You don't have time for this shit anymore. Godamnit you have a Twine story to write! People are waiting.......\n\n[[Write Twine story|Twine3]]\n[[Close Twine|Close3]]

You open up your web browser. It is the default web browser that came with your operating system. It is slow, but you do not know this because you have never used a different web browser. This is possibly because you do not know that other web browsers exist.\n\n[[Browse the web]]\n[[Close web browser|Close]]

You try to think about what you could potentially do with this program.\n\n<<if $have_advent eq "no">>[[Write about adventure|advent]]<<endif>>\n<<if $have_self eq "no">>[[Write about self|self]]<<endif>>\n<<if $have_uni eq "no">>[[Write about universe|uni]]<<endif>>\n<<if $have_uni eq "yes" and $have_self eq "yes" and $have_advent eq "yes">>[[Write Twine Story|Write]]<<endif>>\n[[Close Twine|Close]]

You are sitting at a desk. \n<<set $have_self = "no">><<set $have_uni = "no">><<set $have_advent = "no">>\n[[Look]]

All of this seems vaguely familiar to you. But it's time to start working. There's a program running on your computer. It's called Twine. You are pretty familiar with it and have used it to make several games in the past.\n\nThe program sits open on your display. It has boxes.\n\n[[Write Twine story|Twine2]]\n[[Close Twine|Close2]]

You are sitting at a desk. \n<<set $have_self = "no">><<set $have_uni = "no">><<set $have_advent = "no">><<set $have_round1 = "no">>\n[[Look]]

You think for a few minutes about what you want to say.\n\n"I enjoy this photograph of cake and cat," you comment on the photo.\n\nYour know your friend will be pleased with this.\n\n[[Continue browsing the web|Web2]]\n[[Close web browser|Close]]

You think for a few minutes about what you want to say.\n\n"You are fat. The cat is dumb." you comment on the photo.\n\nYou know your friend will not be pleased with this, but you tell yourself it is more important to be honest than nice.\n\n[[Continue browising the web|Web2]]\n[[Close web browser|Close]]

You are sitting at a desk. \n<set $have_round2 = "no">><<set $hve_round1 = "yes">><<set $have_round3 = "no">><<set have_round4 = "no">><<set $hve_self = "no">><<set $hav_uni = "o">><<st $have_advent = "no">>\n\n[[Look2]]

\n\nbody {\n\tbackground-color: blue;\n\tfont-size: 16px;\n\tcolor: white;\n\tfont-family: 'Russo One', sans-serif;\n\t\n\t\n}\n.passage {\n\tfont-size: 30px;\n\tfont-family: 'Russo One', sans-serif;\n}\n.passage a {\n\tcolor: white;\n\t\n}\n.passage a:hover {\n\tcolor: yellow;\n\t\n\t\n { }\n { size: big !important}

You think more about what you want to write about. Something interesting. It has to be real. It needs to be both true to you and everything. It needs excitement.\n\nYou come up with a great idea.\n\n[[Compose Twine Story|Test play]]\n[[Close Twine|Close]]

You are sitting at a desk. \n<<set $have_round2 = "no">><<set $have_round1 = "yes">><<set $have_round3 = "no">><<set $have_round4 = "no">><<set $have_self = "no">><<set $have_uni = "no">><<set $have_advent = "no">>\n[[Look]]\n\n

You go through all of the classics you have memorized. White houses. Choices. Conflict. Exploration. You want to create a faceless protagonist that everyone will relate to. You realize this is cliche and feel sick.<<set $have_advent = "yes">>\n\n[[Brainstorm some more|Twine2]]

You flush the toilet. You feel uneasy as your shame disappears from your sight to who-knows-where.\n\n[[Wash hands|Pee4]]\n[[Go back|FromPee3]]\n

