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<p>Thelma watches as the fan spins lazy circles above her. Its slow circuit barely pushes any cool air down to her, but even the anemic breeze on her sweaty face is miraculous. She attempts to adjust herself on the small couch, but her bulky dress makes any adjustment meaningless, so she gives up before she looks ridiculous. At his desk, pad and paper at the ready, Dr. Mustoff watches her intently. “Comfortable?” he asks. Thelma nods, sending a fresh bead of sweat from her brow to her jaw. “Good. Good. So, Thelma, your parents say you’ve been troubled lately, is that correct?” Thelma continues staring at the fan, watching it turn once…twice…thrice. Her eyes mirror the lazy circles. Her head falls to the side and she gasps. Her eyes fly open and she jerks her head back upright. “Thelma? What has been bothering you?” Looking up, but avoiding looking at the fan, she tells him [[The Nightmares]] [[The Knocking (Hidden Passage 1)]] </p>

Thelma has been having nightmares, remembering a time she got locked in the basement with Big Joe, or rather, that Saydee did. Dr. Mustoff comments on never having met a Saydee. Thelma explains that Saydee is her kidnapped sister. She thinks the dream is how it must have been like when Big Joe took Saydee. Of course, now that she is older, she doesn't think Big Joe actually took Saydee, but Big Joe was the family bogeyman, so that's what she associates with Saydee's kidnapping. [[The Diagnosis]]

Thelma talks about the knocking she hears. It reminds her of something from when she was little, something about Saydee being hurt. Something about the knock being dangerous, or a warning of danger. She can't remember. Sometimes it shows up in her nightmares, [[The Nightmares]]

Dr. Mustoff insists he never heard of a Saydee, and that he is sure her parents would have told him about her. He insists that Thelma must just be over stressed, due to lack of sleep. Perhaps it's because of the big day coming up. Thelma doesn't respond to that. Dr. Mustoff hands her a bottle of pills. [[They seem familiar|The Pills (Hidden Passage 2)]] [[She takes the pills and rises to leave|Leaving the Office]].

Something about the pills seems familiar to Thelma. "Have I ever taken pills like these before?" "Not to my knowledge, no," Mustoff replies. Thelma takes the bottle, but is wary of them. She has the strongest feeling that the Doctor has just lied to her. [[She turns to leave|Leaving the Office]].

Thelma gets up from the chaise, dons her bonnet, and starts to leave. Doctor Mustoff takes her hand, tells her he loves her, and can't wait to see her in white in a few days. Thelma leaves, getting on a horse drawn cart and leaving the town. She sees pumpkins and ghouls, devilish creatures, all the way back to the settlement. The town gives way to open fields and untouched forests. There is a dirt path leading into the woods, just beyond a bench covered by metal and glass with a big rectangular sign by it. Thelma has heard this place called the "bus stop," but she doesn't fully understand what that means.The buggy takes the dirt path into the woods, leaving behind the shelter of glass and metal and all other traces of modern civilization. The forest thins the deeper the buggy goes, eventually giving way to a clearing of stumps, and then just a clearing. Some cabins huddle near the center of the clearing, while the rest is filled with harvest fields and livestock feeding ranges. It isn't a massive operation, but it is obviously run well. Boys and men work in the fields, women sit on porches chatting and snapping peas, and children laugh and run behind and around the cabins. [[Thelma is greeted by her mother.|Matricia]] <<set $HP2 to true>>

<div class="container point">\ <img src="BigJoe/Graphics/placeholder.png">\ <a data-passage="Hidden Passage 3" class="link-internal link-image" id="click1">\ <img src="BigJoe/Graphics/click.png">\ </a>\ </div>\ \ <div class="container buff">\ <div class="scroll">\ "How did it go at the doctor's?" Matirica asks her daughter. "Fine," Thelma replies. "He gave me these to take before bed." "You had better take them, then," Matricia says. "Aren't these part of <em>their</em> world? I don't think it would be proper." {<<if $HP2 is true>> Matirica squints and looks down her nose at Thelma. "Do as your mother says." <</if>>} \ She looks at the lowering sun. "It's nearly supper time. I suppose it doesn't make sense for you to get dirty doing less than an hour's work. Be ready to help Sister Brewer with the string beans tomorrow." [[Thelma nods and walks toward her family's cabin.|After supper][$haslantern to true]] </div>\ </div>\ <div class="container buff">\ <div class="back">\ <<back>>\ </div> \ \ <div class="page">\ $pagenum\ </div> \ \ <div class="next">\ [[Next|After supper][$haslantern to true]]\ </div>\ </div>\ \ <div class="choice"><ul>\ <li>[[Run for it!]]</li>\ <li>[[Yummy]]</li>\ </ul></div>\ \ <<set $pagesound to true>>\

