A Way Away From Home

(text-colour:#3bc9db)[You wake up on a strange planet.] It's red and it seems perpetually dark. You try to remember your name, but you can't. In fact it seems you might've hit your head some time before. As you slowly stand up, your head aches and you notice that there are red rocks and huge mountains that look like volcanoes. Suddenly, you notice a weird sheep-but-also-frog-like creature staring at you. You nickname it a shrog, and it looks angry. What do you do? [[Feed it]] [[Fight it]] [[Run away from it]]

You fed the shrog. (either:"Steam rushes out of it's ears as it jumps up high and rams you. You're stuck in the mushy ground, luckily, though, the weird creature has left you. Suddenly, you start sinking. What do you do? [[Quickly try to run out]] [[Slowly and calmly begin to wiggle out]]","The shrog seems content with its meal and it leaves you alone. [[You decide that you want to go to the visitor center.->Go to the Planet Visitor Center]]")

You take out a rusty sword and attempt to attack it. It dodges all of your attacks and notices what you're doing. It rams you and you get pushed back. You blocked it with your sword but it broke. You try punching and (either:"knock it out, then you decide to [[go to the hospital to fix your messed up knuckles.->Go to the Hospital]]","get knocked out. You wake up at the hospital with amnesia and don't remember anything. You live a mundane life on the planet for the rest of your days. [[Retry?->Waking up]]")

You run straight into an abandoned space ship and hit your face. It looks like it has some parts, but most aren't there. [[Stick random metal parts in from your backpack.->You stick in random metal parts from your backpack]] [[Bait the shrog in then decide what to do->You bait the shrog in and decide what to do.]]

Suddenly, you jolt up above the ground. "Gravity seems the same, but this thing like quicksand lets me go when I panic" you say. That was simple. [[Look around at your surroundings]] [[Run back to fight it->Fight it]]

As you slowly move, the ground solidifies around you and you are pushed further down. You fall into a cave filled with bones, bones that look human! [[You need to continue on because there is no way to leave. ->Continue through the cave]]

You see a space ship! You decide to run at it, but the shrog follows behind. [[You bait the shrog in and decide what to do.]]

(text-colour:#0f69b3)[Kabloom!] The spaceship explodes and you fly up, but fall straight back down. "Ouch!" you say, as you notice the sheep passed out next to you. You think that you blew your chance but learned a lesson you already should've known. You decide to [[go to the hospital to get patched up. ->Go to the Hospital]]

You dive over it into a roll and you cover your head. You here a noise and look back while walking backwards. As the shrog runs in, (text-colour:#c92a2a)[Kerblam!] the ship flies off into space. "Was that supposed to happen?" you question to yourself. You are bored and want to do something, what do you do? [[Go to the Planet Visitor Center]] [[Look around at your surroundings for another ship]]

There are many questions you want to ask, but there is a kiosk with limited answers. "Looks pretty futuristic but they just have this piece of junk? There are ONLY 3 QUESTIONS, ON A PLANET LIKE THIS?!?!" What do you ask? [[What year is it on this planet?]] [[What is this planet called?]] [[What nice places to visit are here?]] [[Leave the center]]

You see another space ship and read what it says on the side. "Shrog trap 3.0, sends the pests out into space!" you read aloud. "Oh so that's why it's like that." It was an advanced trap that used a lot of materials that were scarce on your old planet. [[You decide to go to the Planet Visitor Center.->Go to the Planet Visitor Center]]

Currently, it is the year 3077 [[Ask another question]] [[Leave the center]]

This planet is known as Hyperios 3x [[Ask a different question]] [[Leave the center]]

There are the Valley of the Fallen Stars (Meteorites,) the Volcanoes of Variation, and the Pools of Purgation. [[Ask some other question]] [[Leave the center]] [[Go to the Valley of the Fallen Stars]] [[Go to the Volcanoes of Variation->Go to the Volcanoes of Variation.]] [[Go to the Pools of Purgation->Go to the Pools of Purgation.]]

