<<display 'Banner'>>\n<<if $response < 1>>I watch her walk out the door.\nShe just got fired.\nI don't really think there is anything I could say or do to make her feel better.\nIt would probably just embarrass her if I tried.<<else>><<if $engage is 1>><<set $engage = 2>>Given the circumstances, her sincerety frustrates me. I just watched her get fired. I wish I could rewind everything that just happened. <<endif>>My conscience compels me to get up and see her off.\n\nShe bites her lip and gives me a surprisingly troubled look as I hold the door open for her.\n\n//Waitress: Thanks.//\nShe says as she walks through.\n!!!!Sam: Wait... Ally, is it?\nI see her muscles tighten as she stops in her tracks, gives a great sigh, and turns around.\n\n//Ally: Great! Just what I need! Assaulting a bunch of <<if $engage is 2>>lawyers!<<else>>bigshots!<<endif>> Good one, Ally! Well done.//\n\nI can only give her a blank look as she yells at herself.\n\n//Ally: Alright, let's hear it. I injured your <<if $engage is 2>>assocciate<<else>>friend<<endif>> and now you want to sue me for crimes against humanity, is that it?//\n\nThe thought honsetly hadn't even come to me.\n\n//Ally: Listen... I'm just a student. I needed this job and I just got fired. Couldn't we just, you know... write all this off as bad luck?//<<endif>>\n\n\n<<if $response < 1>>[[Continue...|Return][$talk = 0]]<<else>>[[We're Not Suing You|Waitress3][$engage = 2; $response = 0]] | [[We're Suing You|Waitress3][$engage = -1; $response = 0]]<<endif>>

<<set $look = 0; $talk = 0; $response = 0; $responsea = 0; $responseb = 0; $responsec = 0; $responsed = 0; $responsee = 0; $responsef = 0; $responseg = 0; $responseh = 0; $responsei = 0; $responsej = 0; $responsek = 0; $responsel = 0; $responsem = 0; $responsen = 0; $responseo = 0; $responsep = 0; $responseq = 0; $responser = 0; $variant = ""; $location = 0; $locswitch = 0>>

<<display 'Banner'>>\nI decided we'll take our food to go. Harry finally comes out of the bathroom, and rushes out to meet me outside. Understandably, he could not get away from there soon enough. He did a pretty good job of cleaning himself off. The stuff is never coming out of that shirt, though.\n\n//Harry: What a day! Let's just go back to the office and never speak of this again. Can you do me this one favour?//\n!!!!Sam: Speak about what?\n<<if $affect is -5>>I chose not to tell him about the threats I made to Ally on his behalf.\n<<endif>>\n//Harry: Seafood freaking pasta... I'm nauseous just thinking of it.//\nHe was shaking his head.\n\n!!!![All in all, this was a relatively tame beginning to one of the most bizarre days of my life.]\n\n\n[[Continue...|Office][$engage = 0]]

<<display 'Banner'>>\nA waitress shuffles past us. The aroma of bacon and fries, the white noise of background chatter fills the air. I sit across from my boss, Harold Kline, at the neighbourhood diner, it's our go-to place for a particularly hearty lunch to help with the long hours ahead. We're waiting for the waitress to come and take our order.\n\n!!!!<<if $look eq 1>>[It's a good place. Been here a hundred times. The service is nice and the food... reliable. You can't get eggs wrong, and the burgers are decent. It gets busy like this around lunch time. There's a kid sitting a ways across from me watching videos on his phone and playing with his food. He's laughing hysterically.]<<elseif $look eq 2>>[Poor man. Go back a year and everyone wanted him on their case. He's had one bout of seriously bad luck no one deserves. He worked with my father long ago, before starting his own firm. My father always disliked him for being what he saw as sanctimonious. I know him as a man who would never sacrifice his principles to win a case, and I believe that to be admirable.]<<elseif $look eq 3>>[I haven't seen her before, she seems a little inexperienced. I'd try and get her attention, but she is taking someone's order. She knows we're here, she'll come when she's ready... Maybe she does look a little familiar, not sure where from though.]<<endif>>\n\n\n<<if $look is 0>>[[Look...|$setting][$look = -1]]<<else>>[[Look Around|$setting][$look = 1]] | [[Look at Harry|$setting][$look = 2]] | [[Look at Waitress|$setting][$look = 3]]<<endif>> | [[Talk to Harry|DinerTalk][$look = 0; $talk = 0]]

