your just an ordanary wizard. you work in a small shop, you live in a small house. you want to get into the grand academy of wizardry, but every student first needs to find a sword. but not just any sword, you need a MAGIC sword.
(link:"create your charicter!")[==
what would you like to name your charicter?
(input-box: bind $name, "=X=", "Hildred")
they work in a _____ shop
(input-box: bind $shop, "=X=", "book")
[[start]]The date is december seventh, the sky is grey and full of clouds. last night it snowed, and all of the sorounding rooftops are covered in a blanket of white. You are reading the (link-reveal: "newspaper")[, curently an artical about a new breakthrough in magicology,] in your small apartment at the edge of the city. the phone rings.
[[pick up the phone]]
[[finish reading the newspaper]]You pick up the phone. "Hello? this is $name"
"Hello, this is the Winchestor Swords & Wizardry Company. We wish to inform you that you are curently being paired with a magic sword, but there has been such high demand lately that im afraid were quite low on stock. There is one candidate, however im afraid it is defective. It dosent speak, and there apears to be something wrong with its gem pommel. We would be willing to give you a 50% discount. Would you like to schedual a visit to meet the sword?"
(link: "What is wrong with the swords pommel?")["What is wrong with the swords pommel?" you ask.
There is a slight pause, "I'm afraid that it dose not have a constant glow like the others, it blinks on and off. We belive it may be damaged"]
(link: "What do you mean the sword dosent speak?")["What do you mean the sword dosent speak?" you ask.
"Unlike the other swords this one never learned to vocalise. most swords learn basic common within a month, this one has never made a sound"]
[[Yes, I would like to schedual a visit]]
[[No, I dont want your defective sword. I can wait till you can get me a proper one]]"wonderfull! dose the original date we chose still work for you, or would you like to reschedual?"
(link-reveal: "what was the date? I dont remember")[ you ask. "three days from now, the tenth of december." the person responds]
[[yes, that date still works for me]]
[[could we reschedual for tomorow?]]"I am sorry to hear that, if you change your mind feel free to call us again. would you like to buy any of our other products? we also sell wands, potions, hats, and robes" the person on the other end says, but you know most of there products are far to expensive, so you politly decline and hang up the phone.
(link: "time gose on")[==
(set:$shop to (prompt: "what dose the shop you work at sell?", "potions"))you work at a $shop shop, and sales are good, but the work is fairly dull. on the 9th, you receive a letter in the mail with your cousins seal.
open the letter
(click-replace: "open the letter")[you mutter a spell under your breath tapping the letter twice. the letter opens up as comanded. it reads:
dear $name,
I hope this letter finds you in good health. due to forseen circomstances my class at the fortune telling academy has been canceled. however I still wish to stay with you for the 13th through the 20th.
sincerly,
Cousin Gwendolyn sharp-hat.]
(link: "continue")[==
(set: _breakfast to (prompt: "what do you like to eat for breakfast?" , "tea and scones")) you are morning breakfast of _breakfast when you get a call. its from an old friend you havent talked to in months, you were planning to go to university together.
[[pick up the phone->chat with friend]]
[[leave it till later]]"splendid! then we shall see you then" the reseptionist hangs up.
[[next->inbetween day]]"we have an open slot tommorow at 11am till 12, would you like me to reschedual to then?"
[[yes->yes, that date still works for me]]
[[no, the original date is fine->yes, that date still works for me 2]] (set:$newspaper to 1)the artical you were reading is fasinating, aperantly magicologists have discovered that the blinking from poorly cut enmagiced gemstones previosly asumed to be random actualy follow a sort of pattern, which some experts belive may be a code. they change there blinking pattern based on stimulus such as tapping on the gem or submerging it in water. the other news is rather boring, the pheonix robes one the spellcasting tornument (as they had done for the past ten years, the judges are clearly biased). the high council gave out another order no one asked for, this time demanding that all citizens in the posetion of fire mice obtian a permit to keep their pets. at the end there was an anonomouse note from a flower gardener claiming that their soil had been poisoned, but there was little evidence.
when you are done you stand up, stretch, and look back at the phone. the caller from before left a message.
it reads "this is the Winchestor Swords & Wizardry Company. we wish to inform you that you are curently being paired with a magic sword, but unfortunatly we are low on stock and you should expect significant delays. we wish to offer you deal for a defective candidate at a 50% discount. press 1 to visit this sword at your previosly schedualed apointment, press 2 to cancel the apointment until we can offer a new candidate, press 3 to cancel your order."
[[press 1]]
[[press 2]]
[[press 3]]"thank you for shopping at winchestor swords & wizardry. The winchestor swords & wizardry company offers a wide variety of items including magic swords, wands, potions, hats, and robes. to for more information visit winchestor-swords-and-wizardry.com." You know the other things on that site are to expensive, so you hang up.
