(text-colour: #02d987)[$head[The Psilysium District]]
$tsn[You walk through the dim and grungy streets of the Psilysium district. The quiet murmurs and hisses of the ambient surrounds of Nodd fill your ears as you move. Somewhere overhead, a balloon drifts by in the ever-present gloom, ferrying some wealthy inhabitants from one part of the (link-reveal: "Canopy")[(show: ?canopy)] to another.(set: $timer to 5s)]|canopy)[$tsnGrey[
*The Canopy. The towering portions of the City where the affluent and favoured of the Council or Houses indulge to their hearts' content.*]]
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Nearby, two Ravels stalk through the street as they chatter at each other, one wearing a mask and the other twisting at a strange metal puzzle. A nearby hybrid of what looks like an Oggorus and a Krudge puffs at a darkhaze pipe, watching you.](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The hybrid seems to be ogling you somewhat, staring at your (cycling-link: bind $breastAnswer, "pert breasts", "lack of breasts")(cycling-link: bind $cockAnswer, " and the bulge of your dick", " and the flat cleft of your pussy", ", the bulge of your dick, and the subtle hints of your pussy behind").](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Up ahead, you see (link: "an Arcanogram")[a glyph that resolves in your mind as something called the ''Beguiling Eye''] hanging from a damp wall, advertising something called *Voyeur Glasses*.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> Enter the shop->The Beguiling Eye]]
[[> Talk to the hybrid->The Hybrid]]](if: $breastAnswer is "pert breasts")[(set: $breasts to true)](else-if: $breastAnswer is "lack of breasts")[(set: $breasts to false)](if: $cockAnswer is " and the bulge of your dick")[(set: $cock to true)(set: $pussy to false)](else-if: $cockAnswer is " and the flat cleft of your pussy")[(set: $cock to false)(set: $pussy to true)](else-if: $cockAnswer is ", the bulge of your dick, and the subtle hints of your pussy behind")[(set: $cock to true)(set: $pussy to true)](text-colour: #02d987)[$head[The Beguiling Eye]]
$tsn[You step into the store marked as the Beguiling Eye. (if: $Brug is true and $Bruggone is not true)[A backwards glance over your shoulder lets you see Brug just outside the door, watching you knowingly from the street. ]Once inside, you immediately see shelves.
Shelves and tables and benches and (link-reveal: "display cases")[(show: ?cases)].
Some of them seem to almost turn *towards* you as you enter, as if eager to witness the newest potential customer. A banner hangs from the store, seemingly made of sletcher hide dyed in all sorts of colours, while a pair of shopkeepers immediately fix their gaze upon you from across the store.(set: $timer to 9s)]|cases)[$tsnGrey[
You can't help but notice that each one is filled from edge to edge with what look like ornately crafted opera glasses. Hundreds upon hundreds of them - some made to look like masquerade masks, others more like eyeglasses. Some are colourful, others plain. Each and every one has a small inscription beside it seeming to detail something about the item, while also listing the price.]]
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Before you can do or say much of anything, one of them - a rakish slyne - hurries over to you. With large eyes and scraggly quills running down the shopkeeper's neck, the slyne offers you an ingratiating smile.](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[(color: #6666aa)[*"Welcome to the Beguiling Eye,"*] hisses the slyne, pressing both hands together to form a triangular gesture of forefingers and thumbs. (color: #6666aa)[*"We are so pleased to see more Chosen Ones in our midssst. This one is Sith. Sith Thrissssis, one of the salesmistresses of thiss fine establishment."*]](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Sith's bent neck wobbles a little as her head glances you up and down, before she extends one thin arm to gesture around the dimly lit interior of the store and its numerous shelves and cases, particularly at the hanging (link-reveal: "banner")[(show: ?banner)(show: ?freepair)(set: $freepair to true)].](set: $timer to 2s)|banner)[$tsnGrey[
The banner seems to be advertising one free pair of Voyeur Glasses to all new Chosen One patrons. What a lucky coincidence!]]
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> "What are Voyeur Glasses?"->"What are voyeur glasses?"]]
[[> "What have you got?"->Lobby]]
|freepair)[[[> "Free pair?"->"Free pair?"]]]](text-colour: #02d987)[{(if: $Brug is true)[$head[Brug Gorb]](else:)[$head[The Hybrid]]}]
(if: $breastAnswer is "pert breasts")[(set: $breasts to true)](else-if: $breastAnswer is "lack of breasts")[(set: $breasts to false)](if: $cockAnswer is " and the bulge of your dick")[(set: $cock to true)(set: $pussy to false)](else-if: $cockAnswer is " and the flat cleft of your pussy")[(set: $cock to false)(set: $pussy to true)](else-if: $cockAnswer is ", the bulge of your dick, and the subtle hints of your pussy behind")[(set: $cock to true)(set: $pussy to true)]$tsn[The hybrid gazes at you, his large mouth spread into a toothy smile that seems to stretch further than it rightly should. The (link-reveal: "darkhaze pipe")[(show: ?pipe)] that protrudes from between his purple lips is slightly stained by the slime of his Oggorus parentage, and most of his serpentine lower body is coiled up beneath him. His colours are much more muted than most Oggs you've seen, perhaps dulled by his Krudge heritage.(set: $timer to 8s)]|pipe)[$tsnGrey[
*It's long and hooked, with an opalescent miasma rising from the almost toothy end where he puffs on his supply of haze. You have a feeling that inhaling it would get you high, at least.*]]
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[His smile broadens as his eyes dip to behold you. The (link-reveal: "stinger")[(show: ?stinger)] at the end of his tail peeks out to scratch across the Noddish street, before his ears perk up.](set: $timer to 5s)|stinger)[$tsnGrey[
Something all Oggori have is a stinger at the end of their tail, able to help inject their particular brand of intoxicating mucous. This one doesn't seem too intent on using it without consent, at least.]]
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[(color: #9944aa)[*"Here for the Eye?"*] he asks, his voice thick and slow, yet somehow jubilant. It sounds like he's recently swallowed a thick layer of slime.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> "The Eye?"->> "The Eye?"]]
[[> "What are you?"]]
[[> "Were you looking at me?"]]](set: $tsn to (transition: "dissolve") + (transition-time: 2s))(set: $tsnGrey to (transition: "dissolve") + (transition-time: 2s) + (text-colour: grey))(set: $cock to $cock)(set: $pussy to $pussy)(set: $breasts to $breasts)(text-colour: #02d987)[{(if: $Brug is true)[$head[Brug Gorb]](else:)[$head[The Hybrid]]}]
$tsn[Looking at the Arcanogram above you both, the hybrid gives a nod and takes a long suck of his pipe. He lifts a claw and taps the side of his head right beside his beady eyes.
$brugcol[*"The Beguiling Eye. The shop behind you,"*] he burbles. $brugcol[*"Sellers of the finest (link-reveal: "Voyeur Glasses")[(show: ?glasses)] in the City."*]]|glasses)[$tsn[
As you ask about Voyeur Glasses, {(if: $Brug is true)[Brug](else:)[the hybrid]} smiles cryptically. $brugcol[*"Oh, I'll let you find out for yourself in the store,"*] he bubbles merrily.]](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> "Were you looking at me?"->> "Were you looking at me?"]]
[[> "What are you?"]]
[[> Turn and enter the Beguiling Eye->The Beguiling Eye]]](text-colour: #02d987)[{(if: $Brug is true)[$head[Brug Gorb]](else:)[$head[The Hybrid]]}]
(if: $Brug is true)[$tsn[$brugcol[*"Mmm, we've been over this, haven't we, Chosen One?"*] Brug asks, licking his lips free of purplish slime as he watches you.(set: $timer to 2s)]
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> "Were you looking at me?"->> "Were you looking at me?"]]
[[> "The Eye?"]]
[[> Turn and enter the store->The Beguiling Eye]]]](else:)[$tsn[At your question, the hybrid Insider's expression turns to one that could be excitement or worry or anywhere in between. His Krudge-like ears flick, and his large bulk straightens up somewhat.(set: $timer to 3s)]
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$brugcol[*"What am I?"*] he asks. $brugcol[*"I am a hybrid. Oggorus on my father's side. Krudge on my mother's."*]](set: $timer to 2s) (after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[After a few moments, he sniffs the air, then wipes away some mucous from his leathery skin. $brugcol[*"But of course, you want to know ''who'' I am, don't you?"*]](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$brugcol["*Don't you?*"] Suddenly, he looks almost concerned.](set: $timer to 1s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> "Oh, uh, of course!"->"Oh, uh, of course!"]]]](text-colour: #02d987)[{(if: $Brug is true)[$head[Brug Gorb]](else:)[$head[The Hybrid]]}]
$tsn[{(if: $Brug is true)[Brug](else:)[The hybrid]} smiles at you, his leathery hide creasing around the eyes. He reaches into the pocket of his vest and pulls out a small device that reminds you of a pocketwatch, before putting it away again. Overhead you hear a (link: "gurgling groan")[gurgling groan - perhaps of a building digesting some unknown meal].(set: $timer to 6s)]
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$brugcol[*"Can you blame me?"*] he asks. $brugcol[*"You are a very attractive looking... whatever you are."*] {(if: $Brug is true)[Brug](else:)[The hybrid]} scratches at his bloated stomach, then licks his lips with a notably slimy tongue. His facial spikes seem to almost dribble some excess mucus to the grungy street floor. $brugcol[*"So many Outsiders have been appearing lately. I didn't think I would meet one so soon, right ''here'' in front of the Eye! I'd very much enjoy getting to know you..."*]](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[[> "Eww."->"Eww."]]
[[> Blush.]]
[[> "What are you?"]]