<<display 'Banner'>>\nAt this point in the game we would go over to the office. :)\nBut of course, we couldn't do that, because that would spoil the mystery for the [[GRAPHICAL ADVENTURE VERSION|http://kickstarter.com/projects/1760145755/a-near-dawn-visual-adventure-game]] we are currently working on.\n\nOur project is running on [[KICKSTARTER from October 24 to November 23, 2017|http://kickstarter.com/projects/1760145755/a-near-dawn-visual-adventure-game]] and we have a Prologue you can grab form [[Itch.io|http://faroffdaydream.itch.io/a-near-dawn]], [[Steam|http://store.steampowered.com/app/728170/A_Near_Dawn/]], [[Google Play|http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.faroffdaydream.aneardawn.prologue]]. Please take a look at it to see our plans for this game and how far we've come. Thank you!\n\nLeon ([[@LeonDaydreamer|http://twitter.com/LeonDaydreamer]])

<<display 'Banner'>>\nAs I was rolling my eyes, I noticed our waitress coming back with our plates. She seemed to be having trouble managing and would periodically stagger.\n\nMy senses may have been heightened from the hunger, because I remember this disaster vividly, as though I'd watched it in slow motion. Harry was impatiently licking his lips the moment the Seafood Swiss Cheese Pasta caught his eye. You could see it give off a trail of steam. To call it fragrant wouldn't do it justice, I could smell the cheap melted cheese and assorted fruits de mer from ten feet away.\n\nThe giant grin on Harry's face evaporated into horror as he realised the precariousness of the situation. '//Perhaps I should offer a helping hand//,' I had just enough time to think, before watching the plate of pasta slip out of the waitress's grasp as she finally managed to regain her balance.\n\nThe horror spread to the waitress's face and mine as well. As if entranced, I braced for impact seeing the floppy strands untangle and briefly dance through the air with the sticky web of cheese and chuncks of fish and shrimp, before...\n\n!!!!//*SQUELCH*//\n\nSquare on Harry's head.\n\nAll I could do was...\n\n[[Stare|Spilled][$response = 1]] | [[Yell|Spilled][$response = 2]] | [[Laugh|Spilled][$response = 3]]| [[Facepalm|Spilled][$response = 4]]

<<display 'Banner'>>\n<<if $response != 4>><<if $response is 1>>I stare at my mentor with profound empathy<<elseif $response is 2>>I give out a yelp, somewhat delayed<<else>>I burst out laughing unconsciously. Then immediately silence myself<<endif>>, and watch Harry's face turn red with rage as it takes him a moment to process the events of the last few seconds. The laughter of the kid sitting across from us is the only thing I hear.<<else>>The sound of my palm hitting my face seems to reverberate in the silence. The scene is captured on camera by the kid in hysterics sitting across from us and is no doubt destined to become a part of internet history within days. Harry's face turns red with rage as it takes him a moment to process the events of the last few seconds.<<endif>>\n\n//Waitress: OH MY GOD!!! I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry!//\n\nThe waitress is mortified and immediately proceeds to remove handfuls of hot pasta and seafood off my boss. Without thinking, she grabs Harry's water and pours it over his head to help it cool. This only seems to anger him more as he yells various expletives and storms to the bathroom. She follows him as far as she dares and can't stop appologising.\n\n//Manager: ALLY!! Get in here!//\nHe yells from the kitchen.\n\nThe waitress rushes past me, appologising for being a klutz, with shame and resignation on her face. I feel bad for her, she seemed nice. Of course, I feel bad for Harry, too. The guy can't catch a break. I shake my head in disbelief.\n\nAfter a minute of muffled arguing and berating, the manager comes out to appologise personally and insists our orders are on the house. I give a sigh as the whole situation has made me very uncomfortable. Harry must still be washing up when some time later the waitress makes her way to the entrance with her things.\n\n//Waitress: <<if $engage is 1>>I'm sorry I ruined your meeting. I hope your 'associate' is alright.<<else>>Sorry, again.<<endif>>//\n\n[[Stop Her|Waitress2][$talk = 0; $response = 1]] | [[Let Her Go|Waitress2][$talk = 0; $response = 0]]

