Episode 5: War

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<<set $goToIntro to recall('restarting', false)>> <<if $goToIntro>> <<run memorize('restarting', false)>> <<set $passageCounter to 0>> <<set $started to true>> <<goto "Intro">> <</if>> <<set Config.passages.start = "Start Game">> <div class="startBackground episode-5"> @@.altTag;Briana and Chitto row into the future...@@ <div class="startGame"> <div class="plainTexta"> <h2>Portrait Of A Tyrant</h2> <h1>Episode 5:<br>War</h1><br> <<if !hasVisited("Intro")>> <<link "@@.fade-in-out;Start@@" "Intro">> <<set $passageCounter to 0>> <<set $started to true>> <</link>> <<else>> <<link "@@.fade-in-out;Restart@@">> <<run memorize('restarting', true)>> <<run Engine.restart()>> <</link>> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("Intro")>> <<link "Resume" $newPassage>><</link>> <</if>> <<if !hasVisited("Intro")>> <<link "Resume">><<script>>console.log('Reload clicked');retrieveSavesData({ LoadScreen, episode: 5 });<</script>><</link>> <</if>> <a href="/episodes.html">Episodes</a> </div> </div>

<<set _temp to [ "December 8, 1775", "The Great Dismal Swamp, Southern Virginia", "The trip from Augusta went basically as planned:", "Charter a ship and sail down the Savannah River to the ocean. Gain passage on a whaling ship already headed up the coast. Sail past the Carolinas, up to Virginia and enter port at Norfolk. Hike the fifty miles into the Swamp... and then figure it out.", "Aboard the ship, there was plenty of time for you and the crew (many of whom were from Virginia) to swap ghost stories and other odd tales about the Great Dismal Swamp and its fearsome interior.", " Panthers, boa constrictors, alligators, giant insects, malaria, fever, death... ", " People wandering out of the Swamp, in the middle of the day...thought dead years prior... ", " The place was supposed to be completely uninhabitable. Haunted.", " Impenetrable. ", " Colonists didn\'t go there. Natives didn\'t go there.", " It was 2,000 square miles, home to a pure malevolence few could describe.", " No one could //walk// through it, let alone //survive// there for long. The idea that anyone was living there permanently was “absurd, silly, fantastical\", according to Chitto //and// the people you met along the way.", "“The only thing you DO in the Great Dismal Swamp is DIE,\" they\'d say. “Or be eaten. And then die.\"", " Yet, despite the odds and obvious difficulty of the task, you stayed focused on your mission to finally reunite with your father, after almost ten years apart.", "<<goto 'Lake Drummond'>>", ]>> //<<Rep _temp>>// /*" A ship from Augusta took you down the Savannah River to the ocean and you paid for passage on a whaling ship moving up the coast. ", " You sailed past South Carolina and North Carolina, up to Virginia, and into port at Norfolk. ", " From there you hiked into the interior of the Swamp, and have spent most of the last week half-walking, half-swimming, half-canoeing through the muck, looking for the clues your father left for you.",*/ /*"Letter to Richard Henry Lee from George Washington: ", "“If, my Dear Sir, Lord Dunmore is not crushed before Spring, he will become the most formidable Enemy America has--his strength will Increase as a Snow ball by Rolling;", "and faster, if some expedient cannot be hit upon to convince the Slaves and Servants of the Impotency of His designs… I do not think that forcing his Lordship on Ship board is sufficient;", "nothing less than depriving him of life or liberty will secure peace to Virginia.\"",*/

<<if hasVisited("Listen To The Sermon") && !hasVisited("Runners Arrive")>> //I bet Dad's waiting for me in the East Village; he said he wanted to give me a tour...//<br><br> <</if>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[To The Swamp Fort|The Dismal Fort]] ">> <<set _temp to [ "@@.jump;They made her a grave, too cold and damp,@@ ", "<<goto 'Chitto Sings The Ballad Of The Dismal Swamp'>>", ]>> <<if !hasVisited("Chitto Sings The Ballad Of The Dismal Swamp")>> //<b>Chitto</b> sings in a longing, mellow tone:// <br><<Rep _temp>><br> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("Chitto Sings The Ballad Of The Dismal Swamp") && $chitto>> [[Listen Again To The Ballad Of The Dismal Swamp|Chitto Sings The Ballad Of The Dismal Swamp][$libertyCounter to 0]] <</if>> [[Explore The Mud]] /*Briana can hunt the little creatures around her once she has located a weapon (either here in the water or later in the her father’s village). When a creature comes close to Briana, a red glow will appear around her, showing the player the radius of Briana’s reach. If a creature is within reach of Briana, and the player clicks the creature: Briana will lunge to grab it. If Briana doesn’t select a weapon in her possession before lunging: She will get a bite on the hand and her prey will escape. BRIANA Ow!! Maybe hunting with my bare hands isn’t a great idea. If Briana does have a weapon (rock, stick, arrow-head, axe-head): Briana will lunge at the creature and successfully collect it. There are 3 objects lodged in the mud in this scene: 1 stone axehead and 2 arrowheads. The player can locate them by examining the scene closely and mousing over areas. */

<<set $footerDisplay to "[[Lake Drummond]] <<if hasVisited('Runners Arrive') && $inventory.includes('Ocarina')>> [[East Dismal Swamp Village]] <<else>> @@.differentVisited;[[East Dismal Swamp Village]]@@<</if>><<if hasVisited(\"ToCanal\")>><<link [[To Canal Company|CanalTran]]>><<set $toHill to 'Dismal Canal Company Camp'>><</link>><</if>> ">> <<if hasVisited("The Battle") && !hasVisited("The Aftermath")>> <<goto 'The Aftermath'>> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("The Aftermath")>> [[Talk To Dad Again|The Aftermath]] <</if>> <<if hasVisited("Runners Arrive")>> <<if !hasVisited("ToCanal")>> <<set $william to true>> [[Leave For The Canal Camp|ToCanal][$chittoClose to false]] <</if>> <<else>> <<if $william && !hasVisited("Reunited")>> [[Listen To The Sermon]] <</if>> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("Reunited") && !hasVisited("Runners Arrive")>> @@.fade-in;//Better head down to the east side of the village and catch up with Dad.//@@ <</if>> <<if hasVisited("Reunited") && $william>> [[The Armory]] <</if>> <<if $lastScene == "Reunion">> <<goto PostReunion>> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("EndEnd")>> <<goto EndNow>> <</if>> <<set $toHill to "Dismal Canal Company Camp">>

<<if hasVisited("Listen To The Sermon") && !hasVisited("Runners Arrive")>> I bet Dad's waiting for me across the bridge...<br><br> <</if>> <<if !hasVisited("GuardsPartI")>> <<goto GuardsPartI>> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("West Dismal Swamp Village")>> @@.fade-in;<b>Guard:</b> You may pass!@@ <<set $footerDisplay to " [[To Dismal Swamp Village|West Dismal Swamp Village]] [[To Lake Drummond|Lake Drummond]] ">> <<else>> <<set $footerDisplay to " [[To Lake Drummond|Lake Drummond]] ">> <</if>> <<if !hasVisited("West Dismal Swamp Village")>> <<if hasVisited("GuardsPartI") && !hasVisited("GuardsPartII")>> [[Approach The Fort|NotLying]] <<elseif hasVisited("GuardsPartII")>> [[Approach The Fort|GuardChoices]] <</if>> <</if>>

<<set $footerDisplay to " [[East Dismal Swamp Village]] [[The Dismal Fort]] ">> <<set _temp to [ "<b>Guard:</b> You\'re on your own from here, m\'lady. Good luck!<<set $guard to false>>", "//He turns and walks back across the bridge, out of sight.//", ]>> <<if visited() lt 2>> <<Rep _temp>> <</if>> <<if visited() gt 2 && !hasVisited("ChittoHome") && $chitto>> <<goto ChittoHome>> <</if>> <<if $chitto>> [[What's that growing in the creek?|GrowingInCreek]] <</if>> [[Sound Of The Bugs]] <<if $chitto>> [[Stilt Houses]] <</if>> [[Music On The Breeze]]

<<set $footerDisplay to " [[Congregation Hill]] [[West Dismal Swamp Village]] ">> <<set $motherCooking to false>> <<if hasVisited("Runners Arrive") && hasVisited("TalkNgoni") && !hasVisited("Take The Ocarina")>> <<if hasVisited("TradeForIt")>> [[Trade For An Ocarina|TradeForIt]] <<else>> [[Inquire About The Small Round Flute Instruments Midas Is Making|Befriend The Musician]] <</if>> <<else>> <<if !hasVisited("EndMusicConvo")>> [[Talk To The Musician Playing The Ngoni|TalkNgoni]] <</if>> <</if>> [[Talk To The Mother Cooking][$motherCooking to true]] <<if hasVisited("Listen To The Sermon") && !hasVisited("Runners Arrive")>> <<goto 'Runners Arrive'>> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("Runners Arrive") && !hasVisited("RunnerEnd")>> [[Talk To The Man And Woman Who Have Collapsed In The Water|RunnersContinued]] <</if>>

<<if hasVisited("ToCanal")>> <<set $footerDisplay to " @@.differentVisited;[[Dismal Cabins][$satchelFlash to false]]@@ <<if !$inventory.includes('Swamp Fufu') && !$inventory.includes('Stone Axe Head') && !$inventory.includes('Ocarina')>><<link 'Congregation Hill' 'JourneyBack'>><<set $toHill to 'Congregation Hill'>><<set $satchelFlash to false>><</link>><</if>> ">> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("TradeBrothers")>> <<set $dolores to false>> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("DoloresChallenge") && !hasVisited("CanalmenAnswerQuestions")>> <<if $inventory.includes("Swamp Fufu") || $inventory.includes("Axehead")>> <<set $satchelFlash to true>> <</if>> <</if>> <<if !hasVisited("Listen To The Conversation")>> <<set $william to false>> [[Talk To The Men Around The Fire|Listen To The Conversation]] <</if>> <<if hasVisited("Listen To The Conversation") && !hasVisited("TranslateIDad")>> [[Dad, can you translate for me?|TranslateIDad][$william to true]] <</if>> <<if hasVisited("TranslateIDad")>> <<set _temp1 to [ "//You think to youself: Wow, they're really big fans of Dunmore... //", "//Well, that\'s good, I suppose...// ", "//But then again, Dunmore may just be running an effective rumor campaign. It's impossible to tell from here...//", "//I need to find out what his real plans are... this is all too neat and tidy... something's off.// ", ]>> <<if !hasVisited("CanalmenAnswerQuestions") && hasVisited("ToCanal")>> <<if hasVisited("PlayOcarina") || hasVisited("GiveMenFufu")>> [[Canalmen Talking Around The Fire|CanalmenOpening]] <</if>> <<if hasVisited("Canalmen Talking Around The Fire") && !hasVisited("DoloresChallenge")>> @@.fade-in;You hear a baby crying in the cabins nearby...@@ <</if>> <<if !hasVisited("PlayOcarina")>> <<if !hasVisited("TradeBrothers")>> @@.differentVisited;[[Try To Talk To The Men Again|DoloresChallenge]]@@ <<else>> @@.differentVisited;[[Try To Talk To The Men Again|TradeBrothers]]@@ <</if>> <</if>> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("PlayOcarina") || hasVisited("CanalmenAnswerQuestions")>> [[Ask Canalmen About Dunmore|CanalmenAnswerQuestions]] <</if>> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("Dunmore") && hasVisited("Battles") && hasVisited("Imminent") && hasVisited("HeNow") && hasVisited("DunMore?")>> <<Rep _temp1>><br> <</if>>

[[Frogs]] [[Toys]] [[Sign]] <<if hasVisited("TradeBrothers")>> <<set $dolores to true>> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("PlayOcarina")>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Top Of Great Bridge Hill][$satchelFlash to false]][[Dismal Canal Company Camp][$satchelFlash to false]]">> <<else>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Dismal Canal Company Camp]]">> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("DoloresChallenge") && !hasVisited("PlayOcarina") && $dolores>> @@.differentVisited;<<link [[Talk To Dolores]]>><<if $inventory.includes("Ocarina")>><<set $satchelFlash to true>><</if>><</link>>@@ <</if>> <<if hasVisited("CanalmenAnswerQuestions")>> [[Leave With Dad For The Top Of Great Bridge Hill|Top Of Great Bridge Hill][$satchelFlash to false]] <</if>>

<<set $footerDisplay to "@@.differentVisited;[[East Patriot Camp]]@@[[Top Of Great Bridge Hill]]">> <<set _temp to [ "I should be able to blend in easily enough… ", "Just need to find some new clothes... hmmmmm....", ]>> <<if !hasVisited("Ladies Doing Laundry By The River") && visited() lt 5>> //<<Rep _temp>>//<br> <</if>> [[Tents]] <<if !hasVisited("PutOnDress")>> [[Officers Cooking Stew]] <<else>> <<if hasVisited("Officers Cooking Stew") && !hasVisited("OfficerPartII")>> @@.differentVisited;[[Talk To The Officers Again|Officers Cooking Stew]]@@ <<else>> [[Officers Cooking Stew]] <</if>> <</if>> [[Approach The Ladies Who Are Singing and Doing Laundry|LadiesSingLiberty]]

<<if hasVisited("Listen In On The Commander's Conversation With His Aides")>> <<set $footerDisplay to "<<if hasVisited('GreatBridgeOpeningEnd')>>[[Great Bridge|Great Bridge Transition]]<<else>>[[Great Bridge]]<</if>>[[West Patriot Camp]]">> <<else>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[West Patriot Camp]]">> <</if>> <<if !hasVisited("PutOnDress")>> [[Talk To The Camp Followers|CanNotWalkAroundLikeThat]] <<else>> <<if hasVisited("Take The Commander's Underpants") && hasVisited("Take The Hat")>> [[Commander's Tent]] <<else>> @@.differentVisited;[[Commander's Tent]]@@ <</if>> [[Talk To The Camp Followers]] <</if>> <<if hasVisited("PutOnDress") && !$talkToPurple>> <<set $talkToPurple to true>> <<goto CampFollowersIntro>> <</if>> <<if !hasVisited("CampFollowersIntro")>> <<goto CampFollowersIntro>> <</if>>

<<set $footerDisplay to "">> <<if visited()==1>> @@.fade-in;//Well, Dunmore's got to be here somewhere. What's he hiding? Is he really doing all of this because he cares about these men?//@@<br><br> <</if>> <<if !hasVisited("Listen In On The Conversation") && hasVisited("Important-Looking Officer")>> @@.fade-in;//To the latrines!//@@<br><br> <<elseif hasVisited("Listen In On The Conversation") && hasVisited("Important-Looking Officer") && !hasVisited("Talk To Lord Dunmore")>> @@.fade-in;//Back to the latrines! This is my chance...//@@<br><br> <</if>> <<set $footerDisplay to " [[Eastern Grounds Of Fort Murray]] <<if !hasVisited(\"Talk To Lord Dunmore\")>> @@.differentVisited; [[Western Grounds Of Fort Murray]] @@ <<else>> @@.visitedAlready;[[Western Grounds Of Fort Murray]] @@ <</if>> <<if !hasVisited(\"Talk To Lord Dunmore About Your Mission\")>> @@.differentVisited; [[Inside Fort Murray]]@@ <<else>> @@.visitedAlready;[[Inside Fort Murray]]@@ <</if>> ">>

<<if hasVisited("Talk To Lord Dunmore")>> @@.fixed;<img src='images/episode-5/10FortDunTent.png' alt='An overhead view of Fort Murray. Dunmore is in his tent.'/>@@ <<elseif hasVisited("Important-Looking Officer") && !hasVisited("Listen In On The Conversation")>> @@.fixed;<img src='images/episode-5/10FortDunLat.png' alt='An overhead view of Fort Murray. Dunmore is at the latrines.'/>@@ <<elseif !hasVisited("Talk To Lord Dunmore") && hasVisited("Listen In On The Conversation")>> @@.fixed;<img src='images/episode-5/DunTot.png' alt='An overhead view of Fort Murray.'/>@@ <<else>> @@.fixed;<img src='images/episode-5/DunTot.png' alt='An overhead view of Fort Murray.'/>@@ <</if>>

<<set _temp to [ "For a soul so warm and true; ", "And she\'s gone to the Lake of the Dismal Swamp, ", "Where, all night long, by a fire-fly lamp, ", "She paddles her white canoe.", "<<set $libertyCounter++>><<goto 'Chitto Sings The Ballad Of The Dismal Swamp'>>", ]>> <<set _temp1 to [ "“And her fire-fly lamp I soon shall see, ", "And her paddle I soon shall hear; ", "Long and loving our life shall be, ", "And I\'ll hide the maid in a cypress tree, ", "When the footstep of death is near.”", "<<set $libertyCounter++>><<goto 'Chitto Sings The Ballad Of The Dismal Swamp'>>", ]>> <<set _temp2 to [ "Away to the Dismal Swamp he speeds— ", "His path was rugged and sore, ", "Through tangled juniper, beds of reeds, ", "Through many a fen where the serpent feeds, ", "And man never trod before.", "<<set $libertyCounter++>><<goto 'Chitto Sings The Ballad Of The Dismal Swamp'>>", ]>> <<set _temp3 to [ "And when on the earth he sunk to sleep, ", "If slumber his eyelids knew, ", "He lay where the deadly vine doth weep ", "Its venomous tear and nightly steep ", "The flesh with blistering dew!", "<<set $libertyCounter++>><<goto 'Chitto Sings The Ballad Of The Dismal Swamp'>>", ]>> <<set _temp4 to [ "And near him the she-wolf stirr\'d the brake, ", "And the copper-snake breath\'d in his ear, ", "Till he starting cried, from his dream awake, ", "“Oh! when shall I see the dusky Lake, ", "And the white canoe of my dear?”", "<<set $libertyCounter++>><<goto 'Chitto Sings The Ballad Of The Dismal Swamp'>>", ]>> <<set _temp5 to [ "He saw the Lake, and a meteor bright ", "Quick over its surface play\'d— ", "“Welcome,” he said, “my dear one\'s light!” ", "And the dim shore echoed for many a night ", "The name of the death-cold maid.", "<<set $libertyCounter++>><<goto 'Chitto Sings The Ballad Of The Dismal Swamp'>>", ]>> <<set _temp6 to [ "Till he hollow\'d a boat of the birchen bark, ", "Which carried him off from shore; ", "Far, far he follow\'d the meteor spark, ", "The wind was high and the clouds were dark, ", "And the boat return\'d no more.", "<<set $libertyCounter++>><<goto 'Chitto Sings The Ballad Of The Dismal Swamp'>>", ]>> <<set _temp7 to [ "But oft, from the Indian hunter\'s camp, ", "This lover and maid so true ", "Are seen at the hour of midnight damp ", "To cross the Lake by a fire-fly lamp, ", "And paddle their white canoe!<br>", "<<if !$Songbook.includes('Ballad Of The Dismal Swamp')>><<Entry 'Ballad Of The Dismal Swamp' 'Lake Drummond' true>><<else>><<set $libertyCounter++>><<goto 'Lake Drummond'>><</if>>", ]>> <<if $libertyCounter ==0>> @@.jump;<<App _temp true>>@@ <</if>> <<if $libertyCounter ==1>> @@.jump;<<App _temp1 true>>@@ <</if>> <<if $libertyCounter ==2>> @@.jump;<<App _temp2 true>>@@ <</if>> <<if $libertyCounter ==3>> @@.jump;<<App _temp3 true>>@@ <</if>> <<if $libertyCounter ==4>> @@.jump;<<App _temp4 true>>@@ <</if>> <<if $libertyCounter ==5>> @@.jump;<<App _temp5 true>>@@ <</if>> <<if $libertyCounter ==6>> @@.jump;<<App _temp6 true>>@@ <</if>> <<if $libertyCounter ==7>> @@.jump;<<App _temp7 true>>@@ <</if>>

<<set _temp to [ "//You are alarmed to be greeted by two guards at the perimeter of what appears to be a large camp that was almost invisible only a few paces back.//", "//The guard in the lookout tower points a musket at you, while another guard near the entrance hefts a spear and aims it at Chitto.//", "<b>Guard:</b> Stop! Hold it right there!", "<b>Briana:</b> Wait, wait! We\'re just visitors!!", "//The guard with the spear spins towards you and points his weapon at your head.//", "<b>Guard:</b> This place doesn't get visitors.", "//He scowls and looks at you and Chitto with the expression of someone who has smelled something foul.//", "<b>Guard:</b> You\'re lucky we haven\'t killed you already. How did you find this place?", "<b>Briana:</b> My father told me where it was...", "<b>Guard:</b> Sure he did... Who's your father?", "<b>Briana:</b> William Little. ", "//The guard grunts but doesn't say anything.//", "<b>Briana:</b> My dad said to look for an island in the swamp near three huge rocks and a large grove of white trees, off the southern tip of Lake Drummond, about a mile into the muck.", "It wasn't all that specific, so we\'ve been looking around the area for almost a week! We can't go back...", "<<goto NotLying>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|The Dismal Fort]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Guard:</b> We would have killed them. ", "<b>Briana:</b> Ah.", "<<goto GuardChoices>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|The Dismal Fort]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Guard:</b> Oh! We started lighting fires to make them think they\'d find us camping out.", "You could see the smoke high above the swamp, so we just kept moving, and kept lighting our fires, mostly inside old logs. ", "Managed to lead them in circles for a few days until they finally gave up. ", "//He lets out a satisfied chuckle.//", "<<goto GuardChoices>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|The Dismal Fort]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "//You listen to the musician pluck a tune on his lute, and your mind wanders...//", "@@.slideIn;//...you watch the sun play on the water and smell the air.//@@", "//The musician sighs and looks up, bringing his mellow tune to an end...//", "@@.rumbleShort;//...and trills to finish it off...//@@", "<b>Briana:</b> That was beautiful! I\'ve never heard anything like that before. ", "<b>Musician:</b> Why thank you, miss. It\'s a style from back home…", "<b>Briana:</b> Wow. Well, what's that instrument?", "<b>Musician:</b> Oh, it's called an ngoni... I made it out of an old tree nut, a rabbit skin, and this stick. Not very complicated...", "<b>Briana:</b> But effective! Where\'s “back home\"?", "<b>Musician:</b> Senegal. What about you?", "<b>Briana:</b> Oh, I\'m from here.", "<b>Musician:</b> The swamp? Haven\'t seen you around. ", "<<goto NgoniChoices>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|East Dismal Swamp Village]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "//As you descend the hill, a man and a woman crash through the underbrush and collapse in a heap in the shallow water in front of you.//<<set $runners to true>> ", "<<button [[Talk To The Man And Woman Who Have Collapsed In The Water|RunnersContinued]]>><</button>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $ngoni to false>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|East Dismal Swamp Village]]">> <<set $william to true>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Briana:</b> Midas! I see you have an array of beautiful little instruments there...", "What are they?", "<b>Midas:</b> Oh, so glad you asked.", "//He shifts around in his seat and gets comfortable.//", "<b>Midas:</b> These are my ocarinas!!", "I make them out of the shells from that tree right over there!", "<<goto ConvoMusic>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> /*Gain pro and anti slavery songs, pro and anti british songs, and share them based on you conversations you have to judge who would like each song... what would be more situations? III. Talk to musician (Find an ocarina and play it at the canal to soothe a crying baby): Share a sailing shanty you learned back on the Gaspeé? From your notebook from episode 3? Share the right song with the right person to proceed..*/ <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|East Dismal Swamp Village]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Briana:</b> So! Ready to head to the canal?<<set $chittoClose to true>>", "<b>Chitto:</b> Hey Briana, I think I'm going to stay here, get the lay of the land, meet the people...", "I want to see if this is a place I could live for a while.", "<b>Briana:</b> All right Chitto, no problem! I'll be back once I find out more about this whole situation with Dunmore... You have fun. And maybe get a little rest.", "<b>Chitto:</b> You know, Briana, I think I just may!<<set $chittoClose to false>>", "//Chitto smiles, turns, and walks back down the hill to the east village.//<<set $chitto to false>>", "<b>Briana:</b> Well, //I'm// ready!", "<b>Dad:</b> Then let\'s go. ", "<b>Briana:</b> Where\'s the boat?", "<b>Dad:</b> There\'s no boat.", "<b>Briana:</b> Well, how do we get there, then?", "<b>Dad:</b> We\'ll swim, sort of. It's more like walking on your hands.", "<b>Briana:</b> In that?", "<b>Dad:</b> You\'ve tried walking in this stuff?", "<b>Briana:</b> Yeah, it\'s mostly impossible. ", "<b>Dad:</b> Well, there\'s no trail where we\'re going, and it\'s too shallow for a boat in most places. The easiest way to travel is to float on your belly. It\'s a trick we learned from the natives.", "<b>Briana:</b> The Cherokee?", "<b>Dad:</b> I believe they were Algonquin.", "<b>Briana:</b> Ahhh...", "//You sigh.//", "<b>Briana:</b> I guess if it's the only way...", "<b>Dad:</b> It is if you want to get there before tomorrow... You just have to keep moving; there are lots of creatures out here that would be happy to make us dinner, or at least an appetizer.", "<b>Briana:</b> Gotcha.", "//You frown.//", "<b>Briana:</b> Well, this'll be fun...", "<b>Dad:</b> Just come on...", "<<goto 'IntroDismal'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Congregation Hill]]">>

Belly Float Challenge Keep your hands moving across the muck so you don’t sink. Pick your way across the terrain and avoid hazards like snakes, alligators, bears, large spiders, swarms of mosquitoes, hornets nests, and angry rodents that cross your path. This is like a game of frogger where you have to keep moving (up, down, left, right) in addition to picking your path forward between obstacles in order to reach your destination at Dismal Town. Bird’s-eye view. image

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Canal Man 1:</b> I mean, have you ever seen a thing like that before, in your entire life?", "<b>Canal Man 2:</b> No I have not. Not in my entire life. ", "<b>Young Boy:</b> What\'s that, what\'s that?", "<b>Canal Man Older Brother 1:</b> Well Winky, my dear boy, last night in Williamsburg, all the fancy people were out in the streets, losing their minds!", "Everyone was shouting and pushing each other, and pointing at some poster nailed to the door of the tipplin\' house. ", "<b>Canal Man Friend:</b> Lot of them looked like they were gonna throw up.", "<b>Canal Man Friend:</b> But there was this one couple! ", "//He opens his arms wide.//", "<b>Canal Man Older Brother 2:</b> Yeah, the one couple!", "<b>Canal Man Older Brother 1:</b> They were furious! Yelling a stream of curses that a God-fearing man such as myself shall not repeat!", "<b>Canal Man Older Brother 2:</b> That lady was so mad she started eating her hanky!", "<b>Canal Man Friend:</b> It\'s true, saw it myself!", "<b>Canal Man Older Brother 1:</b> The man was so mad he turned bright red!", "//Winky looks unimpressed.//", "<b>Canal Man Friend:</b> Then he coughed real hard all of a sudden, and his eyeball popped out!", "//He makes a “plunk\" sound.//", "//Winky looks pleased//.", "//Canal Man Older Brother 2 sits up.//", "<b>Canal Man Older Brother 2:</b> But that just startled the dog! ", "<b>Canal Man Older Brother 1:</b> So the dog jumped up and bit the man!", "//Canal Man Friend sits up.//", "<b>Canal Man Friend:</b> Right right! But the man was so mad, he got down and bit the dog! ", "<b>Canal Man Older Brother 1:</b> Poor doggy. ", "<b>Winky:</b> But why? ", "<b>Canal Man Older Brother 1:</b> Why what?", "<b>Winky:</b> Why would he bite the dog?", "<b>Canal Man Older Brother 1:</b> Because of Lord Dunmore!", "<b>Winky:</b> The Governor of Virginia?", "<b>Canal Man Friend:</b> Right! Dunmore freed the slaves!", "<b>Winky:</b> Gol-ly.", "<b>Canal Man Older Brother 2:</b> No, no no! He didn\'t free anybody!", "<b>Canal Man Friend:</b> What\'re you talking about?", "<b>Canal Man Older Brother 2:</b> you have to enlist in his army...when they win, then you\'re free.", "<b>Winky:</b> Gol-//ly//.", "<b>Canal Man Older Brother 1:</b> Oh, he\'s right, he\'s right. And they have a motto: “Liberty to Slaves!\"", "<b>Canal Man Older Brother 2:</b> “Liberty...\" How sweet the sound!", "<b>Canal Man Friend:</b><br> Lord Dunmore. Bless his heart!", "//Canal Man Older Brother 2 stands up and puts his hat over his heart, and then salutes.//", "<b>Canal Man Older Brother 2:</b><br> To Lord Dunmore! ", "//Canal Man 1 stands and salutes.//", "A finer, braver man America has never known!", "<b>Winky:</b> So… when do we leave?", "<b>Canal Man Friend:</b> I heard they were gettin ready for some big battle at Great Bridge. ", "It\'s not far from here. ", "Maybe six or seven miles. ", "<<goto 'Dismal Canal Company Camp'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Dismal Canal Company Camp]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Briana:</b> Excuse me!", "//You nod at your dad, and he starts to translate.//", "<b>Briana:</b> I\'m looking for information... Have any of you been out of the swamp lately?", "<b>Little Boy:</b> I only got here earlier today.", "<b>Briana:</b> Well, I was just hoping to learn more about Lord Dunmore\'s Proclamation… Is it real? Is he really offering freedom to the slaves?", "//The Older Brother clears his throat.//", "<b>Older Brother:</b> Well! //We// don\'t just give away our keen insights, love. What do you have to trade?", "<<goto Dolores>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> /*If the player did not pick up the ocarina in the previous scene: She can leave this scene and search the maroon town again for clues, or she can find another way to get the canalmen to talk to her: (i.e. give them the cured meat or give them an arrow or axe-head. If Briana has none of these items, she'll be forced to return to the maroon camp to search for something to entice the canalmen.*/

