DEAD LINE A Murder Mystery(Draft) (Image to be added) (and styling to be done) [[Start>->1]] (set: $name to (prompt: "name?", "")) Detective $name. You are so late. Come on. The murder scene is upstairs. (set: $floor to 1) [[climb up stairs>->stair]] [[take the elevator>->elevator]] (set: $floor to $floor+1) floor: (text: $floor) (if: $floor is < 10)[[Continue up>->stair]] (if: $floor is 5)[[Enter]] (if: $floor is > 5)[[Go Down]] (if: $floor is 2)[Your boss has called you 3 times asking for the report of this case by today.] (if: $floor is 3)[I know you have not been feeling well lately...but you also have not been doing your job well.] (if: $floor is 4)[You couldn't remeber things?...Well, let's just focus on this new case now.] (if: $floor is 5)[Good luck. ] (set: $floor to $floor+1) 『 』 floor: (text: $floor) (if: $floor is < 10)[[Continue up>->stair]] (if: $floor is 5)[[Enter]] (if: $floor is > 5)[[Go Down]] (if: $floor is 2)[Your boss has called you 3 times asking for the report of this case by today.] (if: $floor is 3)[I know you have not been feeling well lately...but you also have not been doing your job well.] (if: $floor is 4)[You couldn't remeber things?...Well, let's just focus on this new case now.] (if: $floor is 5)[Good luck. ] (set: $floor to $floor-1) floor: (text: $floor) (if: $floor is < 10)[[Continue up>->stair]] (if: $floor is 5)[[Enter]] (if: $floor is > 5)[[Go Down]] (if: $floor is 2)[Your boss has called you 3 times asking for the report of this case by today.] (if: $floor is 3)[I know you have not been feeling well lately...but you also have not been doing your job well.] (if: $floor is 4)[You couldn't remeber things?...Well, let's just focus on this new case now.] (if: $floor is 5)[Good luck. ] This is the crime scene (Image to be added). You see, this is the (text-colour:red)[dead] body, of our victim: Mr.(text-colour:red)[Line]. (align:"=><====")[(text-colour:red)[_____]] In your report please include possible dying causes, suspects, and whatever useful information about the case. ...And be professional as possible, please, Detective $name. [[got it.>->evi]] [[ok.>->evi]] [[...fine>->evi]] [[...>->evi]] ... Please start your investigation, Detective $name. I will try not to interrupt. (align:"=><====")[(text-colour:red)[______]] [[Look at the body>->body1]] [[Look at the room>->room1]] [[Ask for more information>->ask1]] (text-colour:grey)[It is not so hard to just stare at the victim. You remembered. This victim is a dangerous character.] (align:"=><====")[(text-colour:red)[_______]] (text-colour:grey)[ He is the suspect of several other crimes including: 1. the homicide of Creativity 2. the missing case of Leisure 3. the abduction of Productivity 4. the killing of Time It could be a revenge; you have somethings to go on the report.] [[Continue>->evi3]](text-colour:grey)[ You don't want to put too much effort to search the whole room. So you picked something easy to find in the room. A clock. The time is set to Monday September 23 6pm.] (align:"=><====")[(text-colour:red)[_______]] [[Try to adjust time]] [[whatever>->evi3]] ... Really? You need me to tell you how to do your job? Detective $name? ... (align:"=><====")[(text-colour:red)[_______]] [[Yeah.]] [[Never mind.>->evi]] ...Fine. This case was reported a week ago by an annomynous individual (who is identified to be a professor teaching Art Games). So this dead body had been lying here for at least 7 days and you have just got to it now. (align:"=><====")[(text-colour:red)[________]] Good job. No, there is no sarcasm here. Don't you remember? You were dealing other criminal cases, it was ... [[ the cases of other Dead Lions>->evi2]] [[ the homicide of Creativity >->evi2]] [[ the missing case of Leisure>->evi2]] [[ the abduction of Productivity>->evi2]] [[ the killing of Time who