Its about Time

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">You have just recieved an internship at Space Corp. Co. Inc. Litd. & Sons. On your first day of work you enter the lab and head to the lab to meet Dr. Gizmo. Dr. Gizmo: Ah it seems the new intern arrived, say young fellow what was your name again? <input type="text" data-varname="name">\ <script>processInputElements();</script> (link-goto: "Say it", "Start 1") <!-- I think it would be cool for someof the chacters to say the persons name so I'm keeping it as a variable, lemme know what you guys think> [[Say it ->Start 1]] <div/>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">Well nice to meet you $name, I'm sure you've already heard about our latest project. [[No I haven't actually what is it? -> Start 2]] <div/>

Ah hmph, very well For the past year or so my associates and I have been working on a time machine of sorts ... [[huh thats cool -> Start 3]] [[Wow! No way tell me more! -> Start 2.5]]

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">Alrighty then, let me show you to your station. You will be helping us design circuit boards for update 1.2 of the machine which should allow us to ... The lights shut off. You notice everyone in the room scrambling as the sirens sound and the lights start blinking red. [[woah, hey whats going on? -> WWIII 0]] </div>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">Well you see we spin this long extremly dense cylinder fast enough that according to relativity it curves spacetime enough which allows us to create time loops which can allow us to travel to any time that that we wish. Now you may be wondering "how did you prevent the cylinder from becoming a black whole? since at such a high velocity it would surely collapse on itself into one." Well you see thats where its source of negative energy comes in ... The lights shut off. You notice everyone in the room scrambling as the sirens sound and the lights start blinking red. [[Huh!? What are those? What's going on? -> WWIII 0]] <div/>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">The Doctor has a very concerned look on his face. Dr. Gizmo: No, it can't be it just can't be That alarm wouldn't, couldn't go off unless Oh dear, quickly we must run down to our underground bunker. You should be safe there, I'm afraid we've succumbed to a nuclear war. [[Run with the doctor and the rest of the people to safety -> end0]] [[Jolt into the time machine and frantically try to start it -> tm 0]] <div/>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">The ground begins to shake beneath you as you stumble into the machine The Doctor yells across the room "That will never work! It simply hasn't been calibrated properly, the chances of you actually surviving anything are near infinitesimal!" [[Agree with the doctor, turning back in shame --> end0]] [[Nah fuck it, let's at least go out with a bang --> tm1]] <div/>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">Boom! You hear a massive explosion in the background, before everything turns white around you. Then nothing. [[Return to game start->Intro - Card]] [[Return to time machine-> tm1]] <div/>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">You enter the machine, and see rows of buttons, levers, and nobs along with some dials that read out like a date. You quickly think of some significant point in history that you can change to try and stop all this madness. [[Try to get Hitler into of art school and out of politics-> htlr0]] [[Convince Mao Zedong to give up his communist ways -> mzd0]] (set: $somechance to (random:0,1)) (if: $somechance is 0)[ [[You Frantically spam all the buttons and flip all the knobs in a thoughtless panic -> ot0]] ] (else-if: $somechance is 1)[ [[You Frantically spam all the buttons and flip all the knobs in a thoughtless panic -> end]] ]     <div/>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">You travel back to Vienna, 1907 surprisingly unharmed and manage to find Adolf Hitler still in his youth trying to sell some of his art in the street for some money. (set: $hitlerslct1 to false) [[Try to buy some from him -> htlr1]] [[Tell him that you are also an inspiring artist -> htlr2]] </div>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">You arrive in China, 1911 and try to convince Mao to start a theatre company, right before he ends up going to college. You approach Mao with the idea, telling him your an American entrepreneur. He thinks its a wonderful idea, and asks how we are going to get all of the actors for the theatre. [[Try and ask professionals to be a part of his group -> mzd1]] [[Tell mao you'll be one of his actors and try to get other to join along th way -> mzd2]] <div/>

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<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">You walk over and ask him if you could browse his selection, upon looking at it you realize how awful he is at art. [[Try and teach Hitler yourself -> htlr3]] (if: $hitlerslct1 is false)[ [[Try and hire an art teacher for him -> htlr4]] ] (if: $hitlerslct1 is true)[ Try and hire an art teacher for him ] </div>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">He seems very happy to meet another one of his artists, he shows you some of his work, trying to impress you. As you browse through you see that his work is awful. [[ Offer to help teach him yourself -> htlr3]] </div>

<div style="font-size:3em"> Its about Time</div> a Big Sky ~ Little Fly Production: [[START ->Start 0]]

