The Story Of Things: FRED

This is the story of things. A story of cult leaders and conspiracies, and secret organizations. It is a story of roads, and mobs, and bridges. It is a story of bears, and homeless people, and Office Cults. But most of all, it is a story of... Things! Now, pick THE Number: [[1]]

YOU HAVE PICKED THE NUMBER: 1 [[You Are Fred]]

YOU HAVE PICKED THE NUMBER: 3 [[You Are Madison]]

YOU HAVE PICKED THE NUMBER: 4 [[You Are Martha]]

YOU HAVE PICKED THE NUMBER: 5 [[You Are Mr. Nibbles]]

YOU HAVE PICKED THE NUMBER: 6 [[You Are A Venus Flytrap]]

YOU HAVE PICKED THE NUMBER: 7 [[You Are Señor Garcia]]

YOU HAVE PICKED THE NUMBER: 8 [[You Are A Toaster]]

YOU HAVE PICKED THE NUMBER: 9 [[You Are Bob Ross]]

YOU HAVE PICKED THE NUMBER: 10 [[You Are Casper]]

You are Fred. Fred works for SelSo Soda Co., as an Accountant. He is not happy with his job, but he is also not sad. Fred just simply lives. Every day, he goes home. He does not have a family. Fred simply has a cat, Mooshkins. His previous girlfriend got the cat for him. Lucy (The girlfriend), left Fred five weeks ago. Fred is not happy, but he is not sad. Fred simply is. This is a normal emotion for Fred. It is the morning, and Fred has woken up. YOU have woken up. Now, you must decide what to wear. [[Casual Shirt and T-Shorts]] [[Grey Suit And Tie]] [[Your Shirt That Says: 'This Is My Happy Life']]

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You chose that today would be a relax day. A unwind day. Heck, today was even the day that you would call back Lucy! Yes, today was Casual Friday. Heck, even though today was Tuesday! Yes. Today was the day that you were going to do everything! [[You Head Downstairs]]

You chose to wear your grey suit. This interaction has no purpose to the story. YOU have no purpose to the story. [[You Go Downstairs]]

You decided to be Satirical today. A funny shirt. Morbid. Yeah, the custom-made shirt with 'This is my Happy Life' on it, and a custom-embroidered gravestone with your name on it. Yeah, you were super witty. [[You Head Down The Stairs]]

You have some tough decisions to make. Do you want to have Chock-o-chunks, or Toast? You think it over for a few minutes, but finally decide on Toast, since you don't want to ruin your suit. The toast was bland, and there was not much of it. You leave the house grumbling, wishing that you had eaten the cereal. [[You Head Out The Door]]

You head down the stairs. You have a tough decision to make. Do you want to eat Chock-O-Chunks, or Toast? You decide to have the Chock-O-Chunks. What the heck, right? It's Casual day! You eat two bowls, spilling some on your shirt. But what the heck! You head out the door, happy on your way to work. [[You Head To Work]]

You run down the stairs, skipping as you go. Unfortunatly for you, in you're happy mood, you failed to notice one of Mooshkins toys. You slip down the stairs, breaking your back, and crushing your heart. As you die, you acknowledge the irony of your choice of Attire. [[You Die]]

You head out the door, glad to be wearing your nice, formal attire. You get into your car. You have a... [[Ferrari]] [[Prius]] [[SUV]] [[Station Wagon]] [[Beetle]]

You head out the door, glad to be wearing your cool new digs. You get into your car. You have a... [[Ferrari]] [[Prius]] [[SUV]] [[Station Wagon]] [[Beetle]]

Oh, you thought this story was over, didn't you? You thought that death was the end. But you were wrong. You have only changed course of this story. You can not escape it so easily. You are now a ghost. You are now floating over your own body. This, in all, is a very weird experience for you, to be floating over your own body. For you to be faced with your own mortality. You float there for a few hours, until a man from your work comes to check on you. You try to make your presence known, to try to do anything, but you can not. You are no longer in your story. You no longer are in control. It is like you are reading your story from in front of a screen, text flowing through the paper. This is all very meta. The man form your work calls 911. They come. There is some things that happen, but they do not matter to your story, Only you matter to your story. [[End Screen 1]]

[[This is a story]]

You get into your cool new Ferrari, so cool. You are just the most cool. You rev the engine, and head off to work. Now, which way was it again? [[Left]] [[Right]] [[Foreward]]

You get in your (ugh) Prius. Who owns a Prius? You know what? [[You Are Dead]]

You get in your SUV. It was a car you bought with Lucy, planning for a family. When she left you, you didn't want to sell it, so you simply kept it. You rev the engine, and head off for work. Now which way was it again? [[Right]] [[Left]] [[Foreward]]

You leave the house, and get into your Station Wagon. You rev the engine a few times, before the car finally dies. Now what? Your car is dead. [[Try Again To Start It]] [[Call The Auto Shop]] [[Stay Home]]

You own a beetle. Your style choices are impeccable. You get into your Beetle, rev the engine, and head off for work. Now, which way was it again? [[Right]] [[Left]] [[Foreward]]

You remember that the right passage is the correct one. Now, which way? [[Left R.]] [[Right R.]] [[Diagonal Right R.]] [[Go Back To Your House]]

You decide to take the left road. Yeah, that was absolutly the way! Since you absolutly know the way, no need even thnkning, you simply take the next right path. [[Right Path]]

You remember that the passage to go was straight ahead. So, you drive. You reach another passage, this one only with one road: right, so you take it You reach another passage, this one with two more roads: Left, and Foreward. Now, the way was... [[To The Right]] [[Ahead]]

Serves You right, for owning a Prius. Loser. Who even owns a Prius? [[This is a story]]

You go to the right, and eventually you get to a bar. 'Ralph's Big Bar O' Booze'. Do You Want To Go In? [[Yeah, Let's Go In]] [[Nope, I Don't Like Alcohol]]

You go ahead. Eventually you reach a fork in the road. Which way do you want to go? [[Way 1]] [[Way 2]]

You enter the bar, and you sit down on a tattred old stool. You order a beer, and then another one. And then a third. [[Epilouge 1]]

Good choice. You abstain from Alcohol, and you turn back around. You go onto the other path [[Ahead]]

And eventually, you ask for a job. Ralph, the man in charge of the bar gives you a job. It was a good job, and you were happy. Your old job called you many, many times. They called to ask where you are. You don't respond to any of them. You happily live out your life working at Ralph's bar, untill eventually, you die. [[End Screen 1]]

You take the left path. It takes you on a winding highway, that you are VERY sure that is not the path to your work, but it is a one-lane highway, so you can not turn around. You keep going. And going, and going. Eventually you end up in a Desert. Since you had a full tank, you were able to keep going on, and on, and on. Eventually, you reached a desert town of Minston. [[Epilouge 3]]

You head down another fork in the road, and it eventually leads you back to your house. You puzzle at this conundrum, before deciding on a passage. Now which way was it again? [[Right]] [[Left]] [[Foreward]]

