(set: $name to (prompt: "A gender-specific feminine name, please:", "name"))
(set: $name2 to (prompt: "A gender-specific masculine name, please:", "name"))
(print: $name) is a (mouseover: "a") [freelance artist as well as a writer. Instead of going to a specific company to work everyday, she works from home. Her husband (print: $name2), works as a software engineer at Facebook. (print: $name) and (print: $name2) has been married for almost 2 years now. Their second anniversary date is on the 4th of July. But recently, (print: $name2) has been acting kind of suspicious. He would leave the house early and return late. Many times, (print: $name) has noticed a flowery scent on (print: $name2)'s shirt that sharply contrasts his usual minty cologne. These suspisions has kept (print: $name) up for nights continuously, but she does not want to doubt her husband's faithfulness.]
It is a Monday morning and (print: $name)'s husband, (print: $name2), is leaving for "work", or so (print: $name2) says. (print: $name) is conflicted. What should she do? Question her husband and demand an explanation for his strange behaviors lately or say goodbye to him and act as if everything is okay?
[[Says goodbye to her husband]]
[[Questions her husband]]At the front door, (print: $name) says goodbye to (print: $name2) as he leaves in his car. (print: $name) continues to stand there until she could no longer see the car (print: $name2) is in. Knowing she should keep busy to avoid thinking too much, (print: $name) decides to go back in the house.
[[She goes back in the house]](print: $name) asks (print: $name2) when he would be back
[[Soon]]
(print: $name2) tells (print: $name) that he would be back as soon as he finishes his work at the office.
[[He gets in his car]](print: $name2) gets in his car to drive to work. As he starts the engine, he heard a noise that seems to be coming from the back of the car
[[Investigate the trunk]]
[[Get out of the car and call 911]](print: $name2) gets out of the car and opens the trunk he finds...
[[Nothing]]
[[A phone]](print: $name2) gets out of the car and dials 911. However no one seems to be picking up. He looks at the time: 8:46. He's going to be late for work. Tom decideds to
[[Investigate the trunk]]
[[Try calling again]]Once back in her house, (print: $name) tries to think of something that would keep her occupied for the rest of the day. She needed something that would help keep her busy physically and mentally. Anything to keep her mind off from her current troubles.
[[Go to her backyard]]
[[Go to her room]]The phone starts to ring. The caller is unknown...
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[[Pick up the phone]]
[[Ignore it]]Nothing was in the trunk of the car. The trunk was empty except for a coil of rope and a blanket
[[Get back into his car]]
[[Lift blanket to see if there is anything underneath]]On the way back to his car, (print: $name2) sees a woman coming towards him.
[[Wait for the woman]]
[[Ignore her]]When (print: $name2) lifts the blanket, he finds a statue of a clown
[[He opens his mouth to scream]]
[[He closes his eyes]](print: $name2) wants to scream. He starts to but he finds that he can no longer move or make a sound. The clown opens its eyes and climbs out of the trunk. It takes the rope in the car and ties up Tom. The clown picked up Tom and threw him in the trunk. Tom had enough, if this was a hallucination then maybe closing his eyes and counting to ten would help.
[[He closes his eyes]](print: $name2) closes his eyes and counts to ten. Not wanting to believe what he saw, he has convinced himself that he is just hallucinating.
[[He opens his eyes]]A deep, scratchy voice says "Go back to your house, your wife is in danger"
[[Go back to the house]]Not wanting to get scammed, (print: $name2) ignores the phone
[[Get back into his car]]When the woman came closer he realize that she looks like (print: $name). Thinking that the woman is (print: $name) he starts to talk to her
[[What's wrong?]]Deciding the woman can't possibly be (print: $name), he decides to ignore her and heads back to his car. (print: $name2) decides to visit the eye doctor later on in the day. (print: $name2) starts his car and drives to work. However, as he nears the office where he works, he notices a black car following him.
[[Ignore the car]]The fake (print: $name), let's call her F (print: $name) asks (print: $name2) to follow her
[[Ask her what is wrong]]
[[Follows her]]"What's wrong? What happened?" (print: $name2) questions F (print: $name) but she ignores his questions. Knowing that he won't get any answers from F (print: $name), (print: $name2) decides to follow her
[[Follows her]]After walking for 10 minutes, they came to a secluded forest. There was no living being in sight. All that was around them was trees, dirt, and more dirt. (print: $name2) follows F (print: $name) deeper into the forest, he was starting to worry: why is F (print: $name) bringing him here? Boom. Boom. Boom. The ground shook and a hole appeared. (print: $name2) slipped and fell into the hole. He tried to reach for F (print: $name) but she moved away. Soon (print: $name2) was trapped in a hole filled with...
[[Snakes]]
[[Water]]
[[Cochroaches]]When he opened his eyes, the statue of the clown is gone. (print: $name2) closes the trunk and turns around
[[He sees the clown standing behind him]]
(print: $name2) sees the clown standing behind him, holding a gun aiming for his heart. (print: $name2) screams and closes his eyes. He opened them a second later to realize that the clown was just a hallucination. He has been watching too many horror movies for his own good.
