diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index fb1efb9..bb962ae 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ sound.ambient.suika.description: 'Suika theme is playing.' sound.ambient.badapple.url: 'Assets/Audio/bad apple.ogg' sound.ambient.badapple.description: 'Bad Apple is playing.' sound.effect.synth.url: 'Assets/Audio/synth.ogg' +sound.ambient.ending.description: 'Ending music is playing.' +sound.ambient.ending.url: 'Assets/Audio/ending.ogg' config.footer.left: story.name config.footer.center: "" config.header.center: " " @@ -304,6 +306,8 @@ Engage your opponents in **DIALOGUE**. Figure out **LOVE**. +<a href="https://jacoder23.itch.io/thegadflyofgensokyo/devlog/442807/spoilerless-walkthrough">READ the tips and spoilerless walkthrough.</a> + [[Go back.|TITLE]] [CSS] @@ -905,7 +909,9 @@ DIOTIMA: [[As I was sayin—|INTERLUDE 1]] DIOTIMA: Then, strange as it sounds, I felt one of the storms... staring at me. I was then hurtling into that particular storm and a quiet darkness surrounded me. -DIOTIMA: I opened my eyes, then I was [[here.|INTERLUDE 2]] +DIOTIMA: In that darkness, I could feel my own self, my identity, my memories leave me. I became but a husk of my former self. + +DIOTIMA: Then I opened my eyes, and I was [[here.|INTERLUDE 2]] {no ambient sound} {sound effect: 'synth'} @@ -1031,7 +1037,10 @@ completed: false inventory: ["Our senses can be doubted."] cred: 5 fac: 0 +fac2: 0 youmuSlash: false +youmuHalved: false +luck: false -- DIOTIMA: *Yes, I suppose, I could just do what I've always wanted to do.* @@ -1060,6 +1069,9 @@ anyComplete (SuikaComplete): true anyComplete (YoumuComplete): true anyComplete (ReimuComplete): true -- +[if cred < 0] +{embed passage: 'HUB LOSS'} +[continued] [align center] [after 1 second] @@ -1108,6 +1120,11 @@ Figure out **LOVE**. [[Talk to Youmu.|YOUMU 1]] [[Haunt Youmu.|YOUMU H 0]] [continued] +[if ReimuComplete && SuikaComplete && luck == false] +[align center] +[[Something deep within Diotima is returning to her.|Divine Intervention From Author]] +[continued] + [if anyComplete == true] [align center] [[I've heard enough.|IDEA CLOUD]] @@ -1179,10 +1196,12 @@ Have you decided? background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; } -[continued][align left] +[continued] + +{no ambient sound}[align left] [align center] -{cycling link for: 'answer1', choices: ["Love", "Loving someone", "Love on its own", "Love in its highest form", "The act of loving"]} {cycling link for: 'answer2', choices: ["is", "is not", "can be", "cannot be", "probably is", "probably is not"]} {cycling link for: 'answer3', choices: ["selfish", "duty", "friendship", "sacrifice", "transient", "understandable"]} +{cycling link for: 'answer1', choices: ["Love", "Loving someone", "Love on its own", "Love in its highest form", "The act of loving"]} {cycling link for: 'answer2', choices: ["is", "is not", "can be", "cannot be", "probably is", "probably is not"]} {cycling link for: 'answer3', choices: ["good", "selfish", "duty", "friendship", "sacrifice", "transient", "understandable"]} [continued] </ul> @@ -1246,7 +1265,24 @@ REIMU: Hmm. I'll indulge you. [[Here's what I think of love.|REIMU 2]] {ambient sound: 'youmu2'} -[if youmuSlash] +[if youmuSlash && youmuHalved] +YOUMU: ... + +DIOTIMA: Youmu? + +YOUMU: Ah, I was just concentrating. + +DIOTIMA: On what? + +YOUMU: Thesounds, the animals, the wind... + +YOUMU: It's good practice. + +DIOTIMA: I see. + +YOUMU: [[Let's continue then?|YOUMU 5]] +[continued] +[if youmuSlash && youmuHalved == false] YOUMU: ... Diotima waves her hands in the air. @@ -1258,7 +1294,8 @@ YOUMU: I know. I'm just worried I might harm you. Youmu puts down her sword with more than a little hesitation. YOUMU: [[Let's continue then?|YOUMU 3]] -[else] +[continued] +[if youmuSlash == false] YOUMU: S-stop! Fiendish ghoul! You may move no closer! DIOTIMA: I was wondering if— @@ -1409,15 +1446,15 @@ Diotima focuses her ghostly energies on Reimu... doing so takes a toll on her an [[Give up.|HUB]] *** -[if cred == 0] -Your credibility is ABYSMAL. [if cred == 1] -Your credibility is LOW. +Your credibility is ABYSMAL. [if cred == 2] -Your credibility is SHAKY. +Your credibility is LOW. [if cred == 3] -Your credibility is SOLID. +Your credibility is SHAKY. [if cred == 4] +Your credibility is SOLID. +[if cred == 5] Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. [CSS] @@ -1454,15 +1491,15 @@ Her will is far from weak but she appears to be nursing some emotional wounds. S [[Give up.|HUB]] *** -[if cred == 0] -Your credibility is ABYSMAL. [if cred == 1] -Your credibility is LOW. +Your credibility is ABYSMAL. [if cred == 2] -Your credibility is SHAKY. +Your credibility is LOW. [if cred == 3] -Your credibility is SOLID. +Your credibility is SHAKY. [if cred == 4] +Your credibility is SOLID. +[if cred == 5] Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. [CSS] @@ -1471,7 +1508,7 @@ Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; } -[continued]cred: cred - 2 +[continued]cred: cred - 1 -- [if cred < 0] {embed passage: 'HUB LOSS'} @@ -1484,7 +1521,7 @@ She appears to be fearful of Diotima. She'd be easy to enter but fighting of <ul> [JavaScript] inventory.forEach(function(value, index){ - if(value == "Love appears differently in many ways." || value == "Love is a wild, ultimately transient state.") + if(value == "Love appears differently in many ways." || value == "Love is a wild, ultimately transient state." || value == "Love is selfish.") { write("<li><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-cb-go=\"YOUMU CLUES\">" + value + "</a></li>"); } @@ -1499,15 +1536,15 @@ She appears to be fearful of Diotima. She'd be easy to enter but fighting of [[Give up.|HUB]] *** -[if cred == 0] -Your credibility is ABYSMAL. [if cred == 1] -Your credibility is LOW. +Your credibility is ABYSMAL. [if cred == 2] -Your credibility is SHAKY. +Your credibility is LOW. [if cred == 3] -Your credibility is SOLID. +Your credibility is SHAKY. [if cred == 4] +Your credibility is SOLID. +[if cred == 5] Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. [CSS] @@ -1522,19 +1559,15 @@ DIOTIMA: I could tell you were listening in for a little while now. DIOTIMA: Like me, you are but an observer of this world. A guest not a resident. -DIOTIMA: Just the same, I was never a citizen of Athens. Even if I wanted to, the best I could become would be the wife of a man of higher standing. Even then, I'd still be more lowly than even the most crapulent, conniving, catastrophic citizen. +DIOTIMA: I spent so much time pursuing love both as an act and as idea that I fear I've died without ever achieving really finding it. -DIOTIMA: I had personal love too, once. My own eros. But that turned sour as quickly as it sweetened. +DIOTIMA: I don't regret it though. With all the earthly pains that love can bring comes all its pleasures. Not pleasures of the body I mean, but those of the soul. -DIOTIMA: We didn't agree on as many things as I initially thought. Some of those things were dealbreakers. - -DIOTIMA: I don't regret it though. With all the earthly pains that love can bring comes all its pleasures. Not pleasure of the body mind you, but those of the soul. - -DIOTIMA: I loved but I did not understand it until it tore me apart. I won't rest until I truly can comprehend it. +DIOTIMA: I think I'm going to be wandering like this for a while. As a ghost, I mean. At least, until I'm truly satisfied with what