(link: "time gose on")[==
(set:$shop to (prompt: "what dose the shop you work at sell?", "potions"))you work at a $shop shop, and sales are good, but the work is fairly dull. on the 9th, you receive a letter in the mail with your cousins seal.
open the letter
(click-replace: "open the letter")[you mutter a spell under your breath tapping the letter twice. the letter opens up as comanded. it reads:
dear $name,
I hope this letter finds you in good health. due to forseen circomstances my class at the fortune telling academy has been canceled. however I still wish to stay with you for the 13th through the 20th.
sincerly,
Cousin Gwendolyn sharp-hat.]
(link: "continue")[==
(set: _breakfast to (prompt: "what do you like to eat for breakfast?" , "tea and scones")) you are morning breakfast of _breakfast when you get a call. its from an old friend you havent talked to in months, you were planning to go to university together.
[[pick up the phone->chat with friend]]
[[leave it till later]]"we are sorry to hear that you wish to cancel your order. The winchestor swords & wizardry company offers a wide variety of items including magic swords, wands, potions, hats, and robes. to for more information visit winchestor-swords-and-wizardry.com." You know the other things on that site are to expensive, so you hang up.
(link: "time gose on")[==
the sales at your $shop shop are good, but the work is fairly dull. on the 9th, you receive a letter in the mail with your cousins seal.
open the letter
(click-replace: "open the letter")[you mutter a spell under your breath tapping the letter twice. the letter opens up as comanded. it reads:
dear $name,
I hope this letter finds you in good health. due to forseen circomstances my class at the fortune telling academy has been canceled. however I still wish to stay with you for the 13th through the 20th.
sincerly,
Cousin Gwendolyn sharp-hat.]
(link: "continue")[==
(set: _breakfast to (prompt: "what do you like to eat for breakfast?" , "tea and scones")) you are morning breakfast of _breakfast when you get a call. its from an old friend you havent talked to in months, you were planning to go to university together.
[[pick up the phone->chat with friend]]
[[leave it till later]](set: _breakfast to (prompt: "what do you like to eat for breakfast?" , "tea and scones"))
days pass and now its the day of your visit. you wake up and have your morning breakfast of _breakfast. you check the mail, theres a single letter with your counsins seal on it.
open the letter
(click-replace: "open the letter")[you mutter a spell under your breath tapping the letter twice. the letter opens up as comanded. it reads:
dear $name,
I hope this letter finds you in good health. due to forseen circomstances my class at the fortune telling academy has been canceled. however I still wish to stay with you for the 13th through the 20th.
sincerly,
Cousin Gwendolyn sharp-hat.]
you stand infront of your closet and think for a moment, do you want to dress formaly or casual?
(link-reveal: "formaly")[(set: $stylishness to $stylishness+1)you deside its best to look nice when meeting a new sword, so you search your closet for a nice (link-reveal: "outfit.")[(set: $stylishness to $stylishness+1)(set:$outfit to (prompt: "what do you want to wear?", "a nice midnight blue robe")) you chose to wear $outfit.]] you grab your favorite bag and stuff it with the esentials.(click-replace: "the esentials")[(set: $esentials to (prompt: "what are your 'esentials'?", "your glasses and way to many books")) $esentials and a few trinkets] you wont be gone for long, only an hour or two so that should suffice.
(link: "your ready to go")[==
(set: $griffin to (prompt: "what is your griffins name?", "mr. fluffy")) you head out the door and walk down your frost covered steps to the stables, where your griffin $griffin waits patiently. you saddle $griffin up and mount. $griffin launches into the air. from up here you can see almost all of the city. there are skyscrapers and casltes and little farmhouses making a beautiful mess. all around you people fly on enchanted broomsticks, flying elephants, and carages pulled by pegesuses. you stear $griffin through the crowd of wizards twards your destination, a large brick and cobble tower at the center of the city. you land in a parking lot a few blocks away from the tower, and wave $griffin goodbye. you walk the rest of the way to the tower. it isent that far, but its cold out and the ground is covered in a thin layer of snow.(if: $newspaper is 0)[ There's a shop with some tvs in the window brodcasting some (link-reveal:"news.")[
" magicologists have discovered that the blinking from poorly cut enmagiced gemstones previosly asumed to be random actualy follow a sort of pattern, which some experts belive may be a code" says a reporter. (link: "continue listing")["They change there blinking pattern based on stimulus such as tapping on the gem or submerging it in water."
