//But I don’t want to leave without saying goodbye//\n\n[[Next|4u10]]\n\n[[Pull Trigger|SS1]]\n\n[[Shoot Him|SO1]]
//NO THINKING//\n\n[[Next|2u3]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
the trigger loosens as the hammer is released\n\n[[Next|SS6]]
As I hear the click I feel the heat on the side of my head\n\n[[Next|SSL2]]
Thanks for playing\n\nI hope you enjoyed\n\n\n\nWant to see another ending?\n\n[[Click Here|4u16]]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMade in 48 hours for Ludum Dare 28.
//A three in four chance is still in my favour//\n\n[[Next|2u30]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
I finally force myself into movement as I reach to pick up the deadly instrument from the cold concrete floor.\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerSecond24]]
I watch as the man across from me stares back\n\n[[Next|SS5]]
//Please, no//\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerSecond21]]
//I want to spend my days making up the time I have wasted//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnTwo1]]
I look back up at the sick man sitting back in his chair, glaring at me.\n\n<<if $train1 eq 1>>[[Next|0d1]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 2>>[[Next|0d2]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 3>>[[Next|0d3]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 4>>[[Next|0d4]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 5>>[[Next|0d5]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 6>>[[Next|0d6]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 7>>[[Next|0d7]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 8>>[[Next|0d8]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 9>>[[Next|0d9]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 10>>[[Next|0d10]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 11>>[[Next|0d11]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 12>>[[Next|0d12]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 13>>[[Next|0d13]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 14>>[[Next|0d14]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 15>>[[Next|0d15]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 16>>[[Next|0d16]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 17>>[[Next|0d17]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 18>>[[Next|0d18]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 19>>[[Next|0d19]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 20>>[[Next|0d20]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 21>>[[Next|0d21]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 22>>[[Next|0d22]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 23>>[[Next|0d23]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 24>>[[Next|0d24]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 25>>[[Next|0d25]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 26>>[[Next|0d26]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 27>>[[Next|0d27]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 28>>[[Next|0d28]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 29>>[[Next|0d29]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 30>>[[Next|0d30]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 31>>[[Next|0d31]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 32>>[[Next|0d32]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 33>>[[Next|0d33]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 34>>[[Next|0d34]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 35>>[[Next|0d35]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 36>>[[Next|0d36]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 37>>[[Next|0d37]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 38>>[[Next|0d38]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 39>>[[Next|0d39]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 40>>[[Next|0d40]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 41>>[[Next|0d41]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $eyes = 1>><<endsilently>>I open my eyes and see the device sitting in front of me on the table.\n\n[[Next|OpenEyes2]]
//Maybe he wants to put it away//\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerSecond22]]
//I have so much to do//\n\n[[Next|2u33]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
Only One
//It won’t be the bullet//\n\n[[Next|2u31]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
//It can’t be the bullet//\n\n[[Next|2u32]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
//I will get through this//\n\n[[Next|2u33]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
//No thinking just do//\n\n[[Next|2u35]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
//Just do//\n\n[[Next|2u36]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
[[FIN|End2]]
I sit there for a few seconds realising what I had just done\n\n[[Next|SOW8]]
//I’m sorry for not being there in the future//\n\n[[Next|2u23]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
//and he lived//\n\n[[Next|4d5]]\n\n[[Raise Arm|4u1]]
//I was dead when I took this wager//\n\n[[Next|4d8]]\n\n[[Raise Arm|4u1]]
//I am already dead//\n\n[[Next|4d7]]\n\n[[Raise Arm|4u1]]
I dump the object unceremoniously on the table with a resounding clang.\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerSecond26]]
//I have to find Jasmine//\n\n[[Next|SOW10]]
//I just killed a man//\n\n[[Next|SOW7]]
//He can’t…//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnTwo9]]
//For my family…//\n\n[[Next|2u15]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
//I’m sorry…//\n\n[[Next|2u27]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
//Please let it be me who walks out that door//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnTwo22]]
//For my kids…//\n\n[[Next|2u16]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
the fiend picks up the device in one hand\n\n[[Next|ManTurnTwo2]]
//Put it away//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnTwo3]]
//Just put it away... Please//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnTwo4]]
//He can’t seriously want to take a one in three chance with his life//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnTwo5]]
//NO STUPID GAME WILL STOP ME//\n\n[[Next|2u17]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
