<div class="message"><span style="background-color: #101213">Each day, I wake up and step outside my home.
(if: $event is 1)[It is gray above my home. The rains have passed and a thin mist snakes around the trees.]
(elseif: $event is 2)[Pools of water fill the holes in the ground. A yellow light dances among the trees.]
(elseif: $event is 3)[A soft frost paints the ground white. Today, the lake's waves can be heard.]
I walk along the dirt path into my [[village->neighborhood]], Tempo.
</span></div>
<div class="message"><img src="https://nilsontcarroll.github.io/twine/images/wall.gif" width=100%>
<span style="background-color: #101213">Within this place called Tempo:
(if:$end is true)[I have had a long day. The air changes from orange to purple to a dim blue. I return [[home]].]
(if:$basket is false)[there is a [[temple->temple]] surrounded by strange plants] (if:$basket is true)[there is a [[temple->temple2]] surrounded by strange plants]
a shallow [[pool->pool]] of water full of lilies
and a small (if: $tree is 0)[[[tree->tree]]](if: $tree is 1)[[[tree->tree1]]](if: $tree is 2)[[[tree->tree2]]](if: $tree is 3)[[[tree->tree3]]] on a hill.
(if: $basket is true)[I have a basket]
(if:$water >= 1)[I have $water bowl's worth of life water]
<img src="https://nilsontcarroll.github.io/twine/images/wall.gif" width=100%>
</span>
(if: $stranger is 1)[A [[stranger]] rests on a mat under a tree.]
<img src="https://nilsontcarroll.github.io/twine/images/wall.gif" width=100%>
Beyond the edge of the village, a steep [[bluff]] overlooks the great lake.
</span></div><div class="message"><span style="background-color: #101213">I wade into the pool.
A water fairy is tending to her crops on the pool's surface.
<img src="https://nilsontcarroll.github.io/twine/images/watersprite2.gif" width=25%>
(if: $basket is true)[She offers some life water to me. She pours it into the basket. (set: $water to it + 1)]
(if: $stranger is 3)[A [[stranger]] rests on a mat at the base of the pool.]
I [[leave->neighborhood]] the pool.</span></div><div class="message"><span style="background-color: #101213">(set: $basket to true)
<img src="https://nilsontcarroll.github.io/twine/images/temple.gif" width=100%>
I approach the temple.
<img src="https://nilsontcarroll.github.io/twine/images/watersprite.gif" width=25%>
Inside, a monk is weaving a basket.
She greets me and hands me the basket.
(if: $stranger is 2)[A [[stranger]] rests on a mat at the base of the shrine's steps.]
I [[leave->neighborhood]] the temple.</span></div><div class="message"><span style="background-color: #101213"><img src="https://nilsontcarroll.github.io/twine/images/trees_bg.gif" width=100%>I approach the lone tree on the hill.
She has no leaves.
(if: $water >= 1)[Pour out some life water on to the tree?
[[pour->Pour some water]]
[[Leave it alone and return->neighborhood]]]
(if: $water is 0)[I [[leave->neighborhood]] the tree.]</span></div><div class="message"><span style="background-color: #101213"><img src="https://nilsontcarroll.github.io/twine/images/temple.gif" width=100%>I re-enter the temple.
Inside, a monk is weaving more baskets.
<img src="https://nilsontcarroll.github.io/twine/images/watersprite.gif" width=25%>
(if: $stranger is 2)[A [[stranger]] rests on a mat at the base of the shrine's steps.]
I [[leave->neighborhood]] the temple.</span></div><div class="message"><span style="background-color: #101213">(set: $tree to it + 1)(set: $water to it -1)
I pour out some life water on to the tree's base.
I [[leave->neighborhood]] the tree.</span></div>{
(set: $event to (random: 1, 3))
(set: $stranger to (random: 1, 4))
(set: $basket to false)
(set: $water to 0)
(set: $tree to 0)
(set: $end to false)
}<div class="message"><span style="background-color: #101213">She has a few leaves.
(if: $water >= 1)[Pour out some life water on to the tree?
[[pour->Pour some water]]
[[Leave it alone and return->neighborhood]]]
(if: $water is 0)[I [[leave->neighborhood]] the tree.]
<img src="https://nilsontcarroll.github.io/twine/images/tree1.png">
</span></div><div class="message"><span style="background-color: #101213">She has several leaves on.
(if: $water >= 1)[Pour out some life water on to the tree?
[[pour->Pour some water]]
[[Leave it alone and return->neighborhood]]]
(if: $water is 0)[I [[leave->neighborhood]] the tree.]
<img src="https://nilsontcarroll.github.io/twine/images/tree2.png">
</span></div><div class="message"><span style="background-color: #101213">She is full of leaves and flowers.
She does not need any more water.(set: $end to true)
[[Leave->neighborhood]]
<img src="https://nilsontcarroll.github.io/twine/images/tree3.png">
</span></div>[[<img src="https://nilsontcarroll.github.io/twine/images/map2.png" width=80%>->intro]]<div class="message">(set: $stranger to it + 5)I approach the stranger.
"I have traveled from a distant land to this village of Tempo."
"In my kingdom, it is the final morning of the year."
<img src="https://nilsontcarroll.github.io/twine/images/watersprite1.gif" width=25%>
"My father once visited Tempo looking for a certain jewel."
The stranger produces an empty gem case.
"I have returned the jewel to Tempo's sacred water shrine."
"On behalf of my father and the kingdom of Aphol, I apologize for not returning it sooner."
I thank the stranger and [[move on->neighborhood]].</div><div class="message">Standing on the bluff, I can see the entire village, the glowing pools, the peak of the shrine.
I see my home, and below me, the lake.
A monument describing an old war is overgrown with ivy.
Tempo was founded here for its natural, sacred waters, which have become rare in the world.
(if: $stranger is 4)[A [[stranger]] stands still, taking in the waves of the great lake.]
I return to the [[village->neighborhood]].</div>I return home and brew some coffee before bed.