[[> "The Eye?"]]]](text-colour: #02d987)[{(if: $Brug is true)[$head[Brug Gorb]](else:)[$head[The Hybrid]]}]
(set: $Brug to true)$tsn[Looking relieved, the hybrid smiles and puffs on his darkhaze pipe for a few moments. His large arm smoothens down his leather vest, its surface quite slimy, before he lifts his head.(set: $timer to 5s)]
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$brugcol[*"My name is Brug Gorb. And you are most pleased to meet me,"*] he says, the line sounding immediately rehearsed. Yet his big smile seems very genuine all the same as he takes another heavy drag on his darkhaze pipe, blowing a (link-reveal: "soft and warm puff")[(show: ?puff)] of it across your face.](set: $timer to 5s)|puff)[$tsnGrey[
You take a deep whiff of the haze. For a moment, colours dance before your eyes, and you feel warmth spread to your belly. (if: $cock is true)[Your cock starts to stiffen where you stand, leaving you feeling sensitive. ](if: $pussy is true)[Your slit starts to feel warm and damp, and you find yourself feeling *keenly* aware of your little nub as he looks at you.]]]
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$brugcol[*"You're one of the Chosen Ones, aren't you? Mmm... New, then."*] His eyes slowly drape across your body, paying close attention to ]$breasts[the swell of your cleavage and ](if: $cock is true)[the package between your legs](else-if: $pussy is true)[the cleft between your legs]. $brugcol[*"As much as I'd love to show you the best time you've ever had, I'd ''hate'' to keep you from exploring the Eye while it's got its special on."*](set: $timer to 6s) (after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[He pauses. $brugcol[*"No, really. I'd feel guilty."*]](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> "Were you looking at me?"->> "Were you looking at me?"]]
[[> "The Eye?"]]
[[> Turn and enter the store->The Beguiling Eye]]](text-colour: #02d987)[{(if: $Brug is true)[$head[Brug Gorb]](else:)[$head[The Hybrid]]}]
$tsn[{(if: $Brug is true)[Brug](else:)[The hybrid]}'s expression immediately shrinks. You don't think you've seen an Insider's face fall quite so quickly or quite so much. He looks almost a little ill for a moment, before he offers you the thin veneer of a smile.(set: $timer to 5s)]
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$brugcol[*"Sorry,"*] he burbles, looking away from you. $brugcol[*"It's the Ogg in me. I get over-confident. I..."*] He trails off, before closing his mouth quickly. He offers you another smile, before looking down the City street.](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$brugcol[*"I should be going."*]
Without another word, {(if: $Brug is true)[Brug](else:)[the hybrid]} turns and slithers his way away from you, heaving himself down the street towards a large and hazy-looking City spire.](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[He stops only long enough to cast a guilty glance back in your direction, before vanishing around a corner.](set: $timer to 2s)(set: $Bruggone to true)<!-- Brug has gone bye bye, sadly. -->
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> Turn and enter the Beguiling Eye->The Beguiling Eye]]](text-colour: #02d987)[{(if: $Brug is true)[$head[Brug Gorb]](else:)[$head[The Hybrid]]}]
$tsn[{(if: $Brug is true)[Brug](else:)[The hybrid]} smiles broadly and leans in close, before curling a claw underneath your chin.(set: $timer to 3s)]
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$brugcol[*"When you're done with the Eye, perhaps you'd like to get to know more of Insider biology,"*] he grumbles, before leaning back against the wall to show off the large and leathery sack that bulges from his lower body. He gives it a pat, then takes a long drag from his darkhaze pipe.](set: $timer to 7s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[His tongue licks across his lips and spiky chin, before he offers you a pleased rumble that bellows up from his barrel-like chest. $brugcol[*"And if not, perhaps I'll see you near the (link-reveal: "Grey Harvest")[(show: ?harvest)]."*]](set: $timer to 2s)|harvest)[$tsn[
*"Mmm,"* he says with a degree of nonchalance that seems once again practiced. Like someone overcoming powerful nerves. *"A place where hunters of the Doldrums and the Abyss sometimes bring in interesting things... None as interesting as you, of course."*]]
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> "What are you?"->> "What are you?"]]
[[> "The Eye?"]]
[[> Turn and enter the Beguiling Eye->The Beguiling Eye]]](text-colour: #02d987)[$head[The Beguiling Eye]]
$tsn[The question of what Voyeur Glasses are earns you an almost deranged, rasping giggle from the shopkeeper.
$sithcol[*"Oh? You have not even heard of them?"*] she asks. $sithcol[*"Such a treat! They are lenses, Chosen One. A wonderful invention that turns dreams into (link-reveal: "Gloam")[(show: ?gloam)] and then back again. Or so Sith likes to imagine."*](set: $timer to 6s)]|gloam)[$tsnGrey[
Gloam. The mysterious, chaotic haze that powers so much of the City of Nodd. Used as currency, hoarded as power, wielded as magic, Gloam often seems to be both alpha and omega in this warped realm.]]
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Sith stalks across to a display case before picking up a pair of Glasses, holding it up for you to see. It looks ornate, and has a small spot for some Gloam to be injected via a cartridge.
$sithcol[*"When one wears a pair of Glasses, they see what the wearer saw when recording. And if one focuses... Hear what the wearer heard. ''Feel'' what the wearer ''felt''. It is to relive the experience, frozen in time."*]](set: $timer to 7s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You can tell that Sith is excited by the store's wares as her raspy voice turns to a whipping whisper as she speaks, and the quills on her head stand up eagerly.
$sithcol[*"The ones of pleasure are marked with a ''P''. Those of knowledge, with a ''K''. And those of hurt, with an ''H''."*]](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> "What have you got?"->Lobby]]
(if: $freepair is true)[[[> "Free pair?"->"Free pair?"]]]](text-colour: #02d987)[$head[The Beguiling Eye]]
$tsn[As you ask about free pairs, Sith's eyes light up. She smiles broadly and nods at you slowly.
(color: #6666aa)[*"Oh, yesss,"*] she rasps. (color: #6666aa)[*"Chosen Ones may choose one pair to keep, from our five Chosen One options. We are offering a generouss full viewing of each, instead of the traditional few ticksss. Just remember to ''focus'' on them so that the Chosen One gets the... full experience, of course. Or,"*] she adds, (color: #6666aa)[*"This one may ssselect a blank pair, to record their own such... ''experiences''."*](set: $timer to 9s)](set: $free to true)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[With that same hook-beaked smile, the slyne gestures to what might be the prettiest case in the room - if your definition of pretty included things that had mismatched teeth and a thick, purplish tentacle coiled around itself like some kind of cushion.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> "What are Voyeur Glasses?"->"What are voyeur glasses?"]]
[[> "What have you got?"->Lobby]]](text-colour: #02d987)[$head[The Beguiling Eye]]
(unless: $free is true)[(set: $free to true)$tsn[$sithcol[*"Here,"*] Sith hisses, beckoning you towards a single case in the middle of the room with fine glass and a purple, pulsing tentacle wrapped around it. $sithcol[*"We have five free options for Chosen Ones, generously offering a full sssample rather than the traditional few tickss. Just do remember to properly ''focus'' on them, so that the Chosen One gets the full... experience,"*] the slyne says, her slender fingers rubbing across the display case.
$sithcol[*"Or, if one wantss, one free blank pair to record one's own experiences."*] She offers you another smile that looks somehow worrying.
]](unless: $addleworm is true and $aeolia is true and $kudzu is true and $funnel is true and $splayed is true)[$tsn[You stand in the middle of the Beguiling Eye in front of the display case indicated to contain free samples for Chosen Ones. You can see five Voyeur Glasses within its confines. They're a little smudged and have clearly been used before, but they seem *mostly* clean. The purplish tentacle wrapped around its base wiggles a little, reminding you of a tongue.
You cast your eyes across the five available samples, noting what each placard says.](set: $timer to 2s)](else:)[$tsn[Sith smiles at you as you look over the display case, having tried all five of the Voyeur Glasses. Her expression is serene and knowing, as if you're not the first to have tried all of the available experiences.(set: $timer to 4s)]]
(after: $timer, 200)[=(unless: $addleworm is true and $aeolia is true and $kudzu is true and $funnel is true and $splayed is true)[$tsn[There's also a pair of Glasses marked 'blank'...]](else:)[$tsn[$sithcol[*"Enjoy, Chosen One?"*] she asks with a sibilant hiss. $sithcol[*"Please, feel free to view any of them again. Or if this one is ready... Perhaps, to take one home?"*]
You can see the now-familiar Glasses laid out before you, each with its information placard. You consider if you wish to... *review* any of them another time.]](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> The one which says 'Splayed'->Splayed]]
[[> The one which says 'Addleworm'->Addleworm]]
[[> The one which says 'A Walk in Aeolia'->Aeolia]]
[[> The one which says 'Kudzu Encounter'->Kudzu]]
[[> The one which says 'Funnel'->Funnel]]
[[> The one which says 'Blank'->Blank]]
(if: $addleworm is true or $aeolia is true or $kudzu is true or $funnel is true or $splayed is true or $blank is true)[[[> "I'm ready to choose."->buy]]]](text-colour: #02d987)[$head[The Beguiling Eye | The Glasses with the Flat Nose]]
$tsn[You lift up the pair of glasses marked *Splayed*, turning them over in your hands. The little placard tells you something about it.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[*A viewing of a Citizen who was punished by splaying. There she was met by other Citizens, as well as some of their pets, who violated her in many ways. (P)*](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The slyne watches you with interest.
[[> Put them back down->Lobby]]
[[> Put the glasses on->Splayed2]]](text-colour: #02d987)[$head[The Beguiling Eye | The Glasses with the Crawling Tentacles]]
$tsn[You lift up the pair of glasses marked *Addleworm*, turning them over in your hands. The little placard tells you something about it.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[*A viewing of a Citizen who was infested by an addleworm larvae while he was in public. Initially disorienting, this viewing is very relaxing towards the end. (P)*](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The slyne watches you thoughtfully.
[[> Put them back down->Lobby]]
[[> Put the glasses on->Addleworm2]]](text-colour: #02d987)[$head[The Beguiling Eye | The Glasses with the Mirror Finish]]
$tsn[You lift up the pair of glasses marked *A Walk in Aeolia*, turning them over in your hands. The little placard tells you something about it.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[*A recent viewing of a Lehlt who took a stroll through the gardens of Aeolia, discussing some of the recent happenings of the City. (K)*](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The slyne's eyeridges lift towards you.