instead of watching I instead decide to look back at the ceiling and close my eyes.\n\n[[Next|ManTurnTwo7]]
//He can’t take that chance//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnTwo8]]
//I’m sorry for everything//\n\n[[Next|2u26]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
//I’m sorry for not…//\n\n[[Next|2u25]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
//Pull it together//\n\n[[Next|2u28]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
//No stupid gun will…//\n\n[[Next|2u18]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
//I’m sorry for what I didn’t do//\n\n[[Next|2u22]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
//I’m sorry for what I have done//\n\n[[Next|2u21]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
//I’m done… //\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerP9]]
//Time to go home//\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerP10]]
I drop the gun on the table gasping for breath and swallowing as hard as I can as the light headedness kicks in.\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerP7]]
//I… gah… I did it… gah…//\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerP8]]
A loud snap permeates everything\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerP5]]
I wait for the following explosion but it doesn’t come\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerP6]]
//''eeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH''//\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerP3]]
I forcefully burry the metal ring deep into the side of my head as I grip the gun as hard as I can.\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerP4]]
The man falls backwards over his chair as the bullet hits him in the upper chest.\n\n[[Next|SOW6]]
I pull at against the trigger again, it feels like it weighs a ton.\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerP2]]
I realise what I’m doing too late, as the pressure of the trigger is released, and the hammer flies towards the gun.\n\n[[Next|SOW4]]
//If I get through this I will be…//\n\n[[Next|2u13]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
//I’m about to kill a man//\n\n[[Next|SOW3]]
//I am cursed//\n\n[[Next|4d6]]\n\n[[Raise Arm|4u1]]
//I will get through this…//\n\n[[Next|2u14]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
As the hammer slides backwards, I feel that what I’m doing is wrong\n\n[[Next|SOW2]]
//He will never do that willingly//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnOne3]]
//Would he?//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnOne4]]
I calmly pull the trigger\n\n[[Next|SS2]]
I look up at the man\n\n[[Next|ManTurnOne2]]
//Just put it away//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnOne7]]
//Back in the box//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnOne8]]
//Shit, please tell me this isn’t going to happen.//\n\n[[Next|0o9]]
//Oh please tell me that he isn’t going to show me one bullet.//\n\n[[Next|0o10]]
//Ok, I agreed to this game and all I have to do is win.//\n\n[[Next|0o7]]
The man pulls out a revolver from the box\n\n[[Next|0o8]]
//Jasmine darling, I’m coming.//\n\n[[Next|0o5]]
The man opens the ornate wooden box\n\n[[Next|0o6]]
//This was a stupid idea why did I agree to this?//\n\n[[Next|0o3]]
//Why did I not just contact the police!//\n\n[[Next|0o4]]
I hear the mechanism scraping and clicking within\n\n[[Next|SS4]]
//I can still get through this//\n\n[[Next|2u29]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
The man flicks open the cylinder and gives the gun a shake, a single casing falls slowly to the floor.\n\n[[Next|0o11]]
As I watch I feel my heart skip a beat as I realise the weight of the game we are going to play.\n\n[[Next|0o12]]
//I can’t play this I.. I have a Job, a Life, a Family//\n\n[[Next|0o13]]
//I can’t I mustn’t//\n\n[[Next|0o14]]
the man takes a single bullet out of his pocket and gently loads it into one of the chambers.\n\n[[Next|0o15]]
//I really can’t//\n\n[[Next|0o16]]
The man closes the cylinder as I watch in disbelief, and with a flick, spins the chamber.\n\n[[Next|0o17]]
I look up at the man's face in disbelief, but all I see is stern blankness\n\n[[Next|0o18]]
//I must, for Jasmine…//\n\n[[Next|0o19]]
//For Jasmine...//\n\n[[Next|0o20]]
//The park with the ducks we used to feed//\n\n[[Next|2u8]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
I feel the gun force its way into the palm of my hand as the bright flash protrudes from the guns barrel.\n\n[[Next|SOW5]]
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 30>><<endsilently>>//What am I doing//\n\n[[Next|0u31]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 31>><<endsilently>>//Doing this is dumb//\n\n[[Next|0u32]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 32>><<endsilently>>//Not doing this is dumb//\n\n[[Next|0u33]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 32>><<endsilently>>//Do it or regret it//\n\n[[Next|0u30]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
//He is not insane, is he?//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnTwo10]]
//Please just put it away//\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerSecond27]]
All my muscles tie themselves in knots as I yank and the trigger with my thumb.\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerSecond2]]
<<silently>><<set $hand = 1>><<endsilently>><<if $aimdr eq 0>>I feel how erratic my breathing had gotten as<<endif>>I lower the weapon again.