(set: $Story = (array: "Block1", "Block02", "Block03", "Block04", "Block05", "Block06", "Block07", "Block08", "Block09", "Block10", "Block11", "Block12", "Block13", "Block14", "Block15")) ($Story - "Block1") (set: $minutes = 0) (set: $minutes + 1) (goto-link: "link text", "(if: $minutes is 10)[Ending](else:)[(random: $Story)]") make an array with all the "Blocks" name it something. each link goes to a random block in the array Every block subtracts itself from the array Each block adds a minute. When you hit the right number of minutes, you go to the end. So each link needs to be "check for win" and then a random block elseif [[here]] fix: change variable from $Story in the blocks to individual variables add $ to all the variables in the (either:) test (either: (if: $Block1 = "yes")[Block1], (if: $Block02 is "yes")[Block02], (if: $Block03 is "yes")[Block03], (if: $Block04 is "yes")[Block04], (if: $Block05 is "yes")[Block05], (if: $Block06 is "yes")[Block06], (if: $Block07 is "yes")[Block07], (if: $Block08 is "yes")[Block08], (if: $Block09 is "yes")[Block09], (if: Block10 is "yes")[Block10], (if: $Block11 is "yes")[Block11], (if: $Block12 is "yes")[Block12], (if: $Block13 is "yes")[Block13], (if: $Block14 is "yes")[Block14], (if: $Block15 is "yes")[Block15])(set: $a to (array: "Block1"))(set: $x to $x - $a)(set: $x to $x - (history:))The pebbled gravel path under your toes stretches away. You take a (link-goto: "step", "(if: $minutes is 10)[Ending](else:)[(either: ...$x)]"), stone cutting into the soles of your feet. (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $n to (array: "Block14"))(set: $x to $x - $n)(set: $x to $x - (history:))You lick your lips, tasting sweetness and bile and iron from your (link-goto: "blood", "(if: $minutes is 10)[Ending](else:)[(either: ...$x)]") in the open air. (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $m to (array: "Block13"))(set: $x to $x - $m)(set: $x to $x - (history:))Behind you sounds the rustling steps of something else on your path. You have to (link-goto: "keep going", "(if: $minutes is 10)[Ending](else:)[(either: ...$x)]"). (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $j to (array: "Block10"))(set: $x to $x - $j)(set: $x to $x - (history:))"Go," Kiran told you. You hobbled away, and remembered to kick your shoes off before setting foot under the bone archway (link-goto: "onto black gravel", "(if: $minutes is 10)[Ending](else:)[(either: ...$x)]"). (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $i to (array: "Block09"))(set: $x to $x - $i)(set: $x to $x - (history:))Kiran used to say that the universe was held together in the hands of god, and that it spilled out little by star-dripped bit. And someday god would (link-goto: "drop", "(if: $minutes is 10)[Ending](else:)[(either: ...$x)]") us all. (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1) (set: $h to (array: "Block08"))(set: $x to $x - $h)(set: $x to $x - (history:))With your left hand you (link-goto: "pinch", "(if: $minutes is 10)[Ending](else:)[(either: ...$x)]") your side together, warm blood soaking through the fabric of your shirt. (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $g to (array: "Block07"))(set: $x to $x - $g)(set: $x to $x - (history:))(link-goto: "Step", "(if: $minutes is 10)[Ending](else:)[(either: ...$x)]"). (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1) (set: $f to (array: "Block06"))(set: $x to $x - $f)(set: $x to $x - (history:))From the treelined edge, a white figure steps into the path -- a ghostly fox with red eyes. Take a (link-goto: "step", "(if: $minutes is 10)[Ending](else:)[(either: ...$x)]"). (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $e to (array: "Block05"))(set: $x to $x - $e)(set: $x to $x - (history:))An owl flies across your path, silent wings (link-goto: "brush", "(if: $minutes is 10)[Ending](else:)[(either: ...$x)]") your face. (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1) (set: $c to (array: "Block3"))(set: $x to $x - $c)(set: $x to $x - (history:))The bangle around your wrist pulses with the light of a bleeding star and (link-goto: "fades", "(if: $minutes is 10)[Ending](else:)[(either:...$x)]") pace by pace. (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1) (set: $b to (array: "Block2"))(set: $x to $x - $b)(set: $x to $x - (history:))You (text-style: "blur")[fumble] and pull a vial from your belt to (link-goto: "sip", "(if: $minutes is 10)[Ending](else:)[(either: ...$x)]") the cloying liquid. (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1) (set: $l to (array: "Block12"))(set: $x to $x - $l)(set: $x to $x - (history:))You stumble. //I don't want to crawl. (link-goto: "Please", "(if: $minutes is 10)[Ending](else:)[(either: ...$x)]").// (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $k to (array: "Block11"))(set: $x to $x - $k)(set: $x to $x - (history:))(link-goto: "Step", "(if: $minutes is 10)[Ending](else:)[(either: ...$x)]") again. (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $d to (array: "Block04"))(set: $x to $x - $d)(set: $x to $x - (history:))Another (link-goto: "step", "(if: $minutes is 10)[Ending](else:)[(either: ...$x)]"). (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1) (set: $minutes = 0)(set: $x to (array: "Block1", "Block2", "Block3", "Block04", "Block05", "Block06", "Block07", "Block08", "Block09", "Block10", "Block11", "Block12", "Block13", "Block14", "Block15"))(link-goto: "Crossed Roads", "(either: ...$x)") (text-color: "grey")[//by Hanna Brady//] (set: $oUrney to (color:"#7575A3")) (set: $Urney to (text-style: "shudder") + (colour:"#7575A3")) (set: $Kiran to (color: "#B82E00")) (set: $Cifr to (text-style: "condense") + (color: "#1975A3")) (set: $Abide to (text-style: "smear") + (font: "Courier New")+(text-style: "mirror")) (set: $Loops to $Loops + 1)You step. Cold water rushes over your feet: A spring, bubbling suddenly from the black path. You have to let go of your wound to release the bangle from your wrist and the warm blood gushes out into the waistband of your pants, spreading out like a chrysanthemum. The clasp snaps open, and you drop the bracelet, glinting, into the roiling, surging water. It vanishes, and you kneel down, cupping water from the spring in your hands and then [[letting it go|Portal01]].(set: $o to (array: "Block15"))(set: $x to $x - $o)(set: $x to $x - (history:))You fall down. (text-style: "fade-in-out")[(link-goto: "Get up", "(if: $minutes is 10)[Ending](else:)[(either: ...$x)]").] (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $x to (array: "Untitled Passage", "Block1", "Block2", "Block3", "Block04", "Block05", "Block06", "Block07", "Block08", "Block09", "Block10", "Block11", "Block12", "Block13", "Block14", "Block15")) (print: $x) (link-goto: "Test Link", "(either: ...$x)") [[24]](set: $x to $x - (history:)) (print: $x) (link-goto: "Test Link", "(either: ...$x)")(text-color: "grey")[//Thank you for playing.