The Story

You wake up in a dark room. (text-colour:orange)["How did I get here? Where am I"] you ask yourself instantly, but there is no answer to these questions in your mind. (text-colour:orange)["And... who am I?"] You manage to pull yourself up, getting a feel of your body and the clothes you are wearing. It actually feels like you don't have a body per se, but a form made of darkness and shadows that somehow manages to keep the clothes on itself. (text-colour:orange)["Is that magic?"] you ask yourself, but you suppose that's a question that doesn't need answering, since what else could it be after all? (text-colour:orange)["Since I am made of magic... I think... maybe I could use it to my advantage?"] You decide to cast a spell that will allow you to see the surrounding area. (text-colour:orange)["It's worth a try..."] [[You try to conjure an orb of fire]] [[You try to conjure an orb of pure light]]

You focus and try to conjure an image of vigorous flame. Your breath gets more controlled and warmth spreads throughout your body, traveling to your hands and gathering there, culminating in a pure essence of fire. (text-colour:orange)["I suppose it's quite intuitive for me,"] you say with a smile. But you notice that the orb keeps getting bigger and bigger. You can't contain it in your hands anymore or you will burn yourself! (text-colour:orange)["Oh no!"] you shout as the flame escapes your grasp, turning into a projectile directed at the darkness in front of you. Then after a few seconds you hear an explosion. (text-colour:orange)["Well..."] But at least it illuminated the area. Looks like you are in a chamber made of stone, with no windows and no exit other than the door that the fireball travelled through. Still, now it's completely dark again. You have to cast another spell to be able to see anything. [[You conjure an orb of pure light]]

You take a deep breath. (text-colour:orange)["I don't even know if I am capable of it..."] you say to yourself timidly. But you try. You close your eyes and stedy your breath, conjuring an image of pure light in your mind, glowing in the darkness of your mental landscape, illuminating everything around for you to see. And it works. You feel an energy gathering in your hands, forming into an orb. Upon opening your eyes you see just that. An orb of light, so bright that it eliminated the darkness incapacitating you earlier. You look around the room and see that everything is made out of stone. It looks very old, like an abandoned dungeon. But there is one peculiar thing in the corner of the room. (text-colour:orange)["A mirror?"] you ask perplexed. It looks out of place, but for some reason somebody chose to put it here. (text-colour:orange)["Now I wonder who that might be... And why I am here..."] For now, you approach the mirror and look at your reflection in it. Your initial feelings were right; you are a being made of darkness, as if there was just abyss under your clothes. You are wearing dark blue robes with a hood put on, and your face consists only of a glowing pair of eyes. There is no nose, no mouth. At least not as far as you can see now. You try to touch it with your hand, but you don't feel anything. Somehow it feels... natural and normal to you. (text-colour:orange)["Time to find an exit from this place."] you say turning away from the mirror, ready to leave the room. [[You leave]]

(text-colour:orange)["Now it should be much easier,"] you tell yourself with a sigh and focus on conjuring light to this area. It didn't take long until a bright orb appeared next to you, serving the function you wanted it to. You look around the room again and now discern more details. It looks very old, like an abandoned dungeon. But there is one peculiar thing in the corner of the room. (text-colour:orange)["A mirror?"] you ask perplexed. It looks out of place, but for some reason somebody chose to put it here. (text-colour:orange)["Now I wonder who that might be... And why I am here..."] For now, you approach the mirror and look at your reflection in it. Your initial feelings were right; you are a being made of darkness as if there was just abyss under your clothes. You are wearing dark blue robes with a hood put on, and your face consists only of a glowing pair of eyes. There is no nose, no mouth. At least not as far as you can see now. You try to touch it with your hand, but you don't feel anything. Somehow it feels... natural and normal to you. (text-colour:orange)["Time to find an exit from this place,"] you say turning away from the mirror, ready to leave the room. [[You leave ]]