\n<<set $aimdr = 1>>\n<<if $train1 eq 1>>[[Next|0d1]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 2>>[[Next|0d2]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 3>>[[Next|0d3]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 4>>[[Next|0d4]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 5>>[[Next|0d5]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 6>>[[Next|0d6]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 7>>[[Next|0d7]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 8>>[[Next|0d8]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 9>>[[Next|0d9]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 10>>[[Next|0d10]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 11>>[[Next|0d11]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 12>>[[Next|0d12]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 13>>[[Next|0d13]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 14>>[[Next|0d14]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 15>>[[Next|0d15]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 16>>[[Next|0d16]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 17>>[[Next|0d17]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 18>>[[Next|0d18]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 19>>[[Next|0d19]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 20>>[[Next|0d20]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 21>>[[Next|0d21]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 22>>[[Next|0d22]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 23>>[[Next|0d23]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 24>>[[Next|0d24]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 25>>[[Next|0d25]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 26>>[[Next|0d26]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 27>>[[Next|0d27]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 28>>[[Next|0d28]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 29>>[[Next|0d29]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 30>>[[Next|0d30]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 31>>[[Next|0d31]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 32>>[[Next|0d32]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 33>>[[Next|0d33]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 34>>[[Next|0d34]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 35>>[[Next|0d35]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 36>>[[Next|0d36]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 37>>[[Next|0d37]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 38>>[[Next|0d38]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 39>>[[Next|0d39]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 40>>[[Next|0d40]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 41>>[[Next|0d41]]<<endif>>
//won…//\n\n[[Next|End1]]
//I will be there soon sweetie//\n\n[[Next|2u5]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
//...cursed...//\n[[Next|End1]]
The explosion never comes\n\n[[Next|SOL5]]
//I’m… cursed//\n\n[[Next|SOL6]]
The click causes both me and my opponent to cringe expecting the worst\n\n[[Next|SOL3]]
...\n\n[[Next|SOL4]]
I look back towards the man, who is holding the weapon back against his head with his eyes closed.\n\n[[Next|ManTurnTwo14]]
I watch as the hammer slides back and then plunges into the heart of the gun\n\n[[Next|SOL2]]
//I could still have a chance//\n\n[[Next|4u12]]\n\n[[Pull Trigger|SS1]]\n\n[[Shoot Him|SO1]]
I raise the gun to my head in my trembling hand<<if $aimur eq 0>>, the cold metal coming to rest just behind my temple<<endif>>.\n<<set $aimur = 1>>\n<<if $train2 eq 1>>[[Next|0u1]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 2>>[[Next|0u2]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 3>>[[Next|0u3]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 4>>[[Next|0u4]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 5>>[[Next|0u5]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 6>>[[Next|0u6]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 7>>[[Next|0u7]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 8>>[[Next|0u8]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 9>>[[Next|0u9]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 10>>[[Next|0u10]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 11>>[[Next|0u11]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 12>>[[Next|0u12]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 13>>[[Next|0u13]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 14>>[[Next|0u14]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 15>>[[Next|0u15]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 16>>[[Next|0u16]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 17>>[[Next|0u17]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 18>>[[Next|0u18]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 19>>[[Next|0u19]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 20>>[[Next|0u20]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 21>>[[Next|0u21]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 22>>[[Next|0u22]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 23>>[[Next|0u23]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 24>>[[Next|0u24]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 25>>[[Next|0u25]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 26>>[[Next|0u26]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 27>>[[Next|0u27]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 28>>[[Next|0u28]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 29>>[[Next|0u29]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 30>>[[Next|0u30]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 31>>[[Next|0u31]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 32>>[[Next|0u32]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 33>>[[Next|0u33]]<<endif>>
//...//\n\n[[Next|SSW4]]
//I…//\n\n[[Next|SSW6]]
silence reigns\n\n[[Next|SSW5]]
//Put it away//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnOne6]]
I brace myself for the shard of metal coming heartening towards me\n\n[[Next|SSW3]]
I hear a click\n\n[[Next|SSW2]]
//If I shoot him I could try and talk to her before I am caught//\n\n[[Next|4u6]]\n\n[[Pull Trigger|SS1]]\n\n[[Shoot Him|SO1]]
//No, the bullet will be in the next chamber//\n\n[[Next|4u14]]\n\n[[Pull Trigger|SS1]]\n\n[[Shoot Him|SO1]]
I grasp at the trigger\n\n[[Next|SO6]]
//We can go and get ice cream at the park//\n\n[[Next|2u6]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
my senses return as I realise it was just the force in which I had pulled the trigger that forced the gun backwards.\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerSecond5]]
//If I shoot him then they might go after my family//\n\n[[Next|4u8]]\n\n[[Pull Trigger|SS1]]\n\n[[Shoot Him|SO1]]
//This is the end, one way or another//\n\n[[Next|SS3]]