//] (text-color: "grey")[You can come find me at www.hannabrady.com or talk to me on Twitter @hannabrady.] (set: $Urney to (text-style: "shudder") + (colour:"#7575A3")) $Urney[This should be in Urney] (set: $Cifr to (text-style: "condense") + (color: "#1975A3")) $Cifr[This should be Cifr] (set: $Kiran to (color: "#B82E00")) $Kiran[This is Kiran] (set: $Abide to (text-style: "smear") + (font: "Courier New")+(text-style: "mirror")) $Abide[The Abide Speaks](set: $a to (array: "Block16"))(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - $a)(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - (history:))Urney (link-goto: "steps", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreTwo](else:)[(either: ...$Loop02)]"). (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $b to (array: "Block17"))(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - $b)(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - (history:))You see the road at Urney's feet, but you do not Stride it. You (link-goto: "lend", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreTwo](else:)[(either: ...$Loop02)]") your strength. (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $c to (array: "Block18"))(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - $c)(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - (history:))Urney steps again. You admire the firmness of those steps. It should not take (link-goto: "long", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreTwo](else:)[(either: ...$Loop02)]"). Then you can sleep. (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $d to (array: "Block19"))(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - $d)(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - (history:))(link-goto: "Step", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreTwo](else:)[(either: ...$Loop02)]"). (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $e to (array: "Block20"))(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - $e)(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - (history:))Breathe, in synch with Urney. In and (link-goto: "out", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreTwo](else:)[(either: ...$Loop02)]"). (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $f to (array: "Block21"))(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - $f)(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - (history:))$oUrney[Why are you wary of (link-goto: "me", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreTwo](else:)[(either: ...$Loop02)]")?] (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $g to (array: "Block22"))(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - $g)(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - (history:))You focus on helping, without bleeding thoughts and souls between you and Urney. You've only been working with Kiran recently. With Kiran it's easier. You (link-goto: "share", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreTwo](else:)[(either: ...$Loop02)]") everything. (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $h to (array: "Block23"))(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - $h)(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - (history:))$oUrney[You've gotten (link-goto: "stronger", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreTwo](else:)[(either: ...$Loop02)]").] (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $i to (array: "Block24"))(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - $i)(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - (history:))The road is simple earth, reddish and smoothed by (link-goto: "many feet", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreTwo](else:)[(either: ...$Loop02)]"). Just off the path it turns to a quagmire. Sinking sand. (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $j to (array: "Block25"))(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - $j)(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - (history:))The sky above Urney is pink and brown, with lighter streaks, like the skin of (link-goto: "your palm", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreTwo](else:)[(either: ...$Loop02)]"). (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $k to (array: "Block26"))(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - $k)(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - (history:))Urney knows this road. Having an anchor is a (link-goto: "precaution", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreTwo](else:)[(either: ...$Loop02)]"). Or perhaps Urney has become too used to Striding with company. (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $l to (array: "Block27"))(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - $l)(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - (history:))$oUrney[You should (link-goto: "talk", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreTwo](else:)[(either: ...$Loop02)]") to me soon. Big things are happening.] (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $m to (array: "Block28"))(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - $m)(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - (history:))$oUrney[You know I (link-goto: "like", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreTwo](else:)[(either: ...$Loop02)]") you.] (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $n to (array: "Block29"))(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - $n)(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - (history:))You've gotten used to Kiran, it feels strange to be anchoring for someone other than your partner. Or perhaps you've grown further from Urney than you (link-goto: "thought", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreTwo](else:)[(either: ...$Loop02)]"). (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $o to (array: "Block30"))(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - $o)(set: $Loop02 to $Loop02 - (history:))While Urney Strides, you are sitting in a space of your mind's making. A concealed grove, vines entwining your body, holding you still, (link-goto: "anchored", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreTwo](else:)[(either: ...$Loop02)]") while your mind rides with Urney, sharing your strength, focus and scraps from your heart. (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $Loop02 to (array: "Block16", "Block17", "Block18", "Block19", "Block20", "Block21", "Block22", "Block23", "Block24", "Block25", "Block26", "Block27", "Block28", "Block29", "Block30"))You are restless. The air is hot, humid and heavy with night jasmine, the forest ringing with monkey calls and rustling with nocturnal intrigue. You can't sleep. On nights when you cannot sleep, you go Across to the Paths. Sometimes Kiran is there and sometimes not. You pick a calming Path and walk it to find rest - a tiny Striding, but invaluable to the insomniac. You prepare your mind, and [[Cross|Loop021]]. (set: $minutes to 0) (set: $Loops to $Loops + 1)The Soleas are wisemen and wisewomen, who do small bits of magic for their villages. You do magic by finding the right path and walking it to the end and bringing back whatever you find. (text-color: "grey")[Go forward.] [[Go back.