The Organotechnotopia

(enchant: "Immersive DNA Compiling Workstation", (text-colour: yellow) + (text-style:'bold')) (font:"Courier")+(text-color:blue + white)[Welcome to the Bioinformatics Department's Immersive DNA Compiling Workstation, funded in part by contributions from the (text-style:"outline")[Pbell Corporation]^^TM^^. Be sure that all peripheral hardware is well-adjusted. Sudden interruptions of the immersive environment can produce negative physiologic outcomes. Please insert sample material into the external receptacle.] [[Sample Background Information ]] [[Insert DNA]] (link: "Go back to your other research")[(open-url: 'https://optimization.cbe.cornell.edu/index.php?title=Genetic_algorithm')]

(event: when time > 1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The sample tubule fits satisfyingly into the receptor and is pulled into the machine.]] (event: when time > 4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The machine begins to make some noises.]] (event: when time> 6.223s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(goto: "DNA2")]]

(font:"Courier")+(text-color:blue + white)[(event: when time > 0.67s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[A 7.5 cm radius round metal capsule has been recovered from a ultra-deep energy robot mining operation 7 miles below the earth's surface.]] (event: when time > 2.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Carbon-dating on the metal capsule itself showed it to be anywhere from 30,000 to as much as 70,000 years old.]] (event: when time > 4.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The alloy is of a previously undiscovered type. The metal was then grown into this shape in a way that provides previously unimaginable structural strength. The pressure of being 7 miles deep did not compromise it at all. The technological sophistication of whoever produced this is hard to comprehend. ]] (event: when time > 9.6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The decision was made by the provisional government in conjunction with PBell scientists to open the capsule with an atom-beam knife.]] (event: when time > 12.67s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Inside of the capsule was a life-support chamber made entirely of organic matter and a fully intact and healthy Montsechia vidalii, one of the earliest known flowering plants. This plant is otherwise long extinct. ]] (event: when time > 16s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Despite being encapsulated for at least thirty millenia the flower is producing seed. ]] (event: when time > 19.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[A DNA sample of the flower was extracted by members of your lab. Initial analysis showed that the genome was trillions of base-pairs longer than the flower's known profile from archeological genetic research. ]] (event: when time > 23.67s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Most of the additional DNA was folded and encased in heretofore unseen protective mechanisms that would make genetic degradation take four to five orders of magnitude longer than normal. ]] (event: when time > 27s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The DNA has been carefully teased open with standard techniques and the sample you have in your possession was produced for analysis. ]] (event: when time > 30.87s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The Immersive DNA Compiling Workstation will read and produce a virtual representation of the genetic code that can be manipulated by the user for research purposes. ]] (event: when time > 34.87s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Initial analysis suggests that the code may be a sort of software rather than a traditional organic form. ]] (event: when time > 37.27s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Further tests are required. ]] (event: when time > 39.67s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Insert DNA]] (link: "Resign from this project and go back to your other research")[(open-url: 'https://genome.cshlp.org/')]]]]

(event: when time > 0.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You reach out and (text-style: "blur")[touch the tip] (text-style: "blurrier")[of the plant... ...something is wrong...]]] (event: when time > 2.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(text-style:"blink")+(text-color:red + orange)[Emergency Services have been alerted and are en route.]]] (event: when time > 4.8s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(t8n-depart: "shudder")+(transition-time: 2s)[(text-style: "blurrier")[ [[Rip off the workstation headset->Blackout]]]]]] [(live:7s)[(goto:"Blackout")]]

(event: when time > 0.6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The flowering plant floats in the air in front of you as though submerged in liquid, identical to the one discovered in the capsule. ]] (event: when time > 3.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Montsechia vidalii is an otherwise extinct plant from the Barremian Age, about 130 million years ago, and is the earliest known flowering plant.]] (event: when time > 6.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The almost pinetree-like soft stems are lush and full.]] (event: when time > 8.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Touch the flower->FlowerTouchRandomizer]] [[Blow gently on the flower]] ]]

(event: when time > 0.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Your breath makes the body of the plant rustle gently.]] (event: when time > 2.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[A faint (text-style: "smear")[glow] emerges around the plant. ]] (event: when time > 4.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[This did not happen in the lab with the real sample under any stimulus conditions.]] (event: when time > 6.7s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Touch the flower->FlowerTouchRandomizer]]]]

(align:"=><=")[ (event: when time > 2.6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(text-style: "smear")[everything is black]]] ] (event: when time > 4.9s)[(goto: "WakeUp")]

(text-style: "blur")[(event: when time > 1.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You feel groggy]] (event: when time > 3.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You hear someone talking about you]] (event: when time > 5.7s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"They seem to have passed out in the middle of their workstation, no head-trauma was found on exam, cardiac etiologies have been ruled out, we're not sure yet what happened, the plant may be involved but we'll have to run further tests on the behavioral workstation to be sure."//]] (event: when time > 11.6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You feel a bed beneath you]] ] (event: when time > 12.85s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Open your eyes]] ]]

(text-style: "blur")[(event: when time > 1.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You see plants]] (event: when time > 2.8s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The room is full of plants]] (event: when time > 4.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You see a doctor wearing a jacket with strange texture and holding something that looks like a vegetable.]]] (event: when time > 7s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(text-style: "blur")[ [[Ask the doctor what happened]]]]] (set: $AskSample = 0) (set: $RoomExamineQ = 0) (set: $BackHomeQ = 0) (set: $doctorClick to 0) (set: $Director = 0)

(go-to: (either: "Touch the flower 01", "Touch the flower 02"))

(event: when time > 0.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Your index finger passes through the multi-dimensional light projection effortlessly. ]] (event: when time > 2.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Light dances off your hand as it blocks the visual.]] (event: when time > 3.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Look at your hand]] [[Touch the tip of the flower->Touch the flower 01]] [[Look at the flower]] ]]

(event: when time > 0.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You take a small step back and look up.]] (event: when time > 1.6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The light of the flower projection has started to bleed towards the ground. ]] (event: when time > 3.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[As if pulled by gravity, photons gather little droplets and begin collapsing towards the dark metal floor.]] (event: when time > 5.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Splashing out as they land, the light spreads out across the ground.]] (event: when time > 6.8s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Everything starts to slowly double as your (text-style:"blur")[vision deteroriates and sounds become distant,] (text-style:"blurrier")[like being underwater.]]] (transition-depart: "dissolve")[(live:9s)[(goto:"Blackout")]]

(event: when time > 0.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The intensity of the point of light grows on your fingertip. It shines out and seems to be aiming directly for your eyes to blind you. ]] (event: when time > 2.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You scream.]] (event: when time > 3.8s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(font:"Courier")+(text-color:blue + white)[Please remain calm while inside the simulation]]] (event: when time > 5.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Obscured from sight, you fail in an attempt to squint at your hand while it is held at arms length. Your screams get louder and more desperate as you lose all rational control.]] (event: when time > 8s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(font:"Courier")+(text-color:blue + white)[Please remain calm while inside the simulation]]] (event: when time > 10.7s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Heat on your fingers starts to burn as the light spreads across your hand in a flare. Pain emits in waves up your arm, you can feel something crawling across your skin towards your wrist.]] (event: when time > 13.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(font:"Courier")+(text-color:blue + white)[Please remain calm while in the simulation. Program termination not advised due to neurologic hyperstimulus, harm probability is beyond acceptable limits.]]] (event: when time > 15.7s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Look at your wrist]]]]

(t8n: "dissolve")[You reach up (text-style:"blur")[to tear the headset] (text-style:"blurrier")[off of your face...]] (event: when time > 4s)[(goto:"Blackout")]

(event: when time > 0.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You turn your right hand over to look at your palm, stretching your fingers to flatten the surface.]] (event: when time > 2.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The creases in your hands run deep and red against the splotchy skin. ]] (event: when time > 4.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[A flicker of light catches your eye from the tip of your finger. ]] (event: when time > 6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Step back]] [[Investigate Light]] [[End the Simulation]]]]