<<if hasVisited("Dunmore") && hasVisited("Battles") && hasVisited("Imminent") && hasVisited("HeNow") && hasVisited("DunMore?")>> @@.fade-in;<b>Briana:</b> Well, I do appreciate all the information boys... I think it's time for me to be on my way.@@<br> <<else>><b>Briana:</b> So what can you tell me about Lord Dunmore?<br> <</if>> [[Who is in the Ethiopian Regiment?|Dunmore]] [[Has Dunmore won any battles?|Battles]] [[Is a conflict imminent?|Imminent]] [[Where is he now?|HeNow]] [[Anything else I should know? The man can't be an angel?|DunMore?]] <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Dismal Canal Company Camp]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "//You both look out at a disturbing scene: an entire section of the town of Great Bridge is burning, sending giant plumes of smoke high into the air.//", "//Close to you is the Patriot camp, where the militias are assembling tents and coordinating supplies.//", "//Across the water is a small peninsula on which Lord Dunmore has constructed a stockade, called, “Fort Murray\".//", "//That's where he's assembled the Ethiopian Regiment along with several other companies of the King's soldiers.//", "//As for fighting: it appears that the men are taking indiscriminate shots at each other, but the rhythm of return fire is slow, and mostly random.//", "//Perhaps at this stage of the battle these altercations are more for show than to inflict casualites.//", "<b>Briana:</b> All right. Where do I go first? I don\'t see any way over to Dunmore\'s side of the river that doesn\'t pass straight through the Patriot ranks.", "<<goto 'Make A Plan'>>", ]>> <<if !hasVisited("Make A Plan") && $william>> <<Rep _temp>> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("Make A Plan") && $william>> [[Talk To Dad Again About Your Plan|Make A Plan]] <</if>> <<if visited()==1>> <<goto PartII>> <</if>> <<set $footerDisplay to "<<if hasVisited('Make A Plan')>>[[To The West Patriot Camp|West Patriot Camp]]<<else>>[[Back|Dismal Cabins]]<</if>>">>

<<set _tempBog to [ "<b>Officer Stirring The Stew:</b> What are you, a bog monster?!!", "<b>Officer Smoking A Pipe:</b> How can you just walk around like that...?", "<b>Officer Stirring The Stew:</b> Leave us, we are eating!", '<<goto "West Patriot Camp">>', ]>> <<set _temp to [ "<b>Officer Stirring The Stew:</b> We must counteract this vile rumor that a British victory will mean freedom for the slaves! ", "<b>Officer Smoking A Pipe:</b> But how? Dunmore\'s probably spreading it himself! He even commissioned a catchy tune to spread the word:", "//The Officer Smoking A Pipe removes his pipe from his mouth, and sings://", "@@.jump;“All you that have bad masters@@", "@@.jump;And cannot get your due@@", "@@.jump;Come come my brave boys@@", "@@.jump;And join our ship\'s crew!\"@@", "<<if !$Notebook.includes('Dunmore Ditty')>>//You think to youself: Oooh, I really need to write that one down...//<br><br><<Entry 'Dunmore Ditty' 'OfficerPartII' true>><<else>><<goto OfficerPartII>><</if>>", ]>> <<if !hasVisited("PutOnDress")>> <<Rep _tempBog>> <<else>> <<Rep _temp>> <</if>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|West Patriot Camp]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Briana:</b> Do you really believe Dunmore intends to free the slaves?", "<b>Woman Holding A Child:</b> Of course not! Dunmore is just using the slaves to wage economic warfare on the colonists. ", "<<goto 'Talk To The Camp Followers'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Talk To The Camp Followers]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Little Boy:</b> Who are you, lady?", "<b>Briana:</b> My name\'s Briana.", "<b>Little Boy:</b> I\'m Sam. ", "<b>Briana:</b> What\'re you doing, Sam?", "<b>Sam:</b> I found a hole.", "<b>Briana:</b> Did you dig it?", "<b>Sam:</b> No, it was there in the mound. So I\'ve been trying to stick my arm as far inside as I can. Want to see?", "<b>Briana:</b> <br><<button [[That\'s an AWFUL idea Sam. Aren\'t you afraid of snakes?|Snakes?]]>><</button>><<button [[Keep it up, little guy! I hope you find some treasure!|Treasure!]]>><</button>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Talk To The Camp Followers]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Little Girl:</b> Do you think people are going to die?", "<b>Little Girl's Mother:</b> Emily! Leave the poor lady alone! She just got here!", "//You look a little startled.//", "<b>Briana:</b> Oh, it's ok!", "//You turn back to Emily.//", "<b>Briana:</b> Where? Here?", "<b>Emily:</b> Yes.", "<b>Briana:</b> Well, I hope not.", "<b>Emily:</b> They shoot at us every morning. I have to hide behind a big tree over there.", "<b>Briana:</b> Does anybody get hurt?", "<b>Emily:</b> No, not really.", "//You look towards the front lines.//", "Is your daddy out there?", "//Emily nods.//", "<b>Emily:</b> Yes.", "//She looks down.//", "<b>Emily:</b> I don\'t want them to fight. I want them to go home.", "//You put your hand on her shoulder.//", "<b>Briana:</b> We\'ll all be going home soon, I\'m sure of it. And you know, I\'m worried about my daddy too. ", "<b>Emily:</b> You are?", "<b>Briana:</b> I am. He also wants to be part of the fight, but I don't want him to go... No one knows how it\'ll all turn out. It\'s hard.", "//You pat Emily on the back.//", "<<goto 'Talk To The Camp Followers'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Talk To The Camp Followers]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Lady Sitting On The Ground:</b> Well, no one asked me, but //I// think Dunmore\'s only using our slaves because it\'s cheaper than shipping over his own people from England! ", "That\'s what I think!! ", "Ha!", "//She mumbles something under her breath and goes back to picking pieces of grass.//", "<<goto 'Talk To The Camp Followers'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Talk To The Camp Followers]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Baby:</b> Da.", "<b>Briana:</b> Hi there!", "<b>Baby:</b> Da.", "<b>Briana:</b> What?", "<b>Baby:</b> Da. ", "<b>Briana:</b> Hmmm.", "//The baby frowns at you.//", "<<goto BabyChoices>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Talk To The Camp Followers]]">>

[[Commander's Bedroll]] [[Commander's Trunk]] [[Commander's Bench]] [[Commander's Coat Rack]] <<if !hasVisited("Listen In On The Commander's Conversation With His Aides")>> [[Listen In On The Commander's Conversation With His Aides]] <<elseif !hasVisited("Woodford1")>> [[Continue Conversation With Colonel Woodford|Woodford1]] <<elseif !hasVisited("Woodford2")>> [[Continue Conversation With Colonel Woodford|Woodford2]] <<elseif !hasVisited("Assignment")>> [[Continue Conversation With Colonel Woodford|Assignment]] <</if>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|East Patriot Camp]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Lady In The Blue Dress:</b> And you are?", "<b>Briana:</b> I got word that our forces were gathering at Great Bridge, so I came straight away to lend a hand! ", "So much cooking, and cleaning, and washing to do, after all!", "<b>Lady In The Blue Dress:</b> Yes, why, yes there is. Ummm… I\'m sorry but I have to ask: Are you a runaway, dear?", "<b>Briana:</b> I\'m a free woman, thank you very much, unlike those absconded rascals across the river! Do you want to see my certificate of freedom, miss…?", "<b>Lady In The Blue Dress:</b> Penny, Jenny. Jenny Penny. No, no, no...I\'m sorry. It\'s just that this business with Dunmore has made me quite tense.", "<<button [[The prospect of getting your throat cut by your own slaves isn\'t sitting so well with you, hunh?|ThroatCut]]>><</button>> <<button [[Indeed! It\'s terrible what Dunmore\'s doing to our way of life!|So true.]]>><</button>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Talk To The Camp Followers]]">>

<<if !hasVisited("PutOnDress")>> <<if !hasVisited("CampStart")>> <<goto CampStart>> <<else>> <<goto "East Patriot Camp">> <</if>> <<else>> <<set _temp to [ "<b>Lady In Purple:</b> Ah! Girls! This is Briana. <<if !hasVisited('CampStart')>>The ladies washing linens tell me the poor thing<<else>>The poor thing<</if>> //(she nods at you)// lost her fellow travelers in the swamp, but found her way here... ", "<b>Briana:</b> Followed the smoke, actually.", "<b>Lady In Purple:</b> Smart! Briana plans to join our camp.", "//Here goes nothing.//", "//You clear your throat.//", "<b>Briana:</b> Ladies! This business with Dunmore chills me to the bone!", "How could he ask us to turn against our own people?!", "We are Virginians first, after all. I must know: ", "//You lower your voice to a conspiratorial murmur.//", "Do you really believe Dunmore intends to free the slaves?", "<<goto \'Talk To The Camp Followers\'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <</if>>

<<set _temp to [ "//As they ladies finish their song, they turn to see how the stew is coming along, and see you standing nearby, covered in mud.//", "<b>Laundry Lady:</b> Oh my!! Girls!! Come quick!! What happened to you, dear??", "<b>Briana:</b> I don\'t know, I don\'t know... I lost my surveying team and just woke up here, all covered in mud!! I must have walked in a daze...I think I passed out...", "<b>Laundry Lady:</b> You poor thing!! Here, let\'s clean you up, and then you can tell us all about it...", "Why don\'t you wash off in the river, and then you can put on this dress...? It's not much, but it should be dry...", "<<button [[Take The Dress]]>><</button>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<if visited("GreatBridgeOpening") gt 1>> <<goto GreatBridgeOpeningEnd>> <<else>> <<goto GreatBridgeOpening>> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("GiveOfficerHat")>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[To West Patriot Camp|West Patriot Camp]][[To Fort Murray|Fort Murray]]">> <<else>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[To West Patriot Camp|West Patriot Camp]]">> <</if>> /*[Briana should have to show him something at this point to get him to let her in. Perhaps she can choose to go here earlier, but if she tries to get in she can't enter. She has to look for something to convince them… stealing something from the Patriot side as proof she's serious. So she has to go to the Patriot side and look for something that she can procure... their leader's hat, perhaps? The stripes off his uniform? There could be a piece of information she could glean while in the camp, and then share with the guard, rather than a thing. What would show her resolve? What would be offensive to the captain and convincing to the guards? Greg, got any ideas?]*/ /*Puzzle idea, plot point?: the tide came in and out from these swamps (check if this particular one had that effect). Briana could observe the tide and cross when it’s low. */

<<set _temp to [ "//You hear one of Dunmore\'s officers rallying the men nearby://", "<b>Officer:</b> Lads! ", "Let\'s scare the sense back into these traitors!", "<b>Men:</b> Ay!", "<b>Officer:</b> These butchers have harassed and brutalised our officers and our judges…", "...spit in the eyes of the King! ", "So prepare yourselves...", "We attack at sunrise!", "<b>Men:</b> Hazzah!", "<<goto 'Western Grounds Of Fort Murray'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Western Grounds Of Fort Murray]]">>

<<if !hasVisited("SickMenIntro")>> <<goto SickMenIntro>> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("SickMenIntro")>> <<goto SickMenHelp>> <</if>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Western Grounds Of Fort Murray]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "//Inside the fort, you see a soldier pushing a cannon out the entrance.//", "//Behind him, a platoon of the Ethopian Regiment sings a song to taunt the Patriots across the river://", "<<set $libertyCounter to 0>><<goto TauntingSong>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $lastScene to "Inside Fort Murray">> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Inside Fort Murray]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "//Hunh. Dunmore's got a nice setup here: water, shade, seating, and...//", "//Oooo! What a cute little desk!//", "//Do I spy snacks?//", ]>> <<if visited()==1>> <<Rep _temp>> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("Important-Looking Officer")>> @@.fade-in;//Then to the latrines I shall go!//@@<br><br> <</if>> [[Important-Looking Officer]] [[Parakeet]] <<if ($inventory.includes("Empty Canteen") || $inventory.includes("Full Canteen")) && $inventory.includes("Cooked Hardtack")&& $inventory.includes("Apple") && $Documents.includes("Dunmore's Proclamation")>> [[Tiny Desk|Desk]] <<else>> @@.differentVisited;[[Desk]]@@ <</if>> [[Chair]] <<if $inventory.includes("Empty Canteen")>> @@.differentVisited;[[Barrel of Water|Barrel]]@@ <<else>> [[Barrel of Water|Barrel]] <</if>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Inside Fort Murray]]">> <<set $lastScene to "Inside Fort Murray">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>British Officer:</b> They think they can govern themselves? Ha! What a joke.", "The Americans are far too excitable to run a government. ", "They need us, you see. ", "But sometimes you can\'t explain these things; they must be demonstrated, forcefully.", "<<goto 'Inside Fort Murray'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Inside Fort Murray]]">> /*Shut down house of burgesses - in response to massachusetts proclamation*/ <<set $lastScene to "Inside Fort Murray">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Briana:</b> What\'s going on? Why do you all look so sad?", "<b>Young Man:</b> Our friends were turned away by Dunmore. ", "<b>Briana:</b> Why?", "<b>Young Man:</b> Because loyalists owned them. ", "<b>Briana:</b> They came all this way, and risked everything, just to be sent back?", "<b>Young Man:</b> That\'s about the short of it. ", "Dunmore\'s sending home loyalists\' slaves, no exceptions.", "<<goto 'Eastern Grounds Of Fort Murray'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Eastern Grounds Of Fort Murray]]">> /* LADY CHOPPING ONIONS Oooooh! My eyes! Open the door, would you? It's already open! I can't take this anymore! All cooped up, with nothing to do but chop onions all day! I hear the battle will begin tomorrow… then we'll be able to get back to Norfolk and breathe some fresh air! Oooh, honey! Are you here to help? Who's the lucky guy that married you? Timmy Tommy Bertrand Bertrand, eh? Met him around here? No, in North Carolina. Oh, honey… (they look at each other) Your husband… before he ran away, was he owned by a rebel? No, of course not! My husband just wanted to be free... Left on his own. Well, dear, I'm sorry to tell you this, but he's going to have to go back. And you too, if you're owned by a loyalist. I won't tell anyone, but Dunmore's going to find out eventually. But… you've got to be mistaken! I'm sorry dear, but Dunmore is only granting freedom to the rebels' slaves. Look at the Proclamation. It's posted right there on the wall. */

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Captain Fordyce:</b> And to think this all started over the gunpowder! ", "<b>Dunmore:</b> How dare they complain...", "The King made //me// Governor of Virginia, not the mob!! That makes //me// the head of the military in Virginia, and that means the gunpowder is mine! Isn't that right, Captain Leslie? ", "<b>Captain Leslie:</b> You can rightfully take it and put it //anywhere// you damn well please! ", "<b>Dunmore:</b> I\'m keeping a closer eye on it than they ever were!", "It's much safer stored on my ships, and that\'s the end of it.", "<<goto 'Inside Fort Murray'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Inside Fort Murray]]">> /*Stole gunpowder In Massachusetts, Governor Gage dispatched troops to destroy patriot munitions at Concord on the night of 18-19 April 1775, which resulted in the Battles of Lexington and Concord. On April 20, 1775, John Murray, Earl of Dunmore and Royal Governor of Virginia ordered his troops to enter the Public Magazine at Williamsburg to seize 20 kegs of gunpowder stored there.[9] */ <<set $lastScene to "Inside Fort Murray">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Ethiopian Regiment Soldier Left:</b> We whipped those boys at Kemp\'s Landing didn\'t we?", "<b>Ethiopian Regiment Soldier Right:</b> I\'ve never seen white boys run so fast!", "<b>Ethiopian Regiment Soldier Left:</b> I think you\'re about to see it happen again!", "Are you ready?", "<b>Ethiopian Regiment Soldier Right:</b> I am. You?", "<b>Ethiopian Regiment Soldier Left:</b> Ready as I'll ever be.", "I hope we get moving. All this waiting around is making me itchy.", "<<goto 'Eastern Grounds Of Fort Murray'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Eastern Grounds Of Fort Murray]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "//Ethiopian Regiment Soldier Left bends as he steps out of his tent, and then brushes off his uniform and carefully straightens it.//", "<b>Ethiopian Regiment Soldier Left:</b> Ooo, we do look good, now don\'t we?!", "<b>Ethiopian Regiment Soldier Right:</b> Yes, we certainly do. ", "//Ethiopian Regiment Soldier Right straightens his own uniform.//", "<b>Ethiopian Regiment Soldier Left:</b> Sharp, like angels of death come to smite the wicked. Make them pay for all their sins in a blaze of white and black.", "I'm so glad they didn't make us wear those red coats. We look good in white.", "<b>Briana:</b> Hello gentlemen!", "<b>Ethiopian Regiment Soldier Right:</b> Hello miss! ", "<b>Briana:</b> You gentlemen are looking quite soliderly in that garb. It suits you. ", "<b>Ethiopian Regiment Soldier Right:</b> //(bashful)// Why thank you, Miss. ", "<b>Briana:</b> Tell me, how do you feel about fighting for Dunmore?", "<b>Ethiopian Regiment Soldier Left:</b> Well, we\'re not really fighting for Dunmore, now are we?", "<b>Ethiopian Regiment Soldier Right:</b> You see? ", "//He points to his sash emblazoned with “Liberty to Slaves.\"//", "<b>Ethiopian Regiment Soldier Right:</b> We\'re fighting for our brothers and sisters in chains, not for Lord Dunmore.", "We don\'t know anything about the man, really.", "<<goto 'Eastern Grounds Of Fort Murray'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Eastern Grounds Of Fort Murray]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>British Officer 1:</b> Can you believe he\'s making us fight alongside this “Regiment\"?", "<b>British Officer 2:</b> It\'s a disgrace.", "<b>British Officer 1:</b> The man has lost his mind. Can you believe he gave them weapons?", "<b>British Officer 3:</b> What does he think is going to happen?", "<b>British Officer 1:</b> He\'s tempting fate, I tell you.", "<b>British Officer 3:</b> Can they even fight? Are they any good?", "<b>British Officer 2:</b> Does it matter? They\'ll be gone as soon as those Hessians arrive.", "<b>British Officer 1:</b> Can\'t happen soon enough, I say.", "<<goto 'Eastern Grounds Of Fort Murray'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Eastern Grounds Of Fort Murray]]">>

<<if hasVisited("Listen In On The Conversation") && !hasVisited("Talk To Lord Dunmore")>> [[Talk To Lord Dunmore]] <<elseif hasVisited("Listen In On The Conversation") && hasVisited("Talk To Lord Dunmore")>> //Well, guess I better head over to Dunmore's tent and wait.// <</if>> <<set _temp to [ "//As you approach the latrines, you see a man dressed like a commander talking with another man, who you presume to be his aide, shuffling along next to him.// ", "<<goto 'Listen In On The Conversation'>>", ]>> <<if (hasVisited("Important-Looking Officer")||hasVisited("LatrineTip")) && !hasVisited("Listen In On The Conversation")>> <<Rep _temp>> <<elseif !hasVisited("Listen In On The Conversation")>> <<goto NotVisitedTentYet>> <</if>> <br> /*Minigame: Stay close enough to Dumore's latrine that you can hear his conversation. Stay out of the way of the men coming in and out of the bathrooms, while staying close enough to Dunmore to hear what he's saying. If you, Miss enough bits of the conversation, you'll have to try again. Like frogger where you have to stay in the middle of the street, moving forward and backward to avoid being hit by a door. Many groans and sound effects ensue...*/ <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Western Grounds Of Fort Murray]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "//As the commander enters the latrine, his aide presses up to the door and begins talking.//", "<b>Aide:</b> Sir. It\'s a message from the King. ", "//The aide opens the door and hands a paper to Dunmore, who is settling onto the toilet.//", "//Dunmore opens the door and hands the paper back.//", "<b>Dunmore:</b> Thank you, Captain Fordyce, but you read it. I can\'t see shit in here.", "@@.rumbleShort;//Grunt.//@@", "<b>Captain Fordyce:</b> Very well, sir: 30,000 Hessian mercenaries have been commissioned by the Crown to wage war on our behalf, anywhere in the colonies that we need them. They will arrive this summer.", "<b>Dunmore:</b> I just don\'t understand it!", "@@.rumbleShort;//Fart.//@@", "<b>Captain Fordyce:</b> What\'s that, sir?", "<b>Dunmore:</b> Why the Crown insists on employing Germanic mercenaries when we have an abundance of Africans right here in the Colonies!", "They're just so ripe for the plucking!", "@@.rumbleShort;//Fart.//@@", "<b>Captain Fordyce:</b> So true, m\'Lord. But, this does present a complication. What shall we do with the Ethiopian Regiment once the Hessians arrive?", "We cannot expect the Hessians to fight alongside former slaves!", "@@.rumbleShort;<b>Dunmore:</b> //Grunt.//@@", "Hmmm. Maybe we should //sell// the Regiment back to their masters... At least we could come out of this mess having made a good profit!", "<b>Captain Fordyce:</b> Or perhaps... we should keep them. Put them to work somewhere our troops will refuse to go!", "<b>Dunmore:</b> Hmmm.", "@@.rumbleShort;//Grunt.//@@", "I'll have to think on it.", "<b>Captain Fordyce:</b> Very well. I will leave you then.", "<b>Dunmore:</b> Quite.", "<b>Captain Fordyce:</b> Good good. Thank you, sir.", "<b>Dunmore:</b> Thank you!", "@@.rumbleShort;//Fart.//@@", "<<if !$Notebook.includes('The Latrines: Mercenaries Edition')>><<Entry 'The Latrines: Mercenaries Edition' 'The Latrines'>><<else>><<goto 'The Latrines'>><</if>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<button [[Tell Dunmore The Patriots Are Weak and He Should Attack Now]]>><</button>> <<button [[Tell Dunmore The Patriots Are Strong and He Should Not Attack|Tell Dunmore The Patriots Are Strong and He Shouldn't Attack]]>><</button>> /*Briana misleads Dunmore, goads him into attacking, and watches him walk into a barrage of bullets Many men are wounded If she tells Dunmore about the double-cross, she will reveal herself as a spy, and so Dunmore will lock her up, even though she’s helping him. She will then have to escape her cell, only to come upon the bodies of the fallen soldiers after her advice was ignored. She helps to drag the men back behind Patriot lines. She has to get back to the swamp to let her father know that Dunmore is a loser and he shouldn’t fight for him. Dunmore retreats */

<<set _temp to [ "It was a slaughter...", "Captain Fordyce, Dunmore's second-in-command, led the charge.", "Having replaced the bridge planks the Patriots removed the night before to stall their advance, Fordyce marched a company of 60 grenadiers straight towards the Patriot defenses.", "Already alerted by forward scouts, the patriots manned their earthworks (the giant constructions of mud and wood used to guard against British cannons and musket balls) and waited silently as the British marched towards them.", "When they reached fewer than 50 yards from the Patriots, the Patriot's Captain Woodford gave the order to fire.", "@@.rumbleShort;The British Captain Fordyce cried “The day is our own!!\" as the right side of his body was shredded and flayed by musket balls, and he fell dead.@@", "Almost half his men died with him in that first furious burst of musket fire.", "A moment later, his second in command called out the retreat, but it was far too late.", "They were surrounded by the Patriots, who hid behind their 20 foot thick earthworks, shooting and shooting.", "As the Ethiopian Regiment tried to provide covering fire for the British withdrawl from the bridge, their men got jammed up in the small space the bridge provided, turning themselves into easy targets for the Patriots.", "More of them fell.", "Once the British completed their retreat across the bridge and began heading back towards their fort, the Patriot's Colonel Woodford ordered his riflemen into position, to continue firing on the retreating men.", "Ethiopian Regiment troops continued to fall as the British grenadiers attempted to get their cannons into position, as these were the only weapons the British had left with enough range to return the rifle fire from the Patriots.", "Unable to turn their cannons and get into position under the constant barrrage of bullets, they spiked their guns and fled back into the Fort, evacuating out the back entrance and onto Dunmore's waiting ships.", "A truce was called and the Patriots and British both walked out onto the small, blood-soaked battlefield, to haul their wounded to safety.", "In the end, only one Patriot was wounded in the hand, and nearly a hundred British soliders were dead.", "Those Ethiopian Regiment troops still able to walk fled onto Dunmore's waiting ships, and sailed for Norfolk, close by in Virginia.", "Behind their lines, the Patriots celebrated a sweeping victory as the Ethiopian Regiment hung their heads in defeat and sorrow.", "With Fort Murray completely abandonded, you head back to the Swamp to find your Dad and report what you saw.", "<<if !$Notebook.includes('The Battle Of Great Bridge')>><<Entry 'The Battle Of Great Bridge' 'Congregation Hill'>><<else>><<goto 'Congregation Hill'>><</if>>", ]>> //<<Rep _temp>>// <<set $footerDisplay to "">>

<<set _temp to [ "//You sit down heavily on one of the logs and look up at your father.//", "<b>Briana:</b> Dad!", "//You swallow your tears.//", "<b>Briana:</b> They\'re dead! They\'re all dead!", "<b>Dad:</b> Briana! Slow down, dear. ", "<b>Briana:</b> They walked right into it! I thought someone would retreat. But no one retreated.", "<b>Dad:</b> Dunmore really gave it to them, did he?", "<b>Briana:</b> No, Dad. It was the Ethiopian Regiment. Half of them fell, and the other half fled. ", "//William goes silent. As he looks at you, you can see him realize what you're saying.//", "<b>Dad:</b> Oh no...", "//You recount the details of the battle.//", "<b>Dad:</b> We have to pick a side, dear. We can\'t go on like this any longer.<<set $lastScene to 'ShowMe'>>", "<<set $satchelFlash to true>> <b>Briana:</b> Well, I wrote some things down while I was out there. You really should see what I found before you make a decision." ]>> <<if visited() gt 1>> <<goto ShowMe>> <<else>> <<Rep _temp>> <</if>> <<set $footerDisplay to "">>