!A Near Dawn (aka Back to Reality: Chapter 1 - A Day in the Life)\n<A Near Dawn is running on [[KickStarter from October 24 to November 23, 2017!|https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1760145755/a-near-dawn-visual-adventure-game]]>\n\nI've been plagued by bad dreams lately.\nI feel myself melting through the floors and become absorbed by them.\nInanimate. Something to be used. Walked on.\nLaminate? Hardwood? Not a person.\nIs it the stress from being overworked or... something else?\n\nMy name is Sam Nichols, attorney at Klein and Associates.\nI may as well spoil the surprise, I am the sole associate still working at the company.\nWe took several large losses at no small expense, everyone jumped ship before becoming\nintrinsically associated with 'THAT' firm.\n\nI stayed. Call me sympathetic.\nMy boss, Harold Klein was an important mentor to me.\nHe's an attorney, but he is not a shark. He's one of the good ones.\nI could not stand back and watch his company burn.\nWe have one last BIG case everything hinges on.\n\n\n[[Continue...|Diner]]\n\n\n<<set $setting = "Start"; $psycheS = 10; $psycheA = 10; $don = 0; $location = 0; $locswitch = 0; $thirdp = 0; $affect = 0; $drunk = 0>>\n<<set $look = 0; $talk = 0; $progress = 0; $villain = 0; $athlet = 0; $response = 0; $responsea = 0; $responseb = 0; $responsec = 0; $responsed = 0; $responsee = 0; $responsef = 0; $responseg = 0; $responseh = 0; $responsei = 0; $responsej = 0; $responsek = 0; $responsel = 0; $responsem = 0; $responsen = 0; $responseo = 0; $responsep = 0; $responseq = 0; $responser = 0; $variant = ""; $variant2 = ""; $opt1 = ""; $opt2 = ""; $opt3 = ""; $opt1a = 0; $opt2a = 0; $opt3a = 0; $alter = 0; $phone = 0>>\n<<set $em1 = 0; $em2 = 0; $mail = 2; $msgs = 1>>

