Samuel Bouchet
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Integrate stats, resources, and cosmetics into adventures via conditional branches gated by game state checks. Each of the 9 adventures now has a secret branch that rewards exploration and encourages replay with subtle hints on locked choices. The endgame box now triggers a Destiny adventure that acknowledges all completed adventures and secret branches, with four ending tiers culminating in an ultimate ending when all 9 secrets are found. Also adds the crafting engine, CLAUDE.md and specifications.md for faster onboarding.
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252 lines
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// Medieval Adventure - Open The Box
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// Theme: A kingdom where everything is suspiciously box-shaped
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character knight
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name: Sir Boxalot
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role: Knight of the Square Table
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character wizard
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name: Malkith
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role: Dark Wizard of the Cubic Order
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state
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honor: 50
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boxesOpened: 0
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savedPrincess: false
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dragonFriendly: false
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beat Intro
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You stand before Castle Cardboard, its square towers rising into the overcast sky. #intro-castle
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Everything here is box-shaped. The drawbridge is a flattened box. The moat is a long, wet box. #intro-everything
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knight: Halt! Who goes there? I am Sir Boxalot, Knight of the Square Table! #knight-halt
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knight: State your business, or I shall smite thee with my box-shaped sword! #knight-smite
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You notice his sword is, indeed, a rectangular prism. Not very sharp. #intro-sword
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choice
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Declare yourself a hero #opt-hero
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honor += 10
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-> HeroIntro
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Declare yourself a box inspector #opt-inspector
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-> InspectorIntro
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Ask why everything is box-shaped #opt-why
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-> WhyBoxes
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beat WhyBoxes
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knight: Why is everything box-shaped? Why is the SKY blue? Why do birds sing? #knight-why
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knight: Some questions have no answers. Others have box-shaped answers. #knight-answers
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knight: The real question is: can you open the Box of Destiny? #knight-destiny
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You feel like this is the kind of game that asks you rhetorical questions and then gives you exactly one path forward. #why-meta
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-> HeroIntro
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beat HeroIntro
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knight: A hero! Wonderful! We haven't had one of those since Sir Unboxington fell into the Box Pit. #knight-hero
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knight: The kingdom is in peril! The dark wizard Malkith has captured Princess Rectangula! #knight-peril
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knight: She's being held in the Tall Tower, which is basically just a really tall box. #knight-tower
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choice
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Vow to rescue the princess #opt-rescue
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honor += 10
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-> QuestBegins
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Ask what the princess looks like #opt-princess-look
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-> PrincessDescription
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Suggest they just tip the tower over #opt-tip
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-> TipTower
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beat InspectorIntro
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knight: A box inspector?! By the Square Gods, we've been expecting you! #knight-inspector
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knight: The kingdom's boxes have been malfunctioning. Some open from the wrong side. #knight-malfunction
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knight: One box started opening OTHER boxes. It was chaos. Beautiful, beautiful chaos. #knight-chaos
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honor += 5
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-> QuestBegins
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beat PrincessDescription
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knight: The princess? She's... well... she's a box. #knight-princess
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knight: A very PRETTY box. With a tiara taped to the top. #knight-pretty
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knight: Don't judge. Love is love, and boxes are boxes. #knight-love
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You decide not to question the romantic standards of this kingdom. #princess-standards
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-> QuestBegins
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beat TipTower
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knight: Tip the-- that's the most brilliant and idiotic thing I've ever heard! #knight-tip
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knight: We can't tip the tower. It's load-bearing. The entire castle is just boxes stacked on boxes. #knight-loadbearing
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knight: Tip one and the whole kingdom collapses like a house of... boxes. #knight-collapse
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-> QuestBegins
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beat QuestBegins
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You set off toward the Tall Tower with Sir Boxalot. #quest-setoff
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The path leads through the Forest of Flat-Pack, where the trees are unassembled boxes with confusing instructions. #quest-forest
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knight: Stay close. These woods are full of bandits and IKEA references. #knight-ikea
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A rustling sound comes from behind a bush-shaped box. #quest-rustling
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choice
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Draw your weapon #opt-draw
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-> Ambush
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Hide inside a nearby box #opt-hide
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-> HideInBox
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Yell "I know you're there!" #opt-yell
