One more way out

You sit in front of your computer when it starts to blink uncontrollably. Suddenly, everything turns black. [[Where am I?| Beginning 1]]

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You open your eyes and earth-shattering shouts fill your ears. You stand in a white hallway with torn walls and cracks running through the ground. You look around and find several doors to your right and windows to your left. You are currently in a school hallway. Out of the windows you see a sight that makes your heart almost leap out. A horde of zombies flock the school gates. Suddenly a hand grabs your wrist. [[Who is it?| Beginning 2]]

You jolt in panic but a voice appears, "What are you doing? Don't just stand here and attract their attention! You know to hide!" Before you can say anything, a male with short brown hair drags you to the classroom and locks the door behind him. He falls on a chair and stares at you before he starts scolding you. As his words rain down on you, your head hurts. You have absolutely no idea what's going on. Just a second ago, you were- Suddenly, a light buzz rings in your head and in front of you a text box appears. [[Read it| Textbox 1A]]

(set: $typewriterText to "Hello! Welcome! You have successfully loaded the game 'Another way out'! Congratulations! Your luck must be very bad. Please read the information below carefully.") {  (set: $typewriterPos to 1)  |typewriterOutput>[]  (live: 30ms)[  (append: ?typewriterOutput)[(print: $typewriterText's $typewriterPos)]  (set: $typewriterPos to it + 1)  (if: $typewriterPos is $typewriterText's length + 1)[ (stop:) ] ] } (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[Game summary: It's the year 2024. Like in any good cliché game or movie, a zombie apocalypse has broken out and reduced humanity to only 1/5th of what it used to be. Humans have been greedy in their evolution, blinded by power. Main task: Leave the school within three days. Side tasks: Can be triggered. Reward: Upon clearing the game you can return to reality. Grade: SS - what bad luck for a beginner! Additional information: This is a beginner game, so you've been graciously rewarded with three benefits to choose from to help you pass the game. [[Select a benefit| Textbox 1A1]]]

Please carefully select one. Once selected it cannot be undone. Options: 1. [[Game Loads| Loads 2A]] 2. [[A powerful weapon| Weapons B]] 3. [[You can't die| Can't die C]]

A textbox appears in the lower right corner of your vision: Benefit: Loads has been chosen. Congratulation player, you have unlimited loads! Are you invincible? Unlimited loads... Is that a good thing? You have no time to think about it as the guy shakes you by the shoulders. You brush the text aside and look at the guy who pulls you to a room. You have absolutely no idea what's going on and he seems pissed. However, it's crucial to find out more information about your situation and this game. But before you say anything, he voices his suspicion, "What were you doing there? Shouldn't you know it's dangerous to let the zombies see you? Or-" He abruptly gets off the chair and grabs you by the shoulders, "Did you try to sneak out to meet one of the others? Are you lying to me?" His grip tightens and your shoulders start to hurt. Others? What's he talking about? Seeing his agitated state you answer, [[Why would I do that? I know how dangerous it is.| 3A]]

"What are you carrying? Where did you find it?" the guy looked at you with suspicion and distrust. You looked down at your hand and cursed. This was the so-called powerful weapon? It was a simple axe. Plain, old and ordinary. A box info pops up in the lower right corner of your vision. (click to open) Click on it. Don't underestimate it, dear player. It's very powerful. "Why aren't you saying anything?" the guy grabbed you by the shoulders, he looks very angry. His fingernails dig into your flesh. You answer: [[I found it in the hallway| 1B]] [[I hid it somewhere but only now remembered it| 2B]] [[It was in one of the rooms| 3B]]

A text box appears in your vision. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[Benefit: ‘You cannot die’ has been chosen. It is indeed true to its words! You brush the text aside and look at the guy who pulls you to the room. You have absolutely no idea what's going on and he seems pissed. However, it's crucial to find more information about your situation and this game. But before you say anything, he voices his suspicion, "What were you doing there? Shouldn't you know it's dangerous to let the zombies see you? Or-" He abruptly gets off the chair and grabs you by the shoulders, "Did you try to sneak out to meet one of the others? Are you lying to me?" His grip tightens and your shoulders start to hurt. Others? What's he talking about? Seeing his agitated state you answer, [[I was just trying to catch some breath| 1C]] [[No, I wasn't! Believe me!| 2C]] [[Why would I do that? I know how dangerous it is.| 3C]]]

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"I found it in the hallway," you say. He let go of you and you secretly sigh relieved. Your shoulders are hurting though. With his eyes not leaving yours, he says, "That's impossible. Where the hell would it pop up from? Fell from heaven? Don't mock me! You're hiding something from me, aren't you?" You quickly shake your head. You have no clue either what's happening. You teleported into this game with no information or any clue at all. "We've been here for a month now and checked the whole school. Don't you dare lie to me! You can't lie to your best friend!" He gets more aggressive and you have to calm him down but before you have the chance to say anything, he orders, "Give the weapon to me!" You glance at the info box in your vision and answer, [[Yes| 4B]] [[No| 5B]]

"I hid it somewhere and only now remembered where," you say. His grip intensifies, shocking you. Did you say something wrong? "So, you have secrets you withhold from me? I thought we were best friends. How dare you lie to me?" You gulp. What in the world is his problem? Best friends? You just got here without any clue, no information, forced to play this game! "I'm not," you shout as his hands exert more force, "I don't lie to you, how can I lie to my best friend?" You give him a slight smile. He seems to calm down. "But you still hid it from me!" "I'm sorry," you try to be as sincere as possible. "If you are, then give me the weapon." You glance at the info box in your vision and answer, [[Yes| 4B]] [[No| 5B]]

"It was in one of the rooms," you say and his grip loosens. "Really? You're not lying to me?" You shake your head. "Then why didn't I see it? We've been here for a month and checked the whole school!" How are you supposed to know? You can't just tell him you teleported into a game, without any information nor clues, and he's just a mere NPC and you magically got the weapon. "Maybe you didn't check properly," you try to tell him but he looks at you with suspicion. "You're really not lying?" You shake your head. "Of course not, we're best friends, right?" You nod. "Good, then give me the weapon." You glance at the box in your vision and answer, [[Yes| 4B]] [[No| 5B]]

"Sure," reluctant you give him the weapon. If it's really as good as the box says it is, it'll be a loss, however, it's better not to agitate that guy. "It's peculiar," he studies the weapon. There's a button. He presses it and it turns into a long spear. It’s either a cheat or completely useless. Can you kill zombies with that? "Let's head to the base," he leaves the room and heads down the hallway. There are several doors but he goes to the one in the far back. [[Follow him| 4B1]]

The weapon is too important, even the info box says it's quite powerful, how can you give it to him? "No," you decisively say. He stops moving for a second before he lunges at you, "You! How dare you keep secrets from me? I knew you're lying!" He tackles you to the floor and starts strangling you, "You're conspiring with the others to kill me, aren't you? I've noticed how fidgety and on edge you were before." You struggle to free yourself. Your breath gets thinner and with the last force you swing the axe in your hand, however, he catches it and- BAM cleanly severs your head. You feel a sharp pain and blood gushes out. In your final moments, another box appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[Game over, dear player~ What bad luck. You are dead and cannot leave the game. You have failed. You are stuck as a dead corpse. Hint: What's a powerful weapon useful for? If there are no zombies inside the school?]