You keep on trying to start your vehicle. It keeps revving, and revving. Pick a number: [[One]] [[Two]] [[Three]]

You decide to call the Auto Body Shop down on main street. It takes them a while to get there, but when they do, they manage to get your car fixed. You start the engine, and pull out of the driveway, on your way to work. Now which way was it again? [[Right]] [[Left]] [[Foreward]]

After trying to start your car for a while, you give up. What is up? You think. After some thinking, you decide to not go to work today. Who even cares? You think to yourself as you go back inside. You have a choice of what to do with you newly claimed free time. [[Have a Bath]] [[Watch TV]] [[Read A Good Book]]

After a long time of Revving the car, you finally manage to get it running. You pull out of the driveway, off to work. Now which way was it again? [[Right]] [[Left]] [[Foreward]]

After a long time of revving, you finally give up. This car won't start no matter how many times you try to get it running. Ok, this is ridiculous. Now what? [[Call The Auto Shop]] [[Stay Home]]

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You decide to have a bath. It's been so long since you had any real sense of comfort, right? You draw the bath, add some aromic candles, dim the lights, and put on some calming music. You slip into the bath, content with your life. Unfortunatly for you, you made the scene TOO calming. You fall asleep in the bath, and drown. [[You Die]]

You decide to watch TV. So, you sit down. But it isn't sitting right with you. You should be at work, not slacking off while everyone else is working. So, you go back outside to try to restart your car, [[One]] [[Two]] [[Three]]

You decide to read a good book. You do for a while, but then fall asleep. You wake up the next morning, with a missed call from work. You go back to work that next day, since your car is working. [[Epilouge 2]]

This has just been a story of the most interesting day in your life. You wake up, you eat, you drive, you work, you eat, you work, you drive, you eat, and then you sleep. Today was just a deviation of the norm. [[End Screen 1]]

Thank you for playing This Is A Story: Fred Chapter. Play through all of them and experience more choices. [[The End]]

Hey! You can't be here! This portion of the story isn't finished yet! How dare you! Since you're here, I'm afraid I'll have to kick you back to the start. [[Ugh, Fine]] [[No, I'm Not Gonna]]

Thank you. I am so glad you participated. Ok, lets see... I'll re-direct you... and done! Now, don't come back to this part! It's not finished yet! [[You Are Fred]]

Please! I need you to go back so that I can finish this part of the story! [[Ugh, Fine]] [[Nope, No Way]]

Now listen here. I NEED you to go back. This portion of the story is already behind scedule. If you are here, that means it is connected to the mainframe! I can't have that! PLEASE! I'm BEGGING YOU. [[Ugh, Fine]] [[No]]

Really? Is THIS how you're gonna play? Ok, then. I've been saving something like this just in case... Ok... Let's see... Ah! [[ZAP!]]

You are stranded in the middle of the jungle. As you look around, you can see massive footprints in the dirt around you. You realize that they are Dinosaur prints. You are in prehistorc times. Suddenly, a Tyrannosaurus Rex bursts through the trees! [[Aaah!]] [[Wait, Wait, I want to go back]]

The dinosaur pickes you up, and with one swift gulp... [[You are devoured]]

Ok, so you've reconsidred [[Ugh, Fine]] [[Nuh-uh]]

There. Serves you right for messing with the story. [[End Screen 1]]

Ok, then. Looks like Ernesto is waiting... [[Ugh, Fine]] [[Well then, jerk]]

I. Am. Not. A Jerk. YOU ARE THE JERK! I am TRYING to finish this part of the story, but YOU are trying to mess it up! YOU are trying to hinder my progress. Well, then, you know what you get? [[The White Room]] [[Wait, I'm Sorry!]]

Well now, I won't give you a exit screen, so you will just have to sit here forever. ... ... ... ... ... ... You did this to yourself, by the way ... ... ... ... ... ...

Nope, you had your chance. [[The White Room]]

You settle down, and start a life in this town of Minston. Your work does not call you. You family does not call you. And as for friends, you have none. You settle down, and live out the rest of your life there. [[End Screen 1]]

Then you come to another fork in the road. Another complication. Now, was it left, right, or down the dark alley. [[Left Road]] [[Right Road]] [[Dark Alley]]

You take the left road. It leads to another path, and then another. You finally make it to a bridge, with two passages. [[Right Over Bridge]] [[Left Over Bridge]]

You take the right road. It goes for a while. Now, another quetion: [[Right?]] [[Or]] [[Left?]]

You go over into the dark alley. After a while, it becomes too narrow for your car to continue. [[Go Back To The Road]] [[Continue On Foot]]

You head right. [[Left Way]] [[Right Way]] [[Go Ahead]]

BOOM! You have accessed the sceret bonus portion of this story! Now, you get some fun. [[Secret Passage A]]

You know it's the left path, so you continue driving. I mean, what is up? You think. Not to anything in perticular, but just to all of the universe. Now. there is only one path. You take it. Another path. you take it another path. you take it another path. you take it [[Epilouge 4]]

Welcome to secret Passage A! [[Secret Bassage B]] [[Scecret Passage C]]

Cool! Now go back!

Thats all. Go back.

You keep driving. On and on, miles of highway. How long have you been driving? How long has the gas been full? How long has it been since I last ate? All of these questions and more are wandering through your mind. You have no awnseres for them. At first you are confused. Confused as to why there are no awnsers. Comfused as to why you can't take your hands off the steering wheel. But then you feel calm. Nice, peacefull calm. You relax, and continue driving. You are still driving when floods come, droughts, storms, famine, war, peace, disaster, quiet, and you will still be driving, probabably untill the end of time. You have become a Wanderer, and you are fine with that choice. What other choices were there to make? [[End Screen 1]]

You take the left path. It is a dead end. So, you turn around. [[Right Road]]

You pick to keep going right. The road eventually winds and winds and winds, leading you up a steep mountain. You ABSOLUTLY know that this is not the way, but the road is too narrow and the fall too steep to turn around. Eventually, you reach a cave. [[Go Into The Cave]] [[Keep Going Up The Mountian]]

You keep on going foreward. Eventually, you reach a decrepid, run-down factory. Now, youy are faced with more tough questions. Do you... [[Go Inside The Factory]] [[Turn Back Around]]

You decide to be adventurous, brave even. So you enter into the abandoned factory. There are some papers on the floor, and there seems to be a large amount of footprints in the dust. [[Keep Going]] [[Go Back]]

You make a 180, convinced that that was not the path to go on. You come back to the prior intersection. Now... [[Right Way]] [[Left Way]] [[Go Ahead]]

You go further and further into the factory. Now, there is a set of metal bars hanging precariously above your head. [[Continue Further]] [[Go Back]]

You turn back around, and get into your car. [[Turn Back Around]]

You creep further and further into the factory. Until you encounter a small camp made out of leather and twine. [[Investigate The Camp]] [[Nope, I'm Going Back]]

You decide to investigate the camp. On closer inspection, it turns out to be a camp of some homeless people. [[You Continue Investigating]]

Pick a number: [[001]] [[002]]

You manage to make it safely out of the factory, and start your car. [[Turn Back Around]]

Unfortunatly, while you were leaving, you didn't notice the rope holding the steel beams snap, crushing you [[Epilouge 5]]

You are now a ghost, floating over your own body. You are not suprised by this course of events, you are simply startled. No one finds your body, no one even looks in the old factory. After a while, they even forget about you. And as for you, the ghost? You spend the rest of eternity looking, trying to get someone to recognize you, to FIND you! [[End Screen 1]]

As you continue to poke around, the homeless people come back. One of them sneaks up behind you with a wooden board and... [[WHACK!]]

