Louse

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<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/louse+title.png" width="1000" height="563"> =><= [[select to start->old friend emerges]] <audio src="http://eckva.net/louse/title.mp3" autoplay loop>

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/old+friend+1.png" width="1000" height="563"> -The Old Friend emerges from the blank walls. Today is the beginning of rot. It is time to leave. =|||= [[--Thank Old Friend and go->old friend stays]] --Nullify Old Friend now

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/old+friend+1.png" width="1000" height="563"> -The Old Friend will stay with the house as rot begins. He will be taken. -As you begin to leave the house, you feel it moving in your eye. The black spot in your vision. The Blot is awake. =|||= [[--continue->the blot fills]]

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/blot+portrait.png" width="1000" height="563"> -The Blot fills everything you can see. It speaks: ''!Tell me why you seek rot.'' =|||= --to nullify those in it [[--`to` end it->blot speaks]] --to end myself

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/blot+portrait+red.png" width="1000" height="563"> -Everything begins to hurt as the Blot speaks: ''!Naive and oblivious. You will have nothing but pain on this path. I am watching.'' =|||= [[--continue->old friend opens door]] (track: 'bgtone', 'play')

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/rot+portrait.png"width="1000" height="563"> -The Blot is no longer in your sight. -The Old Friend opens the door for you to leave. You see rot on the ground outside. It is very close. =|||= [[--Enter rot->towards house]] --Stay inside (track: 'bgtone', 'stop')

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/rot+face+portrait.png"width="1000" height="563"> -You step inside rot. It surrounds you as you sink dowards into its putrid mass. -Rot looks at you. It speaks with fetid breath: ''!A new pilgrim is here. I am glad for this. I have a gift for all that arrive to my wonderful body.'' =|||= [[--Accept the gift->gift appears]] --Refuse the gift

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<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/gift.png"width="1000" height="563"> -A small item appears in your hand.. Inside is``ßï>`é.m;ÔC8ìXÙø^ºwïãa^§ß¼ŠöúÝÛúæ»¼k}`` ... ... !sync to external records complete ... -selected destination: eckva.net/louse =|||= [[--continue->error]]

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<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/house+taken.png" width="1000" height="563"> -You approach rot. Everything within you tells you to turn back, but you are here to end it. -The Blot stirs inside your eye. -You look back one more time and see The Old Friend’s house being taken. You hear no sound coming from inside. =|||= [[--continue->step inside rot]]

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/error-screen2.gif"width="1000" height="563"> ... -document archive repair progress 10% ''!document(s) keyword matched'' -database output complete ... -returning to program ... =|||= [[--continue->pulled downwards]] <audio src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/audioerrorcannotread.mp3" autoplay loop>

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/pulled-downwards.png" width="1000" height="563"> -The gift melts into your hand -The face of rot speaks: ''!I know what you said above, little pilgrim. You are here to end rot. That is impossible. I am endless.'' -You feel your skin burn as you are pulled downwards. Something is wrapped around your leg. =|||= [[--Let yourself sink down->sink into rot]] --Struggle --Scream for help

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/sink+into+rot.png" width="1000" height="563"> -The rancid walls surround and engulf you as you sink downwards, away from the face of rot. A searing pain spreads across your entire body. -Something moves within the muscles of your hand and slides up your arm towards your head. -The vision in your left eye becomes darker. The blot is awake. =|||= [[--continue->blot speaks 2]]

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/blot+escaped+portrait.png" width="1000" height="563"> -The pressure in your eye builds until it is unbearable. The blot bursts from your pupil. It grows outwards into countless branches. -You feel the hand's grip on your leg tighten as it pulls you down faster. =|||= [[--continue->old friend rot]]

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/blot+portrait.png" width="1000" height="563"> -Your left eye is filled with the blot. It speaks: ''!You have failed so quickly. The pain worsens. I will intervene.'' -You feel something moving in your right eye =|||= [[--Give control to the blot->blot escapes]] --ignore it

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/old+friend+rot+pixel+portrait.png" width="1000" height="563"> -You look down with your good eye to see what is pulling you. -The Old Friend’s vile face looks up at you contorted in pain and anger. -The blot’s branches wrap around his neck and squeeze until the head slides off. -You feel the hand on your leg let go. =|||= [[continue->enter rot cavern]]

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/friend+head+pixel+portrait.png" width="1000" height="563"> -In a blur of motion you are pushed through the rancid walls of rot and into a large cavern. -The blot retreats back into your left eye. -On the ground is the head of The Old Friend. It hisses quietly and moves its mouth, as if it’s trying to speak. =|||= [[--Listen to the head->Head speaks]] --Crush the head

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/friend+head+bright+portrait.png" width="1000" height="563"> -You get close to the head and listen. It speaks: !you carry the rot. give yourself to its consumption. do not suffer. -The eyes of The Old Friend glow brightly before liquifying. -The light sears an image into your eyes momentarily … !document(s) keyword matched [reset]<1| (click: ?1)[(reload:)] <audio src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/brightestaudio.mp3" autoplay loop>