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// Prehistoric Adventure - Open The Box
// Theme: The first box in history appears to very confused cavpeople

character grug
  name: Grug
  role: Caveperson

character duncan
  name: Duncan
  role: Another Caveperson

state
  understanding: 0
  boxDamage: 0
  worshippers: 0
  inventedOpening: false

beat Intro
  The year is approximately a very long time ago. The sun is orange. The ground is dirt. Everything smells like mammoth. #intro-year
  You're sitting in your cave, doing cave things. Drawing boxes on the wall. Wait, no. Drawing mammoths. Boxes haven't been invented yet. #intro-cave
  grug: Grug see thing. #grug-see
  grug: Thing not rock. Thing not tree. Thing not mammoth. Grug confused. #grug-confused
  A perfect cardboard box sits in the middle of the clearing. It should not exist. Cardboard won't be invented for millennia. #intro-cardboard
  duncan: Duncan also see thing. Duncan poke thing with stick? #duncan-poke

  choice
    Poke the thing with a stick #opt-poke
      -> PokeWithStick
    Hit the thing with a rock #opt-rock
      boxDamage += 10
      -> HitWithRock
    Try to eat the thing #opt-eat
      -> TryToEat

beat PokeWithStick
  You poke the box with a stick. The box does nothing. It's a box. #poke-nothing
  grug: Thing not fight back. Thing weak. Grug not impressed. #grug-weak
  duncan: Maybe thing sleeping? Duncan poke harder? #duncan-harder
  You poke harder. The stick goes through the cardboard and gets stuck. #poke-stuck
  grug: Stick gone! Thing ATE stick! #grug-ate
  duncan: Thing is monster! A flat, square monster! #duncan-monster
  understanding += 5
  -> FirstReactions

beat HitWithRock
  You pick up the biggest rock you can find and hurl it at the box. #rock-hurl
  The box dents. The rock bounces off. #rock-dent
  grug: Grug victory! Thing is defeated! #grug-victory
  duncan: Thing still there, Grug. #duncan-still
  grug: Grug claim MORAL victory! #grug-moral
  boxDamage += 20
  understanding += 5
  -> FirstReactions

beat TryToEat
  You bite the box. It tastes like cardboard, which your brain has no reference for, so it files it under "bad tree." #eat-bite
  grug: Thing taste like bad tree bark! Zero out of five mammoth tusks! #grug-taste
  duncan: Duncan not surprised. Thing LOOK like bad tree bark. #duncan-notsurprised
  duncan: Flat bad tree bark in shape of... what shape is that? #duncan-shape
  grug: New shape. Grug call it... "box." #grug-name
  You have accidentally invented the word "box" three hundred thousand years early. #eat-invented
  understanding += 15
  -> FirstReactions

beat FirstReactions
  The other cave people have gathered around the mysterious box. #reactions-gather
  grug: Big meeting! Everyone look at thing! #grug-meeting
  duncan: Some cave people scared. Some cave people hungry. Carl tried to mate with it. We don't talk about Carl. #duncan-carl
  worshippers += 2

  choice
    Suggest worshipping the box #opt-worship
      worshippers += 10
      -> WorshipBox
    Suggest using the box as a shelter #opt-shelter
      -> BoxShelter
    Try to understand the box through interpretive dance #opt-dance
      understanding += 10
      -> InterpretiveDance
    Challenge the box to a test of raw strength|||Something about your physique suggests a more direct approach... #opt-wrestle [if hasStat("Strength", 10)]
      -> PrehistoricChampion

beat PrehistoricChampion
  markSecretBranch("prehistoric_champion")
  You grab the box and lift it above your head. The tribe gasps. #champion-lift
  grug: STRONG ONE LIFT THE THING! No one ever lift thing before! Everyone too busy poking and eating! #grug-lift
  duncan: Strong One hold thing above head like trophy! Like mammoth tusk but SQUARE! #duncan-trophy
  You slam the box down on a rock. The rock breaks. The box is fine. #champion-slam
  grug: ROCK LOST! BOX WON! Box is STRONGER than rock! This change everything! #grug-rock
  duncan: For thousands of years, rock was strongest thing. Now box is strongest thing. History is rewritten. #duncan-rewritten
  grug: Strong One is champion of box! All cave people agree! Even Carl! #grug-champion
  worshippers += 8
  understanding += 15
  -> TheFlaps

