Yes, just like this.\n\n<<actions [[On with the game!|GameOn]]>>
You tell your parents that you want to enter a tournament. You explain about the prizes, and talk in wonder about the event. However, your mother might be giving birth soon and they prefer for you to stay near them.\n\nYou rationalize a bit, but decide to participate in secret with your friends. Just when the first round were coming up, your phone rings. It is your dad. <<if $lie gte 2>>You don't plan to let go of this great chance and [[ignore the call|All right]]<<else>>You fear that [[picking up|Minced meat]] the phone might make your team forfeit, but you can always [[ignore it|All right]].<<endif>>
<<silently>>\n<<set $family_economy = family_economy - 1>>\n<<set $hope = $hope + 1>>\n<<endsilently>><<display 'Primary1'>>
You begin your apprenticeship under the musician. You train hard day and night, enroll on a famous music school overseas. Literally, your parents handed you to your teacher.\nYears pass, and you finally stand on stage; your first concerto. Soon, you dive into the realm of composing and land a contract with a famous record company. Your albums always reach the top 10.\nYou are planning to get an apprentice too. You can't help but feel grateful to your parents and teacher, allowing you to reach what you are today.\n\nTHE END.\n----------\nYour screen begins to display the credits. You feel both victorious and dissapointed. You feel like you achieved victory because you reached the end, but dissapointment came to you when you realized that it was over.\nSuddenly your screen displays the option to 'Start a new game by pressing the Restart button at the left of the screen'.\nYour smartphone rings, it is a new email from [[The Minions Co.|http://wearetheminions.blogspot.com/]], the publisher and developer of the game. It says:\n\nHello dear gamer,\nWe are pleased to inform you that a new version of Life Simulator, v.3.7.5; is out. We will provide a link at the end of this messade for its download. This new version continues the end that you recieved previously from version 3.01. Feel free to try it out anytime!\n\nYours truly,\nSecret Master G\nAdmin/Creator/Developer\n\nYou find no link at the of the message but a [[picture|True Ending]].\n<<endif>>
<<silently>>\n<<set $art_school = "yes">>\n<<set $family_economy = family_economy - 1>>\n<<set $hope = $hope + 1>>\n<<endsilently>><<display 'Primary1'>>
You insist that there is no need for them to supervise you. Your parents decide to confiscate the tablet and put it somewhere where you can't reach. You can always wait for the time where they are not around to sneakily [[play with it|AnotherDay]], or just [[not care|School]] about it anymore.
<<silently>>\n<<set $intelligence = $intelligence + 1>>\n<<endsilently>><<display 'Primary1'>>
You ask your parents for a raise in your allowance, in exchange for washing the dishes, taking out the trash and washing the car every week.\n\nIt certainly takes a little toll on your leisure time, but it won't affect too much, will it?\n\nAs a few months passed, and you finally save enough for the phone, you feel accomplished. A refreshing feeling, to earn something out of your hard work. Undoubtably your parents also seem proud of your determination.\n\n<<display 'About time'>>
"I want to make clothes." You answer.\nIt is indeed a strange choice, but your teacher acknowledges your dream. She said that when she has children, she will ask you to make some for them.\n<<display 'Teacher'>>
You want to be hero, like those who appear in the cartoons to save the day; like those who fight for justice; like those who have superpowers.\n\nYou can hear a small giggle from your teacher, but she still respects your choice and says: "So you want to save people from villians?"\n\n<<display 'Teacher'>>
3 years passed since you were enrolled to Primary School. You have spent these past years happily; school marks were above average, you played with your friends everyday. You got along with your teachers and parents.\n\nHowever, this year you don't do well in your exams. You also get into a fight with your friends. Expectedly, your parents get angry at your grades. You should [[study|Study]] more to raise your grades, but that will mean that you won't be able to [[play with your friends|Friends]] as much.
<<silently>>\n<<set $intelligence = $intelligence +1>>\n<<endsilently>>You'd rather follow your parents' heed and try to forget about the phone. But, seeing it on all your peers' hands makes you feel so pressured, and you are beginning to hallucinate that the phones itselves are laughing at you. You feel mocked, you want to hide somewhere.\n\nYou find yourself eating in a corner at the playing area, you can't find yourself able to keep up with the conversations of your friends and decide to have some time by yourself.\n\nYou get a delightful surprise, one day. You see a <<if $path_boy = "yes">><<set $love_girl = "yes">>girl of your age sitting where you were the day before. Her chesnut hair flowed in soft curves that seemed to cover her face. She wears a skirt overall with flower motifs, and under it a blouse with modest frills. She notices your presence, but seems too shy to say a word. You try to explain that that's your spot. She understands but won't move an inch from there. Then, you noticed that her skirt had spots of paint. You inquire about the paint, but she doesn't answers. You decide to lunch beside her.<<endif>><<if $path_girl = "yes">><<set love_boy = "yes">>boy about your age sitting on the spot you had reserved for yourself these last days. He stares at you intensely, you are not sure if you are scared or not. Your confusion makes you stand where you are and stare blankly at the boy. He wore shorts and a sports T-shirt. He also seemed to have scratches marks. You ask about them, and he answers very unexpectedly "Not your business." in a cold tone that harbored loneliness. Your stupified expression doesn't seems to change. You felt a bit offended, that's why you didn't leave. Silence filled the air for a moment. Then, he broke it, slightly apologized his behaviour and left.<<endif>>\n\nAfter class on that day, you return home. You didn't care about the phone anymore, people could mock you and you didn't felt; you were [[more interested|About time]] on that person.
