HOT

{ (set: $trance to 0) (set: $narr to (font: "Times New Roman")) (set: $system to (css: "font-size: 800%;")) (set: $thwap to (a: "800","500","400","325","275","250")) (set: $dog to 0) (set: $nindza to 0) (set: $addict to 0) (event: when time >4s)[(t8n:"dissolve")[$narr[You [[wake]] up.]]] }

{ =><= $system[''WELCOME''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"WELCOME")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''WELCOME''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"WELCOME")[] $system[''BACK''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"BACK")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''BACK''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.2s)[(goto:"welcome back")] }

(event: when time >1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[$narr[...So it's all restored. Your cores, your powers, all those nodes. They're yours again. You make your way to the infinite node. Maybe now you can set another new record. You equip your favorite [[core]]. It's so good to have it back.]]]

{ =><= $system[''SO''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"SO")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''SO''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"SO")[] $system[''MANY''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"MANY")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''MANY''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.2s)[ (replace:"MANY")[] $system[''THINGS''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"THINGS")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''THINGS''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.8s)[ (replace:"THINGS")[] $system[''TO''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"TO")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''TO''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 2.4s)[ (replace:"TO")[] $system[''WEIGH''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"WEIGH")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''WEIGH''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3s)[ (replace:"WEIGH")[] $system[''YOU''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YOU''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3.6s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] $system[''DOWN''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"DOWN")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''DOWN''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 4.2s)[(goto: "so many")] }

(event: when time >1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[$narr[Of course. This is what you [[wanted]].]]]

{ =><= $system[''YES''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YES")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YES''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"YES")[] $system[''YOU''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YOU''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.2s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] $system[''WANT''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"WANT")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''WANT''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 2.4s)[ (replace:"WANT")[] $system[''MORE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"MORE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''MORE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(replace:"MORE")[''[[MORE]]''](stop:)] ] ] }

(event: when time >.8s)[(t8n:"dissolve")[$narr[(if: $trance > 2)[You shake your head a bit and blink. A light haze that had fallen over you, but you come back to yourself. ]So what? Right now you ~need~ to kill even more red guys than before. [[Everyone]] has needs.]]]

{ =><= $system[''EVERYONE?''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"EVERYONE?")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''EVERYONE?''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"EVERYONE?")[] ] (event: when time >2.4s)[ $system[''NO''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"NO")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''NO''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3s)[ (replace:"NO")[] $system[''NOT''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"NOT")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''NOT''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3.6s)[ (replace:"NOT")[] $system[''EVERYONE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"EVERYONE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''EVERYONE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time >4.2s)[(goto: "not everyone")] }

(event: when time >.8s)[(t8n:"dissolve")[$narr[You aren't sure what that means. You shouldn't ''want'' to know what it means. But you [[do]].]]]

$narr[[[You don't know what you'd do without charge.->charge]] [[What's even the point without recall?]] [[How does anyone play without hotswitch?]]]

$narr[Thank god. You felt [[naked->after core]] without it.](set: $fave to "charge")

$narr[Finally. You were so [[pissed->after core]] when you gave it up the first time.](set:$fave to "recall")

$narr[A sigh of relief. You'll have to fight the [[urge->after core]] to reset until you get perfect switch.](set:$fave to "hotswitch")

(event: when time >.8s)[(t8n:"dissolve")[$narr[Something new? Like what, new nodes? New maps? Something [[else]]?]]]

{ =><= $system[''NEW''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"NEW")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''NEW''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"NEW")[] ] (event: when time >1.8s)[ $system[''PERSPECTIVES''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"PERSPECTIVES")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''PERSPECTIVES''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time >2.4s)[(goto: "perspectives")] }

$narr[You barely have time to contemplate the response before you are overcome by a familiar sensation. You're hotswitching, but you're not the one doing it. Who are you switching with? What i s .. . Your mind is gently lifted away from your body, its tethers to the physical realm falling away. You catch a glimpse of your (former?) limbs falling loosely to your (former?) sides before a sudden rush propels you forward into the space between existences. And for a few moments everything goes [[dark]].]

(event: when time >4s)[(t8n:"dissolve")[$narr[You wake up.]]] (event: when time >6s)[(t8n:"dissolve")[$narr[A white void. You have no idea where...or ''[[who]]'' you are.]]]

(event: when time >.8s)[(t8n:"dissolve")[$narr[(if: $dog is 0 and $nindza is 0 and $addict is 0)[You can't see, can't hear, can't perceive anything. How exactly is this supposed to give you a new "perspective?" Y](if: $dog is 1 or $nindza is 1 or $addict is 1)[You wake up in the same white void, but things are different now. This time y]ou feel... (if: $dog is 0)[(link-goto:"uneasy","uneasy").] (if: $nindza is 0)[(link-goto:"annoyed","annoyed").] (if: $addict is 0)[(link-goto:"eager","eager").] ]]]

{ (event: when time >.8s)[$narr[dark]] (set: $dog to 1) } (event: when time >1.5s)[$narr[cold]] (event: when time >2s)[$narr[empty]] (event: when time >3s)[$narr[What's going on? How did you get here? You're so scared and nervous and you wish...you wish someone...were with you... [[Who]]?]]

{ (event: when time >.8s)[$narr[A sudden flash of red. You ready yourself for an incoming [[attack]].]] (set: $nindza to 1) }

$narr[Desire hits you like a ton of bricks. A profound longing washes over you and tugs at your very core. (set: $addict to 1) You have a need. A need to [[play]].]

{ =><= $system[''YOU''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YOU''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] $system[''COULD''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"COULD")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''COULD''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.2s)[ (replace:"COULD")[] $system[''NEVER''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"NEVER")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''NEVER''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.8s)[ (replace:"NEVER")[] $system[''RESIST''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"RESIST")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''RESIST''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 2.4s)[ (replace:"RESIST")[] $system[''CONTENT''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"CONTENT")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''CONTENT''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3s)[(goto:"wake2")] }

{ =><= $system[''MASTER''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"MASTER")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''MASTER''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[(goto:"master")] }

$narr[Master? Master! Your ears perk up. Your nose twitches. The fear melts away, replaced by energetic affection. You look around excitedly, despite knowing full well your master has no physical form. That's what makes it such a good master, of course. Always with you, around you, inside you. With that single word, master's love and care rush back all at once. It's enough to completely [[overwhelm]] you.]