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 23>><<endsilently>>//I need to put this down//\n\n[[Next|0u24]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 22>><<endsilently>>//I’m insane what am I doing//\n\n[[Next|0u23]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 21>><<endsilently>>//I will get through this//\n\n[[Next|0u22]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 20>><<endsilently>>//I will do this//\n\n[[Next|0u21]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 27>><<endsilently>>//''PULL THE DAM TRIGGER''//\n\n[[Next|0u28]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 26>><<endsilently>>//Just once...//\n\n[[Next|0u27]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 25>><<endsilently>>//I just need to do this once//\n\n[[Next|0u26]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 24>><<endsilently>>//I need Jasmine to be safe//\n\n[[Next|0u25]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
The moments of quiet feel like an eternity. They feel like bliss as I sit there, motionless.\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerSecond14]]
//I will never let you down again//\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerSecond13]]
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 29>><<endsilently>>//''PULL THE STUPID THING AWAY FROM YOUR HEAD''//\n\n[[Next|0u30]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 28>><<endsilently>>//''PULL...''//\n\n[[Next|0u29]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
//No, it’s impossible//\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerSecond18]]
//Can he?//\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerSecond17]]
//He can't want to take his turn//\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerSecond16]]
before long the silence is broken by a loud cough as my opponent forcefully clears his throat.\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerSecond15]]
//I will never see my family again//\n\n[[Next|4d9]]\n\n[[Raise Arm|4u1]]
By Sean Orms
//I just…//\n\n[[Next|SOW9]]
//I can’t kill him…//\n\n[[Next|SO5]]
//Please make him want to put it away//\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerSecond23]]
''Choose''\n\n[[This|SSW1]] or [[That|SSL1]]
in my revelation I relax my muscles, letting the gun slide out of my fingertips and crash to the floor like a thunder of drums.\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerSecond7]]
//I just want to rectify my life//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnTwo27]]
I recline my head again\n\n[[Next|ManTurnTwo26]]
//No, not again//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnTwo25]]
//No…//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnTwo24]]
The worst sound imaginable resonates throughout the room as if the seconds of sin had caused me a cursed existence\n\n[[Next|ManTurnTwo23]]
//One in three...//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnTwo6]]
The hammer falls back towards the gun as if it was traveling through oil\n\n[[Next|ManTurnTwo21]]
//I will never see Jasmine again//\n\n[[Next|4d10]]\n\n[[Raise Arm|4u1]]
[Anything you see in italics is internal thought.]\n\n[For the best experience read the content out loud without interruption.]\n\nI sit in a darkened room the walls appear solid concrete apart from a vent close to the ceiling in one corner of the room and a solitary light bulb hanging from a cord in the ceiling. The only furnishings in this room are a misbalanced metal table and two metal folding chairs which I am currently sitting upon one of them. One of the men that brought me here enters the room with a box, assumedly the game that I agreed to play.\n\n[[Next|0o2]]
//I’m alive…//\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerSecond8]]
//I’m coming Jasmine//\n\n[[Next|2u4]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
//I can’t do this//\n\n[[Next|4d2]]\n\n[[Raise Arm|4u1]]
//...//\n\n[[Raise Arm|4u1]]
//DON’T THINK JUST DO//\n\n[[Next|2u2]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
I watch him pick up the gun\n\n[[Next|ManTurnOne5]]
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 18>><<endsilently>>//I don’t want to die//\n\n[[Next|0u19]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 19>><<endsilently>>//The bullet isn’t in this camber//\n\n[[Next|0u20]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 16>><<endsilently>>//''DO IT!''//\n\n[[Next|0u17]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 17>><<endsilently>>//Get this fucking gun away from my head//\n\n[[Next|0u18]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 14>><<endsilently>>//Breathe… I need to breathe//\n\n[[Next|0u15]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 15>><<endsilently>>//I need to pull the trigger before I can put this down//\n\n[[Next|0u16]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 12>><<endsilently>>//I will get jasmine and I will get out of here alive//\n\n[[Next|0u13]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 13>><<endsilently>>//I will not die//\n\n[[Next|0u14]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 10>><<endsilently>>//No, I need to just pull the trigger//\n\n[[Next|0u11]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 11>><<endsilently>>//I will not die//\n\n[[Next|0u12]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 13>><<endsilently>>//I can’t lose//\n\n[[Next|0d14]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 12>><<endsilently>>//But then I lose, what will happen then//\n\n[[Next|0d13]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 11>><<endsilently>>//But…//\n\n[[Next|0d12]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 10>><<endsilently>>//All I have to do is ask//\n\n[[Next|0d11]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 17>><<endsilently>>//The purpose to get me to play this bastardisation of gambling//\n\n[[Next|0d18]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 16>><<endsilently>>//These men are here for a purpose//\n\n[[Next|0d17]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 15>><<endsilently>>//What am I saying they will never let me just leave//\n\n[[Next|0d16]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 14>><<endsilently>>//I mustn’t lose they might do something to…//\n\n[[Next|0d15]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
