Resist!

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You burst through the doors.(event: when time > $t)[ The building is a factory.](event: when time > $t * 2)[ It looks abandoned.](event: when time > $t * 3)[ The horde is close behind you.](event: when time > $t * 4)[ |action>[\ [[BLOCK THE DOORS]]]](event: when time > $t * 5)[(replace: ?action)[They blunder through the doors.]](event: when time > $t * 6)[ [[RUN!!!]]](event: when time > $t * 7)[(go-to: "bitten")]

=><= A game by (link-repeat: "Damon L. Wakes")[(open-url: "https://damonwakes.wordpress.com/")]. Background image by (link-repeat: "Thom Masat")[(open-url: "https://unsplash.com/photos/RLW1pzEXvEo")]. Written for (link-repeat: "IntroComp")[(open-url: "http://introcomp.org/")] 2021, in which it took third place. [[BACK|start]]

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Onoes! Zombie biet!

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|live>[(set: $footer to true)You feel strange.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Not necessarily bad.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Just strange.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You appear to be in a shopping centre.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You are with friends. ^.^(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Just you and 30-50 of your absolute besties all having a wonderful time.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Perhaps you'll grab a bite to eat.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You're super hungry.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Maybe that's why you feel strange.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") There are loud noises here.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Gunshots?(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") That's probably bad, right?(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You're pretty sure it's bad.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Your first instinct - naturally - is to shamble towards the noise.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |action>[\ |key>[\ [[RESIST!|avoid gunshots]]]](live: $t)[==(display: "logic")(replace: ?action)[Yep. You shamble towards the noise.](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Sure enough, there is a guy with a gun here.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "gunman")]

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|live>[(display: "sub will")You shamble //away// from the gunshots.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It takes a surprising amount of willpower for some reason.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Possibly because it means leaving behind all your friends. :((live: $t)[==(display: "logic") But now that you've done it, you're adamant that this was the right choice.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You think.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "outside")]

|live>[You stagger your way down a non-functional escalator towards the gunman.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Just to reason with him, obvs.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") A few of your buddies are already there.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") He shoots one of them in the torso, like, five times to absolutely no effect.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Rude.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") The next one is a headshot and brains go everywhere.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It's seriously messed up, and also a total dick move to whoever has to clean that floor.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You approach him to (text-style: "sway")[have words].(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") He turns to stare at you.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Gunman>[Emily?](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |Gunman>[Emily, it's me.](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |Gunman>[Say something!](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") You continue to shuffle closer.(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") He raises his pistol.(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |Gunman>[Please, just say something!](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |Gunman>[Tell me you're still in there!](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |key>[\ [[SPEAK|gunman speak]]](live: $t)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "gunman silent")]

|live>[You make your way out of the shopping centre and into the street.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It's a super nice day.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") So good to see everybody enjoying the fine weather.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Just a couple of hundred good friends all out and about.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You're about to join them when you see two figures in white coats nearby.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Betty>[That one looks fresh.](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (if: (history:) contains "gunman death")[|Brenda>[Are you kidding? It's clearly a people-eater!]](else:)[|Brenda>[We don't have to go with the first one we see, you know.]](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Betty>[Well would you rather just run up to that massive horde over there?](if: (history:) contains "gunman death")[ |Betty>[Besides - if it's already eaten it might be less dangerous.](live: $t * 1.5)[==(display: "logic")](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") They come towards you with one of those pole noose things people use to catch dogs.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It's not a promising start to the conversation.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "outside 2")]

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|live>[(display: "sub will")|Zombie>[GRUUUOOOOAAAAAH...] you groan, with expert diction.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It doesn't seem to reassure him.(live: $t * 3)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "gunman confrontation")]

|live>[You say nothing.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You don't negotiate with terrorists.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "gunman confrontation")]

|live>[|Gunman>[Please, Emily...](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Tears roll down his face.(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |Gunman>[I don't...](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |Gunman>[I don't want to...](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") You stumble towards him.(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") Are...(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Are you two gonna kiss?(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |action>[\ |key>[\ [[RESIST!|leave gunman]]]](live: $t)[==(display: "logic")(replace: ?action)[You take another step.](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") He pulls the trigger.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") **click**(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") **click**(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") **click**(live: $t / 10)[==(display: "logic") **click**(live: $t / 10)[==(display: "logic") **click**(live: $t / 10)[==(display: "logic") **click**(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") He throws the gun at your head.(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") (**bonk**)(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") It kind of ruins the mood.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "gunman death")]