The base is a classroom that was remodelled. Inside there are food, drinks, medications, clothes etc. He closes the door behind you and takes off his jacket. At the back of the room where the blackboard is, are two beds. You can't help but ask, "What are we going to do now?" However, contrary to your expectation, he hits you back with, "What you think?" No idea! Isn't that why you asked him? You see him heading to the bed on the left, next to the window, but he stops briefly before yours and under your mattress pulls out an envelope. He opens to read it and his eyes turn red, "What's this? Explain!" You [[go and read the letter| 6B]] [[don't read the letter| 7B]]

You don't have a clue what the letter is about but you approach him and take it from his hands. The content shocks you. (click to open) Read When you gonna visit me? When you gonna come and get me? Sam can’t occupy you the whole time! Tell him you gonna see and help me, alright? Timo You are confused. Who's Timo? What does he mean by going to visit and get him? There are others in the school? The guy, apparently Sam, asks with a dangerously low voice, "Are you going to see him?" [[Yes| 8B]] [[No| 9B]]

You want to read the letter but the guy seems mentally unstable, so you decide not to provoke him. "I don't know," you shrug your shoulders but he gets more aggravated. "You didn’t even read the bloody letter! That means you know the content already!" he runs up to you and tackles you to the floor. How in the world did he come to this conclusion? He starts strangling you, "You're conspiring with others to kill me, aren't you? I knew you were lying to me! I've noticed how fidgety and on edge you were before!" You struggle to free yourself. Your breath gets thinner and with the last force, you grab the spear and swing it, however, he catches it and- BAM cleanly severs your head. You feel a sharp pain and blood gushes out. In your final moments, another box appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[Game over, dear player~ What bad luck. You are dead and cannot leave the game. You have failed. You are stuck as a dead corpse. Hint: What's a powerful weapon useful for? If there are no zombies inside the school?]

Sam is acting weird but if you want to survive in the game, you need more information. "I will," you answer but before you can react, Sam grabs the spear and swings it. "You are conspiring to kill me, aren't you?" Thud. He cleanly cuts off your head and blood ushers out of your neck. In your final moments, another box appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[Game over, dear player~ What bad luck. You are dead and cannot leave the game. You have failed. You are stuck as a dead corpse. Hint: What's a powerful weapon useful for? If there are no zombies inside the school?]

"I won't," you finally answer as Sam is getting visibly weirder. "Good," he calms down and gives you a smile. He goes to the window and throws the letter out. You feel like you've just avoided a death flag, however, moments later a tall guy kicks open the door. His face shows a very ugly expression. "You turn on me?" he roars and grabs the spear from Sam and with a swing cleanly cuts off your head. In your final moments, another box appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[Game over, dear player~ What bad luck. You are dead and cannot leave the game. You have failed. You are stuck as a dead corpse. Hint: What's a powerful weapon useful for? If there are no zombies inside the school?]

"I was just trying to catch some breath," you say but his eyes turn red now. "In the hallway?" he sneers, "If you want to catch some breath, there're windows here!" He points at the windows left to you. It's a normal classroom and the windows face the courtyard of the school with no zombies in sight. You know you said the wrong thing. His fingernails dig into your skin, blood starts to taint your clothes. Your eyes widen, not believing he'd do this. "We've been best friends for so long now, yet you gonna abandon me for one of them?" he mumbles and his expression turns livid. A psychopath. He's a psychopath! You curse in your mind. "No, I-" "Shut up," he cuts you off, "Are you planning to team up to kill me?" His hands move from your shoulders to your neck, "I knew I should've never allowed them to be here!" [[Struggle free| 1c1]]

"No, I wasn't! Believe me!" you blurt out and his grip loosens. "Really?" he still has a face full of disbelief but let you go. "Really," you reassure him. "Then what were you doing there?" his sharp eyes follow every movement of yours. "I need to walk in the hallway to get from room to room, right?" "Why did you need to leave?" He's relentlessly questioning you. What are you? His prisoner? "Toilet," you quickly say. "You could just piss there, haven't we done this the whole time?" he points at two bowls in a corner. [[Look| 2c1]]

"Why would I do that? I know how dangerous it is," you try to play it off and pretend you know what's going on. You need as much information as you can get. "Then why were you there?" he loosens his grip but still doesn't leave you alone. Judging by his attitude he has trust issues. So you, as naturally as possible, say to him, "I went out to look for you." "Really?" he seems caught off guard and takes a step back, then smiles. "Don't worry, I won't leave you alone again. We've been best friends for so long, how can I discard you?" You nod and also [[smile at him| 3c1]]

You panic as he strangles you. You try to struggle free but his grip's too strong. You feel the oxygen disappearing. You can't breathe and you can't reason with him. He isn't listening nor giving you a chance to talk! He's insane! Your vision turns black and your consciousness fades. You feel the grip on your neck loosen. Ding Dong- A text box appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[Benefit activated. Player cannot die. [[Revive| 1c2]]]

Your eyes open and stare into his full of disbelief. "Why aren't you dying? No, no!" he reaches into his pocket and takes out a case with a syringe inside. Then he stabs you in your neck. Slight shivers overtake your body and you see how your skin starts to change. Insane pain spreads in every part of your body. Another text box appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[Game Over, dear player~ What bad luck. You have become a zombie and cannot leave the game. You have failed. You are now stuck as a zombie. Hint: You cannot die but you can still become an undead. So, what's the use? As your consciousness fades, you hear him say, "Come here. Now you can obediently follow me without leaving. We can kill the others." Your body moves on its own with your last thought echoing in your mind, "Damn lunatic."]

This is too inhumane! What the hell? Aren't the toilets still functioning? "Piss in them and throw your yellow stuff out of the window." Way too inhumane! Before you can say anything, he grabs you again with a crazy expression. "You’re not lying to me, are you? You didn't sneak out to meet with one of the others?" Others? "We've been best friends for so long, you think I don't recognise when you're lying? Tell me, are you going to betray me?" his eyes turn red as his fingers find their way to your neck. "Are you going to team up with them to kill me?" What a psychopath! You curse and [[pry his hands open| 2c2]]

You try to rip his hands off you but he's too strong. You can't breathe and you can't reason with him. He isn't listening nor giving you a chance to talk! He's insane! Your vision turns black and your consciousness fades. You feel the grip on your neck loosen. Ding Dong- A text box appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[Benefit activated. Player cannot die. [[Revive| 1c2]]]

"For a minute, I thought you'd go look for the others and team up to betray me." Others? There are others here? "Never. We're best friends after all," you seem to get the hang out of him. "Yes," he hums in a good mood. "Let's head to the base," he leaves the room and heads down the hallway. There are several doors but he goes to the one in the far back. [[Follow him| 4C]]

You don't have a clue what the letter is about but you approach him and take it from his hands. The content shocks you. (link:"Read")[(show:?read)] |read)[When you gonna visit me? When you gonna come and get me? Sam can’t occupy you the whole time! Tell him you gonna see and help me, alright? Timo You are confused. Who's Timo? What does he mean by going to visit and get him? There are others in the school? The guy, apparently Sam, asks with a dangerously low voice, "Are you going to see him?" [[Yes| 8C]] [[No| 7C]]]

You want to read the letter but he seems mentally unstable, so you decide not to provoke him. "I don't know," you shrug your shoulders but he gets more aggravated. "You aren't even reading the letter! That means you know the content!" he runs up to you and tackles you to the floor. How in the world did he come to this conclusion? He starts strangling you, "You're conspiring with others to kill me, aren't you? I knew you were lying to me! I've noticed how fidgety and on edge you were before!" [[Pry his hands open| 2c2]]