beat WorshipBox
  The tribe gathers around the box and begins chanting. The chant is "BOX. BOX. BOX." #worship-chant
  grug: Box is gift from sky! Sky give box! We give sky... what we give sky? #grug-sky
  duncan: Rocks? We have many rocks. #duncan-rocks
  grug: Rocks boring. Sky already HAVE rocks. Moon is just sky-rock. #grug-moon
  You build a small altar around the box. The altar is made of smaller rocks arranged in a square. You've accidentally invented the concept of a pedestal. #worship-altar
  worshippers += 5
  understanding += 5
  -> TheFlaps

beat BoxShelter
  grug: Thing is hollow! Grug see inside through hole stick made! #grug-hollow
  duncan: If thing is hollow, cave person fit inside! New cave! PORTABLE cave! #duncan-portable
  The tribe tries to fit inside the box. It's a standard-sized box. The tribe is twelve full-grown cave people. #shelter-fit
  grug: Only Grug's arm fits. This worst cave ever. #grug-arm
  duncan: Maybe not cave. Maybe hat? Very big hat? #duncan-hat
  You put the box on your head. It fits perfectly. You are now wearing history's first hat and you look ridiculous. #shelter-hat
  understanding += 10
  -> TheFlaps

beat InterpretiveDance
  You attempt to communicate with the box through movement. #dance-attempt
  Your dance involves a lot of squatting and arm-waving. The box remains unimpressed. #dance-squatting
  grug: What you doing? You look like mammoth having a bad dream. #grug-mammoth
  duncan: No wait. Duncan think there's something to this. #duncan-think
  Duncan joins the dance. His technique is worse. Together, you look like two mammoths having bad dreams. #dance-worse
  The box... vibrates slightly? Or that might be an earthquake. It's hard to tell in prehistoric times. #dance-vibrate
  understanding += 10
  -> TheFlaps

beat TheFlaps
  grug: Wait. Grug notice something. Top of thing has... floppy parts. #grug-floppy
  duncan: Floppy parts? Like mammoth ears? #duncan-ears
  grug: No. Different floppy. These floppy parts FOLD. They go up. They go down. #grug-fold
  grug: They go up AND down. This most advanced technology Grug ever see. #grug-technology
  understanding += 15
  The tribe stares at the flaps with collective wonder. Folding things is a brand new concept. #flaps-wonder

  choice
    Pull the flaps up #opt-pull-up
      understanding += 20
      -> AlmostOpen
    Push the flaps down #opt-push-down
      -> PushDown
    Declare the flaps sacred and forbid touching them #opt-sacred
      worshippers += 10
      -> SacredFlaps

beat PushDown
  You push the flaps down. They're already down. Nothing happens. #push-nothing
  grug: Congratulations. You have done nothing. Very efficiently. #grug-nothing
  duncan: Maybe pull UP? What is "up"? Is "up" a thing? #duncan-up
  grug: "Up" is where birds go. And smoke. And Grug's hopes when mammoth hunt fails. #grug-up
  understanding += 10
  -> AlmostOpen

beat SacredFlaps
  grug: NO TOUCH FLOPPY PARTS! Floppy parts are gift from sky! #grug-notouch
  duncan: But what if floppy parts WANT to be touched? #duncan-want
  grug: Duncan asking dangerous questions. That how you get exiled. #grug-exiled
  worshippers += 5
  The tribe guards the flaps for three days. On the fourth day, a bird lands on the box and accidentally opens one flap with its foot. #sacred-bird
  grug: BIRD IS CHOSEN ONE! #grug-bird
  The bird flies away, unaware of its religious significance. #sacred-flies
  understanding += 15
  -> AlmostOpen

