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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 <audio src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/windy+2+quiet.mp3" autoplay loop>

<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]] <audio src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/windy+2+quiet.mp3" autoplay loop>

<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') <audio src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/windy+2.mp3" autoplay loop>

<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 <audio src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/rot+interior+1.mp3" autoplay loop>

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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]] <audio src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/rot+interior+1.mp3" autoplay loop>

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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]] <audio src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/windy+2.mp3" autoplay loop>

<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 <audio src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/rot+interior+1.mp3" autoplay loop>

<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]] <audio src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/rot+interior+3.mp3" autoplay loop>

<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]] (track: 'bgtone', 'play') <audio src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/rot+interior+3.mp3" autoplay loop> <audio src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/rot+interior+1.mp3" autoplay loop>

<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 <audio src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/rot+interior+3.mp3" autoplay loop>

<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]] (track: 'bgtone', 'stop') <audio src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/rot+interior+3.mp3" autoplay loop>

<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 =|||= [[--continue ->eye of rot speaks 1]] <audio src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/brightestaudio.mp3" autoplay loop>

[reset]<1| (click: ?1)[(reload:)] <img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/friend+head+bright+portrait.png" width="1000" height="563"> <audio src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/brightestaudio.mp3" autoplay loop>

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/rot+eye+pixel+portrait.png" width="1000" height="563"> -The Old Friend’s head melts into the floor of the cavern -Your right eye sees nothing but red. The color congeals -The red mass of rot forms in your vision ''!your offering has been accepted little pilgrim. I am glad you did not nullify and spoil its sacred form'' ''!I am with you now'' =|||= [[--speak to rot ->eye of rot speaks 2]] --ignore rot

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/rot+eye+pixel+portrait.png" width="1000" height="563"> -rot stares into you ''!I know how badly you want to speak. I will hear you.'' =|||= --let me leave [[--why are you here -> eye of rot speaks 3]] --I'll kill you --you can't stop me

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/rot+eye+smile+pixel+portrait.png" width="1000" height="563"> -rot smiles. ''!I am endless. there has never been a time that I am not here. !the ground above is being taken. the skin for my wonderful body. I am with you little pilgrim. and you will be taken as well.'' -You feel the blot in your left eye moving furiously =|||= [[--continue -> blot+rot speak]]

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/blot+and+rot+together+portrait.png" width="1000" height="563"> -The blot fills the vision in your left eye -The blot speaks: ''!If you listen to me you will continue to endure this pain but survive. Remove the disgusting rot.'' -Rot speaks: ''!Oh no little pilgrim. That filth lies. Remove it and be unspoiled. I am with you.'' -Your hands tremble =|||= [[--remove rot -> remove eye of rot]] --remove the blot --do nothing

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/blot+hand+pixel+portrait.png" width="1000" height="563"> -You raise your left hand. The blot branches out from your eye once again and wraps itself around your arm. -Your hand thrusts towards your face, clutches your right eye, and removes it in a single quick motion. -The pain is intense but you will survive. =|||= [[--continue -> removed eye on ground]]

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/floor+eye+pixel+portrait.png" width="1000" height="563"> -The blot retreats into your left eye. -you look down at your feet. You see your right eye laying on the wet ground. -it looks like it’s staring back at you. =|||= --step on it [[--bring it with you->bring eye]] --leave it behind

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/eye+tentacles+portrait.png" width="1000" height="563"> -You hold the eye in your hand. There are small red tentacles reaching out through the sides -It quickly slithers onto the back of your hand and holds tightly. -The eye of rot speaks ''!You couldn’t let me go could you little pilgrim. I can see you so well now'' =|||= [[--continue->love approaches]]

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/Love+of+rot+obscured+pixel+portrait.png" width="1000" height="563"> -Before you can say anything you hear wet footsteps. -Looking into the darkness you can barely make out a shape moving slowly towards you. =|||= [[--try to hide->rot screech]] --stay where you are

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/eye+in+hand+portrait.png" width="1000" height="563"> -You move into the shadows and press yourself against the slick wall as the figure approaches -Your right hand stings as the eye of rot speaks: ''!No no. I want you to meet all of my dear friends.'' -A deafening squeal comes from your hand. The figure turns toward you. =|||= [[--continue->love of rot appears]] <audio src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/rot+screech+audio.mp3" autoplay loop>

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/love+of+rot+pixel+portrait.png" width="1000" height="563"> -The figure steps out of the shadows. Its shriveled face is partially hidden behind a large stone mask -It lets out quick ragged breaths, almost like laughing, and speaks: ''!Oh how I have been searching for you our newest friend!'' -Somehow you already know its name -The Love of Rot =|||= [[--respond->respond to love]] --say nothing --nullify <audio src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/love+theme.mp3" autoplay loop>

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/love+of+rot+pixel+portrait.png" width="1000" height="563"> -The Love moves closer to you. It continues: ''!All those who embrace rot will not suffer. Resistance is what causes the pain. Please. Let me help you start your new life today.'' -how do you respond? =|||= --I'm here to kill rot --lie: I want to start it [[--truth: I want to start it->give in to love]] <audio src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/love+theme.mp3" autoplay loop>

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/Love+of+rot+distorted+portrait.png" width="1000" height="563"> -You feel an unbearable sense of hopelessness. Your focus fades away. All you want to do is rest. To stop the pain. -The Love of Rot speaks: ''!You have made the right choice, dearest friend. I am so happy that you have chosen to heal.'' -Your left eye twitches. =|||= [[--continue->blot speaks to giving in]] <audio src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/love+theme+broken.mp3" autoplay loop>

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/blot+portrait+red.png" width="1000" height="563"> -The Love of Rot takes your hand. Your vision begins to fade. -The last thing you see before you lose consciousness is The Blot’s face. -Its words echo in the darkness: ''!This failure is not what you want. I see your thoughts. Your past. Do you?'' ... !document(s) keyword matched =|||= [[--continue->blot fade 1]] <audio src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/blot+responds.mp3" autoplay loop>

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/blot+red+fade+1.png" width="1000" height="563"> =|||= [[--continue->blot fade 2]] <audio src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/blot+fade+audio.mp3" autoplay loop>

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/blot+red+fade+2.png" width="1000" height="563"> =|||= [[--contine->blot fade 3]] <audio src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/blot+fade+audio.mp3" autoplay loop>

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/blot+red+fade+3.png" width="1000" height="563"> =|||= [[--continue->blot fade 4]] <audio src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/blot+fade+audio.mp3" autoplay loop>

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/white+frame+portrait.png" width="1000" height="563"> !NOW LOADING ... ... ... ... =|||= [[--continue->base of mountain]]

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/mountain+portrait.png" width="1000" height="563"> -You stand at the base of the mountain. A path of loose dirt continues to the top. Daylight is beginning to fade and you are tired from the long hike, but you know The Old Friend is waiting for you. -It is the last day before rot begins. =|||= [[--continue on the path->top of mountain]] [[--continue on the path->top of mountain]] [[--continue on the path->top of mountain]] <audio src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/windy+2.mp3" autoplay loop>

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/Old+friend+sitting+pixel+portrait.png" width="1000" height="563"> -It is dark by the time the path levels off and you find yourself at the peak. Your legs ache. -A small fire lights the area in front of you. The Old Friend sits near it. [reset]<1| (click: ?1)[(reload:)] <audio src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/windy+2.mp3" autoplay loop>

<img src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/blot+red+fade+4.png" width="1000" height="563"> [[--continue->blank screen]] <audio src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/blot+fade+audio.mp3" autoplay loop> <audio src="https://louse.s3.amazonaws.com/love+theme+broken.mp3" autoplay loop>