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NAME: ALI SINGH



AGE: 61



OCCUPATION: WRITER



MARITAL STATUS: MARRIED



HOBBIES: (blank)



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@@color:white;//I regret not giving up my tube to that little girl. I regret not giving up my seat to someone young. What do they need a writer for?//@@



[[BACK|passlist]]

[[END CONSOLE|y11]]

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Just like a cheetah Nilo jumps at you.

An impressive plunge if it were not for the fact that

Nilo's hands fly towards your neck as if they were magnets.



His eyes...burn with hate.

His arms...shake, as all his force is used to end your life.

Some saliva drips from his lips onto yours and the last thought that ever fills your mind is the risk of disease.





Your last breath, and then: [[black|nd2]]





Today it happened: you've depleted all entertainment available on the ship.



Every book, movie, game, record...



You've even built a fort inside the greenhouse where you slept for a few weeks to, in your own way, reclaim your childhood. You've decided that you're not mad at all, and that you'll handle the remaining years without any type of stimuli. Yessireebob!



But not to fret, you still have your [[safari|y10console]], and there are only about SIX WONDERFUL LOVING years left!!!!!!!!!





You like watching him sleep.

The majority of the time since you got back has more

or less been as it was before. But with somebody sleeping OUTSIDE

a cryotube for a change.



One main difference is that Todd moves around.

It provides you with a soothing calm.



("WYH CANTT HE WKAE UPP?!")



You make sure he gets some water and food.

You know the rations will run out as it's only calculated to sustain one life at a time. Not two.



But maybe that's a [[future|h10]] problem?

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The Makida's hum acts as a lullaby.

But you can't sleep...

In the beginning you counted the days.

But now you don't care.



Nilo left a couple of days ago.

You look at your belly.

You've overeaten.

Your jumpsuit is streched out and the buttons are literally hanging on by a thread.



The ruckus you hear is not unfamiliar anymore.

You hear Nilo's footsteps.



You sit up. Wait for him to come.



[[But he's not alone|h24]]





**@@font-size:150%;//six months after wakeup//@@



<<timedgoto "y3" 3s>>







The higly esteemed Sandman project is bullshit.

You are nothing but a janitor. A fucking janitor!



In six months nothing has happened. Absolutely nothing.

Not even a broken display or LED indicator.



You've boiled down to a mixture of boredom, loneliness, and anger.

With a pinch of freedom...since nobody sees, hears, or smells you, you can do whatever you want.



[[But even that gets tedious|y4]]







<<if $nilo>>Maybe that's best? You don't know what will be on the other side of the loop anyway.<<else>>Hopefully Nilo will understand? Hopefully...<<endif>>



You have to stand by your call.

You can't be indecisive.

Well you can, but that's not really a good trait in a person.



[[...|h23]]





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<<timedgoto "y9" 3s>>







Looking back at the last six months you can, in retrospect, wonder

where they've gone. But now you look at that second hand on the clock and wonder if it's even moving.



You spent a lot of time cleaning the tube.

Dusting it. You even re-painted it for kicks and decorated it a bit.

You felt silly doing it, but the tube is more or less your escape pod from this wretched, lonely, and horrible life.



[[The fucking clock is probably broken|y5]]

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[[GEOFF MCBRIDE|geoff]]



[[SUSAN ALISTAIR|susan]]



[[ALI SINGH|ali]]



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//you'll never know it. but Nilo came back. maybe a final goodbye?

he paints you as a clown. as he remembers you. an ode to the few happy times.

a crazy person would paint his penis - so he does that too.

a safety measure so that others won't suspect.

nobody will ask. not Kuntu nor the others.

they'll remember you as a saviour. as an idol. someone to praise. someone to blame.

a buffer between Nilo and his subjects.



the sandman acts in mysterious ways.//





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SANDMAN ID: 12

ETW: 12 HOURS

SHIP STATUS: STABLE





[[END CONSOLE|clown]]

Capsule II - The 11th Sandman







You realize you must get Todd back to your quarters. He seems to be in a rather stable state but this brain of his isn't what it probably used to be.



("IT'S LIKE CLAY, READY FRO MEE TWO SHPAE AN DOO WATEHEVR I WNAT WIHT!")



The Slug //can// hold two people but it's gonna be a very slow ride. You remember reading in the manual that it's not recommended. But that thing was written over a century ago.



[[Let's give it a try|h7]]



You enter the kitchen.



Acording to the post-cryo routine you need to rehydrate and "provide energy for your body" which is a weird way of saying that you need to eat.



The kitchen has an Compound Hydro Electrolyte Food AI ("CHEF" for short) that provides you with all the yummy protein bars and liquids you can muster.



The greenhouse provides some fresh fruits and vegetables, but they are not to be wasted. One bell pepper (combined with some beans and chemicals) can be turned into a protein bar that in turn equals one lunch.



[[...|food2]]





It's just a few days left now.

As you more or less are alone now.

Day after day.