[[What is this planet called?]] [[What nice places to visit are here?]]

You leave the center and then (background:#d5781a)[BZZZZZZ ZAP!] A humongous laser beam begins to zap the ground ahead of you! "It's a prank! I bet I got ya!" a loudspeaker says. Your heart was just racing and you clench your right hand into a fist. "It's the month of jokes sir! Oh wait you're a new visitor and you don't understand. Anyways how'd you get here?" [[I strangely woke up here]] [[I got blasted away here]]

[[What year is it on this planet?]] [[What nice places to visit are here?]]

"Well that's what happened will all of us, just wanted to see if you were a jokester or not. We've all been stuck here from that. I guess there was no reason to ask if you answer like that," the man using the loudspeaker said. You go on your way and [[decide to walk off. -> Walk Off]]

You've just lied and he notices, but thinks you meant to joke. "Is that a joke for the month? I already like you!" Suddenly someone asks if you'd like to go spelunking to map a cave. They say that they'd pay 1600 dinkos for it. Apparently it's the money that they have at the planet. [[Ignore them and walk to the bank-> Walk to the bank]] [[Go spelunking for them->Go into the cave]]

You see lots of meteors and miners in the valley. Suddenly, chaos strikes! Green water shines as it gushes down and engulfs everything in its path! You are covered and there is water in your mouth that is unbelievably salty, but then in a moment you rise up to the top of the water with everyone else. "It's a miracle!" you say as you look around at everyone else. Someone says "It happens every year. Next time is in 983 days." "Wait," you think, "A year is 983 days here?" Someone else there asks. "We've counted the hours between each of these floods. We're making 983 days a year because that's the only thing that comes after a certain amount of time. You suddenly see tons of meteors falling into the valley. Strangely, there is no boom or shockwave and the meteors begin to slow down just about 300 feet from the ground. No damage was caused and it confuses you. Somebody asks your question and a miner answers, "We don't know, it's a strange phenomenon is all I can say." [[You leave with more questions than answers. You go off to the Pools of Purgation.->Go to the Pools of Purgation.]]

As you walk over the (text-colour:#ff922b)[warm stone], it slowly reaches a hotter temperature. There are tons of volcanoes of different heights and size. The area is barren except for... (either: "a glowing lava dragon that flies overhead! It had just come out from the lava in front of your eyes! [[You need to run away from it ->run away from the dragon.]] or, if you're brave [[then fight the horrifying creature! -> Fight the Lava Dragon]]","a guide rushing out to meet you. They say, \"Hey get back from there it can be dangerous!\" You realize that far behind and to your left there are people that are pointing and staring at you. You came from the other side and could not notice them behind the wall you saw walking towards the structure. You were supposed to turn left into the group but you did not notice the signs. The guide brings you to the group and scolds you about not going to unsafe places if you do not know which way to go. In the end they push you out of the place and take you to the [[Pools of Purgation just in case you inhaled any smoke. -> Head to the Pools of Purgation.]]")

You reach the Pools of Purgation and realize something. "These aren't really pools," you say to yourself, "They only have those things like leaning buckets at the waterparks I always went to." Instead of a bucket, it was a bowl made of clay. It looked like it'd break easily, but people said it was there since they woke up on the planet, and that it's never been replaced. You wash under the bucket and feel revitalized and clean. Then you realize, well that cleans me and makes me stronger, but doesn't fix my hunger! [[You decide that you can go out to the restuarant you see in the distance.->Go to the restaurant]]

You go to the hospital and you get healed up to good condition. You walk out with no sense of direction. You [[decide to follow a sign that says "Go to the Valley of the Fallen Stars."->Go to the Valley of the Fallen Stars]]

[[What year is it on this planet?]] [[What is this planet called?]]