"I won't," you finally answer as Sam is getting visibly weirder. "Good," he calms down and gives you a smile. He goes to the window and throws the letter out. You feel like you've just avoided a death flag, however, moments later a tall guy kicks open the door. His face shows a very ugly expression. "You turn on me?" he roars and wants to grab you but Sam stands in his way. "Move," Timo's voice is cold. "No," Sam pulls out a knife while Timo has an iron bar in his hand. They start to fight. You have no clue what's going on but you know this is out of your control and you have to do something. [[Mend things between them| 9C]] [[Run away| 10C]]

Sam is acting weird but if you want to survive in the game, you need more information. "I will," you answer but before you could react, Sam lunges at you. "Shut up," he shouts, "Are you planning to go to him and team up to kill me?" His hands move from your shoulders to your neck, "I knew I should've never allowed them to be here!" [[Struggle free| 1c1]]

"Guys, please stop!" you interfere and wave your hands to stop them. They aren't listening so you decide to [[tackle Sam| 11C]] [[tackle Timo| 12C]]

This fight is insane. They're literally hurting each other. They both seem crazy, so your best bet is to escape. While they’re distracted, you run out of the classroom. Back in the hallway, you decide to run towards the stairs. The building seems to have four floors. When you looked out of the window, it was clear you're on the second floor. The stairs go down two sets and up two sets. [[Run up| 13C]] [[Run down| 14C]]

You jump at Sam and push him to the floor. Sam curses, "What you doing? I knew it! You're teaming up with him! Ever since you brought those bastards, nothing's been the same!" Sam is shouting as you try to figure out his words but catch Timo raising the iron bar, "Timo stop!" you run towards Timo and block the iron bar with your arm. The hard impact is strong enough to feel it in your bones. "I trusted you!" Sam jumps to his feet, then pulls out a small box from his pockets. Then he stabs you in your neck. Slight shivers overtake your body and you see how your skin starts to change. Insane pain spreads in every part of your body. Another text box appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[Game Over, dear player~ What bad luck. You have become a zombie and cannot leave the game. You have failed. You are now stuck as a zombie. Hint: You cannot die but you can still become an undead. So, what's the use?]

You jump at Tim and push him to the floor, Timo's perplexed, "Why? Don't stay with him!" "What you doing?" Sam speaks at the same time you wanted, “I knew it! You're teaming up with him! Ever since you brought those bastards, nothing's been the same!" Sam is shouting as you try to figure out his words but catch Timo raising the iron bar, "Timo stop!" you run towards Timo and block the iron bar with your arm. The hard impact is strong enough to feel it in your bones. "I trusted you!" Sam jumps to his feet, then pulls out a small box from his pockets. Then he stabs you in your neck. Slight shivers overtake your body and you see how your skin starts to change. Insane pain spreads in every part of your body. Another text box appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[Game Over, dear player~ What bad luck. You have become a zombie and cannot leave the game. You have failed. You are now stuck as a zombie. Hint: You cannot die but you can still become an undead. So, what's the use?]

You run up and look around. The hallway looks the same as on the previous floor. There are several doors yet you blindly choose to enter one until you hear noises. Sam and Timo are catching up to you! How are they so fast? You are sure you left without them noticing in the middle of their fight. But before you can hide, they are already standing in front of you. They aren't even out of breath. “You!" both Sam and Timo are angry, "How dare you leave?" Sam wants to grab you but you evade which only makes him angrier. "You don't want to see me?" Timo looks aggrieved but his grip on the bat says otherwise. You decide [[run again| 13c1]]

You run down and look around. The hallway looks the same as on the previous floor. There are several doors yet you blindly choose to enter one. As you open the door, you see a delicate and pretty female. She turns to you, her big eyes blink in surprise before she jumps into your arms. "You came to look for me! Did you manage to escape Sam and Timo?" Despite her fragile appearance, you have your guards up. The other two characters are insane, so she might be too. You decide to [[talk with her| 15C]] [[run| 16C]]

Your feet start to move before a cold metal bat hit the back of your head. You fall to the ground and see the blood slowly tainting the ground. What the hell? "You can't abandon me, you promised! You are our only hope!" Timo trails after your crawling form. What in the world did this body's owner do? Who did it offend to have those lunatics come after you? The blood loss is too much and soon you lose your consciousness but (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[Benefit activated. Player cannot die. [[Revive| 13c2]] ]

You open your eyes again and meet Sam's face, "You came back for me right?" You curse but then feel a sharp pain in your neck. Sam pulled out a case with a syringe and stabbed you in your neck. Slight shivers overtake your body and you see how your skin starts to change. Insane pain spreads in every part of your body. Another text box appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[Game Over, dear player~ What bad luck. You have become a zombie and cannot leave the game. You have failed. You are now stuck as a zombie. Hint: You cannot die but you can still become an undead. So, what's the use? As your consciousness fades, you see how Sam and Timo fight for you once again.]

"I managed," you decide to talk to her. For now, she seems harmless. "Will you stay with me then? I have waited for you since you brought me here!" she pulls on your clothes. There are so many things you don't know about, especially the things this body's owner did. But before you could answer you hear voices. Sam and Timo are catching up to you! How are they so fast? You are sure you left without them noticing in the midst of their fight. You can't stay here! You run out of the classroom, down the hallway but before you can hide, they are already standing in front of you. They aren't even out of breath. “You!" both Sam and Timo are angry, "How dare you leave?" Sam wants to grab you but you evade which only makes him angrier. "You don't want to see me?" Timo looks aggrieved but his grip on the bat says otherwise. You decide [[run again| 13c1]]

You decide not to take chances and run, but soon you hear voices from the staircase. Sam and Timo are catching up to you! How are they so fast? You are sure you left without them noticing in the middle of their fight. But before you can hide, they are already standing in front of you. They aren't even out of breath. “You!" both Sam and Timo are angry, "How dare you leave?" Sam wants to grab you but you evade which only makes him angrier. "You don't want to see me?" Timo looks aggrieved but his grip on the bat says otherwise. You decide [[run again| 13c1]]

You don't have a clue what the letter is about, so you approach him and take it from his hands. The content shocks you. (link:"Read")[(show:?read)] |read)[When you gonna visit me? When you gonna come and get me? Sam can’t occupy you the whole time! Tell him you gonna see and help me, alright? Timo You are confused. Who's Timo? What does he mean by going to visit and get him? There are others in the school? The guy, apparently Sam, asks with a dangerously low voice, "Are you going to see him?" [[Yes| 8A]] [[No| 7A]] ]

You try to rip his hands off you but he's too strong. You can't breathe and you can't reason with him. He isn't listening nor giving you a chance to talk! He's insane! Your vision turns black and your consciousness fades. You feel the grip on your neck loosen. Ding Dong- A text box appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have died. Would you like to load the file at the latest point? [[Yes| 6a22]]]

You open your eyes and found yourself just entering the base with the guy again. Your mouth opens by itself and asks, "What are we going to do now?" He answers again, "What you think?" You see him heading to the bed on the left next to the window but he stops briefly before yours and under your mattress pulls out an envelope. He opens to read it and his eyes turn red, "What's this? Explain!" This time you [[go and read the letter| 5A]]

"I won't," you finally answer as Sam is getting visibly weirder. "Good," he calms down and gives you a smile. He goes to the window and throws the letter out. You feel like you've just avoided a death flag, however, moments later a tall guy kicks open the door. His face shows a very ugly expression. "You turn on me?" he roars and wants to grab you but Sam stands in his way. He pushes Sam away and swings the iron bar. You feel a sharp pain at the back of your head. Then you fall to the ground with blood pouring from your head. He really killed you over this? Ding Dong- A text box appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have died. Would you like to load the file at the latest point? [[Yes| 11A]]]