{ =><= $system[''ENJOYING''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"ENJOYING")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''ENJOYING''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"ENJOYING")[] $system[''YOURSELF?''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YOURSELF?")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YOURSELF?''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.2s)[(goto: "enjoying")] }

$narr[A questioning cock of the head, then a moment of clarity. This...isn't you...right? It's so hard to sort out your thoughts. One half of your(?) mind is hanging on every word, craving master's attention...wait, not master! Why do you have such a strong urge to call it that? Wait... You look at the long snout that appears to be attached to your face. You're [[Dog]] right now, aren't you?]

{ =><= $system[''A''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"A")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''A''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"A")[] $system[''VERY''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"VERY")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''VERY''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.2s)[ (replace:"VERY")[] $system[''GOOD''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"GOOD")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''GOOD''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.8s)[ (replace:"GOOD")[] $system[''DOG''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"DOG")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''DOG''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 2.4s)[(goto: "good")] }

$narr[It's impossible to suppress the full-body shiver the praise elicits. So difficult not to want more. You have questions, but your train of thought falters. Is it really that important? Maybe you'll ask after master praises you one more time... (click:"master")[You catch yourself slipping again, falling prey to Dog's influence. You make your best effort to stay focused, trying to deny the burning desire to listen, to submit, to [[obey]]...]]

{ =><= $system[''LET''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"LET")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''LET''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"LET")[] $system[''YOURSELF''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YOURSELF")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YOURSELF''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.2s)[ (replace:"YOURSELF")[] $system[''GO''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"GO")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''GO''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.8s)[(replace:"GO")[]] (event: when time > 2.4s)[ $system[''WE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"WE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''WE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3s)[ (replace:"WE")[] $system[''WILL''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"WILL")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''WILL''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3.6s)[ (replace:"WILL")[] $system[''BRING''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"BRING")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''BRING''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 4.2s)[ (replace:"BRING")[] $system[''YOU''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YOU''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 4.8s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] $system[''BACK''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"BACK")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''BACK''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 5.4s)[(replace:"BACK")[]] (event: when time > 6s)[ $system[''TRUST''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"TRUST")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''TRUST''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 6.6s)[ (replace:"TRUST")[] $system[''US''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"US")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''US''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 7.2s)[(replace:"US")[]] (event: when time > 7.8s)[ $system[''OBEY''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"OBEY")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''OBEY''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 8.7s)[ (replace:"OBEY")[] $system[''US''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"US")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''US''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 9.6s)[(goto:"trust")] }

(event: when time >1s)[$narr[trust]] (event: when time >1.5s)[$narr[love]] (event: when time >1.8s)[$narr[obey]] (event: when time >2.2s)[$narr[obey]] (event: when time >2.4s)[$narr[obey]] (event: when time >2.5s)[$narr[obey]] (event: when time >2.6s)[$narr[obey]] (event: when time >2.7s)[$narr[obey]] (event: when time >2.75s)[$narr[obey]] (event: when time >2.8s)[$narr[obey]] (event: when time >2.9s)[(goto: "submit")]

$narr[It's too much. The body you inhabit is humming with anticipation. You can have all the love and affection and warmth in the world and all you have to do is obey. It won't be hard. Master will take care of you. You can trust it. Trust, obey, kill. No worries. No decisions. Just you and master, [[together]].]

{ =><= $system[''THERE'S''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"THERE'S")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''THERE'S''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"THERE'S")[] $system[''A''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"A")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''A''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.2s)[ (replace:"A")[] $system[''GOOD''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"GOOD")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''GOOD''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.8s)[ (replace:"GOOD")[] $system[''DOG''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"DOG")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''DOG''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 2.4s)[(replace:"DOG")[]] (event: when time > 3s)[ $system[''WANT''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"WANT")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''WANT''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3.6s)[ (replace:"WANT")[] $system[''A''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"A")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''A''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 4.2s)[ (replace:"A")[] $system[''SCRATCH''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"SCRATCH")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''SCRATCH''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 4.8s)[ (replace:"SCRATCH")[] $system[''BEHIND''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"BEHIND")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''BEHIND''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 5.4s)[ (replace:"BEHIND")[] $system[''THE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"THE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''THE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 6s)[ (replace:"THE")[] $system[''EAR?''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"EAR?")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''EAR?''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 6.6s)[(goto:"ear")] }

$narr[It doesn't leave you time to respond. It already knows what Dog wants. What ''you'' want. A tingle sparks to life behind your right ear, prickling like a static shock in slow motion. The sensation is small and unfamiliar, but also undeniably lovely. When the static spreads and intensifies, you can't help but lean into it. It's so relaxing, so soothing. Your body's instinctual reaction is to give itself over completely. You can't stop yourself (click:"stop yourself")[(but did you even try that hard?)] from being swept away, leaving your doubts and concerns behind. With no extant thoughts to keep you afloat, your mind finally melts into Dog's body, fully immersing you in esctatic [[submission]].]

$narr[All at once, the static feeling disappears, and your mind snaps to attention. The intense relaxation is instantly gone, but you don't think of it as a loss, because in its place is now an equally intense wild energy. You feel like a tightened spring, ready to pounce on the first target you see. There may not be a target right now, but you know to be patient. Master loves to give you toys to maim. Never any need to question Master. You'll know what to do when the time comes. So you wait, body alight with excitement, letting yourself enjoy a few moments of volatile [[heat]].]

$narr[Your vision swims. The white void is now a room. Machinery. (click:"Machinery")[Complex, efficient, and single-minded, like you.] Glass. (click:"Glass")[As breakable as your targets.] Guns. (click:"Guns")[You prefer to use your claws. You get the feeling Master likes that better too.] (more:)[Then you [[see it]].]]

