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Section Blue Desert

There is a room called Blue Desert.

The description of Blue Desert is "It's hard to concentrate through the howling wind. It's cold. Cold in a way you've never felt before. Everything is cold. Everything is blue. Clouds roll across the deep blue sky and before you... before you is a vast, blue desert. Its shifting mounds form an inpenetratable barrier of endless void."

The clouds are scenery in Blue Desert.

The description of the clouds is "Dark clouds roll across the deep blue sky."

The mounds are scenery in Blue Desert. Understand "dunes" as the mounds.

The description of the mounds is "Blue dunes shift all around you."

Every turn while the Waitress is in the Blue Desert:

if the player is in the Blue Desert:

if the waitress is saved:

say "The waitress walks north, motioning for you to follow her.";

now the Waitress is nowhere;

otherwise:

say "The waitress doesn't even look at you as she trudges off into the desert.";

now the Waitress is nowhere.

North from the Blue Desert is Alpha.

East from the Blue Desert is Beta.

South from the Blue Desert is Gamma.

West from the Blue Desert is Delta.

[ENDINGS]

Instead of going north from Blue Desert:

if the Waitress is saved:

say "'HEY! WAIT UP!' you scream at her from the distance she's already made. She turns and stands, waiting for you to catch up. The sand is deep and more like walking through snow.[paragraph break]'Stay close,' she says, and the two of you begin your journey across the desert.[paragraph break]After some time the two of you reach the top of the tallest dune you can see. Everything in the distance, nothing but blue sand. You wonder if you'll ever find something here. You look over to her, and she nods.[paragraph break]'It can't go on forever, can it? We're just going to have to try...'";

wait for any key;

say "[paragraph break]Slowly the two of you walk across the desert. Climbing each dune, reaching the top and then, seeing nothing, climbing back down. It feels like you've travelled over a million of these dunes.[paragraph break]Then you see it.[paragraph break]A column of sheer black in the distance.[paragraph break]Hope.";

end the story finally;

otherwise:

say "So you begin your journey across the vast blue desert. The sand is almost like a deep snow. Each step requires a monumental amount of power and force. If you were not already dead, this task would be impossible.[paragraph break]After some time, you manage to reach a tall dune, the tallest within your sight. As far as the eye can see, the blue sands continue, forever. You wonder if you're ever going to find something in this vast nothingness, but you know you have no other choice but to try.";

end the story finally.

Instead of going east from Blue Desert:

if the Waitress is saved:

say "You start walking across the desert in a different direction. The sand is almost like a deep snow. Each step requires a monumental amount of power and force. If you were not already dead, this task would be impossible.[paragraph break]Soon you get to the top of a big dune and look around. Nothing within visible sight, save the dunes, and the waitress. She waves, before continuing on her path. After a moment, you go on the path you chose likewise.";

end the story finally;

otherwise:

say "So you begin your journey across the vast blue desert. The sand is almost like a deep snow. Each step requires a monumental amount of power and force. If you were not already dead, this task would be impossible.[paragraph break]After some time, you manage to reach a tall dune, the tallest within your sight. As far as the eye can see, the blue sands continue, forever. You wonder if you're ever going to find something in this vast nothingness, but you know you have no other choice but to try.";

end the story finally.

Instead of going south from Blue Desert:

if the Waitress is saved:

say "You start walking across the desert in a different direction. The sand is almost like a deep snow. Each step requires a monumental amount of power and force. If you were not already dead, this task would be impossible.[paragraph break]Soon you get to the top of a big dune and look around. Nothing within visible sight, save the dunes, and the waitress. She waves, before continuing on her path. After a moment, you go on the path you chose likewise.";

end the story finally;

otherwise:

say "So you begin your journey across the vast blue desert. The sand is almost like a deep snow. Each step requires a monumental amount of power and force. If you were not already dead, this task would be impossible.[paragraph break]After some time, you manage to reach a tall dune, the tallest within your sight. As far as the eye can see, the blue sands continue, forever. You wonder if you're ever going to find something in this vast nothingness, but you know you have no other choice but to try.";

end the story finally.

Instead of going west from Blue Desert:

if the Waitress is saved:

say "You start walking across the desert in a different direction. The sand is almost like a deep snow. Each step requires a monumental amount of power and force. If you were not already dead, this task would be impossible.[paragraph break]Soon you get to the top of a big dune and look around. Nothing within visible sight, save the dunes, and the waitress. She waves, before continuing on her path. After a moment, you go on the path you chose likewise.";

end the story finally;

otherwise:

say "So you begin your journey across the vast blue desert. The sand is almost like a deep snow. Each step requires a monumental amount of power and force. If you were not already dead, this task would be impossible.[paragraph break]After some time, you manage to reach a tall dune, the tallest within your sight. As far as the eye can see, the blue sands continue, forever. You wonder if you're ever going to find something in this vast nothingness, but you know you have no other choice but to try.";

end the story finally.