[[> Put them back down->Lobby]]
[[> Put the glasses on->Aeolia2]]](text-colour: #02d987)[$head[The Beguiling Eye | The Glasses with Hooked Teeth]]
$tsn[You lift up the pair of glasses marked *Kudzu Encounter*, turning them over in your hands. The little placard tells you something about it.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[*A viewing of a Citizen who met their end in the grip of a Kudzu. The glasses were collected from the Doldrums. (H)*](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The slyne watches you with great interest. $sithcol[*"I like that one,"*] she rasps.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> Put them back down->Lobby]]
[[> Put the glasses on->Kudzu2]]](text-colour: #02d987)[$head[The Beguiling Eye | The Glasses with the Ravel's Beak]]
$tsn[You lift up the pair of glasses marked *Funnel*, turning them over in your hands. The little placard tells you something about it.(set: $timer to 2s)]
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[*A viewing of a Citizen who was punished by the funnel. He was left in public and was met with frequent participation, filled with refuse and bodily fluids. (P) (H)*](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The slyne watches you with an expression of mild disgust, but what does *she* know, anyway?](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> Put them back down->Lobby]]
[[> Put the glasses on->Funnel2]]](text-colour: #02d987)[$head[The Beguiling Eye | The Glasses with the Flat Nose]]
$tsn[You don the pair of glasses with the flat, Nurk-like nose. A little *clicking* noise sounds out beside you as the Gloam begins to flow, and you immediately feel a wave of disorientation rush across your body...](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[Oh no...->Splayed3]]](text-colour: #02d987)[$head[The Beguiling Eye | The Glasses with the Crawling Tentacles]]
$tsn[You don the pair of glasses with little worm-like tendrils crawling around the rims. A little *clicking* noise sounds out beside you as the Gloam begins to flow, and you immediately feel a wave of disorientation rush across your body...](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> Don't fight it...->Addleworm3]]](text-colour: #02d987)[$head[The Beguiling Eye | The Glasses with the Mirror Finish]]
$tsn[You don the pair of finely crafted, almost shining glasses. A little *clicking* noise sounds out beside you as the Gloam begins to flow, and you immediately feel a wave of disorientation rush across your body...](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> Try to relax...->Aeolia3]]](text-colour: #02d987)[$head[The Beguiling Eye | The Glasses with Hooked Teeth]]
$tsn[You don the pair of hook-toothed glasses. A little *clicking* noise sounds out beside you as the Gloam begins to flow, and you immediately feel a wave of disorientation rush across your body...](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> Uh-oh...->Kudzu3]]](text-colour: #02d987)[$head[The Beguiling Eye | The Glasses with the Ravel's Beak]]
$tsn[You don the pair of glasses fashioned to look like a ravel's beak. A little *clicking* noise sounds out beside you as the Gloam begins to flow, and you immediately feel a wave of disorientation rush across your body...](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> Gulp...->Funnel3]]](text-colour: #d1003b)[$head[The Doldrums]]
$tsn[You are walking through the dark, gloomy atmosphere of the (link: "Doldrums")[Doldrums - the shadowy terrain around the outskirts of the City]. Rolling expanses of dim and dreary wilds stretch out around you, disappearing eventually into the impenetrable emptiness of the Abyss.](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[...Where were you...?](set: $timer to 1s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Your body moves slowly, methodically. Krudge like you aren't known for your speed, but you get the job done, and you take pride in that. You look after your farm out here in the Doldrums, harvesting cinderbeans and widow's tears to sell to the City proper.](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[You were...](set: $timer to 1s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Kepu's run off again, though, the Abyss-damned sletcher, and now you need to find him. Lund never believes you that his sletcher girl lures him out, so this time you're taking a pair of Glasses to prove it.](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[Of course.](set: $timer to 1s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You think you can see him, luckily, up ahead in the darkness. Besides a gnarled old tree, clawing at the bark. Maybe Lund's sletcher's gone and climbed it.](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[You're wearing the Glasses.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> Kepu's by the tree again->Kudzu4]]](text-colour: #d1003b)[$head[The Amphitheater]]
$tsn[(color: #774455)[*"He secure?"*]
(color: #557744)[*"He's secure. Glasses, too."*]](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[Secure?](set: $timer to 1s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You feel the straps around your beak. You feel the manacles around your legs and arms and your tail. You're absolutely trapped in place on your back, nicely sealed away inside a half-formed sphere summoned by the Encase spell. The only access through the impenetrable barrier of your new, clear prison are the *tubes*.](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[You're... a ravel. A male ravel.](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Your ass squeezes down around the fat, hollow tube that's been crudely forced through your sphincter. It hurts, but not as much as the fear of what's to come.](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[You have a thick, puffy ravel sheath, and your feathers feel so grimy. Your ass hurts, too. What did this Citizen get himself into?](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Your throat yawns just as widely around a similar tube. A large, translucent gavage, threaded down your throat and directly into your stomach. You have to force yourself not to swallow, because every time you try, it restarts the *ache*.](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[(color: #a9a933)[*"After much work by those of the Intrepid Interlopers... For crimes against the Council,"*] you hear a voice caw. Although you can see hundreds of Noddish citizens in the amphitheater seats to watch your punishment, you can't see the one speaking.](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[(color: #a9a933)[*"This one has been sentenced to... the punishment of the funnel!"*]
Your stomach turns, and you feel the uncomfortable infiltration of the stagnant air of the Underchambers mixing with your belly, seeping into your guts.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> You're stuck.->Funnel4]]](text-colour: #88ff44)[$head[Aeolia]]
$tsn[The sweet scent of flowers greets your delicate nose as you walk. Your hooves clop lightly upon the orderly paths that wind their way through the verdant paradise of Aeolia.](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[...This is...](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Your petrid |1>[friend] walks with you, her leathery feet plodding against the ground with each step in a decidedly less graceful manner than yours. Some querils fly through the dense treetops above you, pecking at hanging sagberries and sprinkling pleasantly intoxicating puffs of dust through the air.](set: $timer to 2s)(after: time + $timer, 200)[=(replace: ?1)[$tsn[~~friend~~ *admirer*]](set: $timer to 1s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[...Wait...](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$pc[*"Well?"*] the petrid asks. You look at her, then laugh lightly. She's such a quaint thing, her body scarred and angular, missing one leg - making use of an illusion to walk. She goes through Gloam like cinderbean sweets.](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[...Of course. The Glasses. It all seems so real!](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$lc[*"Oh, they seem to be working wonderfully,"*] you say. Your voice sounds light and musical, and the feeling of soft addleworm silk against your velveteen fur is simply splendid.](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=(unless: $breasts is true)[$tsnGrey[You have breasts. A pert weight upon your chest that leaves you feeling somehow top-heavy. And yet...]] $tsnGrey[You're beautiful. You can already tell. You're the epitome of lovely as a favoured Lehlt can be.](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$lc[*"Why, I think this will make for a wonderful experience as a favoured of the City for any new Chosen Ones,"*] you declare with a nonchalant lilt to your voice. Yes, these strange |2>[Outsiders] will be filled with envy for your majesty.](set: $timer to 5s)(after: time + $timer, 200)[=(replace: ?2)[$tsn[~~Outsiders~~ *Chosen Ones* - of course -]]
$tsn[[[> Laugh lightly->Aeolia4]]](text-colour: #b6b6b6)[$head[Outside Julpie's Jars]]
$tsn[You sit on the edge of a fountain just outside of Julpie's Jars. You came here to browse the various objects that are on offer, but so far nothing really seems terribly interesting. The street vendor stays there, offering its assortment of curiosities to passers by.](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[...Julpie's Jars?](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[A nurk hops up onto the fountain beside you, a freshly bought jar in one of his grubby claws. He gropes his half-hard cock and aims it at the fountain to take a leak. Meanwhile on the other side, you spy another nurk taking a drink from the slightly murky waters. Disgusting.](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[...Julpie's Jars! You know that place. A little shop that sells lucky-dip style jars of who-knows-what. But weren't you--](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Someone more concerned than you over the water quality of the fountain gives the nurk beside you a smack even as he lets his stream loose. You move away, but not far enough.](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[The Glasses! You remember where you *really* are after a moment.](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The nurk's freshly-bought jar hits the fountain edge and shatters. Something wriggling slithers out from the shards, and you grimace. Before you can stand up though, the whatever-it-is ''jumps'' at you and lands on your head. Panic grips you.](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[(if: $cock is false)[The weight of your body jerking feels strange. You think you have a dick, now!] (else:)[Your body feels different to what you're used to. You think you still have a dick, though, so you suppose your equipment at least matches up.] The panic feels real to you, too. These Glasses were for an addleworm, right?](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The thing on your head moves.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> Try to knock it off!->Addleworm4]]](text-colour: #d1003b)[$head[The Amphitheater]]
$tsn[You blink twice, coming to slowly.](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[...Oof, your head.](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Your head hurts. Your nose hurts. Your legs hurt. Your everything hurts.](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[(unless: $pussy is true)[Even your... Wait, do you have a pussy now?](else:)[Even your pussy aches as you lay there, exposed.]](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You twist your head and see that your arms and legs have been restrained. Each one is bound to a post by a thick coil of rope. Your tail, too, feels like it's been tied up to a collar that's wrapped around your neck.](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[You feel... very small, now. (unless: $breasts is true)[And you can feel six fleshy mounds squashed against the surface underneath you, too. ] Wait... Are you a *nurk*? A female *nurk*?](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You don't have much time to struggle though before you feel two thick, clawed hands grab your ass and *spread* your cheeks. Your eyes go wide and you yelp out, only to find that your mouth has been tied shut. Before you can react any further, a thick pair of thumbs dig into your warm folds and spread your labia wide.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> Eep!->Splayed4]]](text-colour: #d1003b)[$head[The Doldrums | The Tree]]
$tsn[You trudge on to the tree, carrying in one hand the sletcher's leash. You adjust your (link: "mask")[mask, the leathery type often used by farmers,] with the other.](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=(unless: $cock is true)[$tsnGrey[You can feel your - the krudge's - cock and heavy sack hanging heavily between your legs. It's a bizarre sensation. Voyeur Glasses really give you a full experience.]](else:)[$tsnGrey[The slow plod of the krudge's - your - body is a new experience to you. You feel like you could move faster, but it just feels easier not to.]]](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You reach the tree, and Kepu scampers away from you. Of course. You move closer to your sletcher companion as he skirts around the tree, before-](set: $timer to 4s) (after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Suddenly, Kepu *uncoils* in front of you. No, he doesn't *uncoil* - his whole body unravels like thread and launches at you.](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You realise your error only as the (link-reveal: "Kudzu")[(show: ?kudzu)] vine hits you full in the chest and wraps itself around you, its razor-sharp thorns digging into you in a red-hot wreath of pain.](set: $timer to 2s)|kudzu)[[$tsnGrey[
A Kudzu. A plant creature made of blood-red vines that twists itself to look like other creatures. Covered in razor-sharp thorns, it catches prey and then drains them to husks. Prey ''like you''.]]]