I know. DIOTIMA: How about you? -DIOTIMA: Are you still searching for it? +DIOTIMA: Are you still searching for something? YOU: {text input for: 'yourAnswer'} @@ -1548,13 +1581,13 @@ YOU: {text input for: 'yourAnswer'} } [continued]DIOTIMA: I see. -DIOTIMA: I can only wish you the best of luck on your journey and hope you do the same for me. +DIOTIMA: I can only wish you the best of luck on your journey and hope you wish the same of me. Diotima stands, her legs returned. She makes her way to the grilled lamprey from earlier. DIOTIMA: It appears that while I've not come to a perfect answer my progress has returned my mortal, physical form to me. -DIOTIMA: Time to celebrate! +DIOTIMA: It is time to celebrate. Her hands still passes through the skewer. She is slightly more solid now however so rather than it passing through harmlessly she knocks the skewer over and it falls onto the ground. @@ -1568,13 +1601,24 @@ DIOTIMA: Well, [[FU—|Ending]] background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; } -[continued]Author here, this is the end of the game. I'd put a photo here to celebrate but because of budget constraints I can only afford a word. +[continued][align center] +Author here, this is the end of the game. I'd put a painting here to substitute a thousand words of congratulations but given budget restraints I've elected to give you exactly one word of congralutions. -Congratulations! +**Congratulations!** -~~Feel free to replay the game since there's at least two different approaches to beating it. Or don't.~~ +~~Feel free to replay the game since there's at least two different approaches to beating it.~~ -{restart link, label: "RESTART"}cred (cred < 5): cred + 1 +{ambient sound: 'ending'} + +{restart link, label: "RESTART"} + +[CSS] +#backdrop { + background-image: url("Assets/Images/shrine.jpg"); + background-repeat: no-repeat; + background-size: cover; +} +[continued]cred (cred < 5): cred + 1 -- [align center] BEGIN DIALOGUE @@ -1685,7 +1729,9 @@ Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. [JavaScript] if(cred < 0){ document.body.setAttribute("class", "stop-scrolling"); -}DIOTIMA: I think we have similar lines of thinking. +}cred: cred - 1 +-- +DIOTIMA: I think we have similar lines of thinking. REIMU: Really? @@ -1842,7 +1888,9 @@ Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. [JavaScript] if(cred < 0){ document.body.setAttribute("class", "stop-scrolling"); -}DIOTIMA: How can love appear differently? +}cred: cred - 1 +-- +DIOTIMA: How can love appear differently? REIMU: It's like that story you told. We use our senses to experience the world. @@ -1927,7 +1975,8 @@ This is all invisible characters. ㅤ ㅤ -cred: cred + 1 +cred: cred + 2 +cred (cred > 5): 5 ReimuComplete: true -- DIOTIMA: Reimu, I do agree with you on many things regarding love. @@ -1996,7 +2045,7 @@ if (inventory.indexOf("Love is a wild, ultimately transient state.") & Inside she finds an idea: -- Item +- Loving your master can be difficult. [[Leave.|HUB]] @@ -2006,6 +2055,12 @@ Inside she finds an idea: background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; } +[continued] + +[JavaScript] +var newItem = "Loving your master can be difficult."; + +inventory.indexOf(newItem) === -1 ? inventory.push(newItem) : console.log("This idea already exists"); [continued]Entering into Suika's mind (or soul, Diotima isn't really sure which), she finds herself in a vast flowing ocean of aether. It rushes past her ears, roaring. You'd think it'd be unpleasant but it's actually awe-inspiring. Diotima thinks that it'd be exhausting to be like this all the time though. Inside she finds an idea: @@ -2089,7 +2144,9 @@ Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; } -[continued]DIOTIMA: What do you mean by this? +[continued]cred: cred - 1 +-- +DIOTIMA: What do you mean by this? SUIKA: It means what it means. @@ -2161,7 +2218,9 @@ Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. [JavaScript] if(cred < 0){ document.body.setAttribute("class", "stop-scrolling"); -}DIOTIMA: What kind of risks are you talking about? +}cred: cred - 1 +-- +DIOTIMA: What kind of risks are you talking about? SUIKA: The backstabbing kind, the falling out of love kind, the different lifespan kind; I could name you a thousand examples. @@ -2237,6 +2296,7 @@ Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. if(cred < 0){ document.body.setAttribute("class", "stop-scrolling"); }fac: fac +1 +cred: cred - 1 -- [if fac < 2] DIOTIMA: Was that targeted at me? @@ -2404,8 +2464,9 @@ inventory.forEach(function(value, index){ background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; } -[continued]cred: cred + 1 -ReimuComplete: true +[continued]cred: cred + 2 +cred (cred > 5): 5 +SuikaComplete: true -- DIOTIMA: Suika, do you truly believe that loving without boundaries is the only form of love? @@ -2439,17 +2500,21 @@ SUIKA: I wasn't hoping for the same old as if nothing had happen but... she SUIKA: There aren't a lot of us left, so even if she want to give me the cold shoulder I just... I just can't get over her. +SUIKA: But I know I'm just being selfish aren't I? It's her decision and it would be right to respect it... so why am I torn up? Why do I feel so guilty? + The two sit in silence again. Suika lifts her gourd above her head, but it's empty. She sighs and plugs it. The sound of the gourd refilling fills the empty air. -SUIKA: Ya got me. I'm a liar just like you. Happy? +SUIKA: Ya got me. I'm a whiny liar just like you. Happy? Suika takes another swig. +DIOTIMA: ... + DIOTIMA: Huhuhu... SUIKA: Hm? -DIOTIMA: Hahaha! Well if it got you to admit it then yeah! +DIOTIMA: Hahaha! Well if it got you to admit it then yeah! I'm a whiny selfish liar like you and like everyone else on this damned world! DIOTIMA: I suppose that makes both of us the losers of this argument, no? @@ -2462,6 +2527,7 @@ SUIKA: Yeah, yeah I guess so. [[Return.|HUB]] ~~You've gained credibility.~~ +~~GAINED "Love is selfish."~~ [todo] Figure out which of the two possible ideas were used by saving it in a variable and then clear it (POST-JAM) @@ -2488,6 +2554,10 @@ if (inventory.indexOf("Humans cope with danger by setting boundaries." if (inventory.indexOf("We all wear facades.") > -1) { inventory.splice(inventory.indexOf("We all wear facades."), 1); } + +var newItem = "Love is selfish."; + +inventory.indexOf(newItem) === -1 ? inventory.push(newItem) : console.log("This idea already exists"); [continued] [CSS] @@ -2563,9 +2633,14 @@ YOUMU: Love is duty. [[PRESENT|YOUMU 2 PRESENT a]] +[if progressYoumuA == 0] YOUMU: To love thy neighbor, thy master, and thy family is to love. [[QUESTION|YOUMU 2b]] or +[[PRESENT|YOUMU 2 PRESENT b]] +[else] +YOUMU: Duty means to act virtuously. + [[PRESENT|YOUMU 2 PRESENT b]] [continued] @@ -2632,7 +2707,799 @@ Attempting to haunt Youmu proves difficult as she turns to face Diotima every ti background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; } -[continued]sound.ambient.youmu.url: 'Assets/Audio/youmu.ogg' sound.ambient.youmu.description: 'Youmu theme is playing.' +sound.ambient.reimu.url: 'Assets/Audio/reimu.ogg' +sound.ambient.reimu.description: 'Reimu theme is playing.' sound.ambient.youmu2.url: 'Assets/Audio/youmu2.ogg' sound.ambient.youmu2.description: 'Youmu theme is playing.' sound.ambient.suika.url: 'Assets/Audio/suika.ogg' sound.ambient.suika.description: 'Suika theme is playing.' sound.ambient.badapple.url: 'Assets/Audio/bad apple.ogg' sound.ambient.badapple.description: 'Bad Apple is playing.' -sound.effect.synth.url: 'Assets/Audio/synth.wav' +sound.effect.synth.url: 'Assets/Audio/synth.ogg' +sound.ambient.ending.description: 'Ending music is playing.' +sound.ambient.ending.url: 'Assets/Audio/ending.ogg' config.footer.left: story.name config.footer.center: "" config.header.center: " " @@ -163,7 +167,7 @@ SOCRATES: I've discovered that you can use drawing compasses to make a hook. SOCRATES: Tie it to a string and it'll hook onto any garment left unguarded. -DIOMATA: *This is Socrates, a young student of mine. However, he isn't from a wealthy family like most of them so he makes due however he can.