|Loop02]]And Urney arrives - waiting in the Path is a simple wooden box. Inside will be the antidote. Urney bends over to lift it. You startle inside Urney's mind, something's wrong, something's strange [[--|CoreTwoCont]] Someone else is already on the Paths, someone you know. [[Urney]]. $oUrney[Hello? Oh, thank god. Please, you must be tired, but I need an anchor. It's a dangerous Striding, and [[I need to do it now|Loop022]].]Why? $oUrney[A young mother, poisoned. An accident, but they thought it was just a fever and did not bring her right away. I need to Stride for the antidote. Will you anchor me?] Soleas help each other. (link-goto: "You anchor for Urney", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreTwo](else:)[(either: ...$Loop02)]").(set: $a to (array: "Block31"))(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - $a)(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - (history:))I can hear (link-goto: "Urney", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreThree](else:)[(either: ...$Loop03)]"). (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $Loop03 to (array: "Block31", "Block32", "Block33", "Block34", "Block35", "Block36", "Block37", "Block38", "Block39", "Block40", "Block41", "Block42", "Block43", "Block44", "Block45"))(text-style: "rumble")[You're lost [[Across|Loop031]]]. (set: $minutes to 0) (set: $Loops to $Loops + 1)(set: $b to (array: "Block32"))(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - $b)(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - (history:))$Kiran[What are you (link-goto: "telling me", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreThree](else:)[(either: ...$Loop03)]")?] (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $c to (array: "Block33"))(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - $c)(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - (history:))$Urney[That's not the way to (link-goto: "begin", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreThree](else:)[(either: ...$Loop03)]")!] (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $d to (array: "Block34"))(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - $d)(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - (history:))$Urney[Murder Cifr. Cifr killed me. (link-goto: "Murder Cifr", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreThree](else:)[(either: ...$Loop03)]").] (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $e to (array: "Block35"))(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - $e)(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - (history:))$Urney[Where am (link-goto: "I", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreThree](else:)[(either: ...$Loop03)]")? What's going on?] (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $f to (array: "Block36"))(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - $f)(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - (history:))$Kiran[Are you (link-goto: "better now", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreThree](else:)[(either: ...$Loop03)]")?] (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $g to (array: "Block37"))(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - $g)(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - (history:))Urney needed me to (link-goto: "anchor", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreThree](else:)[(either: ...$Loop03)]"). (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $h to (array: "Block38"))(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - $h)(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - (history:))$Kiran[Slow down. Breathe. (link-goto: "I've got you", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreThree](else:)[(either: ...$Loop03)]").] (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $i to (array: "Block39"))(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - $i)(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - (history:))Urney's in my mind. There. Like, (link-goto: "almost", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreThree](else:)[(either: ...$Loop03)]") like an anchor, but stuck. (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $j to (array: "Block40"))(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - $j)(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - (history:))Kiran holds the world around you, holding... a room, just like Kiran's -- it's an image of the World, but Across. A (link-goto: "safe", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreThree](else:)[(either: ...$Loop03)]") place. (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $k to (array: "Block41"))(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - $k)(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - (history:))$Kiran[How long have you been Across?] (link-goto: "I don't know", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreThree](else:)[(either: ...$Loop03)]"). I don't know. (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $l to (array: "Block42"))(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - $l)(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - (history:))$Kiran[You look... You (link-goto: "don't", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreThree](else:)[(either: ...$Loop03)]") look good.] (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $m to (array: "Block43"))(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - $m)(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - (history:))$Urney[Let me (link-goto: "out", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreThree](else:)[(either: ...$Loop03)]")!] (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $n to (array: "Block44"))(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - $n)(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - (history:))(link-goto: "Shut up", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreThree](else:)[(either: ...$Loop03)]")! (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $o to (array: "Block45"))(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - $o)(set: $Loop03 to $Loop03 - (history:))Don't drop me, Kiran. Please. Please. (link-goto: "Don't drop me", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreThree](else:)[(either: ...$Loop03)]"). (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)[[Go forward.|Loop03]] [[Go back.