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> "Ngh!"->Kudzu5]]](text-colour: #d1003b)[$head[The Doldrums | The Tree]]
$tsn[Pain winds itself around your body like a belt as the vine moves with terrifying speed. You try to pull away, but all that happens is you rip more thorns through your leathery flesh and give yourself wet and fast-bleeding gashes.](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=(if: $breasts is true)[$tsnGrey[The vines dig into your chest, much less padded than you're used to. It feels so agonizingly real!]](else:)[$tsnGrey[The vines feel so real. The thorns feel so sharp! They're digging into you!]](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You try to stumble back and away from the lethal creature and call out for help, but a new vine wraps itself around your neck like a razor collar and *jerks* you forwards and into its embrace.](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You fall into the kudzu, still wearing the shape of your beloved sletcher, and it starts to choke you with its thorny leash. Your cry for help comes out muffled and hoarse and you feel a hot wetness trickle from your body as blood begins to flow freely. Your blood.](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You're forced onto all fours, your legs painfully wrenched apart as you're made to take on the twisted imitation of a sletcher's posture. Thorns dig into your flesh like needles all around as more and more of the kudzu engulfs you.](set: $timer to 7s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[(text-colour: red)[You're trapped.]](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> "Nngh!!"->Kudzu6]]](text-colour: #d1003b)[$head[The Doldrums | The Tree]]
$tsn[It's only moments later that you feel the first lethal constriction of your predator. Around your right arm you feel the thorny, razor-sharp vine suddenly ''squeeze'' with a bone-cracking force. You try to yell out in pain, but the vine around your neck compresses harder, threatening to fracture your windpipe.](set: $timer to 8s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You feel so exposed. So (text-colour: red)[helpless]. You can feel blood pouring down your body, so very hot, but already are feeling a little cold inside. The kudzu's touch wraps itself around your waist and your inner thighs, its crushing thorns too painful to bear.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[It hurts!](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Then you feel ''it''. The plug. Your eyes go wide and you thrash wildly in the kudzu's grip, not caring about the pain wracking your every limb and leaving you gasping for air. But the kudzu doesn't care, either.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[It's not real... It's not real...](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The thorny, fat, bulbous plug pushes against your exposed tailhole. You pull with all your strength, but there's nothing you can do to stop what comes next. The pressure builds until your eyes are bulging in their sockets, before your body loses the fight. With your own blood as a sticky lubricant, the kudzu's thorny plug (text-colour: red)[pops] into your ass.](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You scream.] $tsnGrey[You scream.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> ...->Kudzu7]]](text-colour: #d1003b)[$head[The Doldrums | The Tree]]
$tsn[It's inside you. The pain is inside you. The fiery, crushing pain is everywhere. You can even feel the sharp and stabbing vine wrapping around your snout. *This is how you die*. There's no escape as the needle-like pain stabs into your muzzle and binds your jaws closed.](set: $timer to 8s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[There's no escape as you feel a large and thorn-lined tube *engulf* your hanging balls, forcing white-hot pain to explode behind your eyes. You want to pull away but the constriction around your each and every limb is crushing.](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[There's no escape as the kudzu begins *drinking* from you. As it feels like each of those needle-like thorns burrowed into your flesh is sucking the blood directly out of your body. You feel hot and cold and faint and nauseous all at once.](set: $timer to 8s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The Doldrums are normally so dark as it is, but now they seem even darker. You think you can hear something howling in the distance, but all you can focus on is the rustling and digging sounds of the floral predator wrapping itself terminally around your helpless body.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> ''Crunch''->Kudzu8]]](text-colour: #d1003b)[$head[The Doldrums | The Tree]](set: $timer to 1s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=(t8n: "rumble")+(transition-time: 0.2s)+(text-colour: red)[''Crunch.'']<!-- some glitch is happening here, which is why it needs to be in a time delay... Not sure what's going on.-->(set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The pain spikes as your arm suddenly pops, and you howl out. Your lungs compress and you find yourself unable to draw in another breath. Perhaps that's for the best though, as it means you've no air with which to scream when only a moment later you feel the sharp bite of the sheath around your hanging orbs pull tight and stab into your helpless sack.](set: $timer to 8s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You feel the tugging, draining sensation fill your entire body. It leaves your thoughts feeling sluggish and scattered. Your vision blurs, and you realise you can no longer feel the hot sensation of blood dripping down your hide - everything is starting to just feel cold.](set: $timer to 7s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[*Slrp...*](set: $timer to 2s)(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[*Slrp...*](set: $timer to 2s)(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[*Slrp...*](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You can feel your sack getting emptier and emptier. You can feel your limbs getting weaker and weaker. You stare out into the Doldrums as the kudzu's vines finally start to wrap around your head entirely like a hood, its tendrils growing inescapably tighter around your neck. You know it's coming. *You hope you wake up tomorrow.*](set: $timer to 7s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The kudzu's coils rustle as the thorns dig into your almost numbed hide.](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[''The vine tightens.''](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[(text-colour: red)+(text-style: "smear")[''Crack.'']](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=(t8n-depart: "dissolve")(go-to: "Kudzu9")(text-colour: #d1003b)[$head[The Doldrums | The Tree]]
$tsn[[[*> Take off the Glasses*->Kudzu10]]](text-colour: #02d987)[$head[The Beguiling Eye]]
$tsn[When you take the Glasses off, you find yourself once again in the lobby of the ''Beguiling Eye''. You are unharmed, though you find it hard to keep your arm from trembling as you lower the Glasses back to the display case.](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Sith, the slyne, stands next to you, her slender snout hovering a mere inch from you as she inhales the air wafting from your form. As you notice her, she jumps back in surprise.](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$sithcol[*"Oh!"*] she hisses.](set: $timer to 1s)(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$sithcol[*"Sith is very ssorry!"*]](set: $timer to 1s)(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$sithcol[*"She was just-- she--"*]](set: $timer to 3s)(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The slyne hangs her head shyly.](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$sithcol[*"This Glass always makes a nice ssnack for Sith,"*] she apologises. Then she straightens up and offers you a smile. $sithcol[*"What did the Chosen One think? Would they like this Glass? Or perhapss..."*] She gestures with her bony arm to the display case. $sithcol[*"...Another?"*]](set: $kudzu to true)(set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> The Display Case->Lobby]]](text-colour: #88ff44)[$head[Aeolia]]
$tsn[Your petrid 'friend' shakes her head, her long and sweeping head tendrils splaying about her shoulders like (link: "hair")[hair - not as beautiful as yours, of course].
$pc[*"The Chosen Ones are so strange, Keleira,"*] she says to you. As if it's news. Well, not everyone can be as on top of things as you.](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$lc[*"Oh, aren't they just?"*] you ask, showing off how you're already a step ahead of her. $lc[*"It's such an exciting time to be in the City."*]
$pc[*"Isn't it?"*] the petrid asks. She bends over to pluck a plump and wriggling flower from one of the Aeolian beds, earning her a few looks from some of the nearby Citizens. You can't help but sneer at the display.](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[With a little flourishing stretch that you've |1>[practiced often], you show off your stunning body to draw any wayward looks back to yourself.
$pc[*"What do you suppose has brought them to the City?"*] your companion asks.](set: $timer to 3s)(after: time + $timer, 200)[=(replace: ?1)[~~practiced often~~ *perfected to look natural*](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$lc[*"Oh, that's ''painfully'' obvious, dear,"*] you answer. Honestly, sometimes you don't know why you put up with such simple company. Or, no, you do, but *they* don't need to know that.
$pc[*"Oh?*"] the (link: "elevated ornament")[petrid (you *suppose* you shouldn't be too harsh)] asks. You give her your most winning smile.
$lc[*"Yes,"*] you say. $lc[*"What does the Council ask us to do, hmm?"*]](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You walk together down the path, taking a moment to step out of the firing line of a nurk busy jerking himself off while watching you. Sometimes, it amazes you that even the upper-class rodents are so shameless but, in the end, admiration is admiration.
$pc[*"To indulge?"*] the petrid asks.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> Bless her dumb little head.->Aeolia5]]](text-colour: #88ff44)[$head[Aeolia]]
$tsn[You give the petrid a condescending smile, then (link: "pat her head")[pat her head to show those around you who's the true social power].
$lc[*"To indulge, yes. To spread some chaos, Rakha. Because a little chaos..."*] You trail off. The petrid - Rakha - thinks for a few moments.](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$pc[*"...A little chaos stops big chaos?"*]
Your smile broadens and your tail sways in a perfectly elegant sweep.
$lc[*"To prevent ''unmanageable'' chaos, yes,"*] you correct her. $lc[*"And now, all of these - mm - Chosen Ones are appearing. Perhaps..."*] Your elegant eyebrows lift. You give a playful smile to the nearby nurk, simultaneously conveying that you're aware of him, and that he hasn't any chance of ever meeting your class.](set: $timer to 6s)|nurk)[$tsnGrey[
The nurk's eyes roll back and he yelps out in delight as he pumps thick, unsightly ropes of sludge across the Aeolian gardens. Oh dear. Even the classiest of nurks aren't disease-free it seems.]]