/* CORE INFRASTRUCTURE ALL EPISODES*/ /*Init*/ <<set config.addVisitedLinkClass to true>> <script src="typed.js"></script> /*Variables*/ <<set $song to false>> <<set $document to false>> <<set $inventory to []>> <<set $Songbook to []>> <<set $Notebook to []>> <<set $Documents to []>> <<set $currentScene to passage.name>> <<set $items to {}>> <<set $items["Empty"] to { name : "Empty", status : false, desc : "Your Satchel is empty...", image: "none", }>> <<set $selected to []>> <<set $checkStatus to "Empty">> <<set $checkStatusTwo to "Empty">> <<set $checkNow to "Empty">> <<set $lastScene to "Start Game">> <<set $inventoryHeading to "">> <<set $inventoryOptions to true>> <<set $passageCounter to 0>> <<set $currentPassage to passage()>> <<set $tempVisited to 0>> <<set $satchelFlash to false>> <<set $songCounter to 0>> <<set $footerDisplay to "">> <<set $showFooter to true>> <<set $imageOfThingToExamine to "">> <<set $textOfThingToExamine to "">> <<set $newPassage to "Start Game">> <<set $space to String.fromCharCode(20)+String.fromCharCode(20)>> <<set $examineNow to false>> <<set $visitedOne to "">> /*EPISODE 5*/ /* Variables */ <<set $libertyCounter to 0>> <<set $conditionCounter to 4>> <<set $food to "">> <<set $document to false>> <<set $currentI to "">> <<set $notebook to false>> <<set $showOptions to true>> <<set $notebookText to "">> <<set $firstTime to false>> <<set $babyRand to 0>> <<set $babyCounter to 0>> <<set $changedClothes to false>> <<set $guard to true>> <<set $chitto to true>> <<set $ngoni to true>> <<set $clean to false>> /*ITEMS*/ <<set $items["Notebook"] to { name : "Notebook", status : false, desc : "$textOfThingToExamine", image: "<img src='images/episode-5/Journal.svg'/>", }>> <<set $items["Daughter Of Liberty Pin"] to { name : "Daughter Of Liberty Pin", status : false, desc : "<h2>Daughters Of Liberty Pin</h2><hr>It really was an honor to receive this from George's Aunt Teddy. I'll treasure it! ", image: "<img src='images/episode-5/DaughtersPin.png'/>", }>> <<set $items["Letter From Dad At The Swamp"] to { name : "Letter From Dad At The Swamp", status : false, desc : "<h2>Letter From Dad October 1, 1774.</h2><hr>@@.fade-in;Briana, (smiley face)<br>George wrote recently and filled me in on your latest adventures. Wow. I was so glad to hear you made it safely off the Gaspée and out from under the gangrenous foot of Lieutenant Dudingston. Sam, that smuggler you freed, was quite a find! Maybe you can recruit him to join us... the Sons of Liberty could always use a man with his talents!<br><br> I gather the two of you sailed down the coast, then up the Savannah River to Augusta. I hope those backcountry traders he introduced you to have enough sense to stay on the right side of the Natives. I hear things got a bit dicey of late, after the Creeks were forced to cede a huge chunk of their hunting lands to get out from under a large pile of debt racked up trading in the woods... Be careful Briana. <br><br>Seems like you've had quite an education in your lack of rights, haven't you! Can you see why I've been fighting so hard all this time? First impressment, then the sacking of the Gaspée, and now horse thievery? I honestly don't believe the last part. My little girl wouldn't steal horses, would she? Have things gotten that bad for you, my dear?<br><br>A Mission<br>I have a mission for you, something George raised. The Liberty Boys in Augusta are itching for a fight with a loyalist on the border, a Scotsman named Thomas Brown. He's the mayor of Brownsborough, a small, legal settlement right on the new border with the Natives. Apparently, Governor Wright thought if he kept putting people on the border, he'd somehow be defending Georgia. But all he really did is put these people in harm's way, in the middle of a much slower war between the Natives and the British. <br><br>Despite all of this, Thomas Brown is causing quite a stir! I've been told he's organized a Loyalist movement around Brownsborough and has been whipping up a frenzy of support for the Crown...Even worse, he's completely refused to boycott the Crown's goods. We very much hope this attitude does not spread among the backcountry traders!! <br><br>We must, therefore, put a stop to this at once, or the Liberty Boys in Savannah will take matters into their own hands.<br><br> **** Convince Brown there's no future with the British in America. He must prepare his people for the the change that is coming...George believes Brown would be a valuable asset to our cause, particularly with his placement in the backcountry. ****<br><br>The Liberty Boys employ blunt force to get their way...if Brown doesn't change his mind soon, the Boys will surely poison our efforts to persuade him to our cause. We trust you will invent a way to avoid such an unfortunate and wasteful outcome. <br><br>Swamp Update!<br>Whoa boy!! Meanwhile, I caught a 12 foot python yesterday, skinned it, ate it, and am in the process of turning the leather into the nicest set of water skins you've //ever// seen! We're still rebuilding our fortifications after the last big storm, but our powder stayed dry, and our armory is well-stocked, at the moment. There was a big raid a few weeks ago from about 20 militiamen following up on a couple of rumors. I'm sad to say we dispatched them all before they ever knew they'd been spotted. Was quite pathetic, really. It's just that there's //no// taking chances with our situation. Virginia could justifiably send an //army// of militiamen after us if they discovered what we're doing... especially given our numbers. <br><br>I love you so much! I hope to see you soon!! <br><br> I pray you are still considering the journey out to the Dismal Swamp. I know it is very far for you, almost 450 miles... and it //will// be arduous to live here, but it's //not// as bad as everyone makes it sound. You'll need a good guide to make it here, though, that's for sure. It's not child's-play. See if you can find someone in a nearby hunting camp or town who is available; you'll have to pay them well, but a safe journey is worth it. The Creeks are the best with these kinds of navigations...they're famous for leading men through terrain others are too scared to penetrate. I love you my little one! Stay brave!! I'll write again soon...<br>Dad@@", image: "<img src='images/episode-5/LetterFromDad.png'/>", }>> <<set $items["Certificate Of Freedom"] to { name : "Certificate Of Freedom", status : false, desc : "<h2>Certificate of Freedom.</h2><hr>CERTIFICATE OF FREEDOM<br><br>Dinwiddie County Set: I do hereby certify that Briana Joyner, a Black Girl daughter of John Joyner, aged about Eight Years, Three feet ten inches high of black complexion, a mark on her right jaw, born free, is duly registered in a book Kept in my Office for that purpose as a free person of colour, number Six hundred and forty-eight. Given under my hand as clerk of Dinwiddie County this 17th day of October 1761.<br><br> J. Nicholas, C.D.C.<br><br>No 648<br>State of Virginia Dinwiddie County S.S.<br>I John Verell Presiding Justice of the County as above named do certify that John Nicholas is Clerk of the County, 17th October 1761.<br><br>John Verell, J.P.", image: "<img src='images/episode-5/CertificateOfFreedom.jpg'/>", }>> <<set $items["Small Rock"] to { name : "Small Rock", status : false, desc : "One small, muddy rock.", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["Arrowhead"] to { name : "Arrowhead", status : false, desc : "One small arrowhead. Chipped from slate, perhaps?", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["Stone Axe Head"] to { name : "Stone Axe Head", status : false, desc : "One regular-sized Axe Head, made of stone. Looks like this would have taken a while to make... lots of little chips all over it. I wonder what they used to make these chips? Some other pointy rock?", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["Ocarina"] to { name : "Ocarina", status : false, desc : "One ocarina carved out of a large nut, similar to a coconut. Midas must have sanded it and smoothed it, and polished it up, and then painted it. Then he probably cut the holes along the sides of the chamber. Very pretty and sounds so haunting...", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["Clean Dress"] to { name : "Clean Dress", status : false, desc : "A simple, clean dress. It was //awfully// nice of that lady to loan me this.", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["Come Shake Your Dull Noodles"] to { name : "Come Shake Your Dull Noodles", status : false, desc : "<h2>Come Shake Your Dull Noodles.</h2><hr>Come shake your dull noodles, ye pumpkins, and bawl,<br>And own that you’re mad at fair Liberty’s call;<br>No scandalous conduct can add to your shame,<br>Condemn’d to dishonor, inherit the same.<br><br>Your grandsire, old Satan, now give him a cheer,<br>Would act like yourselves, and as wildly would steer,<br>So great an example in prospect still keep,<br>Whilst you are alive, Old Belza may sleep.<br><br>Such villains, such rascals, all dangers despise,<br>And stick not at mobbing when mischief’s the prize;<br>They burst through all barriers, and piously keep<br>Such chattels and goods the vile rascals can sweep.<br><br>Then plunder, my lads, for when red coats appear,<br>You’ll melt like the locust when winter is near;<br>Gold vainly will glow, silver vainly will shine,<br>But, faith, you must skulk, you no more shall purloin.<br><br> Then nod your poor numskulls, ye pumpkins, and bawl,<br>The de’il take such rascals, fools, whoresons and all;<br>Your cursed old trade of purloining must cease,<br>The dread and the curse of all order and peace.<br>", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["Patriot Officer Hat"] to { name : "Patriot Officer Hat", status : false, desc : "A blue three-cornered cap, typical of Patriot officers.", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["Swamp Fufu"] to { name : "Swamp Fufu", status : false, desc : "Normally made with yams, this paste/bread is made with powdered potatoes and rice, and a little oil.", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["Cooked Hardtack"] to { name : "Cooked Hardtack", status : false, desc : "Hardtack that's already boiled. Won't chip any teeth today!", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["Apple"] to { name : "Apple", status : false, desc : "A shiny red apple.", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["Empty Canteen"] to { name : "Empty Canteen", status : false, desc : "An empty canteen.", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["Full Canteen"] to { name : "Full Canteen", status : false, desc : "A canteen filled with fresh water.", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["Stinky Underpants"] to { name : "Stinky Underpants", status : false, desc : "The Colonel's stinky underpants. Ew.", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["Slaves Of Loyalists"] to { name : "Slaves Of Loyalists", status : false, desc : "<h2>Slaves Of Loyalists</h2><hr>Decemember 8, 1775<br>Great Bridge<br><br>I have no idea if the jerk who kept Daddy as a slave is a Patriot or a Loyalist! Why should that matter? I better get back to Dad and warn the rest of the escapees in the swamp that they should only attempt the journey to Dunmore if they know which side their old masters were on...", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["Dunmore's Proclamation"] to { name : "Dunmore's Proclamation", status : false, desc : "<h2>Dunmore's Proclamation.</h2><hr>By his EXCELLENCY, &c.<br><br>A PROCLAMATION.<br><br>As I have ever entertained hopes that an accommodation might have taken place between Great-Britain and this colony, without being compelled, by my duty, to this most disagreeable, but now absolutely necessary step, rendered so by a body of armed men, unlawfully assembled, firing on his Majesty’s tenders, and the formation of an army, and that army now on their march to attack his Majesty’s troops, and destroy the well disposed subjects of this colony: To defeat such treasonable purposes, and that all such traitors, and their abetters, may be brought to justice, and that the peace and good order of this colony may be again restored, which the ordinary course of the civil law is unable to effect, I have thought fit to issue this my proclamation, hereby declaring, that until the aforesaid good purposes can be obtained, I do, in virtue of the power and authority to me given, by his Majesty, determine to execute martial law, and cause the same to be executed throughout this colony; and to the end that peace and good order may the sooner be restored, I do require every person capable of bearing arms to resort to his Majesty’s STANDARD, or be looked upon as traitors to his Majesty’s crown and government, and thereby become liable to the penalty the law inflicts upon such offences, such as forfeiture of life, confiscation of lands, &c. &c. And I do hereby farther declare all indented servants, Negroes, or others (appertaining to rebels) free, that are able and willing to bear arms, they joining his Majesty’s troops, as soon as may be, for the more speedily reducing this Colony to a proper sense of their duty, to his Majesty’s crown and dignity. I do father order, and require all his Majesty’s liege subjects to retain their quitrents, or any other taxes due, or that may become due, in their own custody,until such time as peace may be again restored to this at present most unhappy country, or demanded of them for their former salutary purposes, by officers properly authorized to receive the same.<br><br>Given on board the ship William, off Norfolk, the 7th of Nov.", image: "<img src='images/episode-5/Proclamation.png'/>", }>> <<set $items["Dunmore Ditty"] to { name : "Dunmore Ditty", status : false, desc : "<h2>Dunmore's Ditty</h2><hr>Patriot Officers<br>West Patriot Camp<br>Decemember 8, 1775<br><br>All you that have bad masters<br>And cannot get your due<br>Come come my brave boys<br>And join our ship\'s crew!", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["Song Idea"] to { name : "Song Idea", status : false, desc : "<h2>Song Idea.</h2><hr>November 2, 1765<br>My Room<br>There was an old lady who,<br> went to the store and<br><br>Arg. This song-writing business is harder than I thought. Need some more examples to refine my craft...", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["To The Ladies Song"] to { name : "To The Ladies Song", status : false, desc : "<h2>To The Ladies Song</h2><hr><p>Young ladies in town, and those that live round<br />let a friend at this season advise you;<br />Since money's so scarce, and times growing worse,<br />Strange things may soon surprise you;<br />First then throw aside your high top knots of pride,<br />Wear none but your own country linen;<br />Of economy boast, let your pride be the most,<br />To show clothes of your own make and spinning.</p><p>What if homespun they say is not quite so gay,<br />As brocades, yet be not in a passion;<br />For when once it is known this is much worn in town<br />One and all will cry out 'tis the fashion!<br />No more ribands wear, not in rich dress appear,<br />Love your country much better than fine things;<br />Begin without passion, it will soon be the fashion,<br />To grace your smooth locks with a twine string.</p><p>These do without fear, and to all you'll appear Fair,<br />Charming, true, lovely, and clever,<br />Tho' the times remain darkish, young men may be sparkish,<br />And love you much stronger than ever.<br />Then make yourselves easy, for no one will tease ye,<br />Nor tax you, if chancing to sneer,<br />At the sense-ridden tools, who this us all fool;<br>But they'll find the reverse far and near.</p>", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["Liberty Chant"] to { name : "Liberty Chant", status : false, desc : "<h2>Liberty Chant.</h2><hr>In story we're told<br>How our father of old<br>Braved the rage of the winds and the waves;<br>And crossed the deep o'er,<br>To this desolate shore<br>All because they were loath to be slaves, brave boys!<br>All because they were loath to be slaves.<br><br>Yet a strange scheme of late <br>Has been found in the state <br>By a knot of political knaves <br>Who in secret rejoice<br>That the Parliament's voice <br>Has resolved that we all shall be slaves brave boys <br>Has resolved that we all shall be slaves <br><br>But if we should obey<br>This vile statute the way <br>To more base future slavery paves <br>Nor in spite of our pain <br>Must we ever complain <br>If we tamely submit to be slaves brave boys <br>If we tamely submit to be slaves <br><br>Counteract then we must <br>A decree so unjust <br>Which our wise constitution depraves <br>And all nature conspires <br>To approve our desires <br>For she cautions us not to be slaves brave boys <br>For she cautions us not to be slaves <br><br>To our monarch we know <br>Due allegiance we owe <br>Who the sceptre so rightfully waves <br>But no sovereign we own <br>But the king on his throne <br>And we can not to subjects be slaves brave boys <br>And we can not to subjects be slaves <br><br>Though fools stupidly tell <br>That we mean to rebel <br>Yet all each Colonial craves <br>Is but to be free <br>As we surely must be <br>For we never were born to be slaves boys <br>For we never were born to be slaves <br><br>Though against the repeal <br>With intemperate zeal <br>Proud Granville so brutishly raves <br>Yet our conduct shall show <br>And our enemies know <br>That Colonials scorn to be slaves boys <br>That Colonials scorn to be slaves <br><br>With the beasts of the wood <br>We will ramble for food <br>We will lodge in wild deserts and caves <br>And live poor as Job <br>On the skirts of the globe <br>Before we'll submit to be slaves brave boys <br>Before we ll submit to be slaves <br><br>The birthright we hold Shall never be sold <br>But sacred maintained to our graves <br>And before we ll comply <br>We will gallantly die <br>For we must not we will not be slaves brave boys <br>For we must not we will not be slaves<br><br>", image : "none", }>> <<set $items["Duty Song"] to { name : "Duty Song", status : false, desc : "<h2>There Are Two Kinds Of Duty In The World.</h2><hr>November 8, 1765<br>The Middle Fields<br><br>//(To the tune of Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head)//<br>There're two kinds of duty in the land<br>One\'s to your country and the other plops in the can!<br>Defines you as a man!<br>Oh, there\'re two kinds of duty in the world that we live in<br> Just one is free!<br><br>(cough)<br><br>Oh right!<br> The third kind of duty is a fee:<br>Tax on our paper insults our li-ber-ty!<br> Proclaimed so haughtily!<br> Oh, there're three kinds of duty in the world that we live in...<br> Just one is free!!", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["Song Idea"] to { name : "Song Idea", status : false, desc : "<h2>Song Idea.</h2><hr>My Room, November 2, 1765<br><br>There was an old lady who,<br> went to the store and<br><br>Arg. This song-writing business is harder than I thought. Need some more examples to refine my craft...", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["The Liberty Song"] to { name : "The Liberty Song", status : false, desc : "<h2>The Liberty Song</h2><hr>Come, join hand in hand, brave Americans all,<br>And rouse your bold hearts at fair Liberty's call.<br>No tyrannous acts shall suppress your just claim,<br>Or stain with dishonor America's name.<br><br>Chorus<br><br>Our worthy forefathers, let's give them a cheer,<br>To climates unknown did courageously steer;<br>Thro' oceans to deserts for Freedom they came,<br>And dying, bequeath'd us their freedom and fame.<br>Their generous bosoms all dangers despis'd,<br>So highly, so wisely, their Birthrights they priz'd;<br>We'll keep what they gave, we will piously keep,<br>Nor frustrate their toils on the land and the deep.<br><br>The tree their own hands had to Liberty rear'd;<br>They lived to behold growing strong and revered;<br>With transport they cried, ‘Now our wishes we gain,<br>For our children shall gather the fruits of our pain.'<br><br>Chorus<br><br>Swarms of placemen and pensioners soon will appear<br>Like locusts deforming the charms of the year;<br>Suns vainly will rise, showers vainly descend,<br>If we are to drudge for what others shall defend.<br><br>Chorus<br><br>Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all,<br>By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall;<br>In so righteous a cause let us hope to succeed,<br>For heaven approves of each generous deed.<br><br>Chorus<br><br>All ages shall speak with amaze and applause,<br>Of the courage we'll show in support of our Laws;<br>To die we can bear, but to serve we disdain.<br>For shame is to Freedom more dreadful than pain.<br><br>Chorus<br><br>This bumper I crown for our Sovereign's health,<br>And this for Britannia's glory and wealth;<br>That wealth and that glory immortal may be,<br>If She is but Just, and if we are but Free.<br><br>In Freedom we're born, and, like sons of the brave,<br>Will never surrender, But swear to defend her;<br>And scorn to survive, if unable to save.<br><br>Come swallow your bumpers, ye Tories, and roar,<br>That the sons of fair freedom are hampered once more;<br>But know that no cut-throats our spirits can tame,<br>Nor a host of oppressors shall smother the flame.<br>", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["The Tea Song"] to { name : "The Tea Song", status : false, desc : "<h2>The Tea Song</h2><hr>There was an old lady lived over the sea<br>And she was an island queen.<br>Her daughter lived out in a far country<br>With an ocean of water between.<br>The old lady’s pockets were full of gold,<br>But never content was she;<br>So she called on her daughter to pay her a tax<br>Of three pence a pound on her tea.<br><br>“Oh, mother, dear mother,” the daughter replied,<br>“I’ll ne’er do the thing you ax.<br>I’m willing to pay a fair price for the tea,<br>But never a three penny tax.”<br>“You shall,” quoth the mother and reddened with rage,<br>“For you’re my own daughter, you see,<br>And sure ’tis quite proper a daughter should pay<br>Her mother a tax on her tea.”<br><br>And so the old lady her servants called up<br>And packed off a budget of tea.<br>And eager for three pence a pound, she put in<br>Enough for a large family.<br>She ordered her servants to bring home the tax,<br>Declaring her child should obey,<br>Or, old as she was and almost woman grown,<br>She’d half whip her life away.<br><br>The tea was conveyed to the daughter’s door,<br>All down by the ocean’s side,<br>But the bouncing girl poured out every pound<br>In the dark and boiling tide.<br>And then she called out to the island queen,<br>“Oh, mother, dear mother,” cried she,<br>“The tea you may have when ’tis steeped enough,<br>But never a tax from me.”", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["Filthy Clown"] to { name : "Filthy Clown", status : false, desc : "<h2>Filthy Clown</h2><hr>A song by Wilson<br>June 9, 1772<br><br>I am a man, not a crow!<br>Let me off this windy thone!<br><br>I did not deserve this solemn lot;<br>It was //pressed upon me//, my soul to rot!<br><br>This boat could sink, I\'d smile wide!<br>Oh Duddy-pants you\'d run and hide!<br><br>Let me out, let me down!<br>Bring me low, you filthy clown! <br>Let me out, let me down!<br>Bring me low, to solid ground!", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["Logan's Lament"] to { name : "Logan's Lament", status : false, desc : "<h2>Logan's Lament</h2><hr>December 2, 1774<br>Cusseta Town, Backcountry<br><br>I appeal to any white man to say, if he ever entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not….Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said 'Logan is the friend of white men.'I had even thought to have lived with you, but for the injuries of one man. Col. Cresap, the last spring, in cold blood, and unprovoked, murdered all the relations of Logan, not sparing even my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it; I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance… For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbour a thought that mine is the joy of fear. Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life. Who is there to mourn for Logan? Not one.", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["New Georgia"] to { name : "New Georgia", status : false, desc : "<h2>A Pleasant Place</h2><hr>December 2, 1774<br>Silver Bluff Store<br>Augusta Georgia<br><br>New Georgia is a pleasant place<br> If we could but enjoy it<br> Indians and Rogues they are so great, <br> They almost have destroyed it.<br> <br> All You that want to purchase with<br> Here you may buy aplenty<br> And let your purse be Ere so full<br> You soon may have it Empty<br> <br> There is one thing more attends this place<br> Which we do call an Evil<br> When we make Corn Wheat and Rice<br> It's Eaten by the Weavel<br> <br> Not only so we must work hard<br> And Take great Care to make it<br> So let us all with one accord<br> Conclude for to forsake it,<br> <br> Altho this province is so bad<br> You may raise heaps of cattle<br> They'll raise themselves without Expense<br> And that is half the battle<br> <br> Here you may keep five hundred head<br> As Easy as keep Twenty<br> Here you may soon fill up your dish<br> When that it doeth get Empty<br> <br> The flies in Summer time they are so bad<br> They all most kill our creatures<br> They can not go into the swamps<br> For fear of the musqueators<br> <br> They are best off in winter time<br> They have no need for feeding<br> And I am sure in summertime<br> They have no need of bleeding<br> <br> Now to New Georgia I bid farewell<br> Hoping times may alter<br> Hoping all the worst of Rogues<br> Soon may get the halter<br> <br> Could but the Indians be subdued<br> And Rogues could have their portion<br> There could not be a better place<br> A this side of the ocean...", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["Letter From Dad: The Swamp"] to { name : "Letter From Dad: The Swamp", status : false, desc : "<h2>Swamp Update!</h2><hr>Whoa boy!! I caught a 12 foot python yesterday, skinned it, ate it, and am in the process of turning the leather into the nicest set of water skins you've //ever// seen! We're still rebuilding our fortifications after the last big storm, but our powder stayed dry, and our armory is well-stocked, at the moment. There was a big raid a few weeks ago from about 20 militiamen following up on a couple of rumors. I'm sad to say we dispatched them all before they ever knew they'd been spotted. Was quite pathetic, really. It's just that there's //no// taking chances with our situation. Virginia could justifiably send an //army// of militiamen after us if they discovered what we're doing... especially given our numbers. <br><br>I love you so much! I hope to see you soon!! <br><br> I pray you are still considering the journey out to the Dismal Swamp. I know it is very far for you, almost 450 miles... and it //will// be arduous to live here, but it's //not// as bad as everyone makes it sound. You'll need a good guide to make it here, though, that's for sure. It's not child's-play. See if you can find someone in a nearby hunting camp or town who is available; you'll have to pay them well, but a safe journey is worth it. The Creeks are the best with these kinds of navigations...they're famous for leading men through terrain others are too scared to penetrate. I love you my little one! Stay brave!! I'll write again soon...<br>Dad", image: "<img src='images/episode-5/LetterFromDadSwampUpdate.png'/>", }>> <<set $items["Ballad Of The Dismal Swamp"] to { name : "Ballad Of The Dismal Swamp", status : false, desc : "<h2>Ballad Of The Dismal Swamp.</h2><hr>“They made her a grave, too cold and damp<br> For a soul so warm and true;<br> And she’s gone to the Lake of the Dismal Swamp,<br> Where, all night long, by a fire-fly lamp,<br> She paddles her white canoe.<br> <br> “And her fire-fly lamp I soon shall see,<br> And her paddle I soon shall hear;<br> Long and loving our life shall be,<br> And I’ll hide the maid in a cypress tree,<br> When the footstep of death is near.”<br> <br> Away to the Dismal Swamp he speeds—<br> His path was rugged and sore,<br> Through tangled juniper, beds of reeds,<br> Through many a fen where the serpent feeds,<br> And man never trod before.<br> <br> And when on the earth he sunk to sleep,<br> If slumber his eyelids knew,<br> He lay where the deadly vine doth weep<br> Its venomous tear and nightly steep<br> The flesh with blistering dew!<br> <br> And near him the she-wolf stirr’d the brake,<br> And the copper-snake breath’d in his ear,<br>until he starting cried, from his dream awake,<br> “Oh! when shall I see the dusky Lake,<br> And the white canoe of my dear?”<br> <br> He saw the Lake, and a meteor bright<br> Quick over its surface play’d—<br> “Welcome,” he said, “my dear one’s light!”<br> And the dim shore echoed for many a night<br> The name of the death-cold maid.<br> <br>until he hollow’d a boat of the birchen bark,<br> Which carried him off from shore;<br> Far, far he follow’d the meteor spark,<br> The wind was high and the clouds were dark,<br> And the boat return’d no more.<br> <br> But oft, from the Indian hunter’s camp,<br> This lover and maid so true<br> Are seen at the hour of midnight damp<br> To cross the Lake by a fire-fly lamp,<br> And paddle their white canoe!<br>", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["Dunmore Dissolves His Own Legislature"] to { name : "Dunmore Dissolves His Own Legislature", status : false, desc : "<h2>Dunmore Dissolves His Own Legislature.</h2><hr>Decemember 8, 1775<br>The Patriot Camp, Great Bridge<br><br>I just learned that Lord Dunmore dissolved his own legislature when it expressed solidarity with the people of Boston, following the blockade of Boston Harbor... What a wimp. What does he think is going to happen? It's not like the King went easy on Boston, taking away practically every right they had to govern themselves and to trade with the outside world. How did Dunmore expect the other colonies to react? Did he think they'd just bow their heads in reverence to the wise King across the ocean while their own people were being crushed under his boot?", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["The Latrines: Mercenaries Edition"] to { name : "The Latrines: Mercenaries Edition", status : false, desc : "<h2>The Latrines: Mercenaries Edition</h2><hr>Decemember 8, 1775<br>Fort Murray<br><br>Oooh that smelled bad. Never heard a man plot in an outhouse before. Dunmore was discussing war strategy with one of his officers when the subject of mercenaries came up. The officer had received word from a comrade that a deal had been struck in London for a large contingent of Hessian troops—maybe 3,000 mercenaries—to join the British forces here in the colonies. Dunmore was remarking that he would no longer need his all black regiment as he’d have plenty of Hessians to supplement his forces when they arrived. He contemplated whether he should keep his black troops employed as a reserve force, turn them out to survive on their own, or simply sell them back to the masters from whom they’d escaped.<br><br> I wanted to punch that turd in the eye for speaking so uncaringly about his own men, especially given that my father wanted to join up. Looks like it might have been a disaster for Dad: he might have fought valiantly for Dunmore, only to be sold back into slavery when it was all over. He’d be better off leading his flock back in the Swamp.", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["The Battle Of Great Bridge"] to { name : "The Battle Of Great Bridge", status : false, desc : "<h2>The Battle Of Great Bridge</h2><hr>Decemember 9, 1775<br>Great Bridge, VA<br><br>The Battle at Great Bridge was both exciting and really terrible to witness. It was exciting to watch all those brave men fighting for “Liberty to Slaves!” It was terrible to watch so many shot dead at close-range. Dunmore was too eager, and had bad information about the numbers of militiamen across the water from him... In the end, he was sloppy and uninformed and led his men to doom. So sad.<br><br> There's no going back now, the war is on. But it's not like there was any going back before, after Lexington and Concord, and Bunker Hill… this just adds fuel to the fire. This kind of humiliation will require a response from the British.<br><br> It was a major victory for the Patriots, but I can't cheer for it; I'm still torn. What are we fighting for if not liberty, and freedom? I heard the men on the Virginia side revel in fighting a black regiment, to put it in its place. And Dunmore was admitting he'd likely ditch these men when the mercenaries from Hesse arrive… then what'll happen to them?<br><br> How do I choose sides when everyone seems intent on exploiting the black people around them? I need more to fight for than vague promises.", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["Dad Wants To Fight For Lord Dunmore"] to { name : "Dad Wants To Fight For Lord Dunmore", status : false, desc : "<h2>Dad Wants To Fight For Lord Dunmore</h2><hr>Decemember 8, 1775<br>Swamp Village<br><br>Father wants to go to war against our own people! Lord Dunmore, the Governor of Virginia, has offered freedom to any slave willing to fight against the British… practically the entire Dismal Swamp is considering the offer. It'd mean a chance at freedom, while fight against their former masters. It does seem pretty enticing. Why stay loyal to people that don't want to treat us as equals? At least Dunmore is offering something tangible: a uniform, a gun, food, shelter. But father would be fighting alongside British soldiers… he'd be killing colonists, the people I've known my whole life. And what happens after the war is over? Will Dunmore really follow through and give everyone their freedom? And if he does, where will they go? I need to think about this one a lot more. Time to get more information.", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["Reflections"] to { name : "Reflections", status : false, desc : "<h2>Reflections</h2><hr>October 6, 1775<br>Ship To Norfolk<br><br>Wow, this has been a long journey! Five hundred miles between Augusta and Norfolk gives you a lot of time to think. I've rioted in New York, hassled soldiers in Boston and reported their crimes, was pressed into service aboard the Gaspée and escaped, fled to the backcountry, was captured again, and then narrowly escaped being caught up in a riot in Brownsborough. And I haven't seen Dad that entire time... I wonder if he's changed. I know I have... I used to think I knew who the good guys were, and who the bad guys were... now I'm starting to think the whole world is just filled with people. And everyone is mostly just trying to do the best they can for themselves and their families... good, bad, and the terrible. Anyway. I'm ready for a break. I just hope Dad's village is somewhere I'll feel safe staying put for a while. It's time to rest. ", image: "none", }>> <<set $items["Letter From Mom"] to { name : "Letter From Mom", status : false, desc : "Briana,<br>My new daughter,<br> It is time for you to shoulder the burden of the life you were born into, my love. And to start the fight that will never end. Ah! My heart aches to see who you will become! Alas, it was not my lot. The doctors say I\'m bleeding as you lay here next to me, sleeping soundly… the most beautiful thing I\'ve ever seen.<br><br>I want you to be happy, my little love, but you need to understand: the world outside is a dangerous place. You have to learn how to defend yourself against the oppression that awaits you. So I need you to understand a few things about how the world works. I asked your father to hold this note until I thought you were ready. Now seems to be the time he chose. <br<><br>The dangerous men in this world do not act randomly. They follow patterns, and those patterns will give them away. The first step to solving a problem is identifying it, after all: These men undermine the common good, the social glue and commitment to civility that keeps us from tearing each other apart. Dangerous men may also try to undermine the rule of law, or the ability of the people to change the laws in their legislatures; They may block our ability to make money or find a source of livelihood; They may undermine the judicial system and give us nowhere to go for justice; They may harass us and make us vulnerable at home or in the streets; And they may even make war on us, through military means or psychological ones. <br><br>And what is slavery, my love, but a kind of war made on your brothers and sisters? Keep this letter, my love. Come back to it when you need a reminder. These are things you will have to defend against as you move through this world. <br><br>These last years, your father and I have worked so hard to make sure you were born free. I implore you: use your freedom bravely, little one. Fight for us, but above all, try to be a good anticipator. You must develop a strong mind and strong logic. This is vital, because you do not want to fall for other peoples' tricks, and they will try many underhanded things to get you to do what they want... they always do. If we simply accept the life we have, the people that want to oppress us will win, and people like us will lose.<br><br> I love you with all my heart, little one. I believe in you. May you have an exciting, challenging, and beautiful life. I'll always be with you.<br><br> Forever yours,<br> Mom <<set $momLetterRead to true>>", image: "<img src='images/episode-5/LetterFromMom.jpg'/>", }>> <<set $Songbook[0] to "Song Idea">> <<set $Songbook.unshift("Duty Song")>> <<set $Songbook.unshift("Liberty Chant")>> <<set $Documents.unshift("Letter From Dad: The Swamp")>> <<set $Songbook.unshift("To The Ladies Song")>> <<set $Songbook.unshift("The Liberty Song")>> <<set $Songbook.unshift("The Tea Song")>> <<set $Songbook.unshift("Filthy Clown")>> <<set $Songbook.unshift("New Georgia")>> <<set $Documents.push("Certificate Of Freedom")>> <<set $Documents.push("Letter From Mom")>> <<set $inventory.push("Daughter Of Liberty Pin")>> <<set $inventory.push("Notebook")>> <<set $Notebook.push("Reflections")>> <<set $gaveSomething to false>> <<set $dolores to false>> <<set $william to true>> <<set $talkToPurple to false>> <<set $translate to false>> <<set $chittoClose to false>> <<set $runners to false>> <<set $cabinCut to false>> <<set $motherCooking to false>> <<set $nextDest to "">> <<set $animal to "">> <<set $swamp to false>> <<set $whichStart to "Swamp1">> <<set $toHill to "Dismal Canal Company Camp">> <<set $hug to false>> /* Things in your satchel at the start of the Level */ <<set $oldPassage to "Start">>