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-> YellAtBush
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beat HideInBox
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You climb inside a conveniently person-sized box and close the flaps above you. #hide-climb
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knight: Brilliant strategy! If you can't see the enemy, the enemy can't see you! #knight-strategy
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knight: That's not how that works but I admire the commitment. #knight-commitment
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From inside the box, you hear the bandit trip over a root and knock himself out. #hide-bandit
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boxesOpened += 1
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You emerge victorious, technically. #hide-victory
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-> DragonApproach
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beat Ambush
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A bandit leaps out! He's wearing a box as armor. It's not very effective. #ambush-leap
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knight: Have at thee, villain! #knight-haveatthee
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Sir Boxalot swings his box-sword. It makes a cardboard "thwap" sound. #ambush-thwap
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The bandit looks confused, then disappointed, then falls over out of politeness. #ambush-falls
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boxesOpened += 1
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-> DragonApproach
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beat YellAtBush
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You yell into the forest. Your voice echoes off the box-trees. #yell-echo
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A small rabbit hops out. It's wearing a tiny box as a shell. A box turtle, if you will. #yell-rabbit
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knight: False alarm. Just a box bunny. They're everywhere this time of year. #knight-bunny
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knight: Breeding season. They multiply like... well, like boxes in this game. #knight-breeding
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-> DragonApproach
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beat DragonApproach
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You reach the Tall Tower. A dragon circles overhead. #dragon-tower
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knight: That's Scorchtangle, the Box Dragon! He hoards boxes instead of gold! #knight-dragon
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The dragon lands before you. He's... also somewhat box-shaped. You're sensing a pattern. #dragon-lands
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knight: His weakness is that he can't resist opening boxes. It's like catnip for dragons. #knight-weakness
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choice
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Offer the dragon a box to open #opt-offer-box
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dragonFriendly = true
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-> DragonFriendly
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Fight the dragon #opt-fight-dragon
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-> DragonFight
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Try to sneak past while the dragon is distracted #opt-sneak
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-> SneakPast
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Flash your most dazzling smile at the dragon|||Something about your magnetic personality might work here... #opt-charm [if hasStat("Charisma", 10)]
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-> DragonCharmer
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beat DragonCharmer
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markSecretBranch("medieval_dragon_charmer")
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You step forward, lock eyes with Scorchtangle, and deliver the most radiant smile in the kingdom's history. #charm-smile
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The dragon blinks. Then blushes. Can dragons blush? This one can. His scales turn a gentle pink. #charm-blush
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knight: By the Square Gods... the dragon is SWOONING. I've never seen a box-dragon swoon before. #knight-swoon
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Scorchtangle rolls over like a puppy and presents his belly, which is covered in tiny box-shaped scales. #charm-belly
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knight: You've charmed a dragon with nothing but raw charisma. That's either very brave or very weird. #knight-brave
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dragonFriendly = true
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-> DragonFriendly
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beat DragonFight
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You charge at Scorchtangle with your definitely-not-adequate weapon. #fight-charge
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The dragon yawns and a small flame singes your eyebrows. #fight-singe
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knight: Perhaps a more... diplomatic approach? #knight-diplomatic
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knight: I once saw a hero try to fight him. He got boxed. Literally. Put in a box. #knight-boxed
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The dragon looks at you expectantly, as if waiting for you to do something smarter. #fight-expectant
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-> DragonFriendly
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beat SneakPast
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You tiptoe past the dragon. Your sneaking skills are impeccable. #sneak-tiptoe
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Unfortunately, you step on a bubble wrap moat. The popping is deafening. #sneak-bubble
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The dragon looks at you with what can only be described as secondhand embarrassment. #sneak-embarrassment
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knight: Bubble wrap. The natural enemy of stealth. #knight-bubble
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-> DragonFriendly
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beat DragonFriendly
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You pull out a beautifully wrapped box from your inventory. #friendly-box
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You don't remember putting it there, but this is a game, so inventory logic doesn't apply. #friendly-inventory
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The dragon's eyes widen. He opens the box with surprisingly delicate claws. #friendly-opens
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Inside: a smaller box. The dragon is DELIGHTED. #friendly-smaller
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boxesOpened += 1
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He opens the smaller box. Inside: an even smaller box. He's in heaven. #friendly-heaven
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The dragon steps aside, too busy with his recursive box gift to guard anything. #friendly-aside
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choice
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Enter the tower #opt-enter-tower
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-> TowerClimb
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Pet the dragon first #opt-pet-dragon
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dragonFriendly = true