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Your admirer nods her head slowly. You don't think she actually gets it, though. Not *really*. She's not the brightest.
$lc[*"Perhaps we aren't being chaotic ''enough'',"*] you suggest glibly. With two prancing steps, you strut across to one of the larger sections of garden which is (link-reveal: "roped off")[(show: ?1)].
Rakha follows you (link: "obediently")[like a little pet].]|1)[$tsnGrey[
Aeolia has some quite dangerous plants, after all. Anything carnivorous or otherwise incapacitating is generally roped off to prevent any little accidents from occurring on the gardens of the floating Crown. *Chaotic* accidents.]](set: $timer to 3s)(after: time + $timer, 200)[=(show: ?nurk)(set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> Isn't she a good girl?->Aeolia6]]](text-colour: #88ff44)[$head[Aeolia]]
$tsn[$lc[*"Perhaps,"*] you smile as she walks closer. You toss your hair over one shoulder and bat your eyelashes at those around you. $lc[*"The City needs us to be more chaotic, or the Chosen Ones will simply keep appearing. And then all those good Citizens will start focusing on all the wrong things,"*] you tell her.](set: $timer to 7s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Rakha lifts a hand to touch her leathery snout in thought, before you give her a faint smile. Then, with an innocent step, you move to her side--](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=(t8n: "dissolve")+(transition-time: 1s)+(text-style: "smear")+(text-colour: orange)[And push her.](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Rakha stumbles and trips over the rope divider, collapsing onto the thick, tendrilous plant you've positioned her beside. Her face looks frozen in shock as she falls into its dense, enveloping foliage. Yet in only moments that daft face is covered up as the very lively plant wraps its purplish-blue vines around her.](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[If Rakha had been a little smarter, perhaps she would have realised what she was standing next to. Oh well.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> Poor Rakha->Aeolia7]]](text-colour: #88ff44)[$head[Aeolia]]
$tsn[You watch as the petrid is engulfed by the plant, its tendrils already winding their way around her neck and up her skirt. You aren't sure whether she'll have time to enjoy its ministrations, or if it'll break her mind before she gets to, but it will keep her occupied for the rest of her life, at least.](set: $timer to 8s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[With a broad and magnanimous smile to those around you who watch on in surprise, you give an endearing curtsy. Chaos is as chaos does, after all, and you've done your part. She'll probably be (link-reveal: "resurrected")[(show: ?1)], anyway.]|1)[$tsnGrey[
If not, you might feel a little bad, but...
Only a little.]](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$lc[*"Well,"*] you say. $lc[*"There am I. I do hope you enjoyed being me, my dearest Chosen One. Maybe one day, if you're very lucky, you'll get to be friends with me - Keleira Mesmiris."*] You give yourself a playful squeeze while smiling at the now flabbergasted nurk, before reaching up to remove your Glasses. It's a bit much, but you *want* to be a bit much for the Chosen Ones to see. |2>[*Me, me, me!*]](set: $timer to 7s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Wait... They'll only sense what you sense, right? You want them to know you're one of the *great* lehlt, the benevolent ones, the beloved, the kind- Well, perhaps Rakha might have spoiled *that* trait. But still, they won't *think* what you *think*, will they?
... Of course not. But best to take them off now. *Just in case*. Fingers finding the ornate Glasses, you give a little *tug*.](replace: ?2)[~~Whoops, mustn't get carried away.~~](set: $timer to 8s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[...](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[There doesn't seem to be more.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> Remove the Glasses->Aeolia8]]](text-colour: #02d987)[$head[The Beguiling Eye]]
$tsn[When you take the Glasses off, you find yourself once again in the lobby of the ''Beguiling Eye''.] (if: $breasts is false)[$tsn[The weight is gone from your chest, and you find yourself at home once more in your own body.]] $tsn[Sith, the saleswoman, stands beside you with a quizzical expression.](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$sithcol[*"Ssso?"*] she asks you. $sithcol[*"Did the Chosen One enjoy experiencing Aeolia? Perhaps they wish to visit it themselves?"*] She offers you a smile steeped in professionalism, and then gestures back to the display case. $sithcol[*"This pair, perhaps? Or would the Chosen One wish to try another?"*]](set: $aeolia to true)(set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> Set the Glasses down for now->Lobby]]](text-colour: #b6b6b6)[$head[Outside Julpie's Jars]]
$tsn[The thing on your head dodges the swipe of your hand and squirms itself to your ear. Reflexively you move to grab at it, but with a slimy, squiggly ''pop'' it squishes itself into your ear canal. Your fingertips grab at the tip of it as you feel its head wriggling and burrowing into your ear, but with a squish of slippery mucous, the whatever-it-is slithers ''all the way in''.](set: $timer to 10s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Into your ''ear''! You can feel an intense pressure in your ear canal, like it's blocked with earwax, and your heart starts to pound. What could possibly want to--](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[Oh no.](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Oh no.](set: $timer to 2s) (after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Oh, no, no, no.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=(t8n: "shudder")+(transition-time: 0.5s)+(text-colour: #00cc9f)+(text-style: "smear")[An addleworm.](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You immediately smash your hand into the side of your head, hoping to dislodge it. All it does is make your head hurt, though. You can feel it wriggling and schlopping its way deeper into your head and you feel profoundly ill.](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The pressure builds up against your inner ear until you can hardly think of anything else. You can see the nurk looking at you with a wide-eyed expression, and the other patrons of Julpie's Jars watching warily, as if afraid there might be more of the slippery worms.
The pain reaches a crescendo before an ear-splitting *''sklrtch''* fills your hearing.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[Oh.->Addleworm5]]](text-colour: #b6b6b6)[$head[Outside Julpie's Jars]]
$tsn[The pain subsides.](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Your heart is pounding. |3>[Your face is frozen in fear.]](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Fuck. There's an addleworm in ''*your brain*''. |1>[You feel so ill.]](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[*What's it doing?*](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[There's a pit of |2>[dread] in your stomach.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You're still you, right?](replace: ?1)[$tsn[You feel so... (text-style: "smear")[good.]]](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You think you can feel something. Are you imagining it?](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Is it meant to hurt?](replace: ?2)[$tsn[(text-style: "smear")[excitement]]](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Wait... Something feels like it's not right.](replace: ?3)[(text-style: "smear")[Your cock is starting to stiffen.]](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Thoughts of the addleworm should |4>[frighten] you, but...](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Fuck!](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[No. No, no - you |5>[can] fight this.](replace: ?4)[$tsn[(text-style: "smear")[arouse]]](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You ''*focus*''.](set: $timer to 2s)(after: time + $timer, 200)[=(replace: ?3)[$tsn[Your face is frozen in fear.]](set: $timer to 0.5s)(after: time + $timer, 200)[=(replace: ?1)[$tsn[You feel so ill.]](set: $timer to 0.5s)(after: time + $timer, 200)[=(replace: ?2)[$tsn[dread]](set: $timer to 0.5s)(after: time + $timer, 200)[=(replace: ?4)[$tsn[frighten]](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[...](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Everyone is staring at you, now. You can see the unease in their eyes.](replace: ?5)[$tsn[(text-style: "smear")[can't]]](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[(mouseover-replace: ?6)[[[> You *can't* fight this!->Addleworm6]]]|6>[[[> You ''can'' fight this!->Addleworm6]]]](text-colour: #b6b6b6)[$head[Outside Julpie's Jars]]
$tsn[You sit there, breathing hard, trying to focus on anything but the addleworm. You know it must be doing something in your head. You can almost *feel* it. *Adjusting* you. Tweaking your thoughts. Making you think what it wants you to think.](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[|1>[But you won't] think what it wants you to think. No. |2>[It wants you] to think about ''obeying'' and--](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Oh.](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[That felt good.](replace: ?2)[$tsn[(text-style: "smear")[You ''want'']]](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You realise that you're blushing, and your cock feels really warm. You suck in a deep breath and try to remember that you |3>[''*shouldn't*''] think about obeying.](replace: ?1)[$tsn[(text-style: "smear")[And you'll]]](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You realise your cock is getting hard, and your tailhole is starting to squeeze down emptily. Oh, fuck, it's... It's making you horny. |4>[You feel so strange]. |5>[You don't want everyone to see this..].](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You realise your hand is sliding down to your needy, throbbing cock as it rises to attention.](replace: ?3)[$tsn[(text-style: "smear")[''*should*'' only]]](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Thoughts of fighting are so difficult. You know you must, but... Your fingers are already sliding around your slick, twitching cock. When did it get so sensitive...?](replace: ?4)[$tsn[You feel so (text-style: "smear")[good]]](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You can see everyone watching you as you start to slowly pump your cock, your toes curling on the ground. But even with them staring, it's so hard to... stop...](replace: ?5)[$tsn[(text-style: "smear")[You want people to watch you give in]]](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> What were you thinking again...?->Addleworm7]]](text-colour: #b6b6b6)[|1>[$head[Outside Julpie's Jars]]]
$tsn[You sit there, stroking yourself off on the edge of the fountain. You feel so... so horny. The nurk beside you steps back warily while the people around you are starting to move away and on with their tasks. You're clearly beyond help, now.](set: $timer to 8s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[That means you're going to fall victim to the addleworm. You're going to go find a big mother addleworm. And then it's going to put its eggs into you.|2>[]](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The thought makes a wave of pleasure ooze down your back, and a powerful *spurt* of precum spills from the tip of your cock, landing on the ground in front of you. *You're... going to have eggs*.](replace: ?1)[$head[Somewhere in the City...?]](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You find it so hard to focus. There's a strange, almost detached sensation of gentle, almost loving *wriggling* under your skull, and you feel your hips start to buck. Suddenly, all you can think about is how *good* it's going to feel |3>[if] you find an adult addleworm.](replace: ?2)[ $tsn[(text-style: "smear")[Fuck, it's going to use you.]]](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Up and down and up and down, you pump your cock harder and harder, grinning hazily and staring at nothing. You can feel your orgasm approaching already and it feels *so* good.](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You don't even remember what you were fighting. Your cock pulses and sprays your precum across the street as people stare at you in concern. The pressure grows and grows until you feel your achingly empty ass starting to squeeze down around nothing.](replace: ?3)[$tsn[(text-style: "smear")[when]]](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[It's like all your thoughts are just... washing away. Being nibbled and nudged and melted into a giddy goo. Like the goo in your hefty balls. Yes... If you just *cum*, then...](set: $timer to 4s) (after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[*Then...*](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> *Don't stop...*->Addleworm8]]](text-colour: #b6b6b6)[$head[Somewhere...?]]
