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<<audio "drive"stop>><<audio "morning" stop>><<audio "eerie" loop play>><style>@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Abel&display=swap'); </style><<timed 1s t8n>><center><h1>[[FOOLISH FIRE|prologue]]</h1></center><</timed>>

<<timed .5s t8n>> Welcome, friend! Please tell me your name: <<textbox "$name" "">> <<next 2s>>And how would you describe your mood right now? <<textbox "$mood" "">> <<next 3s>>When you're ready to begin your adventure, [[click here to begin|intro]]<</timed>>

<<timed 1s t8n>>Greetings $name! <<next 1s>>I understand that you are feeling $mood. <<next 1s>>With that in mind, I have plucked the following tale... <<next 1s>> from one of your possible futures...<<next 3s>> How will it turn out? <<next 1s>> Well, $name, that remains to be seen.<<next 2s>> [[Enjoy!|direction]]<</timed>>

<<audio "eerie" volume 0.75 fadeto 0.05>> <<audio drive play volume 0.05>><<audio "drive" volume 0.05 fadeto 0.30>><<type 40ms start 2s>>One winter evening you are driving home just as twilight is turning into night. You are tired and hoping to get home quickly. Google Maps always suggests an old forest road to save you half an hour when you are traveling this way. Feeling adventurous, you slow down at the [[turn|no...]]. <</type>>

<<audio "drive" time 120>> <<audio "night" loop play>><<timed 1s t8n>>Your curiosity gets the best of you. <<next 2s>>Something compels you to step out of your car. <<next 2s>>As you walk a few steps into the forest... <<next 3s>>you notice a weird <<cycle "$answer" autoselect>> <<option "light">> <<option "fire?">> <<option owl?>> <<option ummm...>> <<option "[[ghost??|light]]" >><</cycle>> and try to snap a photo of it<</timed>>

<<audio "drive" time 120>><<timed 2s t8n>>You remind yourself that it’s late, and you are trying to get home. <<next>>You dismiss the opportunity, and drive on. <<next 3s>>Or, at least, you try to. <<next>>The car has stalled.<<next>> “Well, I might as well [[check this out|forest route]],” you convince yourself. <</timed>>

<<cycle "$answer" autoselect>> <<option "[img[https://clogosphere.neocities.org/if/ff/orb.gif]]">> <<option "You reach for your camera.">> <<option "[img[https://clogosphere.neocities.org/if/ff/phone1.gif]]">> <<option "You raise your phone, but it shuts off.">> <<option "[img[https://clogosphere.neocities.org/if/ff/orb.gif][encounter]]">> <</cycle>>

<<type 40ms>>You're startled by what you see. The orb seems closer suddenly...or maybe it is just larger. "Maybe it's friendly?" you ask yourself...hmm...You ponder the possibilities: Do you want to reach out to [[touch the orb|touch]] with your hand? Or...<em>why are you even mulling over this?</em> -- [[just run!|run]]<</type>>

<<set $encounter to 1>><<type 50ms>><<timed 5s>><<goto "wakeup">><</timed>>You reach your hand out towards the orb. Expecting to feel heat, you are surprised that it is quite cold. The quality of light increases, becomes blindingly bright <</type>>

<<type 30ms>><<timed 5s>><<goto "wakeup">><</timed>>You begin running away. You hear the leaves crunching beneath your feet and see the hideous blue light of the orb illuminating the path in front of you."Is it actually getting brighter?" you wonder. Determined you keep running. <</type>>

<<audio "night" volume 0.75 fadeout>> <<audio morning loop play volume 0.05>><<if $encounter eq 1>> <center><<timed 2s t8n>><<cycle "$answer" autoselect>> <<option "That's all you clearly remember">> <<option "You wake up">> <<option "safe">> <<option "in your car.">> <<option "there's a note">> <<option "clenched in your fist">> <<option "you read the note">> <<option "[img[https://clogosphere.neocities.org/if/ff/note.gif][end]]">> <</cycle>><</timed>></center> <<else>> <style> .flex-container { display: flex; flex-wrap: nowrap; } .flex-container > div { width: 100px; margin: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: 75px; font-size: 20px; } </style> <<timed 2s t8n>> That's all you clearly remember <<next>> The rest is a fog of memories <<next>>or imaginings... <<next>> <div class="flex-container"> <div> </div> <div><img src="https://clogosphere.neocities.org/if/ff/fog1.gif" width=100px height=100px></div> <div> </div> <div><img src="https://clogosphere.neocities.org/if/ff/orb.gif" width=100px height=100px></div> <div> </div> <div><img src="https://clogosphere.neocities.org/if/ff/fog2.gif" width=100px height=100px></div> <div>floating in half [[confusion|end]]</div> </div> <</timed>><</if>>

<<audio "morning" volume 0.25 fadeto 0.05>> <<audio drive loop play volume 0.05>><<audio "drive" volume 0.05 fadeto 0.30>><<type 35ms>>You crumple it up. It makes no more sense than anything else you've experienced in the last several hours. Miraculously, your car starts, and your gas tank has been refilled! You drive out of the forest and spend the rest of the day trying to make sense of your weird experience. ---- Still feeling $mood, $name? ---- The End Story written by Carl Diehl, based on the Will-O'-The-Wisps folktales compiled in D.L. Ashliman's collection of Folklore & Mythology. Image and Text by Carl Diehl Sounds from Freesound.org 2023 [[I want to get back into the car.|direction]]<</type>>

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-pulling my hair out. had this assignment done and imported ff polished into my twine so i could have the reference there to look at. it wrote over the one i had finished and wouldn't let me control z. starting over. -changed style sheet -editted style sheet colors/fonts/etc -made text faster bc it was driving me crazy -added passages -deleted passages -editted text -added cycle macros -editted cycles -forest route/usual road made obsolete -how do i center photos after doing the style sheet? cant figure it out -sometimes pages that have not been editted will only display as their coding when play testing -added typing macros -added timing macros

You get a bad feeling. You should probably take your <<cycle "$answer" autoselect>> <<option "normal route">> <<option "- WOAH!">> <<option "- a tree fell, blocking your path!">> <<option "- [[you have to take the other route.|frozen]]">> <</cycle>>

<<timed 1s t8n>>You suddenly find yourself frozen. <<next 1s>>Something compels you to step out of your car. <<next 1s>>Wait, what is [[that|light]]??<</timed>>