It cuts to a video of a tragicaly cracked blue gemstone. it blinks at a regulare interval, flash, slow blink, flash. then a resercher picks up the gemstone and submerges it in water. the gemstone begins to flash irradicaly: flash! two slow blinks, flash, and another slow blink. theres a pause where the gemstone remains dark. the tv switches back to the news reportes face. "as you can see, the gemstone behaves unpredictably. reserchers are currently atempting to determin if there is any pattern to their flashing, but it apears every gemstone responds diffrently"]]]
you aproach the building. a large pair of walnut wood doors face you. you take a deep breath, weather or not you get a functioning magic sword could determin weather you get into university. you dont need it to talk or glow, you just need it to //work//. it needs to vanish when you let go, it needs to act as a massive wand when comanded, it needs to save your skin when you mess up a dual.
[[step through the doors]]you press 1 and put the phone down. you glance at your calendar to check which date the apointment will be. its in three days on december 10th.
[[next->inbetween day]]you wave your hand and mutter a few words under your breath and the two massive doors open to reveal a large room with a spiral staircase running around the edge. you walk in and are greeted by a tired looking young man sitting at the desk infront of a truely massive book. he waves, "and who might you be?"
(link: "My name's " + (str: $name))[=="my name's $name" you answer.
"$name..." he flips through his book, "oh! you would be the wizard meeting the defective sword! that'll be door number thirty two"
(link:"\"stop calling me sword defective\"")["stop calling my sword defective" you say.
"apologies, I will refrain from doing so again. its just... you are aware of its... particularitys, correct?"
(link:"I am aware")[
the young man nods and goes back to flipping through his large book]]
(link: "say somthing as you walk up the stairs to room 32")[==
(set: _lastwords to (prompt: "what do you say to him as you leave?", "thank you!")) "_lastwords" you say as you begin to walk up the stairs. room 32 is pretty far up, so it takes you a while to get there. as you run up the wooden steps you see a little blue frog-mouse hopping past you with a small (link:"peice of paper in its mouth.")[you whistle a little tune your mother taught you and the frog mouse becomes slow and tired as your spell takes affect. you take the parchment from its mouth. it reads:
Dear Mr. Dew,
as an aspiring scientist I would thoroughly enjoy a chance to in depth study this "defective" sword you currently have in your colection. in my breif visit I was able to see that its pommel flashes in consistent lengths. somtimes it flashes for aproximatly one third of a second, and otherwise it flashes for one second.
kind regards,
- Patrick Evans
you put the paper back into the frog-mouses mouth and end the little tune. the mouse awakens and looks around in confusion for a moment before continueing to bound down the stairs.]
Eventualy you arive at a small wooden door with the number 32 engraved in it. you knock and are greeted by a smiling middle aged woman with a large pointed hat.
"hello! im Phaedra and you must be $name, come in"
The room is small and the walls are covered in tapastries. It's furnished with a big green sofa in the corner and a little round table, ontopof which is layed a large gold and bronze sword. The sword remains silent as you walk up and stare at its magestic blade. The gemstone in the pommel is a briliant red garnet, (Link-reveal:"flickering like a broken lighbulb.")[(set:$telegraph to true) it blinks once, then glows for a while, faltering slightly then continuing. there is a pause. then in short sucsession the gem blinks four times and pauses again. then it flashes breifly, then lights up for a little longer followed by another pause. it lights up for little while, then there is a //very// long pause. then it picks back up again with a long flash and a blink. has three long flashes, a pause, a blink, and two more long flashes.<!-- what now --> then the pattern repeats. it reminds you of a telegraph. [[tap the gem twice]]]
(link: "touch the flat of the blade")[you run your fingers down the blade. it is smooth, cold, and hard. it has a divit in the center of the blade. you can feel magic pulsing through the metal, giving it a slight glow. unlike other magic swords you have encountered, the blade does not shout or hum when you touch it. It simply continues to blink in its odd little pattern.]
[[pick the sword up]]you tap the gem twice<!-- I -->. the blinking pauses and the pattern changes. theres a long blink, a short blink, two long blinks and a pause. three long blinks follow, then two flashes and a long blink<!-- you -->. Phaedra sits down on the sofa. the sword remains silent.(if: $style is 1)[ "I love your outfit, $outfit looks good on you" Phaedra says (link:"say thank you")["thank you, I picked it out special for today" you say.]]
(link: (v6m:)["so what do you think of the sword?"])[==
(link:"Im unsure, the weights nice, but can it realy do everything I need it to do?")["Im unsure, the weights nice, but can it realy do everything I need it to do?" you ask.
Phaedra smiles, "It seems to be able to preform the normal tasks, aside from speaking"]
|telegraph>[$telegraph[
[[I think it might be actualy be talking, the flashing reminds me of morse code->morse code 2]]
] ]
(link:"nod and continue examining the sword")[(hide:?Telegraph)you nod and continue examining the sword.(if:$telegraph is false)[ the pattern it blinks sortof reminds you of a telegraph(set:$telegraph to true)]]
you pick the sword up. it has a good weight. the sword looks like its blinking (link-reveal:"diffrently")[a short flash, folowed by a long pulse and a pause, then four short flashes. then it repeats(if:$telegraph is 0)[, sortof like a telegraph(set: $telegraph to true)]]. Phaedra sits down on the sofa. the sword remains silent.(if: $style is 1)[ I love your outfit, $outfit looks good on you, Phaedra says (link:"say thank you")["thank you, I picked it out special for today" you say.]]