Sam is acting weird but if you want to survive in the game, you need more information. "I will," you answer but before you could react, Sam lunges at you. "You will?" he shouts, “Are you planning to go to him and team up to kill me?" His hands move from your shoulders to your neck, "I knew I should've never allowed them to be here!" [[Struggle free| 8a1]]

You panic as he strangles you. You try to struggle free but his grip's too strong. You feel the oxygen disappearing. You can't breathe and you can't reason with him. He isn't listening nor giving you a chance to talk! He's insane! Your vision turns black and your consciousness fades. You feel the grip on your neck loosen. Ding Dong- A text box appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have died. Would you like to load the file at the latest point? [[Yes| 8a22]]]

The feeling of being strangled still lingers but you see you are holding the letter. You once again hear Sam asking you, "Are you going to see him?" There's no other choice than to answer: [[No| 9A]]

Hearing Sam mutter those words, you quickly answer, "I won't." "Good," he calms down and gives you a smile. He goes to the window and throws the letter out. You feel like you've just avoided a death flag, however, moments later a tall guy kicks open the door. His face shows a very ugly expression. "You turn on me?" he roars and wants to grab you but Sam stands in his way. He pushes Sam away and swings the iron bar. You feel a sharp pain at the back of your head. Then you fall on the ground with blood pouring out. You curse: Yes or No- Either are wrong!!! Damn! Ding Dong- A text box appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have died. Would you like to load the file at the latest point? [[Yes| 10A]]]

For a third time, you see Sam's agitated face and hear him saying, "What are you going to do now?" Hearing these words freezes the blood in your veins. What are you going to say? Either way, you'll die! So, what options are there? "What are you taking so long to think?" Sam is getting impatient. You sweat. Then you think of something, if you say nothing then it should be fine, right? [[Say nothing| 12A]]

'No' was the wrong answer. So once Sam asks you again, "What are you going to do?" You answer without any doubt, "I will." But before you could react, Sam lunges at you. "You bloody will?," he shouts, "Are you planning to go to him and team up to kill me?" His hands move from your shoulders to your neck, "I knew I should've never allowed them to be here!" [[Struggle free| 11a1]]

You panic as he strangles you. You try to struggle free but his grip's too strong. You feel the oxygen disappearing. You can't breathe and you can't reason with him. He isn't listening nor giving you a chance to talk! He's insane! Your vision turns black and your consciousness fades. You feel the grip on your neck loosen. What the hell?? Yes or No, it doesn't matter! It all leads to your death! Ding Dong- A text box appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have died. Would you like to load the file at the latest point? [[Yes| 10A]]]

You decide to remain quiet. "So, you're going?" You don't answer. "So, you're not going?" You keep silent. It doesn't matter anyway! He's going to kill you! How is this game even possible? SS grade for a beginner? Screw this game designer! "I hate your indecisiveness!" Sam finally snaps and once again you see the text box appearing. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have died. Would you like to load the file at the latest point? [[Yes| 13A]]]

"What are you going to do now?" Back to when Sam finds the letter, you work your brain to the max. If you take the letter away, then it'll indicate Sam you won't go and he can't throw it out of his window, which means Timo won't come and punch a hole in your head, right? [[Snatch the letter away| 14A]]

Quickly you steal the letter from his hands and Sam just stares at you. For a moment, it's silent- Then, "You want to pretend this doesn't exist? You think I'm stupid?" You threw your hands in the air, no matter what, he's making up his own damn stories to suit himself. Is he getting a kick out of killing you? You click on the text box. You have died. Would you like to return to the latest loading file? [[Yes| 15A]]

For the hundred, millionth, whatever time, Sam asks you those hateful words. ‘Yes’, ‘No’, Staying quiet, Taking the letter away, it all didn't work. You think for a second. The problem is that Sam believes that you and Timo will kill him. Then how about... [[Tell him to form an alliance| 16A]]

"We should team up with Timo," with this you signal him that you don't have the intention to kill him. You can't forget your main mission: To leave the school within three days. But you keep getting stuck here, so proposing to work together is the best option. Yet, of course, Sam doesn't let you down, "You think I don't know what you want to do? Pretend to team up to backstab me?" Just how much of a trust issue does he have? You click on the text box. "You have died. Would you like to return to the latest loading point?" Wait. What will happen if you don't click yes? Where's the No button? "Player would you like to return to latest loading point? 5 seconds remaining to choose 'Yes'." |clue1)[5] |clue2)[4] |clue3)[3] |clue4)[2] |clue5)[1] |clue)[[[No| 17A]]] {(live: 36s)[ (show: ?clue) (stop:) ]} {(live: 31s)[ (show: ?clue1) (stop:) ]} {(live: 32s)[ (show: ?clue2) (stop:) ]} {(live: 33s)[ (show: ?clue3) (stop:) ]} {(live: 34s)[ (show: ?clue4) (stop:) ]} {(live: 35s)[ (show: ?clue5) (stop:) ]}

You open your eyes and earth-shattering shouts fill your ears and you see white hallways with torn walls. You are back at the beginning! You look around. Nothing seems different apart from the fact you now know more about the situation you are in. There are only a few options to take from here on, in order to avoid dying over and over again. You either need to take the letter and hide it before Sam can see it or try to leave the school asap. When you look out of the window, the zombies stare at you from the gate. If you chose the weapon benefit you could have eliminated the zombies but on the other side, you couldn't have survived the mania the characters bring. You see Sam running to you. Do you [[talk to him| 18A]] [[coax him| 19Acoaxhim]] [[run away| 20A]]

The problem is the letter, so you need to talk to Sam to get him to leave you alone. "What you doing here?" Sam grabs your hand and pulls you along with you, "You know how dangerous it is! Don't agitate them!" "Sam," you stop him. "What?" Sam looks at you suspiciously, "Let's go." Without giving you time to talk, he pulls you along. You can't let him go to the base! You stop in your tracks and Sam turns around to look at you. Surprisingly, he lets go of your hand and you take a step forward. However, you slip on something wet and not noticing the open window you fall out and crack your skull open on the ground. Ding Dong- A text box appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have died. Would you like to load the file at the latest point? [[Yes| 17A]]]

The moment you see Sam approaching you, your feet move on their own and soon you run away from him. You hear him calling after you. You [[hide| 21A hide]] [[go to another floor| 22A go to another floor]]

You reach the staircase and decide to hide, thinking he'll go look for you on the other floors. But because you hesitated for too long to look for a hiding place, Sam catches up to you and everything goes how you're used to. His paranoid words make you roll your eyes as he for the nth time kills you. Ding Dong- A text box appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have died. Would you like to load the file at the latest point? [[Yes| 20A]]]

You reach the staircase and go down a floor as the floor up is Timo's and you definitely don’t want to face him with Sam in pursuit. The first floor looks like the floor you were on. You randomly open a door and inside the classroom you see a beautiful female who turns to you with a smile. "You came to see me!" she says. She looks harmless but you know you need to be on guard. Do you [[run| 23A]] [[talk to her|24A]]