$tsn[Harder and faster, you paw and jerk at your bouncing and twitching cock until you feel the heady, intoxicating *waves* of pleasure build up to a climax.](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You don't bother slowing down. You just pump yourself until you feel your whole body tense up... and (text-style: "smear")[*cum*].](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Your eyes roll back in your head as your brain floods with endorphines and your first powerful, gooey ''splrt'' of cum erupts across the street. Your tongue hangs out as you cum without a care in the world, and the squiggling and squirming in your head grows a little more excited, as if it's being fed by the hormones your climax is flooding you with.](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You cum for what feels like a bell, or maybe just a chime. Your thoughts continue to degrade and to scramble, almost as if every powerful contraction of your cock that pumps your seed out before the unsettled crowd also forces out a gush of your capacity to think.](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[By the time you stop cumming, all that's left of your mind is swirling thoughts of pleasure. Pleasure, and eggs. Pleasure, and eggs, and addleworms.](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[With a staggering motion, you get to your feet, cock still dripping and squeezed in one hand. You turn, trying to think about where you might find an addleworm. *Viviria... ...or Psilysium?*](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The names barely even mean anything to you, now...](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[With an unsteady step, you start to move towards the edge of the City, guided by your new conscience towards the Doldrums and the Abyss. Maybe there... It sounds so very *hot*.](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You barely notice the large Oggorus that you accidentally bump into. Something falls from your face and-](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[...](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> Wha...?->Addleworm9]]](text-colour: #02d987)[|2>[$head[A Strange Place]]]
$tsn[You find yourself in |1>[a strange place]. Slowly, details start to pick their way back into your scrambled brain.](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[That's right. This place is... Yes, you remember.](set: $timer to 2s)(after: time + $timer, 200)[=(replace: ?1)[$tsn[The ''Beguiling Eye'']](replace: ?2)[(t8n: "dissolve")+(transition-time: 2s)[$head[The Beguiling Eye]]](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Sith, the saleswoman, stands in front of you with a concerned expression, holding the pair of Voyeur Glasses. She licks her lips, then tilts her angular head at you.](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$sithcol[*"Is the Chosen One... alright?"*] she asks. Her tail twitches to and fro.](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Giving her a slow, unsteady nod, you turn your attention back to the display case. You tell her that you're alright.](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$sithcol[*"Good... Good. Then perhaps, the Chosen One wishes to experience a less... disorienting Glass?"*]
Sith sets the tentacle-crawling Glasses back down.](set: $addleworm to true)(set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> Maybe another pair...->Lobby]]](text-colour: #d1003b)[$head[The Amphitheater]]
$tsn[(color: #a9a933)[*"This one declares its punishment... Open!"*]](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Your eyes squeeze closed as the amphitheater erupts into cheers. You know that punishment by funnel isn't lethal. But your heart beats quickly and your feathers fluff up as you see the first creature step into view of you. Or rather...](set: $timer to 5s) (after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Slither.](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[That's an Oggorus!](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[An Oggorus.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The Ogg smirks down at you with a cruel smile, his cock already hard and drooling as he pumps it up and down with one thick fist. The almost flowery end of it throbs and flexes, and he positions himself over the open, funnel-like end of the gavage above you.](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You can't help but swallow in nervous anticipation as you realise that he's going to be pouring his notoriously intoxicating sperm directly down your throat and into your stomach. The swallowing makes your neck hurt. You watch as the first gooey, greenish dollop of slime ''drools'' down into the funnel and then, right before your eyes, begins to make its way down the length of-](set: $timer to 8s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[''Splsh.''](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The feeling of hot, rancid fluid suddenly gurgles and gushes into your ass. Your eyes go widen and you squeeze your plush pucker down around the tube as you realise that someone - you can't even see who or what - is *urinating* into your defenseless guts.](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[And then the Oggorus lets his tongue hang out as his cock suddenly erupts.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> Glrk!->Funnel5]]]](text-colour: #d1003b)[$head[The Amphitheater]]
$tsn[You see the slow, oozing gush of the Oggorus' cum as it pours like molasses down the gavage. You try to pull back, but it's so deep in your throat that all you manage to do is give yourself a neck-ache. At the same time, the hot sloshing of piss floods your ass, staining your insides.](set: $timer to 8s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The gooey sludge flows through the opening of your beak, the tube bound tightly to it. Your feathers ruffle and your wattle feels wobbly as you lose sight of the slime while the Ogg above you finishes his business with a blissful expression on his gooey mouth.](set: $timer to 7s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Then you feel it. The warm, tingling, *filling* sensation in your belly. You gurgle, but there's nothing you can do as his slimy eruptions drain into your stomach, the warm liquid in your ass oozing its own way deeper.](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Mercifully, the Oggorus lets out a pleased sigh and turns to slither away.](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[What isn't so merciful is what you see standing behind him.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> Is that... a ravel?->Funnel6]]]](text-colour: #d1003b)[$head[The Amphitheater]]
$tsn[A ravel steps up to you, a cruel smile around his eyes. He's wheeling something behind him like a barrel. The stream gurgling into your drenched ass tapers off.](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The ravel stops, picks up the barrel in both arms, and then pats it. It sloshes heavily, and you feel your heart start to beat a little faster.
What...](set: $timer to 3s) (after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[...is *that*?](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The ravel, well-dressed and well-groomed, hefts his barrel up and tips it over the funnel poking out of your punishment prison. The sight of what slops out of the top of it makes your stomach turn and your toes curl in horror.](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[A thick, foul swill spills from the top of the barrel and splatters onto your ensorcelled prison. It looks like a slurry of muck, slop, rubbish and mixed fluids of who knows what. Like some Citizen's garbage. You can't smell it, but the face the ravel makes as the muck is exposed to the air tells you everything you *don't* want to know.](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The brown-black, lumpy sludge spills into the funnel and begins to ooze its way down. You let out a choked noise of protest as best you can.](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The sludge slides and slops its way down the gavage.](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You can feel the air being forced into your stomach by its fetid, foul weight.](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Your stomach lurches and you think you're going to throw up - but that thick sludge would just push it back in again.](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The muck sinks into your beak. You want to scream.](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Then you finally feel it. The sickening, disgusting weight of it flowing into your stomach. Foul, chunky offal, pouring into your guts, to be processed and absorbed and digested in your belly.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> *Hrk*...->Funnel7]]](text-colour: #d1003b)[$head[The Amphitheater]]
$tsn[Time starts to bleed away as you lay there with that thick, putrid sludge being fed into your guts.](set: $timer to 3s) (after: $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[*Glug...Glug...Glug...*](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[At some point you feel a new stream of hot, runny urine starting to pour through your guts, but it's hard to focus on it. Eventually it stops. Eventually, a new sloshing starts. Twice you think it's thick enough to be something else.](set: $timer to 5s) (after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[*Glug...Glug...Glug...*](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Your stomach hurts.](set: $timer to 3s) (after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[*Glug...Glug...Glug...*](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The stench of garbage and piss fills your nares, and you find yourself sweating under your feathers.](set: $timer to 4s) (after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[*Glug...Glug...Glug...*](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=(t8n: "shudder")+(t8n-time: 0.5s)[*How much is in that barrel?!*](set: $timer to 2s) (after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[*Glug...Glug...Glug...*](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Your stomach *really* hurts.](set: $timer to 3s) (after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[*Glug...Glug...Glug...*](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You think you try to throw up, but you're not sure. The ravel holding the barrel seems to be almost bored as he watches you, as if this is simply some kind of sick routine.](set: $timer to 4s) (after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[*Glug...Glug...Glug...*](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[...*You don't know how much more you can take*...](set: $timer to 3s) (after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[*Glug...Glug...Glug...*](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Your stomach gurgles awfully. You feel a little delirious.](set: $timer to 3s) (after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[*Glug...Glug...Glug...*](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[(text-style: "smear")[*Glug...Glug...Glug...*]](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[(text-style: "smear")[*Glug...Glug...Glug...*]](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Your belly creaks painfully. Foreign fluids gush and splash through your guts. You can hardly breathe. Your eyes roll back as the sludge shocks your system. Your fan-tipped tail moves limply.](set: $timer to 3s) (after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[(text-style: "smear")[*Glug...Glug...Glug...*]](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You pass out.](set: $timer to 5s) (after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[(text-style: "smear")[*Glug...Glug...Glug...*]](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> ...->Funnel8]]](text-colour: #d1003b)[$head[The Amphitheater]]
$tsnGrey[(text-style: "smear")[*Glug...Glug...Glug...*]](set: $timer to 3)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[*...off...*](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[(text-style: "smear")[*Glug...Glug...Glug...*]](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[*Take off...*](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[(text-style: "smear")[*Glug...Glug...Glug...*]](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[''*> Take off the Glasses.*''->Funnel9]]](text-colour: #02d987)[$head[The Beguiling Eye]]
$tsn[You take the Glasses off and immediately throw up a little into your mouth, doubling over.](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You are once again in the lobby of the ''Beguiling Eye''. You drop the Voyeur Glasses to the ground as you try to regain your composure, while Sith Thrissis' slender hand comes to support your back.](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$sithcol[*"Ah, yess,"*] she hisses softly. $sithcol[*"This one has that effect. Its ilk are popular with the (link-reveal: "Cult of Byle")[(show: ?1)],"*] she adds.](set: $timer to 6s)|1)[$tsnGrey[
The Cult of Byle. You remember that name. Not one of the official six Houses of the City, but rather an unofficial - and still quite large - following of filth and perverted grunge, based in the depths of the City's underside.]]