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)"> (set: $variable to (random: 0,2)) (if: $variable is 0)[ <p>You look in your pocket and see that you have no money.</p> [[Try a different approach -> htlr1]] (set: $hitlerslct1 to true) [[Give up and accept that you are broke -> end]] ] (else-if: $variable is 1)[<p>You look in your pocket and see that you have no money. But then you realize that you can sell your knowledge of the future for money.</p> [[Try and sell your knowledge for money -> htlr5]] [[Give up and accept that you are broke -> end]] ] (else-if: $variable is 2)[ <p>You look in your pocket and see that you have no money. But then you realize that you can sell your knowledge of the future for money.</p> [[Try and sell your knowledge for money -> htlr6]] [[Give up and accept that you are broke -> end]] ] <div/>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">Some entrepreneur named Von Klaus Uwe Werner believes you about your radical ideas about these "computer things", and pays you more than enough money to get Hitler into art school. The [[continue -> end3]] <div/>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">No one believes that you are from the future, and you give up the hopes of ever getting Hitler into art school. You end up living throughout the 20th century with history simply going on as you remember it, as if you had no effect at all. [[Return to game start->Intro - Card]] [[Return to time machine-> tm1]] <div/>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">You end up living throughout the 20th century. But now WWI still occurs and Von Klaus Uwe Werner takes over Germany, blames the French for the whole war starting WWII again, and the rest of history seems erily close to what you remember learning. [[Return to game start->Intro - Card]] [[Return to time machine-> tm1]] <div/>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">You end up living throughout the 20th century with history simply going on as you remember it, as if you had no effect at all. [[Return to game start->Intro - Card]] [[Return to time machine-> tm1]] <div/>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">The world of technology advances way to fast, with no one ready for or expecting it. The world descends into chaos as an AI that called it North Korea arises and obliterates everyone with Nukes. [[Return to game start->Intro - Card]] [[Return to time machine-> tm1]] </div>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">(set: $maochance1 to (random: 0,1)) (if: $maochance1 is 0)[ You succeed in hiring the greatest actors in the world, and the company turns out to be the most successful group in China. As time goes on you overhear Mao planning to merge with all the other theatre groups in an attempt to overthrow China. [[Ignore this comment and go about Business as usual -> end4]] [[Try and confront Mao about his plans, telling him the whole thing is ridiculous -> end5]] ] (if: $maochance1 is 1)[ You cannot manage to get any actors to join Mao and you. Mao now angrily demands that the government supply him with actors. [[Let Mao do his thing in hopes that he will get his actors -> end6]] [[Try and confront Mao about his plans, telling him the whole thing is ridiculous -> end7]] ] <div/>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">You try acting for Mao, all the while trying to get and inspire other potential actors. [[You realize that you are not as good of an actor as you though -> mzd3]] [[You realize that you were a much better actor than you remember -> mzd4]] <div/>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">All of the other theatre groups conglomerate under "Mao and $name: Theatre Company '', and eventually end up revolting against the government, instantiating a new communist government. [[Return to game start->Intro - Card]] [[Return to time machine-> tm1]] <div/>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">Mao ignores you and all of the other theatre groups conglomerate under "Mao and $name: Theatre Company '', and eventually end up revolting against the government, instantiating a new communist government. [[Return to game start->Intro - Card]] [[Return to time machine-> tm1]] <div/>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">Mao ignores you and revolts against the government, and eventually takes them over with his new communist party. [[Return to game start->Intro - Card]] [[Return to time machine-> tm1]] <div/>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">Mao now revolts against the government, and eventually takes them over with his new communist party. [[Return to game start->Intro - Card]] [[Return to time machine-> tm1]] <div/>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">The theatre company ends up becoming a disaster, and Mao now blames the Chinese Government for everything that went wrong. [[Urge him to keep trying, and that you guys might make a breakthrough -> end6]] [[Give up on your acting dreams and accept defeat -> end7]] <div/>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">You succeed in finding a bunch of upcoming actors and the company turns out to be the most successful group in China. As time goes on you overhear Mao planning to merge with all the other theatre groups in an attempt to overthrow China. [[Ignore this comment and go about Business as usual -> end4]] [[Try and confront Mao about his plans, telling him the whole thing is ridiculous -> end5]] <div/>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">You come out the other end of the time machine tumbling to the ground as you hear the humming wine of the machine behind you spike then fade to silence. You realize the time machine is busted! You look around at the desolate and bare wasteland. Nothing but arid land for miles and mountains in the distance. The landscape looks to you like what was described of the midwest, far from the coxy L.A. apartment that you are used to. That's when it hits you. You are on the Oregon trail. [[Look for any signs of people->ot2]] [[Try and see if you can fix the time machine->ot3]] <div/>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">You look off into the distance trying to find any local inhabitants. Off to your left you notice what looks like the tracks of a wagon, maybe you can catch up with the caravan. Off to your far right you notice a valley with smoke coming from the other side. [[Try and catch up to the wagon caravan->ot4]] [[Investigate the valley->ot6]] <div\>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">You come out the other end of the time machine tumbling to the ground as you hear the humming wine of the machine behind you spike then fade to silence. You realize the time machine is busted! You search desperately around the machine for signs of what can be fixed. You spot what looks like a disconnected cable on the back of the machine and believe this may be the source of the issue. [[Decide it looks to dangerous and begin searching for locals->ot2]] [[Fuck it what have you got to loose. Plug the cable into the power supply->ot5]] <div/>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">You come out the