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<div align='center' style='font-size: 150%;'>\ Yu \ </div> <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/xianxia.jpg" width=868 height=367 alt="image here"> [[Begin Your Journey|Intro note]]

This story takes place in an ancient land, where immortals travel upon flying swords and illuminated beasts roam the misty mountains. If any ''terms'' are unfamiliar, please reference the ''Glossary'' on the sidebar. All music belongs to Yu-Peng Chen and HOYO-MiX. Artwork and story created by Victoria Lu. [[Continue|Intro scene]] <<audio "breeze" volume 0.5 play loop>>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/introcutscene.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<nobr>> <<set $append_arr to [ "The old woman told me to avoid this pass, but it’s so much quicker to the next village.", "With the time I save, I can probably deliver the letters and ask for dinner from the innkeepers there before closing." ]>> <<set _i to 0>> <span id="append_text"></span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<append "#append_text">>$append_arr[_i]<br><</append>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $append_arr[_i]>> <<replace "#next">>[[Continue along the mountain path|mountain intro]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span><</nobr>>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/Mountainintro.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<nobr>> Is that statue up ahead a temple? <<set $append_arr to [ "Perhaps I can visit and wish for fortune in my travels.", "And find out why this place is so empty." ]>> <</nobr>> <<set _i to 0>> <span id="append_text"></span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<append "#append_text">>$append_arr[_i]<br><</append>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $append_arr[_i]>> <<replace "#next">>[[Maybe the monks there will tell me why the neighboring villages are so wary.|mountain top intro]] [[The monks might have leftover scraps from noon, too…|mountain top intro]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/Mountaintopintro.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<nobr>> It looks like no one’s been up here in a long time… <<set $append_arr to [ "I’m not a ''cultivator'', but even I can sense an absence of positive energy.", "What is this statue doing here without any guardians?" ]>> <</nobr>> <<set _i to 0>> <span id="append_text"></span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<append "#append_text">>$append_arr[_i]<br><</append>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $append_arr[_i]>> <<replace "#next">>[[Investigate the statue|statue intro]] [[Investigate your surroundings|surroundings intro]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/statuefacezoom.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <span id="blurb1"> <<click "''>>>''">> <<replace "#blurb1">> She emanates benevolence, just as many Taoist deities do. Yet you sense no ''qi'' here. The air seems to stifle you with its dead weight. <<removeclass "#choices" "hidden">> <</replace>><</click>> </span> <span id="choices" class="hidden"> [[Investigate surroundings|surroundings intro]] [[I feel a little uneasy...|mountain top intro conflict]] </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/investigatesurroundings.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <span id="blurb1"> <<click "''>>>''">> <<replace "#blurb1">> This structure doesn’t seem like a place of worship, more as if it’s meant for cultivating. If there really is a cultivating sect nearby, I should get out of here. <<removeclass "#choices" "hidden">> <</replace>><</click>> </span> <span id="choices" class="hidden"> [[Investigate statue|statue intro]] [[I feel a little uneasy...|mountain top intro conflict]] </span>

<<audio "breeze" stop>> <<audio "flowsjade" volume 0.5 play loop>> Something terrible must have happened here. <span id="blurb1"> <<click "Next">> <<replace "#blurb1">> //<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/conflict1.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> ''Mo''! ''Ai ya,'' my luck today! <<removeclass "#attack" "hidden">> <</replace>><</click>> </span> <span id="attack" class="hidden"> [[Remain still. Maybe they haven't seen you yet.|intro rescue]] [[Brandish your cooking pot. |intro rescue]] </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/conflict2.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/conflict3.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> A figure flies out of nowhere. Before you can blink, they have severed the mo's head. [[Who are you?]]

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/Who_Are_You.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> ''???:'' You shouldn’t be here! How did you get past my seals? [[How did you do that?|Who you 2]] [[What seals?|Who you 2]]

<<audio "flowsjade" stop>> <<audio "adeptussolace" volume 0.5 play loop>> <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/Intro_Sect.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "''???'': This is the head of the Yun ''sect'', Sun ''gongzi''’s quarters. He is in charge of preserving the peace and safety of nearby villages.", "Although this Sun gongzi seems to be quite important, the girl wastes no time in banging unceremoniously on his door.", "''???'': Sun gongzi! Come out.", "Lan: Good morning Mingyu, is there something concerning?", ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[You are struck speechless by the elegance of this young man.|intro sect 2]] [[Sect leaders can be this young?|intro sect 2]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/introsect2.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> Lan: I am honored to meet you, ''<<print $player_name>>.'' I am ''Sun Lan 孙岚'' of the Yun sect, and this is ''Hu Mingyu 胡明玉'', who has been assisting our sect as an outside cultivator. You need not use honorifics, just call me Lan. <<print $player_name>>, you must be quite confused about everything that just happened to you. But we of the Yun sect bear no ill will. Would you tell us your side of the story? [[I thought there was a temple at the mountain peak where the statue was, but I was attacked by mo. What happened here? Why are there so many evil spirits?|choosing time]]

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/introsect1.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> Lan: Our sect is the guardian of that statue. It was a site of great benevolence where locals could pray for good fortune, and cultivators could train. But a catastrophe occurred three years ago, creating an imbalance of ''qi''. [[I see...|choosing time 2]]

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/introsect1.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> Lan: We were greatly weakened by the attack, and have been unable to restore the statue’s former qi. It is highly curious that a non-cultivator such as yourself was able to traverse all the way to the peak. Mingyu’s seals are quite strong, even for cultivators. Can I ask you to stay for a while and help us investigate? [[I’m curious to see those seals.|Mingyu scene 1]] [[Yes, but I would like to hear a little more about this place’s history.|LanI part 1]] [[I’m sorry, I have to deliver this mail before nightfall (and I'd rather not get caught up with cultivator affairs)…|mail time from choosing time 2]] <<audio "flute" stop>> <<audio "rain" stop>> <<audio "rainbow" stop>> <<audio "clearsky" stop>> <<audio "Qingce_bgm" stop>>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/MingyuIprecursor.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "I’m curious to see those seals.", "Lan: The Yun sect thanks you profusely. Mingyu, will you take <<print $player_name>> back to examine your seals more closely? ", "Mingyu: As expected, Sun-gongzi. You always leave the sniveling mortals to me, but after three years you haven’t gotten any closer to fixing this!", "//Mortals. Has Mingyu already cultivated to the level of ''xian''? But she seems so angry, like she hasn’t achieved inner peace at all.//", "Lan: We are trying our best to amend the tragedies of the past. Mingyu, if you will.", "Mingyu: ...Come on, scrap-collector. I have to put the seals back anyway." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[Follow Mingyu|MingyuIpart1]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<<audio "adeptussolace" stop>> <<audio "rainbow" volume 0.5 play loop>> <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanI2.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: I would be happy to tell you over some tea.", "Mingyu: Just as well, I don’t have time to babysit. I’m going back to fix my seals.", "Lan: Please have a taste of our tea. It’s harvested from the wild tea trees of the neighboring villages. And please, don’t hesitate to give voice to your questions." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[I’d like to hear more about the Yun sect.|LanIsect]] [[I’d like to hear more about Mingyu.|LanIMingyu]] [[I would like to hear more about what happened here.|LanIcatastrophe]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<<audio "rainbow" stop>> <<audio "adeptussolace" stop>> <<audio "legends" stop>> <<audio "adeptusretire" stop>> <<audio "Qingce_bgm" volume 0.5 play loop>> <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanboatdock.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $append_arr to [ "Old woman: So this is what my sister has been up to. Thank you for delivering her letter, young scrap collector!", "<<print $player_name>>: It was my pleasure." ]>> <<set _i to 0>> <span id="append_text"></span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<append "#append_text">>$append_arr[_i]<br><</append>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $append_arr[_i]>> <<replace "#next">>[[Continue your journey, leaving Yun Valley and its story to another traveler.]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/introsect1.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "The young man notices your astonishment and smiles beatifically.", "Lan: Many are surprised when they find I am the Yun sect leader. How may I assist you? Are you in need of shelter?", "His gentle nature is winning you over. He’s already kinder than most, who turn away scrap-collecters without a second thought. At the very least, he’s much kinder than that girl named Mingyu.", "Mingyu: No! This fool trespassed into the--her--''Yun Hai'' peak this morning and somehow broke all my seals. ", "Lan: I see. Traveler, may I ask your name? " ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[I'm a little wary of cultivators in general, but...|nameset]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/Who_Are_You.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> ''???:'' Don’t ask me stupid questions. We told everyone to stay out of this area until it’s safe. [[Apologies, I’m not from around here.|Who 3]]