You walk in the bank and see (either:"a robbery! You need to find a way to stop the robbers, so you take a potted plant and hit them over the head with just enough force to knock them out. The people in the bank cheer happily as they see you've taken the robbers out. Suddenly, someone rushes over with a pen and paper and says \"What did you just do?!\" \"I saved the day, didn't I?\" \"Did you not see the clear \"Recording\" sign?\" \"This is a legitimate bank, isn't it?\" \"Yes, but this is used as a set!\" \"Just make a darned recording studio!\" \"We did but someone just decided to make a law so we had to record here way back when, it's annoying but I guess we have to follow it.\" \"Wait why was the crowd cheering?\" \"We thought we were recording for the movie and you were some sort of hero we weren't told about.\" \"This makes no sense, I'm out of here.\" [[You go off and someone invites you to there house to sleep.->Be invited]]","a big group of people trying to make deposits, get loans, adding to their saving account, making checks, and lots more. You decide to check your bank account. Suddenly, you overhear someone say \"Finally they're done recording. Why can't they just not follow that annoying filming law.\" \"What law?\" you accidentally blurt out. \"Sorry I didn't mean to say that.\" \"Eh don't worry just don't eavesdrop anymore. Somebody way back said that we had to record at a REAL BANK and that it was only for banks. We have sets but according to that we can't use it for banks.\" \"That's annoying,\" you respond. \"How does money work?\" you ask. \"Just ask anyone on the street,\" a worker responds. \"Can I at least learn here?\" \"Stop wasting our time.\" You leave annoyed and [[go to ask anybody else.->Ask about the money there]]").

As you run as fast as you can, you trip and get burned! Someone throws water over your burn and it heals instantaneosly. [[You run all the way to the Pools of Purgation.-> Head to the Pools of Purgation.]]

The dragon roars as you get closer. Suddenly, you realize you have nothing to fight it with. You'd just get burned. You ask someone if they have a bucket of water and they say yes, so you take it and splash it on the dragon! Suddenly, the dragon disappears, //was I successful?// you question yourself. "What are you doing!?!" a man shouts. You realize that the bucket was for burns. It was full of water from the Pools of Purgation. You also realize the lava dragon was a hologram and it was apart of the show. "Oh..." you say as you walk away. You have to go to the Pools of Purgation or the restaurant you see. [[Go to the restaurant]] [[Go to the apartments ->Go to the Apartments]] <audio src="http://soundbible.com/grab.php?id=543&type=mp3" autoplay>

You reach the Pools of Purgation and realize something. "These aren't really pools," you say to yourself, "They only have those things like leaning buckets at the waterparks I always went to." Instead of a bucket, it was a bowl made of clay. It looked like it'd break easily, but people said it was there since they woke up on the planet, and that it's never been replaced. You begin to cough out ash and you think, //Maybe I should go under the buckets, but it might do absolutely nothing.// After standing under the bucket, it poors on you and suddenly your coughing subsides and there is no longer ash in your lungs. [[You decide to go to the apartments you see.->Go to the Apartments]]

At the restaurant you decide to check the menu out. There are only 5 meals, //Maybe that was all they remember from where they came... from...// you think, //Wait! How would they remember, I need to so badly, I've got to ask!// "Hello," you say, (either:"\"How did you guys figure out how to make this food again, I need my memory back!\" \"Well that was sudden, I don't think I'll answer that, you're definitely not polite,\" someone working at the restaurant says says. \"I didn't mean it!\" You look at the menu and order the regular meal, a burger, fries, and a drink. //It's a small meal// you think to yourself as you chow down. \"20 dinkos by the way. \"What are dinkos?\" \"The currency we have here.\" They respond. \"Well I'm all out.\" \"Then go work in the kitchen.\" [[You pass out and wake up at the hospital.->Wake up at the Hospital.]]","\"Sorry to ask so suddenly, but how'd you get your memories back?'' \"Well, I got them back over time.\" Don't stress about it they should be back soon enough,\" somebody working at the restaurant says. \"Thank you so much, I appreciate it!\" You order the deluxe meal with a large steakburger, endless fries and sauce, and a drink with infinite refills. It is huge and you don't have anything to pay with. \"50 dinkos.\" the worker says. \"Dinkos?\" \"You don't know? They're the currency here.\" You work in the kitchen for an hour just to pay it off. \"It was worth it,\" you say to yourself, \" That meal was too good.\" After you work, you [[decide to go to the apartments.->Go to the Apartments]] ") <audio src="http://soundbible.com/grab.php?id=165&type=mp3" autoplay>