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|live>[You sink your teeth into his face.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You are, after all, super hungry.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") All your friends get in on it too.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It's nice. Just a really chill social occasion.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Amazing how a casual bit of cannibalism can bring the community together.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (display: "add will")You feel rejuvinated.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "outside")]

|live>[(display: "sub will")You're not kissing this guy - he's a dick!(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You turn and stumble towards the shopping centre's main exit.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You hear him breathe a sigh of relief.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Then...(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |Gunman>[Uh-oh!](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") There's a lot of chewing and crunching.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It occurs to you that you are still super hungry.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "outside")]

|live>[(display: "sub will")You don't nom the scientist.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Instead, you let her slip the noose over your head.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[Little help, Betty?](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Betty>[Oh, right!](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") The other scientist puts away her phone and hurries over.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") She gets a mahoosive steel syringe out of her Barnes & Noble tote bag.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Then she jams it into the base of your skull.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It feels strange.(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") Strange like getting your spine stuck in a vacuum cleaner.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Or strange like getting a vacuum cleaner stuck in your spine.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Betty>[We'd better get this cerebrospinal fluid back to the lab pronto.](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |Betty>[Word is they're moving Operation Weasel up to 3pm.](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") The scientist with the noose pole thing stares at her a moment.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") .(live: $t / 10)[==(display: "logic") .(live: $t / 10)[==(display: "logic") .(live: $t / 10)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[Oh snap!](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[That doesn't leave a lot of time!](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") She backs up until she's holding the end of the pole at arm's length...(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") ...then really quickly slips it off your head.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") The two of them run away down the street.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic") You feel an immediate urge to run after them.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (if: $will > 0)[|action>[\ |key>[\ [[RESIST!|ponder weasel]]]]](else:)[(display: "no will")](live: $t)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "scientist chase")]

|live>[You lunge for the scientist.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (The one with the noose pole thing.)(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (She's <u>not</u> particularly experienced with it!)(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") The one who's distracted by something on her phone suddenly becomes a lot less distracted.(live: $t * 1.5)[==(display: "logic") (set: $brenda to "dead")|Betty>[Brenda](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic")|Betty>[,] (text-style: "shudder")[|Betty>[NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!]](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") But it is too late.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You are nomming on a juicy chunk of face meat.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It tastes of apple blossom moisteuriser and human flesh.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Mostly human flesh.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It's super nice.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (display: "add will")You feel rejuvinated.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Some of your buddies hear the screaming and amble over to get in on the deliciousness.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") The more the merrier!(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") The other scientist runs away sobbing.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Eventually you decide to bail as well.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Laterz, homies!(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You decide to see what the big group is doing over there.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "horde start")]

=><= |live>[This game displays text in real time.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Usually your only option is "RESIST!"(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") If you do not react quickly, the story will progress on its own.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You may press the **R** key on your keyboard to interact with in-game links.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |key>[\ [[TRY IT NOW TO BEGIN|opening]]](live: $t * 3)[==(display: "logic") (This interaction is not time-sensitive, but if it were then you would have missed your chance. Just sayin'.)]

↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A ↵ That's right! I put the Konami code in a Twine game.

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|live>[(display: "sub will")You remain where you are.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You wonder what Operation Weasel is.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You hope that it's something fun.(live: $t * 3)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "horde start")]

|live>[There are so many people here!(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") A real party atmosphere.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Just 3-5 thousand absolute besties having a wonderful time.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You shuffle down the high street with them.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It's just so nice, you decide to give a quick whoop of exuberance.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Zombie>[WOOOOOOOOOOO...](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Nailed it.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "horde start 2")]

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|live>[You launch yourself down the street after the fleeing scientists.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Pretty soon, the one with the noose pole thing thinks to glance over her shoulder.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[Betty, it's chasing us.](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |Betty>[What?](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[It's chasing us, Betty.](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[What do we do?](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") They stop,(live: $t / 4)[==(display: "logic") turn around(live: $t / 4)[==(display: "logic") and watch as you shuffle towards them.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic") You stack it and fall flat on your face.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (text-style: "sway")[Embarrassing.](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You get up again, though.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Betty>[Run a little faster, I guess?](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[Okay, cool.](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[As long as there's a plan.](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") They switch from a jog to a sprint and you...(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You just can't keep up.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You double back to join your massive horde of homies down the street.(live: $t * 3)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "horde start")]

(char-style: (text-style: "fidget"))[❌**(text-style: "double-strike")+(text-colour: red)[RESIST]**❌]

|live>[As they approach, you consider two things:(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") One: lab coats are surprisingly stylish.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Two: you're super hungry.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") The one with the noose pole looks like she's not particularly experienced with it.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") The one without the noose pole is distracted by something on her phone.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You're sure they wouldn't mind if you lunged forward and had a quick bite...(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |action>[\ |key>[\ [[RESIST!|spare scientist]]]](live: $t)[==(display: "logic")(replace: ?action)[You decide go ahead and help yourself.](live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "scientist bite")]

|live>[There's a sudden BOOM, and the ground shakes beneath your feet.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") A handful of body parts - some of them hands - rains down upon you.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") And you're wearing your favourite top!(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (if: $peopleEaten > 0)[Though it appears you already stained it with...ketchup? Or something?](else:)[Though you suppose that's at least an excuse to try out a fresh new look.](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Somebody is shouting nearby:(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Officer>[Adjust fire, 250 metres, danger close, out!](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") The obvious thing to do is to stumble towards the noise and check it out.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (if: $will > 0)[|action>[\ |key>[\ [[RESIST!|side street]]]]](else:)[(display: "no will")](live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "horde start 3")]