Ugh... You manage to wake up, submerged in a boiling pot of water. [[Epilouge 6]]

The homeless people boil you and eat you alive. There is no ghost, for there is nothing left exept bones. And bones help nobody. [[End Screen 1]]

You go into the cave [[Epilouge 7]]

You keep going up the mountain, untill you reach a cabin. [[Epilouge 8]]

You enter the cave, creeping cautiously forward further. Until you find a sleeping bear. In a fit of temporary insanity, you lay down by the bear, and fall asleep. When you woke up, the bear was standing over you. You think that this is the end. But the bear does not kill you. It accepts you. You become one with the bear. You live with the bear. And soon, you forget human language and emotion, in favor of grunts and growls. You soon can not remember your memories from human life. They are only blurry memories, like waking up from a dream. But you are not concerened with the lack of memories. You are happy. [[End Screen 1]]

You decide to enter the cabin. There there is a dark circle. You press a button. You do not know why you do this, but you do. The dark circle slides away, and there are stairs leading down. You know that you should not go down there, but you do. You are not panicked that you can not stop your body from moving, but you follow. Down and down you go. You finally reach a dark, almost red-stained pentagram, surrounded by candles. You lay down. You no longer are content, you are panicking. You know that you do not want to lay down. You know that if you lay down, you will not leave this cabin. But still you do. And then, you black out. Later, you wake up. There is chanting and the candles are burning brighter and brighter. So much chanting... And you black out. [[End Screen 1]]

You take the right path over the bridge. Unfortunatly, that portion of the bridge is blown up by Canadian Terrorists as you cross, and you fall into the water [[BOOM!]]

You take the left path over the bridge. Unfortunatly, that portion of the bridge is blown up by Canadian Terrorists as you cross, and you fall into the water [[Splash!]]

You fall into the water beneath the bridge, dazed. You can somewhat see water filling in through the holes in your battred car. [[Epilouge 9]]

You drown. That is all that there is to say to this story. There is nothing more. And since you are dead, there will never be anything more [[End Screen 1]]

You explode. [[Epilouge 10]]

You can't win on the bridge. [[End Screen 1]]

You continue on foot. Further and further into the dark alley. How far back does this go? Then a voice whispers: hey, c'mere! [[C'mere]] [[Nope, Go Back]]

You turn back to the main road [[Right Path]]

You come here, and the man offers you a spot in the mob. [[Sure!]] [[Nope, Go Back]]

You turn to run, but the member of the mob now knows that you are here. He sneaks up behind you and slits your throat. [[Epilouge 11]]

You are dead. The mob contacts your family, and gives them a demand of 5 million or they will not return you. They comply. Then, five years later, your body is washed up on a beach made out of rubble from the explosion of a bridge. [[End Screen 1]]

You join the mob [[Epilouge 12]]

You join the mob, and assist them in blackmailing your family. You slip away from your old life and become the feared crime lord Don Congrejo. You are happy. [[End Screen 1]]

You take the left road, that leads you to a tunnel, and a Mountain Path. [[Tunnel]] [[Mountian Path]]

You are sure that the right road is the way to go. You take it and start driving. Eventually, you reach your work. [[Enter Part 2]]

You chose the Diagonal Right path. You continue on and on, untill you reach another road. This road also has a U-turn. [[Keep On Going]] [[Turn Around]]

You remember that you forgot your laptop at home. So, you go back to get it. [[You Head To Work]]

You keep on going down the path. Eventually, you get to a bridge. [[Go Over The Bridge]]

You decide to turn back around. This probably wasn't the path to take. [[Right]]

You decide to go over the bridge. As you cross, you feel a deep, quaking sound. You see an old woman, who was walking on the footbridge path on the bridge fall. You can [[Help The Old Lady]] [[Leave Her]]

You decide to help the old lady. As you jump out of your car and rush over to her, the bridge continues to shake. You reach her and help her to her feet just as the bridge plunges into the water. [[Epilouge 14]]

You heartless monster. You don't deserve an epilouge [[The White Room]]

You manage to crawl out of the river, and get an Uber back to your house, diciding that you had had enough exitement for one day. [[End Screen 1]]

[[Epilouge 13]]

YOU HAVE ENTRED PART 2 OF A STORY OF THINGS: FRED CHAPTER You get out of your car, glad to finally be at work. This seemed like a ridiculous amount of waiting and work to get here. It seemed to you, that death lurked at every wrong turn. You find that pretty weird. I mean, that's impossible, right? [[Enter Work]] [[Enter Service Entrance]]

You decide to take the tunnel path. As you are going further through the tunnel, the lights begin to flicker. Then, further in, the lights all go out. [[Keep Going Through The Tunnel]] [[Leave The Tunnel]]

You take the mountain path. It leads no where. Most roads lead no where. You stop, and you realize this startling revelation. You stand there forever. [[End Screen 1]]

YOU HAVE PICKED THE NUMBER: 11 [[You Are Avery]]

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[[You Are You]]

[[You Are Me]]

[[You Are The Creator]]

[[You Are D.A.T.A]]

You ignore every horror move that you have watched, and keep going through the tunnel. In pitch blackness, you swear you can hear deep, cluncking footsteps. [[Epilouge 15]]

You turn back around and leave the tunnel. [[Left R.]]

You pick up the pace, afraid of what is behind you, or in front of you, or right next to you. You can't see since it is pitch black. But, you swerve when there is no turn, and you crash into the wall. You stumble out of your smoking car, dazed. There is a figure before you. You have no way of knowing this, but it is an Entity. The Entity picks you up, and throws you against the wall of the tunnel, again, and again, and again. You are dead by the fifth throw, blissfully dead when the Entity devours your body. [[End Screen 1]]

You head through your front door, glad to be finally at work. You are briskly walking, since you are over an hour late. All those paths made it seem like you were not in control on your own actions. Like your paths were pre-determined, and going down a path other than the one that you chose correctly could lead to a different ending to your life. Your mind quickly goes to becoming a Mafia Lord, and the name 'Don Congrejo' pops into your head. You decide that if you ever join the mob, your crime name would be 'Don Congrejo'. You pass by the calandar that has the word of the day. Today's word is 'Self-Fulfilling Prophecy'. You make it to your cubicle, No. 17448-B, and sit down to work. First things first... [[Boot Up Computer]] [[Get Coffee]] [[Paperwork]] [[Gossip At The Water Cooler]]

You quickly look at your watch. Oh, man! You're an hour late! You don't think it took that long, but apperantly it did. So, being the smart person you are, you decide to sneak in through the Service Entrance, where all of the supplies and crates come in through. As you use your all-acess keycard to enter the storage room after the shipping comes through. You manage to sneak in and are on your way to your cubicle when... [[WHAM!]]

