8888 bone-dropping beats to get boogie with it

content warning: this game contains swearing and depictions of blood. it may also contain potential visual triggers for those with photosensitive epilepsy. sound warning: this game contains loud sounds. [[12:37 AM]]

you come up with two possibilities: [[take care of it]] [[let it take care of itself]]

it is 1:11 AM. the banana peel in the bin is beginning to look like something you can finally stomach. (click: "stomach")[you stay determined and decide to hang in for now.] (click: "now")[(text-style:"blur","fidget")[in a hungry haze, you quickly sketch a map of where you could gather nutrients for your sprout.]] (click: "sprout")[(text-style:"blur","fidget")[[1:12 AM]]] <audio src= "https://static.wixstatic.com/mp3/2dfa10_5eaecb6838dd48d081f5a5a93395be53.mp3" autoplay>

(font:"Arial Black")+(text-colour:orange)[Good evening customers! Thank you for shopping at SuperGoodMarket! My name is Mort! For today's specials, we have today's specials! HAHA! Only kidding! Today's specials are... cheery cheesy wine, sappy soda, and gullible grapes! Today's pairings for these delicious specials are Franz Kafka's novel (text-style:"italic")[The Metamorphosis] and (text-style:"italic")[The life of Mort] by yours (text-colour:blue)[truly!]] (click: "truly!")[truly shut up mort.] (click: "mort")[you are sooooooo annoying!!!! he's been trying to sell his stupid book about his stupid life for 3 months now.] (click: "now")[ugh here he comes.] (click: "comes")+(text-style:"double-underline")[[1:33 AM HELP ME]] <audio src= "https://static.wixstatic.com/mp3/2dfa10_b159fb9b4699424fb3b3258dd0530feb.mp3" autoplay>

it is 1:44 AM, and you stink. (text-colour:purple)+(text-style:"bold", "expand")[congratulations. you have collected some nutrients.] you currently have some sappy soda with a salt content of 70%, plus, the empty can made from 100% recycled toenails. [[you go to the frozen-aisle.]]

(set: $answer to (prompt: "what is your favourite number combination?","")) (if: $answer is "8888")[[[a correct answer! a sense of power rushes over you.->research]]](else:) [hmm... [[try again->it is important you keep track of time pt2]]]

(set: $answer to (prompt: "it's strange you cannot remember... what is your favourite single digit number written 4 times?","")) (if: $answer is "8888")[[[a correct answer! a sense of power rushes over you.->research]]](else:) [hmm...who am I speaking to exactly? [[try again->it is important you keep track of time pt3]]]

(set: $answer to (prompt: "you've tried so many times your computer has decided to unlock itself","")) [[[finally a correct answer! a sense of power rushes over you.->research]]]

you boot up your computer, (click: "computer")[(text-style:"blur")[leaving wet prints of tonight's spaghetti bolognese with yesterday's fried rice that your dad mailed.]] (click: "mailed")[he even mailed it at 8:888 PM which is your favourite number combination.] (click: "combination")[your computer's mechanical whirring soothes your body.] (click: "body")[it reminds you of when you would wait for your dad to come home from work.] (click: "work")[[1:47 AM]] <audio src="https://static.wixstatic.com/mp3/2dfa10_2318fd8eb2884c6d9eb2f3a2a396c4c1.mp3" type="audio" autoplay></audio>

it is 1:66 AM. the knowledge of the verified predecessors from knowyourplantz guides you to the toilet. (click: "toilet")[you're looking for something sentimental, which concerns you a bit.] (click: "bit")[you don't know what to choose so you take: (b4r:"ridge","outset","outset")+(b4r-size:0.9,1,1)+(b4r-colour:white)+(text-colour:#5c940d)+(text-style:"outline")[1)] (text-rotate-z:2)+(text-colour:#5c940d)[12 l o os e nose trimmings] (text-colour:#5c940d)[from the bin] (b4r:"ridge","outset","outset")+(b4r-size:0.9,1,1)+(b4r-colour:white)+(text-colour:#adb5bd)+(text-style:"outline")[2] (text-style:"blur")[a moldy picture of your dad and you when you were 8 years old and (b4r:"ridge","outset","outset")+(b4r-size:0.9,1,1)+(b4r-colour:white)+(text-colour:magenta)+(text-style:"emboss")[3) a sailor moon (text-colour:blue)[figurine.]]]] (click: "figurine")[[1:78 AM]]

