Act Two: Suspended in the air so that all of your weight is concentrated on a single point halfway down your spine

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! Act II: "Suspended In the Air so that All of Your Weight Is Concentrated on a Single Point Halfway Down Your Spine" How to play: Read each page and select links to make choices and/or advance the story.Characters are color-coded, and will retain their colors throughout all acts.Italicized links, like the ones below, will take you to different passages and advance the story. Once you've made a choice, you cannot go back: you must bear out its consequences.Our cast for this act is: A handsome and charming, if quick-tempered and immature, man. A quick-thinking and witty, if selfish and manipulative, woman. A kind and gentle, if naive and sheltered, woman.\ ---- <div class="centered"><<id "credits-popup">><<link "Credits">><</link>><</id>> ● <<id "content-popup">><<link "Content Warnings">><</link>><</id>> ● <<link "Begin" "Hub">><<set $woundSize to 1>><<set $hooked to true>><<set $lookable to false>><<set $talkable to false>><<set $timesLooked to 0>><<set $timesSwung to 0>><<set $timesTalked to 0>><<set $actionsTaken to 0>><<set $currentAction to null>><<set $momentum to 0>><<set $doorHighlighted to false>><<set $firstCall to false>><<set $lightSeen to false>><<set $pilesMentioned to false>><<set $swingingAppropriate to false>><<set $woundHighlighted to false>><<set $doorHeld to false>><</link>></div>\ <div class="centered"><<class "actone">>[[I|https://overthinking.itch.io/rgb-act-one]]<</class>> ● II ● <<class "actthree">>[[III|https://overthinking.itch.io/rgb-act-three]]<</class>></div>\ <<clickdialog "#credits-popup" "Credits">>\ Conceptualized, written, and programmed by Charm Cochran. Created for the Neo-Twiny Jam 2024 and the Love/Violence Jam. Special thanks to Julia Byrne, Nathan Ray, and Tommy Sullivan-Lovett for beta testing. MACROS Attribute macros by //[[Hituro|https://github.com/hituro/hituro-makes-macros/tree/main/attr-macro]]// Live update macros by //[[Cyrus Firheir|https://github.com/cyrusfirheir/cycy-wrote-custom-macros/tree/master/live-update]]// Popup macros by //[[Mike Westhad|https://github.com/mikewesthad/twine-resources/tree/master/macros/clickdialog]]// <</clickdialog>>\ <<clickdialog "#content-popup" "Content Warnings">>\ Violence, murder, and gore <</clickdialog>>\ [[->Hub]]\

Blood <<class "drip gray">><<linkreplace "drip..." t8n>><<toggleclass "#hidden1" "black appear">><<toggleclass "#hidden2" "black appear">><<set $lookable to true>><<update>>drips <</linkreplace>><</class>>from your fingertips onto the floor.

<<set $woundSize to 1>> <<set $hooked to true>> <<set $lookable to false>> <<set $talkable to false>> <<set $timesLooked to 0>> <<set $timesSwung to 0>> <<set $timesTalked to 0>> <<set $actionsTaken to 0>> <<set $currentAction to null>> <<set $momentum to 0>> <<set $doorHighlighted to false>> <<set $firstCall to false>> <<set $lightSeen to false>> <<set $pilesMentioned to false>> <<set $swingingAppropriate to false>> <<set $woundHighlighted to false>> <<set $doorHeld to false>> <<set $hearMe to "Can anybody hear me?">> <<set $noResponse to "No response.">> <<set $theyDont to "They don't">>

<div class="centered outputwrapper"><<include "Drip">><<liveblock>><<if $swingingAppropriate is true>> <<timed 600ms t8n>><<include "Swinging">><</timed>><</if>><<if $actionsTaken gte 7>><<include "Narrative">><</if>><</liveblock>></div> <><<liveblock>> <div class="inputwrapper"> <<if $hooked is true>> <table class="choices"> <tr> <td id="choiceLook"> <<if $lookable is true>> <<timed 500ms t8n>><<include "LookAround">><</timed>> <</if>> </td> <td id="choiceTalk" class="unbordered"> <<if $talkable is true>> <<timed 500ms t8n>> <<addclass "#choiceTalk" "leftborder">> <<removeclass "#choiceTalk" "unbordered">> <<include "CallOut">> <</timed>> <</if>> </td> <td id="choiceSwing" class="unbordered"> <<if $actionsTaken gte 4>> <<timed 500ms t8n>> <<addclass "#choiceSwing" "leftborder">> <<removeclass "#choiceSwing" "unbordered">> <<include "Swing">> <</timed>> <</if>> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="secondrow"> <tr> <td> <<if $doorHeld is false and $momentum gte 8>> <<timed 700ms t8n>> <<link "Grab Door">> <<set $doorHeld to true>><<set $actionsTaken += 1>> <<set $swingingAppropriate to false>> <<replace "#output">> When you swing near enough, you reach out and grasp the door handle. <</replace>> <<update>> <</link>> <</timed>> <<elseif $doorHeld is true>> <<timed 700ms t8n>> <<include "PullDoor">> <</timed>> <</if>> </td> <td id="choiceRelease" class="unbordered"> <<if $doorHeld is true>> <<timed 700ms t8n>> <<removeclass "#choiceRelease" "unbordered">> <<addclass "#choiceRelease" "leftborder">> <<link "Release Door">> <<set $doorHeld to false>><<set $actionsTaken += 1>> <<set $swingingAppropriate to true>> <<replace "#output">> You let go and begin swinging once more. <</replace>> <<update>> <</link>> <</timed>> <</if>> </td> </tr> </table> <<else>> <<include "FloorChoices">> <</if>> </div> <</liveblock>><>\ [[->Finale]]\

