\n<<if visited() is 1>>My first night here.<<else>>Another night.<<endif>><br><<if $others gte 1>>\nI happily paint my nails <<print either("purple","pink","black")>>.<br><<endif>><<if $self gte 1>>\nI give my <<print either("bright","faded")>> <<print either("blonde","pink","purple")>> hair a check in the mirror and smile.<br><<endif>><br><<if $self gte 2>>I touch up my lipstick one last time.<br><<endif>><br><<if $others gte 2>>With a bounce in my step, <<endif>>I decide to\n\n\n\n\n<<if $others eq 0>>[[extrovert|not board games]]<<elseif $others eq 1>>[[extrovert|a confession]]<<endif>>\t\t<<if $self eq 0>>[[introvert|a night of twister]]<<elseif $self eq 1>>[[introvert|fractured school memories]]<<endif>>\t\t<<if $self + $others eq 0>>[[life|404]]<<elseif ($self + $others) eq 1 or ($self + $others) eq 2 or ($self + $others) eq 3>>[[life|Mirrors]]<<elseif $self + $others eq 4>>[[life|Roads]]<<endif>>

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\nI meet him. \n\nI promise him a night of intoxication and [[skirts|a Night]].\n\nI fail that promise.\n<<silently>><<set $others to $others + 1>><<endsilently>>\n\n\n

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\nLife is tough. \n\nMy pieces don't match.\n\nWhen I look in a mirror.\n\n

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\n<<silently>>\n<<set $self = 0>>\n<<set $others = 0>>\n<<endsilently>>\nLife is tough, but this is a new start.\n\nIt is time to [[piece together my place|a Night]] in this world.

\nFrom a game of Twister to a crowded tiny dancefloor.\n\nSkin tight clothes, no money, no ID.\n\n[[Lost|a Night]] in him, his touch, his taste.\n\nI fled at the last second. Sadness.\n<<set $self to $self + 1>>

\nI took his first kiss.\n\nHe was straight, I was '[[straight-ish|a Night]]'.\n\n<<print either("His girlfriend", "My best friend")>> asked me to.\n\nTeenage <<print either("memories", "crushes")>> sure are something.\n<<set $self to $self + 1>>\n

Pieces

\nLife is tough.\n\nI can piece myself together.\n\nI dunno how.\n\nBut I'm gonna make my own roads.

[[@Xegaeri|https://twitter.com/Xegaeri]]

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\nA Halloween party.\n\nExplosive mahjong projected onto a screen.\n\nI get asked out.\n\nHow could I turn down such a [[<<print either("cute","amazing")>>|a Night]] guy?\n<<set $others to $others +1>>