|Loop04]]$Urney[Monster. You are a monster. We are a monster.] $Kiran[There...] And it's as though a wall, a thin wall, came up between you and Urney's failing, rotting-- --Kiran enfolds you, growing until you are small and safe. $Kiran[Here...] Kiran puts a vial in your hands. Kiran's strength in a form you can [[hold|CoreThreeCont]] onto. [*]<| * * * * * * * * * * * * * * (print:) As a (text-style: "condense")[[[Soleas]]] -- as one who (text-style: "condense")[[[Strides]]] the paths invisible, as one who goes (text-style: "condense")[[[Across]]] -- you live with certain [Truths]<t1|. (click: ?t1)[No [road]<t2| is the same twice.] (click: ?t2)[Traveling Across is a [dangerous privilege]<t3|.] (click: ?t3)[Traveling Across grants [great power]<t4|.] (click: ?t4)[Those who forget, who become greedy or foolish, will suffer |t5>[Across].] (click: ?t5)[No road is the same [[twice]].] (set: $Loops to 0) (set: $empty to (array: "empty")) You might call us hedgewizards, wise ones, elders -- though some are quite young. A village must have a Soleas to stride Across and seek wisdom and healing along the invisible paths. (live: 10s)[(goto: "NewBeginning")(stop:)]You choose the way you see Across -- whether the path is wood or stone or dirt depends on the Soleas. A price is always paid when you Stride - in strength, in time, in blood, in memory. But if you are careful, you return with miracles. (live: 10s)[(goto: "NewBeginning")(stop:)]There are two worlds: the visible and invisible. Learning to see the invisible is what being a Soleas means. And when a Soleas walks in the invisible, we call it Across. It is important to remember that what we see Across is your projection. It is still, truly, invisible. (live: 10s)[(goto: "NewBeginning")(stop:)](link: "Are you ready?")[(t8n: "dissolve")[(text-style: "shudder")[Then [[step|Loop01]].]]]Urney... an old friend who has changed since you first were close. You have not anchored for Urney in a long time, since Urney's friends are more powerful. They want to map the Paths, to stick to only a few, to Stride them always as a group, with anchors. To bring miracles from Across. They promise only to bring good miracles. (live: 15s)[(goto: "Loop021")(stop:)]There's a third person you know on the paths Cifr appearsrunsthroughUrneytearingatUrney'sform,rendingwithclawsandknivesandragemadecorporeal Urney is dying and Cifr sees you in Urney's eyes. $Cifr[Ah... there was not supposed to be an anchor. I'm sorry.] (live: 10s)[(goto: "CoreTwoCont2")(stop:)]You are dyingnotdyingdeadanddyingand... (text-style: "shudder")[Why does this hurt? What's happening to me? Why am I here? Am I dead? Where are I? Where is we? What am I? Are you dead? [[Am I dead|Portal022]]? Am I... what happened to me?] God holds you together, like water. God drops you.(set: $Loop04 to (array: "Block46", "Block47", "Block48", "Block49", "Block50", "Block51", "Block52", "Block53", "Block54", "Block55", "Block56", "Block57", "Block58", "Block59", "Block60"))A Soleas must be tested by their brothers and sisters — walk a path of their making, if they wish to be an elder Soleas, a leader among those that walk the paths invisible. Today Cifr walks. Cifr has suffered a lot. Lost family to illness and bad luck. You aren’t close, Cifr is more reclusive, some say harboring grudges… but you are cheering for Cifr today. It’s a good day. You and Kiran stand in attendance, ready to test Cifr with the rest, like spectators at a race. Cifr (link-goto: "begins", "(either: ...$Loop04)"), walking at an easy pace. (set: $minutes to 0) (set: $Loops to $Loops + 1)(set: $a to (array: "Block46"))(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - $a)(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - (history:))Cifr (link-goto: "treads", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFour](else:)[(either: ...$Loop04)]") through a tangled storm of trees. (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $b to (array: "Block47"))(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - $b)(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - (history:))Someone crumbles the road, Cifr (link-goto: "remains", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFour](else:)[(either: ...$Loop04)]") focused. (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $c to (array: "Block48"))(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - $c)(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - (history:))Cifr (link-goto: "steps", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFour](else:)[(either: ...$Loop04)]"). (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $d to (array: "Block49"))(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - $d)(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - (history:))Urney seems smug. You are surprised. Cifr is doing well already, and they (link-goto: "hate", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFour](else:)[(either: ...$Loop04)]") each other. (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $e to (array: "Block50"))(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - $e)(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - (history:))A rockslide manifests and Cifr (link-goto: "continues", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFour](else:)[(either: ...$Loop04)]"), keeping to the path. (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $f to (array: "Block51"))(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - $f)(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - (history:))Voices call to Cifr, who twitches, hesitates, and (link-goto: "goes on", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFour](else:)[(either: ...$Loop04)]"). (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $g to (array: "Block52"))(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - $g)(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - (history:))The road becomes slick with mud at Cifr’s (link-goto: "feet", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFour](else:)[(either: ...$Loop04)]"). (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $h to (array: "Block53"))(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - $h)(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - (history:))You reach for Kiran’s (link-goto: "hand", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFour](else:)[(either: ...$Loop04)]"), glad neither of you have this ambition. (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $i to (array: "Block54"))(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - $i)(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - (history:))Cifr waves to the crowd. You wince. (link-goto: "Overconfidence", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFour](else:)[(either: ...$Loop04)]"). (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $j to (array: "Block55"))(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - $j)(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - (history:))Someone calls up demon faced monkeys to try to (link-goto: "trip", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFour](else:)[(either: ...$Loop04)]") Cifr. (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $k to (array: "Block56"))(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - $k)(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - (history:))Another (link-goto: "step", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFour](else:)[(either: ...