<<set $friends = $friends + 1>>\n<<display 'Special Event'>>
You tell your parents that you want to go to a party on another district. However, they don't agree as your mother might be due anytime soon.\n\nStill, you sneakily get out of your house and your friends pick you up. You party and play all the day with your friends when your cellphone suddenly rings. It is your dad, <<if $lie gte 2>>you fear that by answering you might get grounded, so you decide [[not to pick it up|Aftermath]].<<else>>you could [[pick the call|Grounded in summer]] or [[ignore it|Aftermath]].<<endif>>
Forkroads
<<silently>>\n<<set $war = $war + 1>>\n<<set $hope = $hope + 1>>\n<<endsilently>><<if $war lt 2>>It is a toy soldier resembling the German military outfit in World War 3. I do wonder who has such tastes to give a child this kind of toy. Nevertheless, you can't find any fun on it and leave it alone. You keep searching in the [[pile of toys|Toys]] on the carpet for something amusing.<<else>><<set $family_economy = $family_economy - 1>>Looking closely at the soldier, it resembles a lot the heroes that appear on TV. Not long after, you keep asking for more collectible toy soldiers, for the demise of your parents.\n<<display 'Toys'>><<endif>>
Your sixth sense tells you to press the numbers.\n\n[[Press|Locked]] <<print Math.round(Math.random () * 9)>><<print Math.round(Math.random () * 9)>><<print Math.round(Math.random () * 9)>><<print Math.round(Math.random () * 9)>>\n[[Press|Locked]] <<print Math.round(Math.random () * 9)>><<print Math.round(Math.random () * 9)>><<print Math.round(Math.random () * 9)>><<print Math.round(Math.random () * 9)>>\n[[Press|Locked]] <<print Math.round(Math.random () * 9)>><<print Math.round(Math.random () * 9)>><<print Math.round(Math.random () * 9)>><<print Math.round(Math.random () * 9)>>\n[[Too much work, leave it alone|Tablet]]
<<silently>>\n<<set $family_economy = family_economy - 1>>\n<<set $hope = $hope + 1>>\n<<endsilently>><<display 'Primary1'>>
Your dad gets angry at you and tells you to come back home imediately, after the party is over. He also offered to give you the ride back home. Your parents were angry, but even more worried for you. Since nothing has happened to you they feel a bit more relieved. They tell you they didn't know that the party was really important to you, and next time you should discuss a bit more.\n\nHowever, you are still grounded until [[summer is over|High Schooler]].
<<set $Cheshire = "yes">>\nYou are now a middle school student at Cheshire Middle School!\nWhat awaits you in this [[new school|Phone2]]?
<<silently>>\n<<set $mother = "yes">>\n<<endsilently>>You find yourself face to face with your mother. She says "Call me mama." You intuitively understand her words and try to pronounce 'mama', however you only seem to muster "...aa..m..". It sounds perfectly the same to you, but your mom thinks it is baby talk, and patiently teaches you throughout all the day words like your name, mama, papa, etc. Soon enough, you find yourself able to communicate your thoughts, thanks to her relentless efforts.\n\n<<display 'Toys'>>
Joining sports teams are recommended to develop good reflexes, and to keep a healthy body. You can join:\n\n*[[Soccer Team|It's Called Soccer, not Football]]\n*[[Swimming Team|Dive In!]]\n\nYou can also see if you wish to join [[another activity|ChitChat]].\n
You find your record scores in several game applications:\nTender Run: 89#,5## points\nDandy Crush: 2#1 levels done ([[Quite a feat here|DandyCrush]])\nLoops Ninja: 2#6 points\n<<set $ego = $ego +1>>\n[[Keep reading more|StopNow]]\n[[That's enough for now|School]]
You want to be a model, like those who appear in the advertisements, strike poses, be famous.\nYou teacher giggles a bit, but then tells you that she knows that you can do it.\n\n<<display 'Teacher'>>
Your friends drive you to your house, it is already past midnight. You prepare yourself mentally before entering through the front door, you take out the keys, take a deep breath. You hear the click of the door opening, the lights are on, however your parents are nowhere to be seen. You look into the kitchen, the bedroom, the living room; the house is empty. Seeing the empty house, you feel a sudden chill, something makes you uncertain. You suddenly receive a call: it is your father. You [[pick up|New life]] wondering where they went, and feeling a bit of relief.
It is finally in your hands, the ultimate toy, a tablet. You seem unable to understand how it works, but it piques your curiosity to its maximum. After tinkering with it for a few minutes, a vibrant multicolored screen shines upon your face. You are awed. You find no words to describe your discovery. But, you face a new enemy; you are stuck at the screen that only shows nine numbers and four blank spaces.\n\n[[You decide to press some random numbers|LockedScreen]]\n[[You feel angry at it and leave it behind|Tablet2]]
<<set $family_economy = $family_economy - 1>>\n<<set $techonology = $technology + 1>>\nYou tell your parents you need money for reference materials on a certain subject you didn't understand. They agreedily gave money to you and along with your allowance, you bought the phone. You felt thrilled about playing with it.\n\n<<display 'Social trouble'>>
The elite school of your district. It has an escalator system in which the students attend high school on the same institution. However, the admission exams are very known for being highly difficult, with an acceptance rate of 24%. Graduate students are expected to land high paying jobs, and are inmediately scouted by world-wide famous universities.\n\n*[[Yes|Lucilys]]\n*[[No|About time]]
It is time for you to be enrolled in kindergarten, a school for little kids like you. It isn't like the school grownups go to, you can do anything you want. One day, the teacher asks each and one of all the little students present in the room, "What do you want to be when you grow up?"\n*<<if $music eq 2>>[[A musician|Music]]<<else>>[[An artist|Artist]]<<endif>>\n*<<if $plushie eq 2>>[[A clothes designer|Designer]]<<else>>[[A fashion model|Fashionista]]<<endif>>\n*<<if $war eq 2 >>[[A hero|Hero]]<<else>>[[A doctor|Doctor]]<<endif>>\n*[[I don't know|You Never Know]]\n
