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... <<nobr>> <div class="choices"> <div class="choice-item">[[You're dreaming again.|dream]] </div> </div> <</nobr>>

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<<link '<div class="menu-item"><b>01</b> warnings</div>'>> <<script>> Dialog.setup("warnings"); Dialog.wiki(Story.get("warnings").processText()); Dialog.open(); <</script>> <</link>> <<link '<div class="menu-item"><b>02</b> credits</div>'>> <<script>> Dialog.setup("credits"); Dialog.wiki(Story.get("credits").processText()); Dialog.open(); <</script>> <</link>> <<link '<div class="menu-item"><b>03</b> saves</div>'>> <<script>> UI.saves() <</script>> <</link>>

dreamer

<a href="https://ccrberus.itch.io/twine-sugarcube-template">sugarcube template</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUer-Tto1ZA">background music</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8t1Iq-pN_4">crows</a>

<<set $gamechapter = "chapter">> <<cacheaudio "bgm" "https://verminfuneral.neocities.org/profiles/kazimir/dreamer/audio/bgm.mp3">> <<cacheaudio "crow" "https://verminfuneral.neocities.org/profiles/kazimir/dreamer/audio/crow.mp3">> <! -- /% Assign a value in a Passage. %/ <<set setup.haveDoneSomething to true>> /% Check is something has been done in the same or another Passage. %/ <<if setup.haveDoneSomething>>...you did something...<</if>> -->

Mild horror, implications of death The crows might be loud, mind your volume

... ... <<nobr>> <div class="choices"> <div class="choice-item">[[Open your eyes.|open]] </div> </div><</nobr>> <<audio "bgm" volume 0.5 play>>

You're lying on your back in the leaf litter and sparse grass of the forest floor. You cannot see the sky through the tangle of branches above, but the light that filters in is dim; it breaks through the canopy in the sparse, dusty rays of a dream's twilight. It's exactly as you remember. <<nobr>> <div class="choices"> <div class="choice-item">[[This is a comfort.|comfort]] </div> <div class="choice-item">[[This is a curse.|curse]] </div> </div><</nobr>>

There is no one with you here that you can see. Not yet, at least. You let your eyes close again. <<nobr>> <div class="choices"> <div class="choice-item">[[get up.|reset]] </div> </div><</nobr>>

<<run Engine.restart()>>

<<set setup.Comfort to true>> The trees are bright and alive, with emerald leaves above and soft moss at their base, It would be so easy to close your eyes - to simply allow yourself to feel at ease. <<nobr>> <div class="choices"> <div class="choice-item">[[Still, you are here for a reason...|onward]] </div> </div> <</nobr>>

<<set setup.Curse to true>> The trees are dark, twisted things with branches that grasp like gnarled hands. From the darkness between the sparse rays of light, you swear you can feel eyes on you. <<nobr>> <div class="choices"> <div class="choice-item">[[It doesn't matter, you are here for a reason...|onward]] </div> </div><</nobr>>

Despite the <<if setup.Curse>>anxiety that has set your bones and mind to buzzing<</if>><<if setup.Comfort>>peace that has settled over you like a warm blanket, urging you back to sleep<</if>>, you push yourself to your feet. The path lies before you, <<if setup.Curse>>narrow and bracketed by thorns<</if>><<if setup.Comfort>>wide and open<</if>>. Although its appearance varies from dream to dream, it is always here. <<nobr>> <div class="choices"> <div class="choice-item">[[Press on.|next]] </div> </div><</nobr>>

Time does not pass in the dream as it would in waking - you could have been walking for minutes or for hours before you reach a branching path. The left is more narrow, but the right disappears into darkness just outside of your range of vision. <<nobr>> <div class="choices"> <div class="choice-item">[[Go left.|left]] </div> <div class="choice-item">[[Go right.|right]] </div> </div><</nobr>>

You follow the path left, careful to avoid the creeping undergrowth that closes in around you. <<if setup.Curse>>Careful as you are, thorns snag your skin and clothes, threatening to tear.<</if>><<if setup.Comfort>>Some of the plants sport berries luminous as gems, in shapes you don't recognize.<</if>> The light fades to silver as you walk, and now when you look up to the thinning canopy you can see the bright face of a full moon overhead. The ground begins to grow spongy beneath your feet. <<nobr>> <div class="choices"> <div class="choice-item">[[Carry on.|swamp]] </div> <div class="choice-item">[[Go back.|next]] </div> </div><</nobr>>