<<set _temp to [ "You see.... mud. ", "Lots of mud. ", "Good, clean mud.", "And an alligator!! ", "Ahhhhhhhhh!!", "<<goto \'Explore The Mud\'>>", ]>> //<<Rep _temp>>// <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Explore The Mud]]">>

//You see a small rock sitting in the mud. About half the size of a fist. // <br><br> <<if !hasVisited("Take The Rock")>> [[Take The Rock]] <</if>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Explore The Mud]]">>

//You see something sitting under the heron. <br><br>// [[Engage The Heron]] <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Explore The Mud]]">>

@@.fade-in;You see... more mud! Hmm. Sometimes you come up empty.@@// <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Explore The Mud]]">>

//You see a stone axe head peeking out of the mud.<br><br>// <<if !hasVisited("Take The Stone Axe Head")>> [[Take The Stone Axe Head]] <</if>>

<<set $lastScene to "Explore The Mud">> <<PickUp "Stone Axe Head" false false>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Explore The Mud]]">>

<<set $lastScene to passage()>> <<set _temp to [ "<b>Briana:</b> Shoo, Heron!! What\'re you sitting on?", "//The Heron snorts and does not look pleased at this rude interruption in his daily meditation regime.//", "<b>Briana:</b> Move, Heron!! ", "//The Heron puffs up and then lets out a loud: yaaaaaahrrrrrhhh!//", "<b>Briana:</b> Well!! ", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "//The Heron swaks and flies away, quite irritated with you.// ", "<<if !hasVisited(\"Take The Arrowhead Sitting On Top Of The Rock\")>> <<button [[Take The Arrowhead Sitting On Top Of The Rock]]>><</button>><</if>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<PickUp "Small Rock" false false>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Explore The Mud]]">>

<<set $lastScene to "Explore The Mud">> <<PickUp "Arrowhead" false false>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Explore The Mud]]">>

<b>Look in the:</b><br> [[Mud Near The Left Bank|Look In the Mud Near The Left Bank]] [[Mud Near The Large Cypress|Look In the Mud Near The Large Cypress]] [[Mud Near The Reeds|Look In the Mud Near The Reeds]] <<if hasVisited('ScareHeronTakeArrowHead') && !hasVisited('Take The Arrowhead Sitting On Top Of The Rock')>> [[Take The Arrowhead Sitting On Top Of The Rock]] <<else>> [[Mud Near The Heron|Look In the Mud Near The Heron]] <</if>> [[Mud Near The Right Bank|Look In the Mud Near The Right Bank]] <<set $lastScene to 'Explore The Mud'>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Lake Drummond]]">>

<<switch $checkStatus>> <<case "Small Rock">> <<if hasVisited("Engage The Heron") && ($lastScene is "Engage The Heron" || $lastScene is "Explore The Mud" || $newPassage is "Lake Drummond") && !hasVisited("ScareHeronTakeArrowHead")>> <<set $inventory.delete("Small Rock")>> <<goto "ScareHeronTakeArrowHead">> <<else>> Maybe try nearby? <</if>> <<case "Stone Axe Head">> <<if hasVisited("Engage The Heron") && ($lastScene is "Engage The Heron" || $lastScene is "Explore The Mud" || $newPassage is "Lake Drummond") && !hasVisited("ScareHeronTakeArrowHead")>> <<set $inventory.delete("Stone Axe Head")>> <<goto "ScareHeronTakeArrowHead">> <<else>> Maybe try nearby? <</if>> <<case "Empty">> Your Satchel is empty. <<default>> You can't throw that here! <</switch>>

<<switch $checkStatus>> <<case "Letter From Dad: The Swamp">> <<if $newPassage is "The Dismal Fort" || $lastScene is "GuardsPartI">> <<set $Documents.delete("Letter From Dad: The Swamp")>> <<if !hasVisited("GuardsPartII")>> <<goto GuardsPartII>> <</if>> <<else>> This is the right idea... just the wrong place, I think... <</if>> <<case "Notebook">> <<if ($newPassage is "East Dismal Swamp Village" || $lastScene is "Befriend The Musician") && hasVisited("Befriend The Musician")>> <<if !hasVisited("GiveNotebookMidas")>> <<goto GiveNotebookMidas>> <</if>> <</if>> <<if $newPassage is "Congregation Hill" || $lastScene is "The Aftermath">> <<if !hasVisited("GiveDadNotebook")>> <<goto GiveDadNotebook>> <</if>> <<else>> Try somewhere else? <</if>> <<case "Swamp Fufu">> <<if $newPassage is "Dismal Canal Company Camp">> <<set $inventory.delete("Swamp Fufu")>> <<goto GiveMenFufu>> <<elseif $newPassage is "Sick Men">> <<set $inventory.delete("Swamp Fufu")>> <<goto GiveFufuSick>> <<elseif $lastScene=="Parakeet">> <<set $food to "swamp fufu">> <<goto GiveParakeet>> <<else>> No? Maybe somebody else would be interested... <</if>> <<case "Stone Axe Head">> <<if $newPassage is "East Dismal Swamp Village">> <<set $inventory.delete("Stone Axe Head")>> <<if !hasVisited("Axehead")>> <<goto Axehead>> <</if>> <<elseif $newPassage is "Dismal Canal Company Camp">> <<set $inventory.delete("Stone Axe Head")>> <<if !hasVisited("CanalAxehead")>> <<goto CanalAxehead>> <</if>> <<else>> This is the right idea... just the wrong place, I think... <</if>> <<case "Full Canteen">> <<if $newPassage is "Sick Men">> <<if !hasVisited("Full Canteen")>> <<set $inventory.delete('Full Canteen')>> <<set $inventory.unshift('Empty Canteen')>> <<goto GiveCanteen>> <</if>> <<elseif $lastScene=="Parakeet">> <<set $food to "full canteen">> <<goto GiveParakeet>> <<else>> <<set $inventory.delete('Full Canteen')>> <<set $inventory.unshift('Empty Canteen')>> <<goto WaterNearestSolider>> <</if>> <<case "Cooked Hardtack">> <<if $newPassage is "Sick Men">> <<if !hasVisited("GiveHardtack")>> <<set $inventory.delete('Cooked Hardtack')>> <<goto GiveHardtack>> <</if>> <<elseif $lastScene=="Parakeet">> <<set $food to "cooked hardtack">> <<goto GiveParakeet>> <<else>> //Maybe I should try this somewhere else...// <</if>> <<case "Apple">> <<if $newPassage is "Sick Men">> <<if !hasVisited("GiveApple")>> <<set $inventory.delete('Apple')>> <<goto GiveApple>> <</if>> <<elseif $lastScene=="Parakeet">> <<set $food to "apple">> <<goto GiveParakeet>> <<else>> //Maybe I should try this somewhere else...// <</if>> <<case "Arrowhead">> <<if $newPassage is "East Dismal Swamp Village" || $lastScene is "Befriend The Musician">> <<if !hasVisited("Arrowhead")>> <<goto Arrowhead>> <</if>> <<else>> This is the right idea... just the wrong place, I think... <</if>> <<case "Patriot Officer Hat">> <<if $newPassage is "Great Bridge">> <<if !hasVisited("GiveOfficerHat")>> <<set $inventory.delete("Patriot Officer Hat")>> <<goto GiveOfficerHat>> <</if>> <<else>> This is the right idea... just the wrong place, I think... <</if>> <<case "Stinky Underpants">> <<if $newPassage is "Great Bridge">> <<set _tempStink to [ "Officer: Are you kidding me? Why would I want that?", "Briana: It\'s proof.", "Officer: Of what? ", "Briana: That I was in the camp.", "Officer: How dumb do you think I look?", "//You hold yourself back.//", "Officer: Don't answer that, damn it!", ]>> <<Rep _tempStink>> <<else>> This is the right idea... just the wrong place, I think... <</if>> <<case "Certificate Of Freedom">> <<if $newPassage is "Great Bridge">> <<if !hasVisited("GiveCertificate")>> <<goto GiveCertificate>> <</if>> <<else>> This is the right idea... just the wrong place, I think... <</if>> <<default>> I don't think they want that right now... <</switch>>

<<switch $checkStatus>> <<case "Empty">> Your Satchel is empty. <<default>> You can't throw that here! <</switch>>

<<switch $checkStatus>> <<case "Ocarina">> <<if $newPassage is "Dismal Cabins" && !hasVisited("PlayOcarina")>> <<goto "PlayOcarina">> <<else>> This is the right idea... just the wrong place, I think... <</if>> <<case "Clean Dress">> <<if $inventory.includes("Clean Dress")>> <<goto PutOnDress>> <</if>> <<case "Empty Canteen">> <<if $inventory.includes("Empty Canteen") && $newPassage == "Dunmore's Tent">> <<goto FillCanteen>> <<else>> //You can't drink out of an empty canteen!// <</if>> <<case "Full Canteen">> //You take a long drink of water, and empty your canteen.// <<set $inventory.unshift("Empty Canteen")>> <<set $inventory.delete("Full Canteen")>> <<case "Apple">> <<if $inventory.includes("Apple")>> //You eat the apple and enjoy its crispness.// <<set $inventory.delete("Apple")>> <</if>> <<case "Cooked Hardtack">> <<if $inventory.includes("Cooked Hardtack")>> //You eat the hardtack and swallow hard—not exactly the tastiest thing you've ever had. You need something to wash that down.// <<set $inventory.delete("Cooked Hardtack")>> <</if>> <<case "Swamp Fufu">> <<if $inventory.includes("Swamp Fufu")>> //You eat the fufu and are happy to have a full stomach.// <<set $inventory.delete("Swamp Fufu")>> <</if>> <<default>> I don't think you can use that on yourself... <</switch>>

<<set $tempX to "<br><div class='buttonDown'><img src='images/episode-5/down-pointing-red-triangle.png'/></div>">> <<set $temp to "<<linkreplace '//You put the note inside the shoe.//$tempX'>>\'\'Briana:\'\' Now maybe I can get this letter over the fence...<</linkreplace>>">> <<set $tempCheck to $checkStatus>> <<set $inventoryOptions to false>> <<if ($inventory.length lt 2 || $inventory.includes("Empty")) && $checkStatus !=="$skinCounter lbs Deerskin" && $checkStatus !=="$whiskyCounter Bottles Of Whisky">> <<set $inventoryHeading to "There's nothing to combine at the moment...">> <<else>> <<set $inventoryHeading to "Combine "+'<span style="color: #e1755d;"> $tempCheck</span>'+ " with what?">> <</if>> <div class="inventory"> <<link [['Combine'|Inventory]]>><<set $inventoryOptions to true>> <<script>> state.display(state.active.title, null, "back") <</script>> <<set $checkStatusTwo to $checkStatus>> <<switch $checkStatusTwo>> <<case "Empty">> <<set $inventory.unshift($tempCheck)>> Your Satchel is empty. <<default>> <<if $inventory.length == 0>> <<set $inventoryHeading to "Ok, fair enough. I'll try something else.">> <<else>> <<set $inventoryHeading to "Well, that didn't work!<br>Maybe I should try another combination...">> <</if>> <</switch>> <</link>> <br><br> </div>

<<switch $checkStatus>> <<case "Empty">> Your Satchel is empty. <<default>> //You can't take that apart.// <</switch>> <<Whisky>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Guard:</b> Hmm. Well. We don\'t normally allow visitors, but this does seem like a special case...", "If you insist on entering our village, we\'ll need to blindfold you before we take you the rest of the way.", "And we\'ll need to destroy that letter.", "<b>Briana:</b> A little paranoid, aren\'t you?", "<b>Guard:</b> You\'d feel the same if it was your family you were guarding.", "Not to mention there was a search party that came through here not long ago.", "One of our scouts managed to lure them away but we just got lucky.", "<<goto GuardChoices>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $satchelFlash to false>> <<set $lastScene to passage()>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|The Dismal Fort]]">>

[[What would have happened if they found you?|FoundYou]] [[How'd you lure them away?|Away]] [[Well, let’s get on with this, gentlemen...|West Dismal Swamp Village]] <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|The Dismal Fort]]">>

<<set $motherCooking to true>> <<if visited() lt 2>> @@.fade-in;<b>Briana</b>: Hi there! Sorry to bother you, but I just arrived and that smells amazing...@@ <br><br> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("Making") && hasVisited("Fufu") && hasVisited("Pot?") && hasVisited("Jobs")>> @@.fade-in;<b>Briana:</b> Well, nice talking to you! I'm sure I'll see you around...<<if hasVisited("Take The Fufu")>> And thanks for the fufu!<</if>>@@ <br> <</if>> <<if !hasVisited("Making")>> [[What are you making?|Making]] <</if>> <<if hasVisited("Making")>> [[What do you do with the fufu?|Fufu]] <</if>> [[What's in the pot?|Pot?]] [[Do you do a lot of the cooking around here?|Jobs]] <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|East Dismal Swamp Village][$motherCooking to false]]">>

[[NgoniChoices]]

<<set _temp to [ "<<set $chitto to true>><<set $chittoClose to false>><b>Preacher:</b> It is a time of war, my friends!", "But we have a most basic problem: The teachings of Jesus call on us to be peacemakers.", "We learn from Matthew 5:9: <span style=\"color:red\">“Blessed are the peacemakers, because they will be called the sons of God.\"</span>", "But we also learn that, <span style=\"color:red\">“Evil prospers when the good do nothing.\"</span>", "Thus we are challenged: oftentimes it is not possible to be at peace with all men.", "If there were no sin, perhaps it would be easier...", "But we live in a sinful world, and so there are going to be certain people with whom peace is impossible... like people willing to enslave us.", "<b>Briana:</b> Wait, where have I heard that before?", "But now, the ground has shifted. Our old masters are trying to rebel from their King.", "If we are to fight, on which side would we throw our weight? And if we sit idly by, would we be naïve to think that we will be left here in peace? ", "<b>Briana:</b> A wise man once said to me: ", "“You were born into an imperfect home, my love. But it is the one you\'ve got. You can fight to make it the Eden you deserve or suffer the consequences of your own inaction.\"", "<b>Preacher:</b> What\'s that now?", "<b>Briana:</b> He went on: “Freedom, liberty, and equality are not guaranteed in life: they must be demanded.\"", "<b>Preacher:</b> My Lord! Briana? Is that you?", "<<goto Reunion>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Congregation Hill]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Briana:</b> Greetings! ", "//As you approach, the men are already in the middle of a conversation. Someone appears to be telling a joke://", "<b>Canal Man 1:</b> Nitorinaa ọkunrin akọkọ si wi fun eniyan keji pe, “Kini iṣoro ọkunrin nla rẹ?\” Ati eniyan miiran dahun pe, “Oju rẹ, ari!!\"", "//The men all laugh heartily.//", "<b>Briana:</b> Do you all speak any English?", "<b>Canal Man 2:</b> Hey, tani o?", "<b>Briana:</b> No?", "<b>Canal Man 1:</b> Nibo ni o ti wa lati? Ṣe o fẹ ṣe isowo?", "<b>Briana:</b> All right. Hmm... that actually sounds a bit like the language you used to speak back home, Dad. You taught me a few words...", "Dad? Dad where'd you go?<<set $william to true>>", "<b>Dad:</b> Right here!", "<b>Briana:</b> Is that Yoruba?", "<b>Dad:</b> Why, very good, honey! You remember your lessons?", "<b>Briana:</b> No, not at all, actually...", "<<goto 'Dismal Canal Company Camp'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Dismal Canal Company Camp]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Dad:</b> Then go to the Patriots first.", "See what they know about Dunmore, and maybe you\'ll find a way across once you\'re down there.", "<b>Briana:</b> It looks like the Virginians have a large caravan of women at the rear.", "I could blend in there...", "And I bet they\'re ready to talk… not much to do at this point but sit around and wait for the battle to start...", "<b>Dad:</b> What will you say when they ask about your clothes?", "<b>Briana:</b> Hmm. Going to have to do something about that, aren't I?", "I look like I've been kidnapped, or got in a fight with a bog...or both. Hmm. Maybe I can work with that... ", "<b>Dad:</b> Well, I'll be off then! Meet you back at the village when you\'re satisfied that you\'ve snooped sufficiently?", "//He kisses you on the forehead, smiles, and starts to turn away, then stops himself, looking serious all of a sudden://", "<b>Dad:</b> Be careful, Brie. If they realize you\'re spying on them, they\'ll kill you. You understand how this works, right?", "<b>Briana:</b> I\'ve survived this long, haven\'t I?", "<b>Dad:</b> That you have... I'm just saying, the stakes are real this time.<<set $william to false>>", "<<goto 'Top Of Great Bridge Hill'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[To The West Patriot Camp|West Patriot Camp]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "//The Commander\'s bench behind his tent looks empty... But one of the officers appears to have rested his hat here! Hmmm.//", "<<if !hasVisited(\"Take The Hat\")>><<button [[Take The Hat]]>><</button>><</if>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "Commander's Tent">>

<<PickUp "Patriot Officer Hat" false false>> <<set $lastScene to "Commander's Tent">>

[[Pull Back The Reeds]] <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Explore The Mud]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Chitto:</b> Oh, looks like wild rice. ", "They probably cultivate it and eat it all year... ", "And looks like there may be a couple islands back there where they\'re doing more farming... ", "Quite an operation they have going here... an entire secret village.", "<<goto 'West Dismal Swamp Village'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|West Dismal Swamp Village]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Briana:</b> Wow! The sound of the bugs is almost deafening... soooooo many bugs!", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|West Dismal Swamp Village]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Chitto:</b> Ah! Houses on stilts... naturally! ", "That\'s how we build them in boggier areas... ", "Can\'t build right on the ground or your house will sink into the mud, or they can just fall apart from all the stress of a squishy foundation.", "<<goto 'West Dismal Swamp Village'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|West Dismal Swamp Village]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "//You hear a lute being played across the creek, coming from somewhere on the other side of the village...//", "<<goto \'West Dismal Swamp Village\'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|West Dismal Swamp Village]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Briana:</b> Oh God, are you all right?", "<b>Runner:</b> We\'re free! We\'re all free!", "<b>Briana:</b> What are you talking about?", "<b>Runner:</b> Governor Dunmore just gave liberty to the slaves!!", "<b>Dad:</b> Indeed he did…", "<b>Runner:</b> You already heard?", "<b>Dad:</b> We got the news yesterday. Caused quite a stir, as you can imagine.", "Dunmore says if we fight for the British we\'ll get our freedom... So we prayed on it this afternoon, and decided to leave for Dunmore's fleet in a week's time.", "<b>Briana:</b> “We?\" As in “you?\"", "<b>Dad:</b> As in all of us. Well, almost all of us. I think the musician is staying.", "<b>Briana:</b> But, Dad? How could you?", "Dunmore\'s British! You\'d be fighting for the enemy!", "<b>Dad:</b> I\'d be fighting for my freedom, Briana. ", "<b>Briana:</b> But why trust him to keep his word?", "<b>Chitto:</b> He fought a terrible war against the Cherokee most recently, killed a huge number of men, women, children. For what? Not for the love of man!", "This smells wrong to me, Briana. A man like Dunmore doesn't just make a move like this...", "<b>Dad:</b> If something smells, it's just the swamp, you two!", "<<button \"You're still making Dad jokes, after all these years?\" 'Runners2'>><</button>> <<button \"<i>Groan loudly.</i>\" 'Runners2'>><</button>> <<button \"This is hardly the time for kidding around, Dad.\" 'Runners2'>><</button>> ", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Briana:</b> Well, it seems like we would both benefit from a little bit of fresh information and the ditch sounds promising. Should we go now? I\'m ready. ", "<b>Dad:</b> Not so fast! We can\'t just show up empty-handed. Information's like money out here; no one gives it away for free!", "<b>Briana:</b> Ah, sure. Ok. It's just that I don\'t really have anything to offer.", "<b>Dad:</b> Then you'll have to figure something out, won't you? You\'ve always been resourceful...", "In the meantime, if we\'re leaving, I need to finish some work up at the armory, at the top of the hill. Meet me there when you\'re ready to go, right?<<set $william to false>><<set $runners to false>><<set $ngoni to true>><<set $chittoClose to false>>", "<<goto AllLeaveEndRunner>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> /*"<b>Briana:</b> I\'m just going to have to go see for myself: does Dunmore really wants to give liberty to the slaves, or is he just using them?", "There is a new political order being forged outside this swamp… if you fight for your country, your demands for freedom and inclusion can hardly be ignored.",*/

<<set $footerDisplay to "">> [[Dismal Town?]] <<if hasVisited("Dismal Town?")>> [[Where is Dismal Town?]] [[Somebody's digging a canal through all of this?|DigCanal]] [[But who's digging the actual canal?]] <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|RunnerEnd]]">> <</if>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Dad:</b> It's not really a town. It's more like a set of moving lodgings that creep along as the canal gets longer.", "<b>Briana:</b> Sounds right cheery!", "<<goto RunnersChoices>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|RunnersChoices]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Dad:</b> It's pretty close, up the creek from here a few miles.", "<<goto RunnersChoices>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|RunnersChoices]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Dad:</b> The man that was crazy enough to come up with the idea of digging a canal through the Swamp is a big general, a Virginian with “vision\" named Washington.", "<b>Briana:</b> You mean George Washington? It's //his// canal??", "<b>Dad:</b> His ditch.", "<<goto RunnersChoices>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|RunnersChoices]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Dad:</b> It's a slave camp, dear.", "Some people dig the canal, while others stay behind to split the logs that are pulled out of the ground in the canal's path.", "Those cyprus logs are naturally rot-resistant, so they get turned into shingles and sold for roofs all over the colonies and Europe.", "The logs go for good money, but it's awful awful work to get them out of here. ", "<b>Briana:</b> How do they even do it? And if they're digging, doesn't the path for the canal just fill up with water as they work? Are they digging under the water?", "<b>Dad:</b> Yes. It's excruiatingly difficult—some of the most terrible work forced on enslaved people anywhere in the colonies.", "These enslaved folks have to deal with alligators, snakes, leeches, and all sorts of illnesses that come with being in the water all the time.", "They die frequently, and get replaced just as fast.", "The newcomers are the ones who bring the latest news from the outside world.", "<<goto RunnersChoices>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|RunnersChoices]]">>

<b>Briana:</b><br> <<if !hasVisited("Wait wait wait… people are FROM here?")>><<button [[Wait wait wait… people are FROM here?]]>><</button>><</if>> <<if !hasVisited("No, I'm from the colonies. New York City.")>><<button [[No, I'm from the colonies. New York City.]]>><</button>><</if>> <<button [[See you later...|East Dismal Swamp Village]]>><</button>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|East Dismal Swamp Village]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Musician:</b> People have been living here for almost 200 years, I reckon.", "<b>Briana:</b> All that time?", "<b>Musician:</b> Generation after generation.", "I have a song about it... but I'm still working it all out. Maybe if you come back later I'll try it. You'd be my song's first audience...", "<b>Briana:</b> I'd be honored!", "//You bow regally.//", "<<goto NgoniChoices>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|NgoniChoices]]">>

<<if hasVisited("Runners Arrive")>> <<set _temp to [ "<b>Musician:</b> Ditched your master in the big city?", "<b>Briana:</b> I\'m a free woman, actually. ", "<b>Musician:</b> Then why are you out here?", "<b>Briana:</b> I came to find my father. I think you all know him as Pastor Little... I found him up the hill a minute ago, actually!", "<b>Musician:</b> Oh! Very good, very good. Eh, I'm Midas. You?", "<b>Briana:</b> Briana.", "<b>Midas:</b> Nice to meet you, Briana. ", "<b>Briana:</b> Same here, Midas.", "<<goto NgoniChoices>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<else>> <<set _temp to [ "<b>Musician:</b> Ditched your master in the big city?", "<b>Briana:</b> I\'m a free woman, actually. ", "<b>Musician:</b> Then why are you out here?", "<b>Briana:</b> I came to find my father. “William Little,\" have you heard of him? ", "<b>Musician:</b> We have a Pastor Little… don\'t know his first name. ", "<b>Briana:</b> A pastor? I don\'t think that\'s who I\'m looking for...", "<b>Musician:</b> Well, everybody\'s up listening to him right now. Maybe you\'ll see your dad in the crowd. It\'s just up the hill through the trees.", "<b>Briana:</b> I\'ll take a look, thanks…", "<b>Musician:</b> Eh, name\'s Midas. And you?", "<b>Briana:</b> Briana.", "<b>Midas:</b> Nice to meet you, Briana. ", "<b>Briana:</b> Same here, Midas.", "<<goto NgoniChoices>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <</if>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|NgoniChoices]]">>

