theo

Your browser lacks required capabilities. Please upgrade it or switch to another to continue.

Loading…

<<set $loop to "one">> <<cacheaudio "theo" "audio/theo.wav">>

<<audio "theo" loop play>><<script>>UIBar.stow(true);<</script>>Your job takes you to a lot of places (wherever your gun is wanted), and you need a drink - a moment of respite. You find yourself walking into a cafe in Barcelona. A small one, tucked away in the Gothic Quarter; warm lighting, intimate. There's a <<if $loop is "one">><<include "cycle">><<else>>$person<</if>> behind the counter, wiping it down with a rag. When you enter, <<liveblock>><<if $person is "woman">>she looks<<elseif $person is "man">>he looks<<elseif $person is "person">>they look<</if>><</liveblock>> up, and the two of you lock eyes. It's like time slows. You know <<liveblock>><<if $person is "woman">>she feels<<elseif $person is "man">>he feels<<elseif $person is "person">>they feel<</if>><</liveblock>> it too. You've never been certain about the concept of 'love at first sight', but at that moment you are. <<if $loop is "final">>[[This is-|wakeup]]<<else>>This is <<if $loop is "one">>[[love.|2]]<<elseif $loop is "2">>[[love.|5]] <<elseif $loop is "3">>[[love.|8]]<</if>><</if>>

<<nobr>><<if $person is "woman">> <<set $they to "she">> <<set $their to "her">> <<set $Their to "Her">> <<set $them to "her">> <<set $sets to "sets">> <<set $Shes to "She's">> <<set $She to "She">> <<set $sees to "sees">> <<set $walks to "walks">> <<elseif $person is "man">> <<set $they to "he">> <<set $their to "his">> <<set $them to "him">> <<set $Their to "His">> <<set $sets to "sets">> <<set $Shes to "He's">> <<set $She to "He">> <<set $sees to "sees">> <<set $walks to "walks">> <<elseif $person is "person">> <<set $they to "they">> <<set $their to "their">> <<set $them to "them">> <<set $sets to "set">> <<set $Shes to "They're">> <<set $She to "They">> <<set $sees to "see">> <<set $walks to "walk">> <<set $Their to "Their">><</if>>$Their green eyes glimmer playfully in the light as $they $sets your drink down on the table with a napkin.<</nobr>> //XOXX-XXX-698. CALL ME.// //[[-THEO|3]]//

The two of you are on a train in your own little room, coasting through the French countryside. There's wine, and grapes - which you feed each other - and you're both laughing freely. You've never felt more [[alive.|4]]

<<set $loop to "2">>//An argument. $Shes shouting. You're both upset. Something to do with $their parents?// The breakup is painful. You wish you could do things [[again.|1]]

You clench the napkin in your hand, tracing fondly over the letters with a thumb. This time, things will be [[perfect.|6]]

<<set $loop to "3">>And they are, for a time. Until things go wrong again. A different reason than before, but you can't let $them go. This time, [[you won't make mistakes.|7]]

This is too strange; like the world has shifted off axis. The same show, but the script is wrong. You carry on by yourself for a while, but life feels empty. //One more time,// you tell yourself. Just one. Last. [[Time.|1A]]

You can't help it. //You're lost//, you tell $them. //Can $they help?// The conversation flow smoothly and your days quickly fall into an easy rhythm again, until they inevitably jolt to a stop once more, throwing you off a metaphorical edge. It hurts and you know you need to stop. //One more time,// you compromise. Just one. Last. [[Time.|1A]]

It's like a euphoric drug, that moment when you first lock eyes with $them. You chase perfection, doing everything you can to continue being with $them, but things fall apart, time after time. You're meant for each other. $Shes your destiny, your //soulmate//... so [[why?|8]]

You're in the streets of the Gothic Quarter, heading towards the cafe, when you pause. $Shes there, walking along the street too, but with a gaggle of small children following behind $them. //A teacher//, you note oddly. $She chats with them as $they $walks, that familiar smile on $their face. //That's... not right,// you frown. [["⬩ You approach " + $them + " anyways."|A]] [["⬩ You leave " + $them + " be this time."|B]]

You walk in. Cherish the lines of $their smile when $they $sees you. Take the same table you always do. $She gives you the napkin. [[⬩ And you know you'll never be able to end this.|1][$loop to "final"]] [[⬩ And this time, when it ends, you let it.|start][$loop to "one"]]

<<script>>UIBar.stow(true); Fullscreen.request();<</script>>THEO <div class="centre">[[Play|1]] <<link "Settings">><<script>>UI.settings();<</script>><</link>> </div>

You wake up, alone, $their name on your lips. <<set $loop to "one">> [[Theo.|start]]

<<silently>> <<if not $choices>> <<set $choicesCount to -1>> <<set $choices to ["woman", "man", "person"]>> <</if>> <<set $choicesCount to $choicesCount + 1>> <<if $choicesCount >= $choices.length>> <<set $choicesCount to 0>> <</if>> <<set $person to $choices[$choicesCount]>> <<update>> <</silently>> \<<linkreplace $choices[$choicesCount]>><<include "cycle">><</linkreplace>>