It clicks rapidly before coming to a halt, each click feels like my heart skipped a beat.\n\n<<if $train1 eq 1>>[[Next|0d1]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 2>>[[Next|0d2]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 3>>[[Next|0d3]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 4>>[[Next|0d4]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 5>>[[Next|0d5]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 6>>[[Next|0d6]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 7>>[[Next|0d7]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 8>>[[Next|0d8]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 9>>[[Next|0d9]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 10>>[[Next|0d10]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 11>>[[Next|0d11]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 12>>[[Next|0d12]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 13>>[[Next|0d13]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 14>>[[Next|0d14]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 15>>[[Next|0d15]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 16>>[[Next|0d16]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 17>>[[Next|0d17]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 18>>[[Next|0d18]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 19>>[[Next|0d19]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 20>>[[Next|0d20]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 21>>[[Next|0d21]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 22>>[[Next|0d22]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 23>>[[Next|0d23]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 24>>[[Next|0d24]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 25>>[[Next|0d25]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 26>>[[Next|0d26]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 27>>[[Next|0d27]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 28>>[[Next|0d28]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 29>>[[Next|0d29]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 30>>[[Next|0d30]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 31>>[[Next|0d31]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 32>>[[Next|0d32]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 33>>[[Next|0d33]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 34>>[[Next|0d34]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 35>>[[Next|0d35]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 36>>[[Next|0d36]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 37>>[[Next|0d37]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 38>>[[Next|0d38]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 39>>[[Next|0d39]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 40>>[[Next|0d40]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 41>>[[Next|0d41]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 19>><<endsilently>>//Hatred of life//\n\n[[Next|0d20]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 18>><<endsilently>>//This bastardisation created out of hatred//\n\n[[Next|0d19]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
//We can forget all about this//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnOne9]]
//I want to go home and see my family//\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerSecond28]]
I watch as he cringes and the hammer gets pulled back\n\n[[Next|ManTurnTwo19]]
my lungs feel like they are going to explode, my face feels enflamed and my heart aches.\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerF4]]
I watch as he slowly raises the gun calmly to his head.\n\n[[Next|ManTurnOne10]]
//I can’t stand this//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnTwo13]]
//GAh… Gah… gah…//\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerF5]]
//or suicidal?//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnTwo11]]
//I can finally be the parent I meant to be//\n\n[[Next|2u11]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
//I don’t think I could go through it again//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnTwo17]]
//No…//\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerSecond20]]
//Please no//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnTwo15]]
I gasp for breath as I remove my finger from the trigger\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerF6]]
//Goodbye kids//\n\n[[Next|4d23]]\n\n[[Raise Arm|4u1]]
The sound echos through the room again\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerSecond19]]
The click sounded like a chorus of angels had paid me a visit just before my last moments of this earth.\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerSecond3]]
//I… I… I’m still here//\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerSecond6]]
//It will be a click//\n\n[[Next|2u34]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
I hear the gun being placed upon the table, followed by the scratching of metal on metal as it moves closer.\n\n[[Next|0o22]]
I close my eyes as I feel my face being caressed by wet droplets\n\n[[Next|0o21]]
The game is on\n\n[[Next|0d1]]\n\n<<silently>>\n<<set $eyes = 0>>\n<<set $hand = 0>>\n<<set $handur = 0>>\n<<set $handdr = 0>>\n<<set $cylider = 0>>\n<<set $aimur = 0>>\n<<set $aimdr = 0>>\n<<set $train1 = 1>>\n<<set $train2 = 1>>\n<<set $triggeratem = 0>>\n<<endsilently>>
//For Jasmine//\n\n[[Next|0o23]]
<<silently>><<set $cylinder = 1>><<endsilently>>I spin the cylinder with all the force I can muster, my arms feel like jelly.\n\n[[Next|SpinCylinder2]]
//This is it…//\n\n[[Next|SSL3]]
//Goodbye…//\n\n[[Next|End1]]
//Goodbye my love//\n\n[[Next|4d22]]\n\n[[Raise Arm|4u1]]
//I have to choose//\n\n[[Next|4u11]]\n\n[[Pull Trigger|SS1]]\n\n[[Shoot Him|SO1]]
//I can finally be a proper parent to you and the others//\n\n[[Next|2u12]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
//I have to choose now//\n\n[[Pull Trigger|SS1]]\n\n[[Shoot Him|SO1]]
//I’m sorry for not seeing you grow and get married//\n\n[[Next|2u24]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
I make a run for the door\n\n[[Next|End1]]
//A one in two chance//\n\n[[Next|4u13]]\n\n[[Pull Trigger|SS1]]\n\n[[Shoot Him|SO1]]
//Please don’t make me go through it again//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnTwo16]]
//Just to say goodbye//\n\n[[Next|4d21]]\n\n[[Raise Arm|4u1]]