You are knocked unconcious by an unknown blow. You are then dragged an unknown distance down the service tunnel. You and your assilant go past the door that leads to the main floor, and through the door marked GENERATOR. [[Enter the GENERATOR Room]]

You are dragged into the generator room, where you manage to get up, and look around. The person who dragged you in there is nowhere to be found. [[Exit the GENERATOR Room]]

You boot up your computer, time to get to work! Your Appdows Linrar Pro Exe boots up with a ding! Now, what was your password again? [[password]] [[qwertyuiop]] [[password123]] [[iamsodepressed,mygirlfriendleftme]] [[geniusbannana]] [[whoknowsmypassword]] [[ allisloss]] [[theearthisdying]] [[chocolatesmoothie]]

Ugh, you're so tired. Work sure is exhausting, right? You get up, gorggily from your cubicle, and begin the long and tiresome search for the coffee pot. You think you see the coffee pot a few isles down, so.. [[Go a few isles down]] [[Go back in your cubicle]] [[Check the Cafe]]

You get out your stack of files, and begin working. //Eight Hours Later...// Ugh, this took forever. You get up, and walk out of your office. Huh, everyone has left. You stumble along in the darkness, looking for the exit. Eventually, you come to two different paths. [[Left ]] [[Right ]]

You take a break to go talk at the water cooler. Halfway there, you are filled with meloncholy and vouge, and decide to.. [[Go back in your cubicle]]

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ERROR! PASSOWORD INCORRECT! PLEASE TRY AGAIN! Nope, that can't have been it. Let me try again [[password]] [[password123]] [[geniusbannana]] [[ allisloss]] [[theearthisdying]] [[chocolatesmoothie]] [[whoknowsmypassword]] [[iamsodepressed,mygirlfriendleftme]]

ERROR! PASSOWORD INCORRECT! PLEASE TRY AGAIN! Nope, that can't have been it. Let me try again [[password]] [[qwertyuiop]] [[geniusbannana]] [[ allisloss]] [[theearthisdying]] [[chocolatesmoothie]] [[whoknowsmypassword]] [[iamsodepressed,mygirlfriendleftme]]

ERROR! PASSOWORD INCORRECT! PLEASE TRY AGAIN! Nope, that can't have been it. Let me try again [[password]] [[qwertyuiop]] [[password123]] [[ allisloss]] [[theearthisdying]] [[chocolatesmoothie]] [[whoknowsmypassword]] [[iamsodepressed,mygirlfriendleftme]]

ERROR! PASSOWORD INCORRECT! PLEASE TRY AGAIN! Nope, that can't have been it. Let me try again [[password]] [[qwertyuiop]] [[geniusbannana]] [[ allisloss]] [[theearthisdying]] [[password123]] [[whoknowsmypassword]] [[iamsodepressed,mygirlfriendleftme]]

Huh, this wasn't your account... You scan the desktop quickly, and you see that this is Patrick Jiprk's account, the CEO of Selso Soda Co. Now, this appears to be a terrible mix-up, so what do you do? [[Log Out]] [[Open 'payroll']] [[open 'mail']] [[open 'files']] [[open 'System Information']]

You look at the desktop. This is most DEFINITELY not your account. The background shows a small frog sitting atop a golden throne of McDonalds Kids Meal cartons. This appears to be the shared account of a new extermist religious movement that has been blocking and shutting down traffic, as well as revealing public information about everyone from gas station workers, to the President of CaMexico. So, what to do? [[Log Out]] [[open mail]] [[open registrar]] [[open files]] [[open system information]]

Ok yeah. This is your account. What do you need to do now? [[Log Out]] [[Open work]] [[Open files]] [[Open system information]] [[Open mail]]

You log on to the account. This is NOT your account. There is a blank background, and one file in the middle labled 'FILE'. [[Open FILE]] [[Logoff]]

You press the 'Power Down' button, and your computer screen goes blank. What now? [[Get Coffee]] [[Gossip At The Water Cooler]] [[Paperwork]] [[Boot Up Computer]]

You opend the payroll app. It's literally just a text document. See text document 5754-D for payroll. What really even is payroll? Who knows. You log back out, and [[Open 'payroll']] [[open 'mail']] [[open 'files']] [[Search for Document 5754-D]] [[Log Out]]

You open the mail app. Huh, it appears that there are only 4 emails here. They're arranged via chronological order archive. [[4 Months Ago]] [[2 Months Ago]] [[12 Days Ago]] [[45 Minutes Ago]]

You open the files folder. Inside are three files. Two of them are links to the mail, and payroll folders, but one of them is titled 5754-D [[Open 'payroll']] [[open 'mail']] [[Open 5754-D->Search for Document 5754-D]] [[Log Out]]

You open up system information. The screen goes dark for a few seconds, but then comes back on, all garbled. The screen begins seeping out dark tendrils of nothing before everything goes black. 4 words appear in your mind. [[This is a story]]

You open the mail application. There are 666,069,420 emails, and all of them have only 5 words in them: **// ELON MUSK HOST MEME REVIEW //** You log out confused. You... [[Log Out]] [[open mail]] [[open registrar]] [[open files]] [[open system information]]

You open the regisrar. This appears to be a list of those who are part of the church. This is boring. You exit out. Now, you... [[Log Out]] [[open mail]] [[open registrar]] [[open files]] [[open system information]]

You open the files you have the options... [[open mail]] [[open registrar]] [[open system information]]

You open the system information. It's a mindless string of 1 and 0's. They fill the screen. 11010101010101001010101000110101010111010101010101010010101011010101010101101010101010101001100101001001001010101010010000111111111010101010101010101010101010101010100010101010101010101010110101010010101010101010101010101010100101010100101010101010101001010100000101010101101010110101101010110101010101011011101011010101010101010010101010101001010101010110. You click out. What was that even? You click back out and... [[Log Out]] [[open mail]] [[open registrar]] [[open files]] [[open system information]]

You pop open the work, and begin working. //Three Hours Later// You log off, happy with the amout of work that you have done. [[Log Out]]

You open up the files, and there are a few things to click on. You... [[Open work]] [[Open system information]] [[Open mail]]

Huh, this is weird. Why did you open up your system information? You need to do work. You exit out and... [[Log Out]] [[Open work]] [[Open files]] [[Open system information]] [[Open mail]]