You enter the corridor outside the room. Despite your orb of light, you can't see what is on the other end. There is nothing on the side walls either, only old stone from which this whole place is made of. (text-colour:orange)["I suppose there is nowhere else for me to go other than forward."] you think to yourself. You have no idea what you might find... or who. (text-colour:orange)["Maybe someone wants to toy with me by having put me here, making me forget everything..."] (text-colour:orange)["What is even my name?"] you ask, but no answer springs to your mind. You shake your head in discomfort, a feeling of emptiness appearing inside you. What about gender? You don't have one either? What about age? You sigh, deciding that all of it is unecessary. (text-colour:orange)["If I really need a name... maybe it could be From the Dead, since... well... I am like risen up from the dead here."] Unbeknownst to you was the fact that it was your actual name, and you press forward intent on leaving this place and confronting your captor if they are here. [[You walk forward]]

You continue to walk forward, preparing yourself for what you might encounter. For now, you can hear only your own footsteps, and even that is very quiet due to the nature of your body. Finally, you notice that there is something ahead, a noticeable shape in the darkness. It looks like something placed in the middle of the corridor. Then it suddenly speaks to you. (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Ah hello, my dear visitor,"] it says cheerfully, its voice friendly and sounding as if belonging to a smaller creature. [[You attack without thinking further]] [[You respond]]

You enter the corridor outside the room. Despite your orb of light, you can't see what is on the other end. There is nothing on the side walls either, only old stone from which this whole place is made of. (text-colour:orange)["I suppose there is nowhere else for me to go other than forward."] You have no idea what you might find... or who. (text-colour:orange)["Maybe someone wants to toy with me by having put me here, making me forget everything..."] (text-colour:orange)["What is even my name?"] you ask, but no answer springs to your mind. You shake your head in discomfort, a feeling of emptiness appearing inside you. What about gender? You don't have one either? What about age? You sigh, deciding that all of it is unecessary. (text-colour:orange)["If I really need a name... maybe it could be From the Dead, since... well... I am like risen up from the dead here."] Unbeknownst to you was the fact that it was your actual name, and you press forward intent on leaving this place and confronting your captor if they are here. [[You walk forward ]]

After taking a few steps forward you hear an angry roar coming from the opposite direction. It sounded like a monster or a big animal. You shudder nervously, all your confidence leaving you. Maybe you managed to use magic for a simple spell, but defeating a powerful foe is another thing... Then you hear loud footsteps coming quickly in your direction, and you know you can't escape. (text-colour:orange)["I... I must stay strong..."] But it's hard. Your breath is rugged and chaotic, and it's hard for you to maintain composure. Maybe you can hide. [[Stay where you are and confront the creature]] [[Start to run away]]

You take a few deep breaths and calm down. (text-colour:orange)["Running away won't solve anything. There is nowhere to escape and hide anyways."] Then everything grows quiet. There is no more sound of loud footsteps, or roaring from earlier. Just silence. (text-colour:orange)["Well... That's perplexing,"] you think to yourself, but then you see something approaching from the darkness, alongside a new sound of footsteps, this time a much quieter one. It emerges from the darkness, just walking calmly and looking at you peacefully. Its appearance was like that of a small fox mixed with a cat, with white fur and colorful marks on its body. Its ears were long and its eyes red. It even seemed to slightly smile, the shimmer in its eyes betraying some amusement. (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Good to see that my little prank didn't scare you too much,"] it said. Its voice sounded quite cheerful and friendly. (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Well, I suppose that you might have a lot of questions."] [[You respond to the creature]] [[You attack without thinking further ]]

You didn't manage to run for very long until you suddenly fell on the floor, completely unable to move. But you notice that the loud footsteps and roaring stopped, replaced by silence. A few seconds pass and nothing happens, but then you hear footsteps again, but now smaller and more as if coming from a cat or a fox. (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Aw, you don't have much willpower, have you?"] it says mockingly and jovially at the same time. Its voice sounds weirdly friendly and like coming from something much smaller than what was making the roar earlier. You try to move your body, but it's impossible. You are also unable to speak. Now you are completely on the mercy of the creature... (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["I think that your faintheartedness is more fitting for a little duck than a powerful black mage. So..."] it says and then lets out a little chuckle, seeminlgy amused by something. (text-colour:orange)["W-what will happen now?"] you think to yourself, and soon you get an answer. [[Turned into From the Duck]]

