Sugarcane

You ask the waiter for a carry out bag.\n\n[[Home]]

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A wooden gate with a big black and white and red Beware Of Dog sign.\n\nThey open the gate a crack, then all the way when they see it's [[you]].

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somehow it's morning [[again|living room]]

[[The flames consume you.|transit]]

This date is going really well.\n\n<<replace "Wipe the blood off your mouth.">><<replace "So hungry.">><<replace "Let the shards swirl around your mouth.">><<replace "Feel them cutting open your gums.">>[[Getting kind of full.]]<<endreplace>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>>

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Time for work.\n\n<<set $stage = $stage + 1>><<if $stage eq 1>>[[open the pod|kit 1]]<<endif>><<if $stage eq 2>>[[open the pod|kit 2]]<<endif>><<if $stage eq 3>>[[open the pod|kit 3]]<<endif>><<if $stage eq 4>>[[open the pod|kit 4]]<<endif>><<if $stage eq 5>>[[open the pod|kit 5]]<<endif>><<if $stage eq 6>>[[open the pod|kit 6]]<<endif>>

listening to late night radio as you fall [[asleep]]\n\nreports of depraved cyber hackers tampering with the pod systems\n\nLAPD says they have everything under control

You're on a date in a restaurant.\n\n[[Smile.]]

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You light a cigarette.\n\nWas it good for you too?\n\n[[Wake up.|living room]]

<<if $belt lt 5>>[[Relax|belt]]<<else>>[[Crushed|transit]]<<endif>>\n\n<<set $belt = $belt + 1>><<if $belt eq 1>>You relax and let the conveyor belt's smooth rollers carry you along.<<endif>>\n\n<<if $belt eq 2>>Rubbery black fluid glops from the ceiling and encases your business-suit clad body.<<endif>>\n\n<<if $belt eq 3>>Heat fans solidify the rubber.<<endif>>\n\n<<if $belt eq 4>>The conveyor belt hums along.<<endif>>\n\n<<if $belt eq 5>>A massive metal cylinder descends from the ceiling and crushes your body.<<endif>>

You gaze out across the skyline. Dark structures and fumes.\n\n<<if $drank eq 0>>[[ok|living room 2]]<<else>>[[ok|drink 2]]<<endif>>

happy valentwine's day from porpentine\n\n[[*]]

Obsidian DVD player. Obsidian plasma TV. Obsidian refrigerator with stainless steel ice machine.\n\n<<if $drank eq 0>>[[ok|living room 2]]<<else>>[[ok|drink 2]]<<endif>>

You run all the way across the mall arcology.\n\n[[You feel pretty okay.|1-store]]

The other person is sitting across from you.\n\n<<replace "The waiter brings over a plate.">>On the plate is a hammer and a screwdriver with a side of broken [[glass]].<<endreplace>>

dreamless\n\nbodiless\n\nyou sleep\n\nand feel nothing til you [[wake|living room]]

ALL I WANT IS FOR ALL OF MY FRIENDS TO BECOME INSANELY POWERFUL by [[porpentine|http://slimedaughter.com/]]\n\nthank you [[marina|http://youtu.be/Cr-SqRWImmI]]

The black factory ruin still functions on auxiliary battery power.\n\nGiant crushing machines. Conveyor belts. Vats of rubbery black fluid.\n\n<<set $factory = $factory + 1>><<if $factory eq 1>>You are a lone figure walking across the white gypsum desert into the black factory ruin.<<else>>You stand inside the black factory ruin, breathing steadily.<<endif>>\n\n<<if $factory eq 1>>[[Remove sunglasses|factory]]<<endif>><<if $factory eq 2>>[[Fold them|factory]]<<endif>><<if $factory eq 3>>[[Set them down on the concrete|factory]]<<endif>><<if $factory eq 4>>[[Lie down on the conveyor belt|belt]]<<endif>>

You arrive at a run-down little house in the suburbs.\n\n<<replace "knock on the door">><<replace "no answer">><<replace "check out back">>The backyard is behind a wooden fence and [[gate]].<<endreplace>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>>

You pilot your rented obsidian Segway through the mall arcology for 1 hour. Holo-maps guide your way.\n\n[[Arrive|front]]

The pod explodes with pink goo and confetti\n\nspraying the interior of your apartment\n\ndrenching you in bubblegum-citrus smelling fluid.\n\n[[!|living room final]]

The mansion.\n\n<<replace "Unlock the gate.">><<replace "Cross the lawn.">><<replace "Open the door.">>[[go inside|mansion]]<<endreplace>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>>

You drive your rented black minivan through the desert for 1 hour. You follow the GPS precisely.\n\n[[Arrive|factory]]

A pink tanker truck with green day-glo streaks is parked in front of your apartment building.\n\n<<replace "try the key">><<replace "get inside">><<replace "start the engine">>[[follow the GPS|across]]<<endreplace>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>>

And [[wake up.|living room]]

You drive to the mansion.\n\n[[The gate is open.|pills]]

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Endless suburb sky above the fence, smoky evening catching the smog from LA.\n\n<<replace "They ask, you sure about this?">><<replace "Nod.">><<replace "They take you out back. Cheap kid's toys lie in the dry mud. A black tarp covers something in the dirt.">><<replace "They throw back the tarp. A pit of blue dust, shimmering softly.">><<replace "You dig your fingers into the cool dust.">>[[You close your eyes.]]<<endreplace>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>>

"Come in, come in."\n\nThey look appraisingly at your tear ducts. \n\n"We're looking for someone who can weep in a friendly, engaging manner."\n\n<<replace "Try real hard.">><<replace "You can't perform.">><<replace "You strain.">><<replace "Try harder.">>To your supreme shock and horror you realize you haven't cried for years. [[ Wake up.|living room]]<<endreplace>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>>

Time for work.\n\n[[open the pod|kit x]]

You drive across the desert until you reach the [[factory|5-1]].