<<display 'Banner'>>\n<<if $talk eq 0 || $talk eq -1>><<if $progress < 2>>I'm speaking with Harry, he seems worn out. It hurts me seeing him like this, I try to be as supportive as I can... While avoiding direct eye contact.<<elseif $progress is 2>>The waitress left to fill our order. Harry seems to have perked up a little now that he knew our food was on the way. I was getting pretty hungry myself.<<endif>>\n\n<<set $response += 1>><<if $response eq 1>>//Harry: I've been getting this rash on my thigh... never had it before. Probably stress related.//<<elseif $response eq 2>>//Harry: Mark Twain said to succeed in life you need only two things - ignorance and confidence. I always thought there was something to that.//<<elseif $response eq 3>><<set $response = 0>>//Harry: The wife wants to go to Aruba. It is just not happening right now.//<<elseif $response eq 4>><<if $engage eq 1>>//Harry: Smooth, buddy. Reeeeal smooth.//\nHe seems to be chuckling to himself.<<else>>//Harry: Well she's certainly new here, hope she gets my order right.//<<endif>><<set $response = 2>><<endif>><<elseif $talk eq 1>>!!!!Sam: How are you holding up, Harry?\n//Harry: You mean besides the firm taking a nosedive, and getting a second mortgage out on the house? You know things haven't been going great. Wife is sticking with me though. If I didn't have that.... We need this win, Sam. I need it.//<<elseif $talk eq 2>>!!!!Sam: Your wife is a good woman to have. How is she?\n//Harry: Well, she's working on her novel. Hahaha... A murder mystery, she'll read it to me once she finishes a chapter. It's actually not too bad. Pandora's Hurricane. I'll give you a signed copy once it's published.//<<elseif $talk eq 3>>!!!!Sam: Any new developments on the case?\n//Harry: Lord... don't even ask me right now. I can't think straight. I got a none too welcoming message from PKW & Associates this morning to inform me that they are going to be looking for a motion to dismiss the case on grounds of inadequate evidence, that the water authority is liable for improperly maintaining contaminants at safe levels, and blah, blah... No one said this was going to be easy, but DAMMIT! What I wouldn't give for five minutes in a room with those guys.//<<elseif $talk eq 4>>!!!!Sam: Man, I can't wait to eat. What are you getting?\n//Harry: I'll probably go for the chicken. Where is the waitress? I'm hungry... There she is. Excuse me! Can we order?//<<elseif $talk eq 5>>!!!!Sam: The special sounded really good.\n... Too good for a place like this, if you ask me.\n\n//Harry: And I can't wait to eat it... I'm starving!//\n<<elseif $talk is 6>>!!!!Sam: What do you think of our waitress?\n//Harry: Hahahaha... I wasn't going to bring it up. I think she's pretty clumsy, but real cute. I'd totally chat her up if I were your age. Haha!//\n<<if $engage is 1>>!!!!Sam: ... That's not what I was doing. She really looked familiar to me.<<else>>!!!!Sam: You think? I didn't notice.<<endif>>\n//Harry: Sure, Sam. Whateeeever you say. Haha.//\nHe seems to be chuckling to himself again.<<endif>>\n\n<<if $talk is 2>>Wow, what a change. He completely brightened up.<<elseif $talk is 3>>I was sorry I asked.<<elseif $talk is 4>>He was shouting, I give an indiscernible cringe. I can't fault him, he is under a great deal of stress, but it's not my preferred method of getting someone's attention. With a start, the waitress realizes she can no longer ignore us and nods her way towards us.<<elseif $talk is 6>><<endif>>\n\n\n<<if $talk != 4 && $talk != 6>><<if $talk is 0>>[[About Him...|$setting][$talk = 1]]<<else>>[[About Him|$setting][$talk = 1]] | [[About Wife|$setting][$talk = 2]] | [[About the Case|$setting][$talk = 3]]<<endif>> | <<if $progress is 0>>[[About the Food|$setting][$talk = 4; $progress = 1; $response = 0]]<<else>>[[About the Food|$setting][$talk = 5]]<<endif>><<if $progress is 2>> | [[About the Waitress|$setting][$talk = 6]]<<endif>><<elseif $talk is 6>>[[Continue...|Spill][$talk = 0; $look = 0]]<<else>>[[Continue...|Waitress][$talk = 0; $look = 0]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $talk != 4 && $talk != 6>>[[<<Back|Diner][$talk = -1]]<<endif>>