It only is 1 small building and you wonder how the area can be called an apartment. "Apartments H3x," and a second says "Refurnished every 2 days!" //How is that even possible?// you think to yourself. You walk to the only door you see and then to front desk to ask about prices. "First time here? I've never seen you before," the manager of the front desk says. You notice that it says free for the first 14 days. "Ok this is a HORRIBLE business, it's definitely gonna go bankrupt soon!" "Well I mean this isn't the Earth, otherworldly things once unimaginable are very imaginable now that we can do them here." "Totally makes no sense but whatever." You walk away just as he shows you videos, videos of infinite materials being mined and huge couches being lifted as if it's nothing! Finally, the coolest one was a video of people shrinking after walking through a doorway! "What is that?!" you yell in confusion. "Well," the man at the desk says, "Just the (text-colour:#69db7c)[otherwordly] things we can do here." "Fine I'll stay here darn it." "Ha, I knew I could get ya!" "So, let's talk about prices... After the 14 days." "We have a few options, you see." "So, what are they?" "Well first we've gotta measure your height!" You stand next to a tape measurer and it turns out you are 6' 3." You wonder what they're on about as they say, "You need to get the biggest one," the man at the desk says. ".75 inches, 1.905 centimeters," he mutters to himself. "What was that," you say, "Nothing" he replies. "So that one is 1600 square feet, one bedroom, one bath, the kitchen and dining room are connected, and the living room is just in the middle. Anyways the price is about 1500 dinkos a month. Electricity and water bills don't really matter here anyways so it'll always be 1500. That's our currency here if you don't know already. Minimum wage is about 85.72 a day and there are about 7 weeks each month to balance it out over all of the days in a year here. It should be a fine price." "Interesting, thanks sir!" "No problem, just walk through that there doorway and it's prefurnished with everything you'd need." "So can I customize it with whatever I want?" "No." "What, why?" "No." "Ok then." [[You walk through a door nearby and suddenly, you feel strange.->Go Through the Door]]

Suddenly, you feel as if there's no more ground before you as you fall into the abyss, passing out before you hit the ground. [[Retry? ->Waking up]]

At the hospital, they tell you that got food poisoning. They question exactly what happened and think that the restaurant worker did something to alter it or it wasn't sanitary. You decide that the day is over and you wend up having to sleep in an alleyway. [[Retry for a different ending?->Waking up]] (text-style: "shudder") + (text-colour:#9775fa)[Mystery Ending]

You look around and notice a bank, restaurant, and some "apartments" which look like one small building. //Crazy people here,// you think to yourself. You need to decide to [[go to the bank-> Walk to the bank]] and learn about their cash, [[head to the restaurant->Go to the restaurant]] in order to fix your hunger, or [[leave for the "apartments."->Go to the Apartments]]

Suddenly, you see yourself shrinking. "What is happening to me?!?!" you yell. About 5 seconds later, you're shrunken into the size of an ant. Somebody next to you greets you and says, "Welcome to the H3x Apartments!" "These aren't apartments," you say. "This is just a string of cul-de-sacs, what where you thinking with the naming?" "Welcome to the H3x Apartments!" "Oh so you're gonna play that game, huh." "Welcome to the H3x Apartments!" "Literally just say anything else." "Welcome to the H3x Apartments!" "I'm not wasting any more time here." You walk away and suddenly the person stops saying "Welcome to the H3x Apartments!" What were they thinking. Suddenly someone kicks a rock in front of them and says, "You new here? I'm," "Welcome to the H3x Apartments!" "I'm," "Welcome to the H3x Apartments!" "I've got to take that," "Welcome to the H3x Apartments!" "Ok I got the rock off, finally." "Why did they keep saying it, and what's with that rock?" "It's just a greeter robot thing. It's really annoying but the person who owns the place wants to keep it, no idea why, some sort of weird tastes I guess. Anyways, I'm James, I live here right now. The community is fine and such, so you shouldn't have too many problems." "Thanks!" [[You decide to find your house with the help of another robot.->Go to Your "Apartment"]]

