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<<audio begin play>>
You are falling.
Your senses are unclear. No sound, no sight, no means to find out where or why, but you feel it. You feel that you are falling:
[[Through air][$itaan.score +=2, $lomyok.score +=2]]
[[Through water][$kin.score +=2, $ulyuv.score +=2]]
<<audio wind play>>
You are falling through the air.
Or rather, you are travelling through the air. The wind whistles past and around you, as you are propelled through the sky somehow. You are...
[[Guided along the currents of the wind.][$kin.score +=1, $ulyuv.score +=1]]
[[You are tumbled into a dynamic whirl.][$itaan.score +=1, $lomyok.score +=1]]<<audio water play>>
You are falling through water. Slowly but surely, you feel like you are sinking. A gentle pressure surrounds you.
[[You are lulled by what sounds like bubbles. |Sub1][$kin.score +=1, $ulyuv.score +=1]]
[[It feels claustrophobic. |Sub2][$itaan.score +=1, $lomyok.score +=1]]You let yourself be guided along the currents. The motions are smooth. Sensations of movement glide off your body.
[[The wind whistles past you.][$kin.score +=1]]
[[The sensation puts you on edge.][$itaan.score +=1, $lomyok.score +=1]]
[[You vaguely wonder where you are.][$ulyuv.score +=1]]
/* van i see this */
Around, looping, gliding. Sensations of movement glide off your body.
[[The wind whistles past you.][$kin.score +=1]]
[[The sensation puts you on edge.][$itaan.score +=1, $lomyok.score +=1]]
You are gliding. You do not know to where but
[[You trust the currents are guiding you][$kin.score +=1, $lomyok.score +=1]]
[[You somehow know which way to go][$itaan.score +=1, $ulyuv.score +=1]]
You are looping, twirling, and being flung through the air. Like a leaf dancing through the sky. You feel you are being swept into the grand motion of everything around you.
You become aware that you are breathing, perhaps. The air around you gushes, and you breathe along in time.
[[It is exhilirating!][$kin.score +=1, $lomyok.score +=1]]
[[You try and get your bearings.][$itaan.score +=1, $ulyuv.score +=1]]
It crosses your mind that you notice the sensation around you as wind. You are gliding. You do not know to where, but if there is wind then perhaps...
[[you are truly falling through the sky?][$itaan.score +=1, $lomyok.score +=1]]
[[this is the primoridal state?][$kin.score +=1, $ulyuv.score +=1]]
##Objects######################
<<set $itaan = {
"civname" : "Itān",
"score" : 0
}
>>
<<set $kin = {
"civname" : "Kin",
"score" : 0
}
>>
<<set $lomyok = {
"civname" : "Lom Loksoph",
"score" : 0
}
>>
<<set $ulyuv = {
"civname" : "Ulyuv",
"score" : 0
}
>>
##Tally######################
<<widget compare>><<nobr>>
<<switch $args[0]>>
<<case "score">>
<<set _tally to [$itaan.score, $kin.score, $lomyok.score, $ulyuv.score]>>
<</switch>>
<<set _select to _tally[0]>>
<<set _civ to [$itaan, $kin, $lomyok, $ulyuv]>>
<<set $chosen to [$itaan]>>
<<for _i to 1; _i lt _civ.length; _i++>>
<<if _tally[_i] > _select>>
<<set _select to _tally[_i]>>
<<set $chosen to [_civ[_i]]>>
<<elseif _tally[_i] == _select>>
<<set $chosen.push(_civ[_i])>>
<</if>>
<</for>>
<</nobr>><</widget>>
##Audio######################
<<cacheaudio "begin"
"music/zapsplat_sound_design_metal_clunk_reverb_dark_002_69669.mp3">>
<<cacheaudio "water" "music/felix_blume_nature_water_bubbles_underwater_swimming_pool_short.mp3">>
<<cacheaudio "wind"
"music/zapsplat_nature_wind_blustery_against_window_slightly_open_occ_howling_gusts_47143.mp3">>
##Log######################
<<widget scorecheck>><<nobr>>
I <<print $itaan.score>>
K <<print $kin.score>>
L <<print $lomyok.score>>
U <<print $ulyuv.score>>
<</nobr>><</widget>>
##Links and Credits#########
#Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com
You trust the currents are guiding you. Like relaxing into the air around you, light as the ether. You feel no resistence, no inclanation to self declare.