You've gone back to regular routine.

BONC's, checking the Terminal (you hope to see some issues on there that might be Nilo-related, but no), guarding in the green house.



Nilo comes by maybe once a week.

He just looks at you. You try to talk some sense into him.

But you are also scared of him.

There is some kind of respect in his eyes, but you also

see that respects fading after just a few minutes.



[[You don't really understand what you did wrong|h26]]

<<timedgoto "clown2" 5s>>

Nilo stops.

Like a robot. As if he had perfect balance.

Without turning around he says:



"Well maybe I have a solution for us."



//"Ok, what?"//



"Basically it involves you not living and me staying alive"



//"Hm. That's like a summary of your idea?"//



"Yeah you could say that."



Nilo starts to walk with both his "dogs" following him.

He leaves the entertainment area and when you don't see him anymore as he turns around the corner, he yells:



"You coming?"



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@@color:#00F70A;//"PASSLIST SEARCH RESULT (PAGE 1/19)://@@



TODD CARLSEN

TODD FENNING

TODD ANDERSON

TODD HANSEN

TODD "BUCK" CARREY

TODD STARLING

TODD ZIERING

TODD McMAHMON

TODD WILLIS

TODD MEYER

TODD OLAFSEN





[[END CONSOLE|h15-1]]







You find one of those ropes in the greenhouse.

Ropes feel so, ancient out here in space.



You've always theorized that they actually packed

these ropes for the sole purpose of taking one's life.



The idea arose when you discovered that there were 12 ropes.

About 2.5 meters long each.



12 ropes - 12 sandmen.



[[...|left5]]







Sandman #11's death is swift.

The neck breaks and the rather heavy body swings back and forth.



The lamp in the ceiling is somewhat damaged and the repair cost will be deducted from Sandman #11's pay check.



[[...|end_1]]







Nilo turns around.

But he's quiet.

Waiting for you to say something.



//"I want you to have this."//



"What?"



He shrugs and looks at you.



You start to walk to the back of the room.

Immediately they get nervous, but without a word you

just calm them down by giving them a very fatherly look.



You rip a cord from the wall, tie it around your neck, and head for the lamp in the [[ceiling|nisac2]].







The only thing to do is...

You don't have an answer to this.



Instead you try to find a version of the future where people don't get upset that you more or less unleashed a feral human pet upon the Makida and then lost control of it.







At the same time, you owe Nilo a lot.



You look up at the lamp hanging from the ceiling.

The dimmer got busted a long time ago, so now the light is somewhat dark all the time.



[[Could it hold your weight?|left3]]







The only thing you can do for Nilo is maybe be buried with the truth?



At the same time you seek a way that lets you evade

tough questions as half a billion people wonder

what happened.



You wouldn't be lying really.

The thing is that you just don't know [[either|left4]].







Your body collapses on the ground.



"String him up."



Nilo points to the ceiling lamp.



He takes one last look and leaves before the two men ("boys"?) are done trying to stage this murder as a suicide.





[[...|end_1]]







The first day back from the almost dead is rather light.

All those scientist and engineers and doctors understood that you'd be cranky, angry, and tired, lacking basic motor skills and even some brain functions.



Routine was the key, it seemed, and now you aren't required to do anything for the next 2 days.



The Makida controls itself, but you are a proud SANDMAN with responsibilites and POWER...



[[let's get to it...|y1]]





What else?





<<if $console>>@@opacity:0.6;Check console@@<<else>>[[Check console status|consoleboot]]<<endif>>

<<if $food>>@@opacity:0.6;Rehydrate acording to post-cryo program@@<<else>>[[Rehydrate acording to post-cryo program|food]]<<endif>>

<<if $ex>>@@opacity:0.6;Required post-cryo excerise program@@<<else>>[[Required post-cryo excercise program|ex]]<<endif>>



<<if $console and $food and $ex>>

[[All done...|w12]]

<<endif>>





You don't really feel like routine at the moment but you've decided to not screw this up.

The other Sandmen didn't really let you in or believed in you.



Maybe cause they knew how you got your spot?

@@opacity:0.3;(did they see your test score?)@@



Time for the routine...



[[Check console status|consoleboot]]

[[Rehydrate acording to post-cryo program|food]]

[[Required post-cryo excercise program|ex]]





The good thing about soiling yourself is that you feel really motivated to getting up

from the floor and the feces pool that you now dwell in.



You grab hold of your cryotube and manage to get up,

but the strain on your body makes you vomit right into your cryotube.



//[["Fuck I have to get in there in a few years"|w8]]//





Your bowels start to turn and you soil yourself as you lie there on the space floor. In the cryogenic state you've only ingested a type of nutrient that's more or less totally absorbed by your body.

But as you "thaw" your body re-boots.



Just like emptying your cache folder, your body empties your bowels.



[[Good start|w7]]





You crawl out of the cryotube and immediately fall down.

Your muscles may be up to speed but your motor skills aren't.