<<display 'Banner'>>\n<<if $alter is 1 && $talk != 2 && $talk != 5 && $talk != 41>>!!!!Sam: Can I ask you again about your<<$variant>>?\n//Ally: I have things to do, man. Are you really going to keep asking me the same thing over and over?//<<elseif $talk is 0>>I'm speaking to Ally, she seems to have calmed down somewhat since I put her fears to rest. Still pretty anxious, though.<<if $engage is -1>>.. my little joke probably didn't help.<<endif>>\n\nShe looks at me uncertainly.\n<<elseif $talk is 1>>!!!!Sam: Can you tell me about yourself?\n<<if $engage is -1>>She looked dumbstruck.\n\n//Ally: What? Why do you want to know?//<<else>>//Ally: Why do you want to know?//<<endif>>\n\nI didn't have an answer.\n\n//Ally: My name's Ally. I'm from out east, moved here with my aunt when I was four. <<if $progress > 2>>Like I said, a poor student.<<else>>I'm a university student.<<endif>>//\nHer answer was quick and decisive.<<elseif $talk is 2>>!!!!Sam: I'm sorry about what happened at the restaurant...\n<<if $responsec is 0>>//Ally: Probably not as sorry as your boss.... Too soon?//<<set $responsec = 1>>\n!!!!Sam: I meant that the manager didn't have to bite your head off like that.\n//Ally: He's a dick, but he did me a favour really. It's fine. I'm not cut out for this job anyway.//\n!!!!Sam: If it's any consolation, I'm not going back there again.\nShe sways from side to side indifferently.<<else>>//Ally: Yeah, you said that already.//<<endif>><<elseif $talk is 3>>!!!!Sam: You said you were a student<<if $progress > 2>> at UW<<endif>>?\n//Ally: Yup.//\n!!!!Sam: What are you studying?\n//Ally: Art. Third year.//<<elseif $talk is 4 || $talk is 41>>!!!!Sam: You're an artist, huh?\nShe blinks at me, making no attempt at response.\n!!!!Sam: What kind of art do you do? Who's your favourite artist?\n//Ally: ... You know Jackson Pollock?//\n!!!!Sam: Yes.\n//Ally: ... Like that.//\n<<if $response is 3 || $response is 4>>!!!!Sam: Pollock.\nI nod thoughtfully.\n<<if $response is 3>>!!!!Sam: I love Pollock. He's actually one of my favourites.\n//Ally: Heh. Of course he would be.//\nI thought I sensed sarcasm.<<elseif $response is 4>>!!!!Sam: I always thought he kind of sucked.\n//Ally: .... Me too.//\n!!!!Sam: Okay.<<endif>><<endif>><<elseif $talk is 5 && $responseb is 0>>!!!!Sam: You mentioned you<<if $engage is -1>>r aunt went missing?<<else>> were living with your aunt?<<endif>><<set $responseb = 1>>\n//Ally: <<if $engage != -1>>Yeah, except<<endif>>... I don't know where she is. She disappeared three days ago. Didn't leave a note or say anything. That's not like her! I'm really worried.//\n!!!!Sam: That's awful! Did you file a missing person's report?\n//Ally: Of course. They haven't gotten back to me.//\n\nShe seemed distressed, I'm not surprised she was unfocused at work. I didn't know what to say.<<elseif $talk is 5 && $responseb is 1>>!!!!Sam: About your aunt...\n//Ally: What about her? I already told you. Why do you keep asking about my aunt?//<<endif>>\n\n\n<<if $talk is 4 && $alter is 0>>[[Pollock is Great|$setting][$response = 3; $talk = 41; $alter = 1]] | [[Pollock is Terrible|$setting][$response = 4; $talk = 41; $alter = 1]]<<else>><<if $response < 2>>[[About Her|$setting][$talk = 1; $response = 1]]<<else>>[[About Her|$setting][$talk = 1; $variant = "self"]]<<endif>> | [[About the Restaurant|$setting][$talk = 2]] <<if $response > 0 >>| [[School?|$setting][$talk = 3; $response = 2; $variant = " school"]] | <<if $response > 1>>[[Her Art?|$setting][$talk = 4; ; $variant = " art"]] | <<endif>>[[Her Aunt?|$setting][$talk = 5; $progress = 3]]<<endif>> | <<if $progress is 3>>[[Let Her Go|Waitress3][$look = 0; $talk = 1; $response = 1]]<<else>>[[Let Her Go|Waitress3][$look = 0; $talk = 1; $response = 0]]<<endif>><<endif>>

<<set $setting = state.history[0].passage.title>><<if $myset1 is 0>><<set $myset1 = 1; $psycheS = 10; $variant = "0"; $msgs = 1; $mail = 2; $don = 1; $athlet = 3; $villain = 2; $thirdp = 4>><<endif>><<if $psycheS < 0>><<set $psycheS = 0>><<endif>>\n!!!//PSYCHE: <<$psycheS>>/10//<<if $drunk is 1>>// (INTOXICATED)//<<endif>>