[[Get back into his car]](print: $name2) tries calling 911 again. All he got was static. He hangs up.
[[Investigate the trunk]](print: $name) goes to her backyard and starts to dance to music that exists only in her head. All of a sudden she hears a cracking sound.
[[The sky opens up]]
[[Run back to the house]](print: $name) heads for her room. On her way, she tries to think of something she would do. There's many things she could do...
[[Read a book]]
[[Take a nap]]The sickening cracking sound seems to be coming from the sky. (print: $name) looks up and she sees a crack appearing in the sky. An giant egg appeared and starts to descend. It comes to a rest in front of (print: $name).
[[She touches the egg]]Out of curiosity, (print: $name) reaches out her arm and touches the egg. The egg was the strangest thing (print: $name) has ever seen in her 28 years alive. Not only was it huge, standing a good 3 feet taller then her 5 feet 5, it was also peculiar to the touch. It was hard and cold but also soft and warm. How can this be? (print: $name) wonders? As she ponders, she feels a pull. The egg is pulling her in...
[[Pulls away]](print: $name2) was already late for work so he decides to ignore the car. He continues to drive and got to his office. He parks his car and gets out of his car. He was stopped by the woman from before who looked like his wife. His curiosity getting the better of him. He does something that he's going to regret later.
[[Wait for the woman]]SNAKES!! He shuddered. Snakes were number one on his most-hated list. They slithered around his. Wrapping around his torso, his neck.. They were choking him, slowly. He needed to find a way to get out of this sticky situation.
[[Screams]]WATER!! (print: $name2) couldn't breathe. He regreted not learning how to swim. He held his breath but he knew that soon he would not be able to breathe. He needed help but how can he reach help when he's trapped?
[[Screams]]COCHROACHES!! He could feel them crawling all over his body. Some were already slipping under his clothes. (print: $name2) squirmed. He shut his eyes, hoping he would wake up and realize this was all just a bad dream. However, when he opening his eyes, he only saw cochroaches covering his eyes. Desperation and helplessness overcame him. He hopes someone comes soon to rescue him.
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(print: $name2) NEEDS help. He lets out an ear-piercing scream, hoping someone, anyone would hear his cries for help. All of a sudden he feels someone pulling him. Believing it was F (print: $name) again, he struggles against it, thinking that the situation he is in right now is better than whatever F (print: $name) has planned for him. By chance he looks up. The hand that is pulling at him, has a ring on the ring finger, it was the same ring that (print: $name) wears. Immediately, (print: $name2) realizes that the person who is trying to pull him up is not F (print: $name) but (print: $name), since (print: $name) always have her wedding ring on her.
[[Stop struggling]]Panicking, (print: $name) tries desperately to pull her hand away from the egg. Her whole right arm was already in the egg. (print: $name) felt herself weakening. The pull from the egg is getting stronger.
[[Gives up the fight]]
She could not put up the fight no longer. Determined to just conserve her energy for whatever the egg plans for her, she lets the egg pull her in. Within seconds, she was in the egg. She heard a flash of thunder and heard wind whoosh by. Then everything was still. What is going on? She wonders? Before she could go to investigate, she hears a high-pitched scream.
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[[Screams]](print: $name2) stops struggling and allows the hand to pull him out. Once out of the sticky situation that he was in. He takes a proper look at his rescuer. It was his wife. This time it really was her. (print: $name) was saying something to him but he realized that he cannot hear her. He panics. What's happening?? The ground beneath starts to sway, (print: $name2) closes his eyes... something cold and slippery is on his face. It's getting on his shirt...
[[Opens his eyes]](print: $name2) decides to go back to the house to check up on his wife. On the way back to his house, he saw a woman coming towards him.
[[Wait for the woman]](print: $name2) opens his eyes quickly, wanting to see what is on his face. A white ceiling, with a single light. He turns his head. A desk crowded with papers and books... (print: $name2) sighs in relief it was all just a dream. Smiling, he gets up and heads downstairs, knowing (print: $name) is cooking breakfast.
The End
[[Start]]After thinking for a moment, (print: $name) decides to read that book that she seems to never be able to finish.
Halfway through, she got bored. Her mind could not seem to focus on story. Sigh, (print: $name) decides that she needs to take breather. Maybe fresh air would help relieve some of her pent-up stress.
[[Go to her backyard]](print: $name) decides to take a nap, she was very tired lately. Maybe it was the stress. Whatever. No matter the reason, (print: $name) decides that she needed her beauty sleep. As she was getting ready for bed, she heard a sudden crash coming from the backyard. She decided to go to investigate what made the noise. In her backyard, (print: $name) looks up to the sky to see something very surprising and out of the ordinary.
[[The sky opens up]]Flustered, (print: $name) runs back to the house. Whatever that thing is in the backyard, she needs to keep her distance. (print: $name) does not care what it is, she wants nothing to do with it.
[[She goes back in the house]]