***Day $day***
***(if: $day is 1)[Wednesday] (if: $day is 2)[Thursday] (if: $day is 3)[Friday]***
*(if: $day is 1)[You have 2 days till your test.] (if: $day is 2)[You have 1 day till your test.] (if: $day is 3)[Today is your test.]*
You wake up from your sleep to the sound of your alarm going off, turning it off and sitting up in your bed. (if: $day is 1)[Your bedroom looks exactly how you left it with your textbooks still laying open from the previous night's late night studying. Your water bottle sitting on your bedside table undisturbed. You glance over at your clock and realize you had a class at 10 and it was now 8:30, giving you just enough time to get ready and head to campus.] (if: $day is 2)[Your water bottle is tipped over and had been leaking water the entire night, leaving a puddle for you to clean up. You sleepily get up and clean up the spilled water. *I don't move a lot in my sleep. It's too far away from me to spill it.* (set: $paranormal to it + 1)] (if: $day is 3)[Your water bottle has gone missing entirely even though you were sure that you hadn't moved it from there since you had first cleaned it up and refilled it from the previous night. (set: $paranormal to it + 1)] You decided to get up and get ready, debating on what you wanted to do in the limited amount of time you had before you had to head to class. You only have time for one.
Maybe you should [[make some coffee|Coffee]].
Maybe you should [[make some food|Food]].
Or maybe you should [[go to class|Commute]].{(set: $day to 1)
(set: $coffee to false)
(set: $food to false)
(set: $payAttention to false)
(set: $study to false)
(set: $paranormal to 1)}You get ready for bed, pulling the blankets over your head as you try to will sleep to come to you.
{(set: $day to it + 1)
(if: $day > 3)[It is time to [[go to sleep|Endings]].]
(else:)[It is time to [[go to sleep|Start]].]}
(set: $coffee to false)
(set: $food to false)(if: $paranormal > 4)(goto: "Trapped")
(if: $paranormal is 3)(goto: "Running")
(else:)(goto: "Normal")You decide to get a cup of coffee to take with you on your commute to your class. (if: $day is 3)[Once you get to your coffee machine, you open up the machine, ready to pour fresh coffee grounds into the filter. You pause, about to pour the coffee grounds into the filter. Your coffee machine is already filled with fresh coffee. (set: $paranormal to it + 1)] You make your coffee the way you want before closing the lid on the to-go coffee cup. You decide to [[head out|Commute]].
(set: $coffee to true)You decide to make yourself some food that is great for your commute to school. You have just enough time to make your food before you have to [[head out|Commute]].
(set: $food to true)(if: $day is 3)[You furrow your brows as you reach to grab for your keys where you usually hang them up on your hook right outside your door. You look around your apartment for your keys, finding them on your couch. You furrow your brow. *I swear I didn't put them there last night,* you think to yourself. (set: $paranormal to it + 1)] With your keys in hand, you step out of your apartment, you are greeted by the freezing-cold of the early December air. You are wrapped up in your black jacket, having decided that your black jacket was neutral enough to go with whatever outfit you decided to have. You head to your car, unlocking it as you step inside (if: $coffee is true)[with your coffee in hand, setting it in your cup holder. You forgot to warm up your car before you stepped inside it, but the warmth of your coffee was helping you stave off the cold. You turn on your car, blasting the heat and wait for it to warm up.] (else-if: $food is true)[with your food in hand. Your breath comes out in a cold puff of air as you blow on your hot food. You start to eat your food as you wait for your car to warm up.] (else:)[, turning on your car as you wait for it to warm up.]
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After your car successfully warms up, you head to school, careful to drive slow due to the icy roads. Once you get to school, you search for an empty parking spot and park there. You then head up to class.
[[Class]]As you step into your chemistry class, you are greeted by your friend, Eren, who you go sit next to. Eren is average height and always dressed perfectly. Their hair is always done without a single hair out of place.
{(if: $day is 1)["Have you started studying for the test?" Eren says to you, "it's on Friday, you know." You give them a pointed look, "I know, I'm going to start tonight." You take out your iPad to take notes.]
(if: $day is 2)["*Tell* me you've started studying!" Eren says, gripping your arm in a pleading manner. You shake off their arm with a playful roll of your eyes. "Yes, I have. Have *you*?" You say, taking out your iPad, getting ready to take notes. They blush a bit out of embarrassment. "I've been so busy, I haven't had the time to study."]
(if: $day is 3)["Are you ready for the test?" It was Eren who looks up from their notes, looking a little bit more disheveled than you have seen them previously. Their baby hairs stick up from their head which is odd. Their hair also looks like they've been running their hands through their hair constantly. You have never seen them be so nervous. "Kinda," you say. You take out your own notes and decide to study a bit more before your test.]}
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{(if: $day < 3)["Okay class, we are going to get started now. Remember, this stuff is going to be on your test." Your teacher says before diving into their lecture. (if: $coffee is true)[You don't feel tired and can [[pay attention in class|Pay Attention]].] (else-if: $food is true)[Due to having food, you don't feel hungry so you can [[pay attention in class|Pay Attention]].] (else:)[You feel tired and your stomach growls, so you can't [[pay attention in class|Distracted]].]]