You accept the fact that you need to start small and simply move your limbs while lying down.



One of the first thoughts that enters your mind is the "waking-up-from-cryogenic-state-routine-class" that you attended almost 100 years ago.



[[Something about your internal organs waking up?|w6]]





Your body feels stiff and even though some brain activity can be measured during the cryogenic state,

you more or less haven't used it for several decades.



[[Try to stand up|w5]]





Over a hundred years ago they must have laughed at the animated sun,

greeting you in this total darkness called space.



[[Who's laughing now?|w4]]





@@font-family:terminal;color:#DFFF03;font-size:450%;GOOD MORNING #11!@@



[img[https://corruptreality.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/sun_anim.gif]]



@@font-size:150%;<<timedinsert 4s>>[[fucking engineers|w3]]<<endtimedinsert>>@@



<<timedinsert 1s>>ID CLASS: - - SANDMAN<<endtimedinsert>>

<<timedinsert 2s>>SANDMAN ID GRADE: - - 11<<endtimedinsert>>

<<timedinsert 3s>>CIS STATUS: - - CRYOGENIC SLEEP<<endtimedinsert>>

<<timedinsert 4s>>MENTAL CIS: - - GOOD<<endtimedinsert>>

<<timedinsert 5s>>PHYSICAL CIS: - - STABLE<<endtimedinsert>>



<<timedinsert 7s>>@@color:red;font-size:150%;WAKING SUBJECT@@<<endtimedinsert>>



<<timedgoto "w2" 10s>>



SUBJECT STATUS: STABLE



MUSCLE RESTORATION AT@@color:red;<<timedreplace 3s>><html><span class="blink"> 97%</span></html><<becomes>><html><span class="blink"> 98%</span></html><<becomes>><html><span class="blink"> 99%</span></html> @@ <<becomes>> @@color:#38FE00; 100%@@<<endtimedreplace>>



<<timedgoto "w0X" 11s>>





A few hours later you feel back on track.

After you've cleaned up your "cache content" you take a look at Sandman #10's cryotube.

The only one that's not covered with dust and condensation.



<<cyclinglink "He" "She">> looks so peaceful...



"Routine is the key" as they said during training.



Ok.



Wake up? Check!

Soil yourself? Check!

Get cleaned up? Check!



[[What now?|w10]]





You look at the mess and decide that the worst is over and to clean it up later,

and instead start these 8 years with a hot shower.



...



<<timedinsert 3s>>You haven't showered for ages.

You can literally feel and see dirt leaving your body (not only feces but also vomit).

Somewhat cathartic...



A little display inside the shower is warning you to not take long showers as the water supply is limited and the water treatment facility can only work so fast.



//[["shut up, I'll take my chance"|w9]]//

<<endtimedinsert>>





<<timedinsert 0.3s>>I<<endtimedinsert>><<timedinsert 0.6s>>N<<endtimedinsert>><<timedinsert 0.9s>>I<<endtimedinsert>><<timedinsert 1.2s>>T<<endtimedinsert>><<timedinsert 1.5s>>I<<endtimedinsert>><<timedinsert 1.8s>>A<<endtimedinsert>><<timedinsert 2.1s>>L<<endtimedinsert>><<timedinsert 2.4s>>I<<endtimedinsert>><<timedinsert 2.7s>>Z<<endtimedinsert>><<timedinsert 3s>>I<<endtimedinsert>><<timedinsert 3.3s>>N<<endtimedinsert>><<timedinsert 3.6s>>G<<endtimedinsert>>



<<timedgoto "w1" 5s>>

<<set $god = true>> <<timedgoto "h5" 0s>>





Nilo stands up.

Wipes some sweat from his forehead.





He looks at his two companions and points to the lamp in the ceiling.



As he walks away he doesn't turn around.



He's [[done|end_1]] with this now.

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<<set $nilo = true>><<timedgoto "h22" 0s>>

<<set $pity += 25>>

<<if $shock1>><<timedgoto "shock2" 0.2s>><<endif>>

<<if $shock1 and $shock2>><<timedgoto "shock3" 0.8s>><<endif>>

<<if $shock1 and $shock2 and $shock3>><<timedgoto "kuntu4" 2s>><<endif>>

@@opacity:0;fillingfillingfillingfillingfillingfillingfillingfillingfillingfillingfillingfillingfillingfillingfilling@@ @@color:#FC0C0B;font-weight:bold;PITY POINTS: <<print $pity>>@@





"Don't you understand why we stand here? Why I ran away? Why I have these now."



Nilo points to Kuntu and the other guy standing next to him.



"These are my Todds! You taught me the //how// and after a while I understood the //why//. And now you try to control me again. I'm here just to tell you that this is the last time we will meet."



