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This Lonely Life
by
Mottel Zirkind
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"This Lonely Life" by Mottel Z [Startup & Semantics] DaysLeftToLive is a number that varies. Understand "look around" as looking. When play begins: now left hand status line is "This Lonely Life."; now right hand status line is "BS'D"; say "You are a tiny dot in a vast space. Nothing cares about you."; now DaysLeftToLive is 10; [Universe] The Universe is a room. "All around is beauty that makes you realize your insignificance." Instead of going direction from the universe, say "[a hard truth][paragraph break]." To say a hard truth: choose a random row in the Table of The Hard Truth; say "[Fact entry]". [Things that lie beyond] The Afterlife is north of the universe. Fun is east of the universe. Peace is south of the universe. Happiness is west of the universe. [The Facts of Life] Table of The Hard Truth Fact "You walk as long as you can. The Universe is still all around you and no one cares that you're tired." "You look ahead, but as far as you see there's still stuff. You decide to not go that way." "That would be pointless." "Why bother?" "Somewhere out in the ethos a being you can't comprehend is laughing at you for trying to escape." "This was supposed to say something witty about how insignificant you are, but I couldn't be bothered." "You really shouldn't, but you try anyway. No matter how far you go you're still trapped in the universe." "Nice try." [ENDING] Every turn: if DaysLeftToLive is greater than 1 begin; decrease DaysLeftToLive by 1; say "You have [DaysLeftToLive] days left to live. Isn't it nice to know that?"; otherwise; say "This has been your life, a pointless exercise in trying to escape the universe. Thank you for trying to mean something."; end the story finally; end if;