<<PickUp "Ocarina">> <<set $lastScene to "EndMusicConvo">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Briana:</b> Hey, I\'ll teach you a new song if you\'ll give me one of your ocarinas...", "Here\'s what I\'ve got:", "• There are Three Kinds of Duty in the World<br> • Liberty! We Will Not Be Slaves!<br> • The Rich Lady Over the Sea<br> • Address to the Ladies<br> • The Liberty Song<br> • The Ballad Of The Dismal Swamp<br> • New Georgia Is A Pleasant Place<br>", "<b>Midas:</b> Quite a selection! I\'d be quite curious about your Ballad Of The Dismal Swamp!", "<b>Briana:</b> Good choice. That\'ll be one ocarina for one song, good sir!!", "<b>Midas:</b> Deal.", "<<button [[Take The Ocarina]]>><</button>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "">> <<set $satchelFlash to false>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Briana:</b> Would you take this axehead? It needs some sharpening, but it\'s already pretty lethal.", "<b>Midas:</b> Sure, I\'d go for that. It\'s a trade!", "<<button [[Take The Ocarina]]>><</button>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "">> <<set $satchelFlash to false>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Briana:</b> Would you take this arrowhead?", "<b>Midas:</b> Here, let me look at it.", "Nah, not interested. It\'s all messed-up and worn down. This wouldn\'t kill a squirrel. ", "Got anything else to trade?", "<<goto \'East Dismal Swamp Village\'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "">> <<set $satchelFlash to false>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Canal Man Older Brother 1:</b> Oh, anyone that wants to be, I gather! Dunmore is arming runaway slaves, mostly, and indentured servants from across the colonies. ", "There are people running to him from all 13 colonies, I hear. ", "//Everyone// is trying to get to Norfolk to join him!", "<<goto CanalmenAnswerQuestions>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|CanalmenAnswerQuestions]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Canal Man 1:</b> Well, yeah, he has won a battle: just recently at Kemp\'s Landing.", "And before that, he fought a war against the Shawnee and Mingos to expand the territory of Virginia...", "He managed to push the Natives all the way back to the //Ohio River//!", "<<goto CanalmenAnswerQuestions>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|CanalmenAnswerQuestions]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Canal Man 2:</b> There\'s going to be a battle, not far from here at Great Bridge, I hear. ", "If you want to hook up with the armies, that\'s the place to do it. ", "Dunmore\'s been making his own preparations, gathering troops on a small island south of the river.", "They\'ve built a stockade there they call Fort Murray. The easiest way in is to cross at Great Bridge, near the trading post.", "<<goto CanalmenAnswerQuestions>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|CanalmenAnswerQuestions]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Canal Man 1:</b> Dunmore is aboard his ship, with his large and powerful fleet. They\'re all currently holding Norfolk while his men shore up his position on land! ", "<<goto CanalmenAnswerQuestions>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|CanalmenAnswerQuestions]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Canalman 1:</b> Oh, I believe surely he is, miss! ", "<<goto CanalmenAnswerQuestions>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|CanalmenAnswerQuestions]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Briana:</b> I think I may be able to help with the little one, miss.", "<b>Dolores:</b> What are //you// going to do? Do you have medicine?", "The child can't sleep... And neither can I!", "<<if $inventory.includes('Ocarina')>><<set $satchelFlash to true>>I think I have something that might help. Give me a second.<<else>><b>Briana:</b> I understand. I'll keep my eye out for something that might help you both. <<if !hasVisited('CanalmenAnswerQuestions')>>If I find it, maybe you would put in a good word with the boys over there?<</if>><</if>>", "//Dolores eyes you wearily.//", "<<goto \'Dismal Cabins\'>>", ]>> <<set _temp1 to [ "<b>Dolores:</b> The child can't sleep... And neither can I!", "<<if $inventory.includes('Ocarina')>><<set $satchelFlash to true>>I think I have something that might help. Give me a second.<<else>><b>Briana:</b> I understand. I'll keep my eye out for something that might help you both. <<if !hasVisited('CanalmenAnswerQuestions')>>If I find it, maybe you would put in a good word with the boys over there?<</if>><</if>>", "//Dolores eyes you wearily.//", "<<goto \'Dismal Cabins\'>>", ]>> <<if visited() gt 1>> <<Rep _temp1>> <<else>> <<Rep _temp>> <</if>>

<<if hasVisited("CanalmenAnswerQuestions")>> <<set _temp to [ "<b>Briana:</b> Have you tried this?", "//You take out the ocarina and start playing. The baby quiets to a moan, and then stops crying...//", "//Dolores smiles.//", "//You keep playing until the baby falls alseep.//", "//Dolores looks at you gratefully, and then quietly walks back into her cabin.//<<set $dolores to false>>", "<<goto 'Dismal Cabins'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<else>> <<set _temp to [ "<b>Briana:</b> Have you tried this?<<set $satchelFlash to false>>", "//You take out the ocarina and start playing.//", "//The baby quiets to a moan, and then stops crying...//", "//Dolores smiles and seems to relax.//", "//You stop playing and the baby starts crying again.// ", "<b>Dolores:</b> Well, what did you stop for?", "//Dolores looks at the baby.//", "<b>Dolores:</b> It's all right, Casey. The nice lady will play us more music.", "//Casey looks back at Dolores and stops crying as she waits to see what happens next.//", "<b>Briana:</b> How about a trade? The nice lady will play until Casey falls asleep, and then you tell me everything you know about Lord Dunmore.", "//The men over at the campfire interject://", "<b>Winky:</b> Hell yes! Deal! I can\'t stand that thing. ", "<b>Older Brother:</b> Shut it, Winky! She\'s not a thing! That\'s my little girl you\'re talking about. ", "<b>Young Canal Man:</b> Yeah, well she\'s loud! And I\'ve got a headache! ", "//The Older Brother turns to you.//", "<b>Dolores:</b> You\'ve got a deal, ok? Now just play again...", "//You play the rest of the tune, and the baby falls asleep in her mother's arms...//", "//Dolores smiles.//", "//Then she nods to you and returns to her cabin.//<<set $dolores to false>>", "<<if !hasVisited('GiveMenFufu')>>//The men relax and await your inquiries.//<<else>><<goto 'Dismal Cabins'>><</if>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <</if>> <<set $satchelFlash to false>>

//You eagerly await an answer://<br> [[Talk To The Lady In The Blue Dress]] <<if !hasVisited("Talk To Woman Holding A Baby")>>[[Talk To Woman Holding A Baby]]<<else>>[[Talk To Woman Holding A Baby Again|WomanBaby2]]<</if>> [[Talk To Little Boy]] [[Talk To Little Girl]] [[Talk To Lady Sitting On The Ground]] [[Talk To The Baby]] <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|East Patriot Camp]]">>

<h2>Come Shake Your Dull Noodles</h2><hr><br> <<set _temp1 to [ "Come shake your dull noodles, ye pumpkins, and bawl,", "And own that you\'re mad at fair Liberty\'s call;", "No scandalous conduct can add to your shame,", "Condemn\'d to dishonor, inherit the same.<br><br>", "Your grandsire, old Satan, now give him a cheer,", "Would act like yourselves, and as wildly would steer,", "So great an example in prospect still keep,", "Whilst you are alive, Old Belza may sleep.<br><br>", "<<set $libertyCounter++>><<goto TauntingSong>>", ]>> <<set _temp2 to [ "Such villains, such rascals, all dangers despise,", "And stick not at mobbing when mischief\'s the prize;", "They burst through all barriers, and piously keep", "Such chattels and goods the vile rascals can sweep. <br><br>", "Then plunder, my lads, for when red coats appear,", "You\'ll melt like the locust when winter is near;", "Gold vainly will glow, silver vainly will shine,", "But, faith, you must skulk, you no more shall purloin.<br><br> ", "<<set $libertyCounter++>><<goto TauntingSong>>", ]>> <<set _temp3 to [ "Then nod your poor numskulls, ye pumpkins, and bawl,", "The de\'il take such rascals, fools, whoresons and all;", "Your cursed old trade of purloining must cease,", "The dread and the curse of all order and peace.", "<br><br><b>Briana:</b> Better write this one down before I forget it!", "<<if !$Songbook.includes('Come Shake Your Dull Noodles')>><<Entry \"Come Shake Your Dull Noodles\" \"Inside Fort Murray\" true>><</if>>", "<<set $libertyCounter++>><<goto 'Inside Fort Murray'>>", ]>> <<if $libertyCounter ==0>> @@.jump;<<App _temp1 true>>@@ <</if>> <<if $libertyCounter ==1>> @@.jump;<<App _temp2 true>>@@ <</if>> <<if $libertyCounter ==2 && !$Notebook.includes("Come Shake Your Dull Noodles")>> @@.jump;<<App _temp3 true>>@@ <<elseif $libertyCounter ==2>> <<goto 'Inside Fort Murray'>> <</if>> <hr> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Inside Fort Murray]]">>

<b>The ladies sing:</b><br><br> <<set _temp to [ "Bum bum bum bum, bum bum bum bum...", "Come join hand in hand, brave Americans all,", "And rouse your bold hearts at fair Liberty\'s call;", "No tyrannous acts shall suppress your just claim,", "Or stain with dishonor America\'s name.", "Bum bum bum bum, bum bum bum bum...", "In freedom we\'re born, and in freedom we\'ll live;", "Our purses are ready,", "Steady, Friends, steady,", "Not as slaves but as freemen our money we\'ll give. …", "Bum bum bum bum, bum bum bum bum...", "How sweet are the labors that freemen endure,", "That they shall enjoy all the profit, secure—", "No more such sweet labors Americans know,", "If Britons shall reap what Americans sow…", "Bum bum bum bum, bum bum bum bum...", "Then join hand in hand brave Americans all,", "By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall;", "In so righteous a cause let us hope to succeed,", "For heaven approves of each glorious deed.", "Bum bum bum bum, bum bum bum bum...", '<<goto "Ladies Doing Laundry By The River">>', ]>> @@.jump;<<Rep _temp>>@@

<<PickUp "Clean Dress" false false>> <<set $lastScene to "West Patriot Camp">>

<<set _temp to [ "//Jenny puts her hands up to her own throat.//", "No!! No it is definitely not! ", "<b>Gladys:</b> They\'ll get what\'s coming to them Jenny. I heard that Dunmore plans to sell any black men that join his ranks to slavers in the West Indies as soon as he\'s done with them here...", "<b>Lady In The Blue Dress:</b> Right… (takes her hands down from her throat)", "Poor blokes have no idea what\'s coming.", "<b>Gladys:</b> True.", "<b>Briana:</b> <br> <<button [[You really think that's what's going to happen?]]>><</button>> <<button [[So true.]]>><</button>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Lady In The Blue Dress:</b> I do.", "<b>Gladys:</b> Definitely.", "<b>Briana:</b> But how can you be sure?", "<b>Gladys:</b> Well, it\'s all in the Proclamation!", "<b>Briana:</b> Oh, have you seen it?", "<b>Gladys:</b> Well, no, not personally. But I promise you, it\'s what all the papers are saying.", "<<goto 'Talk To The Camp Followers'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Talk To The Camp Followers]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Gladys:</b> So true! Look at what I\'ve been reduced to: sitting in the muck on a cold day, washing some strange man\'s underpants... we MUST win this fight and then go home!", "<<goto 'Talk To The Camp Followers'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Talk To The Camp Followers]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Little Boy:</b> That\'s the whole idea, silly!! I LOVE snakes.", "<<goto 'Talk To The Camp Followers'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Talk To The Camp Followers]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Little Boy:</b> Oooooh treasure!! Great point! Thanks, lady!!", "<<goto 'Talk To The Camp Followers'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Talk To The Camp Followers]]">>

//<<set $babyRand to Math.floor((Math.random() * 2))>> <<switch $babyCounter>> <<case 1>> <<set _temp to ["// The baby laughs hysterically!!! //",]>> <<case 2>> <<set _temp to ["//The baby giggles and giggles.//",]>> <</switch>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Talk To The Camp Followers]]">>//

<b>Baby:</b> (medium giggle) <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Talk To The Camp Followers]]">>

<<goto >> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Talk To The Camp Followers]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Soldier:</b> So testy. A sign of anxiety could suggest you\'re lying. ", "<<goto AskForCertificate>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Soldier:</b> An honest one. Hmm. That should work in your favor. ", "<<goto AskForCertificate>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Soldier:</b> Ah, loyalty! That\'s what we\'re really looking for. Very good.", "<<goto AskForCertificate>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "//The Soldier reads it, then hands it back.//", "<b>Soldier:</b> Very well then! Free as a bird. At least, you were!", "Welcome to the Ethiopian Regiment!", "<<if !$Notebook.includes('Slaves Of Loyalists')>><<Entry 'Slaves Of Loyalists' 'Fort Murray'>><<else>><<goto \'Fort Murray\'>><</if>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $satchelFlash to false>>

<<set $satchelFlash to false>> <<set _temp to [ "<b>Soldier:</b> And what's this?", "<b>Briana:</b> It's Colonel Woodford's hat! You said I needed proof that I was at the camp. Well there you go:", "I couldn't have gotten close enough to procure that hat if they didn't know me, now could I?", "//The soldier looks at the hat, and then slap it against his knee.//", "<b>Soldier:</b> That's good enough for me. You\'ve made a wise decision, my lady.", "<b>Briana:</b> Thank you.", "<b>Soldier:</b> You do know we plan to destroy your old friends?", "<b>Briana:</b> I do.", "<b>Soldier:</b> And you feel?", "<<button [[What do you care what I feel about it?|FeelAboutIt]]>><</button>> <<button [[You know, guilty, I guess…|GuiltyGuess]]>><</button>> <<button [[Glad I\'m with the good guys now.|GladGoodGuys]]>><</button>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Soldier:</b> And you\'re free? Not likely.", "You must show me proof of your origins before you may enter!<<set $satchelFlash to true>>", "We won\'t be taking ANY slaves from masters still loyal to the King! The slaves of Patriots are the only ones welcome here!", "Lord Dunmore\'s orders!<<set $satchelFlash to true>> ", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<if hasVisited("Dunmore’s Officers")>> @@.fade-in;//Hessians? What's he talking about? Would they replace the Regiment?//@@ <br><br> <</if>> [[Soldiers At The Tents|Leaving His Tent]] [[Men Awaiting Orders|Men Waiting For Orders]] [[Sad Soldiers|Sad Soldiers]] [[Dunmore’s Officers Grumbling|Dunmore’s Officers]] <<set $footerDisplay to " <<if !hasVisited(\"Talk To Lord Dunmore\")>> @@.differentVisited; [[Western Grounds Of Fort Murray]] @@ <<else>> @@.visitedAlready;[[Western Grounds Of Fort Murray]] @@ <</if>> <<if !hasVisited(\"Talk To Lord Dunmore About Your Mission\")>> @@.differentVisited; [[Inside Fort Murray]]@@ <<else>> @@.visitedAlready;[[Inside Fort Murray]]@@ <</if>> ">>

[[Men Lined Up Near The Fort Entrance|Fort Entrance]] [[Sick Men]] <<if !hasVisited("Talk To Lord Dunmore")>> @@.differentVisited; [[The Latrines]]@@ <<else>> @@.visitedAlready; [[The Latrines]]@@ <</if>> <<set $footerDisplay to " [[Eastern Grounds Of Fort Murray]] <<if !hasVisited(\"Talk To Lord Dunmore About Your Mission\")>> @@.differentVisited; [[Inside Fort Murray]]@@ <<else>> @@.visitedAlready;[[Inside Fort Murray]]@@ <</if>> ">>

<<if !hasVisited("Listen In On The Conversation")>> @@.differentVisited;[[Dunmore's Command Tent|Dunmore's Tent]]@@ <</if>> [[Men Assembled Inside The Fort|AssembledFort][$libertyCounter to 0]] [[Officers At The Cannons]] <<if hasVisited("Talk To Lord Dunmore") && !hasVisited("Dunmore And His Aide Talking Nearby")>> [[Dunmore And His Aide Talking Nearby]] <</if>> <<if hasVisited("Dunmore And His Aide Talking Nearby") && hasVisited("Talk To Lord Dunmore") && !hasVisited("Talk To Lord Dunmore About Your Mission")>> [[Talk To Lord Dunmore In His Tent|Appeal To Dunmore]] <<elseif hasVisited("Dunmore And His Aide Talking Nearby") && hasVisited("Talk To Lord Dunmore") && hasVisited("Talk To Lord Dunmore About Your Mission")>> @@.differentVisited;[[Talk To Lord Dunmore About Your Mission]]@@ <</if>> <<set $footerDisplay to " [[Eastern Grounds Of Fort Murray]] <<if !hasVisited(\"Talk To Lord Dunmore\")>> @@.differentVisited; [[Western Grounds Of Fort Murray]] @@ <<else>> @@.visitedAlready;[[Western Grounds Of Fort Murray]] @@ <</if>> ">>

<<set _temp to [ "//The desk is completely bare except for some food that had been set out for Dunmore by one of his aides. You notice the desk drawer is slightly open, and various papers appear to be inside...//", "<<goto TakeDeskFood>>", ]>> <<if visited()==1>> <<Rep _temp>> <<else>> <<goto TakeDeskFood>> <</if>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Dunmore's Tent]]">>

@@.fade-in;//A wooden chair for the small desk Dunmore brought to his stockade.//@@ <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Dunmore's Tent]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "@@.jump;<b>Parakeet:</b> Cheep! Cheep!@@", "<b>Briana:</b> Hi!", "@@.jump;<b>Parakeet:</b> Cheep!!!@@", "<b>Briana:</b> Hungry?", "@@.jump8ths;<b>Parakeet:</b> Cheep Cheep Cheep!@@", "<b>Briana:</b> Ok, I\'ll see what I can do about that...", "<<goto \"Dunmore's Tent\">>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Dunmore's Tent][$satchelFlash to false]]">> <<if $inventory.includes('Apple') || $inventory.includes('Cooked Hardtack')|| $inventory.includes('Swamp Fufu') || $inventory.includes('Full Canteen')>> <<set $satchelFlash to true>> <</if>>

<<set _temp to [ "//Dunmore\'s Proclamation! Finally, I have a copy!! Time to read the fine print.//", "<<if !hasVisited(\"Take Dunmore’s Proclamation\")>><<button [[Take Dunmore’s Proclamation]]>><</button>><<else>><<goto 'Inside Fort Murray'>><</if>>", ]>> <<if !hasVisited("Take Dunmore’s Proclamation")>> <<Rep _temp>> <<else>> @@.fade-in;//The rest of the papers in the drawer don't seem particularly interesting.//@@ <</if>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Desk][$satchelFlash to false]]">>

<<set $lastScene to "ProclamationUnpacking">> <<PickUp "Dunmore's Proclamation" false true>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Briana:</b> Hmmmmm... //Very// interesting. ", "So this confirms that //only// slaves of rebels are welcome... ", "And it looks like you could sum this up: “If you swear allegiance to the Crown, I\'ll give you back your slaves.", "Otherwise, we\'ll arm your slaves and turn them on you.\"", "Didn\'t really give the good people of Virginia much middle ground to work with, did he?", "<<goto \"Desk\">>", ]>> //<<Rep _temp>>// <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Desk]]">>

<<set _temp2 to [ "<b>Chitto:</b> I've got a //good// feeling about this place, Briana. It feels like somewhere I could make a home.", "<b>Briana:</b> Yeah, me too... for a secret village in the fierce wilderness, it's so peaceful...", "<<goto 'West Dismal Swamp Village'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp2>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|West Dismal Swamp Village]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Briana:</b> Wow. I can\'t believe all the supplies you have: lead shot, gun flints, spare parts, muskets, pistols, springs, ram rods, and three large drums of gun powder.", "How\'d you get all this stuff out here?", "<b>Dad:</b> Lot of trading with people at the Canal, some taking guns from people hunting us...", "<b>Briana:</b> And?", "<b>Dad:</b> And the rest is a story for another time...", "<b>Briana:</b> Oh, come on!", "<<goto \'Congregation Hill\'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Congregation Hill]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Cook:</b> I\'m making swamp fufu. ", "<b>Briana:</b> Swamp fufu? What\'s regular fufu?", "<b>Cook:</b> Oh, it\'s made with yams. For this swamp fufu, I\'m using potatoes we grew up the hill and some rice flour.", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $motherCooking to true>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Talk To The Mother Cooking]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Emmy:</b> Oh, I\'m making a vegetable stew! ", "<b>Briana:</b> <<button [[But where are you getting the vegetables?|Vegetables]]>><</button>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $motherCooking to true>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Talk To The Mother Cooking]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "Look around! Everyone\'s got a garden, and we\'ve cleared hills all over the area where we\'re growing barley, corn, potatoes, tomatoes, lettuce, and lots of beans. The potatoes like it drier, so we try to plant them near the tops of the hills... but overall we've got plenty of food when the harvest is good.", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Talk To The Mother Cooking]]">> <<set $motherCooking to true>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Cook:</b> You dip the fufu in the stew, silly! It soaks up the broth... mmm, you\'re making me hungry.", "<b>Musician:</b> Emmy\'s stews are //the best//. You\'ve got to try it. ", "<b>Cook:</b> Here. Why don\'t you take some fufu with you? You might be hungry later.", "<b>Briana:</b> Sure, why not. Thank you, ma\'am. ", "<b>Cook:</b> Name\'s Emmy. ", "<b>Briana:</b> I\'m Briana. Nice to meet you, Emmy. Thanks for the snack!", "<<if !hasVisited(\"Take The Fufu\")>><<button [[Take The Fufu]]>><</button>><</if>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Talk To The Mother Cooking]]">> <<set $motherCooking to true>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Cook:</b> Actually, I spend a lot of time in the garden, and so do most of the older members of our village.", "And we've got an abundance of great cooks...", "It\'s a group effort, for the most part, but some people are better at certain things, obviously. We don't have any money in the village, but we do trade with one another for things we each want...", "Samuel maintains the armory with Adam.", "Betty and Raphiel help me with the farming. ", "Daniel, Allen, Peter, Sammy, and Bob are all great hunters. ", "Lemuel is a fantastic carpenter. ", "Midas here keeps us entertained on the ngoni and ocarina, and we all sing and take turns playing drums during our dances up the hill.", "Occasionally we //do// trade with the canalmen not far from here who are digging Washington's Ditch, and really rarely we raid some of the plantations in the area, but that's only when we're desperate for gunpowder or muskets.", "<<button [[But do you have any kind of leader?|Leader]]>><</button>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $motherCooking to true>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Talk To The Mother Cooking]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Cook:</b> Not really, but our preacher plays that role, at least spiritually. ", "If you\'re asking if we have elections, no, honey, we don\'t!", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Talk To The Mother Cooking]]">> <<set $motherCooking to true>>

<<set $lastScene to "Talk To The Mother Cooking">> <<PickUp "Swamp Fufu" false false>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Talk To The Mother Cooking]]">> <<set $motherCooking to true>>

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<b>Briana:</b><br> <<button [[Da|BabyResponses]]>><</button>> <<button [[Da Da|BabyResponses]]>><</button>> <<button [[Da Da Da|BabyResponses]]>><</button>> <<button [[Da Da Da Da|BabyResponses]]>><</button>> <<button [[What?|BabyResponses]]>><</button>> <<button [[See you later, baby.|Talk To The Camp Followers]]>><</button>>

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<<set $babyRand to 0>> <<set $babyRand to Math.floor((Math.random() * 8))>> // <<switch $babyRand>> <<case 0>> The baby giggles... <<case 1>> The baby laughs uproariously! <<case 2>> The baby sighs. <<case 3>> The baby laughs. <<case 4>> The baby farts. <<case 5>> The baby belly-laughs. <<case 6>> The baby chortles. <<case 7>> The baby laughs loudly. <<case 8>> The baby can't stop laughing!!! <<default>> The baby stares at you blankly. <</switch>> // <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|BabyChoices]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "//You investigate the officer\'s coat-rack to find...//", "//...a coat-rack.//", "<<goto \"Commander\'s Tent\">>", ]>> //<<Rep _temp>>// <<set $footerDisplay to "Commander's Tent">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>The Patriot's Colonel Woodford:</b> Dunmore has declared war on the people of Virginia!", "It\'s time to show him that he just messed with the wrong colony! Who does he think we are, Rhode Island?", "<b>Rifleman 1:</b> Hey, I\'m from Rhode Island! ", "<b>Colonel Woodford:</b> Oh, really? No offense!", "//The Colonel laughs nervously and then clears his throat.//", "<b>Colonel Woodford:</b> What I meant to say was, who does he think we are, Quebec?", "//The Colonel glances back and forth, holding his breath.//", "<b>Slim Jim Jack:</b> Ha! Yeah, we\'re definitely not Quebec! ", "<b>Slim Jim's Tiny Companion:</b> Damn right, Slim Jim!", "<b>Colonel Woodford:</b> My point, men, is that Dunmore has raised an army against us—made of our own slaves!!", "What more insulting, insidious, evil scheme has ever been wrought on honest, hardworking colonists like ourselves?!", "<b>Slim Jim Jack:</b> Well, this one time my sister...", "<b>Colonel Woodford:</b> It was a rhetorical question, Slim Jim!", "<b>Slim Jim Jack:</b> Sorry... ", "<<goto Woodford1>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $lastScene to "Commander's Tent">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Lady In The Purple Dress:</b> Well!! ", "//The Lady In The Purple Dress huffs and puffs and walks away at a speedy clip.//", "<<goto \'East Patriot Camp\'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Lady In The Purple Dress:</b> Dear, I told you: you really can\'t walk around looking like that!! ", "You must wash up! ", "Then we\'ll talk!", "<<goto 'East Patriot Camp'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "You rinse off in the water nearby, and then put on the brown, loose-fitting dress and white shawl and find yourself surprisingly happy to be wearing //anything// so clean and soft... and you smile.", "<<goto 'West Patriot Camp'>>", ]>> //<<Rep _temp>>// <<set $inventory.delete("Clean Dress")>>

<<set _temp to [ "It looks like the Patriot camp extends pretty far, maybe a half mile back towards Great Brige town... ", "And then the breastwork they built guards the camp from the front. So we're not really that far from the front lines, even back here...", "<<goto 'West Patriot Camp'>>", ]>> //<<Rep _temp>>// <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|West Patriot Camp]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "The Commander\'s bedroll is sitting behind his tent, on top of his other personal effects. ", "Looks like he turns his bedroom into his office during the day... ", "<<goto \"Commander\'s Tent\">>", ]>> //<<Rep _temp>>// <<set $footerDisplay to "Commander's Tent">>

<<set _temp to [ "//You open the Commander\'s Trunk to find a variety of soiled undergarments you wish you could unsee, but you can\'t.//", "<<if !hasVisited(\"Take The Commander's Underpants\")>><<button [[Take The Commander's Underpants]]>><</button>><<else>><<goto \"Commander\'s Tent\">><</if>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "Commander's Tent">>

<<PickUp "Stinky Underpants" false false>> <<set $lastScene to "Commander's Tent">>