After all you can't let your guard down. You were captured here and there is no reason to assume the creature has any friendly intent. Magic helped you earlier and it can help you now. (text-colour:orange)["I don't have any reason to trust you," ] you say and prepare a spell to cast. It probably won't even kill it. You just want to leave. (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Aww, that's cute, but honestly, also dissapointing,"] the creature said and just kept looking at you, not even moving a muscle. It even seemed to... smile. Its appearance was like that of a small fox mixed with a cat, with white fur and colorful marks on its body. Its ears were long and its eyes red. There was a shimmer of amusement in its eyes. It was actually quite cute, if not for the circumstances. [[You cast the spell]]

(text-colour:orange)["Well... ummm... Hello,"] you respond to the unexpected greeting. (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Do you want to know what is happening? I might answer your questions,"] it said with a somewhat cute, cordial voice. (text-colour:orange)["Hmmm... Who are you then? What are you doing here?"] (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Ah, I am just your host, very happy to have you here visiting my humble place. As you can see, it's quite old... and looks maybe even unihabitable, but still. I hope you like it at least slightly."] Then it stood up and emerged from the darkness, just walking calmly towards you. Its appearance was like that of a small fox mixed with a cat, with white fur and colorful marks on its body. Its ears were long and eyes red. It even seemed to slightly smile, the shimmer in its eyes betraying some amusement. It sat down and looked you into eyes, still smiling. (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Putting all that aside, you might wonder what you are actually doing here. Let me answer that to you now; I was bored, and I wanted to play, and so I brought you here."] You didn't know how to feel about it or how to react. At least it didn't seem as hostile as one could expect... But still, kidnapping someone out of boredom is rather impolite.(text-colour:orange)["Right... okay. Does it mean I can go now?"] The creature chuckled and wagged its bushy tail for a moment. (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Only if you entertain me just a little bit more. You see, I like riddles. Solve three of my riddles, and I will let you leave, and even bring your memories back."] [[You accept the challenge]] [[You attack (if you really want to...)]]

Despite not being able to move your body in any capacity, you can feel it changing. Your face, if the abyss under your hood can be called one, is beginning to grow a beak where you feel your mouth is. Magic from the creature is molding that area of your face into its new twisted form, the new part of yourself growing centimeter by centimeter. Then you feel your whole body changing its shape into a more sleek, birdy one that is closer to a humanoid duck than what you were before. It doesn't feel like much has to change, because the darkness from under your clothes is nearly like a modeling clay for the creature's magic. With the changes taking place you suddenly out of nowhere let out a (text-colour:orange)[Quack]. Oh no... you are really being turned into a duck. And all of that just because you wanted to be cautious... Finally, after a few seconds, your form became stabilized. You notice that the paralysis is lifted and you can move again. And you can speak as well. (text-colour:orange)["W-why... why have you done this to me?"] you ask the creature. Then accidentally you make a (text-colour:orange)[Quack] again. (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Just for funsies. Don't worry, you look good like that,"] it says, with maybe even a hint of something akin to honesty in its voice. Then you suddenly get very sleepy, and you close your eyes, laying there on the floor inevitably falling into a slumber. [[You wake up again ]]

You take a deep breath. (text-colour:orange)["I don't even know if I am capable of it..."] you say to yourself timidly. But you try. You close your eyes and stedy your breath, conjuring an image of pure light in your mind, glowing in the darkness of your mental landscape, illuminating everything around for you to see. And it works. You feel an energy gathering in your hands, forming into an orb. Upon opening your eyes you see just that. An orb of light, so bright that it eliminated the darkness incapacitating you earlier. You look around the room and see that everything is made out of stone. It looks very old, like an abandoned dungeon. But there is one peculiar thing in the corner of the room. (text-colour:orange)["A mirror?"] you ask perplexed. It looks out of place, but for some reason somebody chose to put it here. (text-colour:orange)["Now I wonder who that might be... And why I am here..."] For now, you approach the mirror and look at your reflection in it. Your initial feelings were right; you are a being made of darkness, as if there was just abyss under your clothes. You are wearing dark blue robes with a hood put on, and your face consists only of a glowing pair of eyes. There is no nose, no mouth. At least not as far as you can see now. You try to touch it with your hand, and you feel... something akin to a beak. It's weird, especially since you don't see a beak on your face in the mirror. But everything else feels... natural and normal to you. (text-colour:orange)["Time to find an exit from this place."] you say turning away from the mirror, ready to leave the room. [[You leave]]