(link: "continue")[==
"what do you think of the sword?"
$telegraph[ [[I think it might be talking in code, the flashing reminds me of morse code->morse code]] ]
(link:"Im unsure, the weights nice, but can it realy do everything I need it to do?")["Im unsure, the weights nice, but can it realy do everything I need it to do?" you ask.
Phaedra smiles, "It seems to be able to preform the normal tasks, aside from speaking"]
"I think it might be talking in code, the flashing reminds me of morse code" you say
"oh realy? how interesting. now that you say that it dose look alot like morse code. let me grab a pen and paper so you can write it down" Phaedra gets up and moves one of the tapestrys in the back of the room to reveal a cabinet, which she pulls some writing supplys out of. she walks over and sets them on the table.
(link:"record the flashes")[==
you write down the sereis of flashes, it says '.- ....' which translates to "ah". you put the sword down, and it changes its flashing pattern.
(link:"record the flashes")[==
The sword says ".... .." what dose that translate to?
(input-box: bind $codeguess, "=X=", "?")
(link:"enter")[==
(if: (p-ins:"hi") matches (str:$codeguess))[The swords says ".... .." which you expertly translate to "hi"](else:)[The swords says ".... .." which you miss-translate, however the woman catches your mistake. the result reads "Hi"]
[[say hello back]]
"I think it might be talking in code, the flashing reminds me of morse code" you say
"oh realy? how interesting. now that you say that it dose look alot like morse code. let me grab a pen and paper so you can write it down" the woman gets up and moves one of the tapestrys in the back of the room to reveal a cabinet, which she pulls some writing supplys out of. she walks over and sets them on the table.
(link:"record the flashes")[==
you write down the sereis of flashes. it says '_.__ ___ .._' which translates to "you". it seems odd, but then you remeber that you just said '..' which means 'I'. after finishing decoding, you see that the sword changed its flashing pattern.
(link:"record the flashes")[==
The sword says ".... .." what dose that translate to?
(input-box: bind $codeguess, "=X=", "?")
(link:"enter")[==
(if: (p-ins:"hi") matches (str:$codeguess))[The swords says ".... .." which you expertly translate to "hi"](else:)[The swords says ".... .." which you miss-translate, however the woman catches your mistake. the result reads "Hi"]
[[say hello back]](if: $friend is 0)[(set:$friend to(prompt: "what is your friends name?", "Petter"))]you pick up the phone. "hello! this is $friend, is this $name?"
(link:"yes")[==
"yes, thats me" you respond.
"longtime no see, eh? have you found your sword yet? I got mine last week!"
[[yes!]]
[[no, they're out of stock]]you finish eating your breakfast. your friend left a message.
(Link:"listen to the message")[==
(set:$friend to(prompt: "what is your friends name?", "Petter"))the mesage is as follows:
"hey $name, its me $friend. I just wanted to chat, call me back when you have time?"
[[Call back->chat with friend]]
[[Continue]] "yes! I just got mine recently" you lie.
"wonderfull! then were on the right track to get into university together next year, all we need to do now is attend the wizardry test and asuming we pass we'll be in!"
the conversation gose on for a while longer, $friend is eager to go to university with you. you also talk about other things, $friend asks about you $shop shop, you ask about there potion shop, but eventualy the conversation comes to a close. it made you think about your choice to turn down the sword.
[[call The winchestor swords & wizardry company back, you changed your mind->call back about sword]]
[[Continue]]
(set:$swordlie to True)"no, they're out of stock" you say.
"realy? they didnt have //any//? thats odd"
(link:"well there was one, but it was defective")[=="well there was one, but it was defective"
"huh, strange. im sorry, maybe they'll have some in a month or two?"
"ya, maybe"
the conversation gose on for a bit longer about other things, $friend asks about your $shop shop, you ask about their potion shop, but eventualy the conversation comes to a close. it made you think about your choice to turn down the sword.
[[call The winchestor swords & wizardry company back, you changed your mind->call back about sword]]
[[Continue]]
(set:$swordlie to false)you pick up the phone and dial in the number. the phone rings for a little, then someone picks up on the other end.
"hello, this is The winchestor swords & wizardry company, what can I do for you"
(link: "this is "+(str:$name)+", you offered me a defective sword earlier and I declined, but I have since changed my mind. May I schedual a visit with the sword?")[==
"this is $name, you offered me a defective sword earlyer and I declined, but I have since changed my mind. may I schedual a visit with the sword?" you ask.
you hear the clicking of a keyboard for a moment, then "we curently have a slot early tommorow open, would you like to schedual an apointment then?"