<div class="container point">\ <img src="BigJoe/Graphics/placeholder.png">\ <<if $lanternon is true>>\ <a data-passage="Hidden Passage 3" class="link-internal link-image" id="click1">\ <img src="BigJoe/Graphics/lanternclick.png">\ </a>\ <<else>>\ <a data-passage="Hidden Passage 3" class="link-internal link-image" id="click1">\ <img src="BigJoe/Graphics/click.png">\ </a>\ <</if>>\ </div>\ \ <div class="container buff">\ <div class="scroll">\ Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum. Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.\ </div>\ </div>\ <div class="container buff">\ <div class="back">\ <<back>>\ </div> \ \ <div class="page">\ $pagenum\ </div> \ \ <div class="next">\ [[Fight!][$haslantern to true]]\ </div>\ </div>\ \ <div class="choice">\ [[Run for it!]]\ </div>\

<<set $HP1 to false>> <<set $HP2 to false>> <<set $pagenum to 0>> <<set $pagesound to false>> <<set $pagecount to true>> <<set $haslantern to false>> <<set $hasmoney to false>> <<set $hasother to false>> <<set $lanternbuff to false>> <<set $lanterncount to 0>> <<set $lanternon to false>> <<cacheaudio "page" "BigJoe/Foley/flip.mp3">> <<cacheaudio "DeepRag1" "BigJoe/Score/DeepRag1.mp3">> <<cacheaudio "DeepRag2" "BigJoe/Score/DeepRag2.mp3">> <<cacheaudio "DeepRag3" "BigJoe/Score/DeepRag3.mp3">>

<h1>Part 1</h1> <h2>Lost</h2> [[Start|Mustoff's Office]] [[Settings]] <<if $settings is true>> hey there <</if>>

Ya found me, ya fruit

<div class="container point">\ <img src="BigJoe/Graphics/placeholder.png">\ <<if $lanternon is true>>\ <a data-passage="Hidden Passage 3" class="link-internal link-image" id="click1">\ <img src="BigJoe/Graphics/lanternclick.png">\ </a>\ <<else>>\ <a data-passage="Hidden Passage 3" class="link-internal link-image" id="click1">\ <img src="BigJoe/Graphics/click.png">\ </a>\ <</if>>\ </div>\ \ <div class="container buff">\ <div class="scroll">\ Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum. Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.\ </div>\ </div>\ <div class="container buff">\ <div class="back">\ <<back>>\ </div> \ \ <div class="page">\ $pagenum\ </div> \ \ <div class="next">\ [[Next|After supper test][$haslantern to true]]\ </div>\ </div>\ \

<<if $pagesound is true>> <<audio "page" volume 0.1 play>> <</if>> <<if $pagecount is true>> <<set $pagenum to $pagenum + 1>> <</if>> <<if $haslantern or $hasmoney or $hasother is true>> <<set $hasitem to true>> <</if>> <<if $lanternon is true>> <<set $lanternbuff to true>> <<set $lanterncount to $lanterncount + 1>> <</if>> <<if $lanterncount is 3>> <<set $haslantern to false>> <<set $deadlantern to true>> <</if>>

\ <div class="container point">\ <img src="BigJoe/Graphics/placeholder.png">\ <a data-passage="Hidden Passage 3" class="link-internal link-image" id="click1">\ <img src="BigJoe/Graphics/click1.png">\ </a>\ </div>\ \ \ <div class="container buff border">\ <div class="scroll">\ Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum. Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.\ </div>\ </div>\  <div class="container buff">\ <div class="back">\ <<back>>\ </div> \ \ <div class="page">\ $pagenum\ </div> \ \ <div class="next">\ [[Next]]\ </div>\ </div>\ \ <<set $pagesound to true>>\

<<audio "DeepRag1" play>>\ <<timed 39.375s>><<audio "DeepRag2" loop play>><</timed>>\ \ <div class="container point">\ <img src="BigJoe/Graphics/placeholder.png">\ <a data-passage="Hidden Passage 3" class="link-internal link-image" id="click1">\ <img src="BigJoe/Graphics/click1.png">\ </a>\ </div>\ \ \ <div class="container buff border">\ <div class="scroll">\ TEXT HERE\ </div>\ </div>\  <div class="container buff">\ <div class="back">\ <<back>>\ </div> \ \ <div class="page">\ $pagenum\ </div> \ \ <div class="next">\ [[Next|NEW PASSAGE NAME HERE]]\ </div>\ </div>\

Run to [[Sample]]

<div class="container point">\ <img src="BigJoe/Graphics/placeholder.png">\ <<if $lanternon is true>>\ <a data-passage="Hidden Passage 3" class="link-internal link-image" id="click1">\ <img src="BigJoe/Graphics/lanternclick.png">\ </a>\ <<else>>\ <a data-passage="Hidden Passage 3" class="link-internal link-image" id="click1">\ <img src="BigJoe/Graphics/click.png">\ </a>\ <</if>>\ </div>\ \ <div class="container buff">\ <div class="scroll">\ Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum. Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.\ </div>\ </div>\ <div class="container buff">\ <div class="back">\ <<back>>\ </div> \ \ <div class="page">\ $pagenum\ </div> \ \ <div class="next">\ [[Next|another test][$haslantern to true]]\ </div>\ </div>\ \

<<timed 30s>><<goto "Title and Menu">>

[[Settings]] [[Start|Part 1]]

<h3>Volumes</h3>\ <<volume>> Sound Effects Narration <<return "Return to Game">> <<link "Reset Game">> <<run UI.restart()>> <</link>>