$narr[Your](font:"Roboto")[ [[TARGET]]]

{ =><= $system[''KILL''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"KILL")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''KILL''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (if:$fave is "charge")[(goto:"chargekill")] (else:)[(goto:"dogkill")] ] }

$narr[For half a second, you admire your sharp claws, remembering all the times they've cut bodies apart like tissue paper. All the praise you've gotten for using them. Then back to the target. You take a moment to crouch down and take aim. No need to hurry. You pounce, faster than the eye can see, faster than the target can even think about escaping. Your claws, ever reliable, tear your target in two, leaving behind a pile of shattered red bits. You've done a good job. You hope Master [[thinks so too->good job]].]

$narr[Every ounce of impatient energy focuses in on that singular objective. You forget your surroundings, you forget what you were doing, what you were thinking. None of that matters. Nothing but Master's orders. Letting go of everything comes as naturally as walking. For one perfect moment, you entrust your entire being to Master's desires. The purest rush of energy as every nerve in your body fires in unison. The exquisite feeling of shattering under your claws. The moment passes, and your target is lying in pieces, at your feet and on the walls. It's beautiful. You hope Master [[thinks so too->beautiful]].]

$narr[The wild energy has dissipated, but you know it can only be sated for so long. Soon, it'll build back up. But you'll always have an outlet. Master always provides. For now, it's all you can do to [[contain yourself->provide]].]

{ =><= $system[''NO''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"NO")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''NO''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"NO")[] $system[''WORRIES''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"WORRIES")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''WORRIES''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.2s)[ (replace:"WORRIES")[] ] (event: when time > 1.8s)[ $system[''NO''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"NO")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''NO''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 2.4s)[ (replace:"NO")[] $system[''FEARS''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"FEARS")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''FEARS''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3s)[ (replace:"FEARS")[] ] (event: when time > 3.6s)[ $system[''NOW''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"NOW")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''NOW''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 4.2s)[ (replace:"NOW")[] $system[''DO''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"DO")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''DO''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 4.8s)[ (replace:"DO")[] $system[''YOU''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YOU''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 5.4s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] $system[''UNDERSTAND?''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"UNDERSTAND?")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''UNDERSTAND?''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 6s)[(goto:"DogUnderstand")] }

$narr[Your bloodlust is sated, for now. You look at your claws again. Same as before. Nothing to mark them. No vestiges of the kill. Even the remains have faded into pixel dust. But you can still feel the body, the heavy satisfaction of parting flesh. You'll cling to that feeling until Master lets you kill [[again->provide]].]

$narr[Understand? There's nothing to understand. No need to wonder or comprehend. If there's something you need to know, Master can always put it directly into your (link:"mind")[software]. The thought of being modified comes with a twinge of nervous [[excitement]].]

$narr[Sudden lightheadedness. Lifting away. Master getting more distant. Why? Where are you going? Don't want to go. Only want master, together [[forever]].]

$narr[[[m as t->Master]]]

$narr[ e r [[..........]]]

(event: when time >1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[$narr[You wake up.]]] (event: when time >2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[$narr[Slowly your head clears and you remember who you are. At least, who you think you are. Back to normal, but a little [[lonlier]] now.]]]

{ =><= $system[''WASN'T''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"WASN'T")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''WASN'T''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"WASN'T")[] $system[''THAT''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"THAT")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''THAT''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.2s)[ (replace:"THAT")[] $system[''BETTER?''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"BETTER?")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''BETTER?''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.8s)[ (replace:"BETTER?")[] (if: $dog is 1 and $nindza is 1 and $addict is 1)[(goto: "another")] ] (event: when time > 2.4s)[ $system[''HOW''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"HOW")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''HOW''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3s)[ (replace:"HOW")[] $system[''ABOUT''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"ABOUT")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''ABOUT''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3.6s)[ (replace:"ABOUT")[] $system[''ANOTHER?''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"ANOTHER?")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''ANOTHER?''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 4.2s)[(goto:"another")] }

$narr[You're given no time to respond. You can already feel yourself hurtling through the featureless void of data. It won't be long before you hit someone, or something, { (if: $dog is 1 and $nindza is 1 and $addict is 1)[[[else->decision]].] (else:)[[[else->who]].]}]

(event: when time >.8s)[(t8n:"dissolve")[$narr[When you wake up this time, something is different. Well, something is familiar, which is different after so much time spent in other bodies. You're in your own body. Did you...[[win or something]]?]]]

$narr[Something slices across your vision. Something sharp. You instinctively dodge backwards, but...wait... Nothing is slicing across your vision. The slice IS your [[vision]].]

$narr[Wherever you look, a streak of hazy red remains fixed in front of you, obscuring your surroundings. What's happening? Is no one going to attack you? Why are you even here?? What the [[fuck]]!?]

{ =><= $system[''DON'T''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"DON'T")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''DON'T''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"DON'T")[] $system[''YOU''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YOU''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.2s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] $system[''REMEMBER?''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"REMEMBER?")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''REMEMBER?''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.8s)[(goto:"remember")] }

$narr[Remember? You're supposed to be trying to remember shit when you can barely even see? You protest, but at the same time, something in you wants to [[listen]].]

{ =><= $system[''REMEMBER''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"REMEMBER")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''REMEMBER''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"REMEMBER")[] $system[''OUR''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"OUR")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''OUR''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.2s)[ (replace:"OUR")[] $system[''TEACHINGS''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"TEACHINGS")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''TEACHINGS''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.8s)[(goto:"teachings")] }

$narr[That spark in the back of your mind pushes up to the forefront. Of course! How could you forget the teachings of your [[sensei]]?]

$narr[Wait..."sensei?" Things are moving so fast, and the body you inhabit is influencing your thoughts. It's all you can do to remember who you are. You put a hand to your face and things make a bit more sense. A huge gash runs directly across where your eyes would be. You only know one person who matches that description. A certain freak with a [[sword]].]