You try to think of something new. Something that no one has ever done before. Something that will make you be considered one of the classic writers of Twine, when children are reading them in class hundreds of years from now. Something that involves real pain, and sacrifice for one's work. Like a true artist.\n\nYou can't think of anything.\n\nYou think about that one saying. The one that says that there is nothing new under the sun. You feel sad and frustrated as an artist.<<set $have_uni = "yes">>\n\n[[Brainstorm more|Twine2]]

You have been anxious to get to the bathroom for a while. You make your way to the bathroom.\n\n[[Do your business|Pee2]]\n[[Go back|FromPee]]

You type in your favorite social media URL into the URL box. It takes you to your favorite social media site. There is a picture of your friend eating cake. There is a cat in the picture.\n\n[[Like photo|Like]]\n[[Comment: positive|Positive]]\n[[Comment: negative|Negative]]\n[[Close web browser|Close]]

The keyboard smells of plastic.<<if $have_round3 eq "yes">> Of course it does. Why do you still do weird stuff like this. Succesful people don't pull shit like this.<<endif>>\n\n[[Taste]]

You sit and stare at the blank screen for a few minutes. So much wasted time on this machine. So many people you could have met or could have seen. So many friends and family members you lost contact with. And for what?\n\nYou feel alone.\n\n[[Turn computer back on.|Power3]]

fffe<<IF HAVE_YES>>i <<endif>>innied\n\n<<IF $$$>><<EE>><<SETNO>>\n<<IF $$$>><<END>><<SETNO>><<IF $$$>><<EE>><<SETNO>>\n<<IF $$$>><<EE>><<\sIHURTS>><<IF $$$>><<GODWHY>><<SETNO>>\n<<IF $$$>><<PLEASE>><<SETNO>><<IF $$$>><<EE>><<SETNO>>\n\n<<IF $$$>><<EE>><<SETNO>><<IF $$$>><<EE>><<SETNO>>\n\n\n<<IF $$$>><<EE>><<SETNO>>\n<<IF $$$>><<WHY>><<SETNO>><<IF $$$>><<EE>><<SETNO>>\n<<IF $$$>><<EE>><<SETNO>>\n<<IF $$$>><<STOP>><<SETNO>><<IF $$$>><<HELP>><<SETNOHELP>>\n\n[[Test play|Start]]

You give your friend some very effortless support. Your friend is lucky they have you to show them you approve of their cake and cat.\n\n[[Conitnue browsing the web|Web2]]\n[[Close the web browswer|Close]]

You've wasted enough time procrastinating. You have to get something done at least. You've found this new program. It is called Twine. It may not be new to everyone, but it is new to you. \n\nThe program sits open on your display. It has boxes.\n\n[[Write Twine story|Twine]]\n[[Close Twine|Close]]

Following an impulse, you shut down your computer. You stare blankly as the power drains from the screen.\n\n[[...|Power2]]

You write some more stuff on the keyboard.\n\n[[Erase]]\n[[Check progress|Word5]]\n[[Close word processor|Close]]

You snap out of it. Time to get back to work. You have do idea why you decided to turn off the computer to begin with, so you start it back up again. It starts to glow and you feel as if you aren't alone anymore.\n\n[[Desktop|Close2]]

You think about yourself. You had a poor childhood. There was this one when time your mom said you couldn't have ice cream. No wonder you are so fucked up.\n\nYou want to try to think some more.<<set $have_self = "yes">>\n\n[[Think more about story|Twine]]\n[[Close Twine|Close]]

<IFUT[[<<<<<<<WRITE TWEIEN <<IF HAVE_RED EEYES "EYS">> <<ENDIF>> STROY>>>>>>>>>|Feel2]]\n\n<<IF HAVE_RED EQ "YES">>

You slowly walk back into your bedroom. You don't feel much of anything.\n\nYou retake your seat. Your desktop is littered with twine games, both ones that you have written as well as others that you downloaded. You view these ones as research into what it is that makes a twine game.\n\nYou wonder what else you could do.\n\n[[Go to the bathroom|Pee]]\n[[Power down computer|Power]]\n[[Open Twine|Begin2]]\n