* +DIOTIMA: *This is Socrates, a young student of mine. However, he isn't from a wealthy family like most of them so he makes due however he can.* DIOTIMA: Clever. Not at all moral or right though. @@ -283,6 +287,8 @@ Engage your opponents in **DIALOGUE**. Figure out **LOVE**. +<a href="https://jacoder23.itch.io/thegadflyofgensokyo/devlog/442807/spoilerless-walkthrough">READ the tips and spoilerless walkthrough.</a> + [[Go back.|TITLE]] [CSS] @@ -855,7 +861,7 @@ DIOTIMA: *That got me in with a good standing with the citizens, but until anoth DIOTIMA: *I'm probably still gonna stick with this though as it's been far more rewarding. I'll let those snobs deal with their disasters on their own. What happens to them happens.* -SOCRATES: Diomata? Are you alright? +SOCRATES: DIOTIMA? Are you alright? DIOTIMA: Ah? Yes, yes I am. I was just thinking. @@ -863,7 +869,7 @@ SOCRATES: So was I! I was just wondering that if we assume right and wrong are t DIOTIMA: That is a good question. You see… -Diomata stumbles, seemingly slipping on nothing. Socrates moves to help her but she finds her footing. +DIOTIMA stumbles, seemingly slipping on nothing. Socrates moves to help her but she finds her footing. SOCRATES: Are you alright? @@ -882,9 +888,11 @@ DIOTIMA: [[As I was sayin—|INTERLUDE 1]] } [continued]DIOTIMA: And then I found myself in what I have no reference to compare to. It was as if I was being pulled by a great thousands of storms, rushing, pulling, screaming in my ear. -DIOTIMA: Then, strange as it sounds, I felt one of the storms... staring at me. I was then hurtling into that particular storm then a quiet darkness surrounded me. +DIOTIMA: Then, strange as it sounds, I felt one of the storms... staring at me. I was then hurtling into that particular storm and a quiet darkness surrounded me. -DIOTIMA: I opened my eyes, then I was [[here.|INTERLUDE 2]] +DIOTIMA: In that darkness, I could feel my own self, my identity, my memories leave me. I became but a husk of my former self. + +DIOTIMA: Then I opened my eyes, and I was [[here.|INTERLUDE 2]] {no ambient sound} {sound effect: 'synth'} @@ -1010,6 +1018,10 @@ completed: false inventory: ["Our senses can be doubted."] cred: 5 fac: 0 +fac2: 0 +youmuSlash: false +youmuHalved: false +luck: false -- DIOTIMA: *Yes, I suppose, I could just do what I've always wanted to do.* @@ -1038,6 +1050,9 @@ anyComplete (SuikaComplete): true anyComplete (YoumuComplete): true anyComplete (ReimuComplete): true -- +[if cred < 0] +{embed passage: 'HUB LOSS'} +[continued] [align center] [after 1 second] @@ -1083,7 +1098,12 @@ Figure out **LOVE**. [if YoumuComplete == false] [align center] -[[Talk to Youmu.|YOUMU 1]] [[Haunt Youmu.|YOUMU H 1]] +[[Talk to Youmu.|YOUMU 1]] [[Haunt Youmu.|YOUMU H 0]] +[continued] + +[if ReimuComplete && SuikaComplete && luck == false] +[align center] +[[Something deep within Diotima is returning to her.|Divine Intervention From Author]] [continued] [if anyComplete == true] @@ -1157,10 +1177,12 @@ Have you decided? background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; } -[continued][align left] +[continued] + +{no ambient sound}[align left] [align center] -{cycling link for: 'answer1', choices: ["Love", "Loving someone", "Love on its own", "Love in its highest form", "The act of loving"]} {cycling link for: 'answer2', choices: ["is", "is not", "can be", "cannot be", "probably is", "probably is not"]} {cycling link for: 'answer3', choices: ["selfish", "duty", "friendship", "sacrifice", "transient", "understandable"]} +{cycling link for: 'answer1', choices: ["Love", "Loving someone", "Love on its own", "Love in its highest form", "The act of loving"]} {cycling link for: 'answer2', choices: ["is", "is not", "can be", "cannot be", "probably is", "probably is not"]} {cycling link for: 'answer3', choices: ["good", "selfish", "duty", "friendship", "sacrifice", "transient", "understandable"]} [continued] </ul> @@ -1180,6 +1202,7 @@ Have you decided? [continued]cred: cred - 1 -- +{ambient sound: 'reimu'} REIMU: What is it? DIOTIMA: I was wondering if could ask something of you. @@ -1218,9 +1241,73 @@ REIMU: Hmm. I'll indulge you. [[Here's what I think of love.|REIMU 2]] background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; } -[continued]Love as master servant relation, predefined, predestinedcred: cred - 1 +[continued]cred: cred - 1 -- +{ambient sound: 'youmu2'} + +[if youmuSlash && youmuHalved] +YOUMU: ... + +DIOTIMA: Youmu? + +YOUMU: Ah, I was just concentrating. + +DIOTIMA: On what? + +YOUMU: Thesounds, the animals, the wind... + +YOUMU: It's good practice. + +DIOTIMA: I see. + +YOUMU: [[Let's continue then?|YOUMU 5]] +[continued] +[if youmuSlash && youmuHalved == false] +YOUMU: ... + +Diotima waves her hands in the air. + +DIOTIMA: I'm not gonna harm you! + +YOUMU: I know. I'm just worried I might harm you. + +Youmu puts down her sword with more than a little hesitation. + +YOUMU: [[Let's continue then?|YOUMU 3]] +[continued] +[if youmuSlash == false] +YOUMU: S-stop! Fiendish ghoul! You may move no closer! + +DIOTIMA: I was wondering if— + +YOUMU: No! + +Youmu brandishes a longsword of a make unbeknownst to Diotima. + +DIOTIMA: I was— + +YOUMU: AHHHHH! Stay back! + +Diotima stops speaking entirely. Youmu holds her sword up defensively. + +DIOTIMA: Does that even work on— + +YOUMU: The things that cannot be cut by my Roukanken... + +YOUMU: [[...are next to none!|YOUMU 2]] +[continued] + +[CSS] +#backdrop { + background-image: url("Assets/Images/shrine.jpg"); + background-repeat: no-repeat; + background-size: cover; +} +[continued]cred: cred - 1 +-- + +{ambient sound: 'suika'} SUIKA: Whaddya want? DIOTIMA: I was wondering if could ask something of you. @@ -1239,7 +1326,15 @@ SUIKA: No, you think you do. I can see through you and your facade of ignorance. DIOTIMA: I have no such facade. -SUIKA: You're a proud one alright. Just not honest about it. [[Let me show you how honesty's done.|SUIKA 2]]positive: false +SUIKA: You're a proud one alright. Just not honest about it. [[Let me show you how honesty's done.|SUIKA 2]] + +[CSS] +#backdrop { + background-image: url("Assets/Images/shrine.jpg"); + background-repeat: no-repeat; + background-size: cover; +} +[continued]positive: false positive (answer2 == "is"): true positive (answer2 == "can be"): true positive (answer2 == "probably is"): true @@ -1323,7 +1418,7 @@ YOU: {text input for: 'yourAnswer'} background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; } -[continued]cred: cred - 2 +[continued]cred: cred - 1 -- Diotima focuses her ghostly energies on Reimu... doing so takes a toll on her and she'll lose her presence while trying. @@ -1332,15 +1427,15 @@ Diotima focuses her ghostly energies on Reimu... doing so takes a toll on her an [[Give up.