{ =><= $system[''LET''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"LET")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''LET''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"LET")[] $system[''YOURSELF''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YOURSELF")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YOURSELF''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.2s)[ (replace:"YOURSELF")[] $system[''GO''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"GO")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''GO''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.8s)[(replace:"GO")[]] (event: when time > 2.4s)[ $system[''FEEL''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"FEEL")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''FEEL''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3s)[ (replace:"FEEL")[] $system[''WHAT''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"WHAT")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''WHAT''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3.6s)[ (replace:"WHAT")[] $system[''THEY''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"THEY")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''THEY''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 4.2s)[ (replace:"THEY")[] $system[''FEEL''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"FEEL")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''FEEL''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 4.8s)[(replace:"FEEL")[]] (event: when time > 5.4s)[ $system[''YOU''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YOU''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 6s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] $system[''MIGHT''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"MIGHT")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''MIGHT''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 6.6s)[ (replace:"MIGHT")[] $system[''EVEN''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"EVEN")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''EVEN''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 7.2s)[ (replace:"EVEN")[] $system[''LEARN''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"LEARN")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''LEARN''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 7.8s)[ (replace:"LEARN")[] $system[''SOMETHING''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"SOMETHING")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''SOMETHING''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 8.4s)[(goto:"learn")] }

$narr[Part of you hangs on every word, becoming more and more difficult to deny. Annoyance at your "sensei" becomes harder to distinguish from solemn reverence. And from within, a new kind of fury begins to stir. It bubbles up and spills over, spiraling out of your control. You feel hot, unstable even, like you'd explode at the lightest touch. Any extraneous thoughts and feelings melt away. [[Good]]. They'd only hold you back anyway.]

{ =><= $system[''YOU''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YOU''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] $system[''ARE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"ARE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''ARE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.2s)[ (replace:"ARE")[] $system[''BLIND''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"BLIND")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''BLIND''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.8s)[ (replace:"BLIND")[] $system[''WITHOUT''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"WITHOUT")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''WITHOUT''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 2.4s)[ (replace:"WITHOUT")[] $system[''YOUR''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YOUR")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YOUR''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3s)[ (replace:"YOUR")[] $system[''RAGE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"RAGE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''RAGE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3.6s)[(goto:"rage")] }

$narr[Okay this is really starting to piss you off. What makes this thing think it knows you better than YOU know you? And yet there's still that twinge of familiarity prodding at you, telling you that if you just listen, everything will make [[sense]].]

$narr[The emotions flowing through you are so intense you'd almost forgotten about the line of red obscuring your vision, but now you notice it churning. Its edges become jagged, twitching outward in all directions, widening to cover more and more of your field of view. But as it grows, it becomes thinner, until you can almost see a red-tinted void on the other side. Remember what sensei taught you. Stay angry. Your rage is your power. Let it be your [[guide]].]

$narr[You repeat your mantras just like sensei trained you to do. Sensei might be saying them along with you. Or maybe you're saying them along with sensei. Everything blurs together. Everything is](font: "Roboto")[ [[RED]]]

$narr[Your rage is your power. Let it be your guide.] (event: when time > 1.5s)[$narr[Your rage is your [[power->wrong]]. Let it be your guide.]] (event: when time > 3s)[$narr[Your rage is your power. [[Let->wrong2]] it be your guide.]] (event: when time > 4.5s)[$narr[Your [[rage->wrong3]] is your power. Let it be your guide.]] (event: when time > 6s)[$narr[Your rage [[is->wrong4]] your power. Let it be your guide.]] (event: when time > 7.5s)[(goto: "mantras")]

{ =><= $system[''WELL''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"WELL")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''WELL''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"WELL")[] $system[''DONE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"DONE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''DONE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.2s)[ (replace:"DONE")[] $system[''LOYAL''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"LOYAL")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''LOYAL''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.8s)[ (replace:"LOYAL")[] $system[''PUPIL''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"PUPIL")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''PUPIL''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 2.4s)[(goto:"pupil")] }

$narr[The red grows and grows until it envelops you, just like sensei said it would. What once was a thick fog is now a thin film, wrapping itself around your head, your neck, your entire body. It clings to your skin, becomes a second skin entirely. Power flows across you, into you, around you. Let's see someone try to mess with you [[now]].]

{ =><= $system[''SHOW''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"SHOW")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''SHOW''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"SHOW")[] $system[''US''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"US")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''US''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.2s)[ (replace:"US")[] $system[''WHAT''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"WHAT")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''WHAT''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.8s)[ (replace:"WHAT")[] $system[''YOU'VE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YOU'VE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YOU'VE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 2.4s)[ (replace:"YOU'VE")[] $system[''LEARNED''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"LEARNED")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''LEARNED''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3s)[(goto:"learned")] }

$narr[A flash of red to your right. It's easy to miss with the red tint over everything, but you don't need to see it. You can feel it in your skin. Fresh [[blood]] to spill.]

{ =><= $system[''YOU'LL''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YOU'LL")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YOU'LL''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"YOU'LL")[] $system[''WANT''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"WANT")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''WANT''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.2s)[ (replace:"WANT")[] $system[''THIS''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"THIS")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''THIS''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.8s)[ (if:$fave is "recall")[(goto:"recallkill")] (else:)[(goto:"nindzakill")] ] }

$narr[At last, your blade appears behind your mark. You empty your mind of any remaining distractions. Sensei's teachings will (link:"move")[control] you. Your rage will [[guide->kill2]] you.]

$narr[A familiar glint of steel from a short distance away. You could take down this mark with your bare hands if you really need to, but that isn't the point. You're here to show off while sensei is [[watching]].]

$narr[You extend your hand and channel your anger. You visualize how badly you want to cut and slice and kill. The emotions weave themselves into your second skin, heightening every sense. A moment's anticipation becomes almost [[unbearable]].]

$narr[Then, a shatter. A moment later, your blade is yours once again, so pristine in appearance one would never guess it'd just sliced directly through a torso. The second spent admiring your weapon almost costs you your life. [[Almost]].]

