(color: red)[You, the infamous Fife-Totin' Diamond Bandit, have just completed your biggest heist yet. Everything has gone according to plan and you're on your way to the getaway car down the block. You couldn't have done it more perfectly, except - OH NO! You realize you left your fife at the scene of the crime!]
[[Go back for the fife]]
[[Continue to the get-away car]](color: red)[That fife is an important part of your identity, so naturally you have to go back for it. There are no police officers in sight. You find it on the ground inside of of the building, just in front of the window. You make your way to the get-away car once more, this time getting within seeing distance, only to see that the car has been surrounded by poilice officers. It turns out getting that custom DIMND BNDT license plate wasn't such a good idea. There's an alley to your left, and a cross-walk to your right.]
[[Take the alley]]
[[Take the cross-walk]](color: #ADD8E6)[Screw that fife! You're more than just a fife-totin' bandit, you reassure yourself, as you continue walking to the get-away car. You get in the car, and just as you're about drive away, three squad cars seal off all means of escape. The infamous Fife-Totin' Diamond Bandit has been caught.]
Would you like to play again?
[[Yes->Intro]]
(link: "No")[<script>window.close()</script>](color: red)[You run into the alley and trip over a Silly man lying on the ground.
Your eyes meet, and you peer into this hollow shell of a person.
"Hey! No one steps on Silly Gary!", he sputters.
This is a man who has not smiled in a long time...]
[[Tickle Silly Gary]]
[[Walk away in disgust]](color: #ADD8E6)[As you walk along the crosswalk, a reflection from the diamond in your pocket catches the eye of one of the officers reprimanding your getaway driver. Before you can realize what's happened, you are in cuffs and being shoved into the back of a squad car.]
Would you like to play again?
[[Yes->Intro]]
(link: "No")[<script>window.close()</script>](color:red)[Gary is delighted. No one has tickled him like that in ages! A fire is lit in his once cold, cold heart. Suddenly, his face becomes serious, as his eyes drift first toward the large diamond bulging in your pocket, then to your beautifully hand-crafted fife.
"I'm no fool", says Silly Gary. "I know who you are."
Your eyes grow large, but before the panic can really set in, Gary speaks.
"But don't worry. You were kind to me when no one else was. Go on. I'll distract them."]
[["I'm forever in your debt, Silly Gary"->Gary takes action]]
[["No, come with me"->Take Gary with you]]
[["No, Silly Gary. Don't ruin your own future"->Abandon Gary]](color: #ADD8E6)["HEY! NOBODY DISRESPECTS Silly GARY LIKE THAT AND GETS AWAY WITH IT! I'LL KICK YOUR BUTT!"
You turn around to shush the man, but before you can you get tackled by two officers who heard the commotion and ran over to investigate. Without a minute to think, you are placed in the back of a squad car and taken to the police station in defeat.]
Would you like to play again?
[[Yes->Intro]]
(link: "No")[<script>window.close()</script>](color: yellow)[You watch as the Fife-Totin' Diamond Bandit runs off down the alley and jumps a fence. You think to yourself "Well Gary, it's been a good time. If I had to choose a way to go, this is it."
Out of the corner of your eye, you notice the police officers have reprimanded the driver and are scouring the area, approaching the alley!]
[[Act casual]]
[[Make a scene]](color: orange)[You rush off together, scaling the fence with ease. Once gone, you share the master plan of using the diamond to solve world hunger]
[[Continue->Mutual Ending]] (color: red)[It is too dangerous a life that you lead to involve a sweet old man like Silly Gary in your plan. No, this is better done alone. You make your way to the fence at the end of the alley.]
[[Continue->Police Confrontation]](color: yellow)["What was I thinking?? I'm not gonna interrupt police work just for a killer tickle! I'm out"
You stand still as the police officers rush by, and pull the Fife-Totin' thief off the fence that their pants have become stuck on. A scuffle ensues, as the officers who caught the thief are not the most physically fit in the bunch...]
[[Join the scuffle]]
[[Get the heck outta there]](color: yellow) [You approach the police officers, deck of cards in hand. "Alright Gary, you've been perfecting this magic trick your whole life. Now to let it shine!" As you step in front of the officers, they seem to not even notice you... until you start the trick.
The officers stop dead in their tracks, utterly dumbfounded. Your hands are moving like lightning, fingertips blazing with the deft skill that can only come from giving up ones career and family to work on a card trick 40 hours a week. By the time you have finished, the officers have taken a seat and are completely frozen.]