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/Who_Are_You2.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "''???:'' It’s not difficult to tell. You stupid scrap collectors are everywhere, always turning up at the Yun ''sect’s'' doorstep to ask for free handouts.", "''???:'' My spells were strong enough to ward off mo for miles, but as soon as you came they all came flocking here. Did you steal some evil relic in hopes of pawning it off?" ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button "Um...">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>''???:'' Show me your belongings. [[It’s nothing but scraps and some mail I’ve promised to deliver for the previous village. I don’t dabble in magic.|Who4]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/Who_Are_You.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "''???:'' No one who walks up this mountain as easily as you just did is trustworthy. I have to take you to Sun ''gongzi''.", "//But I was hoping to find dinner scraps before the inns closed…//" ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>''???:'' I wasn’t implying that you had a choice in the matter. [[I try not to get involved with cultivators, but I guess I have no choice here.|intro sect]] <</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<<audio "adeptussolace" stop>> <<audio "lostexpectation" volume 0.5 play loop>> <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/mingyuI.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "<<print $player_name>>: So...um, Hu-''guniang''--", "Mingyu: You can ignore the honorifics. Just call me Mingyu.", "<<print $player_name>>: Mingyu. I'm being honest when I say I didn't have any idea about the seals.", "Mingyu: Of course you didn’t. They’re invisible to the untrained eye. But they should have been able to repel the mo for at least the next few days.", "<<print $player_name>>: Why are the mo attracted to the statue?", "Mingyu:...", "Mingyu: It was where the catastrophe happened, so the negative energy is particularly strong there. The mo feed off of it, so I have to create barriers with my seals. But you've charred every last one. See?" ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[Look at the seal Mingyu holds up|seal]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/Seal.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Every single seal has been charred, and as you follow Mingyu up the path, she replaces them one by one. You can feel the flare of qi energy as she puts each glowing seal back in place.", "It’s been such a long time since you were so close to someone with so much qi…", "<<print $player_name>>: So…if you’re not from the Yun sect, where are you from?", "Mingyu: I have no sect. I'm a ''rogue cultivator''.", "<<print $player_name>>: A rogue cultivator...", "Mingyu: There are a lot of us out there.", "<<print $player_name>>: I'm aware.", "Mingyu: I assume this isn't your first encounter with cultivators then? Usually I have a much better time frightening trespassers." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[I've been to a lot of places. But I prefer not to get involved with cultivators...bad things happen when I do.|MingyuIpart2]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/MingyuIPart2.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Mingyu: Well, it looks like your luck hasn’t changed here.", "<<print $player_name>>: ....", "<<print $player_name>>: ..........", "<<print $player_name>>: So was Sun gongzi always the sect leader? Is he very powerful?", "Mingyu:...He once was. He had cultivated to the level of ''Nascent Soul''. But before he could ''ascend'' to immortality, the catastrophe occurred. Sun gongzi lost all of his power in that accident, and his parents gave their lives to seal the curse. Because of it, he became sect leader.", "//I had no idea he was hiding all of that pain behind his gentle smile.//", "Mingyu: Truth be told, it is my fault he lost his chance to ascend. That is why I must repay my debt to the Yun sect. Only I can fix this." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[Was the catastrophe because of you?|MingyuIpart3]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/MingyuIPart2.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> Mingyu: You talk too much for a foolish scrap-collector. Come on. Let's go. [[Return to Yun Hai Peak|Hiding?]]

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/sunshot.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> Before you can say anything else, the setting sun strikes the statue's face. Mingyu pauses, a soft expression appearing on her sharp features. //That look on her face...something precious must be here that she wants to protect.// [[Ask her about it.|sendLanIpart1 from MingyuI]] [[Stay quiet.|MingyuIpart5]]

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/Hiding.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Mingyu: I didn’t have time to check when I was rescuing you, but now I’m certain: you destroyed every last seal when you climbed up here.", "Mingyu: Are you hiding something? Is your scrap-collector story a disguise for some ulterior motive? Let me warn you, I’ve stopped cultivators from stealing here--" ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[I'm just a scrap-collector, nothing more!|Sun statue shot]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/MingyuIpart6.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> Mingyu: I clearly won’t hear anything useful from you. It’s going to get dark soon. You should go back to the sect headquarters. [[You have no choice but to go back...|LanIpart1transition]]

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/MingyuIpart5.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> The sun has lit the horizon in a fiery orange before before Mingyu speaks again. <<set $replace_arr to [ "Mingyu: Sorry--I got distracted.", "Mingyu: It's getting dark. I should take you back before my night watch.", "<<print $player_name>>: Actually...may I join you?", "Mingyu: You'd just be a burden. Why do you want to stay here?" ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[I could ask the same of you.|MingyuIpart6]] [[What duty are you trying to fulfill for the Yun sect?|MingyuIpart6]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<<audio "lostexpectation" stop>> <<audio "rainbow" volume 0.5 play loop>> <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanI.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: <<print $player_name>>, you've returned! Was there anything of note?", "<<print $player_name>>: Unfortunately, nothing that Mingyu could discern.", "Lan: I see. Please excuse Mingyu if she sent you away abruptly, she's rather solitary. Would you like to sit for tea and talk a bit more?", "<<print $player_name>>: Yes, I think that would clarify a lot of things.", "You sit down in front of Sun gongzi's quarters, and he brings out a tea set.", "Lan: Please have a taste of our tea. It’s harvested from the wild tea trees of the neighboring villages. And please, don’t hesitate to give voice to your questions." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[I’d like to hear more about the Yun sect.|LanIsect]] [[I’d like to hear more about Mingyu.|LanIMingyu]] [[I would like to hear more about what happened here.|LanIcatastrophe]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/MingyuIpart6.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Mingyu: …I…am trying to save someone.", "<<print $player_name>>: They must be very precious to you.", "Mingyu: Yes. And I won’t let anyone get in my way. So if you’re going to be a hindrance in the night, I think you’d better go back to the headquarters.", "<<print $player_name>>: I promise I won't.", "Mingyu: This does give me a chance to study your qi and figure out how you disabled my seals... All right. I'll give you one chance, scrap-collector." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[Take up night watch with Mingyu.|MingyuIIpart1]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<<audio "lostexpectation" stop>> <<audio "flowsmildness" volume 0.5 play loop>> <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/MingyuIIpart1.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "//The next morning.//", "Mingyu: So you’re awake, after falling asleep five minutes after our conversation. So much for being useful.", "<<print $player_name>>: Good morning to you as well.", "Mingyu: Well, nothing eventful happened. I should take you back to the sect headquarters since you didn’t purposefully do anything.", "<<print $player_name>>: What about breakfast?", "Mingyu: Breakfast?", "<<print $player_name>>: Well, I was trying to save this for a dire moment, but I do have some steamed buns from my last stop." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>Mingyu: Well, if you insist…thank you. [[From one hungry soul to another.|MingyuIIpart2]] [[Do you know any nice places to eat?|MingyuIIpart2]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/MingyuIIpart2.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> Mingyu: To repay your small kindness, I’ll show you a nice spot. I’ve been going frequently to gather spirit grass, and it is one of the few locations in these mountains not overrun by mo. [[Follow Mingyu|MingyuIIpart3]]

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/MingyuIIpart1.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> [[So, was my qi unusual at all?|MingyuIIqiconversation]] [[What are you gathering spirit grass for?|MingyuIIspiritgrass]]