[[yes->visit]]
[[no, I change my mind->Continue]] (set: _beverage to (prompt: "what is your favorit warm beverage" , "hot chocolate"))
Days pass and now its the day of your visit. You wake up and have your breakfast and a nice warm cup of _beverage. You check the mail, but theres nothing interesting, only a few letters from companys asking for money.
You deside its best to look nice when meeting a new sword, even if its a defective one, so you search your closet for a nice (link-reveal: "outfit.")[(set: $stylishness to $stylishness+1)(set:$outfit to (prompt: "what do you want to wear?", "a suit")) You chose to wear $outfit.] You grab your favorite bag and stuff it with the esentials.(click-replace: "the esentials")[(set: $esentials to (prompt: "what are your 'esentials'?", "your glasses, way to many books")) $esentials and a few trinkets] You wont be gone for long, only an hour or two so that should suffice.
(link: "You're ready to go")[==
(set: $griffin to (prompt: "what is your griffins name?", "Mr. fluff")) You you head out the door and walk down your frost covered steps to the stables, where your griffin $griffin waits patiently. You saddle $griffin up and mount. $griffin launches into the air. from up here you can see almost all of the city. There are skyscrapers and casltes and little farmhouses making a beautiful mess. All around you people fly on enchanted broomsticks, flying elephants, and carriages pulled by pegasuses. You stear $griffin through the crowd of wizards twards your destination, a large brick and cobble tower twards the center of the city. You land in a griffin parking lot a few blocks away from the tower, and wave $griffin goodbye. you walk the rest of the way to the tower. It isent that far, but its cold out and the ground is covered in a thin layer of snow.(if: $newspaper is 0)[ There's a shop with some tvs in the window brodcasting some (link-reveal:"news.")[" magicologists have discovered that the blinking from poorly cut enmagiced gemstones previosly asumed to be random actualy follow a sort of pattern, which some experts belive may be a code" says a reporter. (link: "continue listing")["they change there blinking pattern based on stimulus such as tapping on the gem or submerging it in water."]]]
you aproach the building. a large pair of walnut wood doors face you. you take a deep breath, weather or not you get a functioning magic sword could determin weather you get into university. you dont need it to talk or glow, you just need it to //work//. it needs to vanish when you let go, it needs to act as a massive wand when comanded, it needs to save your skin when you mess up a dual.
[[step through the doors]]how do you say "hello" in morse code? (use - for dashes and . for dots)
(input-box: bind $codeguess, "=X=", "?")
(link:"enter")[==
(if:(p:".... . .-.. .-.. ---") matches (str:$codeguess))[(goto: "sword talk")](else:)[(goto: "sword what")]
veins of magic glow a little brighter on the blade, and the sword replys "-. .- -- . ..--.."
what dose that translate to?
(input-box: bind $codeguess, "=X=", "?")
(link:"enter")[==
(unless:(p:"name?") matches (str:$codeguess))[you translate it to $codeguess, but pheadra points out where you miss translated. it says "name?](else:)[you sucsessfully translate the message, which was "name?"]
(link:"my name is "+(str:$name))[=="my name is $name" you say. the sword happily repeats it over and over. the sword tells you its name is blinky, because it likes to blink. blinky seems overjoyed to have someone to talk to, and tells you about how sad it was when no one would listen to it and everyone called it defective. you tell blinky some about your life to, you tell it about $griffin, and your family and how you want to go to university. Blinky is intreigued and asks many questions. eventualy Phaedra says the times up.
"would you like to keep this sword, or wait untill there is another opertunity for a visit?" she asks.
[[wait for another opertunity]]
[[keep this sword]]there is a pause, ".-- .... .- -" the swords says. "that means what" the woman translates. how do you say "hello" in morse code?
(input-box: bind $codeguess, "=X=", "?")
(link:"enter")[==
(if:(p:".... . .-.. .-.. ---") matches (str:$codeguess))[(goto: "sword talk")](else:)[(goto: "lady corects")]
"no, thats not right" the woman says. "your tyring to say hello, right?"
you nodd
"thats said like this" she writes '.... . .-.. .-.. ---' down on a peice of paper, then taps it to the sword
[[next->sword talk]] "no, I think I want to wait for another opertunity" you say. Pheadra nods and opens the door for you.
"no, I think I want to wait for another opertunity" you say.