<<set _temp to [ "//At midnight, you leave the sleeping ladies at the back of the camp, and head past the breastwork to cross over to Dunmore\'s side of the river.//", "//Dunmore\'s troops set several homes ablaze early in the day to clear the sight-lines to the Patriot breastworks, but blinded their own lookouts in the process.// ", "//When you emerge from the smoke, about halfway across the bridge, a British lookout spots you and, quite alarmed, calls from the stockade://", "<b>Soldier:</b> You there! Stop!", "Can\'t you see there\'s going to be a battle?", "Get off that bridge at once!", "<b>Briana:</b> Please! Help!", "//You run toward him to the other side and the soldier comes down from his position up on the stockade to meet you at the foot of the bridge.//", "<b>Soldier:</b> Now what\'s this?", "<b>Briana:</b> I\'m here to defect!", "<b>Soldier:</b> From where?", "<b>Briana:</b> From the ranks of the rebel army. I have some very important information to share with Lord Dunmore!", "<<goto GreatBridgeOpeningEnd>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<if visited() lt 3>> <<set _temp to [ "<b>Soldier:</b> Well... I could make an exception if you can give me some kind of proof that you //really do// have inside knowledge of the Patriot camp...", "I'm not putting you in front of Dunmore without it.", "<<if $inventory.includes('Patriot Officer Hat')>><<set $satchelFlash to true>><b>Briana:</b> Um, all right. Let me see what I've got...<<else>>Mmmmm. All right, I'm not sure I've got anything like that... I'll be back when I've got something for you.<</if>>", "<<if $inventory.includes('Patriot Officer Hat')>><<set $satchelFlash to true>><<else>>//You grumble under your breath and return to the Patriot Camp to look for some kind of proof that you were, in fact, living with them.//<</if>>", ]>> <<else>> <<set _temp to [ "<b>Soldier:</b> I told you I'm not putting you in front of Dunmore without some kind of hard proof you were part of the Patriot camp.", "<<if $inventory.includes('Patriot Officer Hat')>><<set $satchelFlash to true>><b>Briana:</b> Ok, let me see what I've got...<<else>>Yeah, yeah, yeah I heard you. I'll be back.<</if>>", ]>> <</if>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[To The East Patriot Camp|TheNextDay]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Briana:</b> Ah! Sir! I was wondering where I can find Lord Dunmore.", "<b>Officer:</b> Sorry, miss!! He just trotted off!", "<b>Briana:</b> Oh, where was he trotting? I really must speak with him.", "//The Officer looks slightly uncomfortable, then seems to give up on whatever internal struggle he was waging.//", "<b>Officer:</b> I believe Lord Dunmore is //relieving// himself, at the moment, ma'am.", "Could be a while before he's back...", "<b>Briana:</b> I see.", "<b>Officer:</b> //This// is his command post, not that bloomin' latrine!", "//He slaps his knee.//", "<b>Officer:</b> Not that you'd know it from the way he spends his time!", "<<goto \"Dunmore's Tent\">>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Briana:</b> Lord Dunmore, Sir!! I\'m so glad I found you! I just arrived from across Great Bridge, from the ranks of the militia, Sir. ", "I\'ve come to join your side, and I wanted to encourage you to attack now, Sir!", "The Virginia militia has barely 300 green recruits, and paltry defenses.", "You\'ll rout them easily, Sir, with a frontal attack!!", "I\'d bet my left shoe they\'ll just run away when they see your cannons marching in their direction, Sir!", "<b>Lord Dunmore:</b> Hmm. Quite promising news, Miss? ", "<b>Briana:</b> Little. ", "<b>Lord Dunmore:</b> Well, Miss Little, I thank you!! Quite promising news, indeed!!", "//Dunmore turns to his aide.//", "<b>Lord Dunmore:</b> This fresh intelligence settles it, Talbot. We //will// attack at sunrise. Spread the word, immediately!", "<b>Dunmore\'s Aide (Talbot):</b> Yes Sir, Lord Dunmore, Sir!", "//Talbot rushes away and begins to yell to the other officers to prepare their troops to attack at dawn.//", "<<goto 'The Battle'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "Lord Dunmore, sir,", "<<button \"You're a scum bag, but...\" \"NoAttack\">><</button>> <<button \"I honestly don\'t know what I think about your methods, but...\" \"NoAttack\">><</button>> <<button \"I kind of admire you, so...\" \"NoAttack\">><</button>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

/* IF GIVE NOTEBOOK TO DAD */ <<set $satchelFlash to false>> <<set _temp to[ "<b>Dad:</b> I'm sorry to say it Briana, but this only confirms that we don't have any good choices to make...", "<b>Briana:</b> I don't know, Dad. Dunmore seems like a pretty dubious figure, doesn't he?", "He's murdered Natives in large numbers, he dissolved the legislature of Virginia and took their gunpowder, he's maintained unsanitary conditions for his troops, and just sent them to their deaths, pointlessly!", "Seems pretty clear to me he's NOT the one to count on...", "//William shuffles his feet and doesn't say anything.//", "//You decide to try a new tack.//", "<b>Briana:</b> Don't you think there\'s a time to fight, and there\'s also a time to figure out what you\'re fighting for? With Dunmore, there's no way to know.", "<b>Dad:</b> I could fight for these colonies if I knew that they were going to carve out a place for people like me... But that's not their plan. ", "You focused a lot on Dunmore, but my bigger problem is that the Patriots don't want us, Briana!! They'll never accept us as equals.", "<b>Briana:</b> You don't know that.", "<b>Dad:</b> Yes I do. And they're not fighting for OUR freedom, Briana! They're fighting for theirs!!", "<b>Briana:</b> I completely disagree!! We have a chance to start something new...//right now//!!", "Don't you want to be a part of that?? A new nation could be very different, Dad.", "<b>Dad:</b> I //will// be a part of that, dear: out there. I could lead our people, Briana. They need me.", "<b>Briana:</b> There won't be any turning back once you start killing colonists, Dad.", "<b>Dad:</b> I know what I'm signing up for.", "<b>Briana:</b> Do you?", "How do you really know what Dunmore is up to?", "<b>Dad:</b> How do //you// know what General Washington is up to? Is he suddenly welcoming black troops with open arms?", "<b>Briana:</b> Well, no... but there\'s another option that you\'re not considering. ", "<b>Dad:</b> What\'s that? ", "<b>Briana:</b> We could //make// them listen.", "<b>Dad:</b> They\'re never going to listen to you, Briana.", "<b>Briana:</b> Well, what if I don\'t give them a choice?", "<b>Dad:</b> What are you going to do, kidnap John Adams?", "<b>Briana:</b> I hadn\'t considered that...", "<b>Dad:</b> I was kidding!", "<b>Briana:</b> I need to get to Philadelphia.", "That\'s where all the action is these days.", "The Second Continental Congress is half a year away, so I'd have plenty of time to get the lay of the land and work out a plan to get their attention before everyone arrives in town to start a new nation. ", "<b>Dad:</b> You're delusional.", "<b>Briana:</b> I was thinking the same about you.", "<b>Briana:</b> The //words// will be written in Philadelphia!", "We decide //what// we fight for in //Philadelphia//.", "That's where //I// want to be!", "The words we choose COULD aspire to //more// than what we know //right now//, Dad... nor be limited by what we've already achieved.", "We can point the way towards something better...", "<b>Dad:</b> I wish you all the success in the world, my love. Our very own Dismal Swamp delegate! I'll be proud of you, I will.", "But I'll be on the battlefield.", "I hope we find our way to the same side again some day.", "I have a strong feeling we will... If you want me, you know where to find me.", "<<goto EndEnd>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Older Brother:</b> Ah! I haven\'t had fufu in too long!! I\'ll tell you anything you want to know for that fufu! My mouth is watering already!", "<<goto CanalmenAnswerQuestions>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $satchelFlash to false>>

<<if !hasVisited("Listen In On The Conversation")>> @@.fixed;<img src='images/episode-5/10FortTentNoDunmore.png' alt='This is Dunmore's Command Tent. Dumore is nowhere to be found.'/>@@ <<else>> @@.fixed;<img src='images/episode-5/DunTentFinal.png' lt='This is Dunmore's Command Tent. He is seated at his desk.'/>@@ <</if>>

@@.fixed;<img src='images/episode-5/DunSick.png' alt='About 10 sick men lay on the ground, moaning as a fire crackles nearby.'/>@@

@@.fixed;<img src='images/episode-5/10FortWestLinedUp.png' alt='A large group of British troops are lined-up, preparing for battle.'/>@@

@@.fixed;<img src='images/episode-5/DunSad.png' alt='You listen in a conversation between Ethiopian Regiment troops sitting around a fire.'/>@@

@@.fixed;<img src='images/episode-5/officers.png' alt='You listen in on the debate between Dunmore's officers.'/>@@

@@.fixed;<img src='images/episode-5/attention.png' alt='A British officer stands in front of a small contingent of Ethiopian Regiment troops standing at ease.'/>@@

@@.fixed;<img src='images/episode-5/cannons.png' alt='Two of Dunmore's officers discuss the impending battle.'/>@@

@@.fixed;<img src='images/episode-5/DunTentFinal.png' alt='This is Dunmore's Command Tent. He is seated at his desk talking with his aide.'/>@@

<<set _temp to [ "//And with that, William walks back down the hill to gather his congregants for the journey to Dunmore's armada.//", "//Stunned, you turn away to find Chitto, who seems particularly enamored of the Swamp.", "You hope he'll be willing to join you on a journey to the most populated city in the colonies, host to brilliant minds crafting timeless phrases on the sprawling and dank, brazenly lawless, enlightened streets of Philadelphia.//", "<<goto 'Congregation Hill'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

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<<set _temp to [ "//The Officer Smoking The Pipe returns his pipe to his mouth.//", "<b>Officer Stirring The Stew:</b> Cute. But the rumor began before Dunmore. The true culprit was the damn Somerset decision!", "<b>Officer Smoking A Pipe:</b> Is that the case where the slave, Somerset, was taken to England, and then refused to serve his master once he got there?", "<b>Officer Stirring The Stew:</b> Cheeky bloke.", "<b>Officer Leaning Against The Tree:</b> Sued for his freedom and won, right?", "//The Officer Stirring The Stew shakes his head.//", "<b>The Officer Stirring The Stew:</b> Terrible.", "//The Officer Leaning Against The Tree shakes his head.//", "<b>The Officer Leaning Against The Tree:</b> Treasonous!", "<b>Officer Stirring The Stew:</b> Well, as you might have imagined, the papers loved it. And soon word got back to the slaves in the colonies… ", "But what //they// heard is that they\'d be free if they make it behind British lines… ", "Then Dunmore came along and fanned the flames of anarchy! ", "The cretin! What he\'s promising is absurd. ", "The British have no plans to free the slaves! He can't just do this all on his own!! ", "<b>Officer Leaning Against The Tree:</b> That\'s why this fight is so important, lads! We must toss Dunmore from Virginia and stamp out this evil!", "And after we beat Dunmore here, we must beat him again in Norfolk!", "His loyalist stronghold can no longer be tolerated.", "<b>Officer Smoking A Pipe:</b> If we chase away his supporters, he\'s done in Norfolk. Seems like he left them no one to defend the city. Not much of a tactician, this Dunmore.", "<b>Officer Leaning Against The Tree:</b> Ha, no. No… but by God, he thinks he\'s Caesar!", "<b>Officer Stirring The Stew:</b> Hardly!", "//The Officer Stirring The Stew chuckles to himself//.", "<b>Officer Smoking A Pipe:</b> Indeed!", "//The Officer Smoking A Pipe chuckles, and goes on://", "<b>Officer Smoking A Pipe:</b> Seems rather desperate, doesn\'t he?", "//The Officer Stirring The Stew wrinkles his nose as if he's smelled something foul://", "<b>Officer Stirring The Stew:</b> Mmmm.", "<<goto \"West Patriot Camp\">>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|West Patriot Camp]]">> /*<<if !$Notebook.includes(\"Dunmore Dissolves His Own Legislature\")>><<Entry 'Dunmore Dissolves His Own Legislature' \"West Patriot Camp\">><<else>>*/

<<set _temp to [ "You and Dad trudge from the Canal Company out to the edge of the Swamp. ", "He knows the terrain well, and you soon arrive at the top of a hill on the outskirts of Great Bridge, a small port town that serves traders in the area. ", "<<goto \'Top Of Great Bridge Hill\'>>", ]>> //<<Rep _temp>>//

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Briana:</b> Would you take this axehead? It needs some sharpening, but it\'s already pretty lethal.", "<b>Older Brother:</b> Ah! My own axehead is so worn-down it's about to fall apart...mmmm.", "//He takes it in his hands and hefts it.//", "<b>Older Brother:</b> A heavy stone one... this'll last a //long// time. You've got a trade.", "What do you want to know?", "<<goto CanalmenAnswerQuestions>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $satchelFlash to false>>

<<set _temp to [ "I\'m sure I\'ve got something with me that can prove that I\'m not lying! <<set $satchelFlash to true>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|The Dismal Fort]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "Awww... these latrines are almost overflowing! ", "They must have dug them shallow because they didn\'t have enough time to get everything working... That smell could kill a horse! ", "I\'m out of here!", ]>> //<<Rep _temp>>//

@@.fade-in;//Hunh. There are so many of these little frogs around... they're just everywhere!//@@ <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Dismal Cabins]]">>

@@.fade-in;//Wow... I can't believe little kids survive out here...//@@ <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Dismal Cabins]]">>

@@.fade-in;<b>//The George Washington Ditch... Hunh. The war hero owns a ditch? And a canal company?//</b>@@ <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Dismal Cabins]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "As you lower yourself into the muck, you see a snake swim by, and marvel that you've only been in the swamp for a week... it feels like months.", "At least you had a canoe most of that time...", "Floating through this living soup on your stomach is going to be a whole other level of intimacy...", "You shiver briefly and plunge yourself into the water up to your neck.", "As you kick forward, pushing off of tree limbs and squishy plants, you pray that the leeches stay at bay, the snakes leave you alone, and the flies buzzing around your head don\'t bite you too badly.", "You keep your eyes peeled for alligators, and scan the trees for panthers, like Chitto taught you.", "You notice that it feels different without him at your side after spending so much time together.", "Then all Hell breaks loose.", "Your dad cries out, “Remember:", "<b>Hit</b> the <span style=\"color:green\">gators</span> on the nose.", "<b>Ignore</b> the <span style=\"color:red\">snakes</span>.", "<b>Wave your arms</b> and yell out to scare the <span style=\"color:yellow\">panthers</span>.", "You've got this.\"", "You repeat what he said:", "<b>Hit</b> the <span style=\"color:green\">gators</span> on the nose. <b>Ignore</b> the <span style=\"color:red\">snakes</span>. <b>Wave your arms</b> and yell out to scare the <span style=\"color:yellow\">panthers</span>.", "<<goto 'Swamp1'>>", ]>> //<<Rep _temp>>//

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Older Brother:</b> Yeah, so, anyway, like I was saying...", "What do you have to trade for such //crucial// information about the outside world?", "<<if $inventory.includes('Swamp Fufu') || $inventory.includes('Stone Axe Head')>><<set $satchelFlash to true>><b>Briana:</b> I've got something in mind, actually...<<else>><b>Briana:</b> Ah, I'll get back to you about that...<<set $satchelFlash to false>><</if>>", "<<goto 'Dismal Canal Company Camp'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "You paddle through the slimy mud and make your way back faster this time, having refined your belly-floating technique with more leg kicks.", "<<set $toHill to 'Congregation Hill'>><<goto \'PickPoison\'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "You paddle and float your way over to the Canal Company Camp, careful to avoid being eaten by the various predators in the area.", "<<set $toHill to 'Dismal Canal Company Camp'>><<goto \'PickPoison\'>>", ]>> <<if hasVisited("IntroDismal")>> <<Rep _temp>> <<else>> <<goto IntroDismal>> <</if>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Briana:</b> Dad, can you help me out? What are they saying?", "<b>Dad:</b> Well... um, let me see...", "<<goto 'Dismal Canal Company Camp'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "//Your dad turns back to you.//", "<b>Dad:</b> Briana!! Oh dear!!", "//He hugs you again and then steps back to look at you...//<<set $hug to false>>", "<b>Dad:</b> I hardly recognized you! ", "<b>Briana:</b> I could say the same about you.", "<b>Dad:</b> I was looking for a little girl! But… of course, you\'re all grown up! Lordy, it\'s good to see you, Briana!", "<b>Briana:</b> You\'re a //preacher// now? So much for the newspaper business!", "<b>Dad:</b> We all need to adapt, my dear. They needed a preacher, and I needed a place in their community.", "Turns out I have a lot of opinions about God and society that I didn\'t even know I had.", "Been getting on here for almost nine years now, so they must have liked what I had to say…", "<b>Briana:</b> That's really great, Dad. I'm glad you found a way to make it all work... it couldn't have been easy.", "<b>Dad:</b> I'll tell you more about it... Come with me. I\'ll give you the grand tour! ", "<b>Briana:</b> Fantastic. I'll be right there... ", "//William walks into an opening in the trees and heads for the East side of the village.//<<set $william to false>><<set $chittoClose to true>>", "<<goto ChittoFinish>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "//William turns and walks back up the hill, and disappears into the trees.//", "<<if !$Notebook.includes('Dad Wants To Fight For Lord Dunmore')>><<Entry 'Dad Wants To Fight For Lord Dunmore' 'East Dismal Swamp Village'>><<else>><<goto 'East Dismal Swamp Village'>><</if>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "//He plays a haunting melody on the ocarina. It's sorrowful and of great beauty.//", "You feel the world slow down briefly.", "You hear the birds and feel the breeze.", "<<goto ConvoMusic>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Midas:</b> Oh! I have absolutely no idea!", "<<goto ConvoMusic>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Midas:</b> Sure! You just cover the holes with your fingertips and blow!", "//You begin to blow softly and you try a simple pattern that makes you feel more and more mellow the longer you play it...//", "<<goto TradeForIt>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $satchelFlash to false>>

[[What are the shells called?]] [[Can I try one?|Can I try?]] [[Can I hear one?]] <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|East Dismal Swamp Village]]">>

<<set _temp1 to [ "<b>Briana:</b> Oooh I like this! Would you trade for it? ", "<b>Midas:</b> Sure. What\'ve you got?", "<<set $satchelFlash to true>>", ]>> <<set _temp2 to [ "<b>Briana:</b> I'm back! I still want one of this little guys. Would you trade for it? ", "<b>Midas:</b> Sure. What\'ve you got?", "<<set $satchelFlash to true>>", ]>> <<if previous()== "Can I try?" >> <<Rep _temp1>> <<else>> <<Rep _temp2>> <</if>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|ConvoMusic][$satchelFlash to false]]">> <<set $lastScene to "ConvoMusic">>

@@.fade-in;<b>Briana:</b> Well... it's been a pleasure Midas. See you around!@@ <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|East Dismal Swamp Village]]">>

<<Swamp "Swamp2" "python" "A <span style=\"color:red\">python</span> approaches from your left." "long">> <<set $conditionCounter to 6>> <<set $swamp to true>> <<set $whichStart to "Swamp1Alt">>

<<Swamp "Swamp3" "gator" "You spot an <span style=\"color:green\">alligator's</span> eyes just above the water. He's looking at you." "long">>

<<if $animal == "python">> //The python wraps itself around you and squeezes hard, but it gets distracted and lets go.// <br> -1 Health<br><br> <<set $conditionCounter-->> <<button "Continue" $nextDest>><</button>> <<MoveOn "4">> <</if>> <<if $animal == "gator">> //The alligator snaps at your arm, but you scare it off before it does any real damage.// <br> -1 Health<br><br> <<set $conditionCounter-->> <<button "Continue" $nextDest>><</button>> <<MoveOn "4">> <</if>> <<if $animal == "panther">> //The panther attacks from above. You're pretty badly hurt, but your dad patches you up and you continue.// <br> -2 Health<br><br> <<set $conditionCounter-->> <<set $conditionCounter-->> <<button "Continue" $nextDest>><</button>> <<MoveOn "4">> <</if>>

//You escaped!// <<timed .5s>> <br><br> <<goto $nextDest>> <</timed>>

<<Swamp "Swamp4" "gator" "That <span style=\"color:green\">gator</span> looks hungry." "long">>

<<Swamp "Swamp5" "panther" "That <span style=\"color:yellow\">panther</span> is licking her lips." "long">>

@@.fade-in;//Quite shaken, you look around as your dad binds your wounds and gives you some water. He hugs you, pats you on the back, and you both return to the muck.//@@ <br><br> <<button "Continue Swimming" $whichStart>><<set $conditionCounter to 6>><</button>> <<if visited() gt 2>> <<button "Take The Safe Way" $toHill>><<set $conditionCounter to 6>><</button>> <</if>>

<<Swamp "TempoQuickens" "python" "A <span style=\"color:red\">python</span> swims your way and sticks out its tongue." "long">>

<<Swamp "Swamp7" "panther" "A <span style=\"color:yellow\">panther</span> looks down at you from a tree branch above the water..." "short">>

<<Swamp "Swamp9" "python" "A <span style=\"color:red\">python</span> swims your way from your right side. It looks hungry." "short">>

<<set $swamp to false>> <<set _temp to [ "For another twenty minutes, you keep kicking your legs and pulling yourself across the swamp as your dad fends off the wildlife.", "You reach a gap in the trees and find a line of logs, stripped of their bark and piled in small pyramids.", "They form the edge of a watery, 10-foot-wide lane that runs into the distance.", "You remark: I think we found the Dismal Canal.", "Your dad nods.", "As you poke your head around the bend and look up the lane, you see the light of a campfire.<<set $william to false>>", "Phew! We made it.", "<<goto $toHill>>", ]>> <<if visited() gt 1>> <<goto $toHill>> <<else>> //<<Rep _temp>>// <</if>>

<<Swamp "Swamp8" "gator" "An <span style=\"color:green\">alligator</span> growls at you from the shore and plunges into the water." "short">>

<<set $swamp to false>> <<set _noGo to false>> @@.fade-in;<span id="intro">@@.fade-in;//They come at you even faster now.//@@</span>@@ <<timed 2s>> <<replace "#intro">>@@.fade-out;//They come at you even faster now.//@@<</replace>> <</timed>> <<timed 3s>> <<goto Swamp6>> <<set $swamp to true>> <</timed>>

<<Swamp "TempoQuick2" "gator" "An <span style=\"color:green\">alligator</span> enters the water from your left side and swims your way." "short">>

<<set $swamp to false>> <<set _noGo to false>> <<set _passage to "The swamp gets even denser now and animals are everywhere.">> @@.fade-in;<span id="intro">@@.fade-in;//_passage//@@</span>@@ <<timed 2s>> <<replace "#intro">>@@.fade-out;//_passage//@@<</replace>> <</timed>> <<timed 3s>> <<goto Swamp10>> <<set $swamp to true>> <</timed>>

<<Swamp "Swamp11" "python" "A <span style=\"color:red\">python</span> swims your way from your right side. It looks hungry.">>

<<Swamp "Swamp12" "python" "Another <span style=\"color:red\">python</span> swims your way from your left side. It also looks hungry.">>

<<Swamp "Swamp13" "gator" "An <span style=\"color:green\">alligator</span> is moving slowly towards you on your left.">>

<<Swamp "OutroDismal" "panther" "A <span style=\"color:yellow\">panther</span> gets ready to pounce from a nearby ridge.">>

<<button "Go The Dangerous Way" $whichStart>><</button>> <<button "Go The Safe Way" $toHill>><</button>> /* <<if hasVisited("Listen To The Conversation")>> <<if $toHill == "Congregation Hill">> <<set $william to false>> <<else>> <<set $william to true>> <</if>> <</if>> */

<<Swamp "Swamp2Alt" "panther" "A <span style=\"color:yellow\">panther</span> approaches from your right." "short">> <<set $conditionCounter to 6>> <<set $swamp to true>> <<set $whichStart to "Swamp1">>

<<Swamp "Swamp3Alt" "python" "You spot a <span style=\"color:red\">python</span> swimming your way. He's looking at you eagerly." "long">>

<<Swamp "Swamp4Alt" "panther" "A <span style=\"color:yellow\">panther</span> is salivating up on a branch." "long">>

<<Swamp "Swamp5Alt" "gator" "That <span style=\"color:green\">gator</span> only appears to be sleeping. Better wake him up." "long">>

<<Swamp "TempoQuickens" "python" "A <span style=\"color:red\">python</span> is following you in the mud to your right." "long">>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Lady In Purple:</b> Oh my!! Dear!! What happened to you??", "<b>Briana:</b> I, I was trying to pass through the Dismal Swamp. We were surveying it for General Washington, and I lost my team!!", "I don\'t know how we were separated, but I\'ve been wandering for days!", "<b>Lady In Purple:</b> Well, that is just terrible!!", "//She puts her hand up to her mouth.//", "<b>Lady In Purple:</b> Why don\'t you go down to the water and clean up, hmm?", "You can\'t walk around looking like //that//, now //can// you??", "<b>Briana:</b> <<button [[Oh, you\'re so kind, I\'ll do that!|West Patriot Camp]]>><</button>> <<button [[Oh, watch me!!|IntroReponse]]>><</button>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Colonel Woodford:</b> General Washington insists that winning this war may very well depend on our success here today!", "The slave insurrection in Virginia must be exposed for what it is: utterly futile!", "And this must happen quickly, before it spreads to the rest of the colonies...", "So!", "//The Colonel stands up very straight.//", "<b>Colonel Woodford:</b> Since Lord Dunmore has resorted to such devious methods for his battle against us, we will pay him back in kind.", "//The Colonel looks around.//", "<b>Colonel Woodford:</b> Simon, where are you? ", "//The Colonel claps twice//", "Are you ready to play your part?", "<b>Colonel Woodford's Aide:</b> Sir, Simon is quite ill. I found him moaning in his tent earlier this afternoon…", "<b>Colonel Woodford:</b> A case of the pox? ", "<b>Aide:</b> I believe it is some kind of infection, sir.", "<b>Colonel Woodford:</b> Shit. And we rehearsed this plan all morning!", "<<goto Woodford2>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Aide:</b> Perhaps someone else could carry the message…", "//The aide looks around and spots Briana listening in from the side of the tent.//", "<b>Aide:</b> You there? Girl… come here.", "<b>Briana:</b> Sir, I\'d be happy to volunteer, sir! Anything for the cause, sir!", "//You salute.//", "<b>Colonel Woodford:</b> And you are?", "<b>Briana:</b> A daughter of Liberty, sir. Briana Little. Been in the mix since the Stamp Act riots of ‘65, when we scared the wits out of Governor Colden back in New York! ", "I heard your call for support and I came straight away.", "<b>Colonel Woodford:</b> Hmm. Well, might you be available for a secret mission? It\'s of the utmost importance… ", "<b>Briana:</b> Of course sir! What is it?", "<b>Colonel Woodford:</b> We need an African... And as much as I will regret Simon's absence during such an important mission, maybe you will do. ", "<<goto Assignment>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Briana:</b> What\'s the assignment, sir?", "<b>Colonel Woodford:</b> Someone from our ranks must pretend to defect to Dunmore\'s Regiment...", "Dunmore must believe that you\'ve turned against me, and that you wish to join your fellow Africans in their ridiculous display of disloyalty.", "<b>Briana:</b> Got it so far.", "<b>Colonel Woodford:</b> Good.", "You will explain that the Patriot forces are weak: our reinforcements never arrived, and the men we have are scared and poorly trained. ", "<b>Briana:</b> But, that\'s not true, sir… there must be 1,000 men here, and they don\'t look like new recruits...", "<b>Colonel Woodford:</b> That\'s because they\'re not! These are some of the most experienced militiamen in Virginia. And we have 1,200 men, not 1,000. But Dunmore musn\'t know. Tell him we have 300 scared, trembling boys in uniform.", "The smoke from his own fires has cut off his view of our side of the river, so he can't possibly be tracking our troop build-up, and we've seen no evidence of scouts. He's not exactly the most organized of generals.", "<b>Briana:</b> So you want him to think that you\'re weak, sir?", "<b>Colonel Woodford:</b> Yes, yes! So weak, that Dunmore will believe that we will run away if challenged. The goal of your infiltration is to encourage Dunmore to march over that bridge and straight towards our forces. ", "<b>Briana:</b> You want him to attack straight-on, sir?", "<b>Colonel Woodford:</b> Yes. With our positioning, fortifications, and generous numbers, I believe we will carry the day.", "<b>Briana:</b> I see. Sounds simple enough to me. I can do this, I think. Shall I leave now?", "<b>Colonel Woodford:</b> No! Wait until this evening when the dark will hide you. It will make your ‘escape' more believable.", "You can walk out beyond the breastwork, cross the bridge, and then throw yourself at the mercy of those savages.", "And make sure you really put your heart into it.", "<b>Briana:</b> I will, sir! I\'m honored to help, sir. ", "<b>Colonel Woodford:</b> That's a good girl! Now, wait until the stroke of midnight to make your run, hmm?", "//The Colonel turns his back to you as he continues to converse with his aides, and you walk away.//", "<<goto 'Great Bridge'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "//The next day you regroup and hunt around for something to show the guard...//", "<<goto 'East Patriot Camp'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $satchelFlash to false>>