(text-colour:orange)["Now it should be much easier,"] you tell yourself with a sigh and focus on conjuring light to this area. It didn't take long until a bright orb appeared next to you, serving the function you wanted it to. You look around the room again and now discern more details. It looks very old, like an abandoned dungeon. But there is one peculiar thing in the corner of the room. (text-colour:orange)["A mirror?"] you ask perplexed. It looks out of place, but for some reason somebody chose to put it here. (text-colour:orange)["Now I wonder who that might be... And why I am here..."] For now, you approach the mirror and look at your reflection in it. Your initial feelings were right; you are a being made of darkness as if there was just abyss under your clothes. You are wearing dark blue robes with a hood put on, and your face consists only of a glowing pair of eyes. There is no nose, no mouth. At least not as far as you can see now. You try to touch it with your hand, and you feel... something akin to a beak. It's weird, especially since you don't see a beak on your face in the mirror. But everything else feels... natural and normal to you. (text-colour:orange)["Time to find an exit from this place,"] you say turning away from the mirror, ready to leave the room. [[You leave ]]

You quickly focus and begin to conjure an orb of fire in your hands, meant to hit the creature and potentially set it aflame. But then you suddenly can't move and fall on the floor, the flame quickly dissipating away. (text-colour:orange)["Ahhk!"] you let out a yelp, and then you find yourself unable even to speak. Your body is paralyzed now. (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Hahahaha, it looked funny with how you fell on that floor! I really liked it!"] it laughed mockingly and walked closer, inspecting you. You were only able to look at it, completely on its mercy. (text-colour:orange)["Is... is this the end? So soon?"] you ask yourself in your mind. Suddenly you see creature tilting its head, maintaining a slight smile on its muzzle. (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["No, only the beginning! Don't worry, I'm not here to hurt you. Only to... play."] Apparently it was reading your mind too. What is going to happen now? (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Since you're so wild, untamed and brash.. I think that a more feral body is more fitting for you."] [[Get turned into From the Fox]]

You begin to feel changes encompassing your whole body, turning you from a humanoid into something... else. It doesn't hurt but rather feels just odd. Like you are made of molding clay and the creature is shaping you into something else. Your hands begin to turn into paws, meant to make it possible for you to walk on them, alongside your legs which begin to shorten and adjust to your new morphology. You are turning into something more feral, more animalistic. Then you feel something growing on your back, something peculiarly fluffy. It appears to be a tail. You feel it slowly growing and getting bigger with each second. Some sort of fur is beginning to cover your whole body, not only the tail. As you try to say anything, even let out a yelp due to the situation, you can only feel how your face is turning into a muzzle. After a few seconds, all changes stopped and your body is stabilized in its new form. You look up at the creature, and it is only sitting there, observing you. You still can't move. (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["I would ask if you feel more feral now alongside looking more feral, but considering your earlier behavior I don't think much needed to change... hahaha..."] it said ironically again, having a lot of fun being in this position and being able to do all of that to you. You can't even respond, only make a sound akin to (text-colour:orange)[Ack-Ack-Ack] like from a fox. You think it was called gekkering. (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Awww, that's adorable, isn't it? But I won't pet you, since you might bite."] Then the creature stood up and began to walk away. You suddenly began to feel very sleepy and your eyelids grew very heavy, making it impossible for you to keep your eyes open. You began to fall into a peaceful sleep on the floor. [[You wake up again ]]

You take a deep breath. (text-colour:orange)["I don't even know if I am capable of it..."] you say to yourself timidly. But you try. You close your eyes and stedy your breath, conjuring an image of pure light in your mind, glowing in the darkness of your mental landscape, illuminating everything around for you to see. And it works. You feel an energy gathering in your hands, forming into an orb. Upon opening your eyes you see just that. An orb of light, so bright that it eliminated the darkness incapacitating you earlier. You look around the room and see that everything is made out of stone. It looks very old, like an abandoned dungeon. But there is one peculiar thing in the corner of the room. (text-colour:orange)["A mirror?"] you ask perplexed. It looks out of place, but for some reason somebody chose to put it here. (text-colour:orange)["Now I wonder who that might be... And why I am here..."] For now, you approach the mirror and look at your reflection in it. Your initial feelings were right; you are a being made of darkness, as if there was just abyss under your clothes. You are wearing dark blue robes with a hood put on, and your face consists only of a glowing pair of eyes. There is no nose, no mouth. At least not as far as you can see now. You try to touch it with your hand, and you feel... something like a muzzle. It's weird, especially since you don't see anything like that on your face in the mirror. But everything else feels... natural and normal to you. Other than maybe a slight feeling of phantom tail growing from your back...? But there is nothing like that on your body. (text-colour:orange)["Time to find an exit from this place."] you say turning away from the mirror, ready to leave the room. [[You leave]]