You have performance anxiety and go back to your room. \n\nYou retake your seat. Your desktop is littered with twine games, both ones that you have written as well as others that you downloaded. You view these ones as research into what it is that makes a twine game.\n\nYou wonder what else you could do.\n\n[[Go to the bathroom|Pee]]\n[[Power down computer|Power]]\n[[Open Twine|Begin2]]\n\n

You go to your favorite news site. Some people have died.\n\n[[Continue browsing the web|Web3]]\n[[Close web browser|Close]]

You go to your favorite shopping site. You look at things you can't afford.\n\n[[Continue browsing the web|Web4]]\n[[Close web browser|Close]]

You go back to your favorite social media site. Your friend has de-friended and blocked you. You wonder if you did something wrong.\n\n[[Continue browsing the web|Web2]]\n[[Close web browser|Close]]

You go to your favorite self help-site. You read about life changes you have no intention of making.\n\n[[Continue browsing the web|Web7]]\n[[Close web browser|Close]]

You go to your favorite cooking site. You look at food and get hungry.\n\n[[Continue browsing the web|Web1]]\n[[Close web browser|Close]]

You go to your favorite email site. You read some spam.\n\n[[Continue browsing the web|Web5]]\n[[Close web browser|Close]]

You go to your favorite naughty site. You see things that make you feel excited and sick.\n\n[[Continue browsing the web|Web6]]\n[[Close web browser|Close]]

Twine Story

The computer hums pleasantly at you.<<if $have_round3 eq "yes">>Your heart beats unrelentlessly as well. And there's a leaky faucet in the kitchen thats making your ears bleed. Don't forget about the AC either, or the rattling windows in this god damn loud white house. They all pale in comparison to the deafening drone your head constantly supplies you with.<<endif>>\n\n[[Smell]]\n

<<<<IFIFI>><<ELS><<ENDIF>>\nThe cc0mpuTer hUm$<<ENDIF>><<SET FI EQ RO>>\n\n<<<<<<<<>>[[Semll2|Smell2]]\n\n\n\nit hurts <<PAIN HAVE_JJE eq "YES">>

<<IIFFHTE<<EHTANTH>>sjar>><PLASTIC<<EDNIF>>\n\n<<set inoiz_to100.\n\n[[<Errooeeeeaadsdf|Taste2]]

Your desktop is littered with Twine games, both ones that you have written as well as others that you downloaded. You view these others as reference material on what it takes to make a Twine game.\n\nYou wonder what else you could do.\n\n[[Go to the bathroom|Pee]]\n[[Power down computer|Power]]\n[[Open Twine|Begin2]]\n\n

Are you fucking kidding me? You don't have time to close Twine. Do you have any idea how many people are waiting for your next piece? Literally hundreds. When you add that up in terms of how many cells are in each of their bodies, there's literally trillions of microrganisms waiting on your work.\n\n[[Back to work|Begin3]]

Writing, writing, writing....\n\n\nAbout Twine!\n\nThe idea comes to you and is gone in a second. You head screams at you again.<<set $have_self = "yes">>\n\n[[Try harder|Twine3]]

You write an exciting conclusion to your story.\n\n[[Erase]]\n[[Check progress|Word7]]\n[[Close word processor|Close]]

You open your word processor.\n\n[[Write|Word2]]\n[[Close word processor|Close]]

There is a computer on your desk.<<if $have_round3 eq "yes">> It is so god damn bright.<<endif>>\n\n[[Listen]]

You turn off your mind and just write idly. Your head leaves you alone for a few minutes as you type away.\n\n[[Compose Twine|Test play3]]

You feel inspired to go with the meta thing. You figure you have no reason not to. You also decide to do the references thing. Most importantly of all you decide to go with the theme of "Artist's Pain."\n\nYou are able to pump out your new Twine in a little over an hour. Now all that is left is to test play it.\n<<set $have_round2 = "no">><<set $have_round3 = "yes">>\n[[Test play|Start3]]\n\n

