:-O ^_^ B[` 8)- 8[- 8]` B]- B]- 8]` :]` ^__^ O_o :-# :-Q

<|1-O 1
<|:-O 0               ** downstairs rooms visited **
<|;-O not_visited     ** bedroom **
<|3-O not_visited     ** living room **
<|>-O not_visited     ** kitchen **
<|8-O key_not_taken

=|8-O - - - - - - - - O_o =|8~#

(°_°)_==1 
==1:-O You are in a bedroom with two doors. Faded light creeps in through the gaps in the drawn curtains, revealing a bed stripped down to its mattress, a bare side table, a beige carpet ... O_o
:-O :-( visited <|;=/ :-E 
        <|;-O visited
        ==1:-O You think that this might be your room, but for some reason you just _have_ to get out of here. Have to get out of this house, in fact! O_o 
:-| :-)
       ==1:-O  You can take the _LEFT_ or _RIGHT_ doors. O_o O_o
=|8-P E:-O ==1:~# ==1:-Q
C:-D C:-O _(._.)_ LEFT RIGHT _(._.)_
E:-O :-D C:-O :~*
:-( :~\ :-E :-| ==2-J :-)
:-( :~/ :-E :-| ==3-J :-) ==1-J

(°_°)_==2 
==2:-O You are in a cupboard. O_o 
       Somebody's life seems to have been stored here, on shelves stuffed full with cardboard boxes. You don't want to look inside them. O_o
       When you are done here, there's nothing to but _LEAVE_ O_o O_o
=|8-P E:-O ==2:~# ==2:-Q
C:-D C:-O _(._.)_ LEAVE _(._.)_
E:-O :-D C:-O :~* ==1-J

(°_°)_==3
==3:-O You are in an upstairs corridor. There are framed photographs on the right-hand wall, but for some reason you can't seem to focus on them. The pictures just blur when you stare at them. O_o
       At one end of the hallway is a door, at the other a flight of stairs leading down. O_o
       You can go _DOWN_ or through the _DOOR_ O_o  O_o
=|8-P E:-O ==3:~# ==3:-Q
C:-D C:-O _(._.)_ DOWN DOOR _(._.)_
E:-O :-D C:-O :~*
:-( :~\ :-E :-| :-( key_search <|8=/ :-E ==4-J :-| ==5-J :-) :-)
:-( :~/ :-E :-| ==2-J :-) ==3-J

(°_°)_==4
==4:-O You are in a downstairs hallway of a house. There are a number of doors into adjoining rooms, but you really would rather leave now if you can. Luckily there's a street door at one end. There's also a stairway leading up at the other, but you don't really want to go there. O_o
	   You can go _UP_ or through the _DOOR_ O_o O_o
=|8-P E:-O ==4:~# ==4:-Q
C:-D C:-O _(._.)_ UP DOOR _(._.)_
E:-O :-D C:-O :~*
:-( :~\ :-E :-| ==3-J :-)
:-( :~/ :-E :-| ==6-J :-) ==4-J

(°_°)_==5
==5:-O You are in a downstairs hallway of a house. There are a number of doors into adjoining rooms, and it looks like you'll need to look for the front door key in one of them. O_o
	   You can go _LEFT_, _RIGHT_ or _UP_ O_o O_o
=|8-P E:-O ==5:~# ==5:-Q
C:-D C:-O _(._.)_ LEFT RIGHT UP _(._.)_
E:-O :-D C:-O :~*
:-( :~\ :-E :-| ==7-J :-) 
	<|1-O C:-@ C:-O
:-( :~\ :-E :-| ==3-J :-)
	<|1-O C:-@ C:-O
:-( :~\ :-E :-| ==8-J :-) ==5-J

(°_°)_==6
:-( key_found <|8=/ :-E :-| ==9-J :-)
<|8-O key_search
==6:-O You rush to the front door and try to open it, but its locked. Of course it is locked. O_o
       When you are done here, there's nothing to but _RETURN_ O_o O_o
=|8-P E:-O ==6:~# ==6:-Q
C:-D C:-O _(._.)_ RETURN _(._.)_
E:-O :-D C:-O :~* ==5-J