other end of the time machine tumbling to the ground as you hear the humming wine of the machine behind you spike then fade to silence. You realize the time machine is busted! You jam the cable into the power supply as sparks begin to fly. You hear the machine begin to slowly start up. Sadly this is the last thing you will hear as shortly after you are electrocuted and fried like that one bad holiday turkey you told your family never to speak of again. (oh yeah we know about that!) [[Continue->ot7]] <div/>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">You come out the other end of the time machine tumbling to the ground as the you hear the humming wine of the machine behind you spike then fade to silence. You realize the time machine is busted! Thankfully though the reactivated time machine does not go unoticed. Some of the local wildlife have spotted the glow of the machine. One cow approaches the machine and is sucked in returning to the present day. Here the cow encounters the vast irradiated lands of America post nuclear war. In this environemnt the cow is muatted by the radiation gaining an immense amount of strength and increased agression. This has led to the cow roaming the countryside laying waste to the few surviving humans attempting to hold onto what is left of society. For years the cow plagues the rebuilding effort and become known simply as the mooing menace. [[Return to game start->Intro - Card]] [[Return to time machine-> tm1]] <div/>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">Boom! You hear a massive explosion in the background, before everything turns white around you. Then nothing. [[Return to game start->Intro - Card]] <div/>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">You follow the tracks toward a caravan which stops to talk to you. They tell you they are travelers heading west on the famous oregon trail. (Called it!) The travelers invite you to join them on their journey to found a new city on the western coast. [[Join the travelers on their adventure, what else do you have to do->ot8]] [[Kindly deny and ask the travellers to drop you off at the nearest city->ot9]] <div\>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">you wander through the valley towards the smoke and along your path you spot a cave off to the side. You notice something shiny in the cave but cannot make the object out. [[Investigate the cave->ot12]] [[Keep heading towards the smoke, you don't feel like potentially dying yet->ot13]] <div\>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">You head west west with the travelers and found a new city. You have helped so much with the efforts that your new found friends even decide to name the city in your name. You are now a proud founding member of $name Town [[Continue->ot10]] <div\>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">You kindly ask to be dropped at the nearest inhabited town. the travelers comply letting you off in the town of Nowheresville. this is a small settlement just north of Over There Town and across the valley from New New York. (They are still focus grouping that name.) You settle down in the new town trying to make a name for yourself and find some way to potentially get back to modern time. Sadly your over exertion leads to you becoming very ill. [[Go take some rest->ot11]] <dir\>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">Sadly your time in the midwest has not been good for your health. The lack of medicine and malnutrition of the region lead to you dying of dysentery. Though you may not have lived on, your town grew to economic heights and eventually became the economic capital of the west coast. Due to this growth however upon the breakout of the war $name Town became a major target and was the first location to be hit by the nukes marking the beginning of WWIII [[Return to game start->Intro - Card]] [[Return to time machine-> tm1]] <div\>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">Your illness worsens as you lay in bed thinking upon your life. You ponder what could have happened and what decisions you could have mde. while thinking of this idea you say to yourself "damn that would make a cool game idea". Sadly this is not a game though and you soon die of dysentery. The world continues on into WWIII without much difference besides a loan book written long ago about some guy who thought he knew about the future. [[Return to game start->Intro - Card]] [[Return to time machine-> tm1]] <div\>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">You enter the cave and see a large object hidden under a tarp. Moving the tarp aside you find yourself face to face with the coolest car ever, a Delorean. You are unsure why there is a car in this time period but you don't question and hop in to investigate the interior. Inside you notice a display with a date written out onto it. The year says 1985. You realize this must also be a time machine. [[Start the car->ot14]] <div\>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">You approach the smoke and notice a campfire with some travers sitting around. The travelers greet you kindly and invite you to join them in their journey of settling the frontier. Finally realising that you are in fact on the Oregon trail you give up on your efforts to return home and accept your new life with the travelers. You journey with them exploring the vast lands which lay before you. [[Continue on your exploration->ot16]] <div\>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">You start the engine and the car jumps to life. after taking the car out of the cave. Noticing a gauge on the console you realize the time machine is activated by reaching a certain speed. You rip the car down an open stretch of plain and upon reaching the speed of 88 mph you see a bright white flash before your eyes. [[Travel back...Back to the future->ot15]] <div\>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">You find yourself in the year 1985 amidst the technology boom in america. You decide to start anew and pursue a career of science in an effort to potentially stop the impending global conflict. One day you are working in the lab and one of your students walks in to see what you are working on. The student proclaims "Wow doctor you sure do have a lot of gizmos around. maybe we should call you Dr. Gizmo." <div\>

<div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">On your further explorations you begin to feel ill and come down with a fatal disease. Shortly later you pass of dysentery near the southern regions of california. later on towards modern times the land in which you were buried would become the "beautiful" city of L.A. and a lovely apartment complex would be built atop your resting site. Not to worry though as the impending nuclear war leveled the entire town leaving only the vast irradiated plains which you once roamed (though at that point they were definitely not irradiated). [[Return to game start->Intro - Card]] [[Return to time machine-> tm1]] <div\>

You realize that are not as good of a teacher as you thought and Hitler still failes art school before returning to Germany. [[Continue -> end2]]