Umberwood goblins.

(set:$towndone to true)The scent of warm cinnamon and maple syrup wafts through the air, mingling with the odour of dirt. Cloudy skies overhead indicate rain to come, and the comforting chirp of birds fills the air. It is late afternoon, and you perch high in a tree. Your home is nearby, packed with nuts for the coming winter. Your stomach begins to rumble, and you decide to look for food. Should you... [[Take some nuts from your winter stash?]] [[Look for food in the surrounding forest?]] [[Ignore it and keep gathering nuts?]] [[Enter the town to chase the scent of cinnamon?]]

(if:$trapped is true)[You slowly blink into conciousness, only to find yourself surrounded by a crude stick cage. You remember fainting, and then the children must have caught you. Looking around at you surroundings, you see you are in one of the cottages. In your opinion, it has nothing on your nest, but you suppose you can see the appeal. nearby lies a hammer that might be just in reach, and the stick cage looks easy enough to break. The cage is secured by a steel padlock. (if:$stone is true)[you could also try to use the stone to smash the cage. [[try to smash the cage with the purple stone you "picked up" earlier.]]](if:$box is true)[The box that you stole might be usable to smash the bars too.[[Smash the bars with the box]]](if:$knife is true)[The knife that you stole earlier starts to vibrate and point towards the lock. Strange... [[Try to use the knife on the lock somehow]]] [[try to smash the cage with your hands]] [[try to reach the hammer]] [[try to dislodge the lock]]](else:)[(set:$towndone to false)The town is bustling as always, and you and the other squirrels have to stick to the roofs to avoid being crushed. Delicious scents waft from the marketplace, and flashes of light pulse from the mage quarter. You scurry along the thatched roofs, heading for the food stalls. Humans walk past below, carrying all manner of objects. When you reach the marketplace, it is a bustling business day. You notice the stall with the man that always gives you roasted hazelnuts, a new stall selling delicious looking sausages, and a stall with an array of objects, mages standing behind the counter. [[head to the hazelnut stall]] [[investigate the mage's stall]] [[try to steal a sausage from the sausage stall]]]

A voice inside you says that it would be unwise to take food from your winter stash, as you will need it in future. Do you... [[Ignore it and eat some nuts anyway?]] [[Look for food in the surrounding forest?]] [[Enter the town to chase the scent of cinnamon?]]

You scurry down your tree and head deeper into the forest. Nearby you know there is a place where wild plums grow, but there is also a cluster of mushrooms on the base of a nearby tree, and the plums are farther away. Which should you choose? [[Plums]] [[Mushrooms (set:$poisoned to true) |Ignore it and eat some nuts anyway?]]

You busy yourself gatering nuts, your tail waving as you scamper through the trees. You still feel the pangs of hunger, though, and soon it becomes too much to bear. Do you... [[Look for food in the surrounding forest?]] [[Take some nuts from your winter stash?]]

Once you have eaten, you start to feel better and more refreshed.(if:$towndone is true)[You decide to head into town, as there is always enertainment to be found, watching the humans with the other squirrels. Besides, the market is on and it might be a good idea to investigate and see if there's anything worthwhile to grab.[[go to town|Enter the town to chase the scent of cinnamon?]]] (else:)[Back at your nest, you notice some human children running around, footfalls crunching on the dead fall leaves. Their shouts fill the forest, filling you with an unknowable emotion. Do you [[watch them for a while?]] [[hide]] [[run]]]

The children prance around , giggling and screaming. Suddenly, one of them points towards you and starts shouting."geofhqiufu!!!" The children start running towards you, arms waving. [[hide]] [[run]]

You think it would be unwise to engage with the children anymore. You scamper into your nest and quieten yourself. [[Hide in your nest]]

You scurry along, your paws pounding over the loamy earth. Eventually you reach your plum tree, but you see that some of the plums have fallen on the ground. Avoiding hem, you scurry up into the tree and start to nibble the plums. [[Eat the plums|Ignore it and eat some nuts anyway?]]

You cower in your nest, wrapping yourself with your tail. The shouts of the children fill your ears, and they suddenly start getting closer... [[keep hiding]] [[run]]

You scamper down, racing across the forest floor. The children, once they start to chase you, are slow and stumbling, and you start to peel ahead. As you sprint, though, a roaring noise slowly grows louder in your ears. [[ignore it]] [[stop running]] [[change direction]]

You sprint full helter forwards, only to find yourself no longer on land but in the water. How could you have forgotten about the river? You desperately try to scramble out, but as water fills your lungs you slowly sink to the bottom, everything fading to black. Your last thought, your final comfort, is that at least one of the human children fell in too... ''THE END''

You remember the great river that goes through the forest, and stop just in time. You spin around to see the human children bearing down on you, faces menacing. You try to back away but there is nowhere to go. You feel the world closing in on you as everything fades to black...(set:$trapped to true) [[wake up|Enter the town to chase the scent of cinnamon?]]

You spin around, narrowly avoiding the river that roars through the forest. You despertely try to race away, but the wet leaves underfoot prove slippery and you slip and fall. You spin around to see the human children bearing down on you, faces menacing. You try to back away but there is nowhere to go. You feel the world closing in on you as everything fades to black...(set:$trapped to true) [[wake up|Enter the town to chase the scent of cinnamon?]]

The face of one of the children appears at the entrance to your burrow, leering down on you. A hand reaches in, grasping with it's horribly huge fingers. The world starts to spin, and you try to escape, but it roughly grabs you with it's huge hands. (set:$trapped to true)You feel yourself slipping into unconciousness as the world fades to black... [[wake up|Enter the town to chase the scent of cinnamon?]]