It's difficult to see beyond the first layer of trees in this dark. <<if setup.Curse>>Luckily the path is still wide enough here to avoid the worst of the encroaching brambles.<</if>><<if setup.Comfort>>The rustling of the leaves above and the simple scent of petrichor keep your spirits high. But even still...<</if>> The darkness creeps in. <<nobr>> <div class="choices"> <div class="choice-item">[[Carry on.|clearing]] </div> <div class="choice-item">[[Go back.|youcant]] </div> </div><</nobr>>

<<if setup.Curse>>The ground only gets softer, mud sucking at your boots as you trudge onward, eventually stepping fully into murky water. It stinks of sulfur and rot, trees lying dead and half-submerged in the water. Atop one such tree is the familiar, hunched and avian figure of your dream companion. Its eyes glow amber as it studies you - ever curious. It gestures to the water before you with a clawed hand. "Look," it says in a ragged croak. You do as it bids. As the mud you'd stirred clears, you see fish. "Closer." The water churns and as you lean forward to watch as the fishes' scales begin to flake and their bodies rot, a skeletal hand bursts from the water to clutch your wrist. Your guide squawks, almost indignant, and is gone. With it is your ability to fight against this hand - all control usually found in this dream long gone. You cannot move. You cannot scream. You are pulled into the bog and wake in a cold sweat.<</if>><<if setup.Comfort>>The trees have thinned enough that you can more easily keep your steps from the worst of the encroaching muck. You pick your way across the path, favoring growths of moss and rockier ground to keep your footing steady and mostly dry. Eventually the trees open up before you to reveal a wetland. It's eerie, but washed silver by the moon it's beautiful. Atop a fallen tree, your guide sits and stares out over the marsh - hundreds of crows in the trees behind it. "Not yet," it croaks, "not now. But soon." The crows take to the air and when the guide turns its attention to you, you wake in your own bed, feeling rested.<</if>> <<nobr>> <div class="choices"> <<if setup.Curse>>You feel ill. Your wrist aches. [END]<</if>> <<if setup.Comfort>>There is hope yet. [END]<</if>> <<link '<div class="choice-item">Dream again?</div>' 'reset'>><</link>> </div><</nobr>> <<audio "crow" volume 0.75 play>>

You turn, but the darkness has swallowed the path entirely. <<nobr>> <div class="choices"> <div class="choice-item">[[Try to return.|wake]] </div> <div class="choice-item">[[Nevermind this, carry on.|clearing]] </div> </div><</nobr>>

<<if setup.Curse>>A mad cackle erupts from the dark, seeming to come from all sides at once. The darkness around you seems to close in, leaving the only option to be forward. Despite your heart racing, you force yourself to continue as the laughter fades. The path never branches but it twists in ways that you swear should have looped back to itself by now. It carries on this way endlessly and despite this being a dream you feel exhaustion and dread creeping in. There is no end, but you cannot bring yourself to stop. You have to push on. You have to know. Eventually, your body finally gives in to its exhaustion and you collapse. You hear a rustle of feathers and a crow lands on the ground beside you as your vision greys and you let your eyes close. When you wake in your bed, you only feel all the more exhausted.<</if>><<if setup.Comfort>>Despite the darkness pressing in, you march onward. You hear a small chorus of squawks from the branches around you. You may not be able to see them, but you know they are there. They have been there for as long as you can remember. Although their sometimes strange omens or make you feel as though you are being watched, just as often they are a comfort. Any constant in the chaos of your life is a welcome one. And now here, in the dark, the occasional caw makes you feel less alone here. <</if>> <<nobr>> <div class="choices"> <<if setup.Curse>>You've never felt more alone. [END]<</if>> <<if setup.Comfort>>Even in the dark, you have guidance. [END]<</if>> <<link '<div class="choice-item">Dream again?</div>' 'reset'>><</link>> </div><</nobr>> <<audio "crow" volume 0.75 play>>

You take a step into the dark and your stomach lurches to find no solid ground beneath it as you instead plummet into the dark. You wake with a jolt, staring wide-eyed at the ceiling. There were no answers given, but nor were any ill omens delivered. There have been worse ends. <<nobr>> <div class="choices"> Time to face the day. [END] <<link '<div class="choice-item">Dream again?</div>' 'reset'>><</link>> </div><</nobr>> <<audio "crow" volume 0.75 play>>