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/MingyuIIpart1.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"><<set $replace_arr to [ "Mingyu: I sensed a wild untamed energy from you.", "//Really? After all these years...//", "Mingyu: You have an unusually high ''cultivation base'' for a scrap-collector. But I could tell you have not refined this ''qi'' at all. ", "//After what happened, of course I would never cultivate again...//", "Mingyu: ....", "Mingyu: You haven't intruded on my privacy, so I won't ask about yours. You didn't intentionally disable my seals, but your presence might wreak havoc on the sect's protections.", "<<print $player_name>>: I'm sorry, I don't know how to control it.", "Mingyu: ...", "Mingyu: You know, I never wanted to be a cultivator. I began for the sake of someone else, who saved my life. But it isn’t all bad. If you were once training too--", "<<print $player_name>>: Is that the person you're trying to save?", "Mingyu: Yes...but you're avoiding my question.", "<<print $player_name>>: ...", "Mingyu: Well, I guess you've already answered it in a way. I just want to say that it isn't too late to resume, as bright as scrap-collecting may be--HEY! WATCH OUT!" ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[Your foot catches on the tree root a second too late, and you lose your balance.|Mingyu CDRAMA moment ILLLUSTRATION]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/MingyuIIpart1.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"><<set $replace_arr to [ "Mingyu: You must not know very much. All cultivators seek spirit grass, even if they may not need it immediately.", "<<print $player_name>>: For what purpose?", "Mingyu: It is a magical plant that absorbs the natural energy of our world. If ingested, it can greatly help to increase one’s ''cultivation base''. ", "<<print $player_name>>: But you seem to be so powerful already.", "Mingyu: It isn't for me.", "<<print $player_name>>: Is it for Sun gongzi?", "Mingyu: No. He is beyond saving. The spirit grass is for the person I am trying to save. ", "<<print $player_name>>: So they are a cultivator, too…", "Mingyu: I--why am I telling you this, anyway! Just help me harvest last night’s spirit grass and I’ll send you back to the sect when we're done.", "<<print $player_name>>: I’m sorry.", "Mingyu:...", "Mingyu: No, I’m sorry. I’m always too harsh with newcomers, and cultivating has brought me power at the cost of great pain. I lash out too easily. ", "<<print $player_name>>: I'm no stranger to the grief cultivation can bring.", "Mingyu: We share that in common. Perhaps, if you're willing, I would ask you to help me survey the--HEY! WATCH OUT!" ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[Your foot catches on the tree root a second too late, and you lose your balance.|Mingyu CDRAMA moment ILLLUSTRATION]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/MingyuCdrama1.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/MingyuCdrama2.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> [[Mingyu!|Mingyu CDRAMA moment]] <<audio "flowsmildness" stop>> <<audio "legends" volume 0.5 play loop>>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/mingyucdramadialogue.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"><<set $replace_arr to [ "Mingyu: Watch where you’re stepping! You scared me!", "<<print $player_name>>: Holy--I almost fell off the mountain!", "Mingyu: The path here is rough and narrow. We are at the same height as the clouds themselves. You should have been more careful!", "//I feel like the air has escaped my chest...//", "Mingyu: If you had died I would have had to answer to Sun gongzi. Not even a full day and you're already causing me problems. I--", "<<print $player_name>>: I get it, I get it! Will you let me catch my breath?", "Mingyu is shocked into silence, giving you a moment to recover from the near-death experience.", "Mingyu: I'm--apologies, scrap-collector.", "<<print $player_name>>: It's okay, I was just shocked. If you hadn't been there to catch me I probably would have died, like you said.", "Mingyu: Your mistep scared me, and I overreacted.", "<<print $player_name>>: Yes, I'm sure it would have been a headache reporting another flattened scrap-collector corpse to Sun gongzi.", "Mingyu: No, that's not what I meant! I tend to speak harshly when people I care about are in danger--I mean--when someone is in danger--anyway!", "<<print $player_name>>: People you care about?", "Mingyu: Forget it! I'm just glad you're safe.", "<<print $player_name>>: ...", "<<print $player_name>>: Thank you, I guess.", "Mingyu: The mountain is dangerous. Are you sure you want to stay here? I won’t be offended if you go." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[I want to stay.|MingyuIIend1]] [[I think I need to catch my breath at the sect headquarters.|LanIIpart1 from MingyuCDRAMA]] [[Actually, I think I should be going. I still have mail to deliver.|mail time from Mingyu CDRAMA]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/mingyublush.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> Mingyu: For some reason, I’m really glad to hear you say that. <<set $append_arr to [ "Mingyu: It’s been lonesome surveying by myself, since the Yun sect is stretched so thin.", "Mingyu: But don’t interpret my words the wrong way! It’s just been a while since I’ve met someone so similar to me…scrap-collector.", "//We’re both hiding something from each other.//", "Mingyu: Let's go harvest the spirit grass. The sect will compensate you for your help.", ]>> <<set _i to 0>> <span id="append_text"></span> <span id="next"> <<button ">>>">> <<append "#append_text">>$append_arr[_i]<br><</append>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $append_arr[_i]>> <<replace "#next">>[[But how will you compensate me?|MingyuIIblush]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<<audio "legends" stop>> <<audio "Aboveseaofclouds" volume 0.5 play loop>> <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanI1.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: Ah, <<print $player_name>>! You've returned. ", "<<print $player_name>>: Sun gongzi, how are you?", "Lan: Please, call me Lan.There's no need for formalities.", "Lan: I'm glad you've returned, because I wished to invite you to visit the neighboring town with me.", "<<print $player_name>>: What for?", "Lan: The dragon boat festival is taking place. You haven’t heard? ", "<<print $player_name>>: Going to a festival in the middle of all this?" ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>Lan: I think it would be a fine opportunity to get to know you better. [[Listen...|LanIIpart2]] [[It’s okay if you just want me to contribute to your sect’s cause, you don’t need to butter me up like that.|LanIIpart2]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/mingyublush.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> Mingyu: What--what do you want me to help you with? [[Show me how you annihilated those mo!|MingyuIIblush2]] [[Show me how to fly!|MingyuIIblush2]]

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/mingyublush.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> Mingyu: Do you think you can learn those arts in one day? It takes years of training. [[Then I will stay in your company for at least a week…that should be a foundation to learn at least a flying kick.|time lapse Mingyu]]

You spend a fortnight surveying the area and occasionally gathering spirit grass with Mingyu. The food provided by the Yun sect is good, and you’re content to take a break from scrap-collecting--even though you’re surrounded by cultivators. [[Perhaps returning wouldn't be as bad as you think it would.|MingyuIIIpart1]]

<<audio "legends" stop>> <<audio "clearsky" volume 0.5 play loop>> <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/mingyupreclimax.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Mingyu: It’s quiet tonight. The stars are out.", "<<print $player_name>>: I used to know their names.", "Mingyu: I didn’t believe in knowing the stars for a long time. I hated the heavenly gods for letting me suffer.", "<<print $player_name>>: But you’re still cultivating and trying to ascend yourself.", "Mingyu: It is the only way I know how to be strong.", "<<print $player_name>>: You’re strong in plenty of other ways.", "Mingyu: Thank you. But I choose this path not only for myself.", "<<print $player_name>>: Was it for that person you’re trying to save?", "Mingyu:...Yes. I wasn’t always a rogue cultivator. When I was orphaned in a disaster, it was she who brought me to her sect and taught me how to cultivate. I owe her my life. ", "<<print $player_name>>: I can see why you respect her so deeply.", "Mingyu: She was at the verge of ascending to heaven, but... I believe you can guess what happened.", "<<print $player_name>>: Three years ago?", "Mingyu: Three years ago.", "<<print $player_name>>: What happened to her?", "Mingyu: I... don't want to talk about it.", "Mingyu has been gradually opening up over the time you've spent with her, but you can sense her defenses rising back up. Maybe you should leave her alone. But at the same time, you have the chance to find out what happened here." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[Are you the only survivor?|LanIIIpart1 from MingyuIIIpart1]] [[I'll take first watch tonight.|Mingyupreclimaxpart1]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/mingyupreclimax.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Mingyu: <<print $player_name>>, I think you should go back to the sect headquarters tonight. I've got night watch covered.", ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[You have no choice but to leave Mingyu to her own reflections.|LanIIIpart1part2 from MingyuIIIpart1]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/nightonmountain.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $append_arr to [ "Mingyu has fallen asleep. Her face looks peaceful in the moonlight.", "Perhaps living with cultivators isn’t as cursed as you remember it to be." ]>> <<set _i to 0>> <span id="append_text"></span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<append "#append_text">>$append_arr[_i]<br><</append>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $append_arr[_i]>> <<replace "#next">>[[Still that night lives on...|you flashback]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span> <<audio "solitude" stop>>

That day when death flooded my home. The village was engulfed in fire, and the Heavenly gods did not answer our cries. When my robes became stained with my father's blood, and I stopped cultivating. [[It's been eight years.|openstatue1Mingyuversion]]

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/Open_Statue.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"><<set $append_arr to [ "How can I get up there? If only Mingyu had agreed to teach me to fly.", "I can probably reach it by climbing the arm, but would that be disrespectful?" ]>> <<set _i to 0>> <span id="append_text"></span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<append "#append_text">>$append_arr[_i]<br><</append>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $append_arr[_i]>> <<replace "#next">>[[It's cursed anyway.|openstatue3Mingyuversion]] [[Apologies, goddess...|openstatue3Mingyuversion]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<<audio "clearsky" stop>> <<audio "slumber" volume 0.5 play loop>> <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/Open_Statue_2.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> You are momentarily blinded by light. When you are able to open your eyes again, you notice a hollow within the statue's chest. <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/Open_Statue_3.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> What just happened?? Who is that? [[Approach the woman in the statue.|openstatue4Mingyuversion]] [[Hey, are you okay?|openstatue4Mingyuversion]]

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/Open_Statue_4.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> She's not moving--wait. Is she made out of jade? [[I've got to get help from the sect!|Mingyupreclimaxpart3]]

You race to Sun gongzi's quarters and bang on the door. [[Sun gongzi, wake up!|The big explanation Mingyu ver]]