|HUB]] *** -[if cred == 0] -Your credibility is ABYSMAL. [if cred == 1] -Your credibility is LOW. +Your credibility is ABYSMAL. [if cred == 2] -Your credibility is SHAKY. +Your credibility is LOW. [if cred == 3] -Your credibility is SOLID. +Your credibility is SHAKY. [if cred == 4] +Your credibility is SOLID. +[if cred == 5] Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. [CSS] @@ -1351,7 +1446,9 @@ Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. } [continued]cred: cred - 1 -- - +[if cred < 0] +{embed passage: 'HUB LOSS'} +[continued] Diotima focuses her ghostly energies on Suika... doing so takes a toll on her and she'll lose her presence while trying. Her will is far from weak but she appears to be nursing some emotional wounds. She might be vulnerable if you can just push through her strength. @@ -1375,15 +1472,15 @@ Her will is far from weak but she appears to be nursing some emotional wounds. S [[Give up.|HUB]] *** -[if cred == 0] -Your credibility is ABYSMAL. [if cred == 1] -Your credibility is LOW. +Your credibility is ABYSMAL. [if cred == 2] -Your credibility is SHAKY. +Your credibility is LOW. [if cred == 3] -Your credibility is SOLID. +Your credibility is SHAKY. [if cred == 4] +Your credibility is SOLID. +[if cred == 5] Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. [CSS] @@ -1392,18 +1489,20 @@ Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; } -[continued]cred: cred - 2 +[continued]cred: cred - 1 -- - +[if cred < 0] +{embed passage: 'HUB LOSS'} +[continued] Diotima focuses her ghostly energies on Youmu... doing so takes a toll on her and she'll lose her presence while trying. -She appears to be fearful of Diotima. She'd be easy to enter but fighting off her phantom half be very, very draining. It'd be best to end things fast. +She appears to be fearful of Diotima. She'd be easy to enter but fighting off her phantom half be VERY, VERY draining. It'd be best to end things fast. **Pick an idea to attack her with.** <ul> [JavaScript] inventory.forEach(function(value, index){ - if(value == "Love appears differently in many ways." || value = "Love is a wild, ultimately transient state.") + if(value == "Love appears differently in many ways." || value == "Love is a wild, ultimately transient state." || value == "Love is selfish.") { write("<li><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-cb-go=\"YOUMU CLUES\">" + value + "</a></li>"); } @@ -1418,15 +1517,15 @@ She appears to be fearful of Diotima. She'd be easy to enter but fighting of [[Give up.|HUB]] *** -[if cred == 0] -Your credibility is ABYSMAL. [if cred == 1] -Your credibility is LOW. +Your credibility is ABYSMAL. [if cred == 2] -Your credibility is SHAKY. +Your credibility is LOW. [if cred == 3] -Your credibility is SOLID. +Your credibility is SHAKY. [if cred == 4] +Your credibility is SOLID. +[if cred == 5] Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. [CSS] @@ -1441,19 +1540,15 @@ DIOTIMA: I could tell you were listening in for a little while now. DIOTIMA: Like me, you are but an observer of this world. A guest not a resident. -DIOTIMA: Just the same, I was never a citizen of Athens. Even if I wanted to, the best I could become would be the wife of a man of higher standing. Even then, I'd still be more lowly than even the most crapulent, conniving, catastrophic citizen. +DIOTIMA: I spent so much time pursuing love both as an act and as idea that I fear I've died without ever achieving really finding it. -DIOTIMA: I had personal love too, once. My own eros. But that turned sour as quickly as it sweetened. +DIOTIMA: I don't regret it though. With all the earthly pains that love can bring comes all its pleasures. Not pleasures of the body I mean, but those of the soul. -DIOTIMA: We didn't agree on as many things as I initially thought. Some of those things were dealbreakers. - -DIOTIMA: I don't regret it though. With all the earthly pains that love can bring comes all its pleasures. Not pleasure of the body mind you, but those of the soul. - -DIOTIMA: I loved but I did not understand it until it tore me apart. I won't rest until I truly can comprehend it. +DIOTIMA: I think I'm going to be wandering like this for a while. As a ghost, I mean. At least, until I'm truly satisfied with what I know. DIOTIMA: How about you? -DIOTIMA: Are you still searching for it? +DIOTIMA: Are you still searching for something? YOU: {text input for: 'yourAnswer'} @@ -1467,13 +1562,13 @@ YOU: {text input for: 'yourAnswer'} } [continued]DIOTIMA: I see. -DIOTIMA: I can only wish you the best of luck on your journey and hope you do the same for me. +DIOTIMA: I can only wish you the best of luck on your journey and hope you wish the same of me. Diotima stands, her legs returned. She makes her way to the grilled lamprey from earlier. DIOTIMA: It appears that while I've not come to a perfect answer my progress has returned my mortal, physical form to me. -DIOTIMA: Time to celebrate! +DIOTIMA: It is time to celebrate. Her hands still passes through the skewer. She is slightly more solid now however so rather than it passing through harmlessly she knocks the skewer over and it falls onto the ground. @@ -1487,9 +1582,24 @@ DIOTIMA: Well, [[FU—|Ending]] background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; } -[continued]Congratulations on finishing the game! +[continued][align center] +Author here, this is the end of the game. I'd put a painting here to substitute a thousand words of congratulations but given budget restraints I've elected to give you exactly one word of congralutions. -{restart link, label: "RESTART"}cred (cred < 5): cred + 1 +**Congratulations!** + +~~Feel free to replay the game since there's at least two different approaches to beating it.~~ + +{ambient sound: 'ending'} + +{restart link, label: "RESTART"} + +[CSS] +#backdrop { + background-image: url("Assets/Images/shrine.jpg"); + background-repeat: no-repeat; + background-size: cover; +} +[continued]cred (cred < 5): cred + 1 -- [align center] BEGIN DIALOGUE @@ -1600,7 +1710,9 @@ Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. [JavaScript] if(cred < 0){ document.body.setAttribute("class", "stop-scrolling"); -}DIOTIMA: I think we have similar lines of thinking. +}cred: cred - 1 +-- +DIOTIMA: I think we have similar lines of thinking. REIMU: Really? @@ -1757,7 +1869,9 @@ Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. [JavaScript] if(cred < 0){ document.body.setAttribute("class", "stop-scrolling"); -}DIOTIMA: How can love appear differently? +}cred: cred - 1 +-- +DIOTIMA: How can love appear differently? REIMU: It's like that story you told. We use our senses to experience the world. @@ -1842,11 +1956,10 @@ This is all invisible characters. ㅤ ㅤ -cred: cred + 1 +cred: cred + 2 +cred (cred > 5): 5 ReimuComplete: true -- -[align center] - DIOTIMA: Reimu, I do agree with you on many things regarding love. DIOTIMA: But I believe Suika raised a good point when I spoke with her. @@ -1907,13 +2020,13 @@ var newItem = "Examples of love cannot explain what is love."; inventory.indexOf(newItem) === -1 ? inventory.push(newItem) : console.log("This idea already exists"); if (inventory.indexOf("Love is a wild, ultimately transient state.") > -1) { - inventory.splice(index, 1); // 2nd parameter means remove one item only + inventory.splice(inventory.indexOf("Love is a wild, ultimately transient state."), 1); // 2nd parameter means remove one item only } -[continued]Entering into Youmu's mind (or soul, Diotima isn't really sure which), she finds herself in a peaceful, tranquil place. It's dead silent. +[continued]Entering into Youmu's mind (or soul, Diotima isn't really sure which), she finds herself in a peaceful, tranquil place. It's dead silent. Inside she finds an idea: -- Item +- Loving your master can be difficult. [[Leave.