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/* test */ <!-- This is a comment. --> \ \ Your bedroom. Rent: £542pcm. Posters line the walls, every surface is cluttered with ephemera; pens, leaflets, receipts, mugs... not sure what else. [[Look out the window.|window]] [[Rummage in the closet.|closet]] [[Sit at your desk.|desk]] [[Open the door.|landing]] [[Go to bed.|bed]] /*the back slashes at the start remove white space, bit fiddly but essential*/
Beyond the estate car park is a road leading to the motorway. A bus pulls out. More low rise housing. Then, jutting into the grey sky, two towers, works in progress. Cranes haul wall units into the sky. Further still, glass skyscrapers loom. The window is ajar. [[Close it.|close]] [[Leave it.|room]]
Jackets and sweaters swell out of the small closet, toilet rolls and boxes of cereal crammed underneath. The shelf above shifts with precariously stacked objects. [[rummage|rummage]] [[close the door|room]] /*find closet inventory in storyinit */ <<set $x = $closet.random()>> /* problem: inventory will only print basic name. solution?: something like 'if $x = "inventoryname" print $y(1) and then have an array of proper strings. q is will this work?? no. but maybe if $y is an object instead... that looks like its working */ <<set $y = { "mones" : "An essential stash of needles, plasters, syringes, and of course the handy little substance itself. It's $mones days until your next injection.", "sharps" : "A small, black, rattling object.", "camera" : "A simple DSLR, a gift from your father. You don't really know how to use it.", "audio" : "Now this, this you know how to use. Your trusty Zoom H2N. Maybe you should record some city sounds, but it's so quiet these days.", "scissors" : "Little bit blunt.", "cables" : "For charging phones, or computers, or cameras, or batteries, or maybe connecting phones to cameras to computers. Not sure.", "loofah" : "They came in a double pack. It's pink.", "chain" : "Dry, seized up, coated in rust. You just think it's pretty.", "mirror" : "It's small, hand-held, decorated with green beads, a yellow and red pattern.", "jar" : "Once it contained peanut butter. Now, it waits for a new purpose to fill it up.", "news" : "There's an article in here about the Bow Gasworks, and how they're turning them into million-pound apartments. You put it on the floor when you want to paint something.", "rocks" : "Retreived from the banks of the Thames. They're still a little slimy.", "hooks" : "Renter's staple.", }>>
You open your laptop and sit around as it loads. [[Talk to your friends.|texting]] [[Study.|studying]] [[Watch something.|binge]] <nobr> <<if ndef $written>> <<set $essay = ["blah blah blah blah balh", "blah blah"]>> <</if>> </nobr> <<set $binge = { "vine" : "epic underrated vine compilation 3hrs", "tube" : "the unknown history of the district line", "netflix" : "neon genesis evangelion: season 2 episode 12... 13... 14...", /* etc etc add more idk what exactly */ }>>
The small landing is dusty, yellow lamplight turning the magnolia walls the colour of congealed custard. [[bathroom]] [[toilet]] [[room 4|room]] [[room 3|r3]] [[room 2|r2]] [[cupboard]] [[stairs|hallway]]
<<set $bedtime = $bedtime + 1>> [[lie awake|bed]] [[sleep|sleep]] <<if $bedtime gte 10>><<goto sleep>><</if>>
You tug and yank and heave at the window. A crisp breeze wanders in. You'll have to email the [[agent|room]] about it.
<<if $closet.length gte 1>> You gingerly reach a hand into the clutter, rummaging in the dark, and somehow nothing topples over when you retrieve: <b>$x.</b> <<nobr>> <<if $x is "hormones">><<print $y.mones>><</if>> <<if $x is "sharps bin">><<print $y.sharps>><</if>> <<if $x is "camera">><<print $y.camera>><</if>> <<if $x is "audio recorder">><<print $y.audio>><</if>> <<if $x is "miscellanious cables">><<print $y.cables>><</if>> <<if $x is "scissors">><<print $y.scissors>><</if>> <<if $x is "loofah">><<print $y.loofah>><</if>> <<if $x is "broken bike chain">><<print $y.chain>><</if>> <<if $x is "broken mirror">><<print $y.mirror>><</if>> <<if $x is "empty jar">><<print $y.jar>><</if>> <<if $x is "myeastend newspaper">><<print $y.news>><</if>> <<if $x is "rocks">><<print $y.rocks>><</if>> <<if $x is "command hooks">><<print $y.hooks>><</if>> <</nobr>> <<linkappend "Take it with you?">><<set $closet.delete($x)>><<set $inventory.push($x)>><<goto closet>><</linkappend>> Or look for something [[else|rummage]]? <<set $x = $closet.random()>> <<else>> You fish around and find nothing of interest.<</if>> <<set $rummage = true>>
WhatsApp for desktop: no new messages. Uni groupchat. Home friends groupchat. Mum. [[Close.|desk]]
/*should first go to a 'what are you studying again? passage, and then the studying bit*/ [[Work on essay|essay]]. [[Watch pre-recorded lecture|lecture]]. [[Attend zoom tutorial|zoom]]. [[Give up.|desk]]
