DEAD LINE
A Murder Mystery(Draft)
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[[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)
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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]]