|HUB]] @@ -1923,6 +2036,12 @@ Inside she finds an idea: background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; } +[continued] + +[JavaScript] +var newItem = "Loving your master can be difficult."; + +inventory.indexOf(newItem) === -1 ? inventory.push(newItem) : console.log("This idea already exists"); [continued]Entering into Suika's mind (or soul, Diotima isn't really sure which), she finds herself in a vast flowing ocean of aether. It rushes past her ears, roaring. You'd think it'd be unpleasant but it's actually awe-inspiring. Diotima thinks that it'd be exhausting to be like this all the time though. Inside she finds an idea: @@ -2006,7 +2125,9 @@ Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; } -[continued]DIOTIMA: What do you mean by this? +[continued]cred: cred - 1 +-- +DIOTIMA: What do you mean by this? SUIKA: It means what it means. @@ -2078,7 +2199,9 @@ Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. [JavaScript] if(cred < 0){ document.body.setAttribute("class", "stop-scrolling"); -}DIOTIMA: What kind of risks are you talking about? +}cred: cred - 1 +-- +DIOTIMA: What kind of risks are you talking about? SUIKA: The backstabbing kind, the falling out of love kind, the different lifespan kind; I could name you a thousand examples. @@ -2118,7 +2241,7 @@ SUIKA: It means being vulnerable and opening up to risks. <ul> [JavaScript] inventory.forEach(function(value, index){ - if((progressReimuA != 0 && value == "Humans cope with danger by setting boundaries.") || (progressReimuA != 0 && value == "We all wear facades.")) + if(value == "Humans cope with danger by setting boundaries." || value == "We all wear facades.") { write("<li><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-cb-go=\"SUIKA 4\">" + value + "</a></li>"); } @@ -2154,6 +2277,7 @@ Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. if(cred < 0){ document.body.setAttribute("class", "stop-scrolling"); }fac: fac +1 +cred: cred - 1 -- [if fac < 2] DIOTIMA: Was that targeted at me? @@ -2213,7 +2337,7 @@ SUIKA: You can't love while wearing a facade! Love is authentic and it can b <ul> [JavaScript] inventory.forEach(function(value, index){ - if((progressReimuA != 0 && value == "Humans cope with danger by setting boundaries.") || (progressReimuA != 0 && value == "We all wear facades.")) + if(value == "Humans cope with danger by setting boundaries." || value == "We all wear facades.") { write("<li><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-cb-go=\"SUIKA 4\">" + value + "</a></li>"); } @@ -2321,7 +2445,11 @@ inventory.forEach(function(value, index){ background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; } -[continued]DIOTIMA: Suika, do you truly believe that loving without boundaries is the only form of love? +[continued]cred: cred + 2 +cred (cred > 5): 5 +SuikaComplete: true +-- +DIOTIMA: Suika, do you truly believe that loving without boundaries is the only form of love? The two sit in silence. Suika pauses from her drinking and stares at the ground. @@ -2353,17 +2481,21 @@ SUIKA: I wasn't hoping for the same old as if nothing had happen but... she SUIKA: There aren't a lot of us left, so even if she want to give me the cold shoulder I just... I just can't get over her. +SUIKA: But I know I'm just being selfish aren't I? It's her decision and it would be right to respect it... so why am I torn up? Why do I feel so guilty? + The two sit in silence again. Suika lifts her gourd above her head, but it's empty. She sighs and plugs it. The sound of the gourd refilling fills the empty air. -SUIKA: Ya got me. I'm a liar just like you. Happy? +SUIKA: Ya got me. I'm a whiny liar just like you. Happy? Suika takes another swig. +DIOTIMA: ... + DIOTIMA: Huhuhu... SUIKA: Hm? -DIOTIMA: Hahaha! Well if it got you to admit it then yeah! +DIOTIMA: Hahaha! Well if it got you to admit it then yeah! I'm a whiny selfish liar like you and like everyone else on this damned world! DIOTIMA: I suppose that makes both of us the losers of this argument, no? @@ -2375,20 +2507,38 @@ SUIKA: Yeah, yeah I guess so. [[Return.|HUB]] +~~You've gained credibility.~~ +~~GAINED "Love is selfish."~~ + [todo] Figure out which of the two possible ideas were used by saving it in a variable and then clear it (POST-JAM) [continued] *** +[if cred == 1] +Your credibility is ABYSMAL. +[if cred == 2] +Your credibility is LOW. +[if cred == 3] +Your credibility is SHAKY. +[if cred == 4] +Your credibility is SOLID. +[if cred == 5] +Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. + [JavaScript] if (inventory.indexOf("Humans cope with danger by setting boundaries.") > -1) { - inventory.splice(index, 1); + inventory.splice(inventory.indexOf("Humans cope with danger by setting boundaries."), 1); } if (inventory.indexOf("We all wear facades.") > -1) { - inventory.splice(index, 1); + inventory.splice(inventory.indexOf("We all wear facades."), 1); } + +var newItem = "Love is selfish."; + +inventory.indexOf(newItem) === -1 ? inventory.push(newItem) : console.log("This idea already exists"); [continued] [CSS] @@ -2397,4 +2547,937 @@ if (inventory.indexOf("We all wear facades.") > -1) { background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; } +[continued]cred: cred - 1 +cred (cred < 0): 0 +youmuSlash: true +-- + +Youmu cuts at Diotima. Shockingly, it hurts. The girl was not lying about that sword's ability. + +She's not dead though. Dead again? Second death? Whatever she isn't, Diotima is also starting off on the wrong foot with Youmu. + +*** + +~~You've lost credibility.~~ + +*** + +Youmu gapes at her apparent inability to (perfectly) cut this phantom. + +YOUMU: Oh god, you're not dead. + +DIOTIMA: Ouch, shit. + +DIOTIMA: Well maybe being a shivering, shaking, scared mess didn't do your swinging arm any favors. + +YOUMU: Oh. + +DIOTIMA: Oh; and hello to you too. I wasn't exactly planning on harming you but now you're making me feel like it. + +YOUMU: I am so sorry. + +Youmu bows deeply. + +YOUMU: I just... reacted on instinct. Please let me make it up to you. + +DIOTIMA: Fine. Would you help me out if have a request of you? + +YOUMU: Absolutely! + +DIOTIMA: No matter the request? + +YOUMU: Positively! + +DIOTIMA: Alright. Then I was wondering if could ask you to explain to me what is love. + +YOUMU: ... + +YOUMU: I have a bad feeling about this. + +YOUMU: But a promise is a promise. [[Here's what I think.|YOUMU 3]] + +[CSS] +#backdrop { + background-image: url("Assets/Images/shrine.jpg"); + background-repeat: no-repeat; + background-size: cover; +} +[continued]cred (cred < 5): cred + 1 +-- +[align center] +BEGIN DIALOGUE + +[align left] +YOUMU: Love is duty. + +[[QUESTION|YOUMU 2a]] or +[[PRESENT|YOUMU 2 PRESENT a]] + + +[if progressYoumuA == 0] +YOUMU: To love thy neighbor, thy master, and thy family is to love. + +[[QUESTION|YOUMU 2b]] or +[[PRESENT|YOUMU 2 PRESENT b]] +[else] +YOUMU: Duty means to act virtuously. + +[[PRESENT|YOUMU 2 PRESENT b]] +[continued] + + +YOUMU: Cultivating love involves obeying one's duty to others. + +[[QUESTION|YOUMU 2c]] or +[[PRESENT|YOUMU 2 PRESENT c]] + +[[Go back.