(link: "garden")[roses] (align: "==============>")+(link: "garden")[oak]
(link: "garden")[elm] (align: "==============>")+(link: "garden")[roses]
(link: "garden")[roses](align: "==============>")+(link: "garden")[roses]
(align: "==><==")[[front door]]
(align: "==><==")[[front door->leave]]
(align: "=><=================")+(text-rotate:-90)[[front room]]
(align: "==><==")[[stairs]]
(link: "garden")[come home] (align: "==============>")+(link: "garden")[come home]
(link: "garden")[come home] (align: "==============>")+(link: "garden")[come home]
(link: "garden")[come home](align: "==============>")+(link: "garden")[come home]
(align: "==><==")[[front door]](align: "==><==")[[stairs->front door]]
(align: "====><==")+(text-rotate:-90)+(link: "wall")[it's cracked]
(align: "==============>")[[hallway]]
(align: "==><==")+(link: "door")[locked](align: "==><==")+(link: "windows")[smudged]
(align: "==><==")+(link: "television")[shattered]
(align: "============>")[[entryway->front door]]
(text-rotate:-90)[[fireplace]]
(align: "==><==")+(link: "couch")[creaking springs]
(align: "==><==")[[dining room]]
(align: "==><==")+(css: "font-size: 200%;")[your house]
(align: "==><==")[[start->enter]]
(align: "==><==")[//[[credits]]//](align: "==><==")[[front room]]
(align: "==><==")+(link: "table")[empty]
(text-rotate:-90)+(align: "========><=")[[kitchen]]
(align: "==><==")+(link: "windows")[there's no backyard.]dark and full of cold ashes.
the wind whistles down the chimney.
(align: "==><==")[[back->front room]]
(text-rotate:-15)+(align: "==><==")+(link: "the slanted ceiling")[footsteps pound up the staircase.]
(align: "====><=")+(link: "fridge")[full of rotten food.]
(text-rotate:-90)[[dining room]]
(align: "==><==")+(link: "stove")[how many times did you burn yourself on it?](align: "======><==")+(link:"door")[locked.]
(align: "<==============")[[hallway->stairs]]
(align: "==============>")[[hallway->the hallway 2]]
(align: "==><==")[[door->door 2]] [(set: $name to "child")]
(align: "==><==")[[frame]]
(align: "<==============")[[hallway->hallway]]
(align: "==============>")[[hallway->the hallway 3]]
(align: "=><==")[[door]]
(align: "<==============")[[hallway->the hallway 2]]
(align: "==============>")[[hallway->the hallway 4]]
(align: "==><===")+(link:"pictures")[pictures of you, smiling.]
(align: "<==============")[[hallway->the hallway 3]]
(align: "==============>")[[hallway->the hallway 5]]
(align: "=====><=")+(link:"pictures")[pictures of you, not smiling.]
(align: "<==============")[[hallway->the hallway 4]]
(text-rotate:5)+(align: "==============>")[[hallway->the hallway 6]]
(text-rotate:15)+(align: "<==============")[[hallway->the hallway 5]](text-rotate:15)+(align: "==============>")[[hallway->the hallway 7]]
(text-rotate:20)+(align: "==============>")[[hallway->the hallway 8]]
(text-rotate:25)+(align: "==============>")[[hallway->the hallway 9]]
(text-style: "expand")+(text-rotate:30)+(align: "==============>")[[hallway->the hallway 10]]
(text-style: "expand")+(text-rotate:35)+(align: "==============>")[[hallway->the hallway 11]]
(text-style: "blink")+(text-style: "expand")+(text-rotate:35)+(align: "==============>")[[hallway->the hallway 12]]
(text-style: "blink")+(text-style: "expand")+(text-rotate:35)+(align: "==============>")[[you hear footsteps]]
(text-style: "blink")+(text-style: "expand")+(text-rotate:35)+(align: "==============>")[[ahead of you? behind you?]](align: "==><==")[[window]]
(align: "==><=====")+(link:"bed")[unmade]
(align: "======><==")[[dresser]]
(align: "==><==")[[door->the hallway 3]]
locked. it's dark outside.
