,,,<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/louse+title.png" width="1000" height="563">
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[[select to start->old friend emerges]]
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-The Old Friend emerges from the blank walls. Today is the beginning of rot. It is time to leave.
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[[--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.
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[[--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.''
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--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.''
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[[--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.
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[[--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.''
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[[--Accept the gift->gift appears]]
--Refuse the gift=><=
!input history recorded 1/10
!assets loaded
[[--start->intro screen]]
[[--load most current->Head speaks]]
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-A small item appears in your hand.. Inside is``ßï>`é.m;ÔC8ìXÙø^ºwïãa^§ß¼ŠöúÝÛú滼k}``
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!sync to external records complete
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-selected destination: eckva.net/louse
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[[--continue->error]]preload: true
showControls: falsebgtone: http://eckva.net/louse/tone.mp3
bgerror: https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/audioerrorcannotread.mp3<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.
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[[--continue->step inside rot]]<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/error-screen2.gif"width="1000" height="563">
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-document archive repair progress 10%
''!document(s) keyword matched''
-database output complete
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-returning to program
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[[--continue->pulled downwards]]
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-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.
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[[--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.
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[[--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.
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[[--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
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[[--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.
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[[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.
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[[--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
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!document(s) keyword matched
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