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$sithcol[*"Take a moment. When you are ready, feel free to try others of the Glasses,"*] Sith offers, picking up the fallen Glasses and gently setting them back into the display case.](set: $timer to 2s)(set: $funnel to true)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> The Display Case->Lobby]]](text-colour: #d1003b)[$head[The Amphitheater]]
$tsn[You feel your pussy spread by those rough claws as something terrifyingly *fat* and *hot* squashes against you. You hear a grunt and see the shadow of a great, big brute fall into view.](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[...You're about to be fucked. (unless: $pussy is true)[In your pussy. You shouldn't even have one of those!]](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[(colour: #33aa44)[*"Nice and loud, nurk,"*] you hear him grumble. You're given only a moment to prepare yourself before you feel that fat, slimy rod of flesh *skewer* forwards...](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[...And into your hole.](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[(text-style: "smear")[*Ssschlrk!*]](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You feel iron-hard heat sinking into your slit, stretching your walls so very wide. The feeling of the citizen's cock filling you is overwhelming as you feel his greasy flesh stretching you out like a condom.](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[From the fat, swollen tip shoving itself into your vent and stretching your engorged, puffy walls around it, it's clearly a krudge fucking you. *Oh no.*](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsnGrey[You tell just from his dick shape? Just how much have you- *has this nurk*- fucked?](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The sloppy, slow *grind* of his cock along your inner walls leaves your toes curling, and your shaky voice fills the air as you squeeze down around him. *A krudge?!*
(colour: #33aa44)[*"Good girl,"*] he moans as his cock throbs inside of you, filling you that little bit more.](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You can see passers by looking at you as you lay there. Some look a little aroused, watching you as if contemplating whether to wait to join in or not. But they don't. You can feel the krudge's fat dick sinking into you with every slow, hip-jarring *hump*.
They don't, because krudges take *bells* to cum.](set: $timer to 2s)
(event: when time > 43s)[$tsn[[[> Oh, fuck...->Splayed5]]]](text-colour: #d1003b)[$head[The Amphitheater]]
$tsn[It feels like you're being split in half by fat, drippy krudge cock, the pulsing spire flexing hard inside of you - as if trying to straighten your soft folds out. In and out, then in and out, the krudge slowly fucks you and works himself a little deeper each time.](set: $timer to 8s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[But you're just a little nurk in a lot of trouble. Your six nipples ache against the platform you've been tied to, and you can feel him sinking oh so deep. Too deep.](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[''*Thump*''.](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The krudge's cock *smacks* against your inner barrier, bottoming out. You hear him grunt in displeasure as probably only half of his dick fits into you. You let out a strangled hiss and try to relax yourself around him.](set: $timer to 7s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Thick claws hold your hips, before the krudge begins to *pull* himself back out of you. His cock is so thick by comparison to your snug, squishy hole that it feels like he's turning you inside out again.
(colour: #99bb88)[*"I wonder what she did,"*] you hear one passerby mutter to another as they walk past you, while the krudge under your tail starts to ''smack'' his cock back into you.](set: $timer to 8s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Your breathing comes so very hard and you clench your teeth, your nose-nodules twitching as you feel your body *wracked* by *squish* after *shove* of the krudge's cock.](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You can feel your pleasure rising rapidly and know you won't last long. Nurks like you finish fast, and krudges take *bells*.](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You can feel your clit growing stiff and your muscles quivering with each and every thrust he buries into your helpless cunt. You roll your eyes back as your lower belly flutters and your toes curl. It's coming. It's coming!](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You bite your lip as the krudge *grinds* his fat breeder into your snatch again before you lose control. You let out a shaky squeal as your folds all clamp down around his cock in erratic contractions while heat floods your passage. Orgasm hits you like a wall and you start to *gush* around your abuser, your body helplessly jerking and tugging at your restraints.](set: $timer to 8s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[(colour: #33aa44)[*"Mmh, that's it,"*] you hear him groan. (colour: #33aa44)[*"Struggle just like that... Squirt those rule-breaking brains out, little nurk. Starting to feel kinda nice..."*]](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> Starting?!->Splayed6]]](text-colour: #d1003b)[$head[The Amphitheater]]
$tsn[The krudge fucks you for what feels like an entire bell. Chimes trickle by as you're bred and rutted and treated like a fucksleeve by the random citizen, your body trembling and quivering around him the whole while.](set: $timer to 7s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Every few chimes, he manages to fuck yet another orgasm out of you, leaving you a babbling and writhing wreck. There's a wet puddle between your legs, and your raw and rough-fucked pussy aches something fierce from how long you've been being rutted. Especially given how brutally *big* the krudge is.](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Finally, just when you feel like you're starting to lose your mind to the unending *sex* filling you again and again, you hear him *grunt*. You feel his fat, fleshy spire *fatten* up. Then, almost without warning, he *shoves* himself so deep in you that it hurts and-](set: $timer to 7s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[(colour: #33aa44)[*"RrrRRGH!"*]]](set: $timer to 3s) (after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[*Throb... Throb...*](set: $timer to 3s) (after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[(text-style: "smear")[''*SPLRTCH!*'']](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The krudge's cock surges and thick, sloppy gouts of cockslobber start to erupt into your helpless pussy. You can feel it in waves and surges that flood your passage like a firehose. You've never felt a krudge cumming before, but it feels like he's ''pissing'' in you. Pissing a thick, unending *stream* of cum.](set: $timer to 8s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[He keeps humping into you all the while, burying his fat cock again and again in your increasingly slimy and sloppy folds until his gooey mess is squelching back out from your cunt, pouring onto the street. You can see people watching him cum inside you like you're just a toy.](set: $timer to 7s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Which you are. This is your punishment. And you're cumming from it right alongside him as you're being bred.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> You slut.->Splayed7]]](text-colour: #d1003b)[$head[The Amphitheater]]
$tsn[Eventually, the krudge pulls out, leaving you feeling slimy and gross inside and out. His spunk sprays across your upturned rump and tailhole, drooling down over your folds and making a thorough mess of you.](set: $timer to 7s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[He wipes his fat cock off on your matted fur, then gives your messy ass a grope.
(colour: #33aa44)[*"Not bad,"*] he grumbles. (colour: #33aa44)[*"Always wondered what nurk pussy felt like. If you're still here tomorrow, you're coming home with me,"*] you hear his voice promise. You tense up, but he only chuckles when he sees your now-gaping pussy wink at him. Your whole body feels hot.](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Thankfully he leaves you alone after that. But with your body on full, shameless display like it is, it isn't long before someone else appears instead.](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The clop of the hooves of a lehlt fill your ears for several moments before you hear her voice.
(colour: #ffaaaa)[*"Oh, look, Birus. A whore getting her comeuppance. She even has some Voyeur Glasses on, hmm! Well. We'd best make something of it, shouldn't we?"*]](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[A snuffling noise fills your ears, and you try to twist your head around to see what's behind you. You can't quite manage, though. Not when you hear the lehlt chuckle, nor when you hear her stepping around to your side.](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[(colour: #ffaaaa)[*"Oh, go on then. Up, boy. You've been very good today. I think you've earned her."*]
You aren't given time to wonder about the implications before two large, sinewy paws thump down at either side of you.](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[(text-colour: red)[Sletcher paws.]](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[(color: #ffaaaa)[*"There you go. Now Birus. ''Hump''."*]](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> *Sklrtch!*->Splayed8]]](text-colour: #d1003b)[$head[The Amphitheater]]
$tsn[The sletcher's fat and spiny cock buries itself in your snatch with the eagerness that only a nurk or an animal can carry. You feel yourself squeezing down around him immediately as his almost painfully sharp barbs dig into your tenderised, sore folds.](set: $timer to 7s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Your claws dig into the ground where you lay and you feel your body *lurch* with the rough, feral thrust. He buries himself inside you in one happy hump, and you feel heavy, hot balls *squish* against your groin. You're so stretched out from the krudge that he can just hilt in you like that!](set: $timer to 7s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Above you, the sletcher growls out eagerly, drooling onto the ground in front of you. It dribbles down his chin-spike and onto the floor. The spikes are overwhelming in texture, and you feel yourself starting to clamp down helplessly around him.](set: $timer to 7s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[When his spikes start to *rake* across your clit, though, it's like a *jolt*. You tense right up as his tip digs against your cervix and his barbs torment your little bud, and before long you find that you can't help yourself. In only moments, his sharp, bestial thrusting overwhelms you completely.](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You cum. And less than a chime later, you cum again.](set: $timer to 2s) (after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[And again.](set: $timer to 2s) (after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[And again.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> "MMPH!"->Splayed9]]](text-colour: #d1003b)[$head[The Amphitheater]]