You open your mail, and check it. Huh, no new mail. You exit out, and [[Log Out]] [[Open work]] [[Open files]] [[Open system information]] [[Open mail]]

You open up the file, and there is a long list of smaller files within the folder. [[Document 1]] [[Adobe]] [[To Do List]] [[Help]] [[Commercials]] [[Work]] [[Games]] [[The Story Of Things]] [[Happy Thoughts]] [[Worklist]] [[SYS]] [[ppppppp]]

You try to log off, but a message pops up: SORRY, LOGGING OFF IS NOT ENABLED UNLESS YOU HAVE RETINA ID. Huh, it seems you can't log out. [[Open FILE]]

You open up the document. A second window boots up, a text console. Then, slanted lettering begins flowing through the console // Ransom started the chat 37 minutes ago Ransom sent out invitation (s) Ransom : Wisdom of the World of Wonders Here is a list of some of the best of the world. Ransom : Tony Sunshine, please forgive me cyking joined the chat 36 minutes ago Ransom : Al-Li, T'Thoto: Wooping Topper Ransom : {Ghost Ghosts} cyking : surety Ransom : There's no such thing as a holy kiss cyking : surety Ransom : Tohas Sammas T. The Land Job Wide Al-Arabi cyking : E cyking : E Ransom : Tracks Jung Abram cyking : Hmmm , you know Ransom : Beatrice Sofu cyking : A. Ransom : Yeah, yeah, yeah cyking : Doodle rage Ransom : Well done? cyking : miracle grow Ransom : Stop the violence and get the job done. cyking : Soothing you Ransom : Al Al Cuko Tahin You Ana Lollov Ransom : Ha ha ha ha cyking : oh yes cyking : Daddy Ransom : Hmm Ransom : Teahouse Turtle UT MAKKO cyking : harddrive Ransom : One smirk Ransom : Wow Ransom : ToasterHorseOurWayTipo Huig a WinterPopup Ransom :? cyking : Rhode Island , Vicinity , Brethren , and the United States Ransom : How do you install? Ransom : We're sorry cyking : nigihitivele Ransom : Siguiente cyking : nigihitivele Ransom : Tomorrow Ransom : OOOPFIFFIFFIFF cyking : www.wwaaaaasssssuuuuu plugup Ransom : Jill cyking : www.wwaaaaasssssuuuuuppppp Ransom : MMI cyking : thy throne cyking : Rings up one block Ransom : E-mail to friends: Your e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it. cyking : Yes, that's it. Ransom : E-mail to friends: Your e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it. Ransom : E-mail to friends: Your e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it. Ransom : E-mail to friends: Your e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it. cyking : The bottom line. cyking : Your Conscience. Ransom : fihi ārihi fo’ē R. fejidiši fihijife fido’umi fejifejifi āfidijišifi dišijišiji chidikichidikishi widifogifi fo’u’o ikinife 23 nidijifivijidifiji widikikifi wejihiveji e āfijefihi āfijinibini pipipipipi hijijifijejifi fijidijifidifijidifijivibi āfihifidihifidihifibi Ransom : oh Ransom : Slide Show: Poor Rugby: Gavin Fuffins: Victory:: [{;;;; "" "" "" "". cyking : your son, your son, your son, your son, your son, your son, your son cyking : gongs, clusters, spells, and hymns. 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Sa Sa e ch’o’ulidi Mr. wihēre schools in the same bed uniderigirowitihi; The Church of Christ, the Church of England, the Church of England, the Church of England, And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel , One of Booth's heavy tune-ups, Avenged Snowden Stewart Harddogen. Oh, it's from the Book for the Feast of Anatomy! Where do you think you are? And yeah, yeah, yeah. E shelili in telilinigi tihiši witihi P šigihi, šomewihēre āgets’i a āgets’i hānyichē, tiwo ro’ādiši diverigedi wi’udi in P, A, via e ti’uk’i bed Ona Las tireviledi years, a panel of postmark Haas First dififerenyichē bed. cyking : Anticipation cyking : The twin was thick cyking : water flowing down to the river Do you see the water flowing down the river? Do you have a rainforest? Do you have a rainy day? cyking : World War II Shuttle Plugs Ransom: On the other side of the road, let's say you are in the middle of the road, you'll see me in front of you, and you 'll see me, the moon, the moon, the moon, and the moon. O'uucheng Research . If you have any questions, please contact us. The Book of Verses, The History of the Commonwealth, The Rights of the Common Eagles, The Human Rights of the Undead, An Unheard of the Apostolic Church, The Teachings of God of Hossey, The Way of Israel , The Offspring of Happiness, The Way of Upps, Stewart Harddogan O , The Best Friend of the Year for the Heart of Anatomy! What do you think? One's, uncle, yes. A Shelter and Torture Transparency, Ransom: Šomewihēre āgets’i 'i F e āgets’i hāneyichi tiwo ro’āšiši divegidi wi'udi in P, P, vi’ā school ti'uki'i empty. Andres Elvis Presley, editor of Auspal Postmaster Harvey. Fred Gordon cyking : Posted in India You Has As It Got Me Flu Uukhah Ma'ak'Artrungs For Sentinel. Dissipostat Yui The World Wildlife Fund, the World Food Program, hosted a Global Fund for AIDS Immunization. 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Ransom: One Sole Package 1. And so ends part 1// Then, the text console goes black. [[Open FILE]] [[Keep Watching]]

You open up the file labled Adobe, and what is in there is... Nothing. Really? There's nothing in here. You go back and [[Open FILE]]

You open the to-do list. The screen loads for a few seconds, before sending you to [[Worklist]]

You open the Help file, and another window boots up. The word 'help' is the name of the program. In underlined words, a message appears Can I help? [[Yes]] [[No ]]

You open up the commercial folder. Mindless text fills the screen. grughhge uhf97t78143yt8yrgghu 48ry78t7r^U^%E&*TUICRD&duyiy%%&^T(tp8I^&^R^^T*&T) rgggguhsduh hGyy6%%Rhb^R&%fuf ^R68geufh ^t87fff *^68tf7iwf7fd00000-e98 6fo8gp8wf======-asd8y+++=88y47fgv$W~~~~!o87;;;/ygfegfef7we8f7(^+__hsdcyeg8yi6gefyg__heuceycgec P__ oiugeuegfuegufegfuwefiyfygwefgyTYTUGYfg64767&67587637r This made no sense. You exited out. [[Open FILE]]

It's just the same as what's in [[Worklist]]. You click out. [[Open FILE]]

You open the game file. Huh, these look pretty fun. [[Play Games]] [[Open FILE]]

You open the file labled 'The Story Of Things'. White text pops up on a black screen. 'This is the story of things. A story of cult leaders and conspiracies, and secret organizations. It is a story of roads, and mobs, and bridges. It is a story of bears, and homeless people, and Office Cults. But most of all, it is a story of... Things! Now, pick THE Number:' [[Epilouge 16]]

