thehammer

You turn back the way you came. Is that right? Have you spun in a circle? Unsure of your bearings, you press on.<<if $liquid >= 2>>\nA pain shoots through your neck. A searing burn wraps around your body. Then there is light. The agony is unbearable but you can finally see.\n\nYou are on fire. There are a dozen figures standing around you. Black eyes watch in glee as the flames engulfs you.\n\nThe End\n\n<<display 'deadprogress'>>\n\n[[Start over.|Start]]\n<<else>>\n\n"Keep going, so close," whispers someone in the dark.\n\n[[Turn back towards the sound.|keepgoing]]\n\n[[Say "Hello? Is someone there?"|speak2]]<<endif>>

Before you died, your memory was at <<print $pill>>%.\n\nYou had a stage <<print $liquid>> infection.

You stumble around in the darkness. Grasping for a surface that isn't there, you become disoreintated. What little vision you have begins to spin. Was it a pill?\n\nYou have the memory of a hand passing you a small packet.\n\nThe image fades as a cool breeze passess. <<set $pill += 10>>\n\n[[Continue investigating.|investigate1]]\n\n[[Move forward.|On the Run]]

<<silently>>\n<<set $liquid = 0>>\n<<set $pill = 0>>\n<<set $wake = 0>>\n<<endsilently>>The Hammer\n\nWhat was it? A pill? You don't recall. The memory is fuzzy with the flicker of a bad signal. This does not seem familiar. A deep breath tastes pepper in the air.\n\nThere is a dim light casting a soft blue glow over you. A few feet beyond your vision is darkness. You were at a party, or going to a party, but how did you end up here.\n\nYou should run.\n\nDid you just think that or was there a voice? There is a muffled sound straight ahead.\n\n[[Move towards the sound.|On the Run]]\n\n[[Stay and investigate.|investigate1]]\n\n[[Try and wake up.|wake1]]

You see the small white crease in the distance. The sound is coming from there. It is clearer now. A heavy bass drum repeats with a distorted thud. With caution, you approach.\n\nIt's a door.\n\n<<if $pill >= 10>>A memory floods your vision. Beyond this door is a dance club. It is on the ocean front. You came here for a party.<<set $pill + 12>>\n\n[[Cautiously open the door.|slowdoor]]\n\n[[Rush the door.|bumrush]]<<else>>[[Cautiously open the door.|slowdoor]]\n\n[[Rush the door.|bumrush]]<<endif>>

You stumble around in the darkness. Grasping for a surface that isn't there, you become disoreintated. What little vision you have begins to spin. Was it a pill?\n\n<<if $pill > 0>>A memory washes over you. The sound of an ocean and your feet in sand. Someone laughs in the distance.<<else>>You have the memory of a hand passing you a small packet.<<endif>>\n\nThe image fades as a cool breeze passess. <<set $pill += 15>>\n\n<<display 'progress'>>\n\n[[Move towards the sound.|keepgoing]]\n\n[[Turn back.|turnback]]

You need to know where you are and how you got here. There is nothing but a faint outline of the floor and that sound in the distance. The impossible dark folds around you.<<if visited () >= 3>> Something grabs you from behind.\n\nA giddy laughter fills the air as multiple hands pin you to the ground. The water in the ground soaks into as you struggle. The things holding you down begin whispering.\n\n"We told you to run."\n\nThe last thing you feel is a wood saw cutting through your neck.\n\n<<display 'deadprogress'>>\n<<else>>\n\n[[Feel around on the ground.|touch floor]]\n\n[[Feel around for a wall.|wall1]]\n\n[[Say "Is anyone there?"|speak1]]\n\n[[Just press on.|On the Run]]<<endif>>

<img src='mem1.jpg'>\n<<print $pill>>%\n\n<img src='bioh1.jpg'>\nStage <<print $liquid>>

.passage {\n /* Passage width */\n width: 45%;\n \n}\n

You kneel down and touch the ground. It is cold wet stone, smooth and seemless. The moisture clings to your hands.<<set $liquid += 1>>\n\n[[Keep investigating|investigate1]].\n\n[[Run forward|On the Run]].\n\n

The Hammer

This is not a dream. <<set $wake + 1>>\n\n[[Walk straight forward|On the Run]].\n\n[[Stay and investigate your surroundings|investigate1]].

"Who are you?" it questions back.\n\n[[Talk to it|Branch1]]\n\n[[Move away from the voice.|On the Run]]

<<display 'progress'>>\n\n<a href=index.html>Return home</a>\n\n[[Hints|hints]]

by Chuck Paschall

Avoid water & moisture. It will posion you.\n\nDisorientation brings back memories.\n\nYou need to escape, and the only way that can happen is if you know how you got here.\n\nThe things stalking you aren't real but can kill you.\n\n[[Start.|Start]]

Moving ahead, you hear a beat. Is it your heart? It bangs around with an echo.\n\nThump, thump, thump.\n\nSomething is making that sound.\n\nIt repeats. A single steady knock. You can tell it's straight ahead.\n\n[[Keep going.|keepgoing]]\n\n[[Turn back.|turnback]]\n\n[[Feel around for a wall.|wall2]]

Your mouth opens. Words spill out. It is not a language you understand. The formless speech echoes around you and disapates.<<silently>><<set $speak = 1>><<endsilently>> You cover your mouth in shock. <<if $liquid gt 0>>The cold moisture on your hands has a sour taste. Your lips become numb.<<set $liquid += 1>><<else>>What was that? Was that me?<<endif>>\n\n[[Continue investigating.|investigate1]]\n\n[[Move foward.|On the Run]]\n\n[[Scream.|scream]]

A shape forms near you. It is outlined in a light blue glow. The features are not clear but you see it stands as tall as you.\n\n"Come closer," it beckons.\n\n[[Move towards the shape.|mirror1]]\n\n[[Ask, "Who are you?"|mirror2]]\n\n[[Back away from the figure and move towards the sound.|On the Run]]

You let out a scream. The sound resonants around you like a metal plate hitting the floor. Something heard you.\n\nIt wakes up. Near you, it breathes heavy as it shifts it's weight. You don't see it, but it sees you.\n\nIt begins rending your limbs asunder. The shock dulls the pain but your voice becomes a pitched shrill of agony. The thing drops your twitching body to the ground.\n\nA metal boot crushes your head and the last thing you hear is laughter.\n\nThe End.\n\n<<display 'deadprogress'>>\n\n[[Start over.|Start]]