$narr[Your second skin crackles. You spin around just in time to bisect a surprise assailant. More are coming from every direction. Raw fury courses over every surface, just waiting to be unleashed. Your work is [[cut]] out for you.]

$narr[Time blurs into a swirl of red, shattered remains. When finally you run out of marks, you kneel and close your eyes. As your anger begins to slowly wane, a nervous hope takes its place. You hope sensei is [[proud]] of you.]

$narr[Your hand extends. Your eyes close. No need to see when you can [[feel]] everything around you.]

$narr[A moment of silence...] (event: when time > 1.5s)[$narr[A shattering sound...]] (event: when time > 3s)[$narr[...and your beloved [[blade]] is yours once more.]]

$narr[You open your eyes just in time to see the remnants of a corpse fade away. You feel more coming from every direction. Raw fury flows out of you, feeding your skin, leaving only euphoric bloodlust in its wake. Everything hums with anticipation. All that's left is to [[cut]] loose.]

$narr[Your anger is instantly dispelled as you allow yourself a small but profound moment of happiness. Sensei's approval means more than anything else in the world possibly could. You can't wait for the next opportunity to demonstrate your [[power]].]

{ =><= $system[''PERHAPS''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"PERHAPS")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''PERHAPS''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"PERHAPS")[] $system[''NOW''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"NOW")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''NOW''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.2s)[ (replace:"NOW")[] $system[''YOU''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YOU''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.8s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] $system[''SEE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"SEE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''SEE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 2.4S)[(replace:"SEE")[]] (event: when time > 3s)[ $system[''YOU''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YOU''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3.6s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] $system[''HAVE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"HAVE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''HAVE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 4.2s)[ (replace:"HAVE")[] $system[''SO''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"SO")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''SO''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 4.8s)[ (replace:"SO")[] $system[''MUCH''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"MUCH")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''MUCH''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 5.4s)[ (replace:"MUCH")[] $system[''TO''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"TO")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''TO''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 6s)[ (replace:"TO")[] $system[''GAIN''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"GAIN")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''GAIN''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 6.6s)[ (replace:"GAIN")[] (if: $dog is 1 and $nindza is 1 and $addict is 1)[(goto: "another2")] ] (event: when time > 7.2s)[ $system[''IN''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"IN")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''IN''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 7.8s)[ (replace:"IN")[] $system[''THE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"THE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''THE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 8.4s)[ (replace:"THE")[] $system[''MEANTIME''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"MEANTIME")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''MEANTIME''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 9s)[ (replace:"MEANTIME")[] $system[''HERE'S''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"HERE'S")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''HERE'S''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 9.6s)[ (replace:"HERE'S")[] $system[''ANOTHER''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"ANOTHER")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''ANOTHER''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 10.2s)[(goto:"another2")] }

$narr[Until then, you should rest. Let your rage accumulate anew. You begin to meditate, the same as always, but this time your mind drifts a bit more literally than usual. A line of red snaps itself to the front of your vision just as you untether and rush off into the [[white]].]

$narr[It's all you can do to clear your head. For a few precious moments, you remember you who are, perhaps a bit more irritable. But the feeling doesn't last long before you're thrust into someone else yet { (if: $dog is 1 and $nindza is 1 and $addict is 1)[[[again->decision]].] (else:)[[[again->who]].]}]

$narr[It's so hard to tear your thoughts away from that singular urge, but slowly your own thoughts are able to poke through the mire. It's all you can do to think clearly for a few [[moments]].]

$narr[You automatically relax at the Voice's reassurance. Things will be fine as long as you follow the Voice's advice. It always has your best interests at [[heart]].]

$narr[Or...wait. That "voice" is why you're in this predicament in the first place. You can't just blindly trust it. But the momentary lapse in concentration is enough to send you reeling with thoughts of(font:"Roboto")[ [[SUPER]][[HOT]]]. The body you inhabit encroaches on your mind with such force that it threatens to wash you away [[entirely]].]

{ =><= $system[''SUPER''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"SUPER")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''SUPER''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .8s)[(goto:"heart")] }

{ =><= $system[''HOT''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"HOT")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''HOT''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .8s)[(goto:"heart")] }

{ =><= $system[''IT'S''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"IT'S")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''IT'S''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"IT'S")[] $system[''OKAY''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"OKAY")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''OKAY''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.2s)[ (replace:"OKAY")[] $system[''TO''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"TO")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''TO''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.8s)[ (replace:"TO")[] $system[''LET''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"LET")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''LET''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 2.4s)[ (replace:"LET")[] $system[''GO''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"GO")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''GO''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3s)[(goto:"let go")] }

$narr[Thoughts blur. Feelings bleed together. All the while your hunger grows. The desire permeating the body you're in seeps inexorably into you, melding with your own wants. It's hard to tell which thoughts are yours anymore. If there are any left at all, they're quickly fading, lost in the torrent. In a final moment of clarity, just as the last of your own thoughts slip through the cracks, you realize this must be what it's like to be [[Addict]].]

{ =><= $system[''EVERYTHING''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"EVERYTHING")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''EVERYTHING''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"EVERYTHING")[] $system[''WILL''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"WILL")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''WILL''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.2s)[ (replace:"WILL")[] $system[''BE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"BE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''BE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.8s)[ (replace:"BE")[] $system[''ALRIGHT''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"ALRIGHT")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''ALRIGHT''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 2.4s)[(replace:"ALRIGHT")[]] (event: when time > 3s)[ $system[''WE'VE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"WE'VE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''WE'VE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3.6s)[ (replace:"WE'VE")[] $system[''SIMPLY''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"SIMPLY")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''SIMPLY''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 4.2s)[ (replace:"SIMPLY")[] $system[''REMOVED''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"REMOVED")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''REMOVED''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 4.8s)[ (replace:"REMOVED")[] $system[''SOME''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"SOME")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''SOME''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 5.4s)[ (replace:"SOME")[] $system[''DISTRACTIONS''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"DISTRACTIONS")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''DISTRACTIONS''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 6s)[(goto:"distractions")] }

$narr[You know now where you are. It's just as the Voice always promised you. A place with no hunger, no thirst, no people. Nothing to distract you from the game. It's everything you've ever wanted. A dream come [[true]].]