$Loop04)]"). (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $l to (array: "Block57"))(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - $l)(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - (history:))You are (link-goto: "pleased", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFour](else:)[(either: ...$Loop04)]"). Cifr has worked hard for a place with the elders. (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $m to (array: "Block58"))(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - $m)(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - (history:))Kiran floods the road with saltwater. Cifr (link-goto: "walks", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFour](else:)[(either: ...$Loop04)]") through the tide. (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $n to (array: "Block59"))(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - $n)(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - (history:))A scream cuts across the assembly and Cifr looks (link-goto: "away", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFour](else:)[(either: ...$Loop04)]") from the path, frowning. (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $o to (array: "Block60"))(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - $o)(set: $Loop04 to $Loop04 - (history:))Kiran chuckles, pointing, someone conjured a double banded (link-goto: "rainbow", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFour](else:)[(either: ...$Loop04)]") to support Cifr. (set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(set: $Loop05 to (array: "Block61", "Block62", "Block63", "Block64", "Block65", "Block66", "Block67", "Block68", "Block69", "Block70", "Block71", "Block72", "Block73", "Block74", "Block75"))Kiran anchors you, and tired as you are, you start to (link-goto: "Stride", "(either: ...$Loop05)"). (set: $minutes to 0) (set: $Loops to $Loops + 1)(set: $a to (array: "Block61"))(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - $a)(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)Fire lines your road. You (link-goto: "step", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFive](else:)[(either: ...$Loop05)]").(set: $b to (array: "Block62"))(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - $b)(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)“All the world’s a narrow, narrow (link-goto: "bridge", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFive](else:)[(either: ...$Loop05)]")…”(set: $c to (array: "Block63"))(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - $c)(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)You (link-goto: "blink", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFive](else:)[(either: ...$Loop05)]") away the spots swirling in your vision. (set: $d to (array: "Block64"))(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - $d)(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)Fog envelops the world, there and (link-goto: "gone", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFive](else:)[(either: ...$Loop05)]"). You cough at the brief chill. (set: $e to (array: "Block65"))(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - $e)(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)You stagger, throw out an arm and (link-goto: "burn", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFive](else:)[(either: ...$Loop05)]") your fingers saving yourself. (set: $f to (array: "Block66"))(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - $f)(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)You (link-goto: "step", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFive](else:)[(either: ...$Loop05)]"). (set: $g to (array: "Block67"))(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - $g)(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(link-goto: "Step", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFive](else:)[(either: ...$Loop05)]"). (set: $h to (array: "Block68"))(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - $h)(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)You can feel Kiran’s steady heartbeat, holding you to the road. (link-goto: "Holding you together", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFive](else:)[(either: ...$Loop05)]"). (set: $i to (array: "Block69"))(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - $i)(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)You can’t wait to get (link-goto: "back", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFive](else:)[(either: ...$Loop05)]") to Kiran. (set: $j to (array: "Block70"))(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - $j)(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)Urney scratches at your mind, a beetle (link-goto: "buzzing", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFive](else:)[(either: ...$Loop05)]") at the window. (set: $k to (array: "Block71"))(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - $k)(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)The road is red clay, smooth, shining shifting. (link-goto: "Step", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFive](else:)[(either: ...$Loop05)]"). (set: $l to (array: "Block72"))(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - $l)(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)You ignore the world on fire and (link-goto: "face forward", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFive](else:)[(either: ...$Loop05)]"). (set: $m to (array: "Block73"))(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - $m)(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)Beneath your feet the road cracks, crumbles and reforms as you (link-goto: "step", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFive](else:)[(either: ...$Loop05)]"). (set: $n to (array: "Block74"))(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - $n)(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)Concentrate and (link-goto: "step", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFive](else:)[(either: ...$Loop05)]"). (set: $o to (array: "Block75"))(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - $o)(set: $Loop05 to $Loop05 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)You can (link-goto: "do", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreFive](else:)[(either: ...$Loop05)]") this. (set: $Loop06 to (array: "Block76", "Block77", "Block78", "Block79", "Block80", "Block81", "Block82", "Block83", "Block84", "Block85", "Block86", "Block87", "Block88", "Block89", "Block90"))The water hits the sharp black gravel and out of it unfolds an (link-goto: "Abide", "(either: ...$Loop06)") - one of those residents of Across, dangerous and capricious and the sometimes source of your power. (set: $minutes to 0)(set: $a to (array: "Block76"))(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - $a)(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)The Abide (link-goto: "shimmer", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSix](else:)[(either: ...