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You made millions last year arranging deadly accidents for cyborg baseball players.\n\n<<if $drank eq 0>>[[ok|living room]]<<else>>[[ok|drink]]<<endif>>

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White carpet. Black ceiling. Glass [[walls]]. All your [[furniture]] is obsidian.\n\nOn the glass coffee table is a [[catcher's mitt]].\n\nYou recline with a cold glass of milk with ice in your air-conditioned apartment.\n\n[[Drink that milk|drink]]

porpentine

All I want is for all of my friends to become insanely powerful

White carpet. Black ceiling. Glass [[walls]]. All your [[furniture]] is obsidian.\n\nOn the glass coffee table is a [[catcher's mitt]].\n\nReclining in your air-conditioned apartment, nursing dregs of milk and ice.\n\nA [[pod]] falls from the ceiling chute and thumps softly on the carpet.<<set $drank = 1>>

You made millions last year arranging deadly accidents for cyborg baseball players.\n\n<<if $drank eq 0>>[[ok|living room 2]]<<else>>[[ok|drink 2]]<<endif>>

This glass looks good.\n\n<<replace "Raise the first shard to your lips.">><<replace "Wow this is really good.">><<replace "Love this copper aftertaste.">>[[Take another bite.]]<<endreplace>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>>

You gaze out across the skyline. Dark structures and fumes.\n\n<<if $drank eq 0>>[[ok|living room]]<<else>>[[ok|drink]]<<endif>>

White carpet. Black ceiling. Glass [[walls|walls.]]. All your [[furniture|furniture.]] is obsidian.\n\nOn the glass coffee table is a [[catcher's mitt|catcher's mitt.]].\n\nYou recline with a cold glass of milk with ice in your air-conditioned apartment.\n\n[[Drink that milk|drink 2]]

A futuristic make-up store full of bright colors and gleaming black floor.\n\n<<replace "swing the baseball bat into the glass door">><<replace "bash in the fractured glass">>[[step through|store]]<<endreplace>><<endreplace>>

You arrive at the makeup store. The store is completely repaired.\n\n<<replace "Smear some lipstick across your lips.">>Your lips are fuchsia.<<set $makeup = $makeup + 1>><<if $makeup gte 3>>[[ Pose.|transit]]<<endif>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>>\n\n<<replace "Twist mascara across your eyelashes.">>Your lashes are full.<<set $makeup = $makeup + 1>><<if $makeup gte 3>>[[ Pose.|transit]]<<endif>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>>\n\n<<replace "Brush your nails with polish.">>Your nails are metallic silver.<<set $makeup = $makeup + 1>><<if $makeup gte 3>>[[ Pose.|transit]]<<endif>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>>

Obsidian DVD player. Obsidian plasma TV. Obsidian refrigerator with stainless steel ice machine.\n\n<<if $drank eq 0>>[[ok|living room]]<<else>>[[ok|drink]]<<endif>>

The pink tanker truck has a huge hose attached to it.\n\n<<replace "Unhook the hose">>[[Spray]]<<endreplace>>

glass\n\nice\n\nmilk\n\n[[sit down|living room]]

White carpet. Black ceiling. Glass [[walls|walls.]]. All your [[furniture|furniture.]] is obsidian.\n\nOn the glass coffee table is a [[catcher's mitt|catcher's mitt.]].\n\nReclining in your air-conditioned apartment, nursing dregs of milk and ice.\n\nA [[pod|pod x]] falls from the ceiling chute and thumps softly on the carpet.<<set $drank = 1>>

Pink goo fountains from the tube, coating the factory's black walls, clogging the machinery.\n\nThe factory is completely encased in pink goo.\n\nSmells like bubblegum and citrus.\n\n[[Inhale|transit]]

[[+|end]]

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as you fall asleep\n\n<<replace "the past rises up in front of you again">><<replace "but somehow">><<replace "this time it passes through you like">><<replace "you're made of air">><<replace "you see it all">><<replace "and somehow">><<replace "it doesn't matter">><<replace "as much as it used to">>[[wake up|living room 2]]<<endreplace>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>>

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You're sitting on the side of your bed with your date. The hammer and screwdriver are resting on the bed, softly depressed into the black sheets.\n\n<<replace "Use the hammer on yourself">><<replace "This must be right">><<replace "This is expected of me">><<replace "Crack">>Your hand hangs limply from your arm, a big green-black bruise spreading along your wrist.<<set $sex = $sex + 1>><<if $sex gte 2>>[[ Find your lighter.|after]]<<endif>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>>\n\n<<replace "Use the screwdriver on yourself">><<replace "It digs into your thigh, not yet breaking the skin">><<replace "If you cared about your date, you'd fill your thigh with the screwdriver">><<replace "A spinning motion gets it deeper inside">><<replace "You pride yourself on your sexual prowess">>The black sheets hide the blood pretty well.<<set $sex = $sex + 1>><<if $sex gte 2>>[[ Find your lighter.|after]]<<endif>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>>

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