room-temperature aisle contains everything that has the temperature of a freshly boiled egg. (click: "egg")[you see some room-temperature (font:"Comic Sans MS")+(text-colour:#f06595) [romance manga] on sale.] (click: "sale")[you check the date on your phone. holy shit. it's the 1st of august. it's (font:"Comic Sans MS")+(text-colour:#f06595)[romance manga day!]] (click: "day")[and they're doing a quiz where you get to find out which manga you are!] (click: "are")[you (font:"Comic Sans MS")+(text-colour:#f06595)[[take the romance manga quiz.]]]

you spot an elderly lady inside the frozen pea section. she looks like she's having the time of her life. (click: "life")[she mouths (font:"DFKai-SB")+(text-colour:#66a80f)["young boy, come here. you look a bit (text-colour:blue)[stinky]](text-colour:#66a80f)[."]] (click: "stinky")[the elderly lady must be a mind-reader. you tread cautiously.] (click: "cautiously")[the icy breeze coats the hairs on your arms. you look like you walked through a spider web, entangled with fresh droplets of rain.] (click: "rain")[you take a seat on an ice chair. there is a (text-colour:#66a80f)[single green pea] in the middle.] (click: "middle")[you've heard about this on reddit.] (click: "reddit")[(text-style:"rumble")+(text-rotate-z:15)[[fro:zen AM]]] <audio src= "https://static.wixstatic.com/mp3/2dfa10_67371106d2ae4b4aa1288fb7b72ea791.mp3" autoplay>

she challenges you to a frozen card battle. what do you do? [[passionately accept]] [[politely decline]] <audio src= "https://static.wixstatic.com/mp3/2dfa10_b4f6cb30fec2430fa09e53c8230555f3.mp3" autoplay>

it is (text-rotate-z:313)[fro:zen AM] (click: "fro:zen AM")[you don't remember how long you've been battling.] (click: "battling")[your fingers are looking like pointy popsicles.] (click: "popsicles")[you wouldn't mind being frozen forever, but you would rather continue shopping for nutrients.] (click: "nutrients")[you use your hidden weapon.] (click: "weapon")[(text-style:"rumble")+(text-rotate-z:94)[[fr:oz:en AM]]] <audio src= "https://static.wixstatic.com/mp3/2dfa10_b4f6cb30fec2430fa09e53c8230555f3.mp3" autoplay>

she couldn't catch what you said, so you end up in the battle arena anyway. you [[passionately accept]] <audio src= "https://static.wixstatic.com/mp3/2dfa10_b4f6cb30fec2430fa09e53c8230555f3.mp3" autoplay>

you use your teeth to break off the pea and spit it out. (click: "out")[the elderly lady closes her eyes, as if she has already lost.] (click: "lost")[the pea lands in her mouth.] (click: "mouth")[she starts crunching on it, furrowing her eyebrows and making (font:"DFKai-SB")+(text-style:"italic")+(text-colour:#66a80f)[mmm] sounds.] (click: "sounds")+(font:"DFKai-SB")+(text-colour:#66a80f)[who knew peas could taste this good. i never liked them as a child... i think i'll have mashed potatoes and peas (text-colour:blue) [tonight](text-colour:#66a80f)[.]] (click: "tonight")[she gives you her most prized possession: her (text-style:"emboss", "shadow")[frozen tooth] from when she was 8 years old.] (click: "old")+(font:"DFKai-SB")+(text-colour:#66a80f)[that tooth popped out when i ate a frozen pea. thank you, young boy. please take (text-colour:blue)[care](text-colour:#66a80f)[.]] (click: "care")[i will.] (click: "will")[[2:33 AM]] <audio src= "https://static.wixstatic.com/mp3/2dfa10_8fc26156f7b449678c4e54af8a9aa9e0.mp3" autoplay>

it is 2:33 AM. (text-colour:purple)+(text-style:"bold", "expand")[congratulations on collecting another nutrient.] [[you go to the room-temperature aisle.]] hopefully it will warm you up.