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/explanation1.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: What--<<print $player_name>>, what is the matter?", "<<print $player_name>>: There’s something going on in the statue!", "Lan: What do you mean? Where’s Mingyu guniang?", "<<print $player_name>>: I forgot to wake her in my rush--she’s still at the mountain peak. Is she in danger?", "Lan: ...We all are. <<print $player_name>>, if you opened the statue, you've reactivated the curse.", "<<print $player_name>>: The woman inside--the thing she was holding--was that the curse from three years ago? The jade, the artifact, all of it?", "Lan: She is the leader of a neighboring sect, who came to steal our artifact three years ago.", "<<print $player_name>>: You never said anything about stolen artifacts.", "Lan: That is because no artifact was stolen. It only ceased to function. Our founder laid a curse upon any who would try to take it for a non-noble cause." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[Wait. The sect that Mingyu was a part of?|big explanation Mingyu]] [[What really happened to those cultivators?|big explanation curse]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/explanation2.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: Yes, the catastrophe three years ago was what brought Mingyu here as well. Her sect wanted our artifact to cultivate enough qi to ascend to heaven.", "//Why would Mingyu want to save such a terrible person, then?//", "<<print $player_name>>: So is Mingyu our… enemy?", "Lan: No. She never had an interest in ascending. She was only following orders, and stayed to repay the mistakes of her sect.", "<<print $player_name>>: You mean…what happened to you?", "Lan: …at least I am still here." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[Are the rest...dead?|big explanation Mingyu 2]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/explanation3.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: They were petrified in jade, consumed by their greed. The artifact has great spiritual power, but it is not meant to be used for cultivating self-gain." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[Are they...dead?|big explanation Mingyu 2]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/explanation3.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"><<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: Most except the woman inside the statue are beyond saving. She was the only cultivator with a ''Nascent Soul'', and was petrified in the process of nullifying the curse. But it looks like you’ve reactivated it. This is…much sooner than I expected.", "<<print $player_name>>: I’m sorry. I didn’t know.", "Lan: I don’t know if we will be able to seal it again. But perhaps you were a stroke of fate to force our hand. We are already three years too late. " ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[You spot Mingyu approaching out of the corner of your eye. She looks furious.|Mingyu Climax 1]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/explanation4.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Mingyu: Scrap-collector! What have you done!", "Lan: Mingyu, you’ve--", "Mingyu: It wasn’t time! I didn’t have the cure ready. If I try now she won’t be able to come back!", "Lan: Mingyu, calm down--", "Mingyu: I never should have let you stay. I should have realized your power was too destructive from the moment you broke my seal.", "<<print $player_name>>: But...I haven’t cultivated in eight years.", "Mingyu: I knew you were an ex-cultivator! But for your sake I didn’t say anything. I even asked you to help me. Maybe you would have told us about your past given enough time. But your qi is too disorderly and destructive for you to stay here.", "Lan: Now, Mingyu, let’s not be so--", "Mingyu: So why don’t you tell us now--before I make you pay for ruining all my efforts for the past three years?", "<<print $player_name>>: ...", "<<print $player_name>>: I’m like you, Mingyu. I didn’t choose to become a cultivator.", "Mingyu: We’re not the same. At least I still have a purpose. Meanwhile, you’re drifting meaninglessly collecting scraps!", "<<print $player_name>>: That’s not fair. There was no way for me to keep training after-- after--", "Mingyu: After what?", ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[After what happened to my father.|Mingyu climax 2]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/explanation5.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "After my father was killed in a raid. He was a rogue cultivator.", "Mingyu and Lan cast their gazes aside, suddenly silent.", "...", "<<print $player_name>>: I’m sorry I caused all of this. If there’s anything I can do, please let me know.", "Lan: The Yun sect was preparing a last-resort weapon that would completely destroy the artifact. But it’s not ready.", "Mingyu: No. We’re not going to use that.", "Lan: Mingyu, if you fail, you put all the people around us in danger.", "Mingyu: I won’t fail! I.. I can’t afford to.", "Lan: Mingyu, I know that your sect leader was precious to you. But she sacrificed herself for you. To keep your sect from consuming itself before it was too late.", "Mingyu: She saved me twice, and I never got to thank her." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[I think I'm beginning to understand...|Mingyu climax 3]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<video width="640" height="480" controls autoplay> <source src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/Mingyu%20memory.mp4" type="video/mp4"> <source src="movie.ogg" type="video/ogg"> Your browser does not support the video tag. </video> //A child, abandoned. A pair of hands reach out to her--they resemble those of the jade woman inside the statue. You see Mingyu grow up following that woman, developing an almost obsessive adoration of her.// <<set $replace_arr to [ "Mingyu: She was too gentle. She thought she could reason with our sect before they could trigger the curse. She should have listened to me! Used force to weed out the traitors who poisoned their minds!", "Lan: It’s too late now. I trust your honor, Mingyu. Moreover, I am…too weak to direct the weapon’s use. I will leave it in your hands." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>Mingyu:...Don’t worry. I’ll save everyone without it. [[Mingyu!|Mingyu climax 4]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<<audio "solitude" volume 0.5 play loop>> <<audio "slumber" stop>> <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/explanation.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Mingyu turns and takes off into the night.", "Lan: <<print $player_name>>, Mingyu has become temporarily irrational out of devotion. Please, could you bring our weapon to Yun Hai Peak, and ensure that the people remain safe?", "<<print $player_name>>: But what about you and the other sect members?", "Lan: If I haven’t regained even a fraction of my former strength after three years, I will never see it again. The other sect members have suffered worse than I. We will give our remaining qi for the safety of the people here, in this weapon." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[Lan closes his eyes and summons a glowing dagger.|weapon image]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/knife.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: Though you haven’t cultivated in years, perhaps you can find it in yourself to channel your qi in the case that Mingyu is too blinded.", "Lan: I'm sorry this responsibility had to be placed on your shoulders.", "<<print $player_name>>: I will do my best." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[Return to Yun Hai Peak.]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/mingyuclimax.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Mingyu: Why are you here? Get out. It’s dangerous.", "<<print $player_name>>: I’m here to bring you this.", "Mingyu: I told you, I don’t need it. With this condensed spirit grass, I'll bring her back, and she will know how to reverse everything.", "<<print $player_name>>: But what if she’s already gone?", "Mingyu: There’s no way! My sect leader--the Bai sect leader--had a Nascent Soul. If only she wasn’t so intent on saving everyone, then she could have easily reversed the artifact’s curse.", "<<print $player_name>>: Yet all your sect members were petrified.", "Mingyu: That was their own greed. Only those with no ill intentions could have survived.", "<<print $player_name>>: So… you.", "Mingyu: I never cared about this stupid artifact! Or cultivating! All I wanted was for us--for her to be happy.", "Mingyu: So I have to save her too. Stay back." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[Mingyu uncaps the vial in her grip.|Mingyu climax cutscene1]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<<audio "solitude" stop>> <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/stab.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> Mingyu places the vial to the Bai sect leader’s lips. Slowly hard stone melts into flesh, but after the vial is empty, the jade rapidly seals itself back. Mingyu panics, placing her hands over the jade person's, trying to channel her qi. But her arms begin petrifying where they come in contact. <span id="blurb1"> <<click "''>''">> <<replace "#blurb1">> <<print $player_name>>: Mingyu! Let go! <<removeclass "#choices" "hidden">> <</replace>><</click>> </span> <span id="choices" class="hidden"> [[I have to use the dagger before she turns into jade too.|Mingyu Bad ending]] [[Mingyu! Snap out of it...Please!|Mingyu good ending]] </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/mingyubadending1.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> You concentrate on the weapon. <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/mingyubadending2.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/mingyubadending3.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> As the light of the blade begins to overwhelm your senses, you see Mingyu screaming for you to stop before everything goes black. [[>>>|Mingyu Bad ending aftermath]]

Mingyu’s expression grows angry. Before you can blink, she's taken the weapon from your hands and dashed back to her sect leader. She bows her head over the jade woman. She is saying something to her--an apology, perhaps? <span id="blurb1"> <<click "Next">> <<replace "#blurb1">>You don't even see Mingyu move. <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/stab2.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> You are overwhelmed by the light that bursts forth from the shattered incense burner--and the broken jade body beneath it. <<removeclass "#attack" "hidden">> <</replace>><</click>> </span> <span id="attack" class="hidden"> [[>>>|Mingyu good ending aftermath1]] </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/mingyubadending.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<audio "rain" volume 0.5 play loop>> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: <<print $player_name>>. Are you well? You were knocked unconscious when you used the weapon.", "<<print $player_name>>: Is everyone okay? Is the curse gone?", "Lan: Yes, and we thank you greatly for--", "<<print $player_name>>: Where’s Mingyu?", "Lan: She...left before dawn broke.", "<<print $player_name>>: Where did she go?", "Lan: If I had to guess, I don’t think she will ever return. Nothing survived, so she isn’t tethered here anymore.", "<<print $player_name>>: But...to leave...just like that? (//What about me?//)", "Lan: There was always only room for one person in her heart. I’m sorry, <<print $player_name>>." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[Play Again|Reset]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/mingyubadending.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<audio "legends" volume 0.5 play loop>> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: <<print $player_name>>. You've awoken. Are you well?", "<<print $player_name>>: Has Mingyu allowed anyone to see her yet?", "Lan: No, she has locked herself away. She lost the person she had dedicated her life to. I could only imagine how difficult...", "<<print $player_name>>: Yet she willingly used the weapon to end everything she was working for.", "Lan: Mingyu is honorable above all, even though she sometimes seems fueled by anger.", "Lan: These past three years, the wound of losing her sect leader made her solitary.", "Lan: But recently she’s begun to trust in one person again." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">>>">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[Who?|Mingyu good ending aftermath2]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/introsect1.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Mingyu: Scrap-collector. Sun-gongzi.", "Lan: I will leave you to ponder that yourself, <<print $player_name>>.", "Mingyu: Scrap-collector, will you come with me? I need to speak with you." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[Follow Mingyu.|Mingyu good ending end]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/MingyuIPart2.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> [[Mingyu?|Mingyu good ending end1]]