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 28>><<endsilently>>//We can get back to life as usual//\n\n[[Next|0d29]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 29>><<endsilently>>//Life…//\n\n[[Next|0d30]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 26>><<endsilently>>//With Jasmine//\n\n[[Next|0d27]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 27>><<endsilently>>//I can give Mary, Andrew and Thomas a hug//\n\n[[Next|0d28]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 24>><<endsilently>>//The faster I get through this the better//\n\n[[Next|0d25]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 25>><<endsilently>>//The faster I can get back home//\n\n[[Next|0d26]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 22>><<endsilently>>//I have to start moving…//\n\n[[Next|0d23]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 23>><<endsilently>>//Just start moving…//\n\n[[Next|0d24]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 20>><<endsilently>>//Or hatred of…//\n\n[[Next|0d21]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 21>><<endsilently>>//Stop thinking, just start moving//\n\n[[Next|0d22]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
//but I didn’t hear the click//\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerF9]]
//I didn’t pull the trigger//\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerF10]]
//At least for a bit longer//\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerSecond10]]
//I’m alive//\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerSecond9]]
Before I realise what is going on, my opponent wrestles me to the ground.\n\n[[Next|SOL7]]
my heart stops briefly as the warm ring of metal leaves my head thinking it’s the explosion forcing the gun away.\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerSecond4]]
<<silently>><<set $triggeratem = 1>><<endsilently>>I pull against the trigger with all my might\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerF2]]
//''neeeeeaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHH''//\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerF3]]
<<silently>><<set $hand = 1>><<endsilently>>I pick up the weapon<<if $handur eq 0>>, its weight I can hardly believe as I grasp it in my sweaty hand<<endif>>.\n<<set $handur = 1>>\n<<if $train1 eq 1>>[[Next|0d1]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 2>>[[Next|0d2]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 3>>[[Next|0d3]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 4>>[[Next|0d4]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 5>>[[Next|0d5]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 6>>[[Next|0d6]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 7>>[[Next|0d7]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 8>>[[Next|0d8]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 9>>[[Next|0d9]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 10>>[[Next|0d10]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 11>>[[Next|0d11]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 12>>[[Next|0d12]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 13>>[[Next|0d13]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 14>>[[Next|0d14]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 15>>[[Next|0d15]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 16>>[[Next|0d16]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 17>>[[Next|0d17]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 18>>[[Next|0d18]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 19>>[[Next|0d19]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 20>>[[Next|0d20]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 21>>[[Next|0d21]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 22>>[[Next|0d22]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 23>>[[Next|0d23]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 24>>[[Next|0d24]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 25>>[[Next|0d25]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 26>>[[Next|0d26]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 27>>[[Next|0d27]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 28>>[[Next|0d28]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 29>>[[Next|0d29]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 30>>[[Next|0d30]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 31>>[[Next|0d31]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 32>>[[Next|0d32]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 33>>[[Next|0d33]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 34>>[[Next|0d34]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 35>>[[Next|0d35]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 36>>[[Next|0d36]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 37>>[[Next|0d37]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 38>>[[Next|0d38]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 39>>[[Next|0d39]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 40>>[[Next|0d40]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 41>>[[Next|0d41]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 40>><<endsilently>>//I just have to do it//\n\n[[Next|0d41]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 41>><<endsilently>>//Just do it//\n\n[[Next|0d38]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
//I… I’m alive//\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerF7]]
//I’m alive//\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerF8]]
I watch as the stern expression on his face turns to one of horror\n\n[[Next|SO4]]
//Please be the bullet//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnTwo20]]
//I should just take it and end it now//\n\n[[Next|4u15]]\n\n[[Pull Trigger|SS1]]\n\n[[Shoot Him|SO1]]
I feel like I’m about to lose the content of my stomach all over the floor but I manage to hold it down.\n\n[[Next|ManTurnOne1]]
//I’ll be there soon sweetie//\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerSecond12]]
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//No…//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnOne15]]
//NO!//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnOne16]]
A resonating click echos through the room, The sound feels like all my bones snapped at once.\n\n[[Next|ManTurnOne17]]
//...no...//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnOne18]]