|live>[(display: "sub will")You drag yourself away from the festivities and stumble down a nearby side street.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It's peaceful.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") The weather is super nice right now.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") There's a BOOM from the massive party one street over.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You can't help but feel that you're missing out.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You're gonna head back over there.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (if: $will > 0)[|action>[\ |key>[\ [[RESIST!|side street 2]]]]](else:)[(display: "no will")](live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "horde start 3")]

|live>[You simply <u>must</u> see what this is all about.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You totter ever onwards, straining to get a look at the festivities over your various buddies.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Zombie>[HUUUUUUURRRGH?] groans the guy beside you.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Zombie>[IIIIIIAAAAAAAUUUUUUUGHH...] you shrug.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") There's another BOOM, this time close behind you.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") The force knocks you into your friend, who falls face-first onto a bollard.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") His head bursts open like a discarded Halloween pumpkin.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Zombie>[SORRRRRRRRRRRRR...](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You give an apologetic shrug as you trample through his scattered brain matter.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Officer>[Adjust fire, 220 metres, danger close, out!](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Man, whatever the thousands upon thousands of you are queuing for, it better be worth it.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (if: $will > 0)[|action>[\ |key>[\ [[RESIST!|side street 2]]]]](else:)[(display: "no will")](live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "horde start 4")]

|live>[(display: "sub will")You (if: (history:)'s last is "side street")[continue to] stumble down this quiet side street.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Yes, the weather is super nice, just as it has been all day.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") However, you are super hungry.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (Just as you have been all day.)(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") The sounds of carnage from one street over give the impression that something fun is happening over there.(live: $t * 1.5)[==(display: "logic") You decide to head back over in search of a bite to eat.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (if: $will > 0)[|action>[\ |key>[\ [[RESIST!|side street 3]]]]](else:)[(display: "no will")](live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "horde start 4")]

|live>[As you get closer to the shouting, you begin to hear a steady banga-banga-bang.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It's actually pretty hard to miss.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (if: (history:) contains "horde start 2")[Even more b](else:)[B]rains go flying everywhere, further ruining your favourite top.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You're in for the long-haul now, though.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Officer>[Hold...](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") That guy is shouting again.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Officer>[(text-style: "sway")[Hold...]](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Nothing to do but just keep shambling forward.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (if: $will > 0)[|action>[\ |key>[\ [[RESIST!|side street 3]]]]](else:)[(display: "no will")](live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "horde start 5")]

|live>[(display: "sub will")You (if: (history:)'s last is "side street 2")[continue to] stumble down this quiet side street.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Look, there's no sugar-coating it.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") This place is boring.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") The street with all your buddies on it, however, seems to be popping off.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") There is a deafening (text-size: 2)[BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM] from across the way.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") A couple of nearby buildings collapse.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") The fireworks here are super nice!(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It seems like you've missed something fun.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") ...but you could always double back!(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (if: $will > 0)[|action>[\ |key>[\ [[RESIST!|skip to second scientist encounter]]]]](else:)[(display: "no will")](live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "behind barricade")]

|live>[There's another shout from up ahead:(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Officer>[G34, this is M9 - immediate suppression, out!](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") There's a BOOM.(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") Then another BOOM.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") BOOM(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") (text-size: 1.5)[BOOM](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") (text-size: 2)[BOOM](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You are once again showered with giblets.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (Clearly something fun is happening.)(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Suddenly, there is an especially loud...(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") (text-size: 5)[BOOM](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Your ears are (text-style: "fade-in-out")[ringing]! (live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Fortunately you are nowhere near them.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (display: "end")]

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|live>[(display: "sub will")You keep shambling forwards, all on your lonesome.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") A total Billy-no-mates.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Suddenly, there is a deafening BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM from across the way.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") A couple of nearby buildings collapse.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") The fireworks here are super nice!(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It seems like you've missed something fun.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") ...but you could always double back!(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (if: $will > 0)[|action>[\ |key>[\ [[RESIST!|behind barricade]]]]](else:)[(display: "no will")](live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "second scientist encounter")]

|live>[You turn lazily down another side street.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") At the end of this one, you turn back the way you came.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") There's still a distinct banga-banga-bang coming from over there.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You come to a ramshackle camouflage shelter.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You fumble your way through the netting.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "in tent")]

|live>[{ (live: $t / 5)[==(display: "logic") (go-to: "brenda " + $brenda) }]

|live>[(display: "sub will")You (if: (history:|)'s last is "side street")[continue to] stumble down this quiet side street.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Look, there's no sugar-coating it.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") This place is boring.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") The street with all your buddies on it, however, seems to be popping off.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (text-colour: orange)+(text-style: "rumble")[Banga-banga-bang!](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You've gotta get back over there and see what's going on!(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (if: $will > 0)[|action>[\ |key>[\ [[RESIST!|near barricade]]]]](else:)[(display: "no will")](live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "horde start 5")]