(event: when time > 1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The eminating light starts to lessen, but the moving pain continues.]] (event: when time > 3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You look at your right wrist, the fading light still so bright you have to squint with all your might.]] (event: when time > 4.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Something in the base of your palm moves as if simultaneously expanding and contracting, fractalizing and collapsing towards the blue vein visible on the underside of your forearm.]] (event: when time > 6.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The pain becomes unbearable as you see a tiny needle-like appendage emerge from your skin. It pushes, writhes, and slides its way upward towards freedom from your body.]] (event: when time > 9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Smash your arm on the ground]] [[Stare on in horror]]]]

(event: when time > 0.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(font:"Courier")+(text-color:blue + white)[I'm sorry but your request cannot be completed. System malfunction.]]] (event: when time > 2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Run diagnostic test]] [[What was that flicker on my finger?->Investigate Light]] [[Tear off the headset]] ]]

(event: when time > 0.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(font:"Courier")+(text-color:blue + white)[I'm sorry but your request cannot be completed. System malfunction. ]]] (event: when time > 1.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(text-style:"blink")+(text-color:red + orange)[Emergency Services have been alerted and are en route.]]] (event: when time > 3.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Tear off the headset]] [[Wait for help to arrive->Blackout]]]]

(event: when time > 0.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Panicking and flailing about, you start trying to smash your arm on the ground repeatedly.]] (event: when time > 1.6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[In the mayhem of your rage you can't quite see the needle, but you feel a slight tug at your skin.]] (event: when time > 3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Pain courses through your body as you start to feel it spreading throughout your circulatory system. ]] (event: when time > 4.7s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Your eyes feel like they will pop out of your head as your back arches to accomodate the primal scream escaping your unspeakable pain.]] (event: when time > 6.6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The dull thud of your head against the floor. ]] (event: when time > 8s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ (t8n-depart: "shudder")+(transition-time: 2s)[[Struggle to get back up->Blackout]]]]

(event: when time > 0.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Reaching its apex at about two inches, for a tiny moment you can see the light-green hue of the thing.]] (event: when time > 1.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[A slight pull at your skin signals that the tiny needle had reached its limit. ]] (event: when time > 2.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[In the span of a second the root-needle bends back towards your arm and plunged deep into the enlarged blue vein.]] (event: when time > 3.8s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Something slides through your bloodstream towards your heart.]] (event: when time > 4.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[you can feel it making its way through your arm, shoulder, and chest.]] (event: when time > 6.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Your eyes feel like they will pop out of your head as your back arches to accomodate the scream escaping you.]] (event: when time > 7.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The dull thud of your head against the floor. ]] (event: when time > 9.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[[[Struggle to stand->Blackout]]]]

(event: when time > 0.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(text-style: "blur")[The doctor looks at you strangely and says,]]] (event: when time > 1.65s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(text-style: "blur")[ //"You were at your behavioral workstation when an energy surge occurred and you passed out. Hang on one second..."//]]] (event: when time > 3.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(text-style: "blur")[The doctor raises what looks like a small seed pod to her mouth.]]] (event: when time > 4.8s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(text-style: "blur")[//"Put in an order for a neural scan, the patient's accent and intonation sounds different than what we have on record."//]]] (event: when time > 5.7s)[(t8n-depart: "dissolve")[(text-style: "blur")[Your head hurts.]]] (event: when time > 6.6s)[(t8n-depart: "dissolve")[(text-style: "blur")[ [[Push on your eyelid]]]]]

(align:"==><==")+(box:"=======XXXXXX=======")[ (event: when time > 1.321s)[(t8n-arrive: "dissolve")[(text-style: "blur")[Your can feel your blood pounding through your eyelids]]] (event: when time > 3.999s)[(t8n-arrive: "shudder")[(goto: "PushEye2")]] ]

(event: when time > 0.65s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"You should be able to go back home soon, we just want to finish up some final tests to make sure you're brain is okay."//]] [[Look around the room more carefully]] (if: $PlantsDocQ is 1)[ [[Ask the doctor why there are so many plants in the hospital room]]] (if: $AskSample is 0)[ [[Ask about the DNA sample]]] (if: $AskSample is 1)[ [[Can I go back to work while I'm waiting?->I am ready to go back to work now]]] (set: $BackHomeQ = 1)

(event: when time >1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The doctor looks confused.]] (event: when time > 2.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"We didn't take any samples from you except for your blood for testing for common pathogens."//]] (event: when time > 4.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[[["I meant my work sample."->meant my work sample]]]] (event: when time > 5.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[[[Ask when you can go home->Ask when you can go home]]]] (set: $AskSample to 1)

The doctor looks at you confused. (event: when time > 1.35s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[She bursts out laughing.]] (event: when time > 3.44s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"It wouldn't be much of a hospital otherwise, would it?"//]] (event: when time > 5.15s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The doctor raises the seed pod to her mouth and says, //"Patient's sense of humor is intact."//]] (event: when time > 7.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[She smiles at you, still suppressing a giggle.]] (event: when time > 9.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(if: $RoomExamineQ is 0)[ [[Look around the room more carefully]] ] (if: $BackHomeQ is 0)[ [[Ask when you can go home]] ] (if: $AskSample is 0)[ [[Ask about the DNA sample]] ] (if: $AskSample is 1)[[Can I work while we wait for the tests?->I am ready to go back to work now]]] (if: $freakout is 0)[(event: when time > 11s)[(t8n-arrive: "dissolve")[[[Something is wrong, start to panic->Freakout]]]]]] (set: $PlantsDocQ = 1)

(event: when time > 1.73s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"You mean the plant you were working on? It's waiting for you in the Behavioral Sciences Lab."//]] (event: when time > 3.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")["Behavioral Sciences?"] (click-replace: "Behavioral Sciences?")[Don't you mean the DNA Compiling Workstation?{(live: 1s)[(set: $doctorClick to 1)]}] (event: when $doctorClick is 1)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"...no. The Behavioral workstation, in the Behavioral Sciences Lab. Maybe your memory is more damaged than we thought. I'm going to call for another consultation with neurology."//] (event: when time > 7s)[ [[I am ready to go back to work now]] [["Something is wrong with me, Doctor"->"Something is wrong"]] ] ]]

(event: when time > 1.0s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Plants everywhere.]] (event: when time > 2.73s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Not normal plants.]] (event: when time > 4.8s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Plants that are moving, plants that adjust their leaves to always let the same amount of sunlight through the window.]] (event: when time > 6.8s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Plants glow on the ceiling.]] (event: when time > 8.8s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Plants hold small medical tools in the air as though they wait for someone to take them.]] (event: when time > 10.8s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[A video screen made of countless impossibly small shimmering leaves.]] (event: when time > 12.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Scream, "Where am I!?"->Freakout]] [[Tell the doctor that you don't feel right->"Something is wrong"]] [[As calmly as possible tell the doctor you'd like to go back to work->I am ready to go back to work now]] (if: $BackHomeQ is 0)[ [[Ask when you can go home]]] (if: $AskSample is 0)[ [[Ask about the DNA sample]]] ]] (set: $RoomExamineQ = 1)

(event: when time > 0.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You smile confidently and reassure the doctor.]] (event: when time > 2.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The doctor says, //"I have to admit we're worried about you. Something is off. I haven't worked with you that much so I don't have much personal experience to compare with, but I imagine if I did you'd seem very different than you normally do, since you don't seem like anyone I've met before."//]] (event: when time > 7.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[[[Insist that the best thing for you would be to return to work->Insist]]]] (event: when time > 8.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[[[Agree that something is wrong->WorkRequestRefuse]]]]