<<replace>>//"Why must it be like this?"//<<becomes>><<set $pity += either (15,30,20,12,10,19,13)>><<timedgoto "h34" 0s>><<endreplace>>

<<replace>>//"Well I'm not that keen on seeing you either. Your fucking questions and everything!"//<<becomes>><<set $pity -= either (30,21,14,12,10,16,19)>><<timedgoto "h34" 0s>><<endreplace>>

<<replace>>//"Well maybe that's for the best."//<<becomes>><<set $pity -= either (10,9,11,12,15,8,17)>><<timedgoto "h34" 0s>><<endreplace>>





A small tray opens up and out comes a small cube wrapped in plastic

with the words "DISSOLVE IN WATER" printed on it.



You do as the wrapper says and watch as the brownish cube dissolves, thus tainting the water.



It tastes better than you'd thought, but you still look forward to coffee in 13 days.



[[...|w11]]

<<set $food = true>>







>>@@opacity:0.6;



//(a small and simple bug. these sectors are a long way from home. hopefully #12 won't care. that's what I can do for you Nilo. let you be, even if I'm scared for what you're up to. but from now on you are a simple bug in the system)//@@





<<timedgoto "h19" 14s>>

@@opacity:0;fillingfillingfillingfillingfillingfillingfillingfillingfillingfillingfillingfillingfillingfillingfilling@@ @@color:#FC0C0B;font-weight:bold;PITY POINTS: <<print $pity>>@@





Nilo doesn't answer, at first.

"You wanted to see me. So here I am."



<<timedinsert 2s>>//"Well the thing is that my time is done. I must...retreat. There are others coming after me. I'm...I'm very tired."//<<endtimedinsert>>



<<timedinsert 4s>>"What are you saying?"<<endtimedinsert>>



<<timedinsert 6s>><<if $nilo>>//"That it's time to go back into the cryotube. The Makida won't sustain all of us. But you can have my spot."//<<else>>//"Pretty roughly it's basically like this, the Makida won't be able to keep more than two people alive. And I must get back into the tube. So that's where we stand..."//<<endif>><<endtimedinsert>>



<<timedinsert 10s>>Nilo doesn't respond at first. Instead, he gives you a look you've never seen [[before|h32]]...<<endtimedinsert>>

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//BUG REPORT TERMINAL//

//[ITEM: cryo leakage detection - warning]



-dir/bugrep/term: <<timedinsert 2s>>B<<endtimedinsert>><<timedinsert 2.3s>>u<<endtimedinsert>><<timedinsert 2.7s>>g<<endtimedinsert>><<timedinsert 2.9s>>_<<endtimedinsert>><<timedinsert 3.2s>>I<<endtimedinsert>><<timedinsert 3.5s>>D<<endtimedinsert>><<timedinsert 4s>>:<<endtimedinsert>><<timedinsert 4.3s>>T<<endtimedinsert>><<timedinsert 4.5s>>R<<endtimedinsert>><<timedinsert 5s>>U<<endtimedinsert>><<timedinsert 5.2s>>E<<endtimedinsert>>





<<timedinsert 7s>><<replace>>SANDMAN AUTHENTICATION<<becomes>>SANDMAN ID AUTHENTICATED: SANDMAN_#11





[[END CONSOLE|niloconsole4]]

<<endreplace>><<endtimedinsert>>







@@font-family:terminal;color:#00F70A;font-size:350%;MAKIDA AFC CONSOLE@@

@@font-family:terminal;color:#00F70A;font-size:350%;- - - - - - - - - - - - -@@





@@color:red;font-size:200%;WARNING - Cryo leakage detected@@



//Following SECTORS contain CRYOTUBE LEAKAGE://



24-R

24-G

24-F

24-J

25-K

29-Q





[[BUG REPORT|niloconsole3]]





**@@font-size:150%;//two and half years after wakeup//@@



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//@@font-size:45%;<<timedinsert 5s>>[["routine is key!"|y15]]<<endtimedinsert>>@@//





So a while back, you became curious about all those people inside the tubes.

The whole passenger manifest was at your hands, so you started to read a bit about them.



And as you grew weary and bored you've been going on "safaris" where you first read up a bit about the one you'll visit and then see if that person's appearence matches your expectations.



Today you'll visit <<if $susan>>Susan<<endif>><<if $ali>>Ali<<endif>><<if $geoff>>Geoff<<endif>><<if $sven>>Sven<<endif>>.



You've adjusted your algorithm for picking passengers so it's close by...



[[You don't want to travel like all over the ship|y12]]

<<timedgoto "kuntublank" 0.2s>>

<<set $shock1 = true>>





**@@font-size:150%;//two years after wakeup//@@



<<timedgoto "y14" 3s>>





<<if $susan>>@@font-family:swanky and moo moo;font-size:120%;"I'm Susan...so nice to get rid of all criminals I've been chasing and I don't like my mother at all!"@@<<endif>><<if $ali>>@@font-family:neucha;font-size:120%;"I'm Ali I'm really deep and write stuff and probably bite on my glasses so I look smart and I read the news paper every day, cause I care about stuff"@@<<endif>><<if $geoff>>@@font-family:gochi hand;font-size:120%;"I'm Geoff and I don't like young people cause I never had a proper childhood and therefore no one else should have fun. Be quiet while I engineer stuff!"@@<<endif>><<if $sven>>@@font-family:walter turncoat;font-size:120%;"I'm in fucking space! What do you say now Linda? Huh? Yeah I'm just stupid Sven and I won't do nuthin' great ever! Well fuck you Linda!"@@<<endif>>



<<timedinsert 6s>>You don't really know that much to portray a believable character...