[[You feel like laughing - out of happiness or exasperation?][$itaan.score +=1, $ulyuv.score +=1]]
[[Like being enveloped by a thousand murmuring voices.][$kin.score +=1, $lomyok.score +=1]]
You somehow know which way to go.
It's as though you are being guided along the pathways of wind. There are natural flows and turns. Perhaps you have travelled this path before?
The lightness starts to gain strucutre of shadow and light. There is an above and below. You notice some forms are taking shape below.
[[You feel as though you might make out some shapes below. You focus.][$itaan.score +=1, $ulyuv.score +=1]]
[[You know you have seen these before. Like the many others who have come before you.][$kin.score +=1, $lomyok.score +=1]]The thought that you may be falling through the sky briefly spikes terror though your being. It also crosses you mind that if you are falling, this means that you are moving in a downard direction.
You effortfully attempt to focus below.
[[You feel like laughing - out of happiness or exasperation?][$itaan.score +=2, $ulyuv.score +=1]]
[[You feel as though you might make out some shapes below. You focus.][$itaan.score +=1, $ulyuv.score +=1]]The primordial state that precedes being and time. A state of energy and motion. The great cosmic storm. The motion and energy is all around you, as though it has shape, form and depth, like shapes and lines in four dimensional space.
[[You know you have seen these before. Like the many others who have come before you.][$kin.score +=2, $lomyok.score +=2]]
[[Like being enveloped by a thousand murmuring voices.][$kin.score +=2, $lomyok.score +=2]]
Awareness gradually comes. It seems cool. Light, even. You feel that your vision is also coming into being.
[[You feel as though you might make out some shapes below. You focus.][$itaan.score +=1, $ulyuv.score +=1]]
[[You know you have seen these before. Like the many others who have come before you.][$kin.score +=1, $lomyok.score +=1]]
You revel in the movement. A turn here, a dip there, a twirl upwards, and down.
[[You feel like laughing - out of happiness or exasperation?][$itaan.score +=1, $ulyuv.score +=1]]
[[Like being enveloped by a thousand murmuring voices.][$kin.score +=1, $lomyok.score +=1]]
Your energy gradually settles. You feel you are slowly glinding down towards the surface.
[[Your feet touch the ground][$ulyuv.score +=1, $lomyok.score +=1]]
[[You land on your knees, and grasp the soil][$itaan.score +=1, $kin.score +=1]]
You bring yourself down, preparing to land.
[[You open your arms, as you embrace the surface…][$lomyok.score +=1, $ulyuv.score +=1]]
[[You close your eyes, and breathe…][$itaan.score +=1, $kin.score +=1]]The shapes and forms are familiar, though you are not sure how to identify them. Perhaps you will know, once you bring yourself closer.
You bring yourself down, preparing to land.
[[You open your arms, as you embrace the surface…][$lomyok.score +=1, $ulyuv.score +=1]]
[[You close your eyes, and breathe…][$itaan.score +=1, $kin.score +=1]]
Your energy gradually settles. You feel you are slowly gliding down towards the surface.
[[Your feet touch the ground][$ulyuv.score +=1, $lomyok.score +=1]]
[[You land on your knees, and grasp the soil][$itaan.score +=1, $kin.score +=1]]]
You feel your feet touch the ground. You are aware now that you yourself have form.
The soil beneath is cold.
You seem to be part of the <<fadein 5s>><<compare "score">><<print $chosen[0].civname>><</fadein>>
[[Learn more about your civilisation here (external link) | https://imaginaryyonder.wordpress.com/the-cardinal-civilisations/]]Your hands grasp the damp soil. You are aware now that you yourself have form.