Back To Reality: Chapter 1

<<display 'Banner'>>\n<<if $engage is -1>><<if $talk is 0>>!!!!Sam: Well I'm sorry, but in this world you have to take responsibility for your actions. You spilled a plate of steaming hot pasta all over my boss, and at this critical time, no less. What is he supposed to do if he has to appear in court with burns on his face? You bet your butt we're suing you.\n//Ally: No-no-no-no-no-no! NO! Please! Please don't... I-- I don't even have any money, I'm on student loan. What am I supposed to do?//\nShe pleads with me, her eyes teary.<<elseif $talk is 1>>!!!!Sam: You know, I don't really care. You're a grownup and the things you do affect other people. If you haven't learned that yet, then let this be a lesson for you. NOW. Are you going to give me your full name and contact information or am I going to have to get them off your manager?\nShe looked down at her feet and started crying as soon as I got into it. Her demeanour instantly changed to that of a wounded animal. When she spoke, out came a whisper.\n\n//Ally: I--I'm sorry. It was an accident... I don't know what else I can say.//\n!!!!Sam: I'm not interested in your appologies. I came to get your details from you. That's all.\nThe wounded animal was now looking at me with a fury in her eyes that made me seriously regret everything I'd said.\n\n//Ally: Go to hell, you asshole!! You think I'm going to cooperate with you?! You entitled piece of shit! Everyone in the world is allowed to have a bad day except you, is that it?! Tell your boss he can kiss my ass!//\n\nBefore I could open my mouth, she ran down the street.\n......... Why the hell did I say all that? I breathed heavily. Sometimes I surprise myself.<<elseif $talk is 3>>!!!!Sam: Look, I may be a lawyer, but I'm not heartless. What's the deal with you?\n//Ally: .... The deal? You saw for yourself, I just got fired. Do I look like I'm having a good time here? I'm a student at UW. Oh, and yeah... My aunt just went missing. My aunt, who took care of me since I was four years old. And now I'm talking to a suit who wants to take me for everything I'm worth... which isn't a lot. That's pretty much my deal.//\n\nI could tell she was being sincere.\n\n//Ally: So--so, please... Can we just drop all this? And... sorry. For calling you a suit.//\n<<endif>><<elseif $engage is 2>><<if $talk is 0>>!!!! Sam: Whoa, whoa! No one is suing anybody. It was just an accident, I'm sure my boss knows that. I came out beause I felt bad about what happened, I just wanted to see how you were doing.\n\nShe breathes a sigh of relief, and looks at her feet...\n//Ally: Oh. Thank god. I'm sorry I snapped at you. It's been a hectic day for me, you know.//\n\nFor the first time she looks at me not as an enemy. She tries to smile, I think.<<elseif $talk is 1>>!!!!Sam: I don't even know what to say. <<if $response is 1>>I hope your aunt turns up soon.<<endif>> Just... Believe me, things can only get better from here.\n//Ally: Heh. Here's hoping.//\n\nShe leaves down the street.<<endif>><<elseif $engage is 8>><<if $talk is 0>>!!!!Sam: .... Hahahaha! I'm sorry, I couldn't resist seeing the look on your face. I had you good! Don't worry, no one is suing anyone, it was just an accident. I'm sure my boss will understand.\n\n//Ally: .... you asshole.//\nShe wipes tears out of her eyes, and breathes a struggled sigh of relief.\n\n!!!!Sam: Haha.\nI was an asshole.<<else>>!!!!Sam: Look, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have made that joke at your expense. <<if $response is 1>>I hope your aunt turns up soon.<<endif>> Just... Believe me, things can only get better from here.\n//Ally: Yeah...//\nShe leaves down the street.<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $look is 1 && $engage < 0>>!!!![It's Ally. She used to be our waitress until she dropped a whole mess of stuff on my boss. Poor girl, she's in quite a pickle. She looks at me defiantly with fierce eyes, her composure betrayed only by the tears in them. I genuinely feel bad for her.]<<elseif $look is 1>>!!!![It's Ally. She used to be our waitress until she dropped a whole mess of stuff on my boss. Poor girl. She cheered up a little when I told her I wouldn't be suing her. Still, I feel bad for her.]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $engage is -1 && $talk is 1>>[[Continue...|Return][$talk = 0; $look = 0; $response = 0; $alter = 0]]<<elseif $engage != -1 && $talk is 1>>[[Continue...|Return][$talk = 0; $look = 0; $response = 0; $alter = 0]]<<else>>[[Look at Her|$setting][$look = 1]] | <<if $engage is -1>>[[Ask About Her|$setting][$talk = 3; $look = 0; $response = 1; $progress = 3]] | [[I Don't Care|$setting][$talk = 1; $look = 0; $psycheS -= 1; $affect = -5]] | [[I Was Joking|$setting][$talk = 0; $look = 0; $engage = 8; $affect = -2]]<<else>>[[Talk to Her|Ally][$talk = 0; $look = 0]] | [[Let Her Go|$setting][$talk = 1; $look = 0]]<<endif>><<endif>>