<<timedinsert 2s>>[[It's stupid anyway|y13]]<<endtimedinsert>>



<<endtimedinsert>>





**@@font-size:150%;//two days later//@@



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Nilo turns around and starts to walk away.

No words. Not even a nod.

Even his footsteps seem muted.



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Finally Todd opens his eyes.

You haven't eaten or slept.

You couldn't.



You're too excited.

You have a friend!!



"Where am I?"



Todd wakes up...



<<timedinsert 6s>>//"You don't need to worry, you're safe on board the Makida"//<<endtimedinsert>>



<<timedinsert 8s>>"What's a Makida, and why is your face white?"<<endtimedinsert>>



<<timedinsert 10s>>Todd passes out again.<<endtimedinsert>>



[[...|h3]]



("What's a Makida?")

Doesn't he know?



You realize that you're still in your clown costume and that's probably why he wondered why your face was white.



Your head is spinning and you kinda feel invigorated with power.

Todd's brain must've messed with his memory. Is he like a blank piece of paper?



<<timedinsert 8s>>("of course I'm not crazy!! I just wanna manipulate people a bit!! nothing wrong with taht, adn Im jstu gald tot haev a freind aigan woh I cna paly wiht adn gte to kown IST GONA BEE SOOO MUTCH FNUUUUUU!!!)<<endtimedinsert>>



<<timedinsert 12s>>Todd wakes up again.



//"Hi"//

Todd's eyes are drowsy and he looks weak.

"Who am...who am I"<<endtimedinsert>>



<<timedinsert 15s>>[["and who are you"|h4]]<<endtimedinsert>>

@@font-family:terminal;color:#00F70A;font-size:350%;MAKIDA AFC CONSOLE@@

@@font-family:terminal;color:#00F70A;font-size:350%;- - - - - - - - - - - - -@@





@@color:red;font-size:200%;<html><span class="blink">! WARNING - SANDMAN VITALS NOT RECORDED</span></html>@@



<<timedgoto "end_2" 4s>>





**@@font-size:150%;//one day later//@@



<<timedgoto "h2" 3s>>







<<if $god>>

"Are you truly a God? You look very...human. Can I touch you?"<<else>>"Where's Mom? I don't remember you? Are you angry with me?"<<endif>>



<<timedinsert 4s>><<if $god>>

//"Yes of course you can touch me. But only when I allow it. You shall never anger your God. For...different reasons".//<<else>>//"No I'm not angry with you. Why should I be? I'm just glad I found you".//<<endif>><<endtimedinsert>>



[[(where's this going?)|h6-1]]





Todd is like a puppet -- he's easy to control and doesn't object to anything.



You get back to the slug and even though he asks a lot of questions you try to answer them in the most suitable way.



("I GET TO DECIDDE WAHT TWO SYA NWO. TISH IS MY TMIE TO SIHNE!")





On and off Todd passes out.

The human body isn't really fitted for cryosleep.

And certainly not to just snap out of it.



[[better let him sleep...|h8]]







//"Well I'm a Sandman and you can put all your faith in me and trust that I'll take care of you"//



[[Oh so you're my parent?|h5]]

[[Are you my GOD?|god]]







<<if $god>>

//"Yes. I'm a God. YOUR God to be precise. I reign over you and I watch over you..."//<<else>>//"Yes that's right. I'm your dad. And you are my son..."//<<endif>>



[[(what?)|h6]]























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@@font-size:75%;opacity:0.7;[[OK|Start2]]@@









@@opacity:0.4;font-size:45%;font-family:courier;tw: abuse, suicide@@

Each sandmen is required to manage at least 8 years...alone.



The job would be tedious and sometimes months would pass by without any tasks to perform. The simulation back on Earth showed promising results. But simulation is not reality.



Tests showed that human interaction after a long time of solitude could be "unstable". So even when two sandmen switched, they never met.



Tests also showed that one in 12 would not sustain mental stability during those 8 years. But they had no choice.



[[...|title2]]



Nuclear Pulse Propulsion was the answer to get to the "loop" relativetly fast (95 years).



Cryotubes would freeze what was left of the human race as the self-controlling ship would steer towards the "loop".



Even though the Makida //was// self-controlling, it was decided that someone had to stay awake.



Someone who didn't suffer from muscle atrophy upon wakeup and could act in case something would go wrong.



Therefore, the Sandman project was initated.



[[...|info3]]

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"Step inside."