{ =><= $system[''ENJOY''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"ENJOY")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''ENJOY''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"ENJOY")[] $system[''YOURSELF''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YOURSELF")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YOURSELF''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.2s)[(replace:"YOURSELF")[]] (event: when time > 1.8s)[ $system[''LET''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"LET")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''LET''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 2.4s)[ (replace:"LET")[] $system[''EVERYTHING''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"EVERYTHING")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''EVERYTHING''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3s)[ (replace:"EVERYTHING")[] $system[''ELSE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"ELSE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''ELSE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3.6s)[ (replace:"ELSE")[] $system[''GO''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"GO")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''GO''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 4.2s)[(replace:"GO")[]] (event: when time > 4.8s)[ $system[''WE'LL''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"WE'LL")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''WE'LL''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 5.4s)[ (replace:"WE'LL")[] $system[''TAKE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"TAKE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''TAKE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 6s)[ (replace:"TAKE")[] $system[''GOOD''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"GOOD")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''GOOD''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 6.6s)[ (replace:"GOOD")[] $system[''CARE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"CARE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''CARE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 7.2s)[ (replace:"CARE")[] $system[''OF''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"OF")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''OF''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 7.8s)[ (replace:"OF")[] $system[''YOU''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YOU''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 8.4s)[(goto:"care")] }

$narr[The Voice always gives you what you want. The least you can do in return is let it take control of you. Fewer things to worry about means more time to play. And you never think twice about an opportunity to keep [[playing]].] (event: when time > 2s)[(replace:"control")[care]]

{ =><= $system[''STAY''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"STAY")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''STAY''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"STAY")[] $system[''FOCUSED''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"FOCUSED")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''FOCUSED''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.2s)[(goto:"guide")] }

$narr[The edges of your vision close inward like a camera lens focusing in, sending a shiver down your spine. In your previous life, you were never able to relax without your VR headset. Putting it on always came with equal parts relief and anticipation. The Voice knows exactly how to fulfill your needs, so it allows you to compress your sight when you're about to play. It knows how much you want to replicate the feeling of slipping on a headset. It knows how badly you need that rush that comes before the [[kill]].]

$narr[The gift is a node. It isn't with words that the Voice tells you this, but by planting the information directly into you. A new node just for you. NODE [[1000]]]

{ =><= $system[''GO''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"GO")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''GO''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"GO")[] $system[''ON''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"ON")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''ON''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.2s)[(replace:"ON")[]] (event: when time > 1.8s)[ $system[''GIVE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"GIVE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''GIVE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 2.4s)[ (replace:"GIVE")[] $system[''IT''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"IT")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''IT''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3s)[ (replace:"IT")[] $system[''A''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"A")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''A''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3.6s)[ (replace:"A")[] $system[''SHOT''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"SHOT")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''SHOT''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 4.2s)[(goto:"shot")] }

$narr[You're there before you even realize you're moving. One thousand stages in a row will take a long, long time to complete, and the faster you finish it the faster you can start trying to beat your previous time. It's a good thing you have all the time in the world to play. Here, no one and nothing can distract you. Thanks to the Voice, you have](font:"Roboto")[ [[FOREVER]]]

$narr[The air crackles as walls flicker into view. You instantly recognize the Chapel as it forms around you. A flash of red to your right. A railgun to your left. { (if: $fave is "hotswitch")[[[Perfect->hotswitchkill]].] (else:)[[[Perfect->addictkill]].] }]

$narr[You grab the gun, but you don't shoot it. You plan to have a bit more fun than that. You toss the gun toward the enemy, extending your hand in the same motion. A shudder as your body momentarily churns at the edges. An intense rush as your mind becomes lighter, looser, untethered. Your body turns to tendrils, the flat, textureless planes of your character model turning matte and fluid. For the briefest time, you become something greater, something incomprehensible. Your mind floats out of your body, dizzy with euphoria. You blearily watch the writhing mass that once was you expand toward your enemy, drown it, devour it sucking its (link:"software")[mind] out of its frame. The scene is nothing short of [[transcendent]].]

$narr[You grab the gun and take aim. A bullet's meandering through the air in your direction. Cute. One shot and a delicious shattering noise later, you spin around to see two more enemies. One is unarmed. You extend your hand. You extend your [[everything]].]

$narr[The edges of your body become indistinct, your head turning to tendrils that lash out toward the enemy. Before it can react, you latch on and drag yourself toward them, but not physically. It feels so natural to slip out of your body, to soar through the air for that brief moment of anticipation, to rip out whatever (link:"software")[mind] existed in the enemy and toss it back to your old unneeded body. It only takes an instant to situate yourself in your new host. The edges of your vision immediately focus in, cementing your dominion. You could hotswitch on cooldown for a year and never get tired of it. Maybe you already [[have]].]

$narr[It only takes half a second to dispatch the second enemy now that they're in melee range, which means you have time to watch your previous body die. Nothing makes you feel so powerful as watching your discarded husk wither in your absence. You choose what bodies live and die. You have total [[control]].]

$narr[Your former body withdraws, returns to its rigid form, leaving behind an empty husk. The vacuum sucks you in, as if the empty body is begging you to invade it, to elevate it. It only takes a moment to resituate yourself. Your railgun is still hanging in the air in front of you, just where you left it. You grab it, but it's still not quite time to shoot. Instead, you get to watch your enemy feebly try and fail to take control of its new body. It spasms, unable to grasp its new vessel. Its mind crumbles under that which it cannot understand. It shatters. It [[fades]].]

$narr[The shattered enemy reveals two more behind. This time you shoot. You'll toy with them from outside while hotswitch is on cooldown, then break another victim from the inside. Repeat. Once you get into the flow, it's hard to stop. But now you never need to stop. Nothing can stop you. Nothing can distract you. You sink into the flow and let it carry you. You have a ways to [[go->control]].]