|HUB]] + +*** + +~~GAINED "Love is duty."~~ + +*** + +**Ideas** +<ul> +[JavaScript] +var newItem = "Love is duty."; + +inventory.indexOf(newItem) === -1 ? inventory.push(newItem) : console.log("This idea already exists"); + +inventory.forEach(function(value, index){ + write("<li>" + value + "</li>"); +}); +[continued] +</ul> + +*** +[if cred == 1] +Your credibility is ABYSMAL. +[if cred == 2] +Your credibility is LOW. +[if cred == 3] +Your credibility is SHAKY. +[if cred == 4] +Your credibility is SOLID. +[if cred == 5] +Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. + +[CSS] +#backdrop { + background-image: url("Assets/Images/shrine.jpg"); + background-repeat: no-repeat; + background-size: cover; +} +[continued][if youmuSlash] +Successful! + +...at getting past Youmu's physical defenses. But her ghostly half will be even more challenging to overcome, will you [[continue|YOUMU H 1]]? + +[[Give up.|HUB]] +[else] +Attempting to haunt Youmu proves difficult as she turns to face Diotima every time she tries to approach her. Perhaps, she needs a little convincing before she lets her guard down? + +[[Give up.|HUB]] +[continue] + +[CSS] +#backdrop { + background-image: url("Assets/Images/shrine.jpg"); + background-repeat: no-repeat; + background-size: cover; +} +[continued]cred: cred - 1 +-- +DIOTIMA: ...would you elaborate on that? + +YOUMU: Love is when you act dutifully, act in accordance with personal virtues and external laws, and express your love by acting in such a manner. + +DIOTIMA: Could you put that in practical terms? + +YOUMU: Sure, I have a few examples coming up. + +[[Go back.|YOUMU 3]] + +[CSS] +#backdrop { + background-image: url("Assets/Images/shrine.jpg"); + background-repeat: no-repeat; + background-size: cover; +} +[continued]cred: cred - 1 +-- +[if cred < 0] +{embed passage: 'HUB LOSS'} +[continued] +YOUMU: Love is duty. + + +[[RETURN|YOUMU 3]] + +*** + +**Pick an idea to present** +<ul> +[JavaScript] + inventory.forEach(function(value, index){ + if(value == "Love is selfish." || "Loving your master can be difficult.") + { + write("<li><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-cb-go=\"YOUMU 4\">" + value + "</a></li>"); + } + else if (value =="Examples of love cannot explain what is love.") { + write("<li><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-cb-go=\"YOUMU 4a\">" + value + "</a></li>"); + } + else + { + write("<li><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-cb-go=\"{passage.name}\">" + value + "</a></li>"); + } +}); +[continued] +</ul> + +*** +[if cred == 0] +Your credibility is ABYSMAL. +[if cred == 1] +Your credibility is LOW. +[if cred == 2] +Your credibility is SHAKY. +[if cred == 3] +Your credibility is SOLID. +[if cred == 4] +Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. + +[CSS] +#backdrop { + background-image: url("Assets/Images/shrine.jpg"); + background-repeat: no-repeat; + background-size: cover; +} +[continued] + +[JavaScript] +if(cred < 0){ + document.body.setAttribute("class", "stop-scrolling"); +}progressYoumuA: 1 +cred: cred - 1 +-- +DIOTIMA: Elaborate? + +YOUMU: To act in accordance with your duty to others is love. Taking care of chores, doing good deeds, and being a kind person is love. + +DIOTIMA: Okay. is this duty just those 3 specific things? + +YOUMU: No, I suppose not. + +DIOTIMA: How would you generalize this? Without going as far as to be as vague as a single word answer, that is. + +YOUMU: Well, I guess I'd say duty is based on virtues. There are many virtues but the principle is to balance your virtues and your vices by acting accordingly. + +[[Intriguing.|YOUMU 3]] + +[CSS] +#backdrop { + background-image: url("Assets/Images/shrine.jpg"); + background-repeat: no-repeat; + background-size: cover; +} +[continued]cred: cred - 1 +-- +[if cred < 0] +{embed passage: 'HUB LOSS'} +[continued] +[if progressYoumuA == 0] +YOUMU: To love thy neighbor, thy master, and thy family is to love. +[else] +YOUMU: Duty means to act virtuously. +[continue] + + +[[RETURN|YOUMU 3]] + +*** + +**Pick an idea to present** +<ul> +[JavaScript] + inventory.forEach(function(value, index){ + write("<li><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-cb-go=\"{passage.name}\">" + value + "</a></li>"); +}); +[continued] +</ul> + +*** +[if cred == 0] +Your credibility is ABYSMAL. +[if cred == 1] +Your credibility is LOW. +[if cred == 2] +Your credibility is SHAKY. +[if cred == 3] +Your credibility is SOLID. +[if cred == 4] +Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. + +[CSS] +#backdrop { + background-image: url("Assets/Images/shrine.jpg"); + background-repeat: no-repeat; + background-size: cover; +} +[continued] + +[JavaScript] +if(cred < 0){ + document.body.setAttribute("class", "stop-scrolling"); +}cred: cred - 1 +-- +DIOTIMA: Obeying duty means becoming a loving person? + +YOUMU: Exactly. + +DIOTIMA: I feel as though, and I know you wouldn't because you're an honest person, you've taken a code of ethics and a moral philosophy and supplanted goodness for love. + +YOUMU: A-ah, uhm, I— + +DIOTIMA: You wouldn't do that though. + +YOUMU: No! + +DIOTIMA: And you certainly wouldn't strike a defenseless, confused philosopher right? + +Youmu squirms uncomfortably. + +[[Go back.|YOUMU 3]] + +[CSS] +#backdrop { + background-image: url("Assets/Images/shrine.jpg"); + background-repeat: no-repeat; + background-size: cover; +} +[continued]cred: cred - 1 +-- +[if cred < 0] +{embed passage: 'HUB LOSS'} +[continued] +YOUMU: Cultivating love involves obeying one's duty to others. + + +[[RETURN|YOUMU 3]] + +*** + +**Pick an idea to present** +<ul> +[JavaScript] + inventory.forEach(function(value, index){ + write("<li><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-cb-go=\"{passage.name}\">" + value + "</a></li>"); +}); +[continued] +</ul> + +*** +[if cred == 0] +Your credibility is ABYSMAL. +[if cred == 1] +Your credibility is LOW. +[if cred == 2] +Your credibility is SHAKY. +[if cred == 3] +Your credibility is SOLID. +[if cred == 4] +Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. + +[CSS] +#backdrop { + background-image: url("Assets/Images/shrine.jpg"); + background-repeat: no-repeat; + background-size: cover; +} +[continued] + +[JavaScript] +if(cred < 0){ + document.body.setAttribute("class", "stop-scrolling"); +}youmuHalved: true +-- +DIOTIMA: These are certainly unique conceptions of love, Youmu. + +DIOTIMA: I admit that your idea of love as duty stands as very different the other ideas about love I've heard so far. + +YOUMU: Thank you...? + +DIOTIMA: But— + +YOUMU: And there's always a but... + +DIOTIMA: I cannot accept this as an answer to what love is. + +DIOTIMA: Love can be selfish, romantic love especially. It can hurt others, it certainly can involve personal desires unrelated to virtues and duty does not need play a role in this. + +DIOTIMA: And even if duty comes into play, could you call a servant suffering under a master they still obey a kind of love? + +DIOTIMA: Now what I've given here is only a few examples but there are many, many other examples of love out there. I'm not saying yours is worse than the others; I'm saying every example is wrong. + +DIOTIMA: Examples always have exceptions and any answer to what love is must contend with all the possible manifestations of what love is. + +YOUMU: ...wow. You do make a good point. + +YOUMU: Truthfully, those weren't my real thoughts on love. I'm just trying to get this over with. + +DIOTIMA: I see. + +YOUMU: Well, let me think on it a little more as it's not a questions I've thought much about. + +Youmu does just that, closing her eyes with intent and focus. Before Diotima can say— + +YOUMU: [[I know what love is now.