Nilo smiles and his hand does a wave-like motion as if he's trying to sell you on the idea of stepping inside the cryo tube as a good and safe thing.



You don't know what to do. It's probably this way or a more brutal way. But you also feel that you've wronged Nilo - in some ways.



//"Right"//



But before you get, in Nilo points to the oxygen valve on the floor, next to the tube.



"Turn it"



//("Ah, now you see were he's going with this!")//



You turn it, get in, and (as Nilo tells you to) shut the lid.



[[Oxygen withdrawl|forni4]]













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He pushes your body into it, and sets the gauge way above the recommended dosage.



An awakened body with a functioning heart doesn't really respond well to that kind of shock.



You are no exception as Kuntu pushes the [[button|shock1]].

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"Hi <<if $god>> "God"<<else>>"Dad"<<endif>>. How've you been?"



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Nilo stops.

The three men ("boys" maybe) turn around.



Nilo's eyes look calmly mad in a kind of weird way.



"Kuntu."



One word is needed and before you can be impressed by the amount of loyalty and discipline Nilo has induced in these people, Kuntu walks over. Punches you in the face. Then again.



"Kuntu, efficently. Not violently."



Kuntu stops and scans the room.

He sees the AHP system on the wall (basically it jump starts your heart automatically, but then you just have to get a small and kind heart attack so that you're able to get to the wall mounted system).



He [[drags|kuntu2]] you to it.





"I'm sick of this".

"I want off this...vessel of silence!"



He's become quite suave with words.

It comes from him spending a lot of time reading books.

History. That section is rather large. He asks a lot about power, greed, war, and death.



<<if $god>>//"Death can't touch me. You know this. I inflict others with it. The same with war and greed."//<<else>>//"Death is something that happens to all of us. It'll happen to me and to you."//<<endif>>



Todd never settles for that answer.

Not for any answer. He seeks new ones.

"Why don't I remember anything?" he asks constantly.



[[He's discovered the terminal|hconsole]]

A combination of reasons (famine, depletion of resources, and general partying) has made Earth unable to sustain human life.



A new home needed to be found. And a "loop" //was// found.



A small capsule was sent through it, and the readings it sent back convinced the scientist that, on the other side, a mirrored version of Earth existed.



Or was it desperation?



The enormous UNSS Makida is built to transport the majority of humanity to a new home on the other side of the loop.



[[...|info2]]





One night he came back.

He woke you up and talked about.

Something.

He rambled on. It was hard to understand.



<<if $god>>//"Where have you been? I demand that you tell me where you've been!"//<<else>>//"Where have you been, Nilo? I was worried! You can't just disapear like that!"//<<endif>>



"I go where I want. Haven't you seen? I've seen them. They are many and they are bountiful.

Bretheren and sisters."



It was hard to understand what he was talking about. You had seen that the <<if $bug>>console<<else>>[[console|niloconsole]]<<endif>> was acting up.

You understood in some ways what he was doing, but didn't accept it fully.

You never told him about cryo leakage, did you?

Maybe in your sleep?



But the real worries began when he came back with <<if $bug>>[[meat|h20]]<<else>>meat<<endif>>.





**@@font-size:150%;//three years after wakeup//@@



<<timedgoto "h11" 3s>>





The first months floats by quickly.

You lose a lot of weight as Todd gets the majority of

the food. At first you feel good about it as weight issues

have been sensitive for you. But after a while you realize

that sustenance and overeating aren't really the same thing.



Todd constantly has questions:



<<if $god>>

"Can't you just make food, aren't you a powerful God? Where are we going? Why is it black outside?<<else>>"Why don't we look alike? Are we there yet? I'm scared at night. <<endif>> Who are all these other people?"



<<timedinsert 4s>><<if $god>>

//"I AM a powerful God but one shall not use powers to one's own personal pleasure. It's black outside cause I made it black. We are going, somewhere...better".//<<else>>//"Of course we look alike, don't you think? We'll get there when we get there. These other people..."//<<endif>>



[[("who are all these other people")|h12]]



<<endtimedinsert>>



That last question was hard to answer.

And Todd really wanted to know.

It took some weeks before he discovered them.

As they slept in their tubes.



Since then he's been obsessed.

He wants to know more, but you are afraid to give him an

answer. Any answer.



How might one react to the fact that an entire species

in taking a nap and hopefully waking up in a brand new world?



Probably not well.



So instead you've just told Todd that they are sleeping.

Just like him. That they are our <<if $god>>subjects<<else>>relatives<<endif>> and that they are here for our sake.



[[He's only seen some of them, not all, not the hundreds of millions|h13]]



Todd's mind doesn't seem to remember.

He was someone earlier, in a different life.



But now, he's someone else.

You admit to yourself that Todd has kept you really super

balanced these last months.



("I HVAE CONRTOLL NWO. I FUKCGIN RUEL. NOBOYD CAN STPO ME!")



The days are filled with chores. Talking.

Todd's mind starts to forget the questions.