(text-colour:orange)["Now it should be much easier,"] you tell yourself with a sigh and focus on conjuring light to this area. It didn't take long until a bright orb appeared next to you, serving the function you wanted it to. You look around the room again and now discern more details. It looks very old, like an abandoned dungeon. But there is one peculiar thing in the corner of the room. (text-colour:orange)["A mirror?"] you ask perplexed. It looks out of place, but for some reason somebody chose to put it here. (text-colour:orange)["Now I wonder who that might be... And why I am here..."] For now, you approach the mirror and look at your reflection in it. Your initial feelings were right; you are a being made of darkness as if there was just abyss under your clothes. You are wearing dark blue robes with a hood put on, and your face consists only of a glowing pair of eyes. There is no nose, no mouth. At least not as far as you can see now. You try to touch it with your hand, and you feel... something like a muzzle. It's weird, especially since you don't see anything like that on your face in the mirror. But everything else feels... natural and normal to you. Other than maybe a slight feeling of phantom tail growing from your back...? But there is nothing like that on your body. (text-colour:orange)["Time to find an exit from this place,"] you say turning away from the mirror, ready to leave the room. [[You leave ]]

(text-colour:orange)["Yes, I suppose I have a few questions. Let me ask you first why do this whole prank?"] (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Just a sort of polite reciprocity. After all, you threw a fireball at me. It was only respectful to greet you in a similar manner,"] it said still maintaining the peaceful, jovial tone. It didn't sound hurt or insulted, maybe even as if it meant unsarcastically exactly what it said. (text-colour:orange)["Ahhh... ummm, well... It was accidental. I only tried to illuminate the room I was in,"] you explained, feeling slightly ashamed. You didn't know it would turn into a violent fireball out of nowhere. The creature looked like it shrugged, but it was hard to say due to its morphology. It sat down and looked you into eyes, still smiling slightly. (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Putting all that aside, you might wonder what you are actually doing here. Let me answer that to you now; I was bored, and I wanted to play, and so I brought you here."] You didn't know how to feel about it or how to react. At least it didn't seem as hostile as one could expect... But still, kidnapping someone out of boredom is rather impolite, maybe even more so than accidentally casting a fireball. (text-colour:orange)["Well... Right, alright. Does it mean I can go now?"] The creature chuckled and wagged its bushy tail for a moment. (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Only if you entertain me just a little bit more. You see, I like riddles. Solve three of my riddles, and I will let you leave, and even bring your memories back."] [[You accept the challenge]] [[You attack (if you really want to...)]]

(text-colour:orange)["Very well... If it means you give me back my memory, and just let me go, I will answer your riddles,"] you respond, feeling like the riddles probably won't be too much of a complicated task. Maybe the creature is just very lonely and riddles are a pretext to talk with you. (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Alright. The first one is surely very easy and I doubt you will get it wrong. Who is the cutest white creature in the entire universe?"] it asks. [["A rabbit."]] [["You.]] [["Polar bear cub.]] [["A small white kitten."]] [["Me.]] [[No one."]] [["A little puppy."]] [["I have no idea why, but I just can’t seem to find things cute. If I’m to look at a child, or a puppy, or a kitty, or some other cute thing, it doesn’t appear cute to me. Babies, kids, puppies and kittens just seem like smaller, lesser-abled versions of teens/adults, cats, and dogs. Is something wrong with me? Am I crazy?]]