<<if $actionsTaken lt 23>> <<link "Look around">> <<if $woundHighlighted is false>><<set $timesLooked += 1>><</if>> <<set $actionsTaken += 1>> <<set $currentAction to "looking">> <<replace "#output">> <<if $woundHighlighted is true>> <<set $woundHighlighted to false>> The oversized hook pierces through you, into your back and out of your belly. It’s attached to a chain running from the ceiling. <<elseif $timesLooked eq 1>> An unfamiliar dark room. Light creeps underneath a shut door. <<elseif $timesLooked eq 2>> A black pool of blood congeals on the stone floor below. <<elseif $timesLooked gte 3 and $actionsTaken gte 4 and $doorHighlighted is false>> <<set $doorHighlighted to true>> <<if $timesLooked is 4>>An idea occurs to you: maybe<<else>>Maybe<</if>> if you swing to the door, you can get it open. <<else>> <<if $pilesMentioned is false>><<set $pilesMentioned to true>>Vague piles line the walls, but you can’t identify anything in the gloom. <</if>>You can’t make much more out right now. <</if>> <</replace>> <<set $talkable to true>> <<if $momentum gt 0 and $doorHeld is false>><<set $momentum -= 1>><</if>> <<update>> <</link>> <<else>> <<link "Look around" "Finale">><</link>> <</if>>

<<if $actionsTaken lt 23>> <<link "Call out">> <<set $timesTalked += 1>><<set $actionsTaken += 1>> <<set $currentAction to "talking">> <<replace "#output">> <<if $timesTalked eq 1>> "Hello?" $noResponse <<elseif $timesTalked eq 2 and $actionsTaken lt 10>> "$hearMe" $noResponse <<elseif $timesTalked eq 3 and $actionsTaken lt 10>> "Darling, are you there?" $noResponse Perhaps you can't be heard through the door. <<elseif $actionsTaken gte 11 and $firstCall is false>> <<set $firstCall to true>> "My love, is that you?" They don’t seem to hear you. <<else>> No answer is forthcoming. Better save your breath. <</if>> <</replace>> <<if $momentum gt 0 and $doorHeld is false>><<set $momentum -= 1>><</if>> <<update>> <</link>> <<else>> <<link "Call out" "Finale">><</link>> <</if>>

<<if $actionsTaken lt 23>> <<link "Swing">> <<set $actionsTaken += 1>> <<if $doorHeld is false>> <<set $timesSwung += 1>> <<set $currentAction to "swinging">> <<switch $momentum>> <<case 0>> <<set $momentum to 1>> <<case 10>> <<set $momentum to 10>> <<default>> <<set $momentum *= 2>> <</switch>> <<if $momentum gt 10>><<set $momentum to 10>><</if>> <</if>> <<if $momentum gt 0 and $doorHeld is false>><<set $swingingAppropriate to true>><</if>> <<replace "#output">> <<if $doorHeld is true>> You can’t swing while grasping the door. <<elseif $momentum is 1>> You move your arms, building momentum. <<elseif $momentum lte 4>> You work your limbs, gathering more motion. <<elseif $momentum gte 8>> If you swing any farther, you’ll smash against the wall. <<else>> You work to build on your momentum. <</if>> <<if $timesSwung eq 1>> <<set $woundHighlighted to true>> Your sternum wound screams. <</if>> <</replace>> <<update>> <</link>> <<else>> <<link "Swing" "Finale">><</link>> <</if>>

<<switch $momentum>> <<case 0>> <<set $swingingAppropriate to false>> Your swinging slows to a stop. <<case 1>> You swing slightly from side to side. <<case 2 3 4>> You swing back and forth. <<case 5 6 7>> You have a good swing going. <<case 8 9 10>> You swing wildly over the length of the room. <</switch>>