Leonid Pilchin ;3

<<set $setting = state.history[0].passage.title>><<if $psycheS < 0>><<set $psycheS = 0>><<endif>>\n!!!//PSYCHE: <<$psycheS>>/10//<<if $drunk is 1>>// (INTOXICATED)//<<endif>>

body {\n\tbackground-image: url(parchment.jpg);\n\tcolor: #563E23;\n\tfont-weight: bold;\n}\n\n#sidebar #title {color: #563E23;}\n#sidebar #title:hover {color: #563E23;}\n\n.passage {\n\t/* This only affects passages */\n\t\n\t\n}\n.passage a {\n\tcolor: #4B3F9A;\n\t\n\t\n}\n.passage a:hover {\n\tcolor: #934C70;\n\t\n\t\n}\n\n@media screen and (max-width: 640px) {\n\t#sidebar {display: none;}\n\tbody {margin: 0px;}\n\th1 {font-size: 1.6em;}\n}\n

<<display 'Banner'>>\n<<if $response is 0 && $talk < 2>>The waitress seems to still be getting the hang of things here, she nearly spilled half a glass full of water on me she had in her hand as she came to take our order. She promptly apologized and I laughed it off. Harry seemed to be judging her.\n\n//Waitress: I'm sorry it took a while, it gets pretty busy here around this time. Do you know what you'd like? Today's special is the Seafood Swiss Cheese Pasta, and it comes with a drink.//\n\nHer voice is carefree, but pleasant. Harry is intrigued with the offer and asks for the special.\n\n<<endif>><<if $talk is 5>>!!!!Sam: I'll have the <<$variant>>.<<elseif $talk is 3>>!!!!Sam: I don't mean to come off as weird... but you know, I can't shake this feeling that I've seen you somewhere before.\nWithout even glancing, out the corner of my eye I could tell Harry was wearing a giant grin on his face.\n\n//Waitress: .... Haha, I never heard that before.//\n!!!!Sam: Fair point.<<if $response < 1>><<set $response = 1>><<endif>><<elseif $talk is 4>>!!!!Sam: You know, I'm an attorney at law. We're just talking strategy here with my associate for a really important case coming up.\nHarry was nodding approvingly.\n\n//Waitress: Hah, who'd have thunk it?//\n!!!!Sam: I'm not sure why I'm telling you all this.\nIf she was impressed, she was doing an exemplary job at hiding it.\n<<if $response < 1>><<set $response = 1>><<endif>>\n<<endif>><<if $response != 2>>//Waitress: So how about it, sir? What would you like?//\nShe was looking at me.<<if $talk is 2>>\n\nI knew what I wanted...<<endif>><<elseif $response is 2>>//Waitress: Will that be everything?//<<endif>>\n<<if $look eq 1>>!!!![She looks a little distracted. She's around my age. There really is something familiar about her, maybe she's related to someone I know? She is very attractive. I suspect she is suppressing an underlying attitude to make a good impression. You could say it's just my imagination, but I //am// an expert at reading people.]<<elseif $look eq 2>>!!!![I take a customary glance at the menu, I'm well aqcuainted with it. There's a decent burger, chicken sandwich... always the vegetarian option if you don't want to feel weighed down, and the rotating daily special.]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $talk is 0>>[[Look at Waitress|$setting][$look = 1]] | [[Look at Menu|$setting][$look = 2]] | [[Talk to Waitress|$setting][$talk = 1; $look = 0]]<<elseif $talk is 2>><<set $response = 2>>[[Burger|$setting][$variant = "Classic Burger combo"; $talk = 5]] | [[Chicken|$setting][$variant = "Spicy Chicken sandwich"; $talk = 5]] | [[Vegetarian|$setting][$variant = "Cream of Mushroom soup and a salad"; $talk = 5]] | [[Special|$setting][$variant = "special, as well"; $talk = 5]]<<else>><<if $response != 2>>[[About My Order|$setting][$talk = 2]] | <<endif>>[[About Her|$setting][$talk = 3; $engage = 1]] | [[About Myself|$setting][$talk = 4;$engage = 1]]<<if $response is 2>> | [[That's All|DinerTalk][$talk = -1; $response = 3; $progress = 2]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $talk != 2 && $talk != 0 && $response != 2>>[[<<Back|$setting][$talk = 0]]<<endif>>