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You open up worklist, and a seemingly infinite list comes pouring out. You begin to read. 1. Finish Enviroment Project 2. Coffee 4. Remember 3. 5. Finish Fiscal Slides 6. Coffee You click out. This was too... Normal. [[Open FILE]]

As a Accountant for SelSo Soda Co, you know that SYS stands for System. Perhaps with this you can figure out who this belongs to. But, there's only another file that is labled 'Goats And Puppies' [[Open FILE]] [[Open Goats And Puppies]]

You open the file labled pppppp. There are literlly just p's in here. Back to the main meneu. You click out to the main screen and open FILE. [[Open FILE]]

You keep playing the game, going through the actions and clicking on text. You feel that this game is very similar to your real life. You keep playing. The point of this game, it seems, is to get through a day at work. You think you can do that. You, after many false ends that feel so, so real to you, you make it to your office, and you log on to your computer. You enter the password 'password' and you get on to a folder. You click the file labled 'the story of things', and you play. This keeps on repeating, and repeating, and layers apon layers of things forever. You do not leave your desk. You do not leave your work. You are not missed. [[End Screen 1]]

You open the Goats and Puppies File. You don't know why you thought that it would be something else then Goats and puppies. It's all goats and puppy pictures. You close out. [[Open FILE]]

[[You Are Woofster]]

You Are Woofster. Woofster is a dog. I would say what kind of dog, but Woofster would prefer me not to.

You wait and wait for the words to come back. [[Epilouge 17]]

You keep watching, and you keep waiting. You don't leave at the end of work, and you keep staring at the text screen, waiting for more text to appear. They never do. Evnetually, people forget about you. And then, more eventually, you die. [[End Screen 1]]

You type back in 'yes', and the computer brings back another message. I can help. Tell me about it [[Epilouge 18]]

Another message appears OK, then. Closing the program. The window closes back out. [[Open FILE]]

You begin telling the computer about it, about all of it. I'm sorry the program replies How can I help? And you tell more. The machine offers help, and you take it. Soon you get back together with Lucy. You get a new job, you get happier. You thank the computer, when you are cleaning out your old office. It shuts off, but not before repying with a :) [[End Screen 1]]

You randomly pick a game and play it. After a while, you switch games. [[Epilouge 19]]

You spend the entire day playing games on the new account. After the day, you head home, tired from a long day of working. This is a winning end, but it is not THE winning end. [[End Screen 1]]

You open the email from 4 months ago. It reads: **From:**Jiprk, Patrick V. **To:** Salsfin, Amanda S. **Subject:** New marketing Amanda, So, we've got the new subversive marketing done, but there are some problems with the output. I won't say them here, but let me just tell you that the basemnt is going to need some more more scrubbing. Try better next time. -J You click out of it, and [[Open 'payroll']] [[open 'mail']] [[open 'files']] [[Log Out]]

You open and click into the one for two months ago. It opens to a redacted email. You can make out bits peices. **From:** ███████, Sphil █. **To:** ███████████, ██████████████████████████-██ █. **Subject:** ███ ███ ███████ ██ OK, so we need ███████████. There's also ████ and █████. ██████ █████████ ██████. ████████████. HE KNOWS HE IS WATCHING. ███████, ██████████████████████████████████████████. You click out, confused at what was there. What you do now is... [[Open 'payroll']] [[open 'mail']] [[open 'files']] [[Log Out]]

**To:** To **From:** You **BCC:** Patrick Jiprk **Subject:** This story Hey there bro. This is time. I think that we all know that this is happening. The countdown has officially begun. We have about 12 or thirteen days depending on how the Company Oracle should be interpreted. We NEED to get the project almost finished. NEED. I hope it's thirteen, but probably twelve. You are confused, and exit back out of the email. You... [[Open 'payroll']] [[open 'mail']] [[open 'files']] [[Log Out]]

You open up the most recent email. This one dosen't seem to be from your boss, only BCC'd **To:** TO **From:** You **BCC:** Patrick Jiprk **Subject:** IT HAS BEGUN OK, it's really the time now. We only had 12 days. I hope you are ready. I've been BCC-ing his boss on all these emails. I've set everything up. The spatial anomilies and temporal reloops are ready. WHERE IS THE PORTAL? This was confusing. You log back out and... [[Open 'payroll']] [[open 'mail']] [[open 'files']] [[Log Out]]

You type in a internal file search for 5754-D. You only need the first three numbers before it pops up. You click on it, and you see the payroll. It is glorious. It is amazing. You see it all. You see all of it. You are amazed. You stay and be amazed in the office of yours. You tell people about this, and you try to tell everyone. But no one listens. You spend all the times of the office trying to tell people about what you have seen. Eventually, you get fired. This was a epilouge, although you don't think so. [[End Screen 1]]

You exit the dark generator room, and you blink, adjusting to the bright lights of the hall. Two paths lead off, and you are flashed back to this morning, which almost seems like a lifetime ago, making decisions that would lead you to work. So, which path to take? [[Rightward]] [[Leftward]]

You take the right path, heading down the line untill you reach a door marked 'Auditorium' [[Enter Auditorium]] [[Leftward]]

You take the left path. Eventually, you come to a set of stairs. [[Go up stairs]] [[Take the other path->Rightward]]

You head up the stairs, and go down another hallway. Eventually, you make it to your office. Now, what to do... [[Boot Up Computer]] [[Get Coffee]] [[Paperwork]] [[Gossip At The Water Cooler]]

You enter the Auditorium. There appears to be a large machine in the center of the stage, and the seats are nearly full. When you enter, they all turn to look at you. A small man is on the stage. "And now," he announces. "The star of our show. Fred, come on up here!" You feel awkward, but also compelled to come. You awkwardly shuffle foreward, and walk up onto the stage. "Now," the man adds. "It's time for our show! So, Fred, I need you to get here into the machine, so that we can get this party going!" You step into the machine, and the straps are tightend by the man onstage. "And Now" he says, stepping back. "For the big show!" [[He Pulls the switch]]

He steps back, and flips a switch on the side of the machine, and it begins to hum and whirr. He steps back, and flips the switch, and the macine begins whirring. You no longer are stuck there, and you're trying to get free. You notice that there's a bit of a slack on the ropes, and you... [[stay put]] [[try to get free]]

You stay where you are. For some reason, you want to stay here. You feel like you have a purpose. The hum and machine noises grow louder, and louder. "Now, it is time!" The man shouts. "The portal - is almost complete!" And then, [[BANG!]]

You wriggle more, and finally, you manage to get free. You quickly jump down from the podium, and begin running. It dosen't take too long for the man onstage to notice you. "Get him!" He yells. You burst open the door to the AUDITORUM, and make the path back to the Left. Now, what [[Duck into the GENERATOR room]] [[Go Left]]

You quickly duck into the room from where you came. You quickly duck behind a shelf, and hide. You hear footsteps pass by, and then fade. You think of how you came in? You were dragged, right? You must have been dragged in through the auditorium. You hear the footsteps one more time, and then they fade. You step back out, and you have to pick a path. [[Leftward]] You don't want to go back to that awful, awful room do you? You don't.