In order to let Sam not see the letter, you need to lure him away but doing it with normal methods doesn't work, you figure. You quickly try to think of what happened and concluded Sam cares about you in his own twisted way. So he won't get suspicious, you need to coax him away. "Sam," you say as he reaches you and stops. "What's wrong?" "I feel a bit distressed." "Why? What happened?" "It's nothing serious but I think there are some pills at the end of the floor," you sprout nonsense hoping he buys it, "Can you bring me them?" Sam sizes you up before agreeing. "I'll wait at the base," you say. The moment he leaves you make a run to the base and look under the mattress to find the letter. What do you do with it now? [[Throw it away| 25A]] [[Hide it| 26A]]

Not taking any chances you turn but the second you walk out she shouts, "Hey, don't ignore me! You ignore me all the time!" She runs up to you and hugs you from behind, "We even shared an indirect kiss." [[Persist on running| 23A1]] [[Talk to her|24A]]

Talking is the better option. You decide to humour her, "Yes, I came to see you." "Really?" cheerful she falls into your arms. "Then stay with me." You nod and she brings you to the back of the classroom and gives you some snacks. "Do you still reme-" She starts off but the door bangs open and Sam stands there. "So, you now decide to team up with Lily?" So, Lily is her name, is your last thought as you submit to your fate. Ding Dong- A text box appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have died. Would you like to load the file at the latest point? [[Yes| 17A]]]

Hearing these words, you figure she's also nuts and push her away. "I need to leave," you say but you aren’t able to go as she tackles you to the ground and you see doom looming. Dammit, you curse. Ding Dong- A text box appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have died. Would you like to load the file at the latest point? [[Yes| 23A]]]

The best way is to let it leave the building. You throw it out of the window but it seems like your forgot Sam did the same and Timo came running, causing you to die. The same fate awaits you. Ding Dong- A text box appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have died. Would you like to load the file at the latest point? [[Yes| 19Acoaxhim]]]

Throwing it out of the window is a no go. Having it on you may also be tricky. So, hiding it somewhere is the best option but where? However, you have no time to think about it as Sam comes back. Quickly you stuff the letter under your shirt. "I didn't find it anywhere." You contort your face and hold your stomach. "What's wrong?" Sam looks concerned and approaches you. "My stomach hurts. It's pretty bad. I need to use the toilet." "Oh, ok, I'll look for soemthing that helps you." You are able to easily get rid of Sam. You fumble your way through the floor until you find the toilet. You take out the letter and then flush it down. Your heart feels a little lighter. A box appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[[[Save Point| 26AA]]]

You feel even better and decide the safest option right now is to return to Sam. You still have the mission, it's been only a few hours since you were sucked intot his fame and it's still the beginning of day one. You need to leave the school within 9 days. How are you going to do that? [[Back to Sam| 26A1]]

"We've been here for a while now," you tell Sam when you come back. "It's only been a month. How are you feeling?" "Better." "Here, found some pills," Sam throws you a bottle and you pretend to take one. "Thanks," you throw it back and sit on a chair. You've been here for a month, apparently. "How's the outside world?" "Like always." He doesn't give you any useful information. You decide to guide the conversation to leaving school. But how do you break it to Sam? [[We should leave| 27A]] [[Thank Sam for helping you and being here| 28A]] [[We can't stay in school forever| 29A]]

"We should leave," you tell Sam and he sits up straight. His eyes narrowed, he asks, "Why?" [[Because school's not safe| 30A]] [[Aren't there any other safe pacles?| 31A]] [[We should look for other people| 32A]]

"Sam, thanks for helping me earlier and being here for me." Sam turns to you with a flabberghasted face and spits, "What's up with this cringy stuff? Screw you." Your face blanks but you say, "Isn't it better to leave school?" Sam halts, "Now I know why you said this cringy shit because you want to part with me and join the others?" "No! That's not my intention!" "Then why?" "Isn't it more reasonable to find a safe place?" "What you mean? There's no safer place than school! Why else you think we ended up here?" If there really isnt any safe place, then why did the system give you the task to leave the school? Isn't it because there's another palce safe from the zombie outbreak? "What makes you think it's not safe?" Sam stares at you with suspicion. "Are you hiding something or have you found out?" "What?" you notice his words, "found out what?" "So, you found out!" Sam's eyes turn red. Please make sense! "Even if we're best friends if you know about it, I can't let you leave." You still have absolutely no idea what's going on when you drop dead and the familiar cursed box appears (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have died. Would you like to load the file at the latest point? [[Yes| 26A1]]]

"We can't stay in school forever." "Why not?" Sam look at you with suspicion. [[Because food's running out| 33A]] [[We can't live like this| 34A]] [[There must be an antidote| 35A]]

"Because school's not safe," you say and try to act as natural as possible. "What you mean? There's no safer place than school! Why else you think we ended up here?" If there really isn't any safe place, then why did the system give you the task to leave the school? Isn't it because theres another place safe from the zombie outbreak? "What makes you think it's not safe?" Sam stares at you with suspicion. "Are you hiding something or have you found out?" "What?" you notice his words, "found out what?" "So, you found out!" Sam's eyes turn red. Please make sense! "Even if we're best friends if you know about it, I can't let you leave." You still have absolutely no idea what's going on when you drop dead and the familiar cursed box appears (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have died. Would you like to load the file at the latest point? [[Yes| 26A1]]]

"Aren't there any other safe places?" "What you mean? There's no safer place than school! Why else you think we ended up here?" If there really isn't any safe place, then why did the system give you the task to leave the school? Isn't it because theres another place safe from the zombie outbreak? "What makes you think it's not safe?" Sam stares at you with suspicion. "Are you hiding something or have you found out?" "What?" you notice his words, "found out what?" "So, you found out!" Sam's eyes turn red. Please make sense! "Even if we're best friends if you know about it, I can't let you leave." You still have absolutely no idea what's going on when you drop dead and the familiar cursed box appears (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have died. Would you like to load the file at the latest point? [[Yes| 26A1]]]

"We should look for other people, they might know of a safe place." "What you mean? There's no safer place than school! Why else you think we ended up here?" If there really isn't any safe place, then why did the system give you the task to leave the school? Isn't it because theres another place safe from the zombie outbreak? "What makes you think it's not safe?" Sam stares at you with suspicion. "Are you hiding something or have you found out?" "What?" you notice his words, "found out what?" "So, you found out!" Sam's eyes turn red. Please make sense! "Even if we're best friends if you know about it, I can't let you leave." You still have absolutely no idea what's going on when you drop dead and the familiar cursed box appears (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have died. Would you like to load the file at the latest point? [[Yes| 26A1]]]

"The food will run out soon and we have to move anyways. You don't plan to stay here forever, right?" Sam thinks for a while before sighing, "You're right. Then you want to prepare to leave?" [[Yes| 36A]]

"We can't live like this forever, sooner or later this here won't hold up." Sam thinks for a while then answer, "You're right. You want to prepare to leave?" [[Yes| 36A]]

"There must be an antidote to cure this zombie outbreak and we should help if possible." Sam thinks for a while before answering, "You're right. You want to prepare to leave?" [[Yes| 36A]]

"The school's only safe spot," Sam taps with his hand on his knee and looks at you strangely, "There's no other safer place than here. We should stay as long as possible." You notice he's acting strange and decide to drop the subject for now. [[Alright, think about it| 37A]] [[Ok, let's rest for now| 38A]] [[Let's talk tomorrow about it| 39A]]

