GAME START

  
  THE HAND THAT FED GOD
  THE STORY OF RUSTY WHEELPIN
  
  PAGE 1
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  |           RUSTY'S HOUSE           |
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  |  (time to work on)                |
  | ( the farm    )  _______          |
  |     V           |       |         |
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  |                 | o     |         |
  |   [O_O]         |       |         |
  |   _| |_         |       |         |
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  |Your name is RUSTY WHEELPIN.       |
  |You are a humble farmer, and it's  |
  |time to FEED your CROPS and        |
  |WATER your ANIMALS! Before you go, |
  |you grab your old battered         |
  |24D 984brp DATA MULTIVERSE POCKET. |
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  [To GO OUTSIDE, go to PAGE 2] 
  [To CHECK your DATA MULTIVERSE POCKET, go to PAGE 14]
  
  PAGE 2
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  |       THE GREAT OUTDOORS          | 
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  |              \    |     ___       |
  |               \ o |    |o o|      |
  | _        >----/   |    | __|      |
  | U            /____|    |___|      |
  | |               |       |         |
  | | [O_O]       __|_______|___      |
  | V _| |_       |            |      |
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  |You waddle outside and see your    |
  |TRUSTY SHOVEL at your feet. you    |
  |pick it up. You observe your CROPS.|
  |They sure do look hungry.          |
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  [To FEED your CROPS, go to PAGE 3]
  [To GO to THE BAR, go to PAGE 4]
  
  PAGE 3
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  |        THE GREAT OUTDOORS         |
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  |                 :)                |
  |               ____      :)        |
  |              \    |     ___       |
  |               \ o |    |o o|      |
  | _        >----/   |    | __|      |
  | U            /____|    |___|      |
  | |               |       |         |
  | | [O_O]       __|_______|___      |
  | V _| |_       |            |      |
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  |You feed your CROPS some           |
  |DEAD SQUIRRELS. They are very      |
  |happy.                             |
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  [To WATER your ANIMALS, go to PAGE 5]
  [To GO to THE BAR, go to PAGE 4]
  
  PAGE 4
  
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  |             THE BAR               |
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  |                 ____              |
  |                |  B \             |
  |  ________       \    \            |
  |  | O___O|\      |    \            |
  |__|______|_\__  /      \           |
  |            |  /________\          |
  |            |    |   |       [O_O] |
  |            |    |   |       _| |_ |
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  |You walk into THE BAR. You see the |
  |BARTENDER and a MAN IN A ROBE.     |
  |You're pretty thirsty, and it's    |
  |time to start guzzlin'!            |
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  [To ASK for a DRINK, go to PAGE 8]
  [To PLAY the ARCADE GAMES, go to PAGE 9]
  
  PAGE 5
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  |           THE BACK                |
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  |   _                   ____        |
  |   U             /-----| o |_      |
  |   |             ---         |     |
  |   | [O_O]       \-----  ___ |     |
  |   V _| |_             |/   \|     |
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  |You go around to THE BACK, where   |
  |You keep your ?HORSES?.            |
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  [To WATER your ?HORSES?, go to PAGE 6]
  [To GO to THE BAR, go to PAGE 4]
  
  PAGE 6
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  |           THE BACK                |
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  |                        :)         |
  |   _                   ____        |
  |   U             /-----| o |_      |
  |   |             ---         |     |
  |   | [O_O]       \-----  ___ |     |
  |   V _| |_             |/   \|     |
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  |-----------------------------------|
  |Your ?HORSES? have been            |
  |sufficiently WATERED. They are very|
  |happy.                             |
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  [To CONTINUE FARMING, go to PAGE 7]
  [To GO to THE BAR, go to PAGE 4]
  
  PAGE 7
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  | YOU GOT THE FARMER ENDING!        |
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  |           /------\                |
  |       ___/        \__             |
  |      \_______________/            |
  |       |             | _____       |
  |       |   O       O |  | |        |
  |       | \__________/|  | |        |
  |       |             |  | |        |
  |       --------------- _|_|_       |
  |         |         |  \     /      |
  |         |_        |_  \___/       |
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  |with the ?HORSES? and the CROPS,   |
  |the fun never stops. when the      |
  |bumpin' beat drops, the tractors   |
  |drive up to the top. yuh, when the |
  |bumpin' beat drops, the watered    |
  |?HORSE? bops.                      |
  |when i pull up to the FARM, the    |
  |CROPS start talking. i feed them   |
  |some DEAD SQUIRRELS and start      |
  |pop locking.                       |
  |when i harvest my CROPS and the    |
  |CROP pie is tastin' good, i get up |
  |on my ?HORSE? and patrol my hood.  |
  |yuh, i be up here farmin' hard and |
  |the grind never stops, i be dancing|
  |and farming with my ?HORSES? and   |
  |CROPS. word.                       |
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  PAGE 8
  