<<if $actionsTaken is 7>> <<timed 700ms t8n>> You hear womens’ voices from above, too faint to be intelligible. <</timed>> <<elseif $actionsTaken is 9>> <<timed 700ms t8n>> The voices draw closer. You make out your wife and her mother. <<next 100ms>> "... find him anywhere!" <<next>> "... know him … around some … the garden?" <</timed>> <<elseif $actionsTaken is 10>> <<timed 700ms t8n>> The voices recede. <</timed>> <<elseif $actionsTaken is 12>> <<timed 700ms t8n>> You hear feet cross the floor above, then climb some stairs. <</timed>> <<elseif $actionsTaken is 15>> <<timed 700ms t8n>> You hear your wife rush inside. <<next 100ms>> "... not there!" <<next>> "... found something!" her mother’s voice calls. "Come quickly!" <</timed>> <<elseif $actionsTaken is 16>> <<timed 700ms t8n>> You hear feet climb the stairs. <</timed>> <<elseif $actionsTaken is 19>> <<timed 700ms t8n>> You hear them descend the stairs together. Your wife is weeping. <<next 100ms>> “... always happen? All his things, gone!” <<next>> “I know, dear, I know. Men are horrors, every one.” <</timed>> <<elseif $actionsTaken is 20>> <<timed 700ms t8n>> The voices recede. <</timed>> <<elseif $actionsTaken is 23>> <<timed 700ms t8n>> You hear footsteps approaching. <</timed>> <</if>>

<<if $actionsTaken lt 23>> <<link "Pull Door">> <<set $woundSize += 1>><<set $actionsTaken += 1>> <<set $currentAction to "pulling">> <<replace "#output">> <<switch $woundSize>> <<case 2>> It’s locked. The handle won’t turn. Instead, your efforts tear the hole in your sternum slightly wider. You groan in pain. <<case 3>> You pull again. Your wound tears ever wider. <<case 4>> <<set $hooked to false>> With one final pull and an animal scream, you rip the hook out of your body though your left flank and fall to the floor. <</switch>> <</replace>> <<update>> <</link>> <<else>> <<link "Pull Door" "Finale">><</link>> <</if>>

<table class="choices"> <tr> <td> <<timed 700ms t8n>> <<if $actionsTaken lt 23>> <<link "Crawl">> <<set $actionsTaken += 1>> <<replace "#output">> There’s nowhere to go. <</replace>> <<update>> <</link>> <<else>> <<link "Crawl" "Finale">><</link>> <</if>> <</timed>> </td> <td class="leftborder"> <<timed 700ms t8n>> <<if $actionsTaken lt 23>> <<link "Scream">> <<set $actionsTaken += 1>> <<replace "#output">> Your throat is raw. <</replace>> <<update>> <</link>> <<else>> <<link "Scream" "Finale">><</link>> <</if>> <</timed>> </td> <td class="leftborder"> <<timed 700ms t8n>> <<if $actionsTaken lt 23>> <<link "Bleed">> <<set $actionsTaken += 1>> <<replace "#output">> What a mess you’ve made. <</replace>> <<update>> <</link>> <<else>> <<link "Bleed" "Finale">><</link>> <</if>> <</timed>> </td> </tr> </table>

<div class="centered outputwrapper">\ <<timed 500ms t8n>>The door opens, briefly blinding you. Standing silhouetted, you see your mother-in-law.<<next 1s>> <><<if $hooked is true>> “I know your plans for my daughter,” she says. “I won’t stand for them.” <<else>> “Well,” she says. “I came to slit your throat, but you seem keen to bleed out on your own.” <</if>><><<next>> As she approaches<<if $hooked is true>>, brandishing a knife<</if>>, you glance around. Piled along the walls are your belongings. Your books, your gramophone, your laptop—everything’s here.<<next>> “She will heal,” she assures you as <<if $hooked is true>>she slits your throat<<else>>your vision goes black<</if>>. “She always does.”<<next 2s>> <div class="endcard">[[END ACT II]]</div><</timed>>\ </div>\

Thank you for playing! Conceptualized, written, and programmed by Charm Cochran. Created for the Neo-Twiny Jam 2024 and the Love/Violence Jam. Special thanks to Tommy Sullivan-Lovett for beta testing. <div class="centered"><<link "Main Menu" "Main Menu">><</link>> ● <<class "actone">>[[Act I|https://overthinking.itch.io/rgb-act-one]]<</class>> ● <<class "actthree">>[[Act III|https://overthinking.itch.io/rgb-act-three]]<</class>></div>\