"Alright, but think about it, ok?" as long as Sam gets the idea, you can pursue it later. "Yeah," Sam briefly answers and looks out of the window. The life in a zombie apocalypse is depressing, there's nothing to do except for eating, drinking and relieving oneself. The sun sets and the realisation hits you that a day has passed. If you can't leave within three days, you'll be trapped forever. In the worst case, you just need to die to return to the safe point. However, you are perplexed why the game gave you a save point. Can it be if you make progress it'll automatically let you save? If it's true then it's a great discovery. [[Next| 38A1]]

"Ok, let's rest. Think about it later," as long as Sam gets the idea, you can pursue it later. "Yeah," Sam briefly answers and looks out of the window. The life in a zombie apocalypse is depressing, there's nothing to do except for eating, drinking and relieving oneself. The sun sets and the realisation hits you that a day has passed. If you can't leave within three days, you'll be trapped forever. In the worst case, you just need to die to return to the safe point. However, you are perplexed why the game gave you a save point. Can it be if you make progress it'll automatically let you save? If it's true then it's a great discovery. [[Next| 38A1]]

"Let's talk about it tomorrow, ok?" as long as Sam gets the idea, you can pursue it later. "Yeah," Sam briefly answers and looks out of the window. The life in a zombie apocalypse is depressing, there's nothing to do except for eating, drinking and relieving oneself. The sun sets and the realisation hits you that a day has passed. If you can't leave within three days, you'll be trapped forever. In the worst case, you just need to die to return to the safe point. However, you are perplexed why the game gave you a save point. Can it be if you make progress it'll automatically let you save? If it's true then it's a great discovery. [[Next| 38A1]]

You look back to the afternoon talking to Sam about leaving school. Now that you know you can't leave alone, you need an ally. The other important things to find out about the others in this school. Sam and you're not the only ones and it isn't clear how many other characters are present or in this game. But before you have time to think about it, the door to the base bangs open and Timo comes in. "Why haven't you answered yet?" Oh no, you forgot Timo is also quite paranoid. "Answer what?" Sam stood up and approached Timo. Because you flushed the letter down the toilet, Sam doesn't know about it but now Timo personally came. "It's got nothing to do with you," Timo and Sam are ready to face each other off. This is a bad deja-vu, you can't let them fight again and die. So, you quickly [[say, "Timo, I'm sorry, I haven't seen it| 41A]] [[say, "What are you talking about?| 42A]] [[let them fight and determine who's stronger| 43A]]

You get between them and turn to Timo, "I'm sorry, I haven't seen it." "Seen what?" Sam grabs you by the shoulder and pulls you back. Only now you realise your slip of tongue. Timo hasn't mentioned the letter and you said you haven't seen 'it'. Of course, Sam will get the wrong idea because it seems like you know what Timo is talking about. Well, you do know but Sam can't know you know! "The letter I wrote for," Timo nodded at you. Once again, you're back at the beginning. Will this ever end? Of course, like you've witnessed for the millionth time, Sam's suspicion rises and you feel death creeping upon you until Bing (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have died. Would you like to load the file at the latest point? [[Yes| 40A]]]

"What are you talking about?" you act as if you've no idea what Timo hinted on. "You dont? You didnt see it? Sam, did you take it away?" Timo turns to Sam. "Take what away? Take yourself away, c'mon, out of here," Sam spits and pushes Timo away from you. "Tell me the truth, you took the letter away!" "What the hell you writing a letter for?" "Because you have a screw loose!" In the brink of an eye, they start to fight. [[You spur them on| 44A]] [[Watch quietly| 45A]]

You decide to not do anything and let the scene unfold. As they start to fight, you choose to see who's stronger to determine who's the ally you can take with you to leave the school. You [[spur them on| 44A]] [[watch quietly| 45A]]

The night takes over and Sam and you go to bed. You wait until you hear Sam's even breathing. Making sure he's asleep, you sneak out of the base and make your way through the hallway. Your task is to leave the school within three days. Now that you finally got over the disaster of repeatedly dying and able to make it to the night, there's nothing stopping you from leaving this school full of crazy characters. The game developer deserves a -100 rating! You look for a weapon and descend the stairs quietly to make sure you don’t wake anyone up. You find a baseball bat lying in front of the door. This is easier than you thought. [[Leave school| 38A2]]

You look out of the entrance and see no zombies. Luckily, they're all behind the gate and don't seem to be moving at night. You set a foot out of the school and BING see your severed body lying behind you. ??? A message pops up (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have failed the task, would you like to load at the save point? Hint [You cannot leave school alone. It's too dangerous.] [[Yes| 40A]]]

"Come on guys! You can do better than this!" you spur them on and the fight heats up. Suddenly, Sam pulls out the case with the syringe and before you can stop him, he stabs it in Timo's neck. The syringe falls to the ground and Timo slowly mutates into a zombie. "Why did you do that?" you ask Sam. "To help you," a crooked smile hushed over Sam's face, "Let's leave. Timo the zombie will help us. You right, we can't stay here any longer." You watch as Sam packs some stuff into a backpack, "What are you doing standing like a ladder waiting to be climbed? Help! Didn't you want to leave?" Sam's right, you have to leave school. There's no time to worry about what's morally right. Ten minutes later, Sam and you reach the staircase but then a female appears. "I've missed you!" she falls into your arms. "Lily, what are you doing here?" Sam becomes suspicious again. "I've heard some commotion, so I can to check," Lily innocently bats her eyes. You have to quickly think of a solution, [[form an alliance with Lily| 46A]] [[get rid of Lily| 47A]] [[ignore Lily| 48A]]

You watch them fight when suddenly, Sam pulls out the case with the syringe and before you can stop him, he stabs it in Timo's neck. The syringe falls to the ground and Timo slowly mutates into a zombie. "Why did you do that?" you ask Sam. "To help you," a crooked smile hushed over Sam's face, "Let's leave. Timo the zombie will help us. You right, we can't stay here any longer." You watch as Sam packs some stuff into a backpack, "What are you doing standing like a ladder waiting to be climbed? Help! Didn't you want to leave?" Sam's right, you have to leave school. There's no time to worry about what's morally right. Ten minutes later, Sam and you reach the staircase but then a female appears. "I've missed you!" she falls into your arms. "Lily, what are you doing here?" Sam becomes suspicious again. "I've heard some commotion, so I can o check," Lily innocently bats her eyes. You have to quickly think of a solution, [[form an alliance with Lily| 46A]] [[get rid of Lily| 47A]] [[ignore Lily| 48A]]

You suggest to take Lily with you. ... Haven't you learnt from the past experiences? Shouldn't you know Sam's personality? Death. Bing. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have died. Would you like to load the file at the latest point? [[Yes| 45A1]]]

"Lily, I'm sorry but please leave." "Why? Where are you going? You can't leave me!" You shove the aggrieved Lily out of your way and start to descend the stairs. "Hey! You forgot our indirect kiss, didn't you? The passion and love we've shared!" Dammit. You watch as Sam goes psycho and turns you into a zombie too. Bing. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have died. Would you like to load the file at the latest point? [[Yes| 45A1]]]

You pretend she's air and keep walking. However, now Lily hugs you and doesn't let go. "Where are you going? Don't leave!" You continue without giving her attention. She keeps clinging onto you as suddenly her grip loosens. "What's wrong with Timo?" Lily points behind you at Timo who looks back at her with dead blood-shot eyes. "None of your business," Sam pulls out another syringe and turns Lily into a zombie too. Together with Timo and Lily as zombies, Sam and you make it to the gate but then both you and Sam fall to the ground. You see a zombie gnawing on him before another jumps at you. What's happening? A message pops up (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have failed the task, would you like to load at the save point? Hint [wrong ally] [[Yes| 49A]]]