You head to the left, and quickly run up the stairs. You can hear the group coming behind you, and you quickly slam the door shut. There are a few shouts and bangs from the other side of the door, but then they fade, as the people on the other side of the door give up, and return from where they came. You look around your new room, and you realize that you are almost to your office. You stumble there, and finally collapse into your office chair. You try to put the events behind you. It was just a prank, only a prank. Now what? [[Boot Up Computer]] [[Get Coffee]] [[Paperwork]] [[Gossip At The Water Cooler]]

There is a massive shake, and it seems like the room begins to shake. Everything moves. And then, a massive slit appears in the wall, glowing and pulsing like some stange animal. ----------------- Meanwhile, up in the offices, the workers taking a break at the water cooler feel the shake. They feel the ground begin to rattle, to move up and down, like some bouncing thing. And they follow the company instructions for a earthquake. But this is no earthquake. --------- Meanwhile Meanwhile, outside of the building, Margana Salfith, a 8-year old lady is walking outside. She feels the ground shake, and begins to run. ---- All across town, we begin to feel it. The shaking, the rumbling beneath the earth. But it is not beneath the earth, it is coming from all around us. We feel it at the gorcery market, buying milk and eggs. We feel it at school, trying to learn long division. We feel it everywhere. The mall, the movies, the resteruants. We all feel it. ----------- But your back in the auditorium, with the man onstage. "Yes! The time is now!" He shouts. "The portal is complete!" He steps twoard it, but... [[You break free]]

Using the distraction of the shaking and the opening of the portal to wiggle free from the ropes that bind you to the machine. You are now standing by the machine, looking around. [[Enter the Portal]] [[Attempt to leave]]

You quickly run, and dive into the portal. The man tries to stop you, but you brush past him, and enter the portal. You see many worlds, so many of them. Too many to even count. You dive into one, and... Pick a number: [[ 1]] [[ 2]] [[ 3]] [[ 4]] [[ 5]] [[ 6]] [[ 7]] [[ 8]] [[ 9]] [[ 10]]

You try to jump down from the stage, but a mysterious force pushes you back. With no other option, you... [[Enter the Portal]]

You randomly jump into a portal, and you fall and fall into another world. [[Epilouge 20]]

You enter the portal, and come out in a brighly-colored world full of rounded and smiling trees, animals, and innanimate objects. You turn around, and the portal is still there, but only now it is also smiling. You shake your head in disgust, and enter the portal. [[Go back in]]

You fall through the portal, and instantly the sun bakes your skin. You do a quick look-around, and you see that this world is hot, so incredibly hot. Volcanoes spewing sulfur litter the horizon. A quick turn-around reveals that the portal is, indeed gone. [[Epilouge 23]]

You fly through the portal, and manage to get yourself stuck in some kind of sticky substance. [[Epilouge 24]]

You dove through the portal, into one of the many rooms. You fall out, and you appear to be in a... a room full of computers? The portal is behind you, pulsing, but no one in the room seems to be able to see it, or you. [[Go back in the portal]] [[Look around the room]]

You eneter the portal that looks like a cardboard cutout of a swirling portal. It takes you to a world where everything is made of the same, cardboard material. The landscape is vast, and you can see what looks like a town far off in the distance. Behind you, the portal still swirls. [[Go back in the portal]] [[Walk twoard the town]]

You fall through the portal into what appears to be a white room, with one door. Now, here, the portal stays, this time a deep yellow, starch against the white room. Here, you have choices. [[Re-Enter the portal]] [[Open the door]]

You dive through a hole, and are instantly soaked with water. You realize that you have been dropped in a large ocean, with no land as far as the eye can see. The portal is still here, though it's flickering in and out of reality. [[Epilouge 21]] [[Go through the portal]]

You leap through one of the portals, and land in the middle of a dark, murky swamp. You turn around, to see the portal rapidly closing. You attempt to jump back in, but the portal, and all you succeed in doing is falling flat on your face. You get up, dazed. [[Epilouge 22]]

You go through the portal, and are back in the portal room. The crowd is still there, as you are unsure of how long you have been gone. The man is still onstage. "I knew it!" He shouts, coming up to where you are. "The sacrifice," he says, gesturing to you, "has returned! And now, it is our turn! We will find a NEW dimension, and then we will start anew! We will rule the new world, and it will be glorious!" The crowd respondes with a deep chant of "glorious!" The man begins approaching the portal. [[Let him pass]]

The world you fall into is one in where you have died, so your new life is not interfering. You quickly turn around, but the portal closes behind you. After wandering around for a bit, you make it to your house. A quick check reveals that you have the same house keys. You awkwardly walk in, and collapse. A quick survey the next morining proves that you are still dating Lucy, and that you have a better position in your job. You live out the rest of your life happy, and you never wonder what happend to the portal... [[End Screen 1]]

You turn around, and walk calmly back into the portal, swirling around as you try to find another path. Pick a number: [[ 1]] [[ 2]] [[ 3]] [[ 4]] [[ 5]] [[ 6]] [[ 7]] [[ 8]] [[ 9]] [[ 10]]

You step foreward, and open the door. It swings open with a small creak, and you see in the room its... [[empty]]

How could this be possible? You wonder. This is what was sought after for so long, and there's... nothing? Absolutly nothing? [[Leave the room]]

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You turn around to try to enter the portal, but you are a few seconds too late. The portal flickers a few more times, as you try to swim into it. It closes, right before you manage to pull yourself in. You look around, frantic and decide to begin swimming. It dosen't take you long to collapse from exhaustion. You sink, and drown. [[End Screen 1]]

You quickly swim/jump through the portal, right before it closes on that waterworld. You are once again floating through the portalsphere, only a bit more wet. You decide to try to dive through another portal. Pick a number [[ 1]] [[ 2]] [[ 3]] [[ 4]] [[ 5]] [[ 6]] [[ 7]] [[ 8]] [[ 9]] [[ 10]]

You wander, confused, out of the swamp. It takes you a few hours to find your way into a small town by the edge of the swamp. No one bats an eye, as you come dazed out of the swamp. You settle down there, go back to night school, but you are constantly talking about what happend to you, and how might you get back. You die, in this strange, strange world, having never reached back to your own. [[End Screen 1]]

You wander, and wander across the landscape, looking for shelter from the impossible heat, and for something to drink, just for some liquid. But you find none. You find dirt, and that sustains you for a bit longer. You live for about three more years by your count, since it never gets dark here, before you lay down in the scorching sun, and will yourself to not get up, to not keep moving. [[End Screen 1]]

You turn around, and walk back into the portal. You float back in, and try to manuver yourself into another one. To try to get your way back. Pick a number: [[ 1]] [[ 2]] [[ 3]] [[ 4]] [[ 5]] [[ 6]] [[ 7]] [[ 8]] [[ 9]] [[ 10]]