<<set _temp to [ "//That night you try again...//", "<<goto 'Great Bridge'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

[[To Be Continued|https://portraitofatyrant.com/wiki/?episode=5]] <<set $footerDisplay to "">>

@@.fixed;<img src='images/episode-5/10FortWest.png' alt='This is the West side of Fort Murray.'/>@@

@@.fixed;<img src='images/episode-5/10FortEast.png' alt='This is the east side of Fort Murray.'/>@@

<<if hasVisited("Talk To Lord Dunmore")>> @@.fixed;<img src='images/episode-5/10FortCenterDun.png' alt='This is the inside of Fort Murray. Dunmore is in his Command Tent.' />@@ <<else>> @@.fixed;<img src='images/episode-5/10FortCenterNoDun.png' alt='This is the inside of Fort Murray. Dunmore is nowhere to be found.'/>@@ <</if>>

<<set _tempLord to [ "<b>Briana:</b> Lord Dunmore?", "//No response.//", "<b>Briana:</b> Sir?", "<b>Lord Dunmore:</b> What is it? You're interrupting something very important, you know.", "<b>Briana:</b> Sir. I have intelligence for you, from the Patriot camp. ", "//He doesn\'t respond.//", "<b>Briana:</b> Sir? ", "<b>Lord Dunmore:</b> Do I know you?", "<b>Briana:</b> No, sir.", "<b>Lord Dunmore:</b> Then meet me at my tent in ten minutes and we will discuss this matter further. Now leave me! ", "I do my best thinking in here and you are despoiling it!", "<b>Briana:</b> Very good, sir. Talk to you later, then.", "<<goto DunmoreLeave>>", ]>> <<Rep _tempLord>>

<<set _temp to [ "I don't want to see your men die. So I'm going to level with you: The militia across the bridge sent me to try to convince you to attack them head-on.", "<b>Lord Dunmore:</b> They //want// me to attack?", "<b>Briana:</b> Yes. They have 1,200 troops and counting, more and more every day. Their breastworks are deep and well-constructed and you\'ll be completely outgunned if you walk in there.", "<b>Lord Dunmore:</b> They sent you to spy on me?", "<b>Briana:</b> Yes.", "<b>Lord Dunmore:</b> And you\'re telling me all of this because?", "<b>Briana:</b> Because these men are counting on you not to lead them into a trap.", "If you don't attack, you\'ll be at a stalemate at Great Bridge, which is to your advantage.", "If you can hold your position here, you can force the Virginians to hold their position there, and you, Lord Dunmore, can move on to more productive efforts with the rest of your troops somewhere else, while these men hold down the Fort.", "<b>Lord Dunmore:</b> My, my, my! What to do? Can I trust the word of a spy?", "<b>Briana:</b> How many other options do you have? ", "<b>Lord Dunmore:</b> Plenty!", "Men! Get her out of here!", "We attack at dawn. AS PLANNED!", "<<goto \'The Battle\'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "//Just then you hear a moaning and whining back near the cabins.//<<set $dolores to true>>", "//A young woman pulls back a burlap curtain and walks out of her cabin toward the fire.//", "//She's carrying a baby who is surprisingly loud for such a tiny thing.//", "<<goto AlrightDolores>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Older Brother:</b> Is everything all right, Dolores? What\'s going on with Casey?", "<b>Dolores:</b> Oh, the little dear is just fighting off a fever. It\'s probably all the mosquito bites.", "She needs to sleep—I don\'t know how I\'m going to settle her down...", "//She pointedly looks over at the Older Brother.//", "//The Older Brother turns back to Briana and Dolores walks back towards her cabin<<set $dolores to false>>.//", "<<goto TradeBrothers>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<if !$Documents.includes("Dunmore's Proclamation")>>@@.differentVisited;[[Open The Desk Drawer]]@@<<else>>[[Open The Desk Drawer]]<</if>> <<if !hasVisited("Take The Canteen Of Water")>>[[Take The Canteen Of Water]]<</if>> <<if !hasVisited("Take The Apple")>>[[Take The Apple]]<</if>> <<if !hasVisited("Take The Hardtack")>>[[Take The Hardtack]]<</if>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Dunmore's Tent]]">>

<<PickUp "Empty Canteen">> <<set $lastScene to "TakeDeskFood">>

<<PickUp "Apple">> <<set $lastScene to "TakeDeskFood">>

<<PickUp "Cooked Hardtack">> <<set $lastScene to "TakeDeskFood">>

<<set _temp to [ "<<goto 'Western Grounds Of Fort Murray'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "//You approach the ill soliders around the fire, and offer your canteen. They gratefully accept it, pass it around, and return it to you empty.//", "//They look relieved.//", "<<if !hasVisited(\"LatrineTip\")>><<goto LatrineTip>><<else>><<goto SickMenHelp>><</if>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "//You turn to the soliders at your right, and offer your canteen. They gratefully accept it, and return it to you empty.<<set $inventory.delete('Full Canteen')>><<set $inventory.push('Empty Canteen')>>//", "<<goto $newPassage>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

//A barrel of water. Seems like Dunmore's private supply.// <<if $inventory.includes("Empty Canteen")>> <<set $satchelFlash to true>> <<elseif !$inventory.includes("Full Canteen")>> @@.fade-in;// I wish I had something to drink from.//@@<br><br> <</if>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Dunmore's Tent][$satchelFlash to false]]">>

<<set _temp to [ "//Across from the entrance to the fort, you see several men sitting around a fire.//", "//Two men are laying on the cold ground, the others near them are moaning.//", "//The soldiers standing a few paces away eye them skeptically.//", "<b>Briana:</b> Hey, are you all right?", "<b>Soldier:</b> I feel terrible.", "<b>Briana:</b> What\'s wrong with you?", "<b>Soldier:</b> I\'m not sure. Can\'t keep anything down… got a bad headache.", "<b>Briana:</b> I\'ll try to find you some water. What about him?", "<b>Soldier:</b> Oh, he\'s got the pox. Look at his neck… been oozing all day.", "//You wince.//", "<b>Briana:</b> Well, ah, shouldn\'t we move him or something? Don\'t want us all to get infected...", "<b>Soldier:</b> I guess so… I don\'t know… not my job…", "It\'s taking all my energy not to die, right now...", "You\'d think that cheap piece of shit, Dunmore, never heard of sanitation!", "And the ships are worse: an unholy disaster! You //don't// want to know!", "<<goto 'SickMenHelp'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Briana:</b> There has to be something <<if visited() gt 2>>more <</if>>I can do to help...", "<b>Soldier:</b> We\'re so hungry...", "<<if $inventory.includes('Apple') || $inventory.includes('Cooked Hardtack') || $inventory.includes('Full Canteen')>> <b>Briana:</b> I\'ve got some goodies I stole from Dunmore. Interested? <<set $satchelFlash to true>> <<elseif $inventory.includes('Swamp Fufu')>> <b>Briana:</b> I think I've got something you'll like... <<set $satchelFlash to true>> <<else>> <b>Briana:</b> I\'ll see what I can do, friend. I\'m sorry you\'re hungry...<<set $satchelFlash to false>> <</if>>", ]>> <<set $footerDisplay to "[[Back|Western Grounds Of Fort Murray]]">> <<if hasVisited("GiveApple") && hasVisited("GiveHardtack")>> @@.fade-in;<b>Briana:</b> I'll see if I can find anything more to eat. Hang in there...@@ <<set $satchelFlash to false>> <<else>> <<Rep _temp>> <</if>>

<<set _temp to [ "You give the cooked hardtack to the soldier lying on the ground near the fire.", "He takes it from you with a nod, and embraces it like a teddybear, curling up around it and closing his eyes.", "He starts to nibble the large cracker-loaf.", "After a minute, he extends his legs, sits up, and opens his eyes.", "The expression on his face is much less pained and desperate.", "<<if !hasVisited(\"LatrineTip\")>><<goto LatrineTip>><<else>><<goto SickMenHelp>><</if>>", ]>> //<<Rep _temp>>//

<<set _temp to [ "//You give the apple to the sick soldier bent on the ground near the fire.//", "He looks so pleased when he registers the gift that tears come to his eyes.//", "//He eats the apple and turns back to the fire. He scoots over, making room for you.//", "<<if !hasVisited(\"LatrineTip\")>><<goto LatrineTip>><<else>><<goto SickMenHelp>><</if>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Briana:</b> Lord Dunmore! <<if hasVisited('Talk To Lord Dunmore')>>We haven't really met, but we have talked!<<else>> I'm new to the camp. But I came to help in your effort, Sir.<</if>>", "<b>Dummore:</b> Don't waste my time, girl.", "//He turns to his aide.//", "<b>Dummore:</b> Remove her, please, Fordyce.", "<<if hasVisited(\"GiveCanteen\") || hasVisited(\"GiveHardtack\") || hasVisited(\"GiveApple\") || hasVisited(\"GiveSickFufu\")>> <<goto ThankBriana>><<else>><<goto TossBriana>><</if>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "//You give the fufu to the sick soldier bent on the ground near the fire.//", "//He turns to you with a huge smile, then eats the fufu as he turns back to the fire.//", "<<if !hasVisited(\"LatrineTip\")>><<goto LatrineTip>><<else>><<goto SickMenHelp>><</if>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Fordyce:</b> Ah, sir. I believe this is the girl we heard about just now from Captain Leslie.", "He observed her giving food and water to the men.", "We certainly would not want to turn away someone so kind.", "<b>Briana:</b> Oh, thank you, sir. But I didn\'t do it to get anyone's approval.", "They\'re really suffering over there in that little cluster near the latrines. What\'s wrong with them, do you know?", "<b>Fordyce:</b> Our doctors are trying to understand.", "So far, we\'re not sure why the men are falling ill. But rest assured, we will find the cause and stamp it out!", "<b>Briana:</b> Oh, I'm sure you will, Captain.", "<<goto 'Talk To Lord Dunmore About Your Mission'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Dunmore:</b> Get her out of here! I must concentrate. The battle is imminent!", "<b>Briana:</b> No, sir. Wait!! I have important information for you from the Patriot Camp.", "<<goto 'Talk To Lord Dunmore About Your Mission'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Briana:</b> Ah, you know, I was just wondering where I can find Lord Dunmore. Have you seen him?", "<b>Soldier:</b> Oh! Our flatulent savior? He's <<if hasVisited(\"Listen In On The Conversation\")>>is his command tent, I believe, inside the fort.<<else>>in the latrine, I'd wager. Seems to be his preferred haunt.<</if>>", "<b>Briana:</b> Ah, perfect. Thank you. I hope you feel better, I really do.", "<<goto 'Western Grounds Of Fort Murray'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $satchelFlash to false>>

<<set _temp to [ '//You dip your canteen into the barrel and watch as it gurgles and fills with water.// <<set $inventory.delete("Empty Canteen")>> <<set $inventory.unshift("Full Canteen")>>', "//Excellent.//", "<<goto \"Dunmore's Tent\">>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>> <<set $satchelFlash to false>>

<<set _temp to [ "You break off a tiny chunk of your $food and offer it to the parakeet.", "After a moment of head-tilting, she leans forward and very gently lifts it out of your hand with her beak.", "She seems pleased as she settles in and starts to chew on it.", "<<goto Parakeet>>", ]>> <<set _tempFull to [ "You pour a tiny bit of water from your canteen into your cupped hand, and offer it to the bird.", "After a moment of head-tilting, she leans forward and very gently licks some of it up with her tiny tongue.", "She seems pleased as she ruffles her feathers and settles back.", "<<goto Parakeet>>", ]>> <<if $food == "full canteen">> <<Rep _tempFull>> <<else>> <<Rep _temp>> <</if>> <<set $satchelFlash to false>>

@@.fixed;<img src='images/episode-5/DunTents.png' alt='Two Ethiopian Regiment troops crawl out from inside their tent to inspect their uniforms.'/>@@

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Dad:</b> I\'m not kidding around. I'm really ready to take the chance.", "We\'re in this //death-trap of a swamp// because it was the best of a bad set of options.", "Where else could we go? The colonies won\'t have us...", "But Dunmore can change that...", "He can give them something to //fear//! Something to crack their resistance to living WITH us, rather than OFF OF us.", "It\'s worth the fight. It is.", "<b>Briana:</b> But... there's something new happening out there, right now, Dad!", "There are plans to declare a new nation. We could break away, start fresh!!", "It might offer a way forward where we don\'t have to turn against our own people…", "I mean, I don\'t agree with everything the Sons of Liberty do, but I don\'t want to go to war against them... how can you do this??!", "<b>Dad:</b> I\'m not asking //you// to go to war, my dear.", "<b>Briana:</b> But you\'re asking your congregants…", "You're telling an entire village it's the //right// thing to do.", "<b>Dad:</b> And? Isn't it?", "<b>Briana:</b> You don't //know// if it's the right thing to do. You have to tell them that.", "<b>Dad:</b> It's morally right. Who cares what Dunmore's motives are?", "<b>Briana:</b> We //really// need to find out more, Dad. You can't just run into his arms at the snap of his fingers...", "There's something wrong here, can't you feel it?", "Is there anywhere in the swamp that isn\'t quite so isolated? Anywhere more connected to the outside world? We need more to go on...", "//Dad sighs.//", "<b>Dad:</b> I suppose...Dismal Town would do.", "<<goto RunnersChoices>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp1 to [ "<b>Woman Holding A Child:</b> Dunmore doesn\'t actually //mind// slavery—he doesn't feel strongly that it should be abolished. He just wants to hurt the rebel farmers by taking their slaves away from them.", "<<goto 'Talk To The Camp Followers'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp1>>

//William runs to you sobbing, and gives you a long, lingering hug.// <<timed 8s>> <<goto "Congregation Hill">> <</timed>> <<set $footerDisplay to "">> <<set $hug to true>>

<<set _temp to [ "//With tears still in his eyes, he turns to the congregants://", "My friends! This is my daughter Briana! She and I haven\'t seen each other in almost ten years. Please, forgive me, we will continue the sermon tomorrow so I may give Briana a proper greeting. ", "//The congregants disperse to give you some privacy.//", "<<goto Reunited>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set $QPassage to "">> <<set $Q2Passage to "">> <<set $Q3Passage to "">> <<set $Q4Passage to "">> <<set $Q5Passage to "">> <<set $Q6Passage to "">> <<if !hasVisited("The Dismal Fort")>> <<set $QPassage to "The Dismal Fort">> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("The Dismal Fort")>> <<set $QPassage to "East Dismal Swamp Village">> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("East Dismal Swamp Village")>> <<set $QPassage to "Congregation Hill">> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("Reunited")>> <<set $QPassage to "East Dismal Swamp Village">> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("AllLeaveEndRunner")>> <<set $QPassage to "Congregation Hill">> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("AllLeaveEndRunner") && !hasVisited("Take The Fufu") && !hasVisited("Take The Ocarina")>> <<set $Q2Passage to "East Dismal Swamp Village">> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("AllLeaveEndRunner") && !hasVisited("CanalmenAnswerQuestions")>> <<set $Q4Passage to "Lake Drummond">> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("ToCanal")>> <<set $QPassage to "Dismal Canal Company Camp">> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("DoloresChallenge") && !hasVisited("PlayOcarina")>> <<set $Q3Passage to "Dismal Cabins">> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("CanalmenAnswerQuestions")>> <<set $QPassage to "Top Of Great Bridge Hill">> <<set $Q2Passage to " ">> <<set $Q4Passage to " ">> <<set $Q3Passage to " ">> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("Make A Plan")>> <<set $QPassage to "West Patriot Camp">> <<set $Q3Passage to " ">> <<set $Q4Passage to " ">> <<set $Q2Passage to " ">> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("PutOnDress")>> <<set $QPassage to "East Patriot Camp">> <<set $Q2Passage to "East Patriot Camp">> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("Take The Hat")>> <<set $Q2Passage to "">> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("Assignment")>> <<set $QPassage to "Great Bridge">> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("GiveCertificate")>> <<set $QPassage to "Fort Murray">> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("The Battle")>> <<set $QPassage to "Congregation Hill">> <</if>> <<if hasVisited("EndEnd")>> <<set $QPassage to " ">> <</if>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Chitto:</b> Well, that was something special...", "Congratulations, Briana. I know you've been waiting a long time to see him again.", "<b>Briana:</b> Ten years, Chitto. I couldn't have done it without you.", "<b>Chitto:</b> Well, thank //you// for introducing me to //this// place... it's quite something.", "<b>Briana:</b> Hey, want to come take a walk with me and my Dad? Get a tour of the place?", "<b>Chitto:</b> I'd love to!", "<<goto 'Congregation Hill'>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<set _temp to [ "<b>Dad:</b> Can I maybe look over your notes? That would really help me understand what you saw out there.", "<b>Briana:</b> Oh, sure, of course.", "<<goto Inventory>>", ]>> <<Rep _temp>>

<<if $canoe && $conditionCounter lt 0>> <<goto BoatBroke>> <</if>> <script>window.scrollTo(0, 1);</script> <<set $debug to false>> <<script>> if (SugarCube.State.active.variables.newPassage !== SugarCube.State.active.variables.oldPassage){ window.triggeredByPassageEnd(); SugarCube.State.active.variables.oldPassage == SugarCube.State.active.variables.newPassage; } <</script>> <<if $debug>> <<set _visited to visited()>> /*_visited $visitedOne last = $lastScene visitedOne: $visitedOne lastScene: $lastScene*/ /*william: $william motherCooking: $motherCooking */ <div class="inventoryPosRewind"> <<back " ">> </div> /*<<back " ">>*/ <</if>> <<if passage()=="Inventory" && $lastScene == "Inventory">><<set $lastScene to $newPassage>><</if>> <<if not tags().includes("noHead") && not tags().includes(".canoe") && not tags().includes(".container") && not tags().includes(".headlines") && not tags().includes(".center") && not tags().includes(".notebookMaster") && not tags().includes("inventoryTag") && not tags().includes("document")>> <<if tags().includes("newPassage")>> <<set $lastScene to $newPassage>> <<set $newPassage to passage()>> <h2>$newPassage.</h2><hr> <<else>> <h2>$newPassage.</h2><hr> <</if>> <<svg MasterBackground>> <<include SidebarBac>> <<if not tags().includes("cutscene")>><</if>> <</if>> <<if $visitedOne!==passage()>> <<set $passageCounter to 0>> <</if>> <<set $visitedOne to passage()>>

<<if not tags().includes(".center") && not tags().includes(".container") && not tags().includes(".headlines") && not tags().includes("document") && not tags().includes(".canoe") && not tags().includes("inventoryTag")>> <div class="footerPosition">@@.differentVisited;$footerDisplay@@</div> <</if>> <<if $canoe && passage()!=="BoatBroke">><h7><br>Boat Condition: $conditionCounter/4</h7> <<if $conditionCounter lt 1>> <<if $canoeSwitch == 0>> <<goto BoatBroke>> <<else>> <<goto BoatBroke2>> <</if>> <</if>> <</if>> <<if $swamp && passage()!=="Heal">><h7><br>Health: $conditionCounter/6</h7> <<if $conditionCounter lt 1>> <<goto Heal>> <</if>> <</if>> <<set $checkNow to $checkStatus>> <<if $newPassage == "Brownsborough Trade Depot" || $newPassage == "Buzzard's Roost Trade Depot" || $newPassage == "Galphin Trading Post" || $newPassage == "Cusseta Trade Depot">> <div class="inventoryPos"> <<button "Satchel" "Inventory">><<set $inventoryHeading to "">> <<if passage()!=="examine">><</if>> <<set $inventoryHeading to "">><<set $document to false>><<set $notebook to false>><<set $lastScene to passage()>> <</button>> </div> <</if>> /*Update Inventory Heading*/ <<if (passage()=="Inventory" || tags().includes("document") || tags().includes("inventoryTag")) && previous() !=="RaidEnd" && previous() !=="TheRaid" && not tags().includes("cutscene") >> <<if !tags().includes("showMap")>> <<if !$oyster>> <div class="backButton"> <<button " " $lastScene>><<set $document to false>><<set $notebook to false>> <<if passage()=="Inventory" && $lastScene == "Inventory">><<set $lastScene to $newPassage>><<set $notebook to false>><</if>> <<set $notebook to false>> <<set $showFooter to true>><<set $inventoryHeading to "">><<set $examineNow to false>><<set $passageCounter to 0>><<set $satchelFlash to false>> <</button>> </div> <<else>> <div class="glow-buttonSing"><div class="singButton"> <<button $buttonLabelSing $lastScene>><<set $document to false>><<set $notebook to false>> <<if passage()=="Inventory" && $lastScene == "Inventory">><<set $lastScene to $newPassage>><<set $notebook to false>><</if>> <<set $notebook to false>> <<set $showFooter to true>><<set $inventoryHeading to "">><<set $examineNow to false>><<set $passageCounter to 0>><<set $satchelFlash to false>> <</button>> </div> </div> <</if>> <<else>> <div class="inventoryPos"> <<button "Satchel" "Inventory">> <<set $inventoryHeading to "">> /*<<set $document to false>>*/ <<set $notebook to false>> <<set $lastScene to passage()>> <</button>> </div> <div class="mapButton"> <<button "Map" "Map">><<set $lastScene to passage()>> <</button>> </div> <</if>> <<if !$oyster>> <div class="homeButton"> <<if passage() is "Inventory" || passage() is "Notebook" || passage() is "Map">> <<button [[|Start Game]]>><<set $lastScene to passage()>><<set $footerDisplay to "">><</button>> <</if>> </div> <</if>> <<else>> <<if (not tags().includes("noHead") && not tags().includes("cutscene") && not tags().includes(".canoe") && not tags().includes(".container") && not tags().includes(".headlines") && not tags().includes(".notebookMaster") && not tags().includes("inventoryTag") && not tags().includes("document") && not tags().includes(".center")) || tags().includes("showMap") >> <<if $satchelFlash>> <div class="glow-button"><div class="inventoryPos"><<button "Glowing Satchel" "Inventory">><<set $inventoryHeading to "">><<if passage()!=="examine">><<set $lastScene to passage()>><</if>><<set $document to false>><<set $notebook to false>><</button>></div></div> <<else>> <div class="inventoryPos"><<button "Satchel" "Inventory">><<set $inventoryHeading to "">><<set $inventoryHeading to "">><<set $document to false>><<set $notebook to false>><<set $lastScene to passage()>><</button>></div> /*Update Inventory Heading*/ <</if>> <<if (passage() !== "Intro" || $passageCounter !==0) && passage() !== "Start Game">> <div class="mapButton"> <<button "Map" "Map">><<set $lastScene to passage()>> <</button>> </div> <</if>> <</if>> <</if>> /*passage # = $passageCounter*/ /*satchel flash = $satchelFlash*/ <<set $currentPassage to passage()>> /*<<set alert("current passage ="+$currentPassage+"previous passage"+previous())>>*/

/*<<set alert("Passage visited:"+$visitedOne+" Passage Name:"+passage())>> <<set alert("Last Passage Name:"+$lastScene)>>*/ <div class="sideBarSizer"></div>

<<set $showFooter to false>> /* Inventory functionality */ <div class="centerEverything"> <div class="notebookButtons"> <<include InventoryTopButtons>> </div> <<if $document && !$notebook>> <<include LineSpikeMiddle>> <<else>> <<if $notebook>> <<include LineSpikeRight>> <<else>> <<include LineSpike>> <</if>> <</if>> <br> <div class="inventoryContainer"> <div class="inventoryLeftSideContainer"> <div class="inventoryBoxLeft"> <<if $document>> <div class="selectFontII">Select A Document:</div> /*check status: $checkStatus check now: $checkNow*/ <<for _i to 0; _i < $Documents.length; _i++>> <<set _item to $Documents[_i]>> /*<<set alert("the referenced item is:"+_item)>> <<set alert("check now is"+$checkNow)>>*/ <<if _item==$checkStatus>> <div class="radioColor"><label> <div class="radioShape"><<radiobutton "$checkStatus" $items[_item].name checked>> $items[_item].name</div> </label> </div> <<else>> <label> /*<<set alert("unchecked"+"the referenced item is:"+_item)>>*/ <div class="radioShape"><<radiobutton "$checkStatus" $items[_item].name>> $items[_item].name</div> </label> <</if>> <</for>> <<else>> <div class="selectFontII">Select An Item:</div> /*check status: $checkStatus check now: $checkNow*/ <<for _i to 0; _i < $inventory.length; _i++>> <<set _item to $inventory[_i]>> /*<<set alert("the referenced item is:"+_item)>> <<set alert("check now is"+$checkNow)>>*/ <<if _item==$checkStatus>> <label> <div class="radioShape"><<radiobutton "$checkStatus" $items[_item].name checked>> $items[_item].name </div> </label> <<else>> <label> /*<<set alert("unchecked"+"the referenced item is:"+_item)>>*/ <div class="radioShape"><<radiobutton "$checkStatus" $items[_item].name>> $items[_item].name </div> </label> <</if>> <</for>> <</if>> </div> </div> <div class="inventoryBox"> <div class="selectFont"> </div> @@.fade-in;//<h4>$inventoryHeading</h4>//@@ /*<div class="selectFont"><<if !$document>>Act on an item:<<else>>Act on a document:<</if>></div>*/ <div class="inventory"> <<if $inventoryOptions && $checkStatus !=="">> <<link [['Give'|Inventory]]>><<set $gaveSomething to false>><<set $inventoryHeading to "<<include 'give'>>">><</link>> <<link [['Throw'|Inventory]]>><<set $inventoryHeading to "<<include 'throw'>>">><</link>> <<link [['Swing'|Inventory]]>><<set $inventoryHeading to "<<include 'swing'>>">><</link>> <<link [['Use'|Inventory]]>> <<set $inventoryHeading to "<<include 'use'>>">><</link>> <<link [['Combine'|Inventory]]>><<set $combined to false>><<set $inventoryOptions to false>> <<script>> state.display(state.active.title, null, "back") <</script>> <<set $inventoryHeading to "Combine "+'<span style="color: #e1755d;"> $tempCheck</span>'+ " with what?">><</link>> <<link [['Dismantle'|Inventory]]>><<set $inventoryHeading to "<<include 'deconstruct'>>">><</link>> <<link 'Examine'>><<set $examineNow to true>><<set $imageOfThingToExamine to "">><<set $textOfThingToExamine to "">> <<if $items[$checkStatus].image == "none">> <<set $inventoryHeading to "$items[$checkStatus].desc">> <<goto Inventory>> <<else>> <<if $checkStatus == "Notebook">> <<set $inventoryHeading to "">><<set $notebook to true>><<set $imageOfThingToExamine to $items["Notebook"].image>> <<goto Notebook>> <<else>> <<set $lastScene to "Inventory">> <<goto examine>> <</if>> <</if>> <</link>> <br><br> <<else>> <<include combine>> <</if>> </div> </div> </div> </div> <<if $inventory.includes("Letter to Colden")>> <<set $inventory.delete("Letter to Colden")>> <<set $Documents.unshift("Letter to Colden")>> <</if>> <<Whisky>> <<Needle>> <<Skin>> <<Trinket>> <<Doll>> <<Bead>>

<<set $checkStatus to "Notebook">> <<include Notebook>>

<div class="inventoryButtonsBoxesDirection"> <<if !$document && !$notebook>> <div class="highlightButton"> @@.inventoryAcross; <<link "Inventory">><<set $inventoryHeading to "">><<set $notebook to false>><<set $document to false>><<set $map to false>> <<script>> state.display(state.active.title, null, "back") <</script>> <</link>> @@ </div> <<else>> @@.inventoryAcross; <<link "Inventory">><<set $inventoryHeading to "">><<set $notebook to false>><<set $document to false>><<set $map to false>> <<script>> state.display(state.active.title, null, "back") <</script>> <</link>> @@ <</if>> <<if $document && !$notebook>> <div class="highlightButton"> @@.inventoryAcross; <<link "Documents">><<set $inventoryHeading to "">><<set $notebook to false>><<set $document to true>><<set $map to false>> <<script>> state.display(state.active.title, null, "back") <</script>> <</link>> @@ </div> <<else>> @@.inventoryAcross; <<link "Documents">><<set $inventoryHeading to "">><<set $notebook to false>><<set $document to true>><<set $map to false>> <<script>> state.display(state.active.title, null, "back") <</script>> <</link>> @@ <</if>> <<if $inventory.includes("Notebook")>> @@.inventoryAcross; <<link "Notebook" "Notebook">><<set $inventoryHeading to "">><<set $notebook to true>><<set $map to false>><<set $checkStatus to "Notebook">><<set $imageOfThingToExamine to $items["Notebook"].image>> <</link>> @@ <</if>> </div>