The air smells damp, like before a storm.
You seem to be part of the <<fadein 5s>><<compare "score">><<print $chosen[0].civname>><</fadein>>
[[Learn more about your civilisation here (external link) | https://imaginaryyonder.wordpress.com/the-cardinal-civilisations/]]You open your arms, as you embrace the surface. Your body feels the earth beneath, but it is as if your mind is still floating down from the heavens above.
You seem to be part of the <<fadein 5s>><<compare "score">><<print $chosen[0].civname>><</fadein>>
[[Learn more about your civilisation here (external link) | https://imaginaryyonder.wordpress.com/the-cardinal-civilisations/]]You know you are slowly approaching the earth. You take in the ether into your lungs.
You are ready to face the land.
You seem to be part of the <<fadein 5s>><<compare "score">><<print $chosen[0].civname>><</fadein>>
[[Learn more about your civilisation here (external link) | https://imaginaryyonder.wordpress.com/the-cardinal-civilisations/]]This is a mini-quiz narrative to find out which cardinal civilisation of the Shenraq you fit best with.
Choose the passages that resonate with you.
[[Begin]]
v.1.1The source of the rhythm seems to be coming from a certain direction. The sound is alien, but comforting. Like it is inviting you to join then.
What the source is, it is upwards.
[[Like a single thread is tugging you through the water. |Indiv2][$itaan.score +=1, $ulyuv.score +=1]]
[[You float, the water draws you up into an embrace. |Collective2][$kin.score +=1, $lomyok.score +=1]]While listening, you realise the sounds are coming from a particular direction. Bubbles, murmurs, sonic sounds, currents? What ever it is, is upwards.
[[A single sound, like an eternal bell chime, pierces through |Indiv1][$itaan.score +=1, $ulyuv.score +=1]]
[[The harmonic sound barrier of a thousand souls |Collective1][$kin.score +=1, $lomyok.score +=1]]Focussing on the patterns brings you peace. There is nothing but you and the rythm.
[[You thrum along with it. |Agentive][$ulyuv.score +=1]]
[[You continue to listen. |Fated][$kin.score +=1, $lomyok.score +=1]]Your awareness expands with each new sensation that you gain. Those distant sounds, the rumbling of others? The bubbles that surround you, where are they coming from?
[[You try and orient yourself. |Agentive3][$itaan.score +=1, $ulyuv.score +=1]]
[[And where does one end up if they keep sinking? |Fated3][$kin.score +=1, $lomyok.score +=1]]You struggle, as you feel the water move around you. Belatedly you realise that the lack of air does not seem to be a problem. You briefely wonder how you knew you were in water.
[[Perhaps it's the pressure around you, like being embraced all over. |Fated2][$kin.score +=1, $lomyok.score +=1]]
[[The fact that you are not struggling for air brings little comfort. |Agent2][$itaan.score +=1, $ulyuv.score +=1]]
You pull yourself upwards, following the sound. It is as though the sound itself is pulling you through the mire.
The sound gradually gains more clarity. You notice, it is getting lighter.
You are approaching the surface.
The surface breaks.
[[It is a human voice. |Life2][$lomyok.score +=1, $ulyuv.score +=1]]
[[The light is blinding. |Death1][$itaan.score +=1, $kin.score +=1]]It is mesmerising, and all encompassing. You are cocooned by the spectre of others, as you float up to the surface.
The surface breaks. The water slips off your face.
[[Like some spectre. |Death2][$itaan.score +=1, $kin.score +=1]]
[[Then you hear the voices.|Life2][$lomyok.score +=1, $ulyuv.score +=1]]
You approach the light, and you see, the surface. Beyond the sheer barrier, something is swaying. You cannot make out the form.
It disappears, just as you break the surface.
[[You gasp for breath. |Life1][$lomyok.score +=1, $ulyuv.score +=1]]
[[What was that spectre? |Death2][$itaan.score +=1, $kin.score +=1]]The water still embraces you, and even more so than before it feels willful. The thought of other souls, their presence, flickers over your consciousness.
