Hmmm

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<div class="gameName"> Hmmm </div> <div class="credits"> An interactive short story by juleswhatevs </div> <div class="gameNameText"> [[PLAY|Welcome]] </div>

"Hmmm." "Welcome." A voice echoes to you from the void. You turn around and see a big gray slab of stone. It towers over your head and appears immovable. The stone is smooth and cool to the touch and it seems oddly familiar to you. [[Next|How Have You Been]]

"It's been a while." "How have I been," the stone asks you as if reading your thoughts. "Tired. Exhausted. I feel like I have no strength for anything," The stone sighs, and you can almost see it heave with the sigh. [[You should sleep more|Sleep More]] [[You should excercise more|Excercise More]] [[You should eat healthy|Eat Healthy]]

"But that's all I do. I sleep." "And then I sleep some more but I'm still tired." "It just won't stop," the stone says to you in a broken tone. [[Next|Can't Feel]] <<set $FirstAnswer to "sleep enough,">>

"I work out so much, and it helps!" "But only for a little bit, and then everything goes to shit again." The stone looks defeated and lost. You're not quite sure how that can be. [[Next|Can't Feel]] <<set $FirstAnswer to "excercise enough,">>

"I am eating healthy." "I'm keeping an eye on my diet and calorie intake, but it still can't drive this feeling away." [[Next|Can't Feel]] <<set $FirstAnswer to "eat healthy,">>

"Even though I $FirstAnswer I still feel tired all the time," the stone explains to you disappointed. "On top of that I can't feel anything anymore. Nothing feels like anything." "Things I used to enjoy are now just gray and bring me no joy," he states in bleak tones. [[You should just try doing more of what you like|What You Like]] [[You must feel something. Everyone feels something|You Feel Something]] [[I don't understand. How can you not feel anything?|Not Understanding]]

"But that doesn't help," the stone screams in frustrated anger. "It doesn't make it all magically feel like something! It's still all just empty nothingness!" [[I'm sorry...|Strong Enough]]

"No I don't! I don't HAVE to feel anything," the stone cries out in rage. "Why is feeling something a must, a burden I have to carry?" [[I'm sorry...|Strong Enough]]

"How could you understand? You've never been through this," the stone snaps viciously. "You could never understand what I'm going through." [[I'm sorry...|Strong Enough]]

<<set $FirstAnswer to "">

Embarrased, the stone's tone of voice changes. It seems like it realized how it treated you. "I'm sorry, it's not your fault. It's my fault" "I'm not strong enough to handle all of this. Why can't I handle this like other people can," the stone's voice trembles. [[But you are strong!|You Are Strong]] [[Everyone struggles, you're not alone|Everyone Struggles]] [[You can get strong and beat this|You Can Get Strong]]

"But I'm not. I'm not strong enough to handle this," the stone sighs. "If I was, I wouldn't be in this state..." [[That's not true...|Despair]]

"Then why does it seem like they can still function even though they struggle," the stone wonders. "It's because they are better than me, and I can't handle this. I'm weak." [[That's not true...|Despair]]

"Oh so I'm not strong? Thanks..." the stone seems disappointed in itself. "I can never get there. I don't have what it takes." [[That's not true...|Despair]]

"Thanks for trying to help me but I'm beyond help," the stone says to you with one final glance. "There's no hope for me. This is just who I am and who I will always be." "Now go away." "Just go."