//What is he doing?//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnOne11]]
//He can’t be serious//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnOne12]]
//No he will lower it again//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnOne13]]
I see his lip twitch slightly\n\n[[Next|ManTurnOne14]]
The gun is placed back on the table and pushed back towards me. The grinding and screeching is deafening.\n\n[[Next|ManTurnOne19]]
I grab the gun and in one swift motion, point it at my forehead, thumb on the trigger ready to fire.\n\n[[Next|2u1]]
//What am I doing?//\n\n[[Next|SO3]]
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 39>><<endsilently>>//Once//\n\n[[Next|0d40]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 38>><<endsilently>>//Just Once//\n\n[[Next|0d39]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
//I can’t do this//\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerF11]]
I prepare myself again\n\n<<if $train2 eq 1>>[[Next|0u1]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 2>>[[Next|0u2]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 3>>[[Next|0u3]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 4>>[[Next|0u4]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 5>>[[Next|0u5]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 6>>[[Next|0u6]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 7>>[[Next|0u7]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 8>>[[Next|0u8]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 9>>[[Next|0u9]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 10>>[[Next|0u10]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 11>>[[Next|0u11]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 12>>[[Next|0u12]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 13>>[[Next|0u13]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 14>>[[Next|0u14]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 15>>[[Next|0u15]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 16>>[[Next|0u16]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 17>>[[Next|0u17]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 18>>[[Next|0u18]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 19>>[[Next|0u19]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 20>>[[Next|0u20]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 21>>[[Next|0u21]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 22>>[[Next|0u22]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 23>>[[Next|0u23]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 24>>[[Next|0u24]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 25>>[[Next|0u25]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 26>>[[Next|0u26]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 27>>[[Next|0u27]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 28>>[[Next|0u28]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 29>>[[Next|0u29]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 30>>[[Next|0u30]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 31>>[[Next|0u31]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 32>>[[Next|0u32]]<<endif>><<if $train2 eq 33>>[[Next|0u33]]<<endif>>
//No gun will…//\n\n[[Next|2u19]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
//I’m so sorry…//\n\n[[Next|2u20]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
//I’m never touching one of these again//\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerSecond25]]
not able to move I sit there, cold sweat dripping off my fingertips, staring at the cracks in the ceiling.\n\n[[Next|PullTriggerSecond11]]
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 31>><<endsilently>>//I will leave here with my life//\n\n[[Next|0d32]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 30>><<endsilently>>//I want to leave here with my life//\n\n[[Next|0d31]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 33>><<endsilently>>//I have a good chance I just have to do this once//\n\n[[Next|0d34]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 32>><<endsilently>>//I will…//\n\n[[Next|0d33]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 35>><<endsilently>>//Maybe he will end this when its his turn//\n\n[[Next|0d36]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 34>><<endsilently>>//Maybe he hasn’t played before either//\n\n[[Next|0d35]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 37>><<endsilently>>//I just have to do this once//\n\n[[Next|0d38]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 36>><<endsilently>>//He can’t have a stake in this, he has to be more willing to let this go//\n\n[[Next|0d37]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
//I don’t want to cause any more grief//\n\n[[Next|4u9]]\n\n[[Pull Trigger|SS1]]\n\n[[Shoot Him|SO1]]
<<silently>><<set $hand = 0>><<endsilently>>I put the gun back down on the table<<if $handdr eq 0>>, it makes an unsettling clang as it hits the metal of the table<<endif>>.\n<<set $handdr = 1>>\n<<if $train1 eq 1>>[[Next|0d1]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 2>>[[Next|0d2]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 3>>[[Next|0d3]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 4>>[[Next|0d4]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 5>>[[Next|0d5]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 6>>[[Next|0d6]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 7>>[[Next|0d7]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 8>>[[Next|0d8]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 9>>[[Next|0d9]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 10>>[[Next|0d10]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 11>>[[Next|0d11]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 12>>[[Next|0d12]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 13>>[[Next|0d13]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 14>>[[Next|0d14]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 15>>[[Next|0d15]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 16>>[[Next|0d16]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 17>>[[Next|0d17]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 18>>[[Next|0d18]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 19>>[[Next|0d19]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 