(text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Wrong answer... And it was the easiest riddle..."] the creature said disappointed. (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["But... Okay, I will give you another chance. Consider it a warm-up. Maybe you are just really, really tired. I will be considerate. Okay..."] (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Though... If you get another one wrong, I won't be so merciful. After all, it's supposed to be a game. A game of riddles. And it must mean... consequences when you lose..."] (text-colour:orange)["It sounded pretty ominous..."] you think to yourself and prepare for another riddle. [[Next riddle]]

The creature's eyes light up and it smiles at you happily. (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Yes! That's the good answer! Isn't that obvious? I think it is!"] You nod, feeling weird about satisfying such a vain desire for compliments coming from the creature. But if it is what it wants to let you go, why not... (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Alright, it's time for another riddle. Since you got the first answer correct I might give you another chance if you make a mistake with the next one. It would be a shame to let this game end too soon."] [[Next riddle ]]

(text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Wrong answer... And it was the easiest riddle... And uhhhh... that was a weird response."] the creature said. (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["But... Okay, I will give you another chance. Consider it a warm-up. Maybe you are just really, really tired. I will be considerate. Okay..."] (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Though... If you get another one wrong, I won't be so merciful. After all, it's supposed to be a game. A game of riddles. And it must mean... consequences when you lose..."] (text-colour:orange)["It sounded pretty ominous..."] you think to yourself and prepare for another riddle. [[Next riddle]]

(text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Alright... here's the next riddle: "I am white, I am round, but I'm not always around. Sometimes you see all of me, sometimes half, sometimes you don't see me at all. Everyone has seen me, but only twelve have touched me. Who am I?"] You think for a moment, and decide to answer... [["It's you." ]] [["Me." ]] [["Umm... Polar Bear?" ]] [["The Moon."]] [["Arctic foxes!" ]] [["Cute kittens?" ]]

(text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Okay... here's the next riddle: "I am white, I am round, but I'm not always around. Sometimes you see all of me, sometimes half, sometimes you don't see me at all. Everyone has seen me, but only twelve have touched me. Who am I?"] You think for a moment, and decide to answer... [["It's you."]] [["Me."]] [["Umm... Polar Bear?"]] [["The Moon."]] [["Arctic foxes!"]] [["Cute kittens?"]]

(text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Ahhh... wrong answer. But as I promised, it won't mean you have lost the game. Answer the last riddle correctly and you win, but I won't be as forgiving as now if you give me a wrong answer again,"] it said with a smile. Despite all of it being something of a threat, it maintained a friendly and happy tone when speaking to you. (text-colour:orange)["If I give it the correct answer all of this will finally end and I will remember what happened and who I am... I must really give it my best,"] you motivate yourself. Really, it can't be that hard, right? [[Last riddle]]

(text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Ah yes! That's the correct answer. I know that telling me that the answer is arctic foxes was probably tempting, but a riddle is a riddle and it has the answer it has,"] it said with a shrug, smiling at you. (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["You might be tired after waking up in a foreign place, recalling how to use magic, and then answering my riddles. But if you answer correctly the last one, you are free. Yes! Finally free."] (text-colour:orange)["I suppose so..."] you say, waiting for the last riddle. [[Last riddle]]

(text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Oh? Another incorrect answer?"] it asked with a smirk. Oh no... (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["You have to understand that I have something of a competitive spirit, and it would be sooo hard to just ignore your failure. Nearly impossible honestly! So, I am doing it for my own mental health, not because I have something against you...] (text-colour:orange)["Wait! First, you kidnapped me here and then you expect me to entertain you! Let me go or els-"] You suddenly find yourself unable to speak and you fall on the floor paralyzed. (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Since you were clever enough to talk to me like a normal person, and play with me a game of riddles, I think that being a cat is fitting for you. Really, what could be the downside? That you are cuter? I think you'll like this."] [[Get turned into From the Cat]]

(text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Hmmm, let's try this one: "As I was walkin to St. Ives alone, I met a man with 7 wives, each wife had 7 sacks, each sack had 7 cats, each cat had 7 kits. How many were walking to St. Ives?"] What is your answer? [["2"]] [["14"]] [["2401"]] [["2403"]] [["1"]]