<<nobr>> <<switch random(17)>> <<case 1>> <iframe width= "1080" height= "750" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ImPdDKicIAs?autoplay=1&mute=1"> </iframe> <<case 2>> <iframe width= "1080" height= "750" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EsMSi0CF3jE?autoplay=1&mute=1"> </iframe> <<case 3>> <iframe width= "1080" height= "750" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ryh9k2FIVdQ?autoplay=1&mute=1"> </iframe> <<case 4>> <iframe width= "1080" height= "750" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SzuZnh91U8E?autoplay=1&mute=1"> </iframe> <<case 5>> <iframe width= "1080" height= "750" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7-2WFZzuCC8?autoplay=1&mute=1"> </iframe> <<case 6>> <iframe width= "1080" height= "750" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MtN1YnoL46Q?autoplay=1&mute=1"> </iframe> <<case 7>> <iframe width= "1080" height= "750" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IvUU8joBb1Q?autoplay=1&mute=1"> </iframe> <<case 8>> <iframe width= "1080" height= "750" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/V89BEHbFJhQ?autoplay=1&mute=1"> </iframe> <<case 9>> <iframe width= "1080" height= "750" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p2H_LyksKVw?autoplay=1&mute=1"> </iframe> <<case 10>> <iframe width= "1080" height= "750" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/q9S1hKsthpw?autoplay=1&mute=1"> </iframe> <<case 11>> <iframe width= "1080" height= "750" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/A1XBcWAxrlY?autoplay=1&mute=1"> </iframe> <<case 12>> <iframe width= "1080" height= "750" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4YqP21MQKvA?autoplay=1&mute=1"> </iframe> <<case 13>> <iframe width= "1080" height= "750" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fx_asrF0ZXw?autoplay=1&mute=1"> </iframe> <<case 14>> <iframe width= "1080" height= "750" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EOj7FU_1A6M?autoplay=1&mute=1"> </iframe> <<case 15>> <iframe width= "1080" height= "750" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HzA40NrgMdg?autoplay=1&mute=1"> </iframe> <<case 16>> <iframe width= "1080" height= "750" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HzA40NrgMdg?autoplay=1&mute=1"> </iframe> <<case 17>> <iframe width= "1080" height= "750" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0rmcX1Um0P4?autoplay=1&mute=1"> </iframe> <<default>> <iframe width= "1080" height= "750" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XDHu9RoQsec?autoplay=1&mute=1"> </iframe> <</switch>> <</nobr>> [[watch|binge]] The time [[drifts...|room]] /* set time to opposite of whatever it was */
<<timed 5s>><<goto room>><</timed>> <<set $tired = 0>> <<set $food = 0>> <<set $dirty = $dirty + 1>> <<set $mones = $mones - 1>> <<set $days = $days + 1>>
You turn on the light and the fan whirrs. Piss. [[Shower]]. [[Go to sink|sink]]. Back to [[landing]].
You turn on the light and the fan whirrs. There is no toilet paper. Piss. Return to [[landing]].
You hear your flatmate's music playing, the clatter of home gym [[equipment|landing]].
The room at the top of the stairs. It is currently [[occupied|landing]]. /* when not currently occupied the player can go inside and explore it */
A fusebox. A stack of [[letters|mail]]. The carpeted stairs. The [[kitchen]]. Another cupboard. [[Room 1|r1]]. The wifi router. The [[front door|outside]].
One tiled wall is mottled pinkish-brown and you do not touch it. Bottles of body wash on a hanging rack. You let the warm water run over you until it turns [[cold|landing]]
You take in your reflection. You brush your teeth. You wash your face. You shave. [[All done|bathroom]]. /* so reflection, teeth, face, shave, are all links that j become plaintext when u click them, then all done appears as a link that takes u back to bathroom */
/* so put this on a shuffle of junk mail, mail to other flatmates, mail to people youve never met before, and mail to you. later on familiar names will crop up from the old mail pile, from the ghost family */ Junk mail. Mail for flatmates. Junk mail. Mail for a man you've never met. Mail for a man you've never met. Junk mail. Mail for a woman you've never met. [[open the stranger's mail|saiful]] [[discard the mail|hallway]]
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Your flatmate watches the football in his room. The smell of his cooking fills the [[flat|hallway]].
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A shuffle of different letters about fines, bills, advertising things, and thank you cards. [[discard the letter|hallway]]
Clothes rack. Hoover. Tub of paint - magnolia. [[Miscellany|landing]].
<<set $essay.push("blah blah blah")>> <<set $written = true>> <b>Title: ughhh Add Later</b> <<print $essay>> [[Type|essay]] or [[give up|desk]]. <<if $essay.length gt 100>> [[Delete everything?|delete]] <</if>>
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The tutor calls out to a silent digital classroom. Everyone's cameras are off. You watch the birds swoop past the skyscrapers outside. You enter an empty [[breakout room|desk]].
<<forget $essay>> <<set $essay = [ ]>> <<goto essay>>
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<<set $start eq true>> <<set $bedtime = 0>> /*this is for the lying awake bit*/ <<set $food = 3>> /* up for eating, down for doing. 0-5 */ <<set $tired = 0>> /* counts up, 1 per 3 actions? */ <<set $dirty = 0>> /* counts up */ <<set $mones = 30>> /* this 1 counts down to 0 */ <<set $days = 0>> /* counts up indefinitely */ <<set $inventory = []>> <<set $closet = ["hormones", "sharps bin", "camera", "audio recorder", "miscellanious cables", "scissors", "loofah", "broken bike chain", "broken mirror", "empty jar", "myeastend newspaper", "rocks", "command hooks"]>>