$Loop06)]"), the details of bristling hair and cracked skin (text-style: "fade-in-out")[fading in and out of focus]. (set: $b to (array: "Block77"))(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - $b)(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)The Abide against a starless void laughed, (link-goto: "rattling", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSix](else:)[(either: ...$Loop06)]") your bones inside your skin. (set: $c to (array: "Block78"))(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - $c)(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)(link-goto: "Hold", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSix](else:)[(either: ...$Loop06)]") yourself together. (set: $d to (array: "Block79"))(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - $d)(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)$Abide[That bauble was tasty. (link-goto: "Where", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSix](else:)[(either: ...$Loop06)]") did you get it?] (set: $e to (array: "Block80"))(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - $e)(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)$Abide[There's nothing much left of you. If I wait for just a moment, I can (link-goto: "devour", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSix](else:)[(either: ...$Loop06)]") the little that remains.] (set: $f to (array: "Block81"))(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - $f)(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)$Abide[You are breaking apart, a trembling bag of (link-goto: "bones", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSix](else:)[(either: ...$Loop06)]") on shuddering legs.] (set: $g to (array: "Block82"))(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - $g)(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)$Abide[You are here for revenge, for salvation and for another's life. But that's too much. You only get (link-goto: "one", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSix](else:)[(either: ...$Loop06)]").] (set: $h to (array: "Block83"))(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - $h)(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)The Abide's shoulders roll, rippling with an abundance of (link-goto: "unnatural", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSix](else:)[(either: ...$Loop06)]") muscles. (set: $i to (array: "Block84"))(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - $i)(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)Your hand, shaking against the cut in your side, holds your life in. Like god, holding the world together. Dammit, (link-goto: "Kiran", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSix](else:)[(either: ...$Loop06)]"). (set: $j to (array: "Block85"))(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - $j)(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)If you could just turn your attention to your wound... but that would be dangerous now. You have to (link-goto: "focus", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSix](else:)[(either: ...$Loop06)]"). (set: $k to (array: "Block86"))(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - $k)(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)$Abide[Where did you find the bleeding (link-goto: "star", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSix](else:)[(either: ...$Loop06)]")?] (set: $l to (array: "Block87"))(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - $l)(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)You don't (link-goto: "dare", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSix](else:)[(either: ...$Loop06)]") reach for the cordial. (set: $m to (array: "Block88"))(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - $m)(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)The spring bubbles clear at your feet, (link-goto: "giggling", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSix](else:)[(either: ...$Loop06)]") obscenely. (set: $n to (array: "Block89"))(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - $n)(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)Kiran would have known (link-goto: "what to do", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSix](else:)[(either: ...$Loop06)]"). (set: $o to (array: "Block90"))(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - $o)(set: $Loop06 to $Loop06 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)Your mind wanders back to the way home, the road back. (link-goto: "Focus", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSix](else:)[(either: ...$Loop06)]"). (set: $Loop07 to (array: "Block91", "Block92", "Block93", "Block94", "Block95", "Block96", "Block97", "Block98", "Block99", "Block100", "Block101", "Block102", "Block103", "Block104", "Block105"))$Kiran[You made it.] Thanks to you. (live: 3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[$Kiran[You’re close. One more Striding, deal with the Abide and Urney won’t cling to you. Are you ready?]](stop:)] (live: 5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[[[Stop|Loop071]].](stop:)](set: $a to (array: "Block91"))(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - $a)(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)You could have dealt with Urney in other ways. Why (link-goto: "kill", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSeven](else:)[(either: ...$Loop07)]") someone Across? $Cifr[It was necessary.] (set: $b to (array: "Block92"))(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - $b)(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)Cifr charges and Kiran meets the attack, brute force with (link-goto: "force", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSeven](else:)[(either: ...$Loop07)]"). (set: $c to (array: "Block93"))(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - $c)(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)An iron bar flashes from Cifr’s hand. You (link-goto: "dodge", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSeven](else:)[(either: ...$Loop07)]"). Another already fills Cifr’s hand. (set: $d to (array: "Block94"))(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - $d)(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)Cifr growls and swings for Kiran’s (link-goto: "legs", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSeven](else:)[(either: ...$Loop07)]"). (set: $e to (array: "Block95"))(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - $e)(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)$Kiran[(link-goto: "Start", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSeven](else:)[(either: ...$Loop07)]") Striding! I’ll be okay.] (set: $f to (array: "Block96"))(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - $f)(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)Kiran catches one of Cifr’s swings on a bracer, grunting with (link-goto: "pain", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSeven](else:)[(either: ...