it is 3:45 AM. you can hear mort blasting the finger snappin' vocals. (click: "vocals")[it's kind of nice actually.] (click: "actually")[[3:63 AM]]

it is 3:63 AM. you still have time. (click: "time")[you go to the sprout. you can hear its entire body gurgling and squealing.] (click: "squealing")[which combination of nutrients do you give it? [[two drops of sappy soda with a salt content of 70% + your favourite chapter from the romance manga + 1 tooth from the elderly lady]] [[1 tooth from the elderly lady + a pea that was stuck to you from the ice battle + sappy soda can made from 100% recycled toenails]] [[the entire romance manga + 1 tooth from the elderly lady + the background music of the finger snappin' vocals]]] <audio src="https://static.wixstatic.com/mp3/2dfa10_8039ab2010d04267b864872740b187b1.mp3" type="audio" autoplay></audio>

(text-colour:purple)+(text-style:"bold", "expand")[congratulations. you have collected multiple nutrients.] you get a notification from (font:"Monotype Corsiva") [positiveaffirmations] on your phone. (link: "view notification")[(font:"Castellar")(alert:"today is your day, all you need to do is brush your teeth ;)")] [[2:37 AM]]

it is 2:27 AM. you get a knock on the door. (click: "door")[here we go again. you get your red and blue beyblades out.] (click: "out")[blue wins.] (click: "wins")[you have to open the door and talk, but you don't have to make prolonged eye contact.] (click: "contact")[you open the do--oh shit.] (click: "shit")[(text-style:"blink")[it's] (font:"Arial Black")+(text-colour:orange)+(text-style:"blink")[mort]] (click: "mort")[[every day i wake up: AM]] <audio src= "https://static.wixstatic.com/mp3/2dfa10_b159fb9b4699424fb3b3258dd0530feb.mp3" autoplay>

well this is hard. you don't own anything where someone would go, (text-style:"emboss")["Oh my, that's so shiny!]" (click: "shiny")[would a (text-colour:#9E535F)[rusty nail] count?] (click: "count")[i think the predecessors left it vague so people could gather nutrients that reflect their times.] (click: "times")[you pick away the surrounding metal floorboards.] (click: "floorboards")[the sharp edges dig into your skin and a (text-colour:#8A1005)+(text-style:"bold")[thick red pool of your blood] emerges from your thumb.] (click: "thumb")[you press it onto the bottom of your white cotton t-shirt.] (click: "t-shirt")[you fold the shirt in half and (text-colour:#8A1005)+(text-style:"bold")+(text-style:"smear")[smoosh the (text-colour:blue)[[blood]<y1|].]] (click:?y1)+(text-colour:#8A1005)+(text-style:"bold")+(text-style:"smear")[[3:48 AM]]

(text-colour:purple)+(text-style:"bold", "expand")[congratulations. you have collected another nutrient.] you can hear mort's music, like an overture underscoring your victory. (click: "victory")[you put the (text-colour:#9E535F)+(text-style:"smear")[rusty blood-stained nail] in your pocket and move on to finding (text-rotate-z:9)+(text-style:"rumble")[[something destructive.]]]

it is 3:48 AM. uh oh, you lost your checklist. you go back to your computer. (click: "computer")[why isn't it turning on?!] (click: "on")[you shake your computer and give it an angry high-five.] (click: "high-five")[the delete button falls off.] (click: "off")[you get a notification from (font:"Monotype Corsiva")[positiveaffirmations.]] (click: "positiveaffirmations")+(font:"Castellar")["keep calm, everything happens for a reason".] (click: "reason")[[you delete the app]]

it is 4:44 AM. you hate this time the most. (click: "most")[you go to the sprout. you can hear its entire body gurgling and squealing.] (click: "squealing")[which combination of nutrients do you give it? [[delete button + 36 FINGER SNAPPIN' VOCALS FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE FINGER SNAPPIN' ALONE + a rusty blood-stained nail]] [[a sailor moon figurine + a rusty blood-stained nail + 36 FINGER SNAPPIN' VOCALS FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE FINGER SNAPPIN' ALONE]] [[12 loose nose trimmings from the bin + a moldy picture of your dad and you when you were 8 years old + a sailor moon figurine]]] <audio src="https://static.wixstatic.com/mp3/2dfa10_8039ab2010d04267b864872740b187b1.mp3" type="audio" autoplay></audio>

feeling a bit sentimental, you dress up as sailor moon and start playing the opening theme song. [[1:88 AM]]