You go upwards. Towards the light.
[[You see someone on the other side of the watery barrier. |Life2][$lomyok.score +=1, $ulyuv.score +=1]]
[[You squeeze your eyes shut as you break the surface. |Death1][$itaan.score +=1, $kin.score +=1]]It is as though the universe is trying to fill your lungs.
You exhale slowly.
You seem to be part of the <<fadein 5s>><<compare "score">><<print $chosen[0].civname>><</fadein>>
[[Learn more about your civilisation here (external link) | "https://imaginaryyonder.wordpress.com/the-cardinal-civilisations/"]]You feel stunned for a while. But you gradually open your eyes. Colours bleed into your vision.
You seem to be part of the <<fadein 5s>><<compare "score">><<print $chosen[0].civname>><</fadein>>
[[Learn more about your civilisation here (external link) | "https://imaginaryyonder.wordpress.com/the-cardinal-civilisations/"]]Words are uttered. They seem foreign, but you understand, completely.
"Welcome to the world of the <<fadein 5s>><<compare "score">><<print $chosen[0].civname>><</fadein>>."
[[Learn more about your civilisation here (external link) | "https://imaginaryyonder.wordpress.com/the-cardinal-civilisations/"]]You notice you are heavy with water. You feel light headed, and your vision starts to clear.
The world fades into view.
You seem to be part of the <<fadein 5s>><<compare "score">><<print $chosen[0].civname>><</fadein>>
[[Learn more about your civilisation here (external link) | "https://imaginaryyonder.wordpress.com/the-cardinal-civilisations/"]]You listen to the sounds of the bubbles. Large bubbles gulping out oxygen, smaller ones frantically escaping towards the surface. A symphony of water and air.
[[You feel you can discern a pattern though the bubbling. They form a rhythm, one, two, one two... |Ordered][$kin.score +=1, $ulyuv.score +=1]]
[[You feel the bubbles brush against you.|Dynamic][$itaan.score +=1, $lomyok.score +=1]]You try moving your limbs. You feel the resistance, of wading through thickness. You still cannot see anything. All the while, you sink.
[[You notice that you are sinking at a constant, gentle rate. |Ordered][$kin.score +=1, $ulyuv.score +=1]]
[[There are sounds in the distance.|Dynamic][$itaan.score +=1, $lomyok.score +=1]]
[[This will not do. | Third][$itaan.score +=1]]You know that sinking is dangerous. That way lies more darkness.
You kick up, trying to change directions
[[I have to get myself out of here. |Indiv1][$itaan.score +=1, $ulyuv.score +=1]]
[[There are people waiting for me. I must break to the surface. |Collective2][$kin.score +=1, $lomyok.score +=1]]A sense of urgency steels you. You must break out of this mired darkness.
Through the mire, you notice some light. It is faint, but in a direction above you.
[[You orient yourself, and swim towards the light. |Indiv2][$itaan.score +=1, $ulyuv.score +=1]]
[[This feels oddly familiar. Like you, or others, have tread these waters before. |Collective1][$kin.score +=1, $lomyok.score +=1]]You notice dimly that there are directions. Above, a faint light. You hazard that that may be the surface.
Somehow you know, that is the way.
[[Kick towards the light, however faint. |Indiv2][$itaan.score +=1, $ulyuv.score +=1]]
[[As though others are whispering and guiding you. |Collective1][$kin.score +=1, $lomyok.score +=1]]A valid question. But you know it is rhetorical. You realise that you have some kind of consciousness.
Almost simultaneously, you feel the water shifts. You are no longer sinking - the matter around you is ently pushing you up.
[[Where to? |Indiv1][$itaan.score +=1, $ulyuv.score +=1]]
[[Are there others who have gone through this passage before me? |Collective2][$kin.score +=1, $lomyok.score +=1]]Double-click this passage to edit it.Double-click this passage to edit it.