|live>[You stumble alone through deserted streets.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It's (if: (history:) contains "eat soldiers")[predictably](else:)[comparatively] quiet.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") The quiet is disrupted by a sudden (text-style: "rumble")[smash] of glass. |Betty>[Come on, Brenda! ](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |Betty>[We don't exactly have a lot of cerebrospinal fluid to spare!](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[Well sor-ree!](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[It's not as if I'm trying to polymerise complex proteins in the back room of a Superdrug or anything.](live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic") You turn and stumble through the doors of the nearby Superdrug.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Betty>[The first batch is still looking good, though, right?](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You wobble through the shop, towards the open door at the back.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[As good as anything can when it's been polymerized in the back room of a-](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") She turns and stares as you blunder through the door.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[Oh no-no-no-no-no!!!](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") She makes a grab for the pole noose thing lying on the breakroom table.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Her partner loads a long metal cylinder into some kind of gun.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") The barrel swings closed with a sharp **snap**.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[NO-NO-NO-NO-NO!!!](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") The one with the pole noose thing makes a grab for the gun.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It is too late.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") The dart sails through the air and hits you in the forehead.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "hit by dart")]

|live>[Just inside, there is a man in uniform yelling into a headset.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Officer>[This is M9! Request immediate reinforcements!](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Radio>[Request denied.](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |Radio>[Operation Weasel imminent.](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |Radio>[All units not required to maintain containment have been withdrawn to minimum safe distance.](live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic") |Officer>[We can't maintain containment without more units!](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Officer>[If even one of these things...](live: $t / 3)[==(display: "logic") Suddenly he sees you.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Zombie>[BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH?] you say.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Officer>[AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!] he yells(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Zombie>[BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |Officer>[AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |Zombie>[UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH](live: $t / 3)[==(display: "logic") |Officer>[AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA](live: $t / 3)[==(display: "logic") |Zombie>[UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH](live: $t / 4)[==(display: "logic") |Officer>[AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA](live: $t / 4)[==(display: "logic") |Zombie>[UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH](live: $t / 5)[==(display: "logic") |Officer>[AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA](live: $t / 5)[==(display: "logic") |Zombie>[UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH](live: $t / 6)[==(display: "logic") |Officer>[AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA](live: $t / 6)[==(display: "logic") |Zombie>[UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH](live: $t / 7)[==(display: "logic") |Officer>[AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA](live: $t / 7)[==(display: "logic") |Zombie>[UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH](live: $t / 8)[==(display: "logic") |Officer>[AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA](live: $t / 8)[==(display: "logic") |Zombie>[UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH](live: $t / 9)[==(display: "logic") |Officer>[AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA](live: $t / 9)[==(display: "logic") |Zombie>[UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH](live: $t / 10)[==(display: "logic") |Officer>[AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA](live: $t / 10)[==(display: "logic") You want to eat his brains just to make him shut up.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (if: $will > 0)[|action>[\ |key>[\ [[RESIST!|spare officer]]]]](else:)[(display: "no will")](live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "eat officer")]

|live>[(display: "sub will")You raise your limp hands in a calming manner.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (Not the uncanny, spooky way you've been doing it all this time so far.)(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Zombie>[AAAHONWANNAHEETYUUUUUU...], you assure him.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") He stops screaming,(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") whips out his sidearm,(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") and shoots you in the head.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Rude!(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (display: "end")]

|live>[You stumble over to headset guy.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") He just keeps on screaming.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Officer>[(text-style: "shudder")[AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!]] he yells some more.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Radio>[M9, do you copy? What's with all the screaming, over.](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You grab his head and smash it against the radio.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") The screaming is indeed over.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You open your mouth and shovel handful upon handful of tasty, tasty brains.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (display: "add will")You feel rejuvinated.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") At some point headset guy begins to stir.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") He stands up.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") He too begins to guzzle the splattered brains.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Zombie>[BLUUUUUUUUUUH...] he groans, contentedly.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Zombie>[BMLUUUUUUUUUH!] you agree.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It's super nice.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Just a couple of friendos enjoying a delicious brain together.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") The banga-banga-bang noise continues just outside the camouflage shelter.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Just then, something occurs to you!(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") The people out there might not even know they're missing these delicious brains!(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Seems only fair to go out and tell them.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (if: $will > 0)[|action>[\ |key>[\ [[RESIST!|leave tent]]]]](else:)[(display: "no will")](live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "eat soldiers")]

|live>[(display: "sub will")You know what?(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You're sure there are plenty of other brains around.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Why shouldn't you and your new buddy have had one just to yourselves?(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You shuffle out of the camouflage shelter back the way you came.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "second scientist encounter")]