(event: when time > 0.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")["Nothing feels familiar to me, doctor."]] (event: when time > 1.76s)[(t8n: "dissolve")["I don't think I belong here."]] (event: when time > 2.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")["I don't recognize any of this plant stuff either."]] (event: when time > 3.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The doctor looks truly worried now.]] (event: when time > 4.05s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Plant stuff?"//]] (event: when time > 4.6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Your work is in behavioral modification. You probably personally ushered some of this technology into existence. What do you mean plant stuff?"//]] (event: when time > 6.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [["How did I do that?"->HowDidIQ]] [["What hospital uses plant technology?"->PlantTechQ]] ]]

(event: when time > 0.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The doctor stares at you, deeply worried.]] (event: when time > 1.76s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"I'd like to run further tests on your neurological profile in comparison to past data."//]] (event: when time > 2.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You can hear the way their voice betrays a sense that you are mentally not all present.]] (event: when time > 5.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Agree that you need more testing done->DoctorLoss]] [["I am ready to go back to work now."->I am ready to go back to work now]] ]]

(event: when time > 0.97s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"What hospital doesn't?"//]] (event: when time > 1.54s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The doctor chuckles to themselves and then looks right into your eyes.]] (event: when time > 3.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"In my clinical opionion something is really not right with you. You're an accomplished scientist who, after a neurologic event, doesn't recognize the most basic tools of science."//]] (event: when time > 7s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"I think we need to organize a more drastic intervention to help you."//]] (event: when time > 8s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Agree with the doctor->DoctorLoss]] [["I am ready to go back to work now, doctor, it is just a passing light headedness I'm sure."->I am ready to go back to work now]] ]]

(event: when time > 0.77s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Great, I'm so glad we're on the same leaf."//]] (event: when time > 1.54s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The doctor speaks into the seed pod.]] (event: when time > 3.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Schedule a complete neural scan, deactivate all security clearances for patient 22Z345K10 until further notice, and prepare a neural treatment seedling."//]] (event: when time > 6.6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The doctor focuses attention back on you and says, //"Don't worry, we'll figure this out."//]] (event: when time > 9.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[What's next doctor?]] [["I am ready to go back to work now, doctor, it is just a passing light headedness I'm sure."->WorkRequestRefuse]] ]]

(event: when time > 0.77s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"I don't think it is wise, given your mental status, for us to return you to work."//]] (event: when time > 2.5s)[(display: "What's next doctor?")]

(event: when time > 1.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Given your behavior we're worried that your neurology may be deteriorating."//]] (event: when time > 3.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The doctor presses a protuberance on the seedpod]] (event: when time > 5.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Thankfully, in part due to your work before the onset of your present state, we have the technology to help preserve you neurology from further decay while we work on a solution."//]] (event: when time > 8.8s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"We will figure this out together."//]] (event: when time > 12.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(goto: "wnd2")]]

[(font:"Courier")+(text-color:blue + white)[System malfunction. (text-style:"blink")+(text-color:red + orange)[Emergency Services have been alerted and are en route.]]] (event: when time > 3.5s)[(t8n:"dissolve")[Where are you?]] (event: when time > 5.5s)[(t8n:"dissolve")[Where was that?]] (event: when time > 8.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You're back in the vr workstation.]] (event: when time > 10.7s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You didn't expect the DNA to do that.]] (event: when time > 13s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You feel your body let go...]] (event: when time > 16s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(goto: "BARDO")]]

(align:"==><==")+(box:"=======XXXXXX=======")[ (text-colour: "Black")[(text-style: "Blurrier")[ (event: when time > 1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Go Back]] (event: when time > 2.09s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Here We Are / Birds In Between]] (event: when time > 3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[An Again]] ]]] (event: when time > 6.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(go-to: "Blackout")]]

(event: when time > 0.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The doctor (either: "sighs","grimaces","grins","laughs","winces","shakes his head","rubs her chin","puts down her seed pod","adjusts her linen coat","adjusts her glasses","narrows her eyes","shakes her head and laugh","shakes her head and sighs","looks like she doesn't know what to think","stares right into your pupil").]] (event: when time > 1.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Okay, you can go back to work."//]] (event: when time > 3.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"I'm going to schedule follow-up psychiatry and neurology appointments for you. If you miss them, we're going to assume you've decompensated and come and find you."//]] (event: when time > 6.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Honestly, if it were anyone else we'd never let you walk out of here..."//]] (event: when time >9.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"...but because of your reputation as a plant behavioral expert we're willing to let you see if you can continue your work immediately, given the pressing situation."//]] (event: when time > 12.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The doctor looks at you carefully.]] (event: when time > 14.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Don't hurt yourself. We are all counting on you."//]] (event: when time > 16s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"By the way don't forget to put your Root-ID back on."// ]] (event: when time > 17.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The doctor hands you a small bracelet made from delicately woven roots. A small flower-bud protrudes off the top of it. ]] (event: when time > 18.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You slip it on to your wrist so that it is oriented like the one that the doctor is wearing.]] (event: When time > 20.7s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[[[Thank the doctor and leave->LeaveDoctor]]]] (event: When time > 21.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[[["What's a plant behavioral expert?"->WorkRequestRefuse]]]]

(event: when time > 0.898s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You get up and walk out of the doctor's office.]] (event: when time > 2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Everything is covered in plants. Some are moving long branches around, passing small seed pods in succession down long hallways.]] (event: when time > 3.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Others are vibrating strangely. These aren't like any plants you've ever seen.]] (event: when time > 5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Where are you?]] (event: when time > 7.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Maybe you should've told the doctor that you recognize nothing.]] (event: when time > 8.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Better to wait until you know whats going on.]] (event: when time > 9.6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[There are people walking every direction down the hallway, all dressed in the same linen fabrics the doctor was wearing.]] (event: when time >11.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Ask someone which way is the plant behavioral lab->Ask Lab]] [[Ask someone about what the plants are doing->Ask Plants Hall]] [[Ask someone how to leave the building->Leave the building]] [[Find your way out of here alone->Lost]] ]] (set: $Director = 0) (set: $LabWork = 0) (set: $Police = 0)

(event: when time > 0.898s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You dodge some vines and stop a random person in the hallway to ask them where the lab is.]] (event: when time > 3.898s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[They look at you strangely.]] (event: when time > 5.898s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"The lab you run?"//]] (event: when time > 7.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Yeah just take the pod, behind those leaves, or the stairs up to the lab."//]] (event: when time > 10.898s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The person stares at you with mute concern.]] (event: when time > 12.898s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Is this some kind of test because I'm new here?"//]] (event: when time > 14.898s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Go to Pod->Enter the pod]] [[Take the stairs->Stairs]]]] (event: when time > 16.898s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ Tell the person they did a good job. (click-replace: "Tell the person they did a good job.")[They look relieved, then concerned again and rush away down the hall.]]]