(text-colour:orange)["Wait! Just let me go you demon!"] you try to shout, but you can't even open your mouth... if you have one under that hood. You are unable to move even a muscle. Completely on the mercy of the peculiar creature. (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Don't worry, it will be fun,"] it says and doesn't explain its reasoning further. Then you begin to feel your body changing, the darkness that you are made of shifting its shape under the influence of the creature's magic. You can feel becoming nimbler and more graceful, just like a cat. You can feel your face changing more into a sort of a muzzle, with a nose and whiskers growing out of what composes you. You begin to feel something growing from your back, something that feels slightly fluffy. It's a tail, and you can feel it getting longer and longer, taking your essence from under your robes to shape itself, making you really slim in the process. (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Just like a cat,"] the creature comments with its happy tone, enjoying changing you this way. (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Just like I said, it looks really good. Everyone would think so. No reason to be opposed to it,"] it said as if it wanted to provide assurance, despite ignoring your protests earlier. You feel something growing on top of your head, making holes in the fabric of your hood and sticking out. Pointy, feline ears. You feel like you actually might hear everything better since your ears aren't constricted by clothes now. You want to say anything to the creature, but the only thing that escaped your mouth upon such attempt was a (text-colour:orange)[Meow]. Oh no... (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Hah, say it again,"] it responded with its usual, now somewhat mocking smile. You instinctively wanted to say "No.", but unfortunately you said (text-colour:orange)[Meow] again. Then you did a (text-colour:orange)[Meow] yet again as if your body was doing it of its own volition. (text-colour:orange)[Meow?] you said at last, feeling your sanity slipping again to become From the Cat. You don't speak words, you only do (text-colour:orange)[Meow]... But now it makes you very tired, and you feel a need to sleep. You close your eyes and drift away into a peaceful slumber. [[You wake up again ]]

You take a deep breath. (text-colour:orange)["I don't even know if I am capable of it..."] you say to yourself timidly. But you try. You close your eyes and stedy your breath, conjuring an image of pure light in your mind, glowing in the darkness of your mental landscape, illuminating everything around for you to see. And it works. You feel an energy gathering in your hands, forming into an orb. Upon opening your eyes you see just that. An orb of light, so bright that it eliminated the darkness incapacitating you earlier. You look around the room and see that everything is made out of stone. It looks very old, like an abandoned dungeon. But there is one peculiar thing in the corner of the room. (text-colour:orange)["A mirror?"] you ask perplexed. It looks out of place, but for some reason somebody chose to put it here. (text-colour:orange)["Now I wonder who that might be... And why I am here..."] For now, you approach the mirror and look at your reflection in it. Your initial feelings were right; you are a being made of darkness, as if there was just abyss under your clothes. You are wearing dark blue robes with a hood put on, and your face consists only of a glowing pair of eyes. There is no nose, no mouth. At least not as far as you can see now. You try to touch it with your hand, and you feel... fur covering your face, and whiskers. It's weird, especially since it doesn't look like as there was fur on your face in the mirror. But at least everything else feels... natural and normal to you. Maybe other than a weird feeling of phantom pointy ears on top of your head. And a tail growing from your back. There is nothing like that visible in the mirror though. You ignore that, deciding that there is no point in thinking about it too much. (text-colour:orange)["Time to find an exit from this place,"] you say turning away from the mirror, ready to leave the room. [[You leave]]

(text-colour:orange)["Now it should be much easier,"] you tell yourself with a sigh and focus on conjuring light to this area. It didn't take long until a bright orb appeared next to you, serving the function you wanted it to. You look around the room again and now discern more details. It looks very old, like an abandoned dungeon. But there is one peculiar thing in the corner of the room. (text-colour:orange)["A mirror?"] you ask perplexed. It looks out of place, but for some reason somebody chose to put it here. (text-colour:orange)["Now I wonder who that might be... And why I am here..."] For now, you approach the mirror and look at your reflection in it. Your initial feelings were right; you are a being made of darkness as if there was just abyss under your clothes. You are wearing dark blue robes with a hood put on, and your face consists only of a glowing pair of eyes. There is no nose, no mouth. At least not as far as you can see now. You try to touch it with your hand, and you feel... fur covering your face, and whiskers. It's weird, especially since it doesn't look like as there was fur on your face in the mirror. But at least everything else feels... natural and normal to you. Maybe other than a weird feeling of phantom pointy ears on top of your head. And a tail growing from your back. There is nothing like that visible in the mirror though. You ignore that, deciding that there is no point in thinking about it too much. (text-colour:orange)["Time to find an exit from this place,"] you say turning away from the mirror, ready to leave the room. [[You leave ]]