@@.notebookButtonFont;<h2>Select a Note:</h2>@@ <div class="notebookEntries"> <<for _i to 0; _i < $Notebook.length; _i++>> <<set _item to $Notebook[_i]>> <<print ' <<button "' + $items[_item].name + '" "Notebook">> <<set $noteName to "' + $items[_item].name + '">> <<set $inventoryHeading to "">> <<set $notebook to true>> <<set $notebookText to "' + $items[_item].desc + '">> <</button>> '>> <</for>> </div>

@@.notebookButtonFont;<h2>Select a Song:</h2>@@ <div class="notebookEntries"> <<for _i to 0; _i < $Songbook.length; _i++>> <<set _item to $Songbook[_i]>> <<print ' <<button "' + $items[_item].name + '" "Notebook">> <<set $songName to "' + $items[_item].name + '">> <<set $inventoryHeading to "">> <<set $notebook to true>> <<set $song to true>> <<set $notebookText to "' + $items[_item].desc + '">> <</button>> '>> <</for>> </div>

<<if !$oyster>> <div class="notebookButtons"> /* Inventory functionality */ <div class="inventoryButtonsBoxesDirection"> @@.inventoryAcross; <<link "Inventory" "Inventory">><<set $inventoryHeading to "">><<set $notebook to false>><<set $document to false>> <<script>> state.display(state.active.title, null, "back") <</script>> <</link>> @@ @@.inventoryAcross; <<link "Documents" "Inventory">><<set $inventoryHeading to "">><<set $notebook to false>><<set $document to true>> <<script>> state.display(state.active.title, null, "back") <</script>> <</link>> @@ <div class="highlightButton"> @@.inventoryAcross; <<link "Notebook" "Notebook">> <</link>> @@ </div> <div class="notebookTabsPosition"> <<if !$song>> <div class="highlightTab"> @@.notebookTabsOrientation; <<link "Notes" "Notebook">><<set $inventoryHeading to "">><<set $notebook to true>><<set $song to false>><<set $checkStatus to "Notebook">><<set _notebookEntry to $Notebook[0]>><<set $notebookText to $items[_notebookEntry].desc>> <</link>> @@ </div> <br> <div class="nonHighlightTab"> @@.notebookTabsOrientation; <<link "Songs" "Notebook">><<set $inventoryHeading to "">><<set $notebook to true>><<set $song to true>><<set $checkStatus to "Notebook">><<set $notebookText to $items[$Songbook[0]].desc>> <</link>> @@ </div> <<else>> <div class="nonHighlightTab"> @@.notebookTabsOrientation; <<link "Notes" "Notebook">><<set $inventoryHeading to "">><<set $notebook to true>><<set $song to false>><<set $checkStatus to "Notebook">><<set _notebookEntry to $Notebook[0]>> <<set $notebookText to $items[_notebookEntry].desc>> <</link>> @@ </div> <br> <div class="highlightTab"> @@.notebookTabsOrientation; <<link "Songs" "Notebook">><<set $inventoryHeading to "">><<set $notebook to true>><<set $song to true>><<set $checkStatus to "Notebook">><<set $notebookText to $items[$Songbook[0]].desc>> <</link>> @@ </div> <</if>> </div> </div> <div class="positionLines"> <<include LineSpikeRight>> </div> <br> <</if>> <<if $oyster>> <div class="singDiv"> $singText </div> <</if>> <div class="notebook"> <img src='images/episode-5/Journal.png'/> </div> <div class="notebookEntriesPosition"> <<if !$song>> <<include NotebookButtonEntries>> <<else>> <<include SongbookButtonEntries>> <</if>> </div> <div class="notebookText"> $notebookText </div>

<div class="positionExamine"> <div class="examineColumn"> <div class='letterModeFixed'> $imageOfThingToExamine </div> </div> </div> <div class="letterModeMessage"> $textOfThingToExamine </div>

<div class='fixed'> <div class="poster"> <<if $items[$checkStatus].image != "none">> $items[$checkStatus].image <</if>> </div> </div> <div class="message"> <<include SidebarBac>> $items[$checkStatus].desc </div>

<div class="positionExamine"> <div class="examineColumn"> <div class='letterModeFixed'> $items[$checkStatus].image </div> </div> </div> <div class="letterModeMessage"> $items[$checkStatus].desc </div>

/* *APPEND! AKA APP *************************************** * * **************************************** */ /** * * Masks the <<linkappend>> macro by letting you pass in an array of items * instead of having to detail each one with a <<linkappend>>. * * @param $args[0]: an array of strings, each of which will lead to the next * until the final string is reached * @param $args[1]: current index into strings */ <<set $appStandinVar to "">> <<set $appVar to "<div class='buttonDown'><img src='images/episode-5/down-pointing-red-triangle.png'/></div>">> <<widget 'App'>><<nobr>> <<set _endOfPassage to false>> <<set _firstTime to false>> <<set _strings = $args[0]>> <<set _limit = _strings.length-1>> <<set _link = ''>> <<if _index is undefined>> <<set _index to 0>> <<set _firstTime to true>> <</if>> <div class='plainTexta'> <<if _index lt _limit>> <<linkappend "@@.fade-in;_strings[_index]@@">> <<set _index++>> <<if _index==_limit>> <<if _strings[_index].includes("**")>> <<include _strings[_index]>> <<else>> @@.pulse;_strings[_index]@@<br> <</if>> <<else>> <<App _strings>> <</if>> <</linkappend>> <</if>> </div> <</nobr>> <</widget>> /* *REPLACE WIDGET! AKA REP *************************************** * * **************************************** */ <<widget 'BackButtonForReps'>><<nobr>> <div onclick="event.stopPropagation(); if(SugarCube.State.active.variables.passageCounter>0){SugarCube.State.active.variables.passageCounter--;SugarCube.Engine.show();}/*else{SugarCube.Engine.go(-2)}*/ " class="button-replace replace-back"><img src='images/episode-5/left-arrow.svg'>Back</div> <</nobr>> <</widget>> /** * * Masks the <<linkreplace>> macro by letting you pass in an array of items * instead of having to detail each one with a <<linkreplace>>. * * @param $args[0]: an array of strings, each of which will lead to the next * until the final string is reached * @param $args[1]: current index into strings */ <<widget 'Rep'>><<nobr>> <<set _strings = $args[0]>> <<set _limit = _strings.length-1>> <<set _link = ''>> <<set _firstPass to false>> <<if $passageCounter is undefined>> <<set $passageCounter to 0>> <<set _firstPass to true>> <</if>> <<if $passageCounter > _limit>> <<set $passageCounter to 0>> <<set _firstPass to true>> <</if>> <<if $passageCounter==1 && _firstpass==false>> <<set $passageCounter to 0>> <<set _firstPass to true>> <</if>> <div class='plainTexta'> <<if $passageCounter < _limit>> <<linkreplace "@@.fade-in;_strings[$passageCounter]@@<div class='button-container'><<BackButtonForReps>><div class='button-replace replace-next'>Next <img src='images/episode-5/right-arrow.svg'></div></div>"t8n>> <<set $passageCounter++>> <<script>> state.display(state.active.title, null, "back") <</script>> <<Rep _strings $passageCounter>><</linkreplace>> <<else>> <<if _strings[$passageCounter].includes("**") || _strings[$passageCounter].includes("link") || _strings[$passageCounter].includes("Entry") || _strings[$passageCounter].includes("PickUp") || _strings[$passageCounter].includes("button")>> <<if _strings[$passageCounter].includes("**")>> <<include _strings[$passageCounter]>> <</if>> <<if _strings[$passageCounter].includes("link") || _strings[$passageCounter].includes("[[") || _strings[$passageCounter].includes("<<")|| _strings[$passageCounter].includes("Entry") || _strings[$passageCounter].includes("PickUp") || _strings[$passageCounter].includes("button")>> _strings[$passageCounter] <</if>> <<else>> @@.fade-in;_strings[$passageCounter]@@<br> <</if>> <</if>> </div> <</nobr>> <</widget>> /* *RESTART BUTTON!!! *************************************** * * **************************************** */ <<widget "BackToTop">><<nobr>> <<if passage()!=="Intro">> <<run Engine.backward()>> <<BackToTop>> <</if>> <</nobr>> <</widget>> /* *TOGGLE LAYER! *************************************** * * **************************************** */ /** * Toggles the specified SVG's layer on or off. * * @param {string} svg svg's name * @param {string || array of strings} layer layer name || layers' names * @param {boolean} toggle true = on; false = off; */ <<widget "toggleLayer">><<nobr>> <<print "<script>toggleSvgLayer('" + $args[0] + "', '" + $args[1] + "');</script>">> <<set _toggle to $args[1]>> <<set _on to $args[2]>> <<set _off to $args[3]>> <<script>> const { toggle, on, off } = temporary(); setTimeout(() => { const svgs = document.getElementsByTagName('svg'); if (svgs.length === 0) return; const svg = svgs[0]; if (svg.getElementsByTagName('desc')[0]) { const desc = svg.getElementsByTagName('desc')[0]; const string = toggle ? on : off; var check = desc.innerHTML.includes(string); if(!check){ desc.innerHTML += ' ' + string; } desc.id = 'svg-desc'; desc.setAttribute('role', 'alert'); SugarCube.State.active.variables.imageDescription = desc.innerHTML; } svg.setAttribute('aria-labelledby', 'svg-desc'); svg.setAttribute('role', 'img'); if (svgs.length > 1) { svgs[1].setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true'); } }, 1); <</script>> <</nobr>><</widget>> /* *SVG! *************************************** * * **************************************** */ <<widget "svg">><<nobr>> <<if ((tags().includes('newPassage') && $oldNewPassage!==$newPassage)) || tags().includes('inventoryTag') || tags().includes('document')>> <div class="fixed fade-in"> <div class="svg-filter"> <<include $args[0]>> </div> <<include $args[0]>> </div> <<set $oldNewPassage to $newPassage>> <<else>> <div class="fixed"> <div class="svg-filter"> <<include $args[0]>> </div> <<include $args[0]>> </div> <</if>> <</nobr>><</widget>> /* *MAP!!! *************************************** * * **************************************** */ <<widget "Map">><<nobr>> <<set _settings = $args[0]>> <<set _settingVariables = $args[1]>> <<set _settingHere = $args[2]>> <<set _settingOn = $args[3]>> <<set _settingQ = $args[4]>> <<set _passageQs = $args[5]>> <<for _q to 0; _q < _passageQs.length; _q++>> <<for _i to 0; _i < _settings.length; _i++>> <<set _settingVariables[_i] to hasVisited(_settings[_i])>> <<toggleLayer _settingHere[_i] false>> <<toggleLayer _settingQ[_i] false>> <<switch _passageQs[_q]>> <<case _settingVariables[_i]>> <<toggleLayer _settingQ[_i] true>> <<default>> <</switch>> <<switch _newPassage>> <<case _settingVariables[_i]>> <<toggleLayer _settingHere[_i] true>> <<default>> <</switch>> <<toggleLayer _settingOn[_i] to _settingVariables[_i]>> <</for>> <</for>> <</nobr>> <</widget>> /* *Give!!! *************************************** * * **************************************** */ <<widget 'Give'>><<nobr>> <<set _give = $args[0]>> <<set _goto = $args[1]>> <<set _passage = $args[2]>> <<set _console = $args[3]>> <<if $newPassage==_passage && $inventory.includes(_give)>> <<if !hasVisited(_goto)>> <<set $inventory.delete(_give)>> <<goto _goto>> <</if>> <<else>> _console <</if>> <</nobr>> <</widget>> /* *GoChk!!! *************************************** * * **************************************** */ <<widget 'GoChk'>><<nobr>> <<set _desc = $args[0]>> <<if !hasVisited(_desc)>> <<goto _desc>> <</if>> <</nobr>> <</widget>> *Link Check!!! AKA LnkChk *************************************** * * **************************************** */ <<widget 'LnkChk'>><<nobr>> <<set _to = $args[0]>> <<set _desc = $args[1]>> <<if _desc == undefined>> <<if !hasVisited(_to)>> [[_to]] <</if>> <<else>> <<if !hasVisited(_to)>> <<link _desc _to>><</link>> <</if>> <</if>> <</nobr>> <</widget>> /* *PICK UP!!! *************************************** * * **************************************** */ <<widget 'PickUp'>><<nobr>><<silently>> <<set _string = $args[0]>> <<set _plural = $args[1]>> <<set _examine = $args[2]>> <<set _poster = $args[3]>> <<set _noPickUp = $args[4]>> <<set _noDesc = $args[5]>> <</silently>> <i> <<if $inventory.includes(_string)>> <<set $inventory.delete(_string)>> <</if>> <<if $Documents.includes(_string)>> <<set $Documents.delete(_string)>> <</if>> <<if !_noPickUp>> @@.pulse;//You pick up the <span style='color: #e1755d;'>''_string''</span> and stow <<if _plural is true>>them<<else>>it<</if>> in your ''Satchel''!//@@<br><br> <</if>> <<if !_examine && !_poster && !_noDesc>> $items[_string].desc <</if>> <<if _examine || _poster>> <<set $items[_string].status to true>> <<if $Documents[0]=="Empty">> <<set $Documents[0] to _string>> <<else>> /*<<if !$items[_string].status>>*/ <<set $Documents.unshift(_string)>> /*<</if>>*/ <</if>> <<set $checkStatus to _string>> <<else>> <<set $items[_string].status to true>> <<if $inventory[0]=="Empty">> <<set $inventory[0] to _string>> <<else>> <<set $inventory.unshift(_string)>> <</if>> <<set $checkStatus to _string>> <</if>> <<if _examine is true>> <<include "examine">> <</if>> <<if _poster is true>> <<include "poster">> <</if>> <<if _noPickUp>> <<set $Documents.splice($Documents.indexOf(_string),1)>> <</if>> <<if !_examine && !_poster>> /* <<include "Inventory">>*/ <</if>> <<set $footerDisplay to "<<link 'Back' $lastScene>><</link>>">> /*<<set $lastScene to $newPassage>>*/ </i> <</nobr>> <</widget>> /* *UPDATE SCORE! *************************************** * * **************************************** */ <<widget 'UpdateScore'>> <<nobr>> <<for _loop to 0; _loop < 64; _loop++>> <<set $moleHolesII[_loop] to "<<button ' '>><</button>>">> <</for>> <<for _i to 0; _i < $moleScore; _i++>> <<set _mathVarQ to Math.floor((Math.random() * 64))>> <<set $moleHolesII[_mathVarQ] to "<<button '🕷'>><</button>>">> <</for>> <</nobr>> <</widget>> /* *TIMER! *************************************** * * **************************************** */ <<widget Timer>><<nobr>> <br> <<set _string = $args[0]>> <h2>@@.fade-in-out;<span id="intro">••••••••••</span>@@</h2> <<timed .5s>> <<replace "#intro">>••••••••••<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>•••••••••<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>••••••••<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>•••••••<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>••••••<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>•••••<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>••••<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>•••<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>••<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>•<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>Your canoe surges forward!<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>Your canoe surges forward!<</replace>> <<next>> <<goto _string>> <<next>> <</timed>> <</nobr>> <</widget>> /* *TIMER SWAMP! *************************************** * * **************************************** */ <<widget SwampTimerLong>><<nobr>> <<set _string = $args[0]>> <h2>@@.fade-in-out;<span id="intro">••••••••••</span>@@</h2> <<timed .5s>> <<replace "#intro">>••••••••••<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>•••••••••<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>••••••••<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>•••••••<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>••••••<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>•••••<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>••••<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>•••<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>••<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>•<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>Last Chance!<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>Last Chance!<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>Stay Still!<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>Stay Still!<</replace>> <<next>> <<if $animal == "python">> <<goto Escape>> <<else>> <<goto Wrong>> <</if>> <<next>> <</timed>> <</nobr>> <</widget>> /* *TIMER SWAMP SHORT! *************************************** * * **************************************** */ <<widget SwampTimerShort>><<nobr>> <<set _string = $args[0]>> <h2>@@.fade-in-out;<span id="intro">••••••</span>@@</h2> <<timed .5s>> <<replace "#intro">>••••••<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>•••••<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>••••<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>•••<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>••<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>•<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>Last Chance!<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>Last Chance!<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>Stay Still!<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>Stay Still!<</replace>> <<next>> <<if $animal == "python">> <<goto Escape>> <<else>> <<goto Wrong>> <</if>> <<next>> <</timed>> <</nobr>> <</widget>> /* *TIMER SWAMP SHORTEST! *************************************** * * **************************************** */ <<widget SwampTimerShortest>><<nobr>> <<set _string = $args[0]>> <h2>@@.fade-in-out;<span id="intro">••••</span>@@</h2> <<timed .5s>> <<replace "#intro">>••••<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>•••<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>••<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>•<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>Last Chance!<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>Last Chance!<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>Stay Still!<</replace>> <<next>> <<replace "#intro">>Stay Still!<</replace>> <<next>> <<if $animal == "python">> <<goto Escape>> <<else>> <<goto Wrong>> <</if>> <<next>> <</timed>> <</nobr>> <</widget>> /* *MOVE ON! *************************************** * * **************************************** */ <<widget MoveOn>><<nobr>> <<set _time = $args[0]>> <<set _newTime to _time+"s">> <<timed _newTime>> <<next>> <<goto $nextDest>> <<next>> <</timed>> <</nobr>> <</widget>> /* *GO BACK! *************************************** * * **************************************** */ <<widget 'GoBack'>><<nobr>> <div onclick="event.stopPropagation(); SugarCube.Engine.go(-3); " >Back</div> <</nobr>> <</widget>> /* *ONEOFF! *************************************** * * **************************************** */ <<widget 'OneOff'>><<nobr>> <<set _string = $args[0]>> <<set _noItalics = $args[1]>> <<if !_noItalics>> @@.fade-in;<i> _string </i>@@<br><br> <<else>> @@.fade-in;_string @@<br><br> <</if>> <</nobr>> <</widget>> /* *SWAMP! *************************************** * * **************************************** */ <<widget Swamp>><<nobr>> <<set _next = $args[0]>> <<set _animal = $args[1]>> <<set _message = $args[2]>> <<set _length = $args[3]>> <<set $nextDest to _next>> <<set $animal to _animal>> //_message// <br> @@.canoeDir; <<if _animal == "panther">> <<button "Wave And Yell" "Escape">><</button>> <<else>> <<button "Wave And Yell" "Wrong">><</button>> <</if>> <<if _animal == "python">> <<button "Stay Still" "Escape" >><</button>> <<else>> <<button "Stay Still" "Wrong" >><</button>> <</if>> <<if _animal == "gator">> <<button "Hit Its Nose" "Escape">><</button>> <<else>> <<button "Hit Its Nose" "Wrong">><</button>> <</if>> @@<br><br> <<if _length == "long">> <<SwampTimerLong $nextDest>> <<elseif _length == "short">> <<SwampTimerShort $nextDest>> <<else>> <<SwampTimerShortest $nextDest>> <</if>> <</nobr>> <</widget>> /* *COMBINE! *************************************** * * **************************************** */ <<widget 'Combine'>><<nobr>> <<set _first = $args[0]>> <<set _second = $args[1]>> <<set _turnsInto = $args[2]>> <<set _message = $args[3]>> <<set _lastOne = $args[4]>> <<if _message == null>> <<set _message to "">> <</if>> <<if ($checkStatusTwo==_first && $tempCheck==_second) || ($checkStatusTwo==_second && $tempCheck==_first)>> <<set $inventoryHeading to _message>> <<if _first=="Letter to Colden" || _second == "Letter to Colden">> <<set $Documents.delete("Letter to Colden")>> <</if>> <<set $inventory.delete(_first)>> <<set $inventory.delete(_second)>> <<set $inventory.unshift(_turnsInto)>> <<set $checkStatus to _turnsInto>> <<set $combined to true>> <<else>> <<set _note to _lastOne>> <<if _note == null>> <<set _note to "Perhaps, another combination?">> <</if>> <<if !$combined>> <<set $inventoryHeading to _note>><</if>> <</if>> <</nobr>> <</widget>> /* *DISMANTLE! *************************************** * * **************************************** */ <<widget 'Dismantle'>><<nobr>> <<set _thingToBreakDown = $args[0]>> <<set _thing1 = $args[1]>> <<set _thing2 = $args[2]>> <<set _message = $args[3]>> <<if $inventory.includes(_thingToBreakDown)>> <<set $inventory.delete(_thingToBreakDown)>> <<if _thing1 !== "Letter to Colden" && _thing !== "Letter to Colden">> <<set $inventory.unshift(_thing1)>> <<if _thing2 !== "Empty">> <<set $inventory.unshift(_thing2)>> <</if>> <<else>> <<if _thing1=="Letter to Colden">> <<set $Documents.unshift(_thing1)>> <</if>> <<if _thing2=="Letter to Colden">> <<set $Documents.unshift(_thing2)>> <</if>> <</if>> You took it apart... <<set $deconstructed to true>> <<set $inventoryHeading to _message>> <<goto Inventory>> <</if>> <</nobr>> <</widget>> /* *USE! *************************************** * * **************************************** */ <<widget 'Use'>><<nobr>> <<set _thingToUse = $args[0]>> <<set _thing1 = $args[1]>> <<set _thing2 = $args[2]>> <<set _place1 = $args[3]>> <<set _place2 = $args[4]>> <<set _goHereWorks = $args[5]>> <<set _goHereNoWorks = $args[6]>> <<set _thingName = $args[7]>> <<set _message = $args[8]>> <<if $inventory.includes(_thingToUse)>> <<set $thingToLaunch to _thingName>> <<if ($newPassage is _place1 || $newPassage is _place2) && $horse>> <<set $inventory.delete(_thingToUse)>> <<set $inventory.unshift(_thing1)>> <<goto _goHereWorks>> <<else>> <<goto _goHereNoWorks>> <<set $inventory.delete(_thingToUse)>> <<if !$inventory.includes(_thing2) && _thing2 !== "Empty">> <<set $inventory.unshift(_thing2)>> <</if>> <<set $inventory.unshift(_thing1)>> <</if>> <</if>> <</nobr>> <</widget>> /* *ENTRY! *************************************** * * **************************************** */ <<widget 'Entry'>><<nobr>> <<button [[Make A Note|WriteTheEntry]]>> <<set _desc = $args[0]>> <<set _scene = $args[1]>> <<set _song = $args[2]>> <<set _end = $args[3]>> <<if !_song>> <<set $song to false>> <<if _end>> <<set $Notebook.push(_desc)>> <<else>> <<set $Notebook.unshift(_desc)>> <</if>> <<else>> <<set $song to true>> <<set $Songbook.unshift(_desc)>> <</if>> <<set $lastScene to _scene>> <<set $inventoryHeading to "">><<set $notebook to true>><<set $imageOfThingToExamine to $items["Notebook"].image>><<set $notebookText to $items[_desc].desc>> <</button>> <</nobr>> <</widget>> /* *TRADE PROCESSING WIDGETS! *************************************** * * **************************************** */ /* ////////// Whisky Reducer //////// */ <<widget "Whisky">> <<for _t to 0; _t < $inventory.length; _t++>> <<if $inventory[_t]=="Bottle Of Whisky">> <<set $whiskyCounter++>> <</if>> <</for>> <<set $items["Bottles Of Whisky"] to { name : "$whiskyCounter Bottles Of Whisky", status : false, desc : "tbd", image: "none", }>> <<if $whiskyCounter gt 0 && !$inventory.includes("Bottles Of Whisky")>> <<set $inventory.unshift("Bottles Of Whisky")>> <</if>> <<if $inventory.includes("Bottles Of Whisky")>> <<set $inventory.delete("Bottle Of Whisky")>> <</if>> <<if $inventory.includes("Bottles Of Whisky") && $whiskyCounter == 0>> <<set $inventory.delete("Bottles Of Whisky")>> <</if>> <<if $inventory.includes("Bottle Of Whisky") && $whiskyCounter == 0>> <<set $inventory.delete("Bottle Of Whisky")>> <</if>> <</widget>> /* ////////// Skin Reducer //////// */ <<widget "Skin">> <<for _t to 0; _t < $inventory.length; _t++>> <<if $inventory[_t]=="1 lbs Deerskin">> <<set $skinCounter++>> <</if>> <</for>> <<set $items["lbs Deerskin"] to { name : "$skinCounter lbs Deerskin", status : false, desc : "tbd", image: "none", }>> <<if $skinCounter gt 1 && !$inventory.includes("lbs Deerskin")>> <<set $inventory.unshift("lbs Deerskin")>> <</if>> <<if $inventory.includes("lbs Deerskin")>> <<set $inventory.delete("1 lbs Deerskin")>> <</if>> /*<<if $inventory.includes("lbs Deerskin") && $skinCounter lt 2>> <<set $inventory.delete("lbs Deerskin")>> <<if $skinCounter == 1>> <<set $inventory.unshift("1 lbs Deerskin")>> <</if>> <<script>> state.display(state.active.title, null, "back") <</script>> <</if>>*/ <<if $inventory.includes("lbs Deerskin") && $skinCounter ==0>> <<set $inventory.delete("lbs Deerskin")>> <</if>> <</widget>> /* ////////// Needle Reducer //////// */ <<widget "Needle">> <<for _t to 0; _t < $inventory.length; _t++>> <<if $inventory[_t]=="10 Needles">> <<set $needleCounter+=10>> <</if>> <</for>> <<set $items["Needles"] to { name : "$needleCounter Needles", status : false, desc : "tbd", image: "none", }>> <<if $needleCounter gt 0 && !$inventory.includes("Needles")>> <<set $inventory.unshift("Needles")>> <</if>> <<if $inventory.includes("Needles")>> <<set $inventory.delete("10 Needles")>> <</if>> <<if $inventory.includes("Needles") && $needleCounter == 0>> <<set $inventory.delete("Needles")>> <</if>> <</widget>> /* ////////// Bead Reducer //////// */ <<widget "Bead">> <<for _t to 0; _t < $inventory.length; _t++>> <<if $inventory[_t]=="20 Strands Of Beads">> <<set $beadCounter+=20>> <</if>> <</for>> <<set $items["Strands Of Beads"] to { name : "$beadCounter Strands Of Beads", status : false, desc : "tbd", image: "none", }>> <<if $beadCounter gt 1 && !$inventory.includes("Strands Of Beads")>> <<set $inventory.unshift("Strands Of Beads")>> <</if>> <<if $inventory.includes("Strands Of Beads")>> <<set $inventory.delete("20 Strands Of Beads")>> <</if>> <<if $inventory.includes("Strands Of Beads") && $beadCounter lt 2>> <<set $inventory.delete("Strands Of Beads")>> <<if $beadCounter == 1>> <<set $inventory.unshift("20 Strands Of Beads")>> <</if>> <<script>> state.display(state.active.title, null, "back") <</script>> <</if>> <</widget>> /* ////////// Trinket Reducer //////// */ <<widget "Trinket">> <<for _t to 0; _t < $inventory.length; _t++>> <<if $inventory[_t]=="15 Trinkets">> <<set $trinketCounter+=15>> <</if>> <</for>> <<set $items["Trinkets"] to { name : "$trinketCounter Trinkets", status : false, desc : "tbd", image: "none", }>> <<if $trinketCounter gt 0 && !$inventory.includes("Trinkets")>> <<set $inventory.unshift("Trinkets")>> <</if>> <<if $inventory.includes("Trinkets")>> <<set $inventory.delete("15 Trinkets")>> <</if>> <<if $trinketCounter == 0>> <<set $inventory.delete("Trinkets")>> <</if>> <</widget>> /* ////////// Doll Reducer //////// */ <<widget "Doll">> <<for _t to 0; _t < $inventory.length; _t++>> <<if $inventory[_t]=="10 Medium-Sized Dolls">> <<set $dollCounter+=10>> <</if>> <</for>> <<set $items["Medium-Sized Dolls"] to { name : "$dollCounter Medium-Sized Dolls", status : false, desc : "tbd", image: "none", }>> <<if $dollCounter gt 0 && !$inventory.includes("Medium-Sized Dolls")>> <<set $inventory.unshift("Medium-Sized Dolls")>> <</if>> <<if $inventory.includes("Medium-Sized Dolls")>> <<set $inventory.delete("10 Medium-Sized Dolls")>> <</if>> <<if $dollCounter == 0>> <<set $inventory.delete("Medium-Sized Dolls")>> <</if>> /* *END OF TRADE PROCESSING WIDGETS *************************************** * * **************************************** */ <</widget>>