<<if $Lucia eq "yes">><<display 'Phone3'>><<else>>It is time for entrace exams at the district's high schools!\n\n*[[Springtime High School|Flowers]]\n*[[Saint John High School|Knights of Malta]]\n*[[St. Lucia|What a shame]]<<endif>>
<<if $loan eq "yes">>You remember what happened in primary and decided not to do it.<<else>>Bad idea. When you asked your friends to lend some money, they readily agreed. At the end of the day, you found yourself with some miserable coins and several dollars that summed to $30.55. Did you really expect that middle school students would have enough money for your phone: No.<<endif>>\n\nNo money, no phone; just imagine middle school.\n\n<<display 'Social trouble'>>
<<silently>>\n<<set $lie = $lie + 1>>\n<<endsilently>>One day, your parents leave the tablet lying on a chair that you can reach. You swiftly take it and overpass the locked screen. A new world opens to you, and you are so entertained that time passes by very quickly. You feel proud of your [[achievements|Achievement]].\n\n<<display 'School'>>
<<set $techonology = $technology + 1>>\n<<display 'Special Event'>>
哎(Ai)-Fon has launched its new line of smartphones, 哎(Ai)-Fon2! It is now slimmer, with a bigger touch screen. It also has new features and a faster processing memory. One week after its debut, it got sold out. Previous 哎(Ai)-Fon users changed for the new edition. The company also stopped giving customer support for the 哎(Ai)-Fon.\n\n<<if $love_boy eq "yes">>Bad news, your boyfriend is moving overseas and the expensive phone fees cost too much to be calling each other. You get no other choice but to try to get [[哎(Ai)-Fon2|No money]] for the new application that can make calls internationally for free, with the use of internet. If you [[don't plan on getting it|Social trouble]], your relationship may end just there.\n<<else>>\n<<if $love_girl eq "yes">>A call from your girlfriend came, she has something to tell you. Her parents are moving to another country, and she has no choice but to go with them. You both feel sad, but you remember about the new application of 哎(Ai)-Fon2 that could help you to [[keep in contact|No money]]. Your relationship might end here if you [[don't buy it|Social trouble]].<<else>>\nYou can get the [[new phone|No money]] in advance, to fit in inmediately when classes begin. Or, you can prefer to dedicate your time [[procrastinating.|Social trouble]]\n<<endif>>\n<<endif>>
"哎(Ai)-Fon3 has come into the market! Keep up with the new fashion! ... ... ... Get yours now!"\n\nHaving an 哎(Ai)-Fon has become a symbol of status and style. You don't want to be left behind, so you also want one! You asked your parents to get you one as a congratulatory gift of your hard work in school.\n\n<<if $family_economy lte 0>>Just when you were talking with your mother about the phone, your father came in the house with a grim face. You wonder [[what happened|Broke]].<<else>>They decide to buy it for you. After all, you are all grown up now and you would know how to appreciate it.\n*[[What's next?|Graduation]]<<endif>>
You finally finish your three years of middle school! You kind of feel like <<if $friends lte 1 or $technology lte 1>>[[sleeping all the summer|High Schooler]].<<else>>sleeping all the summer.<<endif>>\n\n<<if $friends gte 2>>Your friends invite you to a pool party. There will be lots of fun, and also BBQ! You can call them anytime to [[join in the fun|BBQ Party]].<<endif>>\n<<if $technology gte 2>>There's a big announcement of a gaming tournament over the other district with the Grand Prize of five millions. You can e-mail in your [[application|PAX]] right away. You are sure to win the first place!<<endif>>\n
Your dad is fuming from his head. But, he doesn't tells you to go back home inmediately. He tells you that he won't let you enter the house unless you bring the trophy back. You thank him for accepting your choice, and next time you will properly ask them for permission.\n\nYou didn't get the first place, but second. Better than nothing. Your dad [[grounds|High Schooler]] you for the whole summer, jokingly because you didn't got the grand prize.
<<silently>>\n<<set $intelligence = $intelligence + 1>>\n<<set $family_economy = $family_economy - 1>>\n<<endsilently>>\nIt's the fad. The newest coolest thing you've ever seen in the few years of your life. Did I ever mentioned that you are quite eloquent with your words?\n\nWell, your parents rejected your ridiculous reason at first. Soon, after sweet-talking your way to victory, they bought you one (and they got theirs too).\n\nYou felt in unison with your class, and everything went smoothly till your [[graduation from primary|About time]].
<<silently>>\n<<set $path_boy = "yes">>\n<<endsilently>>You hear a cry, it is yourself. It takes some time for you to calm down. When your eyes open, blinding light comes through your eyeshields. You feel someone holding your small body, however you don't feel safe and begin to move incessantly. This person carries you to two nearing figures.\nYou stretch your hands to the [[person|Mother]] sitting on the bed, that has an expression that welcomes you to the world.\nYour eyes shifts to [[another person|Father]] who just entered the room, and said "It's decided! Your name will be...!".
<<silently>>\n<<set $choose_none = "yes">>\n<<endsilently>>ENCODING ERROR...\nSystem restarting in 3... 2... 1...\n\n\n<<display 'GameOn'>>
<<if $code lte 4>><<set $code = $code + 1>>It seems that those numbers are wrong.\n<<display 'LockedScreen'>><<else>>Something went wrong; you can no longer press numbers. The screen is locked for 15 minutes. You run out of patience and [[leave it|Tablet2]] where it was.<<endif>>
After some weeks, your parents ask you if you'd like to be enrolled in some sort of activity. They say your teacher recommends you to <<if $music gte 1>>[[learn to play a music instrument|Music Course]], <<endif>> [[join an sports team|Sports Team]], <<if $path_girl eq "yes">> [[learn ballet|Ballet]], <<endif>> [[join a drawing class|Drawing Class]], or [[join the Scouts|Scouts]].\n\nParticipating in it could affect your family economy. You can only join one activity; you can also choose [[not to join any activity|Nope]].