|YOUMU 5]] + +DIOTIMA: You g— okay. + +[CSS] +#backdrop { + background-image: url("Assets/Images/shrine.jpg"); + background-repeat: no-repeat; + background-size: cover; +} +[continued] +DIOTIMA: These are certainly unique conceptions of love, Youmu. + +DIOTIMA: I admit that your idea of love as duty stands as very different the other ideas about love I've heard so far. + +YOUMU: Thank you...? + +DIOTIMA: But— + +YOUMU: And there's always a but... + +DIOTIMA: I cannot accept this as an answer to what love is. + +DIOTIMA: This is just another example of love among many. Tell me where does duty come into friendship? Where does it come into romance? + +DIOTIMA: You could give examples of course, but I'm not interested in wasting either of our time on this particular point. + +DIOTIMA: Examples always have exceptions and any answer to what love is must contend with all the possible manifestations of what love is. + +YOUMU: ...wow. You do make a good point. + +YOUMU: Truthfully, those weren't my real thoughts on love. I'm just trying to get this over with. + +DIOTIMA: I see. + +YOUMU: Well, let me think on it a little more as it's not a questions I've thought much about. + +Youmu does just that, closing her eyes with intent and focus. Before Diotima can say— + +YOUMU: [[I know what love is now.|YOUMU 5]] + +DIOTIMA: You g— okay. + +[CSS] +#backdrop { + background-image: url("Assets/Images/shrine.jpg"); + background-repeat: no-repeat; + background-size: cover; +} +[continued] +cred (cred < 5): cred + 1 +-- +[align center] +BEGIN DIALOGUE + +[align left] +YOUMU: Love is sacrifice. + +[[QUESTION|YOUMU 5a]] or +[[PRESENT|YOUMU 5 PRESENT a]] + + +YOUMU: Whether that be of selfish wants, duty to others, or peace. + +[[QUESTION|YOUMU 5b]] or +[[PRESENT|YOUMU 5 PRESENT b]] +[continued] + +[if fac2 < 2] +YOUMU: It is a trade and a deal that manifests in many forms; but comes down to sacrifice and compromise. +[else] +YOUMU: It's compromise and suffering; it's ultimately not worth it in the end. +[continued] + + +[[QUESTION|YOUMU 5c]] or +[[PRESENT|YOUMU 5 PRESENT c]] + +[[Go back.|HUB]] + +**Ideas** +<ul> +[JavaScript] +inventory.forEach(function(value, index){ + write("<li>" + value + "</li>"); +}); +[continued] +</ul> + +*** +[if cred == 1] +Your credibility is ABYSMAL. +[if cred == 2] +Your credibility is LOW. +[if cred == 3] +Your credibility is SHAKY. +[if cred == 4] +Your credibility is SOLID. +[if cred == 5] +Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. + +[CSS] +#backdrop { + background-image: url("Assets/Images/shrine.jpg"); + background-repeat: no-repeat; + background-size: cover; +} +[continued]cred: cred - 1 +-- +DIOTIMA: Very interesting angle, Youmu. + +YOUMU: Thank you. + +DIOTIMA: Now, could you specify what exactly is sacrifice? + +Youmu wilters at this. + +YOUMU: Oh come on! You know what I'm talking about. + +DIOTIMA: I assure you I do not. + +YOUMU: IT'S A VERY COMMON WORD. + +Diotima sighs. + +DIOTIMA: I ask you to define these things because I want to know if we are talking about the same definition of sacrifice. + +YOUMU: Well, I'm not giving you one. + +DIOTIMA: Fine. Does that mean I can assume my definition applies here? + +YOUMU: Go ahead as long as it isn't anything ridiculous. + +[[Go back.|YOUMU 5]] + +[CSS] +#backdrop { + background-image: url("Assets/Images/shrine.jpg"); + background-repeat: no-repeat; + background-size: cover; +} +[continued]cred: cred - 1 +-- +[if cred < 0] +{embed passage: 'HUB LOSS'} +[continued] +YOUMU: Love is sacrifice. + + +[[RETURN|YOUMU 3]] + +*** + +**Pick an idea to present** +<ul> +[JavaScript] + inventory.forEach(function(value, index){ + write("<li><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-cb-go=\"{passage.name}\">" + value + "</a></li>"); +}); +[continued] +</ul> + +*** +[if cred == 0] +Your credibility is ABYSMAL. +[if cred == 1] +Your credibility is LOW. +[if cred == 2] +Your credibility is SHAKY. +[if cred == 3] +Your credibility is SOLID. +[if cred == 4] +Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. + +[CSS] +#backdrop { + background-image: url("Assets/Images/shrine.jpg"); + background-repeat: no-repeat; + background-size: cover; +} +[continued] + +[JavaScript] +if(cred < 0){ + document.body.setAttribute("class", "stop-scrolling"); +}cred: cred - 1 +-- +DIOTIMA: More examples, I see. + +DIOTIMA: My impression is that selfish wants refer to immoral desires? Are these the same as vices? + +YOUMU: Yes. I'm refering to how love can elevate a person's character and how duty is intertwined. + +DIOTIMA: And you mentioned duty again here too except it's also a possible sacrifice? + +YOUMU: That's right. This is my response. Love can also drag a person down and make them selfish and unloyal. + +DIOTIMA: I don't disagree with you on that one. Last of your examples is peace. + +YOUMU: Indeed, if love can be chaotic then so be it. If the person in love has decided they're willing to face hardships for the sake of love then I have no place to disagree. + +DIOTIMA: Neither do I. And though these are examples I can see that your definition has a common theme that ties them all while still being capable of being expanded on. + +DIOTIMA: That's good, if you didn't know. + +YOUMU: Oh. Well okay. + +[[Go back.|YOUMU 5]] + +[CSS] +#backdrop { + background-image: url("Assets/Images/shrine.jpg"); + background-repeat: no-repeat; + background-size: cover; +} +[continued]cred: cred - 1 +-- +[if cred < 0] +{embed passage: 'HUB LOSS'} +[continued] +YOUMU: Whether that be of selfish wants, duty to others, or peace. + + +[[RETURN|YOUMU 3]] + +*** + +**Pick an idea to present** +<ul> +[JavaScript] + inventory.forEach(function(value, index){ + write("<li><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-cb-go=\"{passage.name}\">" + value + "</a></li>"); +}); +[continued] +</ul> + +*** +[if cred == 0] +Your credibility is ABYSMAL. +[if cred == 1] +Your credibility is LOW. +[if cred == 2] +Your credibility is SHAKY. +[if cred == 3] +Your credibility is SOLID. +[if cred == 4] +Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. + +[CSS] +#backdrop { + background-image: url("Assets/Images/shrine.jpg"); + background-repeat: no-repeat; + background-size: cover; +} +[continued] + +[JavaScript] +if(cred < 0){ + document.body.setAttribute("class", "stop-scrolling"); +}fac2: fac2 + 1 +cred: cred - 1 +-- +[if fac2 == 1] +DIOTIMA: You make love sound so terrible and dry. + +YOUMU: I suppose I did. + +YOUMU: I think there's a place for romantic love and the fantasies that come with it as an idea. However, love can also be a hurtful thing can't it? + +DIOTIMA: ...yes. I'm well familiar with that fact. + +DIOTIMA: Does that mean you think of love as negative overall? + +YOUMU: W-well, no, I mean... + +Youmu goes back to thinking on the topic. + +DIOTIMA: *She needs time, maybe I will have to revisit this line of questioning.* + +[[Go back.|YOUMU 5]] +[else] +YOUMU: I thought about what you said. + +YOUMU: And I think you have a point. + +DIOTIMA: What point would that be? + +YOUMU: That love must be negative overall. + +DIOTIMA: ! + +DIOTIMA: That's... quite the position. + +YOUMU: Yeah, but can you disprove it? + +YOUMU: It seems to follow logically that if love is about compromises it's ultimately just another risk in life. + +YOUMU: And if it ends badly, what then? You've gained nothing but sorrows. + +DIOTIMA: [[...