|live>[You and your brand new buddy stumble out of the camouflage shelter.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Outside, a long line of soldiers stand behind an improvised barricade of parked cars.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic") They're all firing rifles and generally seem super overworked.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Zombie>[AAAHVAAAABREAAAAAAAAAK...] you implore the nearest one.(live: $t * 1.5)[==(display: "logic") He doesn't hear you over all the banga-banga-bang.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You try again:(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Zombie>[AAAHAAAVTAYSTEEEBRAAAANSFORYUUUUUUU!!!](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You put a hand on his shoulder.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Just then, it hits you that you are still super hungry.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Soldier>[Whaaaaaa???] says the soldier.(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") (As you bite a big chunk out of his neck.)(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (display: "add will")You feel rejuvinated!(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Your buddy begins to feast upon a different soldier.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You've both eaten a lot.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") But that's okay.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It's alright to pig out once in a while.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You're sure you'll burn off those calories with some vigorous shambling.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "eat soldiers 2")]

|live>[At some point the other soldiers grow wise to the ongoing cannibalism.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") By this point, though, the guy you're eating is starting to liven up again.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Zombie>[WHAAAAAA?] he groans.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You let him go, and survey the scene around you.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Headset guy has already begun to munch someone else.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Whoever he was previously munching has done the same.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You have initiated an exponential cannibalistic cavalcade, would be the thing to take away from this.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It's super nice.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You think you could manage another brain.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (if: $will > 0)[|action>[\ |key>[\ [[RESIST!|leave soldiers]]]]](else:)[(display: "no will")](live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "soldier loop")]

|live>[(display: "sub will")You decide you've dawdled here long enough.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") As you turn away, you hear your huge horde of buddies break through the barricade.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Clearly they're super hungry.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You figure they're welcome to any brains that are left.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "second scientist encounter")]

|live>[(either: "Room for one more? Why of course!", "Omnomnomnom, brains!", "Tasty, tasty brains!", "Mmmmmmm, braaaaains...")(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (either: "You chomp down another delicious person.", "You take a chunk out of the nearest soldier.", "You get in a little scuffle over the choicest brain nearby (and win, obvs).")(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (either: "Delicious", "Nutritious", "Juicy", "It's tremendously moreish")!(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (display: "add will")You feel rejuvinated.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (either: "You sure could go for another one of those...", "You're still super hungry.", "It would be a waste not to eat another...")(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (if: $will > 0)[|action>[\ |key>[\ [[RESIST!|leave soldiers]]]]](else:)[(display: "no will")](live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "soldier loop")]

|live>[As you gulp down the latest choice nugget of fleshy lumpiness, you feel a feeling.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It's not a super nice feeling.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") In fact, it's rather strange.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Suddenly, your entire torso bursts open from the pressure of all the people that you've eaten.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You appear to have gone a little overboard with that, huh?(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (display: "end")]

|live>[(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic")(set: $will to it + 1)(replace: ?willCounter)[(display: "will counter")](text-colour: #FACADE)[**YOU**](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (set: $will to it + 1)(replace: ?willCounter)[(display: "will counter")](text-colour: #FACADE)[**FEEL**](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") (set: $will to it + 1)(replace: ?willCounter)[(display: "will counter")](text-colour: #FACADE)[**SO**](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (set: $will to it + 1)(replace: ?willCounter)[(display: "will counter")](text-colour: #FACADE)+(text-style: "expand", "rumble")[**R E J U V I N A T E D**](live: $t * 3)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "scientist question")]

|live>[You reach up and pull the mahoosive metal dart out of your skull.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") The scientist with the gun points emphatically.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Betty>[Fine motor control.](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |Betty>[(text-style: "rumble")[Fine motor control!!!]](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[I see it, Betty.](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Betty>[Say something!] Betty demands.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Zombie>[HUUURHBLUUUUHRL...], you announce.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[Yeah, no. That might be a little advanced.](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Betty glances around the room.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Her eyes settle on a ballpoint pen on the table.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Betty>[Click this twice if you understand me!](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") She thrusts the pen towards you.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You are seized by the sudden, overwhelming need to bite a chunk out of Betty's arm.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (if: $will > 0)[|action>[\ |key>[\ [[RESIST!|click pen]]]]](else:)[(display: "no will")](live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "bite betty")]

|live>[(display: "sub will")You click the pen twice.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Betty>[Holy crap!](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[Amazing!](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") They stare at each other for a moment.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Then back at you.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Then at each other again.(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") Then back at you.(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[Okay,] says Brenda. (live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[If we can do //this// in twenty minutes,](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[I think we can have a full-on cure together in about an hour.](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Betty>[But there's a teensy little problem,] adds Betty.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Betty>[A 200 kiloton problem.](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[Yeah,] Brenda agrees.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[We don't have an hour.](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[Because in thirty-five minutes, (text-style: "expand")[pop goes the weasel].](live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "mission explanation")]

|live>[(set: $betty to "dead")You lunge forward and sink your teeth into Betty's outstretched arm.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[AAAAAAAAAAAH!!!] screams Brenda.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (display: "add will")You don't feel rejuvinated because you were pretty much feeling tip-top already.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") However, the chunk of wrist flesh tastes pretty good.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") So that's something.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Brenda begins to beat you frantically over the head with the noose pole pole.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (**Bonk.**)(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") (**Bonk.**)(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") (**Bonk.**)(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") You are inclined to bite her too now.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (if: $will > 0)[|action>[\ |key>[\ [[RESIST!|don't bite brenda]]]]](else:)[(display: "no will")](live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "bite brenda")]