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/mingyugoodend.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<audio "legends" stop>> <<audio "flute" volume 0.5 play loop>> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Mingyu: I am going to leave this place. There’s no reason for me to stay here anymore.", "<<print $player_name>>: Mingyu, are you okay?", "Mingyu: I don’t…I don’t know how to answer that.", "<<print $player_name>>: I'm here for you. The Yun sect--we’re all here for you. ", "Mingyu: Thank you. But the Yun sect has its duties to the people. And I don’t want to be tethered here anymore.", "<<print $player_name>>: I understand.", "Mingyu: But I brought you here to ask if you would come with me.", "<<print $player_name>>: W-with you?", "Mingyu: When I met you, I could sense that you didn’t have a home either.", "Mingyu: But you’re different. You healed from your loss, but I’m still so angry. I don’t know how to get better.", "Mingyu: I've been afraid for so long to let others in. But I...I like you a lot, scrap-collector.", "Mingyu: I would understand if you would rather stay to cultivate with the Yun sect.", ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[I was never one for staying in one place.|Mingyu good ending end2]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/mingyugoodend%20(2).PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Mingyu: Do you mean…?", "<<print $player_name>>: Where shall we go, Hu Mingyu?", "Mingyu: I...", "Mingyu: I was wondering if I could begin by learning the ways of scrap-collecting from you--<<print $player_name>>." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[Begin your new journey with Mingyu.]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/Mingyu_Final.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> [[Play Again|Reset]]

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanI.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: Our sect has a long history of cultivating. We believe in honest self-reflection, and don’t rely on magical objects beyond the artifact under our guardianship.", "<<print $player_name>>: Artifact?", "Lan: Yes, the Yun incense burner. It was a gift from the very first ''xian'' of our sect, who was a devout follower of the deity Guanyin. He wished to protect the Yun Valley with his gift. Do you have any other questions?" ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[I’d like to hear more about Mingyu.|LanIMingyu]] [[I would like to hear more about what happened here.|LanIcatastrophe]] [[No, I think I've heard enough.|LanIpart2]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanI4.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: Mingyu is a ''rogue cultivator''. She’s generously stayed with us since the accident to help us protect the villagers from the curse. She might seem intimidating, but she is very honorable.", "<<print $player_name>>: I see...", "Lan: Do you have any other questions?" ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[I’d like to hear more about the Yun sect.|LanIsect]] [[I would like to hear more about what happened here.|LanIcatastrophe]] [[No, I think I've heard enough.|LanIpart2]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanI3.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: …It was a terribly tragic event. Cultivators from another sect attacked us, activating the protection of our incense burner and petrifying them into jade. When it happened, all the positive energy disappeared, attracting demons.", "<<print $player_name>>: That's terrible...", "Lan: We have been working for the past three years to reverse the effects. But enough about that for the time being. Do you have any other questions?" ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[I’d like to hear more about the Yun sect.|LanIsect]] [[I’d like to hear more about Mingyu.|LanIMingyu]] [[No, I think I've heard enough.|LanIpart2]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanI.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: <<print $player_name>>, what about yourself? How did you find yourself in our humble sect?", "<<print $player_name>>: I am just a scrap-collector passing by.", "Lan: Yet you seem so unsurprised by all I have told you. It seems as if you are used to being around cultivators.", "<<print $player_name>>: How do you know?", "Lan: You have a very high ''cultivation base'' for a scrap-collector. It’s only natural for me to assume this isn’t your only identity.", "<<print $player_name>>: ...", "<<print $player_name>>: Yes, I’m an ex-cultivator. But I would prefer not to say any more.", "Lan: That is reasonable. Let me ask you, then--do you still have a desire to cultivate?", ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[I don't know.|LanIpart3]] [[I’m not worthy of any sort of heavenly blessing.|LanIpart3]] <</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanI3.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> Lan: You must have had a bad experience. But I hope you’ll forgive me for asking if you are willing to let me examine your qi. We are trying to reverse the artifact’s curse, but we were badly weakened. If there was even a slight possibility you could lend your energy, untrained as you are… [[If it's only a small examination...I’m willing.|LanIpart4]] [[I don’t think this is a good idea.|mail time LanI transition]]

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanI3.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: …", "Lan: I understand. I understand why you are hesitant, and I won’t force you.", "<<print $player_name>>: Thank you.", "Lan: You’re welcome to stay here as long as you need.", "<<print $player_name>>: Thank you, but I did have mail I need to deliver to the next town.", "Lan: Please allow me to escort you to the border, then." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[Depart the Yun sect headquarters.|mail time]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanI1.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> Lan: Thank you! You don't know how much this means to us. [[Allow him to gently take your hand.|LanIcollapse]]

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lancollapse0.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> Lan takes your hand. You glimpse a flash of jade under his long sleeves. Are his wrists--made of jade? <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lancollapse.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> Before you can ask, you're blinded by a searing flash of light. You hear a thump--Lan has collapsed on the floor. <span id="blurb1"> <<click "''>>>''">> <<replace "#blurb1">> <<print $player_name>>: Sun gongzi? Are you okay? <<removeclass "#choices" "hidden">> <</replace>><</click>> </span> <span id="choices" class="hidden"> [[Run for help.|LanIcollapse2]] </span> <<audio "rainbow" stop>>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/Intro_Sect.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $append_arr to [ "//The sect members take Lan away to a private room. They tell you he’ll be all right with a bit of rest.//", "When his hand touched mine, I remembered my father’s teachings…", "It's been a long time since I last practiced cultivation.", "But what was wrong with Sun gongzi's wrists? It looked like jade bracelets had been fused into his skin.", "I don't think I should ask him about them, though.", ]>> <<set _i to 0>> <span id="append_text"></span> <span id="next"> <<button ">>>">> <<append "#append_text">>$append_arr[_i]<br><</append>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $append_arr[_i]>> <<replace "#next">>[[Wait for Lan to wake up.|LanIIpart1]] <</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<<audio "Aboveseaofclouds" volume 0.5 play loop>> <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanI.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: Ah, <<print $player_name>>! Good morning. ", "<<print $player_name>>: Sun gongzi, are you okay?", "Lan: Please don’t worry. The qi momentarily overwhelmed me. It’s an unfortunate side effect of the artifact’s curse.", "<<print $player_name>>: Then why did you risk examining me?", "Lan: Of our sect, I’m most up to the task. Thank you again, <<print $player_name>>. And please, call me Lan.There's no need for formalities.", "<<print $player_name>>: All right, Sun gong--I mean, Lan.", "Lan: I wanted to invite you to visit the neighboring town with me.", "<<print $player_name>>: What for?", "Lan: The dragon boat festival is taking place. You haven’t heard? ", "<<print $player_name>>: Going to a festival in the middle of all this?" ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>Lan: I think it would be a fine opportunity to get to know you better. [[Listen...|LanIIpart2]] [[It’s okay if you just want me to contribute to your sect’s cause, you don’t need to butter me up like that.|LanIIpart2]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanblushsect.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"><<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: I apologize, that wasn't my intention at all! Where did you get that idea?", "<<print $player_name>>: Well, you didn’t waste any time yesterday asking for my help.", "Lan: I assure you, this has nothing to do with that. I have to put the needs of my sect and those under our protection first." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>Lan: But it’s been a while since I’ve had an excuse to escape--especially since my fellow cultivators are so overprotective. [[Is he really…?|LanIIpart3]] [[I’m not sure whether he’s trying to win my sympathies or being genuine.|LanIIpart3]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanI1.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> Lan: So, would you honor me by accompanying me to the dragon boat festival today? [[It has been an awfully long time since I last attended a festival...|LanIIpart4]]

<<audio "Aboveseaofclouds" stop>> <<audio "Qingce_bgm" volume 0.5 play loop>> <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/LanIIpart1.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: <<print $player_name>>, we've arrived! It’s been so long since I’ve seen these lanterns. And look how wonderful the decorations are!", "//Is he really a sect leader? Such simple things make him so happy.//" ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>Lan:<<print $player_name>>, look! They're selling zongzi! [[Z-zongzi?|LanIIpart5]] <</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/zongzi.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "I’m suddenly very glad I decided to accompany Lan today…", "Lan: When I was young, my father would take me out to town every festival just to buy Old Ping’s zongzi. They’re delicious, are they not?", "You unwrap the sticky rice ball and take a bite. The fragrant aroma of rice and red bean fill your senses.", "<<print $player_name>>: Yes, they’re amazing!", "Lan is trying to discreetly watch you wolf down the zongzi. Whether he's appalled at your manners or not, you don't care too much. People don't usually give away this kind of food to scrap collectors.", "Lan: What else do you want to do? I’m sure you haven’t gotten much of an opportunity to celebrate, what with your scrap collecting journey.", "<<print $player_name>>: I’ve always wanted to go on the boats...not the racing ones of course." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>Lan: I know the man who runs the boats. I’m sure we can take one for a spin before they begin later. [[Really? That would be amazing!|LanIIpart6]] [[I’m not used to people doing this much for me…|LanIIpart6]] <</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanboat.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> Lan: Stay here, I’ll go talk to old Kun Lun. [[Okay, I'll wait here.|LanIIpart7]]