(°_°)_==7
==7:-O You are in a small living room. The furniture has been pushed back against the wall, leaving a large area of the carpet clear, except for a dark stain in the rough shape of a body with a line of pale tape around it. O_o
:-O :-( visited <|3=/ :-E 
        <|3-O visited
        <|:-O 1 <|:+{
        ==7:-O You feel a wave of dizziness. You can't feel your fingers ... or your feet. You _have_ to get out of here! O_o 
:-| :-)
	    ==7:-O You need to _LEAVE_ now! O_o O_o
=|8-P E:-O ==7:~# ==7:-Q
C:-D C:-O _(._.)_ LEAVE _(._.)_
E:-O :-D C:-O :~* 
:-( :-O 2 <|:~/ :-E ==5-J :-| ==9-J :-) 

(°_°)_==8
==8:-O You are in a kitchen. The counters are bare, the power switched off, the sink empty. When you look inside the fridge it is empty too. O_o
:-O :-( visited <|>=/ :-E 
        <|>-O visited
        <|:-O 1 <|:+{
        ==8:-O You pull open the drawers, looking for the key, but there's nothing there, not even cutlery. It's like no one lives here at all. O_o
:-| :-)
	    ==8:-O You need to _LEAVE_ leave and look somewhere else. O_o O_o
=|8-P E:-O ==8:~# ==8:-Q
C:-D C:-O _(._.)_ LEAVE _(._.)_
E:-O :-D C:-O :~* 
:-( :-O 2 <|:~/ :-E ==5-J :-| ==9-J :-) 

(°_°)_==9
==9:-O You rush in a panic back to the door, grabbing hold of the handle and shaking it for all you are worth — nothing happens. O_o
       You've looked _everywhere_ for the key, everywhere! O_o
       Wait ... not everywhere. There's still upstairs, the storage cupboard. O_o
       Nothing to do but head back _UP_ O_o O_o
=|8-P E:-O ==9:~# ==9:-Q
C:-D C:-O _(._.)_ UP _(._.)_
E:-O :-D C:-O :~* ==10-J

(°_°)_==10
==10:-O With a heavy heart, you head back up the stairs to the bedroom, your room, and then open the cupboard O_o
       Rows of boxes sit on the shelves — a life packed up, no-longer needed. Clothes, school prizes, treasured gifts, half-used makeup. O_o
       In one of them, a _KEY_ ... O_o O_o
=|8-P E:-O ==10:~# ==10:-Q
C:-D C:-O _(._.)_ KEY _(._.)_
E:-O :-D C:-O :~* ==11-J

(°_°)_==11
==11:-O You take the key in your hand. It's just a door key, nothing special, but it's _everything_ special. It's freedom ... captivity. Safety. Danger. O_o
        Did you put it here? To keep yourself in? Or is it just jetsam like all the rest? O_o
        Only one way to find out, and that's to go _DOWN_ O_o O_o
=|8-P E:-O ==11:~# ==11:-Q
C:-D C:-O _(._.)_ DOWN _(._.)_
E:-O :-D C:-O :~* ==12-J

(°_°)_==12
==12:-O You head back down the stairs to the front door. Late afternoon sunlight shafts through the frosted panes. Outside, you aren't sure. But it has to be better than here, doesn't it?O_o
        You can _OPEN_ the door, or turn _BACK_ O_o O_o
=|8-P E:-O ==12:~# ==12:-Q
C:-D C:-O _(._.)_ OPEN BACK _(._.)_
E:-O :-D C:-O :~*
:-( :~\ :-E :-| ==13-J :-)
:-( :~/ :-E :-| ==14-J :-) ==12-J

(°_°)_==13
==13:-O You fit the key to the lock, unbolt the door, open it, letting the sunlight flood in. It's like being set on fire. It's like being washed away. O_o
	    It's like the end. O_o O_o 
=|8-P E:-O ==13:~# ==13:-Q
(>_<)

(°_°)_==14
==14:-O You stand before the door, key in hand, but you can't do it. You don't know what lies on the other side, but it is the end of everything you know. O_o
	    It's safer here. O_o O_o
=|8-P E:-O ==14:~# ==14:-Q