|live>[(display: "sub will")You steadfastly avoid biting Brenda.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Even though she's being //completely// unreasonable right now.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (**Bonk.**)(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") While you're distracted by the completely unwarranted bonking, Betty rallies a little.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") She wedges your head into the Superdrug breakroom microwave and slams the door on it until it's basically just a pulp.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic") It's unfair to you, and it's also quite inconsiderate of anyone who might want to heat up a Ginsters sausage roll later.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Although those things always come out soggy in the microwave anyway.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (display: "end")]

|live>[You take a massive chunk out of Brenda too.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (display: "add will")You're not sure why you're being like this.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Again, you don't feel rejuvinated.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You're pretty much eating just to eat.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You hork down your mouthful of Brenda flesh and wander off.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "ending start")]

|live>[You wander through the deserted streets.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Gradually, they become less and less deserted.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") So many friendos!(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It's super nice.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You get the feeling that you're all going somewhere.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") That you're all in this together.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") That you're all converging on some significant location.(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") BOOM(live: $t / 3)[==(display: "logic") SPLAT(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") That you're all on the receiving end of a certain amount of sniper fire.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You're sure you can just keep blundering along, though.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") No need to seek a more sheltered route.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (if: $will > 0)[|action>[\ |key>[\ [[RESIST!|covered route]]]]](else:)[(display: "no will")](live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "open route")]

|live>[|Betty>[We need you to throw a spanner in the works,] says Betty.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[We could try and convince all those military meatheads we're near a cure, but...](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Brenda shrugs.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[I don't see it working so why waste valuable science time?](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Betty>[(text-style: "rumble")[SCIENCE TIIIIIIIME!!!]] yells Betty.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") They high-five.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[Obviously we're asking you to walk into a heavily defended military site.](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Betty>[But the alternative is getting atomised by a 200 kiloton tactical nuclear device.](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Betty>[Sooooooooooo...](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") She does that little "balance-scale-hands" gesture.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[Anyway. We've got science to do. So bye!](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Betty>[And good luck!](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Betty waves as she follows her companion out the door.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (if: (history:) contains "scientist chase")[Once again, y](else:)[Y]ou feel the sudden urge to chase them.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (if: $will > 0)[|action>[\ |key>[\ [[RESIST!|don't chase]]]]](else:)[(display: "no will")](live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "scientist chase 2")]

|live>[(display: "sub will")(if: $peopleEaten > 3)[You know what? You've eaten enough people already today.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") ]There's really no reason to get involved in...(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") ...whatever this is.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You stumble back out of the shop.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "ending start")]

|live>[You take a stealthy step forwards.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You stealthily flail your limp arms for balance.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Stealthily, you sweep some cans of beans off their shelf.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") They stealthily clatter to the floor.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |beans>[You don't think she](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic")Oh, no, wait.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") She totally noticed.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") She whirls round to look at you.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Her eyes widen - but not in fear.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") She stands, a large metal syringe in her hand.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Betty>[You...](live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "betty battle")]

|live>[With a yell, she charges forward, syringe clenched in her fist like a dagger.(live: $t * 1.5)[==(display: "logic") She jams it into your eye!(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It's very rude.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") The two of you stumble backwards, locked in unpleasant squelchy combat.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Then, suddenly, she slips on a can of beans.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") See? You had a plan for that all along!(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You both fall down, and she lands more or less on top of you.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You decide to have a quick munch of her delicious stringy neck bits.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It's fatal //and// delicious!(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (set: $betty to "dead")(display: "add will")You feel rejuvinated.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") After a little bit, the two of you get up and shamble off.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (Albeit in different directions.)(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "ending start")]

|live>[(display: "sub will")You know what?(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Under the circumstances chasing and consuming these people doesn't seem like an appropriate use of your time.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic") They are, after all, trying to cure your chronic zombieism.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Plus you really should do something about the whole nuclear armageddon situation.(live: $t * 3)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "ending start")]

|live>[You launch yourself through the front doors of Superdrug after the scientists.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Pretty soon, Brenda thinks to glance over her shoulder.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[Betty, she's chasing us(if: (history:) contains "scientist chase")[ again].](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |Betty>[What?](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[She's chasing us(if: (history:) contains "scientist chase")[ again], Betty.](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") They stop,(live: $t / 4)[==(display: "logic") turn around(live: $t / 4)[==(display: "logic") and watch as you shuffle towards them.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic") You stack it and fall flat on your face.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (text-style: "sway")[Embarrassing.](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You get up again, though.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Betty>[I guess that's just a thing she does.](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[Okay, cool.](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[Just thought I should mention it.](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") They switch from a jog to a sprint and you...(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (if: (history:) contains "scientist chase")[Once again, y](else:)[Y]ou just can't keep up.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You suppose you should probably do something about the whole nuclear armageddon situation anyway.(live: $t * 3)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "ending start")]