Pheadra nods, "wonderfull! we can mail it to you by the 13th" she says and opens the door for you. (link:"next")[==(set: _lastwords to (prompt:"what would you like to say to Phedera as you leave?","thanks!"))"_lastwords" you say to her as you leave.
you walk all the way back down the staircase. the same young man is sitting in front of the same massive book.
he smiles at you, "have a good day, $name."
you nod and continue on through the massive doors into the snowcovered street. the air is crisp, you can see your breath. the sky is a pale cloudless blue dotted with little birds and wizards. theres a coffee shop nearby you like, you can smell it from here. you could go there, or you could go straight to $griffin and head home.
[[go straight home->go straight home2]]
[[go to the coffee shop->go to the coffee shop2]]
"this sword is great! I would like to keep it" you say.
Pheadra nods, "wonderfull! we can mail it to you by the 13th" she says and opens the door for you. (link:"next")[==(set: _lastwords to (prompt:"what would you like to say to Phedera as you leave?","thanks!"))"_lastwords" you say to her as you leave.
you walk all the way back down the staircase. the same young man is sitting in front of the same massive book.
he smiles at you, "have a good day, $name."
you nod and continue on through the massive doors into the snowcovered street. the air is crisp, you can see your breath. the sky is a pale cloudless blue dotted with little birds and wizards. theres a coffee shop nearby you like, you can smell it from here. you could go there, or you could go straight to $griffin and head home.
[[go straight home]]
[[go to the coffee shop]]You walk quickly down the the sidewalk to where you left $griffin$hasdrink[, finishing off your drink as you go]. They are curled up when you come, but $griffin leaps to their feet when they see you, wagging their lion tail. You untie their lead from the post and pat them on the head, they wistle a little bit of a song you played a while ago. You hop up onto their back and they spread their massive feathered wings and leap into the sky. You are breifly soaring through the sky, and then you are back on the ground in front of your home. You lead $griffin into the stables, where you are sorounded by toys and pirches for $griffin. They have big colorfull wooden toys hung on rope from the ceiling to chew on, little magic toys that fly around for $griffin to chase, and a big wall covered in rope that they like to scratch their claws on. Theres a big branch about ten feet up $griffin likes to sitt on as they watch the little magic toys fly around.
You sit down on the straw covered floor and begin to sing. $griffin flys up and sits on the branch and starts to wistle along. its a song both of you know well, your mother used to sing it to you when you were little. it has lyrics, but you dont remember all of them so you just hum the tune. Eventualy $griffin falls asleap, so you stand up and walk to your apartment, slowly closing the door behind you as to not wake $griffin.
You enter your cozy little apartment, there are little black and white pictures of your family hung up in colorfull little frames. You see the one of your grandmother, always immaculate in apearance with her large brimmed wizards hat and her long sleaved dress covered in little pleats and peices of lace. You remember she asked you to send her a letter when you got a sword.
(link:"write a letter to your gradmother")["dear (print:(prompt: "what do you call your grandmother?", "gram-gram")),
I hope this letter finds you in good health. write to inform you of my recent aquisition of a magic sword by the name of Blinky. it is of good humor and will surve me well in the comming years at university.
sincerly,
$name"
you write. you know your grandmother perfers old fasioned owl deliverys, but you dont have an owl and dont wish to pay for one. so you send your letter on its way via a levitation spell.]
[[continue->continue2]]
You walk down the cold sidewalk untill you see the little cozy cotage with a straw thatched roof and a large chimney blowing out a thin stream of smoke. The air smells of coffee, chocolate, and vinnila with a faint hint of carmel and cinimon. you walk up and open the little wooden door. Bells jingle and you see the homey interior. It has little wooden tables on one side, and on the other theres a number of cushioned chairs where a group of knitters sit in a circle and gossip. There's a counter in the back, and you see the young Enbie who works their wave at you. They have a tall dark green wizards hat with the coffee shops logo on the buckle and are wearing a forest green polo shirt.
(link: "Order a coffee")[(set:_coffee to (prompt: "What is your order?", "a large chocolate mocha"))You walk up to the counter, "May I order _coffee under the name $name?"
The person at the counter says "Yes, would you like wipped cream?"
[(link: "
Yes
")[(Hide:?nol) (show:?yes) (show:?continue)]]<yesl|[(link: "
No
")[(hide:?yesl) (show:?no) (show:?continue)]]<nol|["yes, I would like wipped cream" you say,](yes|["no, I dont want whipped cream" you say](no|
|continue)[== "wonderfull!" the person says. You go and sit down at one of the tables untill its ready.
