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<<link '<i class="fa-solid fa-hourglass-end" title="Back"></i>' >> <<run Engine.backward()>> <</link>>

<<link '<i class="fa-solid fa-ellipsis" title="Settings"></i>'>><<run UI.settings()>><</link>>  | <<link "saves">><<run UI.saves()>><</link>> | <<link "credits">><<run Dialog.setup("Credits", "credits");Dialog.wiki(Story.get("Credits").processText());Dialog.open();>><</link>>

<<if $end is not true>> <<link "restart">><<run UI.restart()>><</link>> <<else>> //LapinLunaireGames// <</if>>

<<set $inLife to [ "by memory", "alive" ]>> <<set $naSvete to $inLife.random()>> <<set $evening to [ "Vespers", "Solace of the faithful" ]>> <<set $vecherney to $evening.random()>> <<set $olden to [ "antique", "unfixable" ]>> <<set $stertye to $olden.random()>> <<set $neLiubil to ["No children’s cries", "He hated when children cried"].random()>> <<set $hated to ["No", "He hated"].random()>> <<set $fem to [ "his own brand of", "recognising", ]>> <<set $zhenskoi to $fem.random()>> <<set $married to "I have forgotten.">> <<set $ars to [ "Three Things", "He loved three things...", "Unsent Messages", "3 Unread Messages...", "untitled", "can we talk?", "Sorry, can't talk rn", "wya?", "can we talk?", "Despite...", "In the name of love" ]>> <<set $hash to $ars.random()>>

<h3 style="font-family: 'novelist';margin-top: -2em;text-align:center;"><a href="https://lapinlunaire-games.itch.io/">Lapin Lunaire Games</a></h3> <h1 id="splashtitle">ThrEe tHings</h1> <span style="opacity:0;transition: all 2s ease-in-out;" id="splish"><<include "Splash Menu" div>></span><<timed 4s>><<addclass "#splish" "visible">><</timed>>

<<link "Start" 'ars'>><</link>> <<if (Save.autosave.ok() and Save.autosave.has()) or (Save.slots.count() gte 1)>> <<link "Load">><<script>>UI.saves()<</script>><</link>><</if>> <<link "SettinGs">><<run UI.settings()>><</link>> <<link "Credits">><<run Dialog.setup("Credits");Dialog.wiki(Story.get("Credits").processText());Dialog.open();>><</link>>

<p>Written and coded by <a href="lapinlunaire-games.itch.io">Lapin Lunaire Games</a> for the 2023 Anti-Romance Jam. Gratitude to V.</p> <hr> <h2 style="text-align:center;">Assets</h2> <ul> <li>"45 Degree Fabric (Dark)" from <a href="https://transparenttextures.com/">Transparent Textures</a> </li> <li>"Blackboard" by <a href="https://unsplash.com/pt-br/@noitadigita">Noita Digital</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/QZX8jbK1xEw">Unsplash</a> </li> <li>"Geographical map sketch" by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@a_g_b">Alex Boyd</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/HA0Rgl-ISko">Unsplash</a> </li> <li>"Novelist" developed by Alena Krachkovskaya at <a href="https://hsedesignlab.ru/hsefonts">HSE ART and DESIGN SCHOOL</a> </li> <li>"paper textures * 13" by <a href="https://www.deviantart.com/crystallanxi/art/paper-textures-13-597508100">Crystallanxi</a> </li> <li> "sunlight through clouds photography" by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@wistomsin">Tom Barrett</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/7FNOH-qSxMI">Unsplash</a> </li> </ul>

<p>Using the provided glosses, construct a translation of the assigned poem. You may use dictionaries, memories, and notes accumulated over the past semester.</p> <blockquote><h3>Анна Ахматова<br> Он любил три вещи...</h3> Он любил три вещи на свете:<br> За вечерней пенье, белых павлинов<br> И стертые карты Америки.<br> Не любил, когда плачут дети,<br> Не любил чая с малиной<br> И женской истерики.<br> ...А я была его женой.</blockquote> <p>You leave the title for later and begin with the [[first three lines|Lines 1-3]].</p>

