The Forest

You lay on the ground, cold, you can only hear wailing and ravenous growls around. What will you do? [[Open your eyes]] [[Fall asleep]]

You open your eyes to see how dark it truly is, faded silhouettes of trees and bushes are the only recognizable shapes. The harsh wind biting at your exposed skin, you look around for something of interest, and it seems you have found it, a light far in the distance it doesn't seem to be moving, it could be a house. Would you like to go investigate? [[Investigate the building]] [[Continue searching]] [[Inventory]] (set: $globaltime to it + 0)

You fall unconscious letting the creatures of the forest consume you, not even your bones remain. (set: _event to (random:1,100)) (if: _event is > 0)[[Try again?->You Awake]] (if: _event is 0)[Why try again? You will just fail, again and again and again.]

You start walking through the forest carefully to avoid attractting any undesirable attention, as you get closer it becomes more apperent that the building is most certainly a house a large one, so large that you could get lost, but if there is anyone inside is still not obvious. The growling only growing closer the longer you idle. Continue? [[Keep walking]] (if: $continuesearch is < 1)[[Continue searching]] (if: $continuesearch is > 0)[[Investigate the glow]] (set: $globaltime to it + 15)

You continue searching around looking for anything else. You see a unplesant glow coming from the opposite direction from the house, its certainly a worse option. Investigate? [[Investigate the glow]] [[Investigate the building]] (set: $continuesearch to 1) (set: $globaltime to it + 5)

You dont have anything

You start wondering if you should go straight to the front door to get away from what's growling, or if you should investigate a little more from the outside. What will you do? [[Go to the front door]] [[Look around the exterior]] (set: $globaltime to it + 5)

(set: $globaltime to 0) (set:$knife to 0) (set:$matchbook to 0) (set: $stinky to 1) [[Start|You Awake]]

You go up to the front door peeking through the stained glass as best you can you see ornate shapes and a large foyer. It doesnt seem there is anyone inside. [[Try the door handle]] [[Knock on the door]] [[Look around the exterior]] (set: $globaltime to it +5)

(set:_rand to (random: 1,20))You wander around the extravagant house, the clearing around the house reminding you more of a empty lot in a city than a lawn of a plutocrat. You find a small shack it looks like it hasnt been used in years.(if:_rand is 20)[You see a dull glow on the horizon it draws you in.] [[Look in the shack]] [[Go back to the front door|Go to the front door]] (if:_rand is 20)[[Investigate the glow]] (set: $globaltime to it + 5)

(set:_rand to (random:1,10))Turning the door handle it(if:_rand is 1)[ gives way letting the warm light of the mansion seep into the dark forest.](if:_rand is > 1)[the door handle stays stiff but there is a little leway.] (if:_rand is 1)[[Go inside?]] (if:_rand is > 1)[[Try the door again|Try the door handle]] (if:_rand is > 1)[[Knock on the door]] (set:$globaltime to it + 5)

(set:_rand to (random:1,5))You knock on the door (if:_rand is 1)[you hear someone coming to the door.](else:)[it doesn't seem like anyone heard you.] (if:_rand is > 1)[[Knock again?|Knock on the door]] (if:_rand is 1)[[Wait|Waiting at the front door]]

Opening the door it falls off the hinges. Looking inside there's various rusted tools and accessories. Nothing at a glance nothing seems too important.(if: $globaltime is > 30)[The growling of the forest grows louder.] [[Go back|Go to the front door]] (set: $globaltime to it + 5)

<img src="https://kupofkale.neocities.org/Evelyn.png" width="128" height="128"> A welcoming woman comes to the door "Hello" she says in a warm and inviting tone "What are you doing outside at this time, its incredibly dangerous come with me, we have a guest room you can use." she seems nice enough. [[Follow the woman?]] (set:$globaltime to 0)

She brings you to the guest room walking you through ivory crowned hallways, you couldnt even begin to guess the amount of money poured into this mansion, the room is less extravagent than the halls and peaks of the other rooms you saw. Even though it is less than the other rooms the guest room is still adorned with strange skulls and insects. "This is where you will be staying" she says with terribly hidden excitement, you go to ask her a question but before you can turn say a word the door slams, a distinct locking sound happening shortly after. You have a feeling she won't be back for a while. [[Look around]]

You see a 2 doors presumably for a closet and bathroom, a pile of boxes rests in the corner. Beside the king-sized bed there is two nightstands, on one nightstand there is some books on the other there is a picture of a couple. A large window is covered, as were all the others you saw on the way. [[Look at the nightstands]] [[Look in the bathroom]] [[Look in the closet]] [[Lay on the bed]]

You look at the books on the nightstand, it's just books and a oil lamp, covered in a thin layer of dust, one of the books peaks your interest "The Field of Kings". Inside there is a matchbook and a pair of reading glasses. You look at the other nightstand, the dust on this one is much thicker, the frame of the picture is adorned with gold and silver, inside the nightstand a notebook and knife lay inside. (if:$matchbook is 0)[[Take the match book]] (if:$knife is 0)[[Take the knife]] [[Skim over the "The Field of Kings"]] [[Look in the notebook]] [[Go back|Look around]]

You enter the bathroom, (if:$stinky is 1)[thinking maybe you should wash yourself after all you were wandering the woods for half an hour.] [[Wash off in the sink]] (if:$stinky is 1)[[Take a bath]] [[Go back|Look around]]

(set:$matchbook to 1)You take the matchbook, it doesn't have anything of interest on it, a couple matches are missing. [[Go back|Look at the nightstands]]

(set:$knife to 1)You take the knife, it is very simple in its design, it is also very sharp. [[Go back|Look at the nightstands]]

You skim over the book, it is a suspenseful book about a monarch planning a social gathering including kings of all the surrounding territories the key problem being a plot to kill all of them in one swift move. [[Go back|Look at the nightstands]]

In the notebook there is many pages completely blacked but after dozens and dozens of black pages you finally reach a clear page, the phrase "Not Again" covering the page. [[Go back|Look at the nightstands]]

You wash off in the sink, the soap burning all of the small cuts you got from the forest. (set:$stinky to 0) [[Go back|Look in the bathroom]]

You start the bath the hot water steaming as it fills the tub, as it is filling you notice some soap next to the bath, you put a mdoderate amount in. When the bath finally fills you get in