Code. You've been writing code your entire life. There hasn't been a moment in time when you haven't been writing code. Never looked away from the screen. Maybe you could write something about code? That hasn't been done before you think. Then you can't think because your head is beating you into submission. You wimper in pain.<<set $have_uni = "yes">>\n\n[[No no no, stop|Twine3]]

Your head is screaming something at you repeatedly over and over again, but it is too damn loud to hear it.\n\n"Shut up!" You yell as you smash your head onto the desk again.\n\nThe noises don't stop. Everywhere and nowhere all at once. You feel pain in your head, but it is numbed by the pain in your head. You ache, but you have no idea where. In your head thats where you ache. So much aching. <<set $have_advent = "yes">>\n\n[[Write damn it!|Twine3]]

--Let the player undo moves? (on / off)\n--In Sugarcane, this enables the browser's back button.\n--In Jonah, this lets the player click links in previous\n--passages.\n\nUndo: on\n\n--Let the player use bookmarks? (on / off)\n--This enables the Bookmark links in Jonah and Sugarcane\n--(If the player can't undo, bookmarks are always disabled.)\n\nBookmark: on\n\n--Obfuscate the story's HTML source to prevent possible\n--spoilers? (swap / off)\n\nObfuscate: off\n\n--String of letter pairs to use for swap-style obfuscation\n\nObfuscateKey: ctsjrvwlfzxyeopnuabikmhqdg\n\n--Include the jQuery script library? (on / off)\n--Individual scripts may force this on by\n--containing the text 'requires jQuery'.\n\njQuery: off\n\n--Include the Modernizr script library? (on / off)\n--Individual scripts/stylesheets may force this on by\n--containing the text 'requires Modernizr'.\n\nModernizr: off\n

<set $have_fun = "no">><<set $hve_round1 = "yes">><<set $have_round3 = "no = "no">><<set $hav_uni = "o">><<st $have_advent = "no">There is a computer on your desk.<<endif>>\n\n<<eif>><<endif>>[[Listen2]]<<set have_round4 = "no"<<st hve_self>>><<if $have_jhwer>><<endif>>

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You think about space and the universe and how we are all just spinning around on a giant rock as if we were asking to get hit by an asteroid or a meteor or a gigantic solar flare. You realize you are insignificant in your existence. \n\nYou are scared. <<set $have_uni = "yes">>\n\n[[Think more about story|Twine]]\n[[Close Twine|Close]]

You slam your head down on the desk and get yourself ready to write your Twine. What could you write about at this exact moment in time? Think damn it!\n\nYour head pounds at you.\n\n"Shut up," you tell it.\n\n<<if $have_advent eq "no">>[[Write about your head|Head]]<<endif>>\n<<if $have_self eq "no">>[[Write about Twine|About]]<<endif>>\n<<if $have_uni eq "no">>[[Write about Code|Code]]<<endif>>\n<<if $have_uni eq "yes" and $have_self eq "yes" and $have_advent eq "yes">>[[Write Twine Story|Write3]]<<endif>>\n[[Close Twine|Close3]]

Your mind races as you search for what to compose as your next work. There's a lot at stake here, as you are at the point in your Twine career where your next game could make or break you.\n\n<<if $have_advent eq "no">>[[Reference classics|Ref]]<<endif>>\n<<if $have_self eq "no">>[[Go Meta|Meta]]<<endif>>\n<<if $have_uni eq "no">>[[Try something new|New]]<<endif>>\n<<if $have_uni eq "yes" and $have_self eq "yes" and $have_advent eq "yes">>[[Feel inspired|Write2]]<<endif>>\n[[Close Twine|Close2]]

Several hours later, you have finished your Twine story. Now all that is left is to test play it.\n<<set $have_round2 = "yes">>\n[[Test play|Start2]]

You think about making a project that is aware of the form. Yes, that seems right, people always love that. \n\nYou realize however that not everyone does love that. It can be annoying.<<set $have_self = "yes">>\n\n[[Brainstorm more|Twine2]]

