_sim/typing_clean.mp3" autoplay loop></audio>
After a couple minutes of steady pulsing, you check and respond to the message.
[[_|bathroom]]<audio src="http://laevos.com/i/nt_sim/typing_dist.mp3" autoplay loop></audio>
It really doesn't bother you. You have no problem at all waiting for a while before checking it.
[[_|bathroom]]<img src="http://laevos.com/i/nt_sim/dishes.jpg">
You've driven back home. You can see your [[couch]] and the [[kitchen]].<img src="http://laevos.com/i/nt_sim/dishes_distort.jpeg">
There's no time to be resting now, you need to [[make dinner]]. Besides, you aren't the least bit tired.<img src="http://laevos.com/i/nt_sim/dishes.jpg">
Right, it's time to [[make dinner]]!Cooking yourself a meal takes about an hour, as the recipe you're using suggests. Time to get [[online]]!!You're checking social media. One of your mutuals (you don't know them very well) is making a long string of posts detailing the panic attack they're currently having. (How) do you respond?
[[Tell them to stop]]
[[Do nothing]]
[[Try and help]]<audio src="http://laevos.com/i/nt_sim/talking_clean.mp3" autoplay loop></audio>
It appears that you need to go to the bathroom. There's a long line though, you can either [[stand in it]] or [[wait until you get home]]. <audio src="http://laevos.com/i/nt_sim/talking_clean.mp3" autoplay loop></audio>
Good idea.
[[_|chemical bathroom zone]]<audio src="http://laevos.com/i/nt_sim/talking_dist.mp3" autoplay loop></audio>
You don't see any reason to wait, it's just a bathroom after all.
[[_|chemical bathroom zone]]<audio src="http://laevos.com/i/nt_sim/talking_clean.mp3" autoplay loop></audio>
You do the only thing one would ever think to do in a bathroom.
<img src="http://laevos.com/i/nt_sim/tiles.jpg">
Returning to your desk, you notice that it's time to [[head home|going home]]!Other people should really keep their problems to themselves too, shouldn't they? You reply curtly, voicing your annoyance at their insistence to try and draw attention to themselves.
They stop posting.
[[_|end]]This is, perhaps, the most merciful thing you've ever done.
[[_|end]]No, you don't.
[[_|online]]End.
By Laevos.
↶↷Please stop playing at any time if you need to. Contains sound, and various references to mental health and the ways that beings do (or don't) deal with it. Take care of yourselves. <3
Okay.