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanboatdock.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $append_arr to [ "You watch him approach the old man by the docks. He’s instructing several others to take off their outer robes. There's a sign warning against swimming with flowing garments.", "//Does Lan really have no other motives besides to play? It seems unbecoming of a sect leader.//", "//He’s trying to appeal to you so you’ll help him, <<print $player_name>>. Everyone is selfish.//" ]>> <<set _i to 0>> <span id="append_text"></span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<append "#append_text">>$append_arr[_i]<br><</append>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $append_arr[_i]>> <<replace "#next">>[[I won't be swayed.|LanIIpart8]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanboat2.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: I’m sorry, <<print $player_name>>. We can’t go on the boats.", "<<print $player_name>>: But that boatkeeper is helping that pair of lovebirds in right now.", "Lan: Yes, but--getting on would require me to take off my outer robes.", "<<print $player_name>>: It’s only the flowing parts. You’ll still have most of your arms covered." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>Lan: Yes, but I... [[I won't look, if this is about your wrists.|LanIIpart9]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanboat3.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: So you saw them.", "<<print $player_name>>: Are they from the artifact’s curse?", "Lan: …Yes. They usually scare people, so I try to keep them hidden. It doesn't hurt normally, unless it comes into contact with qi energy.", ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>Lan: I truly wish to go on the dragon boat with you, <<print $player_name>>, but...I'm too ashamed. I'm sorry I didn't think of this before., [[I think I might have a solution.|LanCDRAMACUTSCENE]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lancdramabandage.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> You use your emergency bandages from your travels and wrap his wrists. [[Lan: ..Thank you. Truly.|LanCdramaillustration]]

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lancdrama.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> [[This is probably all Sun gongzi’s plan to get me to like him…but…maybe I don’t mind falling into his trap.|LanIIending]]

<<audio "Qingce_bgm" stop>> <<audio "adeptusretire" volume 0.5 play loop>> <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanlastfavor.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: Thank you for coming with me, <<print $player_name>>. My sect members would never have let me go alone otherwise.", "<<print $player_name>>: I had a nice time as well.", "Lan: However...I do wish to ask you before you retire tonight. Your qi energy was incredibly strong, although I could sense you have not refined it in a long time. Are you willing to learn how to channel it again for the Yun sect?" ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>//I knew this was coming, but...// [[All right, I trust you.|LanIIIpart1]] [[I need some time to think.|MingyuIII from LanII]] [[I'm sorry, I don't think I'm cut out for this responsibility. I should just leave Yun Valley and continue my journey.|mail time from LanIIending]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanlastfavor%20(2).PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> Lan: I cannot thank you enough, <<print $player_name>>. Would it be all right if we performed a short experiment at the statue before we return to the sect? [[Well, we’re passing by the mountain path already, so why not?|LanIIIpart2]]

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanlastfavor.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: Mingyu is keeping watch tonight at Yun Hai Peak. Perhaps the stars would help to clear your mind?", "<<print $player_name>>: Would she be angry if I disturbed her?", "Lan: Don't worry, I'm sure she'll be happy to see you.", "<<print $player_name>>: Then good night, Lan.", "Lan: Good night, <<print $player_name>>." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[Look for Mingyu.|MingyuIII from LanII 2]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanpreclimax1.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: <<print $player_name>>, I’d like to see what happens when you engage in ''Tu Na'' Breathing.", "<<print $player_name>>: I haven’t meditated or done breathing exercises in a very long time.", "Lan: That is likely why your cultivation base is so chaotic. Tu Na breathing will expel the turbid qi in your body and welcome the qi of the natural world.", "<<print $player_name>>: You’re probably right. After I stopped...cultivating, I was always too scared to try it again. But maybe it was the solution.", "Lan: Did you lose something that made you stop?", ".....", ".............", ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">><<print $player_name>>: My father was a rogue cultivator, and was teaching me in his spare hours. There was a mo attack on our village one day, and he died trying to save everyone. I was twelve. [[I never wanted to be associated with cultivators again...|LanIIIpart3]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

[[And now I'm simply a scrap collector.|LanIIIpart4]]

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanpreclimax2.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: I am sorry, <<print $player_name>>.", "<<print $player_name>>: ....", "Lan: I also lost my parents that way.", "<<print $player_name>>: Were they protecting the people of Yun Valley?", "Lan: They were the ones who helped seal the artifact’s curse before it could spread, and sacrificed themselves in the process.", "<<print $player_name>>: And they saved you too.", "Lan: …I’m lucky that my only scars are...able to be hidden.", "<<print $player_name>>: But I don’t understand why an artifact from your founder would curse those of the Yun sect.", "Lan closes his eyes and rolls up his sleeves, revealing wrists of jade. They emit a dim glow against the night, unsettling where warm flesh meets cold stone.", "Lan: These jade wrists are reminders from Heaven that mankind should not become too arrogant. Not all are worthy of becoming xian, and even fewer are able to ascend." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">> Lan: I was too confident. I thought I could reach Heaven by cultivation and force of will. When the attack happened, the artifact cursed all who were greedy. Including me. [[You study Lan's face carefully.|LanIIIpart5]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

Memories that are not yours flood into your mind. You see a younger Lan meditating, surrounded by a loving sect and promised a bright future. You feel the horror of suddenly being attacked by an enemy sect, the once peaceful Yun Valley being ravaged by human greed. Three years ago, a young boy fought to seal the jade curse with a few uncorrupted cultivators. [[How could his smile hide so much?|LanIIIpart6]]

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanpreclimax3.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: My connection to the universe’s energy was locked away within jade. Now, none of the Yun sect are strong enough to reverse the artifact’s curse.", "Lan: But your qi…maybe you could help rid this place of evil spirits, and even continue down the cultivation path if you wish. But I can no longer return.", "<<print $player_name>>: ...Sun gongzi...", "Lan: But enough about me. Please, if you will." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">> [[I...all right. For you.|LanIIIpart7]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<<audio "adeptusretire" stop>> <<set $replace_arr to [ "You assume a sitting position. You close your eyes and try to remember what your father taught you all those years ago.", "It doesn't return immediately--partly because your mind wants to resist those terrible memories, and partly because they have been washed away by time.", "The world begins to fade away. A soft glow begins to emerge through your eyelids. Suddenly, you hear a sickening crack." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>Your eyes fly open--Lan is clutching his wrists, his face twisted in pain. [[Sun gongzi? Sun gongzi!|LanIIIpart8]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<<audio "solitude" volume 0.5 play loop>> <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanpreclimax4.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: I’m okay! I’m not hurt.", "<<print $player_name>>: I can’t do this if you’re going to be in so much pain every time.", "<<print $player_name>>: Why…why is the curse so cruel? It wasn’t even you who tried to use so much qi energy.", "<<print $player_name>>: I need to take you back to rest. I’ll try again, but not with you.", "Lan: <<print $player_name>>, are you sure?", ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">> [[I don’t want to hurt those I care about. Then I would be just like my father.|LanIIIpart9]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanpreclimax5.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Mingyu: Sun gongzi! What happened?", "Lan: You’ve arrived just in time, Mingyu. I seem to have suffered a little incident.", "Mingyu: I told you--leave all the matters of qi to me. I owe you that much.", "Lan: All right.", "Mingyu: You're not listening to me.", "Lan: I am, I'll return to the sect and take a rest. <<print $player_name>>--once I go, would you let Mingyu watch you try again and observe the effects on the statue's energy?", "Mingyu: What are you talking about? I’m escorting you back." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">> Lan: <<print $player_name>>, please. [[Lan, I think it would be better if we both took you back to the sect headquarters. I need to make sure you're okay.|LanIIIpart10]] [[Okay. Mingyu and I will keep watch tonight and try in the morning.|Mingyupreclimaxpart1]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanpreclimax5.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: I might be...handicapped, but that doesn’t mean I can’t watch out for myself.", "Mingyu: Yes, but it would make both the scrap-collector and I feel better to see you get some rest.", "Lan:..." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[Take Lan back to the Yun sect headquarters.|Lanpreclimax]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<<audio "solitude" stop>> <<audio "idlemountains" volume 0.5 play loop>> <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/nightonmountain.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $append_arr to [ "I waited for Lan to fall asleep.", "I needed some fresh air, and somehow I’m back here.", "When you're this high up, the clouds no longer obscure the stars.", "Is this what it would feel like to ascend to the heavens, and become an immortal being?" ]>> <<set _i to 0>> <span id="append_text"></span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<append "#append_text">>$append_arr[_i]<br><</append>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $append_arr[_i]>> <<replace "#next">>[[I never wanted anything to do with cultivating again...but...|openstatue1Lanversion]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/Open_Statue.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> Huh? There’s a faint glow emanating from the statue’s breast. <<set $append_arr to [ "How can I get up there?", "I can probably reach it by climbing the arm, but would that be disrespectful?" ]>> <<set _i to 0>> <span id="append_text"></span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<append "#append_text">>$append_arr[_i]<br><</append>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $append_arr[_i]>> <<replace "#next">>[[It's cursed anyway.|openstatue2Lanversion]] [[Apologies, goddess...|openstatue2Lanversion]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/Open_Statue_2.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/Open_Statue_3.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<audio "idlemountains" stop>> <<audio "slumber" volume 0.5 play loop>> <<print $player_name>>: What just happened?? Who is that? [[Approach the woman in the statue.|openstatue3Lanversion]] [[Hey, are you okay?|openstatue3Lanversion]]