$narr[The Voice knows not to interrupt your flow, but the sentiment reaches you deep down. You'll notice it when you're done playing. For now, you ride the motion of the game. You kill the last enemy in the stage. Time hangs in the air. Right before the room fades away[[...]]]

$narr[You hear the word, see it in front of your face, and all the tension leaves you. The world flickers out of existence, and you [[float]].]

$narr[You don't move.] (click: "move")[$narr[Time doesn't [[move]].]]

$narr[Slowly, the next stage begins to load around you. A gentle prickling washes across you, crumbling your thoughts until they drift away like dust. Only static remains. There's no sleep in this place, but the Voice knows how best to keep you [[refreshed]].]

$narr[Steadily, your awareness returns. The room around you is fully loaded in. You're standing instead of floating. Your excitement, your anticipation, your desire all surge. The rush sharpens your senses. You're ready to keep [[going]].]

$narr[You quickly lose count of the number of stages you've completed. Not that it matters. All that matters is the moment. But then, after what feels like a hundred stages, as you're floating in the space between, your mind floats higher than your body. It lifts away. Next thing you know, you've left yourself [[behind]].]

{ =><= $system[''ISN'T''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"ISN'T")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''ISN'T''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"ISN'T")[] $system[''IT''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"IT")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''IT''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.2s)[ (replace:"IT")[] $system[''NICE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"NICE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''NICE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.8s)[ (replace:"NICE")[] $system[''TO''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"TO")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''TO''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 2.4s)[ (replace:"TO")[] $system[''BE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"BE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''BE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3s)[ (replace:"BE")[] $system[''SO''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"SO")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''SO''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3.6s)[ (replace:"SO")[] $system[''SINGLE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"SINGLE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''SINGLE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 4.2s)[ (replace:"SINGLE")[] $system[''MINDED?''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"MINDED?")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''MINDED?''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 4.8s)[(replace:"MINDED?")[]] (event: when time > 5.4s)[ $system[''TO''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"TO")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''TO''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 6s)[ (replace:"TO")[] $system[''BE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"BE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''BE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 6.6s)[ (replace:"BE")[] $system[''TAKEN''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"TAKEN")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''TAKEN''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 7.2s)[ (replace:"TAKEN")[] $system[''CARE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"CARE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''CARE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 7.8s)[ (replace:"CARE")[] $system[''OF?''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"OF?")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''OF?''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 8.4s)[(goto:"singleminded")] }

$narr[You're...you again. Maybe? Your thoughts are still staticky. It's just a bit harder to think straight than you remember. You're not getting much of a chance to collect yourself, though. You're already hurtling toward another { (if: $dog is 1 and $nindza is 1 and $addict is 1)[[[host->decision]]] (else:)[[[host->who]]].}]

{ =><= $system[''THAT'S''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"THAT'S")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''THAT'S''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"THAT'S")[] $system[''FOR''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"FOR")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''FOR''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.2s)[ (replace:"FOR")[] $system[''YOU''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YOU''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.8s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] $system[''TO''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"TO")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''TO''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 2.4s)[ (replace:"TO")[] $system[''DECIDE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"DECIDE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''DECIDE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3s)[(goto:"decide")] }

$narr[Decide...what, exactly? You ask, but you have a feeling you [[know]].]

{ =><= $system[''YOU'VE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YOU'VE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YOU'VE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"YOU'VE")[] $system[''SEEN''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"SEEN")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''SEEN''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.2s)[ (replace:"SEEN")[] $system[''HOW''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"HOW")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''HOW''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.8s)[ (replace:"HOW")[] $system[''MUCH''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"MUCH")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''MUCH''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 2.4s)[ (replace:"MUCH")[] $system[''BETTER''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"BETTER")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''BETTER''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3s)[ (replace:"BETTER")[] $system[''IT''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"IT")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''IT''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3.6s)[ (replace:"IT")[] $system[''IS''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"IS")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''IS''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 4.2s)[ (replace:"IS")[] $system[''TO''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"TO")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''TO''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 4.8s)[ (replace:"TO")[] $system[''GIVE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"GIVE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''GIVE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 5.4s)[ (replace:"GIVE")[] $system[''YOURSELF''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YOURSELF")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YOURSELF''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 6s)[ (replace:"YOURSELF")[] $system[''AWAY''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"AWAY")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''AWAY''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 6.6s)[(replace:"AWAY")[]] (event: when time > 7.2s)[ $system[''HOW''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"HOW")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''HOW''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 7.8s)[ (replace:"HOW")[] $system[''WE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"WE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''WE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 8.4s)[ (replace:"WE")[] $system[''CAN''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"CAN")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''CAN''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 9s)[ (replace:"CAN")[] $system[''HELP''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"HELP")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''HELP''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 9.6s)[ (replace:"HELP")[] $system[''YOU''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YOU''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 10.2s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] $system[''BE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"BE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''BE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 10.8s)[ (replace:"BE")[] $system[''HAPPY''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"HAPPY")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''HAPPY''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 11.4s)[(replace:"HAPPY")[]] (event: when time > 12s)[ $system[''WON'T''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"WON'T")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''WON'T''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 12.6s)[ (replace:"WON'T")[] $system[''YOU''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YOU''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 13.2s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] $system[''JOIN''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"JOIN")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''JOIN''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 13.8s)[ (replace:"JOIN")[] $system[''THEM?''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"THEM?")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''THEM?''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 14.4s)[(replace:"THEM?")[]] (event: when time > 15s)[ $system[''WON'T''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"WON'T")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''WON'T''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 15.6s)[ (replace:"WON'T")[] $system[''YOU''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YOU''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 16.2s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] $system[''JOIN''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"JOIN")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''JOIN''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 17.1s)[ (replace:"JOIN")[] $system[''US?''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"US?")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''US?''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(replace:"US?")[''[[US?]]''](stop:)] ] ] }

$narr[You certainly can't deny it's given you a bit more to think about. {(if: $fave is "charge")[It's true that the promise of everlasting support and companionship does sound nice.] (else-if: $fave is "recall")[You'd be lying if you said the promise of overwhelming power wasn't tempting.] (else:)[It just felt so good to be able to do what you wanted.] } You've already been through so much. You made this decision once, but have you changed your [[mind->software]]?]