lives in the wasteland>->evi2]] Oh, right. But I don't care about your other case. (align:"=><====")[(text-colour:red)[_________]] [[go back to your investigation>->evi]] ...Okay. Sorry to interrupt. There is no enough time for you to play around. Have you forgotten all the investigation procedures? (align:"=><====")[(text-colour:red)[________]] [[Yes]] [[No]] ...Just do one of the following (align:"=><====")[(text-colour:red)[________]] [[Tape the outline and remove the body]] [[Search the scene thoroughly with a magnifying glass]] [[Call for backup]](text-colour:grey)[ You remembered. The job traing from your first day taught you the procedures that you never followed:] (align:"=><====")[(text-colour:red)[_________]] [[Tape the outline and remove the body]] [[Search the scene thoroughly with a magnifying glass]] [[Call for backup]](text-colour:grey)[ You have taped the outline. ] The body is hard too move. Looks like It needs some (text-colour:red)[ex]ternal (text-colour:red)[tension]. (align:"=><====")[(text-colour:red)[~~__________~~]] [[push]] [[push hard>->push]] [[give up>->Call for backup]] (text-colour:grey)[ You did not bring a maginifying glass, who has those kind things nowadays anyway. You just looked around, checked every corner, with your bare eyes like a normal professional detective would do.] (text-colour:red)[__________] (text-colour:grey)[You have found nothing.] [[keep going]] [[give up>->Call for backup]] ...Called for backup. Your boss is mad, but... Detective Time is on his way. (align:"=><====")[(text-colour:red)[________]] [[wait]](text-colour:grey)[ It can not be changed.] (align:"=><====")[(text-colour:red)[________]] [[whatever>->evi3]](text-colour:grey)[ The body moved. You found dying messages painted under his body:] (align:"=><====")[(text-colour:red)[~~__________~~ Procrastination __________]] (text-colour:grey)[ Is that the murderer! Oh no. You've pushed too hard, the Dead body of Line is rolling down the stairs. ] [[Oh no]](text-colour:grey)[ You've had your head down too long, and your neck is sore. Naturally, you would look up. And you notice something suspicious. What's up there?] “Nothing!” (text-colour:red)[___________] A person is hiding in this room, up at the ceiling the whole time! Even though you are not good at fighting. you have a gun. So you were able to catch him. The invisible man, his name is Up. You've [(text-colour:red)[caught up.]] [[Oh yeah]](text-colour:grey)[The paint is still wet, and the word procrastination follows the dead body of Line down the stairs... The rolling never ends... The case is never going to be solved...] [[Restart>->1]](text-colour:grey)[ Up is probably not the actuall killer, but he is suspicious enough to turn in to finish your work.] (align:"=><====")[(text-colour:red)[____________]] [[Turn him in]] [[Let him go]]Turned in. You have resolved a Dead Line case. Congrats. [[Restart>->1]]''(align:"=><====")[(text-colour:red)[________]]'' (text-colour:grey)[Detective Time is here. Now you don't have to do anything. Detective Time approaches the dead body of line. "There is a bomb on his body!" "It's gonna explode, everyone get out!" Detective Time ran out down the stairs.] [[Follow him]] (text-colour:grey)[ The bomb exploded. Detective Time is killed.] Why are you still alive? Detective $name, this is your code name. Have you remembered your actual name? [[Laziness>->1]] [[Amnesia>->1]] [[Procrastination>->1]] [[ADHD>->1]] (input-box:"X=========",1) [[>->1]] And what to do now? (align:"=><====")[(text-colour:red)[____________]] [[Nothing]] Nothing is Up. (align:"=><====")[(text-colour:red)[____________]] [[Makes sense]] Nothing makes sense. (align:"=><====")[(text-colour:red)[____________]] [[Up makes sense]](align:"=><====")[(text-colour:red)[____________]] [[Turn up in>->Turn him in]]