<<silently>>\n<<set $intelligence = $intelligence + 1>>\n<<endsilently>>You choose to study more for class. Your parents are pleased with your good grades. However, you are unable to keep as many friends as you did before. That fight you had before made it even harder for you to reconcile with them. But, of course, you know that those who stay by your side are definitely the truest friends out there in the world.\n\nSoon enough, a new smartphone becomes the rage. Everyone in your class has one. Of course, you want one as well. Your friends pester you to ask your parents to buy it. They say it is the most awesome thing they have seen in years. You even try it out from one of your friends. It ignites passion in your heart. [[You. Want. That. Phone.|Phone]]
An average school. The entrance exams aren't so difficult. It's acceptance rate is about 98%. It is the biggest middle school in your district, and has an history of 149 years. There are no required uniforms.\n\n*[[Yes|Alice]]\n*[[No|About time]]
I know you think you played too much to have so few high scores, but time is limited to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and you still haven't learnt the rest.\n<<set $ego = $ego +1>>\n<<display 'School'>>
<<if $intelligence gte 2 or $arthur eq yes>>You succesfully joined in the ranks of the disctrict known school of [[Saint John|Phone3]].<<else>>You miserablily failed the exam, you get no choice but to enter [[Springtime High School|Phone3]].<<endif>>
Your parents look at your face. They feel dissapointed in you. Have they ever left your side? Your mother picks you up everyday, and your whole family goes to the park every weekend. They don't feel like your relationship with them is any bad. Instead, they feel betrayed, because you lied. Ever since you've been in contact with these new technological devices, they feel you have strayed away.\nThe next week, they decide to move out somewhere in the countryside. You change schools, your friends tell you to keep in contact. But, with the lack of technology in that little village, you soon find yourself forgetting about them. However, with your new life in this place you find new friends, and grow up in a healthly green environment.\nWhen you finally graduate, and decide to go to the city to broaden your horizons, you feel like an alien. Everyone uses new phones, new computers, new technology.\nYou enter college, to find yourself failing the year because of your lack of understading the use of computers. You feel ostracized by the whole school, and you feel that those who approach you bring with them a feeling of pity. You begin to have suicidal thoughts and get checked with a psychologist to learn that you suffer from depression.\nYour parents worry for you, and decide to bring you back to the countryside. You begin working in the ranch, and slowly recuperate. You feel satisfied with your life, but you are never going back to the city again.\n\nTHE END.\n----------\nYour screen begins to display the credits. You feel both victorious and dissapointed. You feel like you achieved victory because you reached the end, but dissapointment came to you when you realized that it was over.\nSuddenly your screen displays the option to 'Start a new game by pressing the Restart button at the left of the screen'.\nYour smartphone rings, it is a new email from [[The Minions Co.|http://wearetheminions.blogspot.com/]], the publisher and developer of the game. It says:\n\nHello dear gamer,\nWe are pleased to inform you that a new version of Life Simulator, v.3.7.5; is out. We will provide a link at the end of this messade for its download. This new version continues the end that you recieved previously from version 3.01. Feel free to try it out anytime!\n\nYours truly,\nSecret Master G\nAdmin/Creator/Developer\n\nYou find no link at the of the message but a [[picture|True Ending]].
<<set $intelligence = $intelligence + 1>>\n<<display 'Special Event'>>
Diana Yau
"Where are you?" she asked. "In a friend's house.", you answer, hoping she doesn't find out your participation in the party. "Why didn't you pick up your phone?", she begins to sound a bit miserable. Something was wrong you thought, "Has something happened?". "Your father was worried something might have happened to you during the storm, and he went to look for you in the car, while he was passing through the bridge, the river's dam broke and..." He passed away. You didn't want to hear anymore. You felt guilty, for so many things; for lying to your parents. What if you did pick up the phone? Would have anything changed? You could've treated him better, he was always by your side supporting you. Would have anything changed?\n\nTHE END\n----------\nYour screen begins to display the credits. You feel both victorious and dissapointed. You feel like you achieved victory because you reached the end, but dissapointment came to you when you realized that it was over.\nSuddenly your screen displays the option to 'Start a new game by pressing the Restart button at the left of the screen'.\nYour smartphone rings, it is a new email from [[The Minions Co.|http://wearetheminions.blogspot.com/]], the publisher and developer of the game. It says:\n\nHello dear gamer,\nWe are pleased to inform you that a new version of Life Simulator, v.3.7.5; is out. We will provide a link at the end of this messade for its download. This new version continues the end that you recieved previously from version 3.01. Feel free to try it out anytime!\n\nYours truly,\nSecret Master G\nAdmin/Creator/Developer\n\nYou find no link at the of the message but a [[picture|True Ending]].\n<<endif>>
<<silently>>\n<<set $music = $music + 1>>\n<<set $hope = $hope + 1>>\n<<endsilently>><<if $music lt 2>>You grab the wooden stick and randomly hit the different colored blocks, you try to make a melody but it doesn't turn out quite pleasant. You get tired of trying and reach out to the other [[toys|Toys]].<<else>>You choose to give the xylophone another go. You keep at it for such a long time that you get a hang of it. Suddenly, you get inspiration and finish your first melody.\n<<display 'Toys'>><<endif>>
"When I grow up, I'll be a doctor!" you say.\n\nYour teacher is slightly surprised and tells you: "You want to save a lots of people, right?" as she pats your head. "Yup!" is the answer you give.\n\n<<display 'Teacher'>>
<<if $intelligence gte 2>><<set $Lucia = "yes">>Congratulations on passing the difficult exam! You are now a student at the prestigious [[St. Lucia|Phone2]].<<else>><<set $Cheshire = "yes">>Things don't go your way if you don't prepare for it; sadly, you didn't pass the exam. There was not enough time, so you had to apply to [[Cheshire Middle School|Phone2]]<<endif>>
A package just came from Arizon.com, it is the new game you have been waiting to come out since last year.\nInside you find a booklet with the [[instructions|Instructions]].\nYou turn on the console and [[begin|GameOn]] the game.\n\n
"I want to be a musician!" You happily concur.\nYour teacher asks you what instrument you'd like to play, but you didn't know the answer. However, you were sure that music was your path.\n\n<<display 'Teacher'>>
<<silently>>\n<<set $music_school = "yes">>\n<<set $family_economy = family_economy - 1>>\n<<set $hope = $hope + 1>>\n<<endsilently>><<display 'Primary1'>>
You can join a music course, it is recommended if you wish to pursue a music related career. Because of your age, you are limited to learn the following instruments:\n*[[Violin|Violin]]\n*[[Piano|Piano]]\nYou can also see if you wish to join [[another activity|ChitChat]].\n
You want because you feel left out in school. Everyone else seem to have fun, because they have something in common to share and talk about. You also hope that by having this phone, you can reconcile with your old friends. You are even determined to boost your grades for it.\n\nYour bubble bursts when your parents say the word "No". You are submitted to a sermon of what seemed to you like an eternity. You are unwilling to listen to them. They try to reason with you that getting a phone is completely useless to you at your age. You feel dejected and frustrated.\n\nYou come up with a [[plan|Hm, decisions... decisions]] to get the phone, but you are still wondering if it's better not to care about being the [[laughstock of your class|Spring has come]].