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  |             THE BAR               |
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  |                 ____              |
  |     ?          |  B \             |
  |  ________       \    \            |
  |  | O___O|\      |    \            |
  |__|______|_\__  /      \           |
  |            |  /________\          |
  |            |    |   |       [O_O] |
  |            |    |   |       _| |_ |
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  |You ask for a nice cup of ALE, but |
  |the bartender asks for some ID.    |
  |Uh oh, you left your ID at home!   |
  |You're too thirsty to walk back    |
  |home, so you'll just have to drink |
  |your own saliva. Yum.              |
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  [To DANCE, go to PAGE 10]
  [To PLAY the ARCADE GAMES, go to PAGE 9]
  
  PAGE 9
  
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  |         THE BAR ARCADE            |
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  |                     _________     |
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  |     *ominously         \    |     |
  |       hovers*          |    |     |
  |             [O_O]   ___|    |     |
  |             _| |_   |       |     |
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  |Aw yeah, time to play some games!  |
  |You start playing THE HAND THAT FED|
  |GOD. Your high score is feeding god|
  |228 doughnuts. You notice SOMETHING|
  |behind the ARCADE CABINET.         |
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  [To leave the ARCADE CABINET, go to PAGE 4]
  [To CHECK OUT what's behind the CABINET, go to PAGE 17]
  
  PAGE 10
  
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  |             THE BAR               |
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  |                   !               |
  |                 __V_              |
  |                | B B\             |
  |  ________       \    \            |
  |  | o___o|\      |    \            |
  |__|______|_\__  /      \ | /[UoU]  |
  |            |  /________\  \/ |_   |
  |            |    |   |   | \       |
  |            |    |   |             |
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  |"Will you give me a drink if I     |
  |DANCE?!?!" you yell. You start     |
  |jumping and dancing. You jump up   |
  |extra high, and accidentally kick  |
  |the MAN IN A ROBE. Uh oh. He looks |
  |angry.                             |
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  [To CONTINUE, go to PAGE 11]
  
  PAGE 11  
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  |             THE BAR               |
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  |                   __V_            |
  |                  / B B|           |
  |  ________       /    /            |
  |  |uo___o|\      |    \            |
  |__|__u___|_\__  /      \           |
  |            |  /________\      !   |
  |            |    |   |       [O_O] |
  |            |    |   |       _| |_ |
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  |The man turns around. "The fuck?"  |
  |he screams. You begin to sweat.    |
  |He raises his fist, ready to smack |
  |you around. He grabs a BOTTLE from |
  |the counter and smashes it open.   |
  |UH OH UH OH UH OH UH OH UH OH UH OH|
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  [To RUN, go to PAGE 12]
  [To FIGHT, go to PAGE 13]
  
  
  PAGE 12
  
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  |         OUTSIDE THE BAR           |
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  |             ___________           |
  |             | /     \ |           |
  |             | O     O |           |
  |             |  ____   |           |
  |       ___   | /    \  |           |
  |          \  |_________|           |
  |           \_/         \           |
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  |FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK GOTTA RUN |
  |You try to run, but you aren't fast|
  |enough. The man tosses the BROKEN  |
  |BOTTLE at you. It hits you right on|
  |the back of your head. You die.    |
  |dead dead dead dead deceased.      |
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  [To MOVE ON TO THE AFTERLIFE, go to PAGE ???]
  [To DO NOTHING, go to PAGE ???]
  
