CYOA: Stars Beyond

You concentrate on the memory, and allow it to envelop your senses.

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You're running.

The arms that go flying forwards and backwards are wearing a jumpsuit, however it is not decorated with green, but with purple. On your hand, you catch a glimpse of a purple '12'.

There's a familiar-looking katana in a sheathe at your hip, however instead of a sheathe speckled with green, it's again speckled with purple.

You expertly manage to avoid tripping on an indentation in the floor of the metal tunnel, and you take a sharp right.

You reach the end, and push the door open. The place you walk into is decorated differently, but it's definitely still the CORE hall. However, the elevator is missing.

"Mongoose."

You turn to the side, and see a familiar figure, with her face resting on her palms.

It's Foursight.

Between pants, you articulate a reply. "Wolf, are you okay?"

"Given the circumstances, as 'okay' as I could be."

"Who made it out?"

"Let's see... Snake activated the elevator..."

"That biscuit! I knew he was the kind of person! From when I first met him!"

"Congratulations. Lobster went with him too, and Crow, Sloth, Spider, and Monky managed to get here in time."

"Do you know who the Doppelganger was?"

"Nope."

"So... out of the twelve of us, Dog, Cow, and Bug are dead, Snake, Lobster, Crow, Sloth, Spider and Monkey left... That leaves you, me, and...?"

"Starfish. But, the Murderer's still here..."

You sit down with her. "So what happens now, eh?"

"Well, you heard the voice, the suits have shut down. I guess that means we can eat, sleep... et cetera again?"

You're both then silent for a few minutes. Neither of you want to broach the subject of the next game. Everything you have done will be forgotten. You're going to forget Dog's sacrifice, and all of the time you all spent together.

You lose track of the time for a while. Eventually, someone walks in wearing normal clothes. "Hey guys!"

You tilt your head to look at them. It's Starfish, or as you know them now, Limelight.

"What are you wearing?"

"Hey, the suits aren't fused to our skin anymore. I decided to go visit the Boutique."

"I haven't actually checked yet," you say, glad to be moving to a more cheerful topic. "Are we actually wearing anything under these?"

"Nope. Not if you don't count lots of disgusting tubes and wires."

"Ah. That's good to know."

Since none of you really had anything better to do, you all head off to the Boutique. Getting the suit off is no mean feat, and a few choice cuts with the katana are necessary. After you manage to get the top part off, you stretch, relishing the feeling of having it off.

But you look down at your hand...

A: Continue
B: Leave it there

Snake. Snaaaaaake. Hm... Wonder who that is? But, yeah, leave it.

I dunno, Ace strikes me as a classic red herring character.

I think he's meant to look like a bad guy, but actually isn't and is just kind of a jerk.

So, what's the decision? See more, or stop here?

Probably want to examine everything eventually, but for now use the magnifying glass on the metal ball.

Use the katana to- Snuggles, we don't have it. Check the tablet. It might have useful info on it.

You pick up the tablet from the floor. As you do so, you notice the almost imperceptible long thin silvery chain attaching it to the wall.

When you press the on button, this is what appears on the screen:

Test of Sanity : Incomplete (0%)

Test of Memory: Complete (100%)

Test of Discerning: Incomplete (0%)

Test of Studiousness: Incomplete (0%)

So... the Test of Memory is complete? Apparently, you remembered all you need to to complete the test, although you are curious about the other details.

You press the home button, and look at the other apps.

None of the apps have the name underneath them, like you've grown to be accustomed to. There's a question-mark symbol, a phone symbol, a spreadsheet symbol, a symbol with coloured numbers, what look like progress bars on a small rounded square, and a mask symbol.

Which one do you look at?