"I have an order for $name!" you hear called out. you get up and get your order. "that'll be 20" the chashier says.
you pay and take your drink.(set:$hasdrink to true)]
(link: "listen to the knitting circle")[you walk over to the group of 6 wizards sitting in a circle.
one wizard knitting a long multicolored scarf is talking, "and did you hear? Wisteria, head of the fortune telling academy, canceled //all// the classes for the rest of december."
the other wizards listen intently, "did she say why? is there some sort of danger?" a second wizard asks
"no one knows, all she said was they were canceled due to //forseen circumstances//"
another wizard pipes up, "I heared that Wisteria is lying, that nothing bad is going to happen and she just wants to take a break"
there are murmers around the circle,
"that couldent possibly be!" cries one wizzard, "I heared that one of the students was going to cast a dangorous spell, so they desided it was best to cancel all of the classes"
"why would they cancel all of the classes just due to one student?" says the first wizard, "I think that someone was going to uncover a //scandal// about Wisteria! she couldent let the secret out for fear of ruining her reputation, so instead she canceled all of the classes!"(link:"
keep listning")[(show:?juicygossip)]]
|juicygossip)[in a hushed tone a wizzard who hasent spoken says "I heared that one of her predictions was //false// and shes trying to cover it up"
there is a colective gasp from the other wizards
"how? shes the head fortune teller! if anyone can predict the future its her!" crys the second wizard
"exactly! it must be a scandal! she must not //realy// be the head fortune teller!" anounces the first wizzard.
"but... that dosent make any sence? I dont think I understand your reasoning. there were several locical leaps there and all of your scources seem uncirtain at best" asks a sixth wizard who had previosly remaind silent.
all of the wizards grow very quiet, you can tell this is not the sortof thing one says.
"...maybe your right! she must be trying to arouse suspision about herself in order to prevent prying eyes to find the real secrets of her academy" says one wizzard in a vain atempt to restart the conversation. it dosent seem to succeed. the only noise the wizards make is the sound of their knitting needles clacking together.]
[[leave->go straight home]]You walk quickly down the the sidewalk to where you left $griffin. They are curled up when you come, but $griffin leaps to their feet when they see you, wagging their lion tail. You untie their lead from the post and pat them on the head, they wistle a little bit of a song you played a while ago. You hop up onto their back and they spread their massive feathered wings and leap into the sky. You are breifly soaring through the sky, and then you are back on the ground in front of your home. You lead $griffin into the stables, where you are sorounded by toys and pirches for $griffin. They have big colorfull wooden toys hung on rope from the ceiling to chew on, little magic toys that fly around for $griffin to chase, and a big wall covered in rope that they like to scratch their claws on. Theres a big branch about ten feet up $griffin likes to sitt on as they watch the little magic toys fly around.
You sit down on the straw covered floor and begin to sing. $griffin flys up and sits on the branch and starts to wistle along. its a song both of you know well, your mother used to sing it to you when you were little. it has lyrics, but you dont remember all of them so you just hum the tune. Eventualy $griffin falls asleap, so you stand up and walk to your apartment, slowly closing the door behind you.
(if: $swordlie is 0)[(show: ?1)](else:)[(show: ?2)]
|1)[you are morning breakfast of _breakfast when you get a call. its from an old friend you havent talked to in months, you were planning to go to university together.
[[pick up the phone->chat with friend2]]
[[leave it till later->leave it2]]]|2)[(link-goto:"Continue")]you walk down the cold sidewalk untill you see the little cozy cotage with a straw thatched roof and a large chimney blowing out a thin stream of smoke. the air smells of coffee, chocolate, and vinnila with a faint hint of carmel and cinimon. you walk up and open the little wooden door. bells jingle and you see the homey interior. it has little wooden tables on one side, and on the other theres a number of cushioned chairs were a group of knitters sit in a circle and gossip. theres a counter in the back, and you see the young Enbie who works their wave at you. they have a tall dark green wizards hat with the coffee shops logo on the buckle and are wearing a forest green short sleaved shirt.
(link: "order a coffee")[(set:_coffee to (prompt: "what is your order?", "a large chocolate mocha"))you walk up to the counter, "may I order a _coffee under the name $name?"
the person at the counter says "yes, would you like wipped cream?"
[(link: "
yes
")[(Hide:?nol) (show:?yes) (show:?continue)]]<yesl|[(link: "
no
")[(hide:?yesl) (show:?no) (show:?continue)]]<nol|["yes, I would like wipped cream" you say,](yes|["no, I dont want whipped cream" you say](no|
|continue)[== "wonderfull!" the person says. you go and sit down at one of the tables untill its ready.