You have to quickly think of a solution, [[form an alliance with Lily| 46A]] [[get rid of Lily| 47A]] [[ignore Lily| 48A]]

Once again you're back just before Timo comes. This time you've failed because Sam's the wrong choice. So Timo should be the right one. You should just grab Timo and run but suddenly- Bing Side Task- Open (Click to open) Obtain Sam's syringe that turns someone into a zombie. A side taks now out of all times? This means the game goes on for longer? It wants you to stay longer? What do you need Sam's syringe for? Not thinking about it anymore, you [[steal it from Sam| 50A]] [[ask him about it| 51A]] [[ignore the side task for now| 52A]]

You wait until evening and make sure Sam's asleep. You slip out of your bed and reach into his pocket, however, once you pull it out, you feel a sharp pain and drop the case. Your thumb is bleeding and Sam's voice ring out, "You, the hell you doing?" But you no longer register anything else as you turn into a zombie. Bing (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have died. Would you like to load the file at the latest point? [[Yes| 49A]]]

It may be better to ask why Sam has a serum that turns people into zombies. What's his goal? What are his motives? But straight-out asking about it only leads to death. You need to ask him in away that won't arouse suspicion, however, it seems you can't find the right words. Brewing over what to say, the door opens and Timo comes in. [[Next| 53A]]

You can't take the syringe from Sam now nor is there a point asking him. It'll only make him suspicious and lead to death. You decide to ignore the side task for now and worry about it later. Not long after, the door opens and Timo comes in. [[Next| 53A]]

Once again Timo asks you about the letter and Sam gets agitated. You need to get on both's good side and create an opportunity to talk to Timo alone. You [[run with Timo| 54A]] [[knock out Sam| 55A]] [[tell them you need some time alone| 56A]]

Sam catches up and it's over for you. A message appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have died. Would you like to load the file at the latest point? [[Yes| 53A]]]

Sam can't be knocked out. This is a game yes but it's still not a movie. You still try and Sam of course gets angry. You die. A message appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have died. Would you like to load the file at the latest point? [[Yes| 53A]]]

Just when they're about to fight, you step between them. There's something you wanted to tell them since the beginning. It's their unhealthy possessiveness over you and their paranoia. "Guys, I want to make it clear. I'm not a property you can fight over. I'm a human and my own person and you should leave me some alone time. Most importantly, don't make decisions for me!" But it backfires, "Where are you getting this confidence from? All I'm asking you is not to hang out without anyone else!" Sam kicks a chair. "I'm not making any decisions for you, I was just wondering why you didn't answer my letter?" You are done with them and curse this body's owner for being such a weak wimp and letting the characters do whatever they want. [[Next| 56A1]]

"Alright," suddenly both of them say. "Huh?" surprised you turn to them. "You right," Sam scratches the back of his head, "I should've given you some private time, I understand." Understand what? "Yeah," Timo also instantly agrees. "How long you need?" You look between Sam and Timo. There's some kind of misundertanding here but as long as they give you time alone, it's fine. "Until tomorrow morning?" [[Next| 56A2]]

"Damn, you're really pent up, huh?" "Shut up!" you really don’t want to know what they're thinking. "You wanna stay here or-" "No need, I'll go to another classroom," you tell Sam and walk out. You choose the classroom closest to the stairs and settle down. This was easier than you thought. They should know their boundaries with you. Night comes and you sneak out to talk to Timo. However, on the stairs, you meet Lily. [[Talk to her| 59A]] [[Ignore her| 58A]]

You pretend she's not there. "Why are you ignoring me?" Lily clings onto you but you shake her away. "I've given you everything!" with that she pushes you down the stairs. Crazy characters! is your last thought. A message appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have died. Would you like to load the file at the latest point? [[Yes| 56A2]]]

"Lily," you greet her. Her eyes light up and she hugs you, "I missed you!" "I missed you too," you coax her and pat her on the head. "Where are you going this late?" "I need to get something..." "Let me come with you!" "No, go to sleep." "But-" "I'll visit you tomorrow," you make empty promises but Lily buys it and happily goes back to her floor. You sigh in relief and see a save button. [[Save| 59A1]]

Then you walk to Timo's floor, to his base. You knock and enter. Timo's still awake. "What's up? Have you finished relie- taking some time alone?" Your face blanked but you say, "Let's leave school." "You want to what?" Timo stares at you in disbelief. "Leave." "Are you ok?" "I am. We can't stay here forever. Are you with me?" Timo thinks for a while and then agrees, "Let's go." Minute later you head down the stairs to the ground floor and leave the school building. However, just like with Sam, you both die. A message appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have died. Would you like to load the file at the latest point? [[Yes| 60A]]]

You load back to just before going to Timo and meeting with Lily. So, Timo is also not the right ally. You look at Lily and [[take her hand| 62A]]

You take Lily's hand and she blushes, "Let's go to your floor," you say. At her base, she makes space for you in her bed and you decide to tell her, "Let's leave school." "Ok." You're surprised, "So easily?" "Wherever you go, I'll go with you. Promise we'll be together forever!" [[We'll see| 63A]] [[Yes| 64A]] [[No| 65A]]

"We'll see," you tell her and she nods. "Ok but you have to properly think about it." "Of course." "Do we leave tonight?" You want to say set but a notification pops up. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[Please be reminded of the side task. Get the serum from Sam. So, you can't leave school unless you have that? You think and [[sneak into Sam's room| 66A]] [[let Lily sneak into Sam's room| 67A]] ]

"Of course," you lie. Suddenly, Lily pushes you away with tears in her eyes and says, "You only say that!" The next second she takes out a knife from under her bed and stabs you, "This way we can be together forever!" You curse the game creator for only using stupid death in always the same way! Death here! Death there! No end! A message appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have died. Would you like to load the file at the latest point? [[Yes| 62A]]]

"No there's no guarantee," you tell her the truth. "Why?" Lily starts crying, "Why are you like this to me?" She pulls out a knife and yep, same old ending. Death. Your death everywhere. A message appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have died. Would you like to load the file at the latest point? [[Yes| 62A]]]

You sneak into Sam's room alone which is the base and as quiet and gentle as you can, you take out the serum, making sure you don't trigger anything. A save point appears. [[Save| 66A1]]

Lily agrees to do it for you but Sam catches her and kills her. Then he rushes to you, screams betrayal and you end up in the abyss of 1000 deaths again next to many of your other corpses. A message appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have died. Would you like to load the file at the latest point? [[Yes| 63A]]]

You return to Lily and leave the school but once again the system tells you it's the wrong ally. A message appears. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[You have died. Would you like to load the file at the latest point? [[Yes| 67A1]]]

You're back to when you just stole Sam's serum. Now you're angry. There aren't any more allies! How are you supposed to leave school? It's impossible! Suddenly- Bing. (link:"Open")[(show:?open)] |open)[New side task to be refreshed. [[Refresh| 68A]]]

Find the vending machine. ??? What in the world? You [[go through school alone and look for it| 70A]] [[wait until the next day to ask the others| 71A]]

However, you can't find anything and decide to wait until tomorrow. [[The next day| 71A]]

The next day comes and you ask [[Sam| 72A]] [[Timo| 73A]] [[Lily| 74A]]

Sam is suspicious and asks, "Why?" "Because I heard of it." "There's nothing like that." This is too weird but then where does the food come from? Sam says, "I found some food in the cafeteria when I first came here and brought a lot from the convenience stores. Shouldn't you know? It's only been a month since we're here but once we really run out, we gotta go out and search." [[I see| 72A1]]