You feel weird because you just tasted a keyboard.<<if $have_round3 eq "yes">> You can't remember what "feeling" things actually "feels" like. "Feeling" is for people that have time to kill. Not you, though. You've got stuff to do.<<endif>>\n\n<<if $have_round2 eq "yes">>[[Enough, let's get started|Begin2]]<<endif>><<if $have_round3 eq "yes">>[[Enough let's get started|Begin3]]<<endif>><<if $have_round1 eq "yes">>[[Enough, let's get started|Begin]]<<endif>>\n<<if $have_round1 eq "yes">>[[Procrastinate more|Start]]<<endif>>

You consider writing about something that involves excitement. Maybe trolls. Some swords. Treasure. \n\nThis bores you.<<set $have_advent = "yes">>\n\n[[Think more about story|Twine]]\n[[Close Twine|Close]]

Before long, your head is back and angrier than ever. As you grasp your throbbing skull with one hand, you glance over what you have worked on. It looks pretty good. Maybe your best work ever. All that is left is to test play it.\n\n[[Test play|Start4]]

"Some gibberish\n\nsome more stuff," it says.\n\n[[Erase]]\n[[Write|Word6]]\n[[Close word processor|Close]]\n\n

The keyboard tastes like plastic as well.<<if $have_round3 eq "yes">> You can't remember the last time you ate. Your beating head won't let you remember. Stupid head.\n\nYou head throbs some more to punish your insubordination.<<endif>>\n\n[[Feel]]

"Some gibberish\n\nsome more stuff\n\nan exciting conclusion to your story." It says.\n\nYou feel as if this story contains a great truth about existence.\n\n[[Erase]]\n[[Save progress|Word8]]\n[[Close word processor|Close]]

You erase all the words and start over from scratch.\n\n[[Start over|Word2]]\n[[Close word processor|Close]]

You leave the bathroom without flushing or washing your hands, like the slob you are.\n\nYou retake your seat. Your desktop is littered with twine games, both ones that you have written as well as others that you downloaded. You view these ones as research into what it is that makes a twine game.\n\nYou wonder what else you could do.\n\n[[Go to the bathroom|Pee]]\n[[Power down computer|Power]]\n[[Open Twine|Begin2]]\n\n\n\n

You leave the bathroom without washing your hands, like you always do. You are gross.\n\nYou retake your seat. Your desktop is littered with twine games, both ones that you have written as well as others that you downloaded. You view these ones as research into what it is that makes a twine game.\n\nYou wonder what else you could do.\n\n[[Go to the bathroom|Pee]]\n[[Power down computer|Power]]\n[[Open Twine|Begin2]]\n

"Some Gibberish," it says. \n\nYou are angry at yourself for this joke.\n\n[[Erase]]\n[[Write|Word4]]\n[[Close word processor|Close]]

You type some gibberish on the keyboard.\n\n[[Check Progress|Word3]]\n[[Close word processor|Close]]

You take a seat and do your business. There is mold on the wall directly in front of you. You think someone should get rid of it, but you are too busy with your Twine game.\n\n[[Flush|Pee3]]\n[[Go back|FromPee2]]

You close the program. Your desktop is empty, with the exception of a few downloads that you downloaded. You are the type of person who downloads to your desktop and then leaves the files there. \n\nYou wonder what else you could do.\n\n[[Open web browser|Web]]\n[[Open word processor|Word]]\n[[Open Twine|Begin]]\n

You save your progress. This is worth keeping.\n\n[[Erase]]\n[[Close word processor|Close]]

You wash your hands. You relish in the feeling of the warm soap and water flowing over your hands. It's been so long since you've felt the warm touch of another. You feel cold.\n\nYou look into the mirror. The person you see there isn't who you remember. You remember how the person in the mirror used to be care-free and happy. \n\nYou don't remember happy.\n\n[[Go back|FromPee4]]