$tsn[Your punishment continues for bells.](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The sletcher eventually pumps you full of hot, watery cum as his spikes stiffen up and lock inside your gaping pussy. You can feel the splatters as he howls to the Exhibit around you, drawing everybody's attention. The lehlt laughs as you shudder in an almost painful orgasm, telling you to enjoy the bastard pups Birus surely is giving you.](set: $timer to 8s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[And after he's used you, that seems to be enough to start a trend. An awful, humiliatingly pleasurable trend.](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Over the next several bells you're bred in both holes not by other citizens, but by their ''pets''. Other sletchers. Bestialised citizens. A squall. Even a feaster, which only leaves your head alone after multiple commands - this is your punishment, after all. You need to remember it.](set: $timer to 7s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[With each new rough rutting, you feel sorer and sorer. Neither of your holes closes properly anymore, and you have an almost delirious, hazy feeling that you might know which animal is going to be the father of your pups.](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Eventually, the illusory 'sun' that floats across the City skies dips down below the twisted buildings, and the darker gloom of evening begins to set in. But you get no rest.](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Because while some of your abusers might have gone home to sleep, there's always a new citizen and their pet waiting to use you for a pitstop. And honestly, with the number of wet and sloppy orgasms you're being forced into, your nurk physiology helping ensure you finish at least once for each and every new cock...](set: $timer to 7s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[...You aren't sure if you even *want* rest any more.](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[As you lay there, eyes glazed over as another bulky animal humps himself and you to another gooey orgasm you can't fight any longer, all you can think about is how you hope you get to keep the Glasses when it's over...](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> ...->Splayed10]]](text-colour: #d1003b)[$head[The Amphitheater]]
$tsnGrey[*There doesn't seem to be more...*
*You remember that you're not really bound.*(unless: $pussy is true)[
*You don't even have a pussy.*]](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> Take off the Glasses->Splayed11]]](text-colour: #02d987)[$head[The Beguiling Eye]]
$tsn[The first thing that occurs to you is that (if: $cock is true)[you're rock hard, and dripping copiously](if: $cock is true and $pussy is true)[ and ](if: $pussy is true)[you're absolutely wet between your thighs, with your pussy quivering in that sensitive way that tells you you've orgasmed right here in the shop].](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You stand there in front of Sith, panting hard from the ordeal. She gives you a pleasant smile.](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$sithcol[*"Did the Chosen One enjoy this pair?"*] she asks. She tilts her head, then gingerly takes the Glasses from you. You find yourself blushing as she sets them back into the display case. As they come to rest on the cushioned middle, the purple tendril 'licks' around the edge.](set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$sithcol[*"Can Sith interessst the Chosen One in another pair?"*]](set: $splayed to true)(set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> Turn to the display case->Lobby]]](text-colour: #02d987)[$head[The Beguiling Eye]]
$tsn[You pick up the pair of Voyeur Glasses labeled as 'blank'. Sith nods her head back and forth, her quills wobbling in the musty air. (set: $timer to 4s)]
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$sithcol[*"Ah,"*] she rasps. $sithcol[*"Blank ones are very good, yes. You have an experience you wish to share?*]](set: $timer to 2s) (after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$sithcol[*...Or relive?"*]](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[The slyne attendant offers you a sly, knowing smile, before gesturing to the display case. $sithcol[*"There is no rush, of course. You may experience any of these ones as many times as you like before you choose."*]](set: $blank to true)(set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[> There *are* a lot of options...->Lobby]]](text-colour: #02d987)[$head[The Beguiling Eye]]
(set: $views to 0)(if: $kudzu is true)[(set: $views to $views + 1)](if: $splayed is true)[(set: $views to $views + 1)](if: $funnel is true)[(set: $views to $views + 1)](if: $addleworm is true)[(set: $views to $views + 1)](if: $aeolia is true)[(set: $views to $views + 1)]<!--This counts up how many Glasses were viewed...-->(if: $views is 0 and $blank is true)[$tsn[$sithcol[*"Ah, you are not interested in viewing any of our Glasses?"*] Sith asks, her eyeridges lifting in surprise. She clears her throat quickly, though, and smiles to you.]](else-if: $views is 5)[$tsn[$sithcol[*"Such a bold explorer of others' exsssperiences,"*] Sith rasps with a coy smile, as if in full approval of your viewings.]](else-if: $views is 1)[$tsn[$sithco[*"Only one? It must have left quite an impression,"*] Sith hiss-chuckles, nodding her head to you.]](else:)[$tsn[$sithcol[*"The Chosen One's mind is made up? Sssith is pleased to be of assistance,"*] the slyne says.]](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[Sith steps up to the display case and gingerly runs her slender fingers along each of the Voyeur Glasses in turn.](set: $timer to 3s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$sithcol[*"Ssso,"*] she hisses softly. $sithcol[*"Which one does the Chosen One wish?"*]](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[(link: "> The Glasses that read 'Splayed'")[(set: $buy to "splayed")(go-to: "buy2")]
(link: "> The Glasses that read 'Addleworm'")[(set: $buy to "addleworm")(go-to: "buy2")]
(link: "> The Glasses that read 'A Walk in Aeolia'")[(set: $buy to "aeolia")(go-to: "buy2")]
(link: "> The Glasses that read 'Kudzu Encounter'")[(set: $buy to "kudzu")(go-to: "buy2")]
(link: "> The Glasses that read 'Funnel'")[(set: $buy to "funnel")(go-to: "buy2")]
(link: "> The Glasses that read 'Blank'")[(set: $buy to "blank")(go-to: "buy2")]
[[> "I changed my mind."->Lobby]]](text-colour: #02d987)[$head[The Beguiling Eye]]
$tsn[(if: ($buy is "splayed" and $splayed is not true) or ($buy is "funnel" and $funnel is not true) or ($buy is "aeolia" and $aeolia is not true) or ($buy is "kudzu" and $kudzu is not true) or ($buy is "addleworm" and $addleworm is not true))[$sithcol[*"Oh? But Chosen One did not even try that one,"*] Sith laughs, before nodding her head to you. $sithcol[*"But of courssse."*]
]]$tsn[$sithcol[*"Sith would be happy to help."*]](set: $timer to 4s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=$tsn[In short order, Sith has your new pair of Voyeur Glasses polished with a surprisingly clean rag and tucked away in a small pouch. She hands them to you, before bowing deferentially.](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[$sithcol[*"It has been a pleasure to ssserve,"*] she whispers. $sithcol[*"Sith hopesss that the Chosen One sshops in our fine esstablishment again ssoon."*]](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[You offer Sith your thanks, before turning to make your way out of the Beguiling Eye and back onto the streets of...](set: $timer to 2s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=$tsn[[[''> The Psilysium District''->Outro]]](text-colour: #02d987)[$head[The Psilysium District]]
$tsn[You step back out into the Psilysium District, taking a deep breath of that fresh-as-it-gets-yet-still-intoxicating air that permeates the area. You feel a warmth in your chest and clutch your new Glasses tightly.](set: $timer to 5s)
(after: $timer, 200)[=(if: $Brug is true and $Bruggone is false)[(set: $timer to 6s)$tsn[You spot Brug standing where he was before you entered, and he gives you a broad and toothy smile. His eyes dart down to note the new package in your grip, before slowly rising back up to meet your gaze - stopping to linger on (if: $breasts is true)[your pert bosom](else-if: $cock is true)[your plump assets](else:)[the subtle folds between your legs] on the way up.]](else-if: $Brug is false and $Bruggone is false)[(set: $timer to 5s)$tsn[You spot the hybrid from earlier standing where he was before you entered. He gives you a brief nod of acknowledgement, before taking a drag on a long and hooked darkhaze pipe.]](else:)[(set: $timer to 4s)$tsn[The street is empty, with no sign of anyone around to greet you as you step outside. Perhaps that's for the best, though.]]
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=(if: $Brug is true and $Bruggone is false)[$tsn[$brugcol[*"Got yourself something nice, hmm?"*] Brug asks, slithering over to you, his krudge-like ears flicking in interest. He takes another puff from his ever-smoking darkhaze pipe, before letting the haze waft across your face. You mention that you chose a pair (if: $buy is "splayed")[in which you get bred as a female nurk](else-if: $buy is "funnel")[in which you are punished by a public funnel](else-if: $buy is "aeolia")[in which you see what it's like to be upper-class](else-if: $buy is "kudzu")[in which you meet a grisly fate with a Kudzu](else-if: $buy is "addleworm")[in which you experience the pleasures of an addleworm](else-if: $buy is "blank")[that's still blank, so you can make your own experiences], and his smile grows. $brugcol[*"Well now..."*]](set: $timer to 6s)](else-if: $Brug is false and $Bruggone is false)[$tsn[You look up and down the grungy Psilysium street, thinking about where you might head next. There are still many sights to see in the City, after all, and there isn't much difference between day and night.](set: $timer to 5s)](else:)[$tsn[After all, in a place like this, you never know when you might get jumped by a nurk eager to (if: $pussy is true)[bury himself home in your uncomfortably vulnerable slit](else:)[grope at your uncomfortably exposed junk] or a mage eager for a new and exotic subject to experiment on.](set: $timer to 5s)]
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=(if: $Brug is true and $Bruggone is false)[(unless: $buy is "blank")[$tsn[$brugcol[*"Then I think you'll be ''plenty'' interested in my stash of Glasses. What say I take you home and show you ''just'' what sort of fun things Citizens have done here in the City?"*]]](else:)[$tsn[$brugcol[*"Then how about I take you home and give you a properly ''memorable'' experience to relive?"*]]](set: $timer to 4s)](else-if: $Brug is false and $Bruggone is false)[$tsn[With a brief return nod to the hybrid leaning against the wall, you begin to pick your way down the streets of the Psylisium district, thinking about your latest acquisition.](set: $timer to 4s)](else:)[$tsn[Clutching your new 'purchase' tightly, you pick a direction and begin walking, striking back out into the mysterious City with its strangely chaotic inhabitants.](set: $timer to 4s)]
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=(if: $Brug is true and $Bruggone is false)[$tsn[You give Brug a smile, then glance over your shoulder down the grungy street.](set: $timer to 4s)](else-if: $Brug is false and $Bruggone is false)[$tsn[The beginning of a collection, perhaps? Or maybe something to trade in for more Gloam, that you might live slightly better in this weird and chaotic city?](set: $timer to 4s)](else:)[$tsn[There's still so much to see, after all. In either case, you certainly won't forget the ''*Beguiling Eye*'' any time soon...](set: $timer to 0)](after: time + $timer, 200)[=(if: $Brug is true and $Bruggone is false)[
$tsn[Perhaps you will, at that.](set: $timer to 0)](else-if: $Brug is false and $Bruggone is false)[
$tsn[Whichever it may be, you certainly won't forget the ''*Beguiling Eye*'' any time soon...](set: $timer to 0)](else:)[(set: $timer to 0)](after: time + $timer, 200)[=(set: $timer to 6s)
(after: time + $timer, 200)[=(t8n: "dissolve")+(transition-time: 3s)[(text-colour: #02d987)+(css: "font-size: 150%;")+(text-style: "smear")[End]](set: $brugcol to (color: #9944aa))(set: $sithcol to (color: #6666aa))(set: $head to (size: 1.5))(set: $lc to (color: #cc2233))(set: $pc to (colour: #6666cc))(set: $Bruggone to false)