  PAGE 13
  
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  |         THE BAR                   |
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  |       ______________              |
  |       |            |              |
  |       |   \       /|              |
  |       |   o _____ o|              |
  |       |    /     \ |              |
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  |         \         \               |
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  |You want to fight, eh? Bold        |
  |decision for a little guy like you.|
  |You put up your NON EXISTENT FISTS.|
  |Time to smack this punk around!    |
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  [To USE your SHOVEL, go to PAGE 15]
  [To PUNCH the MAN, go to PAGE 16]
  
  
  PAGE 14
  
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  |     DATA MULTIVERSE POCKET        |
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  |     DSM(c)ps: 1834371634^O        |
  |     DSM(d)ps: 2947529^M           |
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  |     [COMMAND BASE]                |
  |     (LCC(IU)Ty882B{*}^J)<=|SHIFT| |
  |     _______________________       |
  |     |IU LCPps:91428934^Y44|       |
  |     |xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxoxxxxx|       |
  |     |_____________________|       |
  |  PAGE 23475239845^YY              |
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  |You boot up your DATA MULTIVERSE   |
  |POCKET. DATA MULTIVERSE is a full  |
  |multiverse in the palm of your     |
  |hand. There are real sentient      |
  |beings dwelling inside your        |
  |multiverse, so you have to take    |
  |care of them. There are near       |
  |infinite different universes to    |
  |keep track of, so it's pretty hard |
  |to keep everything under control.  |
  |The "game" ends when reality is    |
  |destroyed. Your DATA MULTIVERSE    |
  |POCKET is a really old one from    |
  |around 89^R ?YEARS? ago. It's not  |
  |very good. It can only let you edit|
  |your multiverse in the 24th        |
  |dimension, and only processes      |
  |984^L bit reality particles per    |
  |second. Total bummer. The current  |
  |page displayed shows multiple      |
  |different numbers being processed. |
  |here I am going to explain them.   |
  |The top number shows the amount of |
  |DATA SENTIENCE MOLECULES (DSPs)    |
  |being created per second. The      |
  |number under it displays the amount|
  |of DSPs being destroyed per second.|
  |Under that is the command base. It |
  |is used for typing in commands. The|
  |numbers displayed are the          |
  |coordinates in the selected        |
  |universe in which the commands will|
  |take place. The number under it    |
  |displays the LIFEFORM CALCULATION  |
  |PROCESSES per second. LCPs are a   |
  |fancy term for thoughts. The Xs and|
  |the O under the LCPs show off the  |
  |selected and unselected universes. |
  |The O is the selected universe, but|
  |the Xs are the unselected ones.    |
  |While it is displayed in only one  |
  |short line, it can go up and down  |
  |almost infinitely. That's all for  |
  |now, but I will explain more later!|
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  |DATA MULTIVERSE POCKET

------------------------------------- [Go back to PAGE 1] PAGE 15 _____________________________________ | THE BAR | | | | _ SHOVEL! SHOVEL! | | / \ ________________ | | /___\ | | | | | | | V | | | | | | O O | | | | | | _________ | | | | | | / \ | | | | | | | | | ooooo ---------------- | | / / | | / \ | |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |You whip out your shovel, ready to | |strike. You lunge at the man, but | |he grabs your shovel. He snaps it | |it two, and thrusts the handle | |through your head. YOU ARE DEAD! | ------------------------------------- [To LISTEN to the CODFISH, go to PAGE ???] [To KILL the CODFISH, go to PAGE ???] PAGE 16 _____________________________________ | THE BAR | | | | | | | | | | __V_ | | / B B| | | ________ / / | | |uo___o|\ | \ KICK! | |__|__u___|_\__ / \ | | | /________\ [o_o] | | | | \ _/_/ | | | | \ | |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |You have no fists, so you just | |stand there angrily. The man | |promply kicks you out of THE BAR. | |You lie on the ground, and the man | |towers over you. He kicks you a few| |times, but decides not to kill you.| |He walks back into the bar. | ------------------------------------- [Go to PAGE 18] PAGE 17 _____________________________________ | YOU GOT THE G A M E R | | ENDING!!!!!!!1!!! | | | | _________ | | donut {/ X O \} | | V /___________\ | | ____ \ / | | // /\ \ \ ____ / | |_____| \ \/ / ____\ /___ | | ---- / | \ / | | |____________/ | \ / | | | ^ | \ / | | | hand | | | |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |The thing behind the CABINET is a | |HELMET. You put it on, and get | |transported INTO THE GAME!!!!! | |Open wide, god! Here comes the | |airplane! | ------------------------------------- PAGE 18 _____________________________________ | THE TRAIL | | | | | | ___ | | | | | | ( )\ | | / | \ \ | | \ \ \ | | | | | | ! | | [O_O] | | _| |_ | |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |You start to walk back to your | |FARM. You look up at the sky, and | |see SOMETHING WEIRD falling. It | |falls down in front of you. You | |examine the strange object, and | |realize that it is, in fact, a | |hand. It's really big and scary. | |It scurries around before it lunges| |at your face. What do you do? | -------------------------------------