As the robot rolls on its wheel, it keeps falling flat on its face, and you have to help it. It has a monitor in its chest telling which house it's going to. It says 5, so you decide to leave it and go straight to your house. When you make it there, you realize you don't have the keys. "Oh so I have to wait for that dinky old robot huh?" you say to a neighbor. "You live at house 5? Well I guess were neighbors," James says. "Oh didn't notice that, hello!" you say. "Hopefully your time here is good." You run over to the robot that fell on its face and pick it back up. //Man this thing is heavy, why do they need this thing anyways, just give the keys at the front desk!// you think. You push the robot all the way to house 5 and it takes off the monitor for you to see rings holding lots of keys. You snatch the 5th house key and slam its monitor-window-door-thing shut as you open your door. "Finally, I'm here at my house." You say to yourself. Suddenly, a wave of drowsiness washes over you. You decide to speed up the process so you take a shower then brush your teeth. After that, you leave your bathroom and fall into the bed. "Those robots are annoying," you say. You fall asleep and drift off into a dream. [[Retry for a different ending?->Waking up]] (text-style: "buoy") + (text-colour:#20c997)[Neighbors Ending]

"That would be helpful, but no thanks." "I trust you with my name, James." "I see, but no, I will not go to your house. I don't know you and that's weirdly sudden." "I've got an entire guest room just waitng for you." "Yeah, no." You speed walk away from James, scared for your life. Suddenly, you start to feel immensely tired. You need to find a place o sleep, so you find a thrown out couch in an alleyway, deciding that it'll have to do. You fall asleep and think, //I've gotta get used to this, it's also strange whatever he was trying to do.// [[Retry for a different ending?->Waking up]] (text-style: "fade-in-out") + (text-colour:#197fe6)[Stranger Ending]

You ask someone on the streets you see and they say, "The money we have are dinkos. They're like American currency. Suddenly, thoughts wash over you and you get all of your memories back. "I remember it all!" you exclaim. "Uhh what?" "My memories, they're all back!" "Wow, that's good for you! Anyways, let's continue. Basically," "So you're just gonna brush over that?" "Yes, everyone get's their memories back, we all know. So I assume that you know how the money works here now that you know it's like USD." "I mean, I guess." You have to find somewhere to sleep, so you have to decide between the red forest and an alleyway. You peek down an alleyway with a dirty, thrown-out couch. The red forest has frogs and mushy ground. [[Sleep in the red forest->Sleep in the red forest]] [[Sleep in the alleyway->Sleep in the alleyway]]

As you lie down next to a tree, you feel sad for the life you had just totally lost. You hear noises from the forest, like red bird chirping, and red frogs jumping on the mushy ground. A frog jumps next to you suddenly as you freak out. It runs away as you panic. Soon enough, you fall asleep without a frog ever touching you. [[Retry for a different ending?->Waking up]] (text-style: "blur") + (text-colour:#888)[Memories to Sadness Ending]

You decide to go to sleep in the alleyway as you lie down on the couch as you think about how you'll adjust to the new world you've woken up in. You decide that you're happy with what happened. You can start a new life with a new perspective. You fall asleep, ready as ever for the next day. [[Retry for a different ending?->Waking up]] (text-style: "rumble") + (text-colour:#19e619)[New Life Ending]

You enter the cave they direct you towards and you fall down into the cave. You suddenly see the cave is filled with bones! Human ones! [[You need to continue on. ->Continue through the cave]]