"I have an order for $name!" you hear called out. you get up and get your order. "that'll be 20" the chashier says.
you pay and take your drink.(set:$hasdrink to true)]
(link: "listen to the knitting circle")[you walk over to the group of 6 wizards sitting in a circle.
one wizard knitting a long multicolored scarf is talking, "and did you hear? Wisteria, head of the fortune telling academy, canceled //all// the classes for the rest of december."
the other wizards listen intently, "did she say why? is there some sort of danger?" a second wizard asks
"no one knows, all she said was they were canceled due to //forseen circumstances//"
another wizzard pipes up, "I heared that Wisteria is lying, that nothing bad is going to happen and she just wants to take a break"
there are murmers around the circle,
"that couldent possibly be!" cries one wizzard, "I heared that one of the students was going to cast a dangorous spell, so they desided it was best to cancel all of the classes"
"why would they cancel all of the classes just due to one student?" says the first wizard, "I think that someone was going to uncover a //scandal// about Wisteria! she couldent let the secret out for fear of ruining her reputation, so instead she canceled all of the classes!"(link:"
keep listning")[(show:?juicygossip)]]
|juicygossip)[in a hushed tone a wizzard who hasent spoken says "I heared that one of her predictions was //faulse// and shes trying to cover it up"
there is a colective gasp from the other wizards
"how? shes the head fortune teller! if anyone can predict the future its her!" crys the second wizard
"exactly! it must be a scandal! she must not //realy// be the head fortune teller!" anounces the first wizzard.
"but... that dosent make any sence? I dont think I understand your reasoning. there were several locical leaps there and all of your scources seem uncirtain at best" asks a sixth wizard who had previosly remaind silent.
all of the wizards grow very quiet, you can tell this is not the sortof thing one says.
"...maybe your right! she must be trying to arouse suspision about herself in order to prevent prying eyes to find the real secrets of her academy" says one wizzard in a vain atempt to restart the conversation. it dosent seem to sucseed. the only noise the wizards make is the sound of their knitting needles clacking together.]
[[leave->go straight home2]]Time passes and now its the 13th. you wake up relitivly early and eat your breakfast. you go to work as normal and when you come home there are two things sitting on your doorstep: the sword, its wraped up in a "winchestor swords and wizardry" box with a fancy gold sword pattern and their logo, and your cousin Gwendolyn. Gwendolyn is dressed in a cutsy pink and yellow dress covered in little nick nacks and charms. her hat is a made of a light cyan furry fabric. she is sitting next to her bag with a cup of coffee and her broom leaning up against the wall. she sets her coffee down as you aproach and waves. "hi there! sorry im a little early"
(link:"its fine, come in!")[=="its fine, come in!" you say as you unlock the house. (if: $friend is 0)[(set:$friend to(prompt: "what is your friends name?", "Petter"))]you pick up the phone. "hello! this is $friend, is this $name?"
(link:"yes")[==
"Yes, thats me" you respond.
"longtime no see, eh? have you found your sword yet? I got mine last week!"
[[yes!->lie]]
[[no, they're out of stock->stonk 2]]your friend left a message.
(Link:"listen to the message")[==
(set:$friend to(prompt: "what is your friends name?", "Petter"))the mesage is as follows:
"hey $name, its me $friend. I just wanted to chat, call me back when you have time?"
[[Call back->chat with friend2]]
[[Continue]] "yes! I just got mine recently" you lie.
"wonderfull! then were on the right track to get into university together next year, all we need to do now is attend the wizardry test and asuming we pass we'll be in!"
the conversation gose on for a while longer, $friend is eager to go to university with you. you also talk about other things, $friend asks about you $shop shop, you ask about there potion shop, but eventualy the conversation comes to a close. you feel a little guilty for lying to them, they seemed so exited to go to university with you. what if you //cant// get another sword?
[[Continue]]
(set:$swordlie to True)"no, they're out of stock" you say.
"realy? they didnt have //any//? thats odd"
(link:"well there was one, but it was defective")[=="well there was one, but it was defective"
"huh, strange. im sorry, maybe they'll have some in a month or two?"
"ya, maybe"
the conversation gose on for a bit longer about other things, $friend asks about your $shop shop, you ask about their potion shop, but eventualy the conversation comes to a close.
[[Continue]]
(set:$swordlie to false)"splendid! then we shall see you then" the reseptionist hangs up.
[[next]]a day or two passes. after hanging up some new brightly colored wooden chew toys for your griffin in the barn, you recive a phone call. its from an old friend you havent talked to in months, you were planning to go to university together.
[[ignore it->next]]
(link:"pick up the phone")[==
(if: $friend is 0)[(set:$friend to(prompt: "what is your friends name?", "Petter"))]you pick up the phone. "hello! this is $friend, is this $name?"
(link:"yes")[==
"yes, thats me" you respond.
"longtime no see, eh? have you found your sword yet? I got mine last week!"
(link:"Im visiting mine tommorow!")[==
"Im visiting mine tommorow!" you say gleefully.
"wonderfull! then were on the right track to get into university together next year, all we need to do now is attend the wizardry test and asuming we pass we'll be in!"
the conversation gose on for a while longer, $friend is eager to go to university with you. you also talk about other things, $friend asks about you $shop shop, you ask about there potion shop, but eventualy the conversation comes to a close.
[[next]]