(event: when time > 0.898s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You ask a person walking by about the plants in the hallway.]] (event: when time > 2.898s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[They look at you strangely and start laughing.]] (event: when time > 4.898s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"What else would they be doing?"//]] (event: when time > 6.698s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Great joke, hilarious."//]] (event: when time > 8.698s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[They chuckle as they continue down the hall away from you.]] (event: when time >10.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[[[Ask someone which way is the plant behavioral lab->Ask Lab]] [[Ask someone how to leave the building->Leave the building]] [[Find your way out of here alone->Lost]] ]]

(event: when time > 1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You stop a person walking by and say, "How do I get out of the building to the street?]] (event: when time > 2.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[They look at you as though something is wrong.]] (event: when time > 4.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Take the pod to the ground level and walk out the door? I suppose you could take the stairs."// They shrug and stare at you strangely.]] (event: when time > 6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Ask which way is the pod]] [[Ask which way are the stairs]]]]

(event: when time > 1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You stop a passing person and ask them where you can find the pod.]] (event: when time > 2.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"The pod's right over there."// They point to a break in the wall where large, thick leaves overhang each other.]] (event: when time >5.0s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Enter the pod]] [[Ask which way are the stairs]] ]]

(event: when time > 1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[They point down the hall toward a leaf-covered opening in the wall.]] (event: when time > 2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"The stairs are right there, same place it is on every floor."//]] (event: when time > 3.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Are you ok?"//]] (event: when time > 4.6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [["Not at all, thanks!"->Stairs]] [["Everything is great and completely normal in every way."->LieGamble]] [["Stay away from me!"->LieGamble]] ]]

(go-to: (either: "Enter the Pod", "Run into wall", "Stairs", "Run into wall" ))

(event: when time > 1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You run through the leafy doorway and down a set of stairs made from roots. Stems and leaves in strange configurations pulse in and out of the walls, seeming to respond to your presence and then retreating as you continue downward.]] (event: when time > 5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You reach the end of the staircase and find a heavy doorway made of roots.]] (event: when time > 7s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[[[Open the door to the street->Street]] [[Go back upstairs to explore the building more->Director]] (if: $Monster is 0)[[[Go back upstairs to look for the lab->Lab]]]]] (if: $Monster is 2)[(event: when time >8.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You hear a (text-style: "rumble")[rumbling] coming from the direction of the Lab.]] ]

(event: when time > 0.5798s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You run forward wildly and...]] (event: when time > 1.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[...trip over a root that darts in front of you! You hit your head on the wall!]] (event: when time >3.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[A small group of seed pods emerges from the wall and begins to prod and poke you on the ground.]] (event: when time> 5.89s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You begin to (text-style: "blur")[black out]...]] (event: when time> 7.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[[(goto: "WakeUpDeath2")] ] ]

(align:"==><==")+(box:"=======XXXXXX=======")[ (text-colour: "Black")[(text-style: "blurrier")[(event: when time > 1.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[you float through space and time]] (event: when time > 2.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[back to another moment]] (event: when time > 3.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[a moment ago]]] (event: when time > 6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ (go-to: "I am ready to go back to work now")]] ]]

(go-to: (either: "Run into wall", "Stairs", "Stairs")) (set: $lied to 1)

(event: when time > 0.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[A snaking branch emerges from the wall between you and the doctor.]] (event: when time > 2.29s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[A small seed pod expands quickly from an offshoot of the branch.]] (event: when time > 4.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[It is moving toward you.]] (event: when time > 5.08s)[t8n: "dissolve")[(goto: "wnd3")]]

(event: when time > 0.7s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The seed pod begins to (text-style: "blur")[envelop you.]]] (text-style: "blur")[ (event: when time > 2.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"We'll wake you from the stasis when we have a viable treatment prepared."//]]] (text-style: "blurrier")[ (event: when time > 4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The seed pod closes around you and the light begins to fade...]]] (event: when time > 6.143s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(go-to: "WakeUpDeath")]]

(event: when time > 1.35s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You begin to scream and panic.]] (event: when time > 2.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")["Where am I?!"]] (event: when time > 2.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")["WHERE AM I!?"]] (event: when time > 3.6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")["TURN OFF THE SIMULATOR!!"]] (event: when time > 4.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")["COMPUTER TURN OFF THE SIMULATOR!!"]] (event: when time > 5.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[A root emerges from the wall with a small yellow and black thorn growing out of it. ]] (event: when time > 7.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The thorn rapidly moves and stabs you in the arm.]] (event: when time > 8.8s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You start to scream but suddenly feel incredibly calm. It is hard to remember what you were just screaming about.]] (event: when time > 10.6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The doctor looks at you with concern and says, //"Okay, feeling better?"//]] (event: when time > 13s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Tell the doctor that you don't feel right->"Something is wrong"]] [[As calmly as possible tell the doctor you'd like to go back to work->I am ready to go back to work now]] (if: $BackHomeQ is 0)[ [[Ask when you can go home]]] (if: $AskSample is 0)[ [[Ask about the DNA sample]]] ]] (set: $freakout = 1)

(event: when time > 0.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You walk alongside General Revere in a long laboratory corridor.]] (event: when time > 2.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")["...and that is why we've called you here today, Doctor."]] (event: when time > 4.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")["The attempts to use standard AI analysis left our models speaking gibberish...(event: when time > 5.8s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[we had to rollback the entire codebase and restart the vector engine just to get them to acknowledge primary functions."]]]] (event: when time > 7.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")["The military tried to keep it in house but we finally recognized we had to bring in a professional."]] (event: when time > 10.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[He stops walking and looks you up and down.]] (event: when time > 13.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")["At least thats what I asked for...(event: when time > 14.7s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[we'll see about you."]]]] (event: when time > 17.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The General points to the immersion bioinformatics chamber.]] (event: when time > 19.7s)[(t8n: "dissolve")["Go ahead, Doc."]] (event: when time > 21.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Enter the chamber->Intro Computer Interface]] ]]

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(t8n: "dissolve")[The immersive environment goes dark.] (event: when time > 4.01s)[(goto: "DNA3")]

(t8n: "dissolve")[A pin-point of (text-style: "smear")[light] emerges from the darkness.] (event: when time > 3.321s)+(t8n: "dissolve")[The light becomes a sprouting seed.] (event: when time > 6.431s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[A small flower begins to grow in mid air, floating as though underwater, blooming in real-time in front of you.]] (event: when time > 9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Touch the flower->FlowerTouchRandomizer]] [[Look at the flower]]]]

(event: when time > 1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You blink and look toward the doctor.]] (event: when time > 3.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Ask when you can go home]] [[Ask about the DNA sample]] [[Ask the doctor why there are so many plants in the hospital room]] ]] (event: when time > 9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You realize that you shouldn't have been able to touch your eyes in the VR suite.]] (event: when time > 12s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[What is going on?]]

(event: when time > 1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You push the leaves aside and step into the pod.]] (event: when time > 3.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[As they close behind you a small bioluminescent (text-style: "smear")[light] warms up on the ceiling.]] (event: when time >5.25s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Three small branches with different hues emerge from the wall.]] (event: when time >7s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Touch the top branch->ElevatorDirector]] [[Touch the middle branch->Lab]] [[Touch the bottom branch->Street]]]] (set: $pod to 1) (if: $Monster is 2)[(event: when time >8.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You hear a (text-style: "rumble")[rumbling] coming from the direction of the Lab.]] ]

(event: when time > 1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You step through the leaf doorway into the waiting area of the what appears to be the lab leader's office. Large windows are to your left, overlooking what can only be called a plant-metropolis. A desk is by the door, but nobody is sitting there.]] (event: when time > 7.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[There are extravagent looking plants doing tricks along the walls leading to a large set of double doors.]] (event: when time > 9.7s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[One plant is juggling small root masses while another sprays a distilled fragrance of flowers into the air.]] (event: when time > 12.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[A thin voice warbles out of a cone you hadn't noticed before on the desk.]] (event: when time > 15.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Come in. We have a lot to talk about."//]] (event: when time > 17.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Enter the office->DirectorOffice]] [[Look out the window->DirectorLobbyWindow]] [[Go back to the stairs->Stairs]] [[Go back to the Pod->Enter the pod]]]] (event: when time > 21s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The flower fragrances smell so beautiful.]]