It doesn't look back. Instead it starts to look forward.

He gets eager to learn.



There's this side to him...It's hard to explain.

But you see it. A lust for power, or maybe self rule rather.



[[am I safe?|h14]]





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AGE: 57



OCCUPATION: ENGINEER



MARITAL STATUS: SINGLE



HOBBIES: SHAKING HIS FIST AT YOUNG PEOPLE



PRIORITY LEVEL: MAXIMUM



LAST MESSAGE IN CASE OF ACCIDENT:@@



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[[BACK|passlist]]

[[END CONSOLE|y11]]

<<set $geoff = true>>





<<if $god>>//"I'll baptize you anew. A new identity. But you must promise me to let go of the past. Not to anger your God. Just please me."//<<else>>//"Maybe a new name? Begin again so to say. Couldn't that be fun? You can start fresh".//<<endif>>



"What should it be?"



Your mind spins around. This wasn't that planned really. All you wanted was for Todd stop poking around in the terminal. <<if $god>>Even Gods are seldom listened to<<else>>Parents aren't that cool to listen to<<endif>>, so better to get him on board something that's something else than you just saying "no".



//"How about Nilo?"//



[[...|h17]]





**@@font-size:150%;//seven years after wakeup//@@



<<timedgoto "h18" 3s>>





You don't really feel like exercising right now.

But your body feels like it--or rather, it needs to.

The Makida is equiped with a dusty gym that's seldom used.



And even though you don't want to, you do a half-hearted attempt

at regaining power over your own body.



<<replace "push-ups">> <<replace "DONE!">> <<replace "chin-ups">> <<replace "DONE!">> <<replace "treadmill">> <<replace "[[DONE!|w11]]">> <<endreplace>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>>

<<set $ex = true>>







That poor kid will never experience that hole of glory we call the loop (what hole?).



You deactivate the cryotube, unlock it, and open it.

A stale smell that's both dirty and clean at the same time slips out.

You look at Todd and think about how you're gonna grant his last wish to become one with space...





<<timedinsert 10s>>@@font-size:500%;"GASP!"@@

<<timedgoto "a21" 1s>><<endtimedinsert>>





Oh my god he's fucking alive!!!



You grab him and drag him out of the tube, and as soon as he's down on the floor he passes out again.



You feel his pulse and listen for him to breathe.

Which he does.



You calmly sit down beside him and try to grasp the situation.

There's no way he could've survived without any kind of nutrient.



The body is vulnerable during cryosleep and must have some kind of food!



[[...|a22]]







You run back to the slug and grab the med kit with the scanner.

Back at Todd you hook him up to check EEG, EKG and one other thing you can't remember what it does.



Heart rate seems fine.

You connect electrodes to his forehead and the back of the skull.

The EEG is all over the place.



This scan takes a while, but you can't really calm down. You pace back and forth.



[[100%|a23]]



DONE!



"EEG complete", OK, "POOR CIS Mental Health", yeah I got that, "Brain activity at 35%", what?



...



You mumble the results and try to comprehend.

Todd seems to be in good physical condition.

But the brain seems to have taken a hit.



It's almost as if his brain has //[[devolved|h1]]//

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Todd spends days trying to find himself inside the terminal.

You don't help him.

This...relationship...is somewhat based on him knowing nothing and you knowing a bit more than that.



so...



<<if $god>>//"Todd is a thing of the past. It's not your real name even. It's a provisional name that I applied on your body and didn't remove. We must go further and adapt ourself to new identities."//<<else>>//"I've been thinking. Maybe we should do something fresh and new? Were we're going and where we might end up we can be new people. Other people. How about forgetting about this person and beginning something new".//<<endif>>



"What do you have in mind?"



[[...|h16]]





Nilo speeds up as he hears that you're closing in.

You follow him into to Sector 0 where all the Sandmen are asleep.



You start to worry.



At random he points at one cryo tube (#9) and Kuntu and the other one pry it open and drag the still sleeping sandman inside out of it.



Still in cryostasis and without full muscle regenration Sandman #9 doesn't wake up, and might not do so.



//"What the fuck are you doing?"//



You try to help #9 but Kuntu blocks your way, and your few extra pounds and the dusty treadmill that's probably rusted shut by now remind you that you're an easy competitor to beat.



[[back off|forni3]]

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After your body has stopped twitching, the three men evict it from the tube. They put the sweating and shaking body of #9 back in (smart, Nilo, very smart), turn the oxygen back on, and carry you back to the entertainment area.



There they hang your body by the neck.

Nilo lets his companions whack your body a few times like a unsatisfying pinata.





Then they leave.





Nilo walks faster and faster until he's [[gone|end_1]]

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<<if $sandman and $oxygen and $life and $nut and $ship>>

You feel a bit drowsy and aren't really surprised about the altered AFC standard voice.

Sandman #5 was one of the few you talked to during training...



You smile and let it be...even though you don't understand if something is wrong or not. But the system is designed to be as simple as possible...as long as nothing happens.