<<silently>>\n<<set $ballet_school = "yes">>\n<<set $family_economy = family_economy - 1>>\n<<set $hope = $hope + 1>>\n<<endsilently>><<display 'Primary1'>>
The next generation smarphone, 哎(Ai)-Fon. The company of this product has a remarkable succesful marketing strategies, making it one of the most sold phones, despite its high prices. Just a week ago, they launched their new model. Since then, it has been on the top of smartphone's sales. ATCNews.com publishes a general public survey, and it showed that at least 80% of the world poblation has this smartphone or plans to buy one.\n\nYou are also part of that 80%. You stand before your parents, as they wonder why the good behaviour lately. You muster your courage and tell them you want that 哎-Fon. Your parents get into a discussion, you can hear a phrase: "In our times, we didn't even have a cellphone!". After some while, they switch their gaze on you. Your <<if $mother eq "yes">>mother<<endif>><<if $father eq "yes">>father<<endif>> asks "Why do you want that phone?"\n\n*[[Everyone has it.|Group Pressure]]\n*[[It looks really cool.|Cool]]\n*[[So I can keep in contact with you.|Communication is the key]]
You plea your parents for the new phone. But, no matter what excuses you gave them, they wouldn't budge. It has come to make crafty plans again.\n\n[[PLAN A|You did it again]]\nMake up a school related excuse.\n\n[[PLAN B|Hard work]]\nGet a part time job at your uncle's bistro.\n\n[[PLAN C|I tell you]]\nBorrow money from your friends.
A big project that your father leaded failed to deliver products to clients in time. The company's president brushed all the blame onto your father and he was fired from the company. Your father felt apologetic to both you and your mother.\nDays passed as he tried to look for work, but nobody would hire him due to bad rumours. He began to drink his sorrows away. To you and your mother, his once vibrant figure was no longer. Not long after, he stopped looking for work and began to hang in the house.\nThe liquidation fee from the company was running out, and your mother had no choice but to work overtime. It was only enough to cover the family's basic expenses. You want to assist a college or university, but there's no money.\nYou try to look for work but with no studies and no experience, no company hires you. You finally land a job at a chain restaurant, flipping burgers and washing dishes. You feel in a slump. You ask yourself: Do I plan flipping burgers all my life?\n\nTHE END\n----------\nYour screen begins to display the credits. You feel both victorious and dissapointed. You feel like you achieved victory because you reached the end, but dissapointment came to you when you realized that it was over.\nSuddenly your screen displays the option to 'Start a new game by pressing the Restart button at the left of the screen'.\nYour smartphone rings, it is a new email from [[The Minions Co.|http://wearetheminions.blogspot.com/]], the publisher and developer of the game. It says:\n\nHello dear gamer,\nWe are pleased to inform you that a new version of Life Simulator, v.3.7.5; is out. We will provide a link at the end of this messade for its download. This new version continues the end that you recieved previously from version 3.01. Feel free to try it out anytime!\n\nYours truly,\nSecret Master G\nAdmin/Creator/Developer\n\nYou find no link at the of the message but a [[picture|True Ending]].\n<<endif>>
You passed the exam with flying colors. You are now officially a student at Springtime High School.\n\n*[[Wonderful school life!|Phone3]]
You got sick from studying too much before the exam. You are unable to assist on the examination date. You have failed the exam in forfeit. You have no other choice but to go to [[Springtime High School|Phone3]], as Saint John's exam date has passed.