(event: when time > 1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You walk through the doorway and into the Lab.]] (event: when time > 3.12s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[It looks nothing like the lab you remember working in. None of the harsh lighting, hard angles, or buzzing machinery.]] (event: when time > 5.73s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Like everywhere else in this world everything is plants. The floor, the walls, the ceiling, all made from living plants. Vines are moving small seedpods this way and that across the walls, passing them from one gripping-appendage to another.]] (event: when time > 9.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[There's an opening to the left of you in the wall for your Root-ID.]] (event: when time > 11.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Use your Root-ID->Root-ID Lab]] [[Go into the pod->Enter the pod]] [[Go into the staircase->Stairs]] ]] (set: $LabMotile01 = 0) (set: $LabEnergy = 0) (set: $LabProbem = 0) (set: $Monster = 0)

(event: when time > 0.7s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[A dazzling array of colossal plants are woven together to form a landscape like nothing you've ever seen before.]] (event: when time > 2.99s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Plant-skyscrapers extend into the sky in every direction. Root structures bend and move all around you, transporting giant seed pods all around the city.]] (event: when time > 6.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[People are everywhere, dressed in natural fibers, some wrapped in roots that appear to have small shimmering leaf-screens extending in front of the peoples' faces.]] (event: when time > 10.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Where are you? What is going on? ]] (event: when time > 13.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You were in the VR lab analyzing the DNA sample, something happened, some sort of bright light, and now you're here. This is confusing.]] (event: when time >16.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[A seedpod touches down on the street a few feet away from you. It cracks open with a creak and two passengers exit from inside. Afterward the pod is still, waiting for the next rider presumably.]] (event: when time > 20.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Find somewhere to hide->Hide]] [[Get into the seed pod->Train]] [[Go back inside the building and look around more->Reenter Building]]]]

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(event: when time > 0.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You step inside the seed pod and the leafy doors close behind you, roots weaving over them from the inside and outside to complete the seal. Above you is a biolumiscent bacterial light, around it a ring of short-stemmed leaves fan up and down to circulate air in the pod.]] (event: when time > 5.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[There is an opening in the wall large enough to put your wrist and Root-ID inside.]] (event: when time >7s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Place wrist in the opening->Start Train]] [[Leave the pod->Street]]]]

(event: when time > 1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You open the leafy doorway and go back into the staircase. Stems and leaves in strange configurations pulse in and out of the walls, seeming to respond to your presence and then retreating as you continue forward.] (event: when time > 2.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[[[Open the door to the street and outside->Street]] [[Go back upstairs to look for the lab->Lab]] [[Go back upstairs to find the Director->Director]]]

(event: when time > 1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The pod begins to make a low humming sound.]] (event: when time > 3.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Roots wrap around you and you are gently pulled against soft moss on the wall.]] (event: when time > 6.89s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You hear what sounds like tree branches creaking in the wind and the entire pod begins to move into the air.]] (event: when time > 9.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The pod gains speed.]] (event: when time > 11.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[A small flower emerges from the wall. It begins to vibrate and a voice from inside of it says, //"Now traveling to your home.'//]] (event: when time >15.7s)[(t8n-depart: "dissolve")[(goto: "Home")]]

(event: when time > 1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[test home passage]]

(event: when time > 1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[As your wrist enters the chamber a quick flash of light comes from all sides of it at once.]] (set: $trainlocation to "HQ") (event: when time > 4.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[A long, tubule flower emerges from the wall and says, //"Where would you like to go?"//]] (event: when time > 7s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[[[Ask the flower to take you home->Train Go Home]] [[Ask to be taken out of the city->LeaveCity]] [[Ask to be taken to the library->Library]]]] [[Go back to the street->Street]]

(event: when time > 1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[test outofthecity passage]]

(event: when time > 1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[test library passage]]

(event: when time > 1.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You place your Root-ID into the (either: "receptacle","appropriate space","plant-device","plant machine","sensor space","wall"). You hear the (either:"fluttering","scraping","contorting","moving") sound of leaves (either: "sliding","winding","spinning","rubbing") against (either: "each other","themselves").]] (event: when time > 3.6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Vines (either: "emerge","explode","enter","dance toward you","quietly emerge") from every surface of the room covered in seedpods, flowers, and (either:"seed-packets","pods","organic matter","gooey bundles") dangling from (either:"stems","stalks","tendrils").]] (event: when time > 6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The various plants begin to (either: "combine","swirl","dance","twist","spin","whirl","unify","embrace") into an (either: "amorphous mass","awesome structure","unbelievable space","unbelievable contraption") turning over onto itself, knotting every strand together into a (either: "weaving","mesh","web","solid-surface").]] (event: when time > 9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The (either: "mass","structure","thing","room","negative-space") begins to shape into what appears to be a workstation.]] (event: when time > 11.121s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Enter the workstation->Lab Workstation]]]] (event: when time > 12.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Or leave and (either:" explore","find the truth","keeping looking","bumble-about","take your chances") elsewhere: [[Go to the pod->Enter the pod]] [[Go to the stairs->Stairs]] ]]

(event: when time > 1.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You step into the workstation and sit in the chair that assembled from a tangle of roots.]] (event: when time > 3.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[An organic cone emerges from a wall and vibrates gently.]] (event: when time > 5.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[A disembodied voice warbling out of the cone begins to speak.]] (event: when time > 7.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Welcome back to the Evolutionary Induction Behavioral Modification Workstation, Doctor."//]] (event: when time > 10s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Would you like to begin the behavioral induction process?"//]] (event: when time > 11.7s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[A small leaflet screen on a branch slides in front of you.]] (event: when time > 13.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[A series of options shimmers into view on the screen:(text-color: "yellow")[ [[Begin Behavioral Induction->LabWork001]] [[Summary of Last Project by present User->LabSummary001]]] Or [[Leave the Laboratory->LabExitWorkstation]]]] (set: $ProbLab to 0)

(event: when time > 0.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You ask to begin the behavioral induction process.]] (event: when time > 2.7s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[After some (either: "crunching","scraping","twisting") sounds behind the walls a platform emerges.]] (event: when time > 4.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The ceiling opens and a flowering plant, a Montsechia vidalii, the same as the one discovered in the capsule in your world, descends on an intricate set of vines.]] (event: when time > 7s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The vines place the plant on the platform and then unweave themsevles from around its roots and vanish back into the ceiling.]] (event: when time > 9.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[A series of (either: "green","blue","red","yellow","purple","orange","rainbow-colored") bioluminescent bacterial lights unfold from the walls and form a circle just above the plant, all pointing directly at it.]] (event: when time > 12.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The plant and lights begint to rotate opposite directions relative to each other, spinning faster and faster until they settle into a high-speed dance. Lights shimmer on the leaves as they fly in a circle.]] (event: when time > 15s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The cone says, //"Please choose Behavioral Induction modality."//]] (event: when time > 17.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The display screen flutters and a new set of options appear]] (event: when time > 18.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(text-color: "yellow")[ [[Induce Motility]] [[Induce Energetic Output]] [[Induce Problem Solving]]]]] (event: when time > 21.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ Or maybe you've had enough of the Lab: [[Explore Elsewhere->LabExitWorkstation]] ]] (set: $LabWork = 1) (set: $LabMotile04 = 0) (set: $LabEnergy01 = 0)

(event: when time > 0.6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You ask the Workstation to tell you about the last work you did here.]] (event: when time > 2.99s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You hear small scraping noises and then the cone speaks.]] (event: when time > 4.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Information about User work has been classified. User does not have sufficient clearance to access this information, per Laboratory Director's orders.''//]] (event: when time > 7.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Strange to make a researcher's own work off-limits to themselves.]] (event: when time > 9.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Begin Behavioral Induction Work->LabWork001]] [[Leave the Laboratory->LabExitWorkstation]]]]

(event: when time > 1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You walk out of the workstation and into the main room of the Lab.]] (event: when time > 3.73s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Like everywhere else in this world everything is plants. The floor, the walls, the ceiling, all made from living plants. Vines are moving small seedpods this way and that across the walls, passing them from one gripping-appendage to another.]] (event: when time > 9.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[There's an opening to the left of you in the wall for your Root-ID.]] (event: when time > 11.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Use your Root-ID to reeneter the workstation->Root-ID Lab]] [[Go to the pod and leave the lab->Enter the pod]] [[Go to the staircase and leave the lab->Stairs]] ]]