Ok, [[done|w11]].<<else>>

No. Do this properly and go over the entire console...



[[CONSOLE|console]]

<<endif>>





Every night is long on board the Makida.

These 8 years are basically one long night.

The sun is nothing but a memory.

If even that.



Some were very young when they went into their cryotubes,

and may not remember it at all.



Trying to explain must sound weird...

It was this big thing in the sky that's shiny and bright and really warm and sometimes you can't see it and it's really far away.



Layman terms are maybe not the best.



You hear a [[sound|h29]] and wake up...





The ship floats onwards, with a whole world within its walls.

If something were to go wrong during those few minutes, a whole species would go extinct.



[[...|s4]]





A certain "calm" where all is still. The Makida's dull hum is heard, but that is all. No footsteps. No whispers. No music.



[[...|s3]]





<<timedinsert 2s>>There's this "pause" on the Makida every time the current Sandman goes back into the cryotube and before the new one awakes.



[[...|s2]]<<endtimedinsert>>





Maybe Nilo is just not right.

There's a spot for him in your heart.



But now. His spot for you might be diminishing.



("WYH CNAT I JUTS PLYA WIHT HIM ANYMROE?")



You keep to yourself and DON'T ask questions.

Kuntu never came back, but you bet that he wasn't the only

follower Nilo has.



Tomorrow is tube-time.



You must [[speak|h27]] to Nilo.









Nilo and you can't both fit in the tube.



Even though it's a few months into the future

you still think about if [[you|h22]] should go in the tube or give it to [[Nilo|nilo]]?

<<set $pity = 25>>







You ate it.

You couldn't resist real food.

It was hard to cook it. But you managed to grill it in the kitchen.

Even though that wasn't really the idea.

But the BONC's taste couldn't really match this.



You never asked about Nilo disappearing as you knew he'd return with food.



The time between each visit grew longer and longer.



[[You had no power to tell him otherwise|h21]]

[img[https://corruptreality.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/cryo_tube_anim.gif]]





<<timedinsert 3s>>[[inside...|w0]]<<endtimedinsert>>





But there, in the darkness, among the twelve cryotubes...



one tube blinks.



[[...|s5]]

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This part of the ship is dark and as basic as it can be.

There's no need for around-the-clock light or stimuli.



In a big hall, far away, you spot the blinking light indicating

that this is the cryotube that's ruined your Halloween.



You walk over and wipe some condensation of the glass and look at the person inside. You grab your flashlight and look around the cryotube itself to spot the error.



[[...|a16]]







You punch in the ID stated on the tube on your HHST-device.

It takes a while as it has to communicate with the console, but then you get the much needed [[info|a18]]...







A small hissing noise leads you to a broken pipe.

This is the pipe providing the person inside with a small, but needed, dosage of sustenance. It's a very mild version in liquid form that resembles the protein compound you so joyfully enjoy!



Maybe the pipe dried up and cracked? Either way this might not be good. It's expected that some "errors" might occur during the voyage and some "guests" will "depart" (as they described it during Sandman training). The drive to Sector 24-R was too long and you were too late...



[[There's a special procedure for this|a17]]







This is the first time you've actually seen the Makida's intestines.

You've only seen the head, so to speak, but maybe that's for the best.

Not that much too see here.



Metal walls...[[mile after mile|a12]]







You give the console the finger and head to the Slug.



You're not sure what you're angry about.

Halloween is ruined. It's not like you had anything to do. But you just wanna take it easy. Maybe chill a bit.



The Slug is charged and ready and you run by the kitchen and grab some bars as you know that it's a long ride out to Sector 24-R.



[[full throttle|a11]]







Doesn't it ever end?

This steel hell you call home.

You've already spent one night sleeping in some horribly small room on this voyage or yours.



<<timedinsert 3s>>Well there's sector 24-R so: yes, it does...



[[park|a14]]<<endtimedinsert>>





































<<timedinsert 5s>>Huge is a small word. What can describe this enormous giant? This big, empty [[world|a13]].<<endtimedinsert>>

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HOBBIES: SINGING

PRIORITY LEVEL: MINIMUM

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Have you forgotten the early years? How you beat me? How you kept me locked up. How you kept me in the dark, not letting me use the terminal because you were afraid of what I might find?!"



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Time flies by really.

Soon you're supposed to get back into the tube.



But Nilo?



Nilo isn't Todd anymore.

That became horribly clear directly after he got his new name.



Some months back he started to disappear.

He was just gone one morning.

Todd had changed. You didn't feel safe at night.

Someone lurking around on the Makida.



Some nights you heard rattling, metalic noises.

It mixed with the sounds coming from your very hungry stomach.

You lost some vigor and yearned for the tube.



[[One night you even heard a scream|h19]]

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Coffee is still here, though! A coffee bean plant grows in the greenhouse.



It was decided that all vices couldn't be removed as people would probably go insane.

So coffee and porn stayed...



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