<<widget "choices" container>> <div class="choice"> _contents </div> <</widget>>

<<if tags().includes('final')>> RUSS/ENGL 3150: Embodied Translation TAKE-HOME FINAL <</if>>

<<mouseover>> <<link 'Он'>><</link>> <<onmousein>> <<replace "#on">>He<</replace>> <</mouseover>> <<mouseover>> <<link 'любил'>><</link>> <<onmousein>> <<replace "#liubil">>loved<</replace>> <</mouseover>> <<mouseover>> <<link 'три'>><</link>> <<onmousein>> <<replace "#three">>three<</replace>> <</mouseover>> <<mouseover>> <<link 'вещи'>><</link>> <<onmousein>> <<replace "#things">>things<</replace>> <</mouseover>> <<link 'на свете'>> <<dialog 'на свете'>><<include "na svete">><</dialog>> <</link>>:<br> <span id="on"></span> <span id="liubil"></span> <span id="three"></span> <span id="things"></span> <span id="na-svete"></span><br> <<link 'За вечерней пенье'>> <<dialog 'За вечерней пенье'>><<include 'vecherney'>><</dialog>> <</link>>, <<mouseover>> <<link 'белых'>><</link>> <<onmousein>> <<replace "#white">>white<</replace>> <</mouseover>> <<mouseover>> <<link 'павлинов'>><</link>> <<onmousein>> <<replace "#peacocks">>peacocks<</replace>> <</mouseover>><br> <span id="vecherney"></span> <span id="white"></span> <span id="peacocks"></span><br> <<mouseover>> <<link 'И'>><</link>> <<onmousein>> <<replace "#i">>And<</replace>> <</mouseover>> <<link 'стертые'>> <<dialog 'стертые'>><<include "stertye">><</dialog>> <</link>> <<mouseover>> <<link 'карты'>><</link>> <<onmousein>> <<replace "#maps">>maps<</replace>> <</mouseover>> <<mouseover>> <<link 'Америки'>><</link>> <<onmousein>> <<replace "#America">>of America.<</replace>><</mouseover>>.<br> <span id="i"></span> <span id="stertye"></span> <span id="maps"></span> <span id="America"></span> <br><br><div class="choice"><<button ">">><<goto [[Lines 4-5]]>><</button>></div>

1. <<message 'in life'>> A whole life’s worth of love, spent on three things. Does he suffer from too much or too little? Does he expend all his love in the hopes of receiving what he gives?<br> <div class="choice"><<button '◉'>><<set $naSvete to "in life">><<set $lineOne to true>><<replace "#na-svete">>$naSvete:<</replace>><<dialogclose>><</button>></div> <</message>><br><br> 2. <<message 'on earth'>> The world is so very wide. Could you pick three things—//not souls, not people, nothing to reciprocate//—out of its breadth to hold? Is there rejection inherent in the choosing? (It’s alright. You aren’t a thing.)<br> <div class="choice"><<button '◉'>><<set $naSvete to "on earth">><<replace "#na-svete">>$naSvete:<</replace>><<dialogclose>><</button>></div> <</message>><br><br> 3. <<message 'alone'>> (adj.) having no one else present, separate from others; (adv.) on one’s own, single-handedly, or exclusively. Antonym: together.<br> <div class="choice"><<button '◉'>><<set $naSvete to "alone">><<replace "#na-svete">>$naSvete:<</replace>><<dialogclose>><</button>></div> <</message>>

1. <<message 'Evensong'>> Vespers, canonical and transformative. Equivalency versus inclusion: if sacrifice is praise, is praise then also sacrifice? Your left hand is bare; your right holds another.<br> <div class="choice"><<button '◉'>><<set $vecherney to "Evensong">><<replace "#vecherney">>$vecherney,<</replace>><<dialogclose>><</button>></div> <</message>><br><br> 2. <<message 'Holy routine'>> Easy, unchanging expectation. In this tongue or another, maybe that’s what he needs. Playing at divinity is a sin, but you both keep a different faith. It’s an unspoken truth between you—the kind that knows it shouldn’t try on the clothes of a question.<br> <div class="choice"><<button '◉'>><<set $vecherney to "Holy routine">><<replace "#vecherney">>$vecherney,<</replace>><<dialogclose>><</button>></div> <</message>>