You look around the room, and decide to peer over some of the computer screens. You see them all either typing in white boxes, reading black text, or moving white boxes on black arrows around on a white grid backdrop. Bizzare. You turn around and... [[Go back in the portal]]

You look around, and it appears that you are in some kind of room, immersed in a gelatin. You can see the portal, just outside of your prison. You try to move, and move, to try to do something, anything to get out of the prison you are in. The portal stays open, and men in white coats come in, and study you, and study the portal. You stay alive, for all eternity, encased in the gelatin. [[End Screen 1]]

You step into the portal, and then are pushed back out by a unseen force. The portal speaks to you, smiling all the while. "I'm sorry, but it does not seem like you have spent enough time here! Please, come back later!" [[Epilouge 25]]

You try and try to get back in the portal, but the portal says the same thing every time. Eventually, you give up, and just lay down, in the smiling grass. [[End Screen 1]]

You begin walking to the carboard towns. [[Epilouge 26]]

You reach the town after a few hours of walking. The citizens of the 2-dimensional town regard you as a god, for your extra third dimension. You become the ruler of the land for many years, and no longer think of the portal. [[End Screen 1]]

You step aside, and let him and all of the members of the group go through. [[Final Ending 1]]

As soon as the last member of the congregation steps through the portal, a thunderous CLAP! Rings out, and the portal explodes into flame. The fire begins to spread, catching the seats and the machine on fire, it begins to spread, and spread quickly, to the seats, the curtains, and the floor. You quickly run, and jump off the stage, and try to get past the fire. The fire spreads, blocking off your exit. You take your jacket off, with no time to spare, and run into the hallway. The fire continues to spread, even across the cement. You run, straight down the hall, past the boiler room, which explodes as the fire touches it, sending bits of metal raining down. You run, up the set of stairs, and to the main floor. As you run, you wonder where in relation to the lower floor the service entrance is. You run, and the floor underneath you gets hot. More of the area bursts into flames, and you continue running. You make it out, just as the fire closes around the door, trapping everyone left in flames. You barely stop to look, seeing the flames climb higher and higher. Why won't the fire alarms go out? You search around the parking lot, to find your car. You finally get in it, and rev the car, and pull out at top speed. You are almost back home when you hear the thunderous BOOM. You stop the car, and look back to see the remains of your office building fly into the air. You continue driving, and when you get home, you go to sleep. You begin the job hunt in the morning... [[Ending Scren 1]]

Thank you for finishing the first FINAL ending of The Story Of Things: Fred chapter. There are three real endings, that get you through the day. Play through every ending, and try to get through a normal day. [[This is a story]]

You take the left path, cautiously walking down the empty halls of your office. This, with it's path-picking, seemed to remind you a lot of this morning, on you seemingly endless search to get to work. After a while, you pass a room with a open door, an office room, probably. But here, the light is on, and a sickly green smoke is spilling out of the open door. [[Investigate]] [[Keep Walking]]

You walk down the right path, which leads to a metal staircase, which decesends to somewhere. [[Left ]] [[Go downstairs]]

You head down the stairs, with a path leading to the right, and the stairs leading back up. [[Back up]] [[Rightward]]

You head back up the stairs, deciding that this wasn't the path. You make it back to your office and choose... [[Right ]] [[Left ]]

You peer into the room. Green smoke fills the room, and you can't see anything else. [[Enter the room]] [[Keep Walking]]

You shake your head. You've had enough for one day, you think as you quickly walk past the room. Enough of that. You continue walking untill you finally reach the main exit, and walk out. You get in your car, and start the engine. You pull out of your near-empty office parking lot, and head home. This time, on the way back, it is a mush simpler trip. Left, then another Left. You get home, and open the door, and collapse on the sofa. Another long day at work. After watching some TV for a few hours, you decide to head up to bed, back at it tommorow, right? [[Final Ending 2]]

You continue walking untill you finally reach the main exit, and walk out. You get in your car, and start the engine. You pull out of your near-empty office parking lot, and head home. This time, on the way back, it is a mush simpler trip. Left, then another Left. You get home, and open the door, and collapse on the sofa. Another long day at work. After watching some TV for a few hours, you decide to head up to bed, back at it tommorow, right? [[Ending Scren 2]]

Congrats for getting through a COMPLETE run of The Story Of Things: Fred Chapter. There are three main and ulitimate endings, and this is probably the easiest. Play through some more and find everything. I bet you can't! [[This is a story]]

You cautiously walk in, the smoke stinging your eyes, with you blindly calling "hello?". Eventually, the smoke clears. And you see a group of figures cross-legged in a pentagon, in flowing red robes, chanting. There are candles burning. [[Walk closer]] [[Nuh-uh, this is too strange, back there->Keep Walking]]

You cautiously walk closer to get a closer look at what this group is doing. One of them notices you, and the door swings shut. The figure approaches you. They take off their hood, and it's your boss, Patrick Jiprk. "Ah, Fred" he says, approaching you. "We're so glad that you're here." [["Why?"]]

Patrick smiles at your question, like a adult would smile at something silly a child says. "Because, Fred" he starts. "You are the chosen one." [["But-"]]

"Ah, ah ah" Patrick says, putting his finger to your lips. "Save your remarks. We must begin the ritual. The 'others' are waiting for you. I am just glad that you decided to come here. I can see, even now, a version where this office ceses to be due to the actions of them. We must begin. I will explain to you. Fred, you are the chosen one, because even now, your future, and out future is being written now. There is a world where you never made it to work, and where the Company Prophecy never is fullfilled. There is another world where you walk by this office, and the others may have a chance tommorrow. But we are not in those worlds. We are not on those paths, branching off from the crucial story. You are special, Fred, becuase you have all the choices. Well, we all have choices, but you have them all written down. And now, we must begin the ritual. Step into the pentagon." [[Enter the Pentagon]]

You step into the center of the five-candle symbol. "Good." Patrick tells you. "Now, lay down and close your eyes." You do as you are told, and as soon as you lay down, you are frozen in place. The ritual is almost complete. [[Begin Ritual]]

The hooded figures come back into a circle around you. They begin chanting again. The green smoke comes back, tenfold, and then... [[nothing]]

You wake up. You are in a completely black area. You can not tell where you are, as it is pitch black. No one, nothing. You stumble around forever, and you are stuck in the nothing for the rest of your life. And since there is no time in The nothing, the rest of your life is forever. [[End Screen 1]]

You walk the few isles down to look for the coffeepot. It's not there. Shoot. What now? [[Check the Cafe]] [[Go back in your cubicle]]

You shake your head. Forget coffee, you don't need it now. You walk back into your cubicle, and... [[Boot Up Computer]] [[Get Coffee]] [[Paperwork]] [[Gossip At The Water Cooler]]

You take the five minutes out of your day to go down to the cafeterium. But the management calls it the cafe to 'spice up the place'. You are in luck, and find the coffee. Now, [[Go back in your cubicle]]