|YOUMU 5]] +[continued] + +[CSS] +#backdrop { + background-image: url("Assets/Images/shrine.jpg"); + background-repeat: no-repeat; + background-size: cover; +} +[continued]cred: cred - 1 +-- +[if cred < 0] +{embed passage: 'HUB LOSS'} +[continued] +[if fac2 < 2] +YOUMU: It is a trade and a deal that manifests in many forms; but comes down to sacrifice and compromise. +[else] +YOUMU: It's compromise and suffering; it's ultimately not worth it in the end. +[continued] + + +[[RETURN|YOUMU 3]] + +*** + +**Pick an idea to present** +<ul> +[JavaScript] + inventory.forEach(function(value, index){ + if(progressReimuA != 0 && value == "Love is, despite suffering, ultimately good.") + { + write("<li><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-cb-go=\"YOUMU 6\">" + value + "</a></li>"); + } + else + { + write("<li><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-cb-go=\"{passage.name}\">" + value + "</a></li>"); + } +}); +[continued] +</ul> + +*** +[if cred == 0] +Your credibility is ABYSMAL. +[if cred == 1] +Your credibility is LOW. +[if cred == 2] +Your credibility is SHAKY. +[if cred == 3] +Your credibility is SOLID. +[if cred == 4] +Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. + +[CSS] +#backdrop { + background-image: url("Assets/Images/shrine.jpg"); + background-repeat: no-repeat; + background-size: cover; +} +[continued] + +[JavaScript] +if(cred < 0){ + document.body.setAttribute("class", "stop-scrolling"); +}cred: 5 +YoumuComplete: true +-- +DIOTIMA: Youmu, have you loved before? + +YOUMU: ...I have. + +DIOTIMA: Has it been easy? + +YOUMU: No. + +Youmu almost scoffs at this and then goes eerily quiet as if reliving some terrible nightmare. + +DIOTIMIA: Youmu? + +YOUMU: ...oh right. I was just thinking about my... master. + +DIOTIMA: Judging from your reaction she seems like a handful. + +YOUMU: Aha, well she is. + +DIOTIMA: But you love her still? + +Youmu ponders but only for an instant. + +YOUMU: Yes, with all my heart. + +Diotima smiles. + +DIOTIMA: I'm sorry for putting you and the others through all this nonsense about philosophy just to come to this conclusion. + +YOUMU: ? + +DIOTIMA: Though we can never reach it, we know there is love and that love is good, don't we? + +DIOTIMA: We can tell instinctively that it must be, even if it is hard to say why. + +DIOTIMA: It can come in many forms, it can be calm, it can be wild, it can steadfast, it can be fickle. + +DIOTIMA: But despite evidence to the contrary, I think we can both agree love is good, right? + +YOUMU: Yes, yes, that's right. + +DIOTIMA: It's relieving to say that isn't it? + +YOUMU: It is! + +DIOTIMA: Then I'm afraid I'm no closer to understanding what love is than when I began. + +YOUMU: Oh. + +Diotima smiles mysteriously. + +DIOTIMA: Oh well. I'll just make up some close-enough conclusion to satisfy me for now. Good enough! + +Youmu is taken aback. + +YOUMU: ...you know you remind me of my master when you do... whatever this is. + +DIOTIMA: She must be charming. + +Youmu chuckles a little and thinks on this. + +YOUMU: That she is. + +[[Return.|HUB]] + +~~You've gained credibility.~~ + +*** + +[if cred == 1] +Your credibility is ABYSMAL. +[if cred == 2] +Your credibility is LOW. +[if cred == 3] +Your credibility is SHAKY. +[if cred == 4] +Your credibility is SOLID. +[if cred == 5] +Your credibility is UNDOUBTABLE. + +[CSS] +#backdrop { + background-image: url("Assets/Images/shrine.jpg"); + background-repeat: no-repeat; + background-size: cover; +} +[continued]DIOTIMA: *I remember.* + +DIOTIMA: *Past the fragments and the recent memories.* + +DIOTIMA: *I was young and penniless when I arrived in Athens.* + +DIOTIMA: *I had left Mantineia in such a hurry, running away from my family and duties to bear a child to someone I did not love simply for dowry.* + +DIOTIMA: *So I ran. The rolling hills and clear lakes gave way to Athens.* + +DIOTIMA: *Now the wealthy neighborhoods were beautiful. It was such a nice place to live once I had the notoriety to settle at its edges.* + +DIOTIMA: *But the rest of the city, where it was not citizens but freed slaves and slum dwellers smelt of dung and crap.* + +DIOTIMA: *I lived there.* + +DIOTIMA: *The only thing that kept me going under those conditions was the thought of returning to my family with enough money to make up the amount of the dowry I turned down and then some.* + +DIOTIMA: *...no that's not right. It was the thought of seeing my parents happy again; seeing them with wide eyes and full stomachs.* + +DIOTIMA: *...seeing them not have to stretch out our produce to last the entire week.* + +DIOTIMA: *[[Then, I got lucky.|Luck]]* + +[CSS] +#backdrop { + background-image: url("Assets/Images/greece.jpg"); + background-repeat: no-repeat; + background-size: cover; +} +[continued]luck: true +-- +DIOTIMA: *Rumors of a plague struck the city and people were scared.* + +DIOTIMA: *Scared of losing their families, their livelihood, their lives.* + +DIOTIMA: *But if you had nothing like me, you'd know that there was no plague.* + +DIOTIMA: *Because if there was a plague, it'd happen in the slums first.* + +DIOTIMA: *We were stacked on each other so tight that we'd all have the plague within hours.* + +DIOTIMA: *But we didn't. So I took advantage of that. Advised people to do sacrifices, drummed up a response, got everyone involved.* + +DIOTIMA: *I lied. Could you blame me?* + +DIOTIMA: *Of course you can, I'd blame myself if I were listening to this.* + +DIOTIMA: *But I got a reputation from that. I got a path forward.* + +DIOTIMA: *It took time but I got the wealth, I got the money and resources necessary to make up that dowry 10 times over.* + +DIOTIMA: *So I returned home. I was going to see my parents, I was going to see their smiling faces and...* + +DIOTIMA: *...they were gone. The house was gone, the neighborhood was gone.* + +DIOTIMA: *It all burnt down one day; who the hell knows when.* + +DIOTIMA: *I had my theories. Debt collectors, the family I refused to marry into...* + +DIOTIMA: *...or maybe they did it to themselves. Maybe they blamed themselves.* + +DIOTIMA: *I've loved and I've lost and I've lost and I've lost and...* + +DIOTIMA: *You know what's ironic?* + +DIOTIMA: *It's after that I became the philosophy of love.* + +DIOTIMA: *Because you know what?* + +DIOTIMA: *If I had stayed there and talked them out of the marriage proposal, we'd have starved to death.* + +DIOTIMA: *But at least we'd have died together. At least, I wouldn't have loved from afar in vain.* + +DIOTIMA: *All I could do was try and learn how to love better next time.* + +[[Return.|HUB]] + +~~GAINED "Love is, despite suffering, ultimately good."~~ + +[JavaScript] +var newItem = "Love is, despite suffering, ultimately good."; + +inventory.indexOf(newItem) === -1 ? inventory.push(newItem) : console.log("This idea already exists"); + +if (inventory.indexOf("Love is, despite suffering, ultimately good.") > -1) { + inventory.splice(inventory.indexOf("Love is a wild, ultimately transient state."), 1); // 2nd parameter means remove one item only +} +[continued] + +[CSS] +#backdrop { + background-image: url("Assets/Images/greece.jpg"); + background-repeat: no-repeat; + background-size: cover; +} [continued] \ No newline at end of file