<<silently>>\n<<set $plushie = $plushie + 1>>\n<<set $hope = $hope + 1>>\n<<endsilently>><<if $plushie lt 2>>It is a limited edition Sqweable© plushie, it resembles a cat and you decide to call it Black, although the plushie has hues of tan and white. You play with it for a few moments and get bored of it. You decide to return it where the other [[toys|Toys]] are.<<else>>You desire to play with the stuffed toy once again, and you slowly grow attached to it. You refuse to part with it and take it wherever you go. \n<<display 'Toys'>><<endif>>\n\n
"Where were you?" he asked. "In a friend's house.", you answer, hoping she doesn't find out your participation in the tournament. "Why didn't you pick up your phone?", his voice began to sound a bit rough and edgy. You thought something was wrong. He continued, "We are at the hospital, your mother is going into labor, come quickly!" When you arrived at the hospital, the scene with your father was a mess. Your mother had passed away due to excessive bleeding. The doctors said that all the way to the hospital, she was asking your father to look for you. They say that the stress might have worsened her condition.\nAs the day ends, you begin to wonder if it was your fault. Maybe you could've picked up the phone? As depressing thoughts begin to fill your mind, you see a baby crying through the glass that was in front of you. It is your little brother, the last gift your mother left for both you and your father.\n\nTHE END\n----------\nYour screen begins to display the credits. You feel both victorious and dissapointed. You feel like you achieved victory because you reached the end, but dissapointment came to you when you realized that it was over.\nSuddenly your screen displays the option to 'Start a new game by pressing the Restart button at the left of the screen'.\nYour smartphone rings, it is a new email from [[The Minions Co.|http://wearetheminions.blogspot.com/]], the publisher and developer of the game. It says:\n\nHello dear gamer,\nWe are pleased to inform you that a new version of Life Simulator, v.3.7.5; is out. We will provide a link at the end of this messade for its download. This new version continues the end that you recieved previously from version 3.01. Feel free to try it out anytime!\n\nYours truly,\nSecret Master G\nAdmin/Creator/Developer\n\nYou find no link at the of the message but a [[picture|True Ending]].\n<<endif>>
<<if $intelligence gte 1>><<set $Arthur = "yes">>Congratulations, you succesfully passed the exam! You are now a student at the famous [[Arthur's Middle School|Phone2]]!<<else>><<set $Cheshire = "yes">>Things don't go your way if you don't prepare for it; sadly, you didn't pass the exam. There was not enough time, so you had to apply to [[Cheshire Middle School|Phone2]].<<endif>>
You work with your uncle several months. From cleaning, attending orders, kitchen work to cashing in the register; you did all kind of miscellaneous work. When you finally get your phone, you feel accomplished. Although work took a toll on your grades and free time, it was worth.\n\n<<display 'Social trouble'>>
Do you want to join a group of children that enjoy outdoor activities?\n<<actions [[Yes|Go Scouts!]]>>\nYou can also see if you wish to join [[another activity|ChitChat]].\n
<<silently>>\n<<set $loan = "yes">>\n<<endsilently>>Bad idea. When you asked your friends to lend some money, they readily agreed. At the end of the day, you found yourself with some miserable coins and a few dollars that summed to $4.51. Did you really expect that primary students would have enough money for your phone: No.\n\nYou find yourself with no phone and debts. How nice.\n\nWell, thanks to being socially ostracized from your classmates because you had no new phone, you felt disconnected from your friends because of the lack of mutual interest... you had a pretty much not so awesome childhood memories. At least your parents have been there for you all this time.\n\n<<display 'About time'>>
You must be very smart and [[very patient|http://www.eonline.com/news/432154/6-reasons-candy-crush-saga-is-the-most-infuriating-game-ever>Patient]] to reach this level of the game. Go on with your life, are you sure you didn't waste too many lives playing it? Still, good job.\n<<set $care = $care + 1>>\n<<set $intelligence = $intelligence + 1>>\n<<display 'School'>>
Just a week to the first day of class at your school on your freshman year, you take your time to make a decision.\n\nHow will you spend you leisure time?\n*[[Friends|Unicorns and rainbows]]\n*[[Studies|Bookworm]]\n*[[Who cares?|I dont care either]]
<<silently>>\n<<set $hope = 0>>\n<<set $plushie = 0>>\n<<set $toy = 0>>\n<<set $war = 0>>\n<<set $music = 0>>\n<<set $family_economy = 3>>\n<<set $code = 0>>\n<<set $ego = 0>>\n<<set $care = 0>>\n<<set $lie = 0>>\n<<set $intelligence = 0>>\n<<set $technology = 0>>\n<<set $friends = 0>>\n<<endsilently>>Welcome to Life Simulator v.3.01\n\nBooting services starting in 5 seconds.\n5... 4... 3... 2... 1...\n\nDear user,\nThis is your personal brain integrated PDA.\nI am your personal AI, you can call me Louise.\nI will guide you through the phases in your life and the decisions you may take.\nBeware that even I cannot reproduce what will happen when you take each path.\n\nMay I know whether you consider yourself biologically a [[girl|Girl]] or a [[boy|Boy]]?\n\n<<if $choose_none eq "yes">>\nRemember, making no choice isn't allowed.<<else>>Making [[no|None]] choice isn't allowed.\n<<endif>>
<<if $hope lt 1>>It is your birthday, and all your relatives and family's friends brought all sort of presents for you; from clothes, to baby powder and of course, toys as well.\nYour parents set out all the gifts given to you on your favorite playing carpet.<<endif>>\nInnumerable toys lie in front of your view, however <<if $plushie eq 2 or $music eq 2 or $war eq 2>>you are no longer interested in them.<<else>>only a few catch your attention:\n*[[a toy soldier|Toy Soldier]]\n*[[a stuffed animal|Plushie]]\n*[[a mini xylophone|Xylophone]]<<endif>>\nYou search for your parents, wanting their attention, however what you find is a [[tablet|Tablet]] they left at a few steps of your reach. You remember how they always hold it and seems to be entertained by it.\n\n\n\n
<<silently>>\n<<set $technology = $technology + 1>>\n<<endsilently>>You are embarassed of your answer, all your classmates have something they dream of, but you simply don't know.\n\nYour teacher grabs your hands and tells you that you still have time to think about it, and that as you grow up you will know what you want.\n\n<<display 'Teacher'>>
Ballet, a type of performance dance that is usually theatrical and uses elaborate costumes and staging. Beautiful tutus and flat shoes, like a princess' dream.\n<<actions [[Yes!|Giselle]]>>\nYou can also see if you wish to join [[another activity|ChitChat]].