(event: when time > 0.86s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You select the option to induce motility.]] (event: when time > 3.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The plant and light source change speeds and rotate in a new pattern.]] (event: when time > 5.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The light source begins to flash incredibly fast, the color shifting a little with each flash.]] (event: when time > 7.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The plant visibly begins to change, its stem swells and new, almost muscle-like structure grow just under the surface.]] (event: when time > 10.6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The plant has now changed substantially. It is thick and appears able to move much faster toward the light pulses that it prefers.]] (event: when time > 13.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Motility induction enhancement complete."//]] (event: when time > 15.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Would you like to send this specimen to the Training Department, or enact another procedural induction?"//]] (if: $LabMotile01 is 0)[ (event: when time > 18s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[It appears that the rapid, variable stimulus of the workstation is causing a kind of real-time evolution of the organism to be able to move more rapidly based on the parameters that you set.]] (event: when time > 21.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You've never seen or heard of anything like this in your world, but the principle seems simple enough.]]] (event: when time > 22.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ (if: $LabEnergy01 is 0)[ [[Induce Energetic Output]] ] [[Induce Problem Solving]] [[Induce more motility->Induce Motility 02]]]] (event: when time > 24.8s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ Or maybe you've had enough of the Lab: [[Explore Elsewhere->LabExitWorkstation]] ]] (event: when time > 22s)[(set: $LabMotile01 to 1)]

(event: when time > 0.86s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You select the option to induce energetic output.]] (event: when time > 3.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The plant and light source change speeds and rotate in a (either: "new","choppy","simple","complicated") pattern.]] (event: when time > 6.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The light sources begin to flash incredibly (either: "rapidly","fast","quickly"), the color shifting (either: "a little","significantly","wildly") with each flash.]] (event: when time > 9.36s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The plant begins to visibly change, it's stem swells and new leaves begin to sprout from every piece of the plant.]] (event: when time > 12.86s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The plant has now changed substantially. It is a flourish of leaves and the new stems they sprouted from. It appears to be almost glowing with the energy it is producing from all of its chlorophyll that it is now making use of.]] (event: when time > 16.86s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Energetic Output Induction complete."//]] (event: when time > 18.99s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Would you like to send this specimen to the Training Department, or enact another procedural induction?"//]] (if: $LabEnergy01 is 0)[ (event: when time > 22s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[It appears that the rapid, variable stimulus of the workstation is causing a kind of real-time evolution of the organism to be able to move more rapidly based on the parameters that you set.]] (event: when time > 24.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You've never seen or heard of anything like this in your world, but the principle seems simple enough.]]] (event: when time > 26.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Induce Energetic Output->Induce Energetic Output 02]] [[Induce Problem Solving]] (if: $LabMotile01 is 0)[[[Induce motility->Induce Motility]]]]] (event: when time > 27.8s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ Or maybe you've had enough of the Lab: [[Explore Elsewhere->LabExitWorkstation]] ]] (event: when time > 25s)[(set: $LabEnergy01 to 1)]

(event: when time > 1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The workstation creaks and the cone stirs.]] (event: when time > 3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"This user has had the ability to perform behavioral inductions of problem solving removed from their access privileges due to a violation of the Plantae Limitation Act.//]] (event: when time > 6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Access Denied."//]] (event: when time > 8s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The cone says, //"Please choose Behavioral Induction modality."//]] (event: when time > 10.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The display screen flutters and a new set of options appear]] (event: when time > 11.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(text-color: "yellow")[ [[Induce Motility]] [[Induce Energetic Output]]]]] (event: when time > 13.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ Or maybe you've had enough of the Lab: [[Explore Elsewhere->LabExitWorkstation]] ]] (set: $ProbLab to 1)

(event: when time > 0.86s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You select the option to induce motility again.]] (event: when time > 3.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The plant and light source change speeds and rotate in a new pattern.]] (event: when time > 5.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The light source begins to flash (either: "incredibly","amazingly","stupendously","wildly") fast, the color shifting a little with each flash.]] (event: when time > 7.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The plant begins to change again, its stem swells and new, even more pronounced muscle-like structures grow in the stems, contorting the surface of the plant.]] (event: when time > 10.6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The plant has now changed substantially from when you started. It is thick and appears able to move much faster, even compared to the first induction, toward the light pulses that it prefers. The motile-structures that have formed appear to be getting so large that they are deforming the rest of the plant substantially.]] (event: when time > 13.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Motility induction enhancement complete."//]] (event: when time > 15.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Would you like to send this specimen to the Training Department, or enact another procedural induction?"//]] (event: when time > 17.8s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Induce Energetic Output]] [[Induce Problem Solving]] [[Induce motility again->Induce Motility 03]]]] (event: when time > 19.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ Or maybe you've had enough of the Lab: [[Explore Elsewhere->LabExitWorkstation]] ]] (set: $LabMotile02 = 1)

(event: when time > 0.86s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"(text-color: "red")[WARNING]: Physiologic limitations make multiple consecutive inductions of the same class produce unreliable outcomes."//]] (event: when time > 3.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Would you like to continue with this induction?"//]] (event: when time > 5.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[No]] [[Yes->Induce Motility 03b]]]]

(event: when time > 0.8s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You ask to exit the induction.]] (event: when time > 1.6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(display: "LabWork002")]]

(text-style: "blurrier")[(event: when time > 1.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You feel the darkness begin to close in.]] (event: when time > 3.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(either: "Oh well, you tried...", "Maybe you shouldn't have done that...","Nobody will say you didn't try...","It's been a decent life, I suppose...")]]] (event: when time > 6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(go-to: "WakeUpDeath3")]]

(event: when time > 1.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You tap the leaf-screen to wake it back up.]] (event: when time > 3.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[A series of options shimmers into view on the screen: [[Begin Behavioral Induction->LabWork001]] [[Summary of Last Project by present User->LabSummary001]] [[Leave the Laboratory->LabExitWorkstation]]]]

(event: when time > 1.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You bypass the warning and continue.]] (event: when time > 3.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The plant and light source change speeds and rotate in a new pattern.]] (event: when time > 5.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The light source begins to flash incredibly fast, the color shifting a little with each flash.]] (event: when time > 7.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The plant visibly begins to change, its stem swells and huge mutant structures grow just under the surface, warping the plant beyod all recognition.]] (event: when time > 10.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The plant's new motile-structures begin to tear through the surface of the plant, pulsing outward and wrapping around the platform that the plant rests on.]] (event: when time > 13.6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The plant is now pulsing and moving wildly, without reference to the rotating bacterial lights. It appears to be out of control.]] (event: when time > 16.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Motility induction enhancement complete."//]] (event: when time > 18.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Would you like to send this specimen to the Training Department, or enact another proced..."//]] (event: when time > 20.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The cone is cutoff mid-sentence by a mutated stem enveloping and crushing it.]] (event: when time > 22.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The plant begins to envelop your legs.]] (event: when time > 25.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The newly formed structures of the plant begin to squeeze your legs. It is rapidly becoming too tight for comfort.]] (event: when time > 28.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Struggle to free yourself->StruggleFreeLab]] [[Give in to the sweet plant embrace->LabMortalityOutcomes]] [[Cancel the experiment on the screen->LabScreenCancel]]]]

(event: when time > 0.89s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You grab the screen and try to cancel the experiment.]] (event: when time > 2.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The voice cone, crushed by your warped plant, produces a strange garbled noise and then is silent.]] (event: when time > 5.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The plant wraps further up your legs around your waist.]] (event: when time > 7.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You can feel it begin to crush your abdominal organs with indifference.]] (event: when time > 10.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Panic]] [[Attack the plant at the roots]] [[Give in to your fate->LabMortalityOutcomes]] ]]

(event: when time > 0.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You begin to panic, writhing wildly against the plant's rapid envelopment of your entire body.]] (event: when time > 2.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You quickly realize it is too late.]] (event: when time > 4.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(text-style: "blurrier")[At least you tried...]]] (event: when time > 7s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(go-to: "LabMortalityOutcomes")]]