$Loop07)]"). (set: $g to (array: "Block97"))(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - $g)(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)You try to focus. You need to (link-goto: "find the road", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSeven](else:)[(either: ...$Loop07)]"), the path to the Abide. (set: $h to (array: "Block98"))(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - $h)(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)With part of Kiran’s attention on Cifr, Urney is (link-goto: "clawing", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSeven](else:)[(either: ...$Loop07)]") towards your mind. (set: $i to (array: "Block99"))(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - $i)(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)Kiran cuts for Cifr’s (link-goto: "eyes", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSeven](else:)[(either: ...$Loop07)]"). (set: $j to (array: "Block100"))(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - $j)(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)Cifr shoves Kiran and stabs a bar down onto (link-goto: "Kiran's foot", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSeven](else:)[(either: ...$Loop07)]"). (set: $k to (array: "Block101"))(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - $k)(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)Kiran’s machetes flick forward, (link-goto: "screeching", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSeven](else:)[(either: ...$Loop07)]") on Cifr’s ceramic scales. (set: $l to (array: "Block102"))(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - $l)(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)Cifr rumbles forward (link-goto: "looking", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSeven](else:)[(either: ...$Loop07)]") for an opening. (set: $m to (array: "Block103"))(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - $m)(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)$Urney[Damn you, Cifr. (link-goto: "Murderer", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSeven](else:)[(either: ...$Loop07)]").] (set: $n to (array: "Block104"))(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - $n)(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)$Cifr[Just let me get this over with, Kiran. You can’t (link-goto: "beat", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSeven](else:)[(either: ...$Loop07)]") me.] (set: $o to (array: "Block105"))(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - $o)(set: $Loop07 to $Loop07 - (history:))(set: $minutes = $minutes + 1)You want to help, but you’ve been Across for too long. You’re (link-goto: "weak", "(if: $minutes is 10)[CoreSeven](else:)[(either: ...$Loop07)]"). Focus. $Abide[You are beginning to bore me. Why don't you just die?] $Abide[No?] (live: 5s)[(goto: "CoreSixCont")(stop:)]Cifr is nearly done, when an apparition appears and calls out, screaming in fear. Your heart stops. The ghost screams in pain, imploring Cifr. Cifr freezes. Murderous figures appear around the weeping one. They stab, mutilate, toss the figure to the ground in moments and Across is filled with silence. Then Cifr attacks Urney, strays off the path, attacks the one who conjured that trial, that ghost. And Urney [[laughs|Portal044]].The fires around you extinguish and you cannot see anything. Last step. The dangerous one. You send love to Kiran, ready to break off the anchor if you are going to die. [[Step|CoreFiveCont]].Cifr sniffs and withdraws, then blurs. A flash of movement and Kiran folds in half. You can feel it, and pull away. Not again, notagainotagainotagain Kiran! Cifr stands in front of you, gestures with an empty hand, and stabs for your gut. You fall sideways, and Cifr punches a hole in your side. $Cifr[It was just supposed to be [[Urney|CoreSevenCont]].] This is bad. You can't tell if you are alive or dead or (text-color: "orange")[stuck] or backwards or forgotten and you have (text-style: "rumble")[Urney] in your head, but Urney is definitely dead and there's nothing that is solid enough to hang onto you are anchoring a dead Soleas and (text-style: "rumble")[falling through Across] without a Path or sign post and part of you is screaming, because you came for an antidote and the young woman will be dead by now, $Urney[this is why we shouldn't walk the ways alone], but that's your thought (text-color: "orange")[not] my thought where am i? (live: 10s)[(t8n: "pulse")[$Kiran[I've got you.] Kiran? $Kiran[Yes. It's me. Hold on. I've got you.]](stop:)] (live: 14s)[(link-goto: "Kiran", "(either: ...$Loop03)").(stop:)] Firm earth meets your feet — (live: 2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[— and you see the well. [[Light]] pours from the well, clinging to your skin. With gratitude you conjure something to hold the light, a brass bangle, like one you wear in the real world and hold your wrist over the well. You collect the light of the bleeding star and then retreat to [[Kiran|Portal055]].](stop:)]This is an old place, one of the last places you learn to go when you learn to Stride. A star fell out of the sky, and into the well where god drew the water that made the world. The star has been dying since it fell, and its light is the most precious of resources Across. (live 10s:)[(goto: "CoreFiveCont")(stop:)] $Abide[Very well. What's it to be? [Revenge]<choice1|? [Salvation]<choice2|? Or [Selflessness]<choice3|?] (click: ?choice1)[(t8n: "dissolve")[[[Destroy Cifr]]. Cifr is dangerous.]] (click: ?choice2)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Get Urney out of your [[head]].]] (click: ?choice3)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You want Kiran [[safe]].]]$Abide[It is [[done|Destroy1]].] $Abide[It is [[done|Head1]].] $Abide[It is done.] You crumble and the Abide chuckles. You hold yourself together, arms wrapped around yourself. Death feels like falling apart, relaxing into infinite atoms. All the tiny connections evaporate, and you panic, flailing to hold yourself together, but it only dissolves you [faster]<safe|. (click: ?safe)[(t8n: "dissolve")[$Kiran[Hold on[[...|Safe1]]]]] That's dangerous, you say. Especially when I'm this [fragile]<s1|. (click: ?s1)[$Kiran[You've been here for hours,] Kiran holds you tight. $Kiran[And you can't leave if you are anchoring a dead person. You'll bring them back with you.] Kiran is right. [What are you doing]<s2|?] (click: ?s2)[$Kiran[I'm holding you apart. I can't Stride and do it. You can't hold yourself away from Urney - you'd have to touch in order to push away and that would enmesh you again. I'll wait and anchor. You [Stride]<s3|.]] (click: ?s3)[[Where]<s4| am I going?] (click: ?s4)[$Kiran[You need to summon an [Abide]<s5| to fix it.]] (click: ?s5)[Why did [Cifr]<s6| do it?] (click: ?s6)[$Kiran[I don't know... the testing maybe? We'll worry about it when we aren't Across. Go. You need to Stride. [[Go on|Portal033]]. Use the vial if you need it. I love you.]](set: $forward to (array: "empty") - (history:))(set: $back to (array: "Loop02", "Loop03", "Loop04", "Loop05", "Loop07", "empty") - (history:))(if: $Loops is 6)[[[Go forward|Loop06]]](elseif: $forward's 1st is "empty")[(text-color: "grey")[Go forward.]](else:)[(set: $back to $back - $empty)(set: $forward to $forward - $empty)Go (link-goto: "forward", "(either: ...