Drawing figure sticks in 2D, learning about light and shadows. Proportion, etc. So much to learn.\n*[[Yes|Draw My Life]]\nYou can also see if you wish to join [[another activity|ChitChat]].\n
A somewhat famous school for its exclusive club "Round Table's Knights". However, its admission exam isn't quite easy. Graduated students usually go to its brother high school branch, Saint John High School. Its acceptance rate is about 67%.\n\n*[[Yes|Lancelot]]\n*[[No|About time]]
Your perfomance is a complete success. A famous teacher at a Vienna ballet school scouts you. You chase your dreams of being a great ballerina.\nYou practice, practice, and keep practicing. Practice made your basic foundations so well that you can already handle difficult moves easily. Soon, you get the main roles in many performances.\nIn your presentation at the World Championship, your parents go to cheer for you. You feel so grateful to them for their unconditional love and support, that allowed you to reach this dream stage.\n\nTHE END.\n----------\nYour screen begins to display the credits. You feel both victorious and dissapointed. You feel like you achieved victory because you reached the end, but dissapointment came to you when you realized that it was over.\nSuddenly your screen displays the option to 'Start a new game by pressing the Restart button at the left of the screen'.\nYour smartphone rings, it is a new email from [[The Minions Co.|http://wearetheminions.blogspot.com/]], the publisher and developer of the game. It says:\n\nHello dear gamer,\nWe are pleased to inform you that a new version of Life Simulator, v.3.7.5; is out. We will provide a link at the end of this messade for its download. This new version continues the end that you recieved previously from version 3.01. Feel free to try it out anytime!\n\nYours truly,\nSecret Master G\nAdmin/Creator/Developer\n\nYou find no link at the of the message but a [[picture|True Ending]].\n<<endif>>
<<silently>>\n<<set $father = "yes">>\n<<endsilently>><<if $path_girl>>"That's my little girl!", you can hear your father say as you make your first steps. At the moment you try moving your right leg, you clumsily trip on your other leg.<<endif>><<if $path_boy>>"That's my boy!", you hear that voice that musters your courage to stand up with your two legs. You try to make a step, and although you fell, you felt like you moved the whole world. Nobody was going to stop you and your dad.<<endif>>\n"It's all good, dad is here to help you out.", says your father as he grabs both of your hands to help you stand up. You suddenly feel safe and relieved, because you know that with him there, your falls won't be as painful.\n\n<<display 'Toys'>>
You have succesfully passed the primary.\n\nIt is time to make a decision about your upcoming middle school. Your parents want to hear your opinion. They present you the nearest schools in th district:\n\n*[[Chesire Middle School|Cheshire]]\n*[[Arthur's Middle School|Round Table's Knights]]\n*[[St. Lucia|Saint Lucia]]\n\n<<if $music_school eq "yes">>While you were participating in the Young People Music Competition, a famous rising classical musician approaches you and your family. He believes you have the talent, and would like to take you as an apprentice. It is certainly a good opportunity if you wish to further your career in music. Of course, it'd only happen if you [[want to|Music is life]].<<endif>>\n<<if $art_school eq "yes">>Your art teacher approached you one day and asked if you wanted to participate into an art competition. She says that the Grand Prize is some cash and possible scholarship on a famous art school. She tells you that the [[sign up|Arts are stories too]] is next week.<<endif>>\n<<if $ballet_school eq "yes">>A performance in ballet is upcoming in a few months, your teacher offers you to audition the the main role of "The Black Swan". It requires a lot of techinique and practice but she believes you can make it. Even if you don't get the main role, it won't hurt to [[try|Black Swan]].<<endif>>
Not meticulously laid out plans, but you could either:\n\n[[PLAN A|Think about others too]]\nCome up with a perfectly created excuse to drain money from your parents.\n\n[[PLAN B|It takes time]]\nTake on some housechores to receive more monthly allowance.\n\n[[PLAN C|Elementary Money]]\nAsk your friends to lend you some money.\n
<<silently>>\n<<set $family_economy = family_economy - 1>>\n<<set $hope = $hope + 1>>\n<<endsilently>><<display 'Primary1'>>
<<if $code gte 3 and $code lt 5>><<set $technology = $technology + 1>>At the moment when you leave it, you accidentally press something on the screen. Suddenly, the screen changes and you keep staring at it. After a few minutes you find yourself in a game application that consisted on destroying green pigs.\nSeveral days later, your parents are using the tablet and you ask them to lend it to you. They agree, and are amazed at how adept you were on the game. You feel proud of your [[achievements|Achievement]].\n<<display 'School'>>\n<<else>>Well, there was nothing you could do. A few days later, you see your parents playing with the tablet, and keep annoying them to let you play. They frown a bit and discuss something your limited vocabulary can't comprehend. They tell you that you can use it, but [[under their supervision|Supervision]]. [[Else|NotToday]], they won't give it to you.<<endif>>\n
Your friends drive you to your house, it is already past midnight. You prepare yourself mentally before entering through the front door, you take out the keys, take a deep breath. You hear the click of the door opening, the lights are on, however your parents are nowhere to be seen. You look into the kitchen, the bedroom, the living room; the house is empty. Seeing the empty house, you feel a sudden chill, something makes you uncertain. You suddenly receive a call: it is your mother. You [[pick up|After all that happened]] wondering where they went, and feeling a bit of relief.
<<silently>>\n<<set $friends = $friends + 1>>\n<<endsilently>>You make up with your friends. After all, they are the ones who will be with you for many years. However, that affects your performance in class. Somehow, with their help you are able to pass the year pretty smoothly. Your mom and dad aren't exactly happy, but they feel satisfied enough to not get angry.\n\nOne day, you see your best friend Claire holding the new smartphone that came out a few days ago. The next day, the whole classroom has that same model. All your friends have one too, of course. They ask you when you plan to get that phone. You ponder on it for a while, and succumb to your desires. [[Let's ask daddy!|Phone]]
It is Parent's Day at your kindergarten. The students invite their parents to accompany them in different activities throughout the day. When you tell your parents, both are willingly to go, but <<if $father eq "yes">>your mother suddenly gets sick this day and is unable to assist.<<endif>><<if $mother eq "yes">>something comes up at the workplace of your father and he can't go.<<endif>>\n\nJust before it was time to go back home, your teacher calls your parent for a [[small chat|ChitChat]].