<<link 'Не любил когда плачут дети'>> <<dialog 'Не любил когда плачут дети'>><<include "ne liubil">><</dialog>> <</link>>,<br> <span id="neLiubil"></span><br> Не любил <<mouseover>> <<link 'чая'>><</link>> <<onmousein>> <<replace "#tea">>tea<</replace>> <</mouseover>> <<mouseover>> <<link 'с'>><</link>> <<onmousein>> <<replace "#c">>with his<</replace>> <</mouseover>> <<mouseover>> <<link 'малиной'>><</link>> <<onmousein>> <<replace "#raspberry">>raspberry jam<</replace>> <</mouseover>><br> <span id="hated"></span> <span id="raspberry"></span> <span id="c"></span> <span id="tea"></span> <br><br> <div class="choice"><<button ">">><<goto [[Line 6]]>><</button>></div>

1. <<message 'old'>> Like history, like scars, like you feel at eighteen when all you do to time seems to be borrowing it despite what everyone says. He shares your biotic myopia over long nights and tracing out the borders of countries that stopped existing before either of you were born. It’s familiar—not quite comfort, but something that could be.<br> <div class="choice"><<button '◉'>><<set $stertye to "old">><<replace "#stertye">>$stertye<</replace>><<dialogclose>><</button>></div> <</message>><br><br> 2. <<message 'forgotten'>> Like the dream your primary teachers cited, like the invisible percentage of you that never felt like a real fraction because you couldn’t ever pinch it clean like a slice of pie in the diagrams. Like the part of you he sees without trying because it stares at him from the mirror too.<br> <div class="choice"><<button '◉'>><<set $stertye to "forgotten">><<replace "#stertye">>$stertye<</replace>><<dialogclose>><</button>></div> <</message>><br><br> 3. <<message 'obsolete'>> It’s inevitable, isn’t it? he told you about it the other day, the longest conversation you’ve had in weeks. All things have an end from the moment of their conception. It’s how it’s meant to be.<br> <div class="choice"><<button '◉'>><<set $stertye to "obsolete">><<replace "#stertye">>$stertye<</replace>><<dialogclose>><</button>></div> <</message>>

1. <<message 'He hated when children cried'>> Consistency. A pattern disintegrates without continuation. The cycle remains unbroken—for you both?<br> <div class="choice"><<button '◉'>><<set $neLiubil to "He hated when children cried">><<replace "#neLiubil">>$neLiubil,<</replace>> <<set $hated to "He hated">> <<replace "#hated">><<link '$hated'>><<dialog "Не любил">><<include "hated">><</dialog>><</link>><</replace>> <<dialogclose>><</button>></div> <</message>><br><br> 2. <<message 'No children’s cries'>> What do you see in him? You’ve always held yourself to high standards—is he your better half or your reflection?<br> <div class="choice"><<button '◉'>><<set $neLiubil to "No children’s cries">><<replace "#neLiubil">>$neLiubil,<</replace>> <<set $hated to "No">> <<replace "#hated">><<link '$hated'>><<dialog "Не любил">><<include "hated">><</dialog>><</link>><</replace>> <<dialogclose>><</button>></div> <</message>>

You, godless You, cannot reroute the past. The pattern is set, so it continues. Have faith it will be beautiful.<br><br> <div class="choice"><<button '>'>><<dialogclose>><</button>></div>

<<link 'И'>> <<dialog 'И'>><<include "hated2">><</dialog>> <<replace "#hated2">>$hated<</replace>> <</link>> <<link 'женской'>> <<dialog 'женской'>><<include "zhenskoi">><</dialog>> <</link>> <<mouseover>> <<link 'истерики'>><</link>> <<onmousein>> <<replace "#hysterics">>hysterics.<</replace>> <</mouseover>>.<br> <span id="hated2"></span> <span id="zhenskoi"></span> <span id="hysterics"></span> <br><br><div class="choice"><<button ">">><<goto [[Line 7]]>><</button>></div>

You cannot alter the handprint worn into bone. Keep it at your back and choose your next steps carefully. <br><br> <div class="choice"><<button '>'>><<dialogclose>><</button>></div>