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/explanation1.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> To your surprise, Lan is sitting by himself in the courtyard when you arrive. [[Sun gongzi!|The big explanation Lan ver]]

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/explanation3.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: What--<<print $player_name>>, what is the matter?", "<<print $player_name>>: There’s something going on in the statue!", "Lan: What do you mean?", "<<print $player_name>>: After we brought you back here, I went back for some air. But I somehow opened the statue's chest. The woman inside--she was holding something.", "Lan: That woman is the leader of the Bai sect, who came to steal our artifact three years ago.", "<<print $player_name>>: You never said anything about stolen artifacts.", "Lan: That is because nothing was stolen. The artifact is still inside the statue, but no longer functions. Our founder laid a curse upon any who would try to take it for a non-noble cause." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[Wait. The sect that Mingyu was a part of?|big explanation Lan Mingyu]] <</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/explanation2.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: Yes. the catastrophe three years ago was what brought Mingyu here as well. The Bai sect wanted our artifact to cultivate enough qi to ascend to heaven. But they were petrified in jade, and Mingyu has since then been working tirelessly to release her sect leader from the curse.", "//If that was what they were after...why would Mingyu want to save such a terrible person?//", "<<print $player_name>>: So is Mingyu our… enemy?", "Lan: No. She never had an interest in ascending. She was only following orders, and stayed to repay the mistakes of her sect.", "<<print $player_name>>: You mean…what happened to you?", "Lan: …at least I am still here." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[Are the rest of Mingyu's sect...dead?|big explanation Lan 2]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/explanation2.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: Most except the woman inside the statue are beyond saving. She was the only cultivator with a Nascent Soul, and was petrified in the process of nullifying the curse. But it looks like you’ve reactivated the curse. This is…much sooner than I expected.", "<<print $player_name>>: I’m sorry. I didn’t know.", "Lan: I don’t know if we will be able to seal it again. But perhaps you were a stroke of fate to force our hand. We are already three years too late. " ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[You spot Mingyu soaring into view out of the corner of your eye. She looks furious.|Lan Climax 1]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/explanation4.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Mingyu: Scrap-collector! What have you done!", "Lan: Mingyu, you’ve--", "Mingyu: It wasn’t time! I didn’t have the cure ready. If I try now she won’t be able to come back!", "Lan: Mingyu, calm down--", "Mingyu: I never should have let you stay. I should have realized your power was too destructive from the moment you broke my seal.", "<<print $player_name>>: But...I haven’t cultivated in eight years.", "Mingyu: I knew you were an ex-cultivator. But for your sake I didn’t say anything. Maybe you would have told us about your past, given enough time. But your qi is too disorderly and destructive for you to stay here.", "Lan: Now, Mingyu, let’s not be so--", "Mingyu: So why don’t you tell us now--before I make you pay for ruining all my efforts for the past three years?", "Lan: Mingyu! Please calm down!", "It's the first time anything resembling anger has crept into Lan's voice." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button "''>''">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>Mingyu: Apologies, Lan. I have to go save her before it's too late. [[>>>|Lan Climax 2]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/explanation2.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "<<print $player_name>>: Lan, what do we do?", "Lan: The Yun sect was preparing a last-resort weapon that would completely destroy the incense burner. But it’s not ready.", "Lan: We haven’t stored enough energy within. If it doesn’t surpass that of the artifact, it will only end up fueling the curse’s reach.", "<<print $player_name>>: But Mingyu...she can channel qi still, can she not?", "Lan: Even if she could, she wouldn’t. She’s determined to save the cultivator who sealed the curse three years ago--her sect leader.", "<<print $player_name>>: But why would she do that? They tried to steal the artifact!", "Lan: It was not her that attacked first. It was a few stray cultivators who corrupted the minds of the whole sect. The Bai sect leader was trying to reason with them, but failed--and her last sacrifice was to inhibit the curse's reach. Along with...my parents.", "<<print $player_name>>: What are we going to do?", "Lan: <<print $player_name>>, I thought I would have more time to train you--but...I must act now for the safety of the people.", "<<print $player_name>>: But you can't! You're not--the curse--", "Lan: If I haven’t regained even a fraction of my former strength after three years, I will never see it again. The other sect members have suffered worse than I. We will give our remaining qi for the safety of the people here, in this dagger." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[Lan, wait! You can’t!|Lan Climax 3]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/mingyuclimax2.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<audio "slumber" stop>> <<audio "solitude" volume 0.5 play loop>> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Mingyu stands up from her kneeling position by the statue, vial in hand. It’s empty. Her face is blank with shock.", "Mingyu: It--didn’t work. My antidote--I--", "Lan: Mingyu, you know what I have to do. ", "Mingyu: No! I just need more time--if I can release my sect leader from the jade curse, she’ll finish what she started.", "Lan: There is no time. If you fail, everyone in the Yun Valley will suffer.", "Mingyu: There’s no way the weapon will work either. You can’t overcome the artifact’s energy!", "Lan: I have to try--whether or not you will help us, Mingyu.", "Mingyu:..." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>Mingyu:…I’m sorry. If this is how it must end, I cannot break my loyalty to her. [[Mingyu turns away.|Lan climax cutscene1]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanending.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $append_arr to [ "Mingyu approaches the jade woman--her sect leader. She places her hands over the woman's grasp on the cursed incense burner. She is murmuring something--but you can't hear. The jade begins to creep up Mingyu's hands, once soft skin turning into hard stone.", "Lan: Thank you for all you have done for us, Mingyu.", "Lan takes a deep breath. He closes his eyes and focuses on the weapon." ]>> <<set _i to 0>> <span id="append_text"></span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<append "#append_text">>$append_arr[_i]<br><</append>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $append_arr[_i]>> <<replace "#next">>[[I have to save Mingyu before she's consumed by the curse.|Lan bad ending1]] [[I have to stop Lan before he kills himself.|Lan good ending1]] <</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<video width="640" height="480" controls autoplay> <source src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanbadendingvideo.mp4" type="video/mp4"> <source src="movie.ogg" type="video/ogg"> Your browser does not support the video tag. </video> You start for Mingyu, but she's too far up. There is no way you can make it to the statue's chest before she is consumed by jade. The only way to save her now is the blinding white dagger within Lan's grip-- [[>>>|Lan bad ending2]]

<video width="640" height="480" controls autoplay> <source src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/langoodendingvideo.mp4" type="video/mp4"> <source src="movie.ogg" type="video/ogg"> Your browser does not support the video tag. </video> At first you don't know what to do. Lan is in deep concentration, his hands firm on the dagger's grip. It's only when you hear the sound of jade cracking that you snap out of your daze. You place your hands gently over his, lending your strength. [[>>>|Lan good ending2]]

<<audio "clearsky" volume 0.5 play loop>> <<audio "solitude" stop>> <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/collapsedmingyu.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> When the dust clears, you can make out Mingyu's collapsed figure at the foot of the statue. <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/landying1.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> Lan has fallen with his shattered dagger, his breathing slow and fatigued. An iridescent jade sheen is creeping up his body. [[Lan!|Lan bad ending3]]