(if: $day is 3)[Okay class, we are going to start our test right now. Put away everything on your desk except a pencil, your calculator, and an eraser if you have one." Your teacher says, waiting for everyone to put their things away before they start passing out all of the tests. You feel nervous as you look at the test once you get yours. (if: $study is true)[You realize that a lot of the questions asked are ones that you had studied. You feel more confident the farther into the test you go. Once finished, you turn in your test to the teacher, feeling confident.] (else-if: $payAttention is true)[You realize some of the questions asked are ones that your teacher had specifically mentioned in class. You feel a bit more confident than you thought you would have felt, although you know you could have done better. Once finished, you give the teacher your test, feeling okay about your test.] (else:)[You stare at the test, realizing how little you had studied and paid attention during class. You try to guess what the answers are although you know you aren't going to be able to get a good grade at all. You turn in your test, feeling dejected.]]}
{(if: $day < 3)[Once your class is over, you decide to [[head home|Head home]] or [[study with Eren|Hang out with Eren]].]
(if: $day is 3)[You decide to [[head home|Home]] once your test is over.]}You decide to stay out and study with Eren at the library. You feel better now that you have studied with Eren since you two had to explain concepts to each other. You two also quizzed each other.
[[Head home]]
(set: $study to true)
(set: $payAttention to false)Once you get home, you set your keys on your hook before laying down on the couch. You are so tired, but you still have a lot of stuff to do. (if: $day is 1)[The rest of your day is uneventful.]
[[Head to bed|Night]]You take notes diligently, basically hanging off your teacher's every word. As a result of this, you feel more prepared for the test coming up.
You decide you can either [[study with Eren|Hang out with Eren]] or [[head home|Head home]].
(set: $payAttention to true)
(set: $study to false)As a result of having no food or coffee to tide you over, you are subsequently hungry *and* tired. You can only half pay attention to your lecture, missing some of the key points they talk about in class. Eren had also distracted you during the day which caused you to barely pay attention to the teacher.
(set: $payAttention to false)
You decide to [[head home|Home]]Since you have had no food during the day, you start to make food. When it is finished making, you decide to eat your food.
(if: $day is 1)[While eating your food, you go to turn on the tv, noticing that your remote was gone. You frown and go to look for it, finding it in the fridge. *Odd*, you think to yourself. *I definitely didn't put it there.*]
(if: $day is 2)[While eating your food, you decide to watch TikToks on your phone in the meantime. When you reach for your phone, you find that it isn't there at all. *I could have sworn it was right next to me...* You think to yourself, tilting your head in confusion.
(if: $day is 3)[You sit down Once you wake up, you realize you aren't in your room at all. You definitely fell asleep in your room, so where are you? You sit up, looking around the room. It was a relatively dark room, mostly red and was devoid of furniture besides the bed you were currently sitting on. A light flickers above you. The light turns off for a second. When it comes back on, a figure suddenly appears and sits at the end of your bed, staring at you... or at least you *think* it is staring at you. You can't tell because it doesn't have any eyes. Where its eyes are supposed to be are just two black voids. "You finally came to me," it says, its voice hollow and echo-y as you listen to it. "You took too long."
You furrow your eyebrows before you realize that this figure must be the actual owner of your apartment. "You're stuck here, y'know?" They say, giving out a laugh at your horrified face.You close your eyes for what feels like a second before a loud ***BOOM*** jolts you awake. Your eyes spring open as you look around at what seems to be the source of the noise. A massive figure is behind you. **How dare you move into *my* apartment!** It booms, seeming to get closer extremely fast. You scramble up and try to run away. "I didn't mean to! I'm sorry I moved in!" You scream, so scared you're tripping over your own clumsy feet.
*Come on, now's not the time,* you think to yourself as you can hear it whooshing behind you. Right as you think it is behind you, about to snatch you up, you wake up. You immediately jolt up, looking around. Finding no immediate threat, you try to catch your breath as it felt like you had run a marathon.
"I have to get *out* of this apartment. Now." You tell yourself as you get up to start the process.You wake up on Saturday with a notification on your phone, not from an alarm. This was from your Canvas, telling you you had a new grade entered: your test from yesterday. You decide to click on the notification which takes you right to your grade on said test.
{(if: $study is true)[Your grade opens up to a 95% on the test, above the average. You grin to yourself; your studying really did pay off.]
(if: $payAttention is true)[Your grade opens up to an 82% on the test which is about the average. You could have done better, but you have done worse in this class.]
(else:)[You wince as your grade opens up to a 65%, below the average. You should definitely have studied harder or at least paid attention in class. As this test was a huge part of your grade, your grade drops down to a 74% overall in the class.]}