You find your record scores in several game applications:\nAngry Peers: 3## stars\nProway Surfers: 5##,92# points\nWinions Rush: 60#,##4 points\nWhere's my Walter?: 25# stars\n<<set $ego = $ego +1>>\n*[[I want to see more|Achievement2]]\n*[[That's enough|School]]\n
INSTRUCTIONS\n\n1. Press the [[blue|Blue]] colored words for the different choices.\n\n2. Have fun!\n\n<<actions [[On with the game!|GameOn]]>>\n
"I want to be an artist!" You can't help but say with a smile.\nYour teacher inquires about what kind of artist, but you just answer bewildered, that you only know that you enjoy drawing.\n<<display 'Teacher'>>
[img[Family.jpg]]\n\nI don't think this is end, not for the story, for me or anyone.
You agree to use it under your parents watch. You think that it is unecessary, but they try their best to explain that 'too much is no good'.\n\n<<display 'School'>>
<<if $hope gte 5>>\nYou look yourself at the mirror, you feel happy. Today, you will finally realize that dream. You take out a small piece of paper, in which you mapped your goals.\nWell, you won't get to your dream inmediately. What you are doing today is the first step, a step filled of expectations and hopes.\nYour parents will wait for you at home. They will wait for you to realize your dreams. "This is your 'home' because you can always return here,", they say "but we prefer it if you reach your dream before coming back home!"\n\nTHE END.\n<<else>>\n<<if $technology gte 5>>\nYou don't know what to do now that you are gone from school. You don't feel like studying medicine, nor any doctrine. You pass some days hanging on your internet browser.\nFinally, an idea came to you: you will study something related to your favorite subject, technology. You daze into daydreams as you think of being a programmer, a designer... the possibilities are endless. However, years pass as you aimlessly wander in your thoughts.\nYour parents worry for your future, but you ignore their pleas whilst fiddling with your new device. You get a bit thinner and paler. You begin to lose contact with your friends. The world will keep rolling even if you stay the same. \nWhat stays the same? Your fiery passion to the entertainment that technology brings to you.\n\nTHE END.\n<<else>>\n<<if $intelligence gte 4>>\nYou enter a very famous university. Graduating from there will bring you a secure and tight job.\nYour parents are very proud of such a great achievement.\nYou devote all your time to study, so that you can graduate with honors.\nBut sometimes, you just wonder if you made the right choice.\n\nTHE END.\n<<else>>\nYou don't feel like attending college nor university.\nYour parents suggest you to get a job.\nYou buy a newspaper, and browse the jobs that are offered.\nIt takes you a lot of time until you find an appropiate one.\nThe job's pay is slightly below average, but what could you ask without a proper higher diploma?\nYou don't mind it though, it's not like you have anything else to do.\nJust that sometimes, you wonder if you made the right decision.\n\nTHE END.\n<<endif>>\n<<endif>>\n<<endif>>\nYour screen begins to display the credits. You feel both victorious and dissapointed. You feel like you achieved victory because you reached the end, but dissapointment came to you when you realized that it was over.\nSuddenly your screen displays the option to 'Start a new game by pressing the Restart button at the left of the screen'.\nYour smartphone rings, it is a new email from [[The Minions Co.|http://wearetheminions.blogspot.com/]], the publisher and developer of the game. It says:\n\nHello dear gamer,\nWe are pleased to inform you that a new version of Life Simulator, v.3.7.5; is out. We will provide a link at the end of this messade for its download. This new version continues the end that you recieved previously from version 3.01. Feel free to try it out anytime!\n\nYours truly,\nSecret Master G\nAdmin/Creator/Developer\n\nYou find no link at the of the message but a [[picture|True Ending]].\n<<endif>>\n
<<set $lie = $lie + 1>><<set $techonology = $technology + 1>>You finally get your hands on that phone. You pass your days in sync with your classmates and friends. You are always up to date with social events and random tidbits of rumours of your friends.\n\nHowever at home, your parents are suspecting about your sneaky nature (trying to hide the phone from their view). They have tightened a bit their leash on you, with expectations of better grades since you asked money to get resource materials. Other than that, they don't seem too affected.\n\n<<display 'About time'>>
Unexpected to you, you win first place on the competition. Your drawing also gets good feedback from distinguished art critics. You decide to attend a famous art school overseas.\nAfter practicing many many years, you gain enough fame for your artworks, allowing you to mantain your livehood. You even open up your own gallery in Paris!\nYour parents are proud of you. You are grateful to them, for allowing you to take this path, your dream.\n\nTHE END.\n----------\nYour screen begins to display the credits. You feel both victorious and dissapointed. You feel like you achieved victory because you reached the end, but dissapointment came to you when you realized that it was over.\nSuddenly your screen displays the option to 'Start a new game by pressing the Restart button at the left of the screen'.\nYour smartphone rings, it is a new email from [[The Minions Co.|http://wearetheminions.blogspot.com/]], the publisher and developer of the game. It says:\n\nHello dear gamer,\nWe are pleased to inform you that a new version of Life Simulator, v.3.7.5; is out. We will provide a link at the end of this messade for its download. This new version continues the end that you recieved previously from version 3.01. Feel free to try it out anytime!\n\nYours truly,\nSecret Master G\nAdmin/Creator/Developer\n\nYou find no link at the of the message but a [[picture|True Ending]].\n<<endif>>
<<silently>>\n<<set $music_school = "yes">>\n<<set $family_economy = family_economy - 1>>\n<<set $hope = $hope + 1>>\n<<endsilently>><<display 'Primary1'>>
<<silently>>\n<<set $path_girl = "yes">>\n<<endsilently>>You hear murmurs surrounding your whole self. Your body shudders, and you can't help but cry because you feel cold. Suddenly, the murmurs turn into exclamations of joy, and relief. It seems that your cries make them feel relieved. You wonder who are these people and open your eyes. You would've seen them inmediately if not for the blinding light that came from the ceiling.\nA person hands you to a [[woman|Mother]], who holds you closely with tears of happiness. A [[man|Father]] rushes to your side, grabs your small hands and calls your name.