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The dragon purrs. It sounds like cardboard being rubbed together. #pet-purr
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-> TowerClimb
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beat TowerClimb
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You climb the tower stairs. Each step is a small box. It's like climbing a staircase of shoeboxes. #climb-stairs
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At the top, you find Malkith standing before a large ornate box. #climb-malkith
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wizard: Ah, the hero arrives! You're late. I've been monologuing to myself for twenty minutes. #wizard-late
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wizard: Behold! The Box of Destiny! Within it lies Princess Rectangula! #wizard-behold
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wizard: And with her, the power to fold reality itself into a BOX! #wizard-power
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choice
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Challenge Malkith to a duel #opt-duel
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-> WizardDuel
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Ask Malkith why he wants box-folding power #opt-ask-why
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-> WizardMotivation
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Just open the Box of Destiny while he's talking #opt-just-open if boxesOpened > 0
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-> JustOpenIt
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beat WizardMotivation
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wizard: Why? WHY?! Have you seen this kingdom? Everything is already a box! #wizard-whykingdom
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wizard: But they're DISORGANIZED boxes! Boxes within boxes with no structure! #wizard-disorganized
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wizard: I want to SORT them. By size. By color. By emotional significance. #wizard-sort
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wizard: I'm not evil. I'm a box organizer. The kingdom just doesn't appreciate good filing. #wizard-filing
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knight: That... actually sounds reasonable? #knight-reasonable
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wizard: THANK you. #wizard-thanks
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choice
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Help Malkith organize the boxes #opt-help-organize
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-> HelpMalkith
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Insist on freeing the princess first #opt-free-first
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-> WizardDuel
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beat HelpMalkith
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You spend the next three hours sorting boxes with Malkith. #help-sorting
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wizard: Small boxes go LEFT. Medium boxes go RIGHT. Large boxes go in the LARGE BOX. #wizard-instructions
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knight: This is surprisingly therapeutic. #knight-therapeutic
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wizard: Right? I keep telling people. Box organization is self-care. #wizard-selfcare
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savedPrincess = true
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boxesOpened += 1
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Malkith releases Princess Rectangula as a thank you. She is, in fact, a box with a tiara. #help-princess
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She's lovely. #help-lovely
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-> Ending
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beat WizardDuel
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wizard: A duel? Fine! I choose... BOX MAGIC! #wizard-duel
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Malkith shoots a beam of cubic energy at you. You dodge. Barely. #duel-dodge
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knight: Hit him with the thing! The box thing! #knight-boxthing
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You're not sure what "the box thing" is, but you grab the nearest box and throw it. #duel-throw
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It hits Malkith square in the face. Square. Because it's a box. #duel-square
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wizard: Ow! That was my favorite face! #wizard-ow
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boxesOpened += 1
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Malkith stumbles back into the Box of Destiny, accidentally opening it. #duel-stumble
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Princess Rectangula tumbles out. She kicks Malkith with her box-corner. It looks painful. #duel-kick
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savedPrincess = true
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-> Ending
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beat JustOpenIt
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While Malkith is mid-monologue, you casually walk up and open the Box of Destiny. #just-walk
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wizard: --and furthermore, the cubic nature of-- wait, what are you doing? #wizard-wait
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wizard: You can't just OPEN it! I had a whole speech prepared! #wizard-speech
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wizard: There were DRAMATIC PAUSES! A CALLBACK to act one! #wizard-pauses
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Princess Rectangula tumbles out and bonks Malkith on the head. #just-bonk
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savedPrincess = true
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boxesOpened += 1
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knight: That was incredibly anticlimactic. I loved it. #knight-anticlimactic
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-> Ending
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beat Ending
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if savedPrincess
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The kingdom celebrates! Princess Rectangula is safe! #ending-celebrate
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knight: You've saved the kingdom! The Square Table shall sing of your deeds! #knight-saved
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knight: Well, they'll sing in monotone. Everything here is a bit... flat. #knight-flat
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else
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The kingdom is mildly concerned but ultimately fine. Boxes don't hold grudges. Usually. #ending-fine
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if dragonFriendly
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Scorchtangle the dragon joins the celebration, bringing his collection of nested boxes as party favors. #ending-dragon
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knight: Until next time, hero. There are always more boxes to open. #knight-nexttime
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knight: And more fourth walls to break. Yes, I know this is a game. I've always known. #knight-fourthwall
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knight: The real box was the friends we made along the way. #knight-realbox
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knight: Actually, no. The real box is a box. That's the whole point. #knight-point
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-> .
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