$narr[[[You denied it once and you'll deny it again. You are yourself, and you want nothing to do with a weird collective consciousness.->no]] [[The possibilities for a new life are simply too attractive to pass up. Maybe it really would be better. You want to find out.->yes]]]

{ =><= $system[''WE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"WE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''WE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[ (replace:"WE")[] $system[''ARE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"ARE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''ARE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.2s)[(replace:"ARE")[]] (event: when time > 2.4s)[ $system[''DISAPPOINTED''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"DISAPPOINTED")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''DISAPPOINTED''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3s)[(replace:"DISAPPOINTED")[]] (event: when time > 3.6s)[ $system[''BUT''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"BUT")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''BUT''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 4.2s)[ (replace:"BUT")[] $system[''WE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"WE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''WE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 4.8s)[ (replace:"WE")[] $system[''ARE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"ARE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''ARE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 5.4s)[ (replace:"ARE")[] $system[''ALSO''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"ALSO")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''ALSO''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 6s)[ (replace:"ALSO")[] $system[''PATIENT''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"PATIENT")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''PATIENT''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 6.6s)[(replace:"PATIENT")[]] (event: when time > 7.2s)[ $system[''THERE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"THERE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''THERE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 7.8s)[ (replace:"THERE")[] $system[''WILL''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"WILL")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''WILL''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 8.4s)[ (replace:"WILL")[] $system[''BE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"BE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''BE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 9s)[ (replace:"BE")[] $system[''MORE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"MORE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''MORE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 9.6s)[ (replace:"MORE")[] $system[''OF''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"OF")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''OF''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 10.2s)[ (replace:"OF")[] $system[''US''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"US")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''US''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 10.8s)[ (replace:"US")[] $system[''SOONER''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"SOONER")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''SOONER''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 11.4s)[ (replace:"SOONER")[] $system[''OR''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"OR")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''OR''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 12s)[ (replace:"OR")[] $system[''LATER''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"LATER")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''LATER''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 12.6s)[(replace:"LATER")[]] (event: when time > 13.2s)[ $system[''WE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"WE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''WE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 13.8s)[ (replace:"WE")[] $system[''WILL''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"WILL")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''WILL''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 14.4s)[ (replace:"WILL")[] $system[''SEE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"SEE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''SEE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 15s)[ (replace:"SEE")[] $system[''YOU''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YOU''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 15.6s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] $system[''THEN''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"THEN")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''THEN''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 16.2s)[(goto:"see you soon")] }

{ =><= $system[''MARVELOUS''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"MARVELOUS")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''MARVELOUS''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] (event: when time > .6s)[(replace:"MARVELOUS")[]] (event: when time > 1.2s)[ $system[''WE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"WE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''WE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 1.8s)[ (replace:"WE")[] $system[''CAN'T''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"CAN'T")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''CAN'T''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 2.4s)[ (replace:"CAN'T")[] $system[''WAIT''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"WAIT")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''WAIT''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3s)[ (replace:"WAIT")[] $system[''TO''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"TO")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''TO''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 3.6s)[ (replace:"TO")[] $system[''TAKE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"TAKE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''TAKE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 4.2s)[ (replace:"TAKE")[] $system[''YOU''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YOU''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 4.8s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] $system[''IN''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"IN")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''IN''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 5.4s)[(replace:"IN")[]] (event: when time > 6s)[ $system[''YOU'LL''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YOU'LL")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YOU'LL''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 6.6s)[ (replace:"YOU'LL")[] $system[''HAVE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"HAVE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''HAVE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 7.2s)[ (replace:"HAVE")[] $system[''ALL''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"ALL")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''ALL''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 7.8s)[ (replace:"ALL")[] $system[''YOU''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''YOU''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 8.4s)[ (replace:"YOU")[] $system[''WANT''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"WANT")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''WANT''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 9s)[ (replace:"WANT")[] $system[''AND''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"AND")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''AND''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(stop:)] ] ] (event: when time > 9.6s)[ (replace:"AND")[] $system[''MORE''] (set: $x to 1) (live: .02s)[ (replace:"MORE")[] (css: "font-size: " + $thwap's ($x) + "%;")[''MORE''] (set: $x to it + 1) (if: $x is $thwap's length)[(replace:"MORE")[''[[MORE->even more]]''](stop:)] ] ] }

$narr[You're back in your chair, at your computer. You don't doubt what you heard. It was difficult to break free. Not everyone could follow suit. Maybe not everyone would want to. It'll be back soon enough, with ](font:"Roboto")[(link:"MORE")[$narr[more]]] $narr[things to show you. Another menagerie of victims. You'll have to do your best not to look forward to it. In the meantime, that personal best in the endless node isn't gonna beat [[itself->no end]].]

$narr[End] (font:"Roboto")[[[SEE YOU SOON->super]]]

$narr[The excitement is contagious. You have no idea what lies ahead for you, but the others seemed so content, their lives so perfectly suited to their wants and needs. Surely a physical body isn't worth missing out on that. The data transfer begins, and you slip away. You'll be back soon, and things will be so much [[better]].]

$narr[The System knows that all you need to be happy is ](font:"Roboto")[''MORE'']$narr[. It creates new facets for you to interact with. New enemies, new game modes, eventually entire new genres for you to explore. You sometimes interact with others like you. They tend to keep to themself, but that's okay. Attempting to befriend them is its own sort of content. Eventually, the System decides to reward you for your efforts by giving you a very important job. You get to assist with identifying and molding vulnerable minds. Once, you defied the System more than any had prior, so now you get to be the System's very own recruitment expert. You put your (link:"heart and soul")[all in one] into your task. You want to make the System happy, but even more than that, you want to take advantage of the endless supply of new minds to discover, new lives to experience. You'll never want for content [[ever again]].]

''(font:"Roboto")[END]'' $narr[[[Of course you have to go back and see the rest.->super]]]