|live>[(display: "sub will")You duck into a nearby shopping arcade.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") A few of your buddies have had the same idea.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Or at least, a few of your buddies are here as well.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You're not sure it was a conscious decision on their part.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Zombie>[UHHHHHHHHH?] you grunt to one of them.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Zombie>[GRAAAAAAAH], she groans in return.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It's all very polite.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") There are still some pretty loud BOOMs from outside.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") A certain amount of SPLATting going on.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") But other than that all very civil.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "outside base")]

|live>[You shuffle along in your big horde of buddies(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") BOOM(live: $t / 3)[==(display: "logic") SPLAT(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") BOOM(live: $t / 6)[==(display: "logic") SPLAT(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") BOOM(live: $t / 9)[==(display: "logic") SPLAT(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") .(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") .(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") .(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: (either: "head asplode", "missed", "missed", "missed", "missed", "missed"))]

|live>[You come to a chainlink barrier hastily erected around a shopping centre.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") So do a few hundred of your friends.(if: (history:) contains "eat soldiers")[ You definitely recognise some of them from the big barricade before.](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") There's a significant amount of banga-banga-bang going on.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") A significant amount of SPLAT too.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") But there are simply way too many of you for it to make a difference.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Or for that fence to stay upright.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You flop over on your face...(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") ...get up...(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") ...and shamble onwards.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "base")]

|live>[(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic")BOOM(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (text-size: 5)[SPLAT](live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic") Ask not for whom the BOOM SPLATs.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It SPLATs for thee.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (display: "end")]

|live>[Quite a lot of heads asplode.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Fortunately, none of them are yours.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") There's, like, no guarantee that this would work a second time.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Still, in such a big crowd of buddies, what were the odds that you'd be one of the ones getting a face full of lead?(live: $t * 1.5)[==(display: "logic") You figure it was maybe one in six, tops.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You got through it all just fine, in any case.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "outside base")]

|live>[You're super hungry.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You find yourself drawn to the nearest person you can eat.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Which is confusing right now, because there are so many of them.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") And they're all over the place.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Zombie>[UUWHUUUUH???] you groan to your nearest bestie.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Zombie>[GRAAAAAAHBLE...] they grunt.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") That about sums it up.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You pretty much just pick a random direction in search of delicious brains.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") So does everybody else.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Actually, you pick more or less the same direction.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") There's a huge crowd of soldiers right by the main entrance of the shopping centre.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") All the banga-banga-bang makes them kind of hard to miss.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You think you'll head over and have a munch.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (if: $will > 0)[|action>[\ |key>[\ [[RESIST!|enter shopping centre]]]]](else:)[(display: "no will")](live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "soldier end")]

|live>[In the middle of the shopping centre there is a courtayard.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") And in the middle of the courtyard there is a smooth obelisk of olive drab steel.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") The obelisk has ☢️(text-style: "tall")+(text-colour: yellow)[pretty flowers]☢️ stencilled on it.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It's super nice.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You stumble towards it.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "button")]

|live>[As you approach, there is a sudden banga-banga-bang from a walkway overhead.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Bullets slam into the paving slabs around your feet.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Rude.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Radio>[Hold your fire!] yells someone nearby.(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") You hear a brief scuffle.(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |Radio>[We can't risk hitting the warhead!](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You reach the obelisk with the ☢️(text-style: "tall")+(text-colour: yellow)[pretty flowers]☢️.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") At its base there is a shiny metal table covered with buttons and switches.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") One button in particular catches your eye.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It is a big red button with a label:(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (text-style: "outline")+(background: (stripes: 45, 10, orange, black))[**DANGER - DO NOT PRESS**] How could you resist?(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (if: $will > 0)[|action>[\ |key>[\ [[RESIST!|do not press]]]]](else:)[(display: "no will")](live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "press")]

|live>[(display: "sub will")You don't press the button.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") In fact, you just stand there.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Radio>[It's...](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |Radio>[just standing there.](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Officer>[Is it...](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |Officer>[intelligent?](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Radio>[Given that it's just standing there I'd assume the opposite.](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Rude.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") But despite the rudeness, you just keep standing there.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You stand there for, like, at least an hour.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic"){ (if: (history:) contains "mission explanation")[(go-to: "scientists ending")] (elseif: (history:) contains "eat soldiers")[(go-to: "violent ending")] (else:)[(go-to: "futile ending")] }]

|live>[There is a satisfying **clunk** as you push the button.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Seriously, it's sooooooo satisfying.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") bip(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") bip(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") bip(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic")bip(live: $t / 5)[==(display: "logic")bip(live: $t / 5)[==(display: "logic")bip(live: $t / 5)[==(display: "logic") |Radio>[Son of a-](live: $t /3)[==(display: "logic")(replace: ?radio)[(display: "nuclear blast")](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") .(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") .(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") .(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") Okay.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Not judging, but this probably would have been an occasion when you wanted to RESIST.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (display: "end")]