(align: "==><==")[[open]]
(align: "==><==")[[back->door]]the lock won't open.
(align: "==><==")[[smash]]
(align: "==><==")[[back->door]]the glass rattles.
(align: "==><==")[[smash->smash 2]]
(align: "==><==")[[back->door]]the frame creaks.
(align: "==><==")[[smash->smash 3]]
(align: "==><==")[[back->door]]the glass splinters.
(align: "==><==")[[smash->smash 4]]
(align: "==><==")[[back->door]]you're bleeding.
(align: "==><==")[[smash->smash 5]]
(align: "==><==")[[back->door]]the glass shatters.
(align: "==><==")[[smash->smash 6]]
(align: "==><==")[[back->door]]the window is open.
(align: "==><==")[[climb out]]
(align: "==><==")[[back->door]]the jagged glass cuts your hands. the air is cold.
the roses are there to catch you.
(set: $counter to 4)
(live: 1s)[
(set: $counter to it - 1)
(if: $counter is 0)[(go-to:"garden")]
(replace: ?amount)[$counter]
](link: "roses")[COME HOME] (align: "==============>")+(link: "roses")[COME HOME]
(link: "roses")[COME HOME] (align: "==============>")+(link: "roses")[COME HOME]
(link: "roses")[COME HOME](align: "==============>")+(link: "roses")[COME HOME]
(align: "==><==")[[front door->the mouth]]
welcome home, $name.
(set: $counter to 7)
(live: 1s)[
(set: $counter to it - 1)
(if: $counter is 0)[(go-to:"endscreen")]
(replace: ?amount)[$counter]
]locked. stickers. scratches. a small blackboard with chalk.
(align: "==><==")[[write your name]]
(align: "==><==")[[back->hallway]](set: $name to (prompt: "write your name:", "eleanor"))
the board says $name's room.
(align: "==><==")[[back->the hallway 2]]
(text-style: "blink")+(text-color: "#890113")[. . .]
(set: $counter to 6)
(live: 1s)[
(set: $counter to it - 1)
(if: $counter is 0)[(go-to:"Untitled Passage")]
(replace: ?amount)[$counter]
]inspired by the novels //house of leaves// and //the haunting of hill house// and the video game //anatomy//. all quotes belong to their original authors.
(align: "==><==")[[back->Untitled Passage]](align: "==><==")+(link:"first drawer")[abandoned clothing.]
(align: "==><==")+(link:"second drawer")[empty.]
(align: "==><==")+(link:"third drawer")[empty.]
(align: "==><==")+(link:"fourth drawer")[a crumpled-up [[letter]].]
(align: "==><==")[[back->door]]~~without love, there is no meaning~~
outside of the [[home]], there is no [[love.]]
(align: "==><==")[[back->dresser]]''The Bedroom''
//For it is here that the house is most likely to betray us, it is here that we place ourselves most at the house’s mercy, and spend each night hoping that it will not ''bite down.''//
(align: "==><==")[[back->dresser]]''Love''
//Journeys end in lovers meeting.//
(align: "==><==")[[back->dresser]]''The Home''
//“You shall be my roots and
I will be your shade,
though the sun burns my leaves.
You shall quench my thirst and
I will feed you fruit,
though time takes my seed.
And when I'm lost and can tell nothing of this earth
you will give me hope.
And my voice you will always hear.
And my hand you will always have.
For I will shelter you.
And I will comfort you.
And even when we are nothing left,
not even in death,
I will remember you.”//
(align: "==><==")[[back->the hallway 2]]
(align: "==><==")+(text-style: "blink")+(text-style: "expand")[[they're here with you]]
(align: "==><==")+(text-style: "blink")+(text-style: "expand")[[i'm here with you->the mouth]]