<<audio "solitude" stop>> <<audio "rainbow" volume 0.5 play loop>> <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanhug.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: <<print $player_name>>...<<print $player_name>>! Please…please…", "Someone seems to be calling your name. You force your eyes open, and the light from the explosion is replaced by the blinding light of sunrise.", "<<print $player_name>>: Lan..?", "Lan: <<print $player_name>>! Thank Heavens--", "Lan begins to weep, and envelopes you with a hug.", ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>This...is the most emotion you have ever seen him express. [[>>>|Lan good ending 3]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanend1.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: You shouldn't have done that, <<print $player_name>>. You--I was so scared.", "<<print $player_name>>: And you? Look at your wrists! You could have died!", "Lan: I’m so glad you’re safe.", "Lan: I never should have asked you to get involved in all of this without preparing you for the consequences. It was incredibly irresponsible of me.", "<<print $player_name>>: But then I wouldn’t have gotten to know you.", "Lan: What is knowing me worth? A powerless cultivator, who can’t help but cling to his past…" ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[Oh, Lan. You're worth so much more than that.|Lan good ending4]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanend2.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "<<print $player_name>>: I want to stay in Yun Valley.", "Lan: <<print $player_name>>… are you sure?", "<<print $player_name>>: It’s time for me to stop running away from my past.", "<<print $player_name>>: I would like to start cultivating again. Would you teach me?", "A gentle smile emerges onto Lan's face, just as the sun begins to emerge on the horizon." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>Lan: What will happen the day you surpass my ability to teach? [[I hope by then, you will have learned to love yourself as much as I do.|Lan good ending5]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/Lan_Final.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> [[Play Again|Reset]]

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/landying.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: <<print $player_name>>...", "Lan: I’m…sorry that I couldn’t spend more time with you. But…now everyone is safe.", "Lan: ...", "Lan: ......", ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>Lan: Take good care of yourself and Mingyu for me. [[Please...don't go.|Lan bad 4]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/introsect2.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: I understand.", "Lan: You’re welcome to stay here as long as you need.", "<<print $player_name>>: Thank you, but I did have mail I need to deliver to the next town.", "Lan: Please allow me to escort you to the border, then." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[Depart the Yun sect headquarters.|mail time]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<a href="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/glossary.html" target="_blank">Glossary</a>

<<set setup.images to ["http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/mingyucloseup.PNG", "https://genshin.honeyhunterworld.com/img/weapon/w_5303.png", "https://genshin.honeyhunterworld.com/img/char/zhongli.png"]>> <<set _bgm = setup.SoundPath + "QingceVillage_bgm.mp3">> <<cacheaudio "Qingce_bgm" _bgm>> <<createaudiogroup ":ui">> <<track "Qingce_bgm">> <</createaudiogroup>> <<set _bgm = setup.SoundPath + "Aboveseaofclouds.mp3">> <<cacheaudio "Aboveseaofclouds" _bgm>> <<createaudiogroup ":ui">> <<track "Aboveseaofclouds">> <</createaudiogroup>> <<set _bgm = setup.SoundPath + "Adeptusretirement.mp3">> <<cacheaudio "adeptusretire" _bgm>> <<createaudiogroup ":ui">> <<track "adeptusretire">> <</createaudiogroup>> <<set _bgm = setup.SoundPath + "adeptussolace.mp3">> <<cacheaudio "adeptussolace" _bgm>> <<createaudiogroup ":ui">> <<track "adeptussolace">> <</createaudiogroup>> <<set _bgm = setup.SoundPath + "clearskyliyue.mp3">> <<cacheaudio "clearsky" _bgm>> <<createaudiogroup ":ui">> <<track "clearsky">> <</createaudiogroup>> <<set _bgm = setup.SoundPath + "Drinkwithahermit.mp3">> <<cacheaudio "hermit" _bgm>> <<createaudiogroup ":ui">> <<track "hermit">> <</createaudiogroup>> <<set _bgm = setup.SoundPath + "flowsofjadelike.mp3">> <<cacheaudio "flowsjade" _bgm>> <<createaudiogroup ":ui">> <<track "flowsjade">> <</createaudiogroup>> <<set _bgm = setup.SoundPath + "flowsofmildness.mp3">> <<cacheaudio "flowsmildness" _bgm>> <<createaudiogroup ":ui">> <<track "flowsmildness">> <</createaudiogroup>> <<set _bgm = setup.SoundPath + "gentlerain.mp3">> <<cacheaudio "rain" _bgm>> <<createaudiogroup ":ui">> <<track "rain">> <</createaudiogroup>> <<set _bgm = setup.SoundPath + "Idleawaymountains.mp3">> <<cacheaudio "idlemountains" _bgm>> <<createaudiogroup ":ui">> <<track "idlemountains">> <</createaudiogroup>> <<set _bgm = setup.SoundPath + "HummingAmidstRocks.mp3">> <<cacheaudio "rocks" _bgm>> <<createaudiogroup ":ui">> <<track "rocks">> <</createaudiogroup>> <<set _bgm = setup.SoundPath + "legendssweptaway.mp3">> <<cacheaudio "legends" _bgm>> <<createaudiogroup ":ui">> <<track "legends">> <</createaudiogroup>> <<set _bgm = setup.SoundPath + "lostexpectation.mp3">> <<cacheaudio "lostexpectation" _bgm>> <<createaudiogroup ":ui">> <<track "lostexpectation">> <</createaudiogroup>> <<set _bgm = setup.SoundPath + "melodiousflute.mp3">> <<cacheaudio "flute" _bgm>> <<createaudiogroup ":ui">> <<track "flute">> <</createaudiogroup>> <<set _bgm = setup.SoundPath + "mosscoveredrocks.mp3">> <<cacheaudio "mossrocks" _bgm>> <<createaudiogroup ":ui">> <<track "mossrocks">> <</createaudiogroup>> <<set _bgm = setup.SoundPath + "RainbowatSummit.mp3">> <<cacheaudio "rainbow" _bgm>> <<createaudiogroup ":ui">> <<track "rainbow">> <</createaudiogroup>> <<set _bgm = setup.SoundPath + "slumberinglore.mp3">> <<cacheaudio "slumber" _bgm>> <<createaudiogroup ":ui">> <<track "slumber">> <</createaudiogroup>> <<set _bgm = setup.SoundPath + "solitudemountains.mp3">> <<cacheaudio "solitude" _bgm>> <<createaudiogroup ":ui">> <<track "solitude">> <</createaudiogroup>> <<set _bgm = setup.SoundPath + "Swinginginbreeze.mp3">> <<cacheaudio "breeze" _bgm>> <<createaudiogroup ":ui">> <<track "breeze">> <</createaudiogroup>>

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<<audio "clearsky" stop>> <<audio "adeptusretire" volume 0.5 play loop>> <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanI.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "You spend the night at the sect quarters. Lan seems to be surprised to find you in the courtyard the next afternoon.", "Lan: <<print $player_name>>, you didn't leave with Hu ''guniang'' today.", "<<print $player_name>>: Yes, she needed a break.", "Lan: Could I trouble you to assist me instead?", "<<print $player_name>>: What do you need help with?", "Lan: Well...you might have guessed, but your exceptionally high cultivation base would be of great service to the Yun sect. Even if you don't wish to cultivate, your qi might be channeled to help us reverse the artifact's negative energy.", "<<print $player_name>>: I have nothing to do today...so...why not? As long as it's not actual cultivation.>>" ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>Lan: Truly? I am blessed to have your assistance, <<print $player_name>>! [[Accompany Lan to Yun Hai Peak|LanIIIpart2]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/mingyublush.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Mingyu: I understand. It's probably best for you to move on from here anyway.", ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[Depart Yun Valley.|mail time]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/lanlastfavor.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Lan: I understand.", "Lan: You’re welcome to stay here as long as you need.", "<<print $player_name>>: Thank you, but I did have mail I need to deliver to the next town.", "Lan: Please allow me to escort you to the border, then." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[Depart the Yun sect headquarters.|mail time]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

It's time to move on to the next town. I wonder if this valley will stay peaceful… [[Play Again|Reset]]

<<audio "adeptusretire" stop>> <img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/mingyupreclimax.png" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> <<set $replace_arr to [ "Mingyu senses your presence before turning around.", "Mingyu: Good evening, scrap-collector.", "She seems to be more subdued than usual." ]>> <<set _i to 1>> <span id="replace_text">$replace_arr[0]</span> <span id="next"> <<button ">">> <<replace "#replace_text">>$replace_arr[_i]<</replace>> <<set _i++>> <<if ndef $replace_arr[_i-1]>> <<replace "#replace_text">><</replace>> <<replace "#next">>[[Sit beside Mingyu.|MingyuIIIpart1]]<</replace>> <</if>> <</button>> </span>

Volume: <<volume>>

<<audio "rain" stop>> <<audio "legends" stop>> <<audio "rainbow" stop>> <<audio "clearsky" stop>> <<audio "Qingce_bgm" stop>> Another chance to experience the story of Yun Valley has appeared. Do you accept? [[Yes|choosing time 2]]

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/landying3.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> [[Lan...I never got to tell you how you made me feel.|Lan bad 5]]

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/landying4.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> The sun rises, casting its soft glow over Lan's cold face. Just like that, you are once more alone. [[Play Again|Reset]]

<img src="http://yaleschoolofart.org/artofgame2021/students/ToriLu/final%20project/images/jademingyu.PNG" width=797 height=557 alt="image here"> In the light of the new day, Mingyu and her sect leader have finally been united, ensconced in clear jade. [[>>>|Lan good ending wheee]]