|live>[But eventually the army guys start getting antsy.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Radio>[Alright.](live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |Radio>[We should probably do something about this before there are any accidents...](live: $t * 1.5)[==(display: "logic") But...(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") |Betty>[Wait!](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Betty runs in waving that dart gun again.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") There's a synchronised clatter of guns pointing towards her.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[We've got a cure!] yells Brenda.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Radio>[Eeeeeewhaaaaaaaaaa???](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Overhead.(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") On the walkway.(live: $t / 2)[==(display: "logic") The head army guy rubs his eyes in disbelief.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Radio>[Why didn't you tell me you were working on a cure?](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Radio>[I totally would have held off on Operation Weasel!](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[Oh.](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") She pauses.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[That's really not how we expected this to go down.](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Brenda>[Still, we're here now, and you haven't nuked the city, so...](live: $t * 1.5)[==(display: "logic") She shoots you in the face with a dart.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (set: $will to 4)Ow!(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Wait a minute...(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Did that hurt?!?(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic"){ (if: $peopleEaten > 0)[(go-to: "cannibal ending")] (else:)[(go-to: "good ending")] }]

|live>[Eventually, there are screams from nearby.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Officer>[They're breaking through our last lines of defense!](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You suppose that nomming all their guys earlier can't have helped.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Based on the number of your buddies who seem to be in uniform, that's most of who's rushing in here now.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic") Unless those are just the guys who were previously defending this place.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It's hard to tell.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") In any case, all efforts to contain the zombie apocalypse have failed and it's largely thanks to you.(live: $t * 1.5)[==(display: "logic") Kudos!(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (transition: "dissolve")+(text-style: "blur")+(text-size: 2)+(text-colour: orange)[THE END(live: $t / 2)[?]](live: $t)[ |key>[\ (link:"RESTART?")[(restart:)]]]]

|live>[(unless: (history:) contains "futile ending")[Eventually, however, the various army guys get restless.](else:)[(either: "Clearly they won't just let you stand here forever.", "Something has to give.")](live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (either: "An especially brave soldier", "An absolute moron", "Some guy with a knife", "A particularly pugilistic private") (either: "steps forth", "steps in", "approaches") (either: "to face you", "to draw you away from the device", "to do battle").(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (display: (either: "win", "lose"))]

|live>[(either: "You sink your teeth into", "You take a big bite out of", "You get a significant mouthful of") his (either: "face", "arm", "neck", "shoulder").(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (either: "Delicious", "Nutritious", "Delectable")!(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (display: "add will")You feel rejuvinated.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "futile ending")]

|live>[He promptly curb-stomps you.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Bummer.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (display: "end")]

|live>[You're you again! Yay!(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It's super nice.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") And you didn't even eat anybody while you were a zombie!(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Good for you! (transition: "dissolve")+(text-style: "blur")+(text-size: 2)+(text-colour: green)[THE END](live: $t)[ |key>[\ (link:"RESTART?")[(restart:)]]]]

|live>[You're you again! Yay!(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It's super nice.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") But wait...(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Didn't you eat a (if: $peopleEaten > 2)[whole bunch of people](elseif: $peopleEaten > 1)[couple of people](else:)[person] earlier today?(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You take a moment to puke all over the floor, right next to this tactical nuclear device.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Turns out human flesh tastes even worse coming back up than it did the first time around.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It's super gross!(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") But you did save the world, so maybe just don't think about it too much.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (transition: "dissolve")+(text-style: "blur")+(text-size: 2)+(text-colour: orange)[THE END](live: $t)[ |key>[\ (link:"RESTART?")[(restart:)]]]]

Actually you scoop up a little bit and eat it.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") It's okay, you're sure he doesn't mind.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (set: $will to it + 1)And you feel so rejuvinated!(live: $t)[==(display: "logic")

|live>[{ (display: "sub will") (live: $t / 5)[==(display: "logic") (go-to: "brenda " + $brenda) }]

It's absolute chaos.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You duck inside the shopping centre just to get away from it all.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (And in hopes of finding delicious brains.)(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "project weasel")]

|live>[(display: "sub will")On second thoughts, it's getting a little lively out here.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") A little loud.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") In fact, it's absolute chaos.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") You shamble over to a side entrance and duck inside the shopping centre just to get away from it all.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic") (And in hopes of finding delicious brains.)(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic")(go-to: "project weasel")]

|live>[You shamble forth, super hungry for brains.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") |Zombie>[BRAAAAAAAINS!!!] you groan.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") (Because it's important to speak your mind.)(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") SPLAT goes the head of the friendo to the left of you.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") SPLAT goes the head of the buddy to your right.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Maybe it's the hail of bullets you're currently being riddled with.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") Maybe it's the sound of your own head going SPLAT.(live: $t)[==(display: "logic") But you get the feeling that trying to devour this particular heavily armed crowd may not have been an ideal course of action.(live: $t * 2)[==(display: "logic") (display: "end")]