1. <<message 'feminine'>> When you are delicate and pretty, he is always sober.<br> <div class="choice"><<button '◉'>><<set $zhenskoi to "feminine">><<replace "#zhenskoi">>$zhenskoi<</replace>><<dialogclose>><</button>></div> <</message>><br><br> 2. <<message 'womanish'>> (adv.) to some extent of or like a woman; not intended to convey mediocrity, but a picture is worth a thousand words and deliberate silences tenfold that.<br> <div class="choice"><<button '◉'>><<set $zhenskoi to "womanish">><<replace "#zhenskoi">>$zhenskoi<</replace>><<dialogclose>><</button>></div> <</message>><br><br> 3. <<message 'woman’s'>> He has never called you a woman. Have you ever called him a man?<br> <div class="choice"><<button '◉'>><<set $zhenskoi to "woman’s">><<replace "#zhenskoi">>$zhenskoi<</replace>><<dialogclose>><</button>></div> <</message>>

<<mouseover>> <<link '...А'>><</link>> <<onmousein>> <<replace "#alas">>And<</replace>> <</mouseover>> <<link 'я'>> <<dialog "я">><<include "ya">><</dialog>> <</link>> была <<link 'его'>> <<dialog 'его'>><<include "ego">><</dialog>> <</link>> женой. <br> <span id="alas"></span> <span id="marriage"></span><br><br> <div class="choice"><<button ">">><<goto [[together]]>><</button>></div>

1. <<message 'I married him.'>> This is the story.<br> <div class="choice"><<button '◉'>><<set $married to "I married him.">><<replace "#marriage">>$married<</replace>><<dialogclose>><</button>></div> <</message>><br><br> 2. <<message 'he married me.'>> Whose story?<br> <div class="choice"><<button '◉'>><<set $married to "he married me.">><<replace "#marriage">>$married<</replace>><<dialogclose>><</button>></div> <</message>><br><br> 3. <<message 'I was his wife.'>> Who is telling the end?<br> <div class="choice"><<button '◉'>><<set $married to "I was his wife.">><<replace "#marriage">>$married<</replace>><<dialogclose>><</button>></div> <</message>>

1. <<message 'he married me.'>> This is the story.<br> <div class="choice"><<button '◉'>><<set $married to "he married me.">><<replace "#marriage">>$married<</replace>><<dialogclose>><</button>></div> <</message>><br><br> 2. <<message 'I married him.'>> Whose story?<br> <div class="choice"><<button '◉'>><<set $married to "I married him.">><<replace "#marriage">>$married<</replace>><<dialogclose>><</button>></div> <</message>><br><br> 3. <<message 'I was his wife.'>> Who is telling the end?<br> <div class="choice"><<button '◉'>><<set $married to "I was his wife.">><<replace "#marriage">>$married<</replace>><<dialogclose>><</button>></div> <</message>>

<div class="pair"> <div class="russian"> <h3 class="poti">Анна Ахматова<br> Он любил три вещи...</h3> <div class="first">Он любил три вещи на свете:</div> <div class="second">За вечерней пенье, белых павлинов<br></div> <div class='third'>И стертые карты Америки.<br></div> <div class="fourth">Не любил, когда плачут дети,<br></div> <div class="fifth">Не любил чая с малиной<br></div> <div class="sixth">И женской истерики.<br></div> <div class="seventh">...А я была его женой.<br></div> </div> <div class="translated"> <h3 class="poti">Anna Akhmatova<br> <html>_________</html></h3> <div class="first">He loved three things $naSvete: </div> <div class="second">$vecherney, white peacocks <br></div> <div class="third">And $stertye maps of America.<br></div> <div class='fourth'>$neLiubil, <br></div> <div class="fifth">$hated raspberry jam with his tea <br></div> <div class="sixth">And $zhenskoi hysterics.<br></div> <div class="seventh"> <span id="lastLine" class="cursor"><<linkreplace "|">> <<removeclass "#lastLine" "cursor">><<type 200ms none skipkey "Control">>And $married<</type>><<timed 4500ms>><<replace "#now" t8n>> <div class="choice"><<button ">">> <<dialog>><<include "Extra Credit">><</dialog>> <</button>></div><</replace>><</timed>><</linkreplace>> </span> </div> </div> </div> <br> <div id="now"></div>