beat AlmostOpen
  You stand before the box. The flaps are partially up. You can see inside, but not fully. #almost-see
  grug: Something INSIDE thing! Something inside the inside! #grug-inside
  duncan: "Inside." That new word. Grug keep inventing words today. #duncan-word
  grug: Grug not inventing. Words just HAPPENING to Grug. #grug-happening

  choice
    Pull all flaps up to fully reveal the inside #opt-reveal
      inventedOpening = true
      understanding += 30
      -> OpenTheBox
    Get the whole tribe to pull one flap each #opt-teamwork
      inventedOpening = true
      understanding += 30
      -> TeamOpen

beat TeamOpen
  Four tribe members each grab a flap. You count to three. #team-count
  grug: What "three"? We only have "one" and "many." #grug-three
  Fine. You count to "many." #team-many
  On "many," everyone pulls. The box opens with a satisfying "fwump." #team-fwump
  grug: THE THING IS OPEN! WE DID A THING TO THE THING! #grug-open
  duncan: This is the greatest achievement in the history of... what's "history"? #duncan-history
  -> BoxContents

beat OpenTheBox
  You pull the flaps up. All of them. The box is open. #open-flaps
  grug: Grug has done it. Grug has... OPENED... the... thing. #grug-done
  grug: "Opened." Another new word. Grug on a roll. #grug-roll
  duncan: What "roll"? #duncan-roll
  grug: Grug don't know. Words just keep coming. It's frightening. #grug-frightening
  -> BoxContents

beat BoxContents
  The tribe peers inside the open box. #contents-peer
  Inside: another, smaller box. #contents-smaller
  grug: ... #grug-silence
  duncan: ... #duncan-silence
  grug: THERE IS A THING INSIDE THE THING! #grug-thingception
  duncan: A smaller thing! Same shape! This is the most beautiful and confusing moment of Grug's life! #duncan-beautiful
  The smaller box also has flaps. The tribe loses its collective mind. #contents-flaps

  if inventedOpening
    You open the smaller box. Inside: a single, perfectly round stone. #contents-stone
    grug: A round rock! In a square thing! Shapes are INCREDIBLE! #grug-shapes
    duncan: What do we do with round rock? #duncan-roundrock
    grug: We put it in another box. Obviously. #grug-obviously
    duncan: We don't HAVE another box. #duncan-nobox
    grug: Then we MAKE one! With... flat tree bark! And... folding! #grug-make
    You have accidentally invented the concept of manufacturing. The industrial revolution just moved up by several millennia. #contents-manufacturing
  else
    The tribe stares at the box-within-a-box in silent awe. Some things are beyond opening. #contents-awe
    grug: Grug will figure this out. Give Grug... many sleeps. #grug-sleeps

  -> Ending

beat Ending
  The sun sets over the prehistoric landscape. The box sits in the center of the tribe's camp, flaps open, glowing in the firelight. #ending-sun
  grug: Today, Grug learn new things. "Box." "Open." "Inside." "Flaps." #grug-learned
  grug: Tomorrow, Grug learn more. Maybe "lid." Maybe "tape." Grug ambitious. #grug-tomorrow
  duncan: Duncan just happy Duncan didn't get eaten today. Low bar, but Duncan clear it. #duncan-happy

  if worshippers > 10
    The Box Religion has begun. It will outlast several ice ages and confuse many future archaeologists. #ending-religion

  grug: One day, Grug's children's children's children will open MANY boxes. #grug-children
  grug: And they will think: "Some cave person started this. Some cave person was the first." #grug-first
  grug: And that cave person was Grug. Unless it was Duncan. Grug not great with credit. #grug-credit
  duncan: It was definitely Grug. Duncan was just here for emotional support. #duncan-credit
  grug: Understanding level: $understanding. Box damage: $boxDamage. Words invented: too many. #grug-stats
  -> .