(event: when time > 1.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You try to rip the plants roots up from the workstation, but you cannot reach them as another stem of the plant envelops your torso and upper arms.]] (event: when time > 4.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You can no longer breathe in, only out.]] (event: when time > 7.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Your (text-style: "blurrier")[vision is getting blurry.]]] (event: when time > 10.5s)[(go-to: "LabMortalityOutcomes")]

[(font:"Courier")+(text-color:blue + white)[System malfunction. (text-style:"blink")+(text-color:red + orange)[Emergency Services have been alerted and are en route.]]] (event: when time > 3.5s)[(t8n:"dissolve")[Where are you?]] (event: when time > 5.5s)[(t8n:"dissolve")[Where was that?]] (event: when time > 8.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You're back in the VR workstation. Not that horrific plant workstation.]] (event: when time > 10.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[In your own world again.]] (event: when time > 13.7s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You didn't expect the DNA of the plant to do that.]] (event: when time > 16s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You feel your real body let go...]] (event: when time > 19s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(goto: "Workstationdo")]]

(align:"==><==")+(box:"=======XXXXXX=======")[ (text-colour: "Black")[(text-style: "blurrier")[(event: when time > 1.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[you drift across infinity]] (event: when time > 2.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[back to another moment]] (event: when time > 3.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[a moment ago]]] (event: when time > 6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ (go-to: "Induce Motility 03")]] ]]

(event: when time > 1.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You struggle and manage to free your legs from the surging branches of the plant just as they would've crushed your legs to goop.]] (event: when time > 4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You are standing next to the workstation, the plant is slowly pulsing outward, overtaking the structure completely.]] (event: when time > 6.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The leaflet screen is hanging out of the side of the workstation.]] (event: when time > 8.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The screen says: (text-color: "yellow")[ [[Induce Energetic Output]] [[Induce Problem Solving]] [[Induce motility again->Induce Motility 04]]]]] (event: when time > 19.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ Or maybe you've had enough of the Lab's Horrors and are ready to move on before it gets any worse: [[Explore Elsewhere->LabExitWorkstation]] ]] (set: $LabMotile04 = 1)

(event: when time > 1.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The mutated branches and stems of the plant surge forward. You select the option on the leaflet screen to Induce Motility yet again.]] (event: when time > 3.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The crushed cone makes some garbled noises and fades out.]] (event: when time > 5.67s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The leaflet screens shimmers and reads, (text-color: "yellow")["Audio Malfunction Detected, Switching to Text Interface."]]] (event: when time > 7.74s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"(text-color: "red")[EXTREME WARNING]: (text-color: "yellow")[Physiologic limitations make multiple consecutive inductions of the same class produce unreliable outcomes. Another induction now could produce potentially catastrophic results. Override Required."]//]] (event: when time > 10.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[A small Root-ID scanner emerges from the side of the leaflet screen. The plant surges nearby, mutated into an unidentifiable mass of organic plant matter.]] (event: when time > 13.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Insert Root-ID into scanner->InductionDisaster]] [[Retreat from this evolutionary nightmare->FleeLabWorkstation]]]]

(event: when time > 0.98s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You run out of the lab as fast as you can. The monster that used to be a plant grumbles behind you, pulsing slowly as you dash through the doorway.]] (event: when time > 3.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Where will you go?]] (event: when time > 4.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Go to stairs->Stairs]] [[Go to the pod->Enter the pod]] (set: $Monster = 1) (event: when time > 6.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You hear an alarm going off somewhere in the distance.]]

(event: when time > 0.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You insert your Root-ID wristband into the scanner.]] (event: when time > 3.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You see flashing colored-lights somewhere deep inside of the organic mass.]] (event: when time > 6.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[A (text-style: "rumble")[rumble] comes from inside the plant...]] (event: when time > 8.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Run out of lab->FleeLabWorkstation02]] [[Stay and see what happens->InductionDisasterDeath]]]]

(event: when time > 0.98s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You run out of the lab as fast as you can. The monster that used to be a plant roars behind you, pulsing slowly as you dash through the doorway.]] (event: when time > 3.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Where will you go?]] (event: when time > 4.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Go to stairs->Stairs]] [[Go to the pod->Enter the pod]] (set: $Monster = 2) (event: when time > 6.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You hear an alarm going off somewhere in the distance.]]

(align:"==><==")+(box:"=======XXXXXX=======")[ (text-colour: "Black")[(text-style: "blurrier")[(event: when time > 1.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[cross across all of everything]] (event: when time > 2.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[back to another moment]] (event: when time > 3.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[a moment ago]]] (event: when time > 6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ (go-to: "Induce Motility 04")]] ]]

[(font:"Courier")+(text-color:blue + white)[System malfunction. (text-style:"blink")+(text-color:red + orange)[Emergency Services have been alerted and are en route.]]] (event: when time > 3.5s)[(t8n:"dissolve")[Where are you?]] (event: when time > 5.5s)[(t8n:"dissolve")[Where was that?]] (event: when time > 8.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You're back in the VR workstation. Not with that horrific plant.]] (event: when time > 10.7s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You didn't expect the DNA sample to do that.]] (event: when time > 13s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You feel your real body let go...]] (event: when time > 16s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(goto: "Monsterdo")]]

(event: when time > 0.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The plant begins to explode outward, smashing the room around it to pieces. You've never seen anything like this in your life.]] (event: when time > 3.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Dozens of small vines shoot forward and wrap around you in an instant.]] (event: when time > 5.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The vines begin to tightly squeeze you as they drag you chaotically around the room.]] (event: when time > 8.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Your body is being crushed beneath the pressure of the continuously growing plant.]] (event: when time > 10.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(text-style: "blurrier")[There's no escape...]]] (event: when time > 14.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(go-to: "WakeUpDeath4")]]

(event: when time > 0.86s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You select the option to induce energetic output again.]] (event: when time > 3.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The plant and light source change speeds and rotate in a (either: "new","choppy","simple","complicated") pattern.]] (event: when time > 6.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The light sources begin to flash incredibly (either: "rapidly","fast","quickly"), the color shifting (either: "a little","significantly","wildly") with each flash.]] (event: when time > 9.36s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The plant begins to visibly change even more than the first time, it's stem exploding across the workstation, huge new leaves begin to sprout from every piece of the plant.]] (event: when time > 12.86s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The plant has now changed substantially, even compared to the first induction. It is an astounding explosion of leaves and the new stems they sprouted from. It is literally glowing with the energy it is producing from all of its chlorophyll.]] (event: when time > 16.86s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Energetic Output Induction complete."//]] (event: when time > 18.99s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Would you like to send this specimen to the Training Department, or enact another procedural induction?"//]] (event: when time > 26.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Induce Energetic Output->Induce Energetic Output 03]] (if: $ProbLab is 0)[ [[Induce Problem Solving]]] (if: $LabMotile01 is 0)[[[Induce motility->Induce Motility]]]]] (event: when time > 27.8s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ Or maybe you've had enough of the Lab: [[Explore Elsewhere->LabExitWorkstation]] ]] (event: when time > 25s)[(set: $LabEnergy01 to 1)]

