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// lab :: visual novel
The Void
A short encounter.
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fin.
// === Demo — The Void === # start @ bg #07070d @ fade in 1000 : ... @ wait 600 : Something stirs in the dark. @ bg #0f0f1a @ wait 400 stilts: Oh. stilts: You actually came here. : A figure materializes from the static. Tall. Impossibly tall. @ show stilts right stilts: Welcome to the void. Or what's left of it. stilts: Not much to see yet. We're still building. - Who are you? -> who - What is this place? -> where - ... -> silent # who stilts: Name's Stilts. stilts: Artist. Engineer. Creature of indeterminate origin. stilts: I make things. Sometimes they work. @ jump continue # where stilts: This? This is the in-between. stilts: Where ideas go before they're finished. stilts: You're standing in a sketch right now. @ jump continue # silent stilts: ... stilts: Yeah, fair. Words are overrated anyway. @ jump continue # continue stilts: Anyway. More's coming. stilts: Chapters, characters, the whole thing. - I'll stick around. -> stay - See you. -> leave # stay stilts: Good. stilts: It gets less empty from here. : The static hums — almost warm. @ fade out 1200 @ end # leave stilts: Sure. The void doesn't judge. : The edges of everything soften. @ fade out 1200 @ end