<div class="pair"> <div class="russian"> <h3 class="poti">Анна Ахматова<br> Он любил три вещи...</h3> <div class="first">Он любил три вещи на свете:</div> <div class="second">За вечерней пенье, белых павлинов<br></div> <div class='third'>И стертые карты Америки.<br></div> <div class="fourth">Не любил, когда плачут дети,<br></div> <div class="fifth">Не любил чая с малиной<br></div> <div class="sixth">И женской истерики.<br></div> <div class="seventh">...А я была его женой.<br></div> </div> <div class="translated"> <h3 class="poti">Anna Akhmatova<br> <<textbox "$title" `$hash`>></h3> <div class="first">He loved three things $naSvete: </div> <div class="second">$vecherney, white peacocks <br></div> <div class="third">And $stertye maps of America.<br></div> <div class='fourth'>$neLiubil, <br></div> <div class="fifth">$hated raspberry jam with his tea <br></div> <div class="sixth">And $zhenskoi hysterics.<br></div> <div class="seventh">And $married<br></div> </div> </div> <br><br> <div class="choice"><<button "Submit">><<goto [[grade]]>><</button>></div>

<p>''From the Desk of Professor J. Chernilskaya''</p> <p>A reminder to those still working on the take-home final: points will be deducted for translations submitted without a title. Professor Vie and I will accept revised submissions through Chalkboard until the deadline. If you have not contacted either of us regarding an extension prior to this email, please refer to the policy in your syllabus.</p> <p>All best,<br> J.</p> <hr> <p>Three <<cycle "_time" once>> <<option "days">> <<option "hours">> <<option "quarters of an hour">> <</cycle>> left to submit. To name something is to know it.</p> <div class="choice"><<button 'How do you know this story?'>><<goto [[title]]>><<dialogclose>><</button>></div>

Submission received. <br><br> <<mouseover>>[[Printable version|Print]] <<onmousein>> <<replace "#tooltip">>(Press CTRL + P / CMD + P on page to print) <</replace>> <<onmouseout>> <<replace "#tooltip">><</replace>> <</mouseover>> <span id="tooltip"></span> <hr> <br><br> You silenced your phone while working. It isn't like you're expecting any urgent messages—and your professors would email, anyway, not text. <p><<linkappend "No new messages.">> Your thumb flicks to scroll anyway and hovers over your <span id="bf">boyfriend's</span> <<linkreplace "last">>last<<replace "#bf">><</replace>><<replace "#adden">> to your boyfriend<</replace>><<replace "#ghost">><<timed 500ms t8n>>You already know the end to that story.<<next 1000ms t8n>> Don't you?<</timed>><</replace>><<replace "#logoff" t8n>><<timed 3500ms t8n>><<button "Log off.">><<run UI.restart()>><</button>><</timed>><</replace>><</linkreplace>> text<span id="adden"></span>.<</linkappend>> <span id="ghost"></span> </p> <div id="logoff" class="choice"></div>

<<set $end to true>> <div class="pair"> <div class="russian"> <h3 class="poti">Анна Ахматова<br> Он любил три вещи...</h3> <div class="first">Он любил три вещи на свете:</div> <div class="second">За вечерней пенье, белых павлинов<br></div> <div class='third'>И стертые карты Америки.<br></div> <div class="fourth">Не любил, когда плачут дети,<br></div> <div class="fifth">Не любил чая с малиной<br></div> <div class="sixth">И женской истерики.<br></div> <div class="seventh">...А я была его женой.<br></div> </div> <div class="translated"> <h3 class="poti">Anna Akhmatova<br> $title</h3> <div class="first">He loved three things $naSvete: </div> <div class="second">$vecherney, white peacocks <br></div> <div class="third">And $stertye maps of America.<br></div> <div class='fourth'>$neLiubil, <br></div> <div class="fifth">$hated raspberry jam with his tea <br></div> <div class="sixth">And $zhenskoi hysterics.<br></div> <div class="seventh">And $married<br></div> </div> </div>