(text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Oh? An incorrect answer?"] it asked with a smirk. (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["The answer to that one is probably quite unclear, but still... a riddle has its answer... and you got it wrong..."] Oh no... (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["You have to understand that I have something of a competitive spirit, and it would be sooo hard to just ignore your failure. Nearly impossible honestly! So, I am doing it for my own mental health, not because I have something against you...] (text-colour:orange)["Wait! First, you kidnapped me here and then you expect me to entertain you! Let me go or els-"] You suddenly find yourself unable to speak and you fall on the floor paralyzed. (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Since you were clever enough to talk to me like a normal person, and play with me a game of riddles, I think that being a cat is fitting for you. Really, what could be the downside? That you are cuter? I think you'll like this."] [[Get turned into From the Cat]]

The creature suddenly jumped and started running around, wagging its tail. (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Yes! You really managed to do it! You won the game! You literally won From the Dead: The Game!"] it said with as much happiness as physically possible, still running around as a celebration. (text-colour:orange)["Does that mean I am finally free? That you will let me go and won't do anything to me?"] you ask, exhaling air from your lungs and feeling a wave of pure bliss washing over you. You literally won the game. The creature started to pant from exhaustion and finally stopped. It lay down on its stomach and looked up at you. (text-colour:#ffe3e3)["Yep... Depending on the timeline you may have suffered quite a little bit already. But maybe you managed to traverse the dungeon without any failure. Well, no matter what you are free to go."] You stretch your arms and yawn, feeling all of these events getting to you. But now it already ended and you are just free. (text-colour:orange)["Farewell then. I hope you won't... kidnap me again."] Then with the creature moving aside, you are able to move further on the corridor away from the room where you woke up. The orb of light keeps illuminating the way. You see that there are stairs leading upwards. You begin to climb then, and finally light from other source than the orb meets your eyes. It somewhat hurts your eyes despite still being in the distance. (text-colour:orange)["But wait... What about my memory? And maybe I shouldn't just let that creature walk away after putting me into all this trouble..."] you say aloud to yourself, but then suddenly world around you begins to dissipate. Everything is surrounded by white, bright light and you feel slipping away from this reality, as if waking up from a dream. [[Wake up]]

After the incident with all those people removing your hood to see what is under it, you had to look for everyone in different realities and bring them back. It was a lot of work, and it was very tiring. You are very tired. You open your eyes and notice the usual bar where it all began around you. (text-colour:orange)["What even was all of that?"] you ask yourself. Is there an answer? Probably not. You may never know what happened, who was the creature, and how it made you forget everything. (text-colour:orange)["Travelling across the multiverse has its dangers, I suppose,"] you say, shaking your head wearily and sighing. (text-colour:orange)["I need to sit down and drink something now. I don't know what, and how, but still... I need it."] Then you walk towards the bar with the usual bartender that works there. Well, it was good to save him as one of the first people... or kitsune... because now at least someone can stand at the bar here. The cat that inhabits this plane as well is somewhere around too. For now though you can only sit down and relax, not even wanting to think about what else you will have to go through to pull everyone out of the realities where they are. [[The End]]

[[The End Again ^_^]] [[Restart?]]

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You wake up in a dark room. (text-colour:orange)["How did I get here? Where am I"] you ask yourself instantly, but there is no answer to these questions in your mind. (text-colour:orange)[And... who am I?"] You manage to pull yourself up, getting a feel of your body and the clothes you are wearing. It actually feels like you don't have a body per se, but a form made of darkness and shadows that somehow manages to keep the clothes on itself. (text-colour:orange)[Is that magic?] you ask yourself, but you suppose that's a question that doesn't need answering, since what else could it be after all? (text-colour:orange)[Since I am made of magic... I think... maybe I could use it for my advantage?] You decide to cast a spell that will allow you to see the surrounding area. (text-colour:orange)[It's worth a try...] [[You try to conjure an orb of fire]] [[You try to conjure an orb of pure light]]