Timo is suspicious and asks, "Why?" "Because I heard of it." "There's nothing like that." This is too weird but then where does the food come from? Timo says, "Sam found some food in the cafeteria when he first came here and brought a lot from the convenience stores. Shouldn't you know? It's only been a month since we're here but once we really run out, we gotta go out and search." Then Timo added, "You should ask Sam tho." [[Go and ask Sam| 73A1]]

Lily is suspicious and asks, "Why?" "Because I heard of it." "There's nothing like that." This is too weird but then where does the food come from? Lily says, "Sam found some food in the cafeteria when he first came here and brought a lot from the convenience stores. Shouldn't you know? It's only been a month since we're here but once we really run out, we gotta go out and search." Then Lily added, "You should ask Sam tho." [[Go and ask Sam| 73A1]]

"I see," you sit in a chair and stare out of the window, suddenly Sam says, "It's sad tho to see our high school like this, I remember how you loved to go to the roof until the teach barricaded it because of you. The times I tell you." Wait, so you or rather this body's owner and Sam attended school together and this used to be one they went to? Could Sam have given you a hint? The roof? You wait until night to explore the roof. At the highest floor, you find a hidden door next to the staircase which leads to another staircase to the roof. [[Enter| 75A]]

Once you go up the stairs at the middle platform you find a vending machine. Another save point appears and a new side task. [[Save| 75A1]]

You go to Sam and want to ask him when Sam suddenly says, "It's sad tho to see our high school like this, I remember how you loved to go to the roof until the teach barricaded it because of you. The times I tell you." Wait, so you or rather this body's owner and Sam attended school together and this used to be one they went to? Could Sam have given you a hint? The roof? You wait until night to explore the roof. At the highest floor, you find a hidden door next to the staircase which leads to another staircase to the roof. [[Enter| 75A]]

Protect Ally. Which ally? But then from the top of the stairs, you hear a timid female voice, "Hello? Are you back?" Is this the ally the system meant? A new one appears! Wait, the game's title is 'Another way out.' This was literally meant! What a shitty name and shitty game creator. So, you're supposed to protect her, you go up and face her. She's a pretty and delicate girl, seeing you she says, "When are we leaving?" [[Next| 75A2]]

Oh, now it makes sense why the system is telling you to leave school, because of her! "I'm sorry, I came up against something," you say to try to find out more. "Ah, are the others giving you a hard time? Planning the escape isn't easy especially with the crazy ones down there. I'm sorry I made you do this but the antidote needs to be delivered as quickly as possible." Now everything clicks. First, you're happy she's normal, at least seems so. Second, you came into this body just when the owner wanted to plan the escape. The reason is to get this girl with the antidote to who knows where. [[You ask what plan you had| 76A]]

"Are you ok? Did they do something to you? Well, you wanted to coax and find an opportunity to escape so I hid here because they shouldn't see me, right?" You nod, makes sense to have a half-baked plan but the side task worries you, you have to protect her. From what? "How do we escape?" you mumble. The game has different saving points to help you progress, the side task too. So, it somehow needs to make sense and lead you to a goal. "Oh!" a light bulb goes on, the serum is the key. You have to turn each of the allies into a zombie and then you can escape here. Side task update: Protect Tia. So her name's Tia. [[Set plan into motion| 77A]]

You decide to go from the top floor down. First Timo, then Sam, then Lily. "Tia, you hide here, I've got a plan! At night, we'll leave," you wait until evening and then go to Timo's room. You pull out the serum and inject him with it to order him to follow you. He really listens to you! You do the same to Sam and Lily. Suddenly, you fall onto the ground and images surge through your mind. "Congrats player, successfully unlocked game's backstory. Do you want to watch?" [[Yes| 78A]] [[No| 79A]]

You and Sam are childhood friends. During school, Sam wanted to commit suicide but you helped him overcome his problems. You are Sam's ray of light, however, he has trust issues. After the apocalypse started, you and Sam were together until one zombie attack separated you. You promised to meet at the high school again you used to attend. While you tried to fight your way to the school to keep the promise, you needed food and came across a convenience store, managing to save Lily from a zombie attack. You give her a water bottle you drank from and she thinks it's an indirect kiss. She was instantly smitten by you and doesn't want anyone else but her to be with you. [[Next| 78A1]]

You take Tia and leave the school successfully. Once you leave the school, your vision turns black and you see one last message. "Congrats for clearing 'Another way out' Grade SS Beginner instance. We hope you like it. You will shortly be teleported back to your place. Do you wish to continue using this service?" [[Yes| 80A]] [[No| 80A]]

END NOTE: On a serious note, thank you so much for making it through this game and playing it. I wanted this to be an interactive game where the player hits dead ends with every choice and has to come to the conclusion themselves what to do and what the best option is to find out more about the world, the background story, the characters and what'd the best way to appease them to avoid death flags. I wanted the player to have a despairing and enraging experience but being able to freely explore the story on their own and gradually find out the plot. I wanted the player to interact more and have less text. But as you can see with limited skills and no clue about how to programme, code or whatever to be able to realise my vision, I ended up making this imperfect version that could only translate maybe 20% of what I was aspiring to do and forced the player to go along with the storyline I had to guide them through. With that being said, I'm not happy about how this turned out but I still wanted to share this and I hope you had various emotions (mostly negative ones) while playing through this. Also, I have to apologise if this turned out to be not to your liking or bad, and thank you for playing this to the end and being patient with this twisted plot and characters! There were so many possibilities for the story to take on different routes and ways but it would've been too exhausting for me to write all of them down and making a route for each of them. Only this was already a ton of work and made my whole Twine quite full, so please forgive me if I left out many options that could've been done in different situations. I had to limit everything and couldn't do the world and story building I wanted.

You and Lily went to the high school. It was a surprise to see that Sam has modified the school so it's safe from the zombies. However, once you venture into school, you didn't find Sam. You got worried and told Lily to stay at school. Meanwhile, Sam got into some shady business and has obtained a liquid that turns someone into a zombie only they can control. He doesn't hesitate to use it on you in case he's betrayed. During your search for Sam, you came across a survival camp and met Timo. Timo landed at the survival camp after almost being killed by another human. At the survival camp, no one wanted to give him blood, so you donated yours. This act of kindness moved Timo and promised to devote his life to you. However, he's possessive and doesn't like anyone else near you. [[Next| 78A2]]

The reality was that the survival camps were all rotten, filled selfish people who start to kill each other in order to survive. So you bring Timo with you to school. But Sam still wasn't back. Thus, you went to look for him again and came across a research lab where you saved Tia and wanted to tell everyone as Sam was back. But you realised that all of three of them were crazy and you couldn't escape. So, you hid Tia and planned to coax them before finding an opportunity to escape with Tia and use the antidote to help everyone. You were about to execute your plan when you, the player, transmigrated into the game. [[Next| 78A3]]

After seeing the 'lore' of this trashy game, you realise that this body's owner is just an unlucky person that accidentally finds people and saves them. In the end, the owner brought back crazy people and had to wriggle themselves out of the messy situation they got themselves in. Now, that you know what happened, you take Tia and leave the school successfully. Once you leave the school, your vision turns black and you see one last message. "Congrats for clearing 'Another way out' Grade SS Beginner instance. We hope you like it. You will shortly be teleported back to your place. Do you wish to continue using this service?" [[Yes| 80A]] [[No| 80A]]

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