(event: when time > 1.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You bypass the warning and continue.]] (event: when time > 3.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The plant and light source change speeds and rotate in a new pattern.]] (event: when time > 5.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The light source begins to flash incredibly fast, the color shifting a profoundly with each flash.]] (event: when time > 7.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The plant visibly begins to change, its stem swells and huge mutant leaves, each of which has stems emerging from it sprouting more leaves, warping the plant beyod all recognition.]] (event: when time > 10.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The plant's new energy production begins to make it pulse with energy waves that you can feel inside your skull. It seems to have become extra efficient at conversion of ambient light into energy.]] (event: when time > 13.6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The plant is now pulsing more rapidly, with the energy waves shaking the room around you. It appears to be out of control.]] (event: when time > 16.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Energy output induction enhancement complete."//]] (event: when time > 18.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Would you like to send this specimen to the Training Department, or enact another proced..."//]] (event: when time > 20.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The cone is cutoff mid-sentence by an energy wave that appears to have fried whatever organic mechanism was making it function.]] (event: when time > 22.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The energy waves begin to make your skin feel hot.]] (event: when time > 25.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You feel like you're burning all over.]] (event: when time > 28.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Induce Energetic Output Again->Induce Energetic Output 4]] [[Run out of the lab->FleeLabEnergy]] [[Cancel the experiment on the screen->LabScreenCancelEnergy]]]] (set: $LabEnergy01 to 3)]

(event: when time > 0.98s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You run out of the lab as fast as you can. The monster that used to be a plant rumbles behind you, pulsing as you dash through the doorway.]] (event: when time > 3.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You feel the heat in your brain from the plant diminsh as you get farther away from it.]] (event: when time > 6.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Where will you go?]] (event: when time > 7.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Go to stairs->Stairs]] [[Go to the pod->Enter the pod]] (set: $MonsterE = 1) (event: when time > 9.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You hear an alarm going off somewhere in the distance.]]

(event: when time > 0.89s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You grab the screen and try to cancel the experiment.]] (event: when time > 2.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The voice cone, damaged by your warped plant, produces a strange garbled noise and then is silent.]] (event: when time > 5.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The plant produces an energy wave so powerful you can smell something burning.]] (event: when time > 7.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You feel your mind losing its coherence as it heats up.]] (event: when time > 10.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Panic->PanicEnergy]] [[Flee->FleeLabEnergy]]]]

(event: when time > 1.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You try to run from the plant but another energy wave slams through your body and you collapse to the floor.]] (event: when time > 4.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Your diaphragm won't work.]] (event: when time > 7.3s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Your (text-style: "blurrier")[vision getting blurry...]]] (event: when time > 10.5s)[(go-to: "LabEnergyMortal")]

(event: when time > 1.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The mutated leaves of the plant are glowing so brightly now it is hard to look at the plant. You select the option on the leaflet screen to Induce Energy Output yet again.]] (event: when time > 3.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The disabled cone makes some garbled noises and fades out.]] (event: when time > 5.67s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The leaflet screen shimmers and reads, (text-color: "yellow")["Audio Malfunction Detected, Switching to Text Interface."]]] (event: when time > 8.74s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"(text-color: "red")[EXTREME WARNING]: (text-color: "yellow")[Physiologic limitations make multiple consecutive inductions of the same class produce unreliable outcomes. Another induction now could produce potentially catastrophic results. Override Required."]//]] (event: when time > 12.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[A small Root-ID scanner emerges from the side of the leaflet screen. The plant pulses and you feel like your eyeballs are going to boil. The plant is an unidentifiable mass of organic matter now, all glowing brightly.]] (event: when time > 15.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Insert Root-ID into scanner->InductionDisasterEnergy]] [[Retreat from this evolutionary nightmare->FleeLabEnergy]]]]

(event: when time > 1.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You insert your root-ID into the scanner...]] (event: when time > 2.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You hear a (either: "creaking","scraping","straining","cracking","breaking") noise.]] (event: when time > 4.3s)[(go-to: "InductionEnergyExplosionA")]

(enchant:?page,(bg:(gradient: 0, 0,#000000,0.1676,#ffffff,0.8533,#ffffff,1,#000000))) (align:"=><=")+(box:"====XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX======")[= (event: when time > 3.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(text-color: "black")[(text-style: "blurrier")[whoops]]]] (event: when time > 6.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(text-color: "black")[(text-style: "blurrier")[being vaporized felt different than you imagined]]]] (event: when time > 10.1s)[(go-to: "WakeUpDeath5")]

(enchant:?page,(bg:(gradient: 0, 0.0152,#e61919,0.1676,#e68019,0.8635,#e68019,1,#e61919))) (event: when time > 1.1s)[(go-to: "InductionEnergyExplosionB")]

(enchant:?page,(bg:(gradient: 0, 0,#e68019,0.1676,#e5e619,0.8635,#e5e619,1,#e68019))) (event: when time > 1.1s)[(go-to: "InductionEnergyExplosionC")]

(align:"==><==")+(box:"=======XXXXXX=======")[ (text-colour: "Black")[(text-style: "blurrier")[(event: when time > 1.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[you drift across all of time]] (event: when time > 2.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[back to another moment]] (event: when time > 3.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[a moment ago]]] (event: when time > 6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ (go-to: "Induce Energetic Output 03b")]] ]]

[(font:"Courier")+(text-color:blue + white)[System malfunction. (text-style:"blink")+(text-color:red + orange)[Emergency Services have been alerted and are en route.]]] (event: when time > 3.5s)[(t8n:"dissolve")[Where are you?]] (event: when time > 5.5s)[(t8n:"dissolve")[Where was that?]] (event: when time > 8.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You're back in the VR workstation. Not with that unfathomable glowing plant.]] (event: when time > 10.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[In your own world again.]] (event: when time > 13.7s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You didn't expect the DNA of the plant to do that.]] (event: when time > 16s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You feel your real body let go...]] (event: when time > 19s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(goto: "LabEnergyDo")]]

(event: when time > 1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You select the top branch and feel the pod moving upward.]] (event: when time > 2.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[After a moment the pod comes to a stop and a voice says, //"You have arrived at the Director's office."//]] (event: when time > 5.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You exit the Pod through a heavy leafy doorway.]] (event: when time > 7.7s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[(go-to: "Director")]]

(event: when time > 0.72s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You open the door and step into the Director's office.]] (event: when time > 3.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[A curved biofilm window, full of small vesicles feeding it and more than twice your height, spans magnificently across the entire room. In front of it is a large desk, behind which sits a small person in a linen suit.]] (event: when time > 6.1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Even in alternate-reality civilizations the powerful appear to collect privileges for themselves. How unimaginative people can be.]] (event: when time > 9.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The Director looks you up and down and a small smile overtakes their face.]] (event: when time > 12.22s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[//"Quite a mess you've made, old friend."//]] (event: when time > 15.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Who are you?->DirectorWho]] (set: $DirWho to 0) [[What are you talking about?->DirectorWhat]] (set: $DirWhat to 0) [[Where are we?->DirectorWhere]] (set: $DirWhere to 0) [[When will I go home?->DirectorWhen]] (set: $DirWhen to 0) [[Why is this happening?->DirectorWhy]] (set: $DirWhy to 0)]] (set: $Director to 1) (event: when time > 22.4s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The Director coughs and says, //"Well, what have you got to say for yourself then?"//]]

(event: when time > 1s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[You walk to the lobby window and look out across the city.]] (event: when time > 3.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[A sprawl of monumental root structures stretches across the landscape all the way to the horizon. ]] (event: when time > 6.2s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Room-sized seed pods attached to branches that stretch hundreds of meters are moving everywhere across the city.]] (event: when time > 9.6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Millions of people must live in this plant city.]] (event: when time > 13.6s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[This entire civilization is based around modifying plant behavior, rather than the metalwork, motors, and computer chips that underly your own.]] (event: when time > 17s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Unless of course it was your old life that was the illusion.]] (event: when time > 20.7s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[The VR workstation you were using to analyze the DNA sample from the ancient flower isn't capable of producing an experience like the one you're having.]] (event: when time > 24.9s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Was that life a dream?]] (event: when time > 27s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[Or is this one?]] (event: when time > 29.5s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[ [[Enter the office->DirectorOffice]] [[Go back to the stairs->Stairs]] [[Go back to the Pod->Enter the pod]]]] (event: when time > 32s)[(t8n: "dissolve")[A small group of birds swoops past the window and down into the city below.]]