$forward)").] (if: $Loops is 6)[(text-color: "grey")[Go back.]](elseif: $back's 1st is "empty")[(text-color: "grey")[Go back.]](else:)[(set: $back to $back - $empty)(set: $forward to $forward - $empty)Go (link-goto: "back", "(either: ...$back)").](set: $forward to (array: "Loop01", "Loop07", "Loop05", "Loop03", "empty") - (history:))(set: $back to (array: "Loop04", "empty") - (history:))(if: $Loops is 6)[[[Go forward|Loop06]].](elseif: $forward's 1st is "empty")[(text-color: "grey")[Go back.]](elseif: "empty" is $forward's 2nd)[Go (set: $forward to $forward - $empty)(link-goto: "forward", "$forward").](else:)[(set: $back to $back - $empty)(set: $forward to $forward - $empty)Go (link-goto: "forward", "(either: ...$forward)").] (if: $Loops is 6)[(text-color: "grey")[Go back.]](elseif: $back's 1st is "empty")[(text-color: "grey")[Go back.]](elseif: "empty" is $back's 2nd)[Go (set: $back to $back - $empty)(link-goto: "back", "$back").](else:)[(set: $back to $back - $empty)(set: $forward to $forward - $empty)Go (link-goto: "back", "(either: ...$back)").](set: $forward to (array: "Loop01", "Loop07", "Loop05", "empty") - (history:))(set: $back to (array: "Loop04", "Loop02", "empty") - (history:))(if: $Loops is 6)[[[Go forward|Loop06]].](elseif: $forward's 1st is "empty")[(text-color: "grey")[Go back.]](elseif: "empty" is $forward's 2nd)[Go (set: $forward to $forward - $empty)(link-goto: "forward", "$forward").](else:)[(set: $back to $back - $empty)(set: $forward to $forward - $empty)Go (link-goto: "forward", "(either: ...$forward)").] (if: $Loops is 6)[(text-color: "grey")[Go back.]](elseif: $back's 1st is "empty")[(text-color: "grey")[Go back.]](elseif: "empty" is $back's 2nd)[Go (set: $back to $back - $empty)(link-goto: "back", "$back").](else:)[(set: $back to $back - $empty)(set: $forward to $forward - $empty)Go (link-goto: "back", "(either: ...$back)").] (set: $forward to (array: "Loop01", "Loop02", "Loop03", "Loop05", "Loop07", "empty") - (history:))(set: $back to (array: "empty") - (history:))(if: $Loops is 6)[[[Go forward|Loop06]].](elseif: $forward's 1st is "empty")[(text-color: "grey")[Go back.]](elseif: "empty" is $forward's 2nd)[(set: $forward to $forward - $empty)(link-goto: "forward", "$forward").](else:)[(set: $back to $back - $empty)(set: $forward to $forward - $empty)Go (link-goto: "forward", "(either: ...$forward)").] (if: $Loops is 6)[(text-color: "grey")[Go back.]](else:)[(text-color: "grey")[Go back.]](set: $forward to (array: "Loop01", "Loop07", "empty") - (history:))(set: $back to (array: "Loop04", "Loop03", "Loop02", "empty") - (history:))(if: $Loops is 6)[[[Go forward|Loop06]].](elseif: $forward's 1st is "empty")[(text-color: "grey")[Go forward.]](elseif: "empty" is $forward's 2nd)[Go (set: $forward to $forward - $empty)(link-goto: "forward", "$forward").](else:)[(set: $back to $back - $empty)(set: $forward to $forward - $empty)Go (link-goto: "forward", "(either: ...$forward)").] (if: $Loops is 6)[(text-color: "grey")[Go back.]](elseif: $back's 1st is "empty")[(text-color: "grey")[Go back.]](elseif: "empty" is $back's 2nd)[Go (set: $back to $back - $empty)(link-goto: "time", "$back")](else:)[(set: $back to $back - $empty)(set: $forward to $forward - $empty)Go (link-goto: "back", "(either: ...$back)").] (set: $forward to (array: "empty") - (history:))(set: $back to (array: "Loop05", "Loop03", "Loop02", "Loop04", "empty") - (history:))(if: $Loops is 6)[[[Go forward|Loop06]].](else:)[(text-color: "grey")[Go forward.]] (if: $Loops is 6)[(text-color: "grey")[Go back.]](elseif: $back's 1st is "empty")[(text-color: "grey")[Go back.]](elseif: "empty" is $back's 2nd)[Go (set: $back to $back - $empty)(link-goto: "back", "$back").](else:)[Go (link-goto: "back", "(either: ...$back)").] $Urney[Oh, well done. Well, well done.] (live: 2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[$Urney[Thank you.]](stop:)] (live: 4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You crumble in front of the Abide, the wall between you and Urney gone entirely.]] (live: 6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[[[Kiran is gone|Destroy2]].]] Death feels like falling apart, relaxing into infinite atoms. All the tiny connections evaporate, and you panic, flailing to hold yourself together, but it only dissolves you [faster]<destroy|. (click: ?destroy)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You fall apart, water dripping [[away|Credits]].]]You kneel, relieved. Urney is gone. So is Kiran. You stand and run, back along the path. Step and step and [[step|Head2]]... You cross through the bone archway, shoes reappearing on your feet. But Kiran is not there, just Cifr. Cifr relaxes. $Cifr[Urney is gone.] Yes. You stand facing Cifr, angry. $Cifr[I'm sorry.] And Cifr [[disappears|Head3]]. You will meet again. There will be justice - for Kiran and for Urney. But now it's time to go home. There will be a [[reckoning|Credits]].Hello, [[Kiran|Credits]].It’s too much. $Kiran[Go,] Kiran is holding on. You [[can’t|Dying1]], [[can|CoreSevenEnd]] you?$Kiran[Please. Get up and [[go|CoreSevenEnd]].] You tremble. It would be so easy to [[stay here|Dying2]]. Cifr’s confidence and malice looms over you. You reach for your path, for the black gravel and the bone archway. Cifr is too late to finish you off and you kick off your shoes. [[You don’t go looking for an Abide with shoes on|Portal077]].Your blood and the starlight dripping from your wrist slide away together, lost Across. Cifr is over you. It’s time to [[go|CoreSevenEnd]] or [[fail|Dying3]].You cut yourself away from Kiran, and hear Urney screaming before Cifr’s hand comes down. Death feels like falling apart, relaxing into infinite atoms. All the tiny connections evaporate, and you panic, flailing to hold yourself together, but it only dissolves you faster. You fall apart, water dripping [[away|Credits]]. Kiran stands twice barrier between you and Cifr and between you and Urney. Cifr is clothed for war - in leather embroidered with shining ceramic discs and a blunt iron bar in each hand. Kiran’s hair slicks back into a warrior’s knot, braces appear on graceful arms and legs and machetes fill angular hands. (link-goto: "Go", "(either: ...$Loop07)"). (set: $minutes to 0) (set: $Loops to $Loops + 1)(set: $tester to (array: "time", "empty")) (link-goto: "time", "$tester's 1st") (set: $empty to (array: "empty")) (elseif: "empty" is $forward's 2nd)[(set: $forward to $forward - $empty)(link-goto: "time", "$forward")] (elseif: "empty" is $back's 2nd)[(set: $back to $back - $empty)(link-goto: "time", "$back")] $testerDouble-click this passage to edit it.Double-click this passage to edit it.Double-click this passage to edit it.