20>>[[Next|0d20]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 21>>[[Next|0d21]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 22>>[[Next|0d22]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 23>>[[Next|0d23]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 24>>[[Next|0d24]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 25>>[[Next|0d25]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 26>>[[Next|0d26]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 27>>[[Next|0d27]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 28>>[[Next|0d28]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 29>>[[Next|0d29]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 30>>[[Next|0d30]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 31>>[[Next|0d31]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 32>>[[Next|0d32]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 33>>[[Next|0d33]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 34>>[[Next|0d34]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 35>>[[Next|0d35]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 36>>[[Next|0d36]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 37>>[[Next|0d37]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 38>>[[Next|0d38]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 39>>[[Next|0d39]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 40>>[[Next|0d40]]<<endif>><<if $train1 eq 41>>[[Next|0d41]]<<endif>>
The moments pass as if they were hours\n\n[[Next|ManTurnTwo12]]
//I can’t believe I wished death upon another man//\n\n[[Next|4d4]]\n\n[[Raise Arm|4u1]]
Again I raise my quaking hand and its contents to my head, the ridge of metal resting on my temple.\n\n[[Next|4u2]]\n\n[[Pull Trigger|SS1]]
//Wait//\n\n[[Next|4u3]]\n\n[[Pull Trigger|SS1]]
//There still might be a way of seeing Jasmine one last time//\n\n[[Next|4u4]]\n\n[[Pull Trigger|SS1]]
//If I shoot him…//\n\n[[Next|4u5]]\n\n[[Pull Trigger|SS1]]\n\n[[Shoot Him|SO1]]
//I hear the clang and scrape of the table as if a foul beasts claws were coming to cut into my skin\n\n[[Pick it up|4d1]]
//If I shoot him…//\n\n[[Next|4u7]]\n\n[[Pull Trigger|SS1]]\n\n[[Shoot Him|SO1]]
//Not again…//\n\n[[Next|ManTurnTwo18]]
I quickly turn the gun towards my opponent\n\n[[Next|SO2]]
//And maybe we can get to understand each other//\n\n[[Next|2u9]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
//Finally we could understand each other//\n\n[[Next|2u10]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 8>><<endsilently>>//I’m pointing a gun to my head, of course this is not fucking good//\n\n[[Next|0u9]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 9>><<endsilently>>//I need to put it down//\n\n[[Next|0u10]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
''Choose''\n\n[[This|SOW1]] or [[That|SOL1]]
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 4>><<endsilently>>//I am ''NOT'' insane//\n\n[[Next|0u5]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 5>><<endsilently>>//I can’t do this//\n\n[[Next|0u6]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 6>><<endsilently>>//I can feel my heart//\n\n[[Next|0u7]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 7>><<endsilently>>//Feeling my heart is not good//\n\n[[Next|0u8]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
//The park you keep asking me to go to//\n\n[[Next|2u7]]\n\n[[Pull the trigger|PullTriggerSecond1]]
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 1>><<endsilently>>//What am I doing//\n\n[[Next|0u2]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 2>><<endsilently>>//This is insane//\n\n[[Next|0u3]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train2 = 3>><<endsilently>>//I'm not insane//\n\n[[Next|0u4]]\n\n[[Put it down|LowerGun]]\n\n<<if $triggeratem eq 0>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerF1]]<<endif>><<if $triggeratem eq 1>>[[Pull Trigger|PullTriggerP1]]<<endif>>
//I can’t...//\n\n[[Next|4d3]]\n\n[[Raise Arm|4u1]]
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 9>><<endsilently>>//Yes they will//\n\n[[Next|0d10]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 8>><<endsilently>>//Right, they will let me go//\n\n[[Next|0d9]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 7>><<endsilently>>//Right that is good, I just have to ask to leave and they will let me go, right?//\n\n[[Next|0d8]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 6>><<endsilently>>//These guys will be arrested and I will get my daughter back//\n\n[[Next|0d7]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 5>><<endsilently>>//Yea I can call the police they will sort everything out//\n\n[[Next|0d6]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 4>><<endsilently>>//I could ask to leave and call the police//\n\n[[Next|0d5]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 3>><<endsilently>>//There must be a way around this//\n\n[[Next|0d4]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 2>><<endsilently>>//I must...//\n\n[[Next|0d3]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
<<silently>><<set $train1 = 1>><<endsilently>>//I must do this//\n\n[[Next|0d2]]\n\n<<if $eyes eq 0>>[[Open your eyes|OpenEyes1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $eyes eq 1>><<if $hand eq 0>>[[Pick up the gun|Pickupgun]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>><<if $cylinder eq 0>>[[Spin the cylinder|SpinCylinder1]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n<<if $hand eq 1>>[[Aim|RaiseGun]]<<endif>>
//But I want to say goodbye//\n\n[[Next|4u16]]\n\n[[Pull Trigger|SS1]]\n\n[[Shoot Him|SO1]]
//Just one last time…//\n\n[[Next|4d20]]\n\n[[Raise Arm|4u1]]
//Just one last word…//\n\n[[Next|4d19]]\n\n[[Raise Arm|4u1]]
//I wish I could say goodbye to them//\n\n[[Next|4d18]]\n\n[[Raise Arm|4u1]]
//I hope they will forgive me//\n\n[[Next|4d17]]\n\n[[Raise Arm|4u1]]
//I have to kill myself due to causing my family so much grief//\n\n[[Next|4d16]]\n\n[[Raise Arm|4u1]]
//I have to kill myself//\n\n[[Next|4d15]]\n\n[[Raise Arm|4u1]]
//I have to do it…//\n\n[[Next|4d14]]\n\n[[Raise Arm|4u1]]
//I will never see Thomas again//\n\n[[Next|4d13]]\n\n[[Raise Arm|4u1]]
//I will never see Andrew again//\n\n[[Next|4d12]]\n\n[[Raise Arm|4u1]]
//I will never see Mary again//\n\n[[Next|4d11]]\n\n[[Raise Arm|4u1]]