[[Move on with your life->Gary Ending]]
[[Catch up with the thief->Find the thief]](color: yellow)["Jeez Gary, you gotta pick a side eventually" you think as you wrestle the officer off the thief.
You notice the diamond has fallen on the ground in the alley, and nobody has seen!]
[[Continue fighting]]
[[Take it and leave]](color: yellow)[As you begin to casually walk away with a sly whistle, a large diamond lands at your foot.
It's beautiful, shiny, and easily the size of a softball. You glance back to see if anyone has noticed, and see the Fife-Totin' thief deflecting bullets with his magic fife, but nobody has noticed the diamond got knocked away.]
[[Take it and leave]]
[[Leave it on the ground->Reasoning]](color: yellow)[You manage to knock the two officers out. The thief looks at you, a twinkle in his eyes.
"How would you like to be my sidekick?" they ask.]
[[I would like nothing more.->Join the thief]]
[[And be a criminal? No thanks!->Gary Ending]]You Pocket the diamond.
"I'm gonna make a killing off this!"
You slip away quietly and start making your way towards the nearest thrift shop.
Before you can make it, you are the stopped by the thief.
"How did he escape!?!?" You think quickly, before he knocks you out.
[[Continue->Thief gets the diamond]](color: yellow)[And so Gary lived out his days in peace and harmony. The thief was miraculously never caught, and used the diamond to solve world hunger once and for all.]
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[[Yes->Intro]]
(link: "No")[<script>window.close()</script>]]
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](color: orange)["It would be my honor." You grab hands, and rush off together into the the city and to the backup getaway car.]
[[Continue->Mutual Ending]](color: red)["Well that was messier than I would've liked" you think as you take the diamond from Gary's unconscious body.
Now off to implement phase two of my plan!]
[[Continue->Thief Ending]](color:red)|Story>[With the diamond in tow, you continue on to your secret lair, where you use it to power your illegal infinite energy machine (that was made illegal because of its threat to the oil industry profits) and use it to solve world hunger]
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[[Yes->Intro]]
(link: "No")[<script>window.close()</script>]]
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](color:red)["STOP RIGHT THERE!" you hear echo from the entrance to the alley. You turn to see the two officers pointing their weapons at you. You sigh, put your hands up and approach the officers. As you come close, they both put their weapons away"]
[[Attempt to escape->Fight the officers]]
[[Accept your defeat]](color:red)[You take the officers by surprise, and easily knock them out using your magical fife. You glance around, and notice that Silly Gary is standing and staring nearby, eyes wide.]
[[Kidnap Silly Gary]]
[[Leave him be->Thief Ending]](color: #ADD8E6)[The officers cuff you, making sure to not be particularly gentle with the fife you were holding. "You're going away for a long time, buddy" says one while the other dutifully reads you your Miranda Rights. Your plan has failed.]
Would you like to play again?
[[Yes->Intro]]
(link: "No")[<script>window.close()</script>](color: orange) [You see Gary turn to run, but this cannot happen. Before Gary can take 5 steps, you have descended upon him and knocked him out with the fife. "Don't worry" you think "you will be happy once you know the purpose of all this". As you hurry away, you think of how you'll possibly explain it all to Gary when he wakes up]
[[Continue->Mutual Ending]] (color:orange)|Story>[So with the diamond and a brand new sidekick, the diamond is prepped to be put into the unlimited power machine. However, during a freak accident when Gary was messing with some playing cards, the machine is completely destroyed along with all blueprints and data pertaining to it.]
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Would you like to play again?
[[Yes->Intro]]
(link: "No")[<script>window.close()</script>]]
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](color: orange)[As you turn the corner back into the alley, you see that the bandit had stayed behind and witnessed the card trick as well, and is equally stunned. You hoist them up and begin walking down the alley "Just let me know where to drop ya'". The thief manages a grunt, and so you leave the scene of the crime]
[[Continue->Mutual Ending]] (color: yellow)|Story>["What the heck would I even do with a diamond? Pawn it for 1/20th of its worth?"
You leave the diamond and walk off in search of a new, quieter alley with fewer thieves disturbing your daily routine.]
[[Continue->Gary Ending]]
↶↷You, the infamous Fife-Totin' Diamond Bandit, have just completed your biggest heist yet. Everything has gone according to plan and you're on your way to the getaway car down the block. You couldn't have done it more perfectly, except - OH NO! You realize you left your fife at the scene of the crime!
Go back for the fife
Continue to the get-away car