You bound across the rooftops until you rach the stall selling hazelnuts. You walk down onto the main stall table, and sure enough the stallkeeper gives you a warm welcome. "bguykuagkbuickgau!" He hands you some hazelnuts, still hot off the griddle, and you tuck them into your pouch. Satisfied with your prize, you walk off. Where should you head next? [[the mage stall(set: $food to true) |investigate the mage's stall]] [[back home|Ignore it and eat some nuts anyway?]]

(if:$food is true (set:$visited to true))At the mage stall, they are selling all manner of strange looking items, herbs, and potions. You dont have anything to exchange but you are confident in your thieving ability. If you can sneak past that woman, and get under the table, you will be able to steal something. What should you steal? [[A strange blue potion with unidentifiable stuff inside it.]] [[a box that seems unopenable]] [[a purple stone]] [[a glowing blue knife]]

You slowly crawl along the roofs, stalking the sausages in the stall. It seems to be doing a roaring trade, and it is bustling with people. It might be dificult to steal from it. Should you go ahead? [[steal a sausage]] [[investigate the mage's stall]] [[head to the hazelnut stall]]

You slowly creep down the rooftop until you are standing behind the salespeople. You scamper between their feet and make it under the tablecloth covering the front of the booth. There are multiple types of sausage that you can grab; cheesy sausages, regular sausages or the uncooked ones that might be easier to grab. [[take the cheesy sausage]] [[take the regular sausage]] [[take the uncooked sausage]]

(set:$poisonedc to true) You sneak your paw up and snatch a cheesy sausage, before leaping away. As you cackle at your success, one of the staff spots you scampering away, shouting gibberish. after you. They drop the tongs that they are holding and sprint after you. They give a valiant chase, but you are faster and make it back home to your nest, still carrying the sausage. [[eat the sausage|Ignore it and eat some nuts anyway?]]

You sneak your paw up and snatch a sausage, before leaping away. As you cackle at your success, one of the staff spots you scampering away, shouting gibberish. after you. They drop the tongs that they are holding and sprint after you. They give a valiant chase, but you are faster and make it back home to your nest, still carrying the sausage. [[eat it|Ignore it and eat some nuts anyway?]]

(set:$poisonedu to true) You slowly reach your hand up before snatching a sausage off the table. Gleeful at your success, you scamper away over the rooftops, nibbling your prize. [[go home|Ignore it and eat some nuts anyway?]] [[investigate the mage's stall]]

(set: $potion to true)(if: $food is true)[You snatch up the potion and sprint off down the treetops. Once you are a good distance away, you begin to feel really hungry. You take the hazelnuts out of your pouch, and start snacking on them as you head home.[[go home|Ignore it and eat some nuts anyway?]]] (else:)[Once you have stolen the potion, you begin to feel hungry again. Remembering that you haven't eaten yet, you decide to go get food. do you (if:$visited is false)[[head to the hazelnut stall]] [[look for food in the forest|Look for food in the surrounding forest?]] [[try to steal a sausage from the sausage stall]]]

(set: $box to true)(if: $food is true)[You snatch up the box and sprint off down the treetops. Once you are a good distance away, you begin to feel really hungry. You take the hazelnuts out of your pouch, and start snacking on them as you head home. [[go home|Ignore it and eat some nuts anyway?]]] (else:)[Once you have stolen the box, you begin to feel hungry again. Remembering that you haven't eaten yet, you decide to go get food. do you (if:$visited is false)[[head to the hazelnut stall]] [[look for food in the forest|Look for food in the surrounding forest?]] [[try to steal a sausage from the sausage stall]]]

(set: $stone to true)(if: $food is true)[You snatch up the stone and sprint off down the treetops. Once you are a good distance away, you begin to feel really hungry. You take the hazelnuts out of your pouch, and start snacking on them as you head home.[[go home|Ignore it and eat some nuts anyway?]]] (else:)[Once you have stolen the stone, you begin to feel hungry again. Remembering that you haven't eaten yet, you decide to go get food. do you (if:$visited is false)[[head to the hazelnut stall]] [[look for food in the forest|Look for food in the surrounding forest?]] [[try to steal a sausage from the sausage stall]]]

(set: $knife to true)(if: $food is true)[You snatch up the knife and sprint off down the treetops. Once you are a good distance away, you begin to feel really hungry. You take the hazelnuts out of your pouch, and start snacking on them as you head home.[[go home|Ignore it and eat some nuts anyway?]]] (else:)[Once you have stolen the knife, you begin to feel hungry again. Remebering that you haven't eaten yet, you decide to go get food. do you (if:$visited is false)[[head to the hazelnut stall]]] [[look for food in the forest|Look for food in the surrounding forest?]] [[try to steal a sausage from the sausage stall]]]

The knife is vibrating quite strongly now, so you touch it to the lock that it seems so insistent to be with. There is a blinding flash, and when your vision returns you see the lock has opened and fallen to the floor. The door swings open, and you step out into the strange world of the humans... ''To Be Continued...''

(set:$boxbar to true)You hurl the box at the bars, and it collides with the largest bar before bouncing off and sliding to the floor. Clearly the box is not strong enough to break through them. Should you... (if:$box is true)[ [[Smash the bars with the box]]] (if:$knife is true)[ [[Try to use the knife on the lock somehow]]] (if:$stone is true)[ [[try to smash the cage with the purple stone you "picked up" earlier.]] [[try to reach the hammer]] [[try to smash the cage with your hands]] (if:$done is false)[ [[try to dislodge the lock]]]

You pull the stone out of your pouch, and examine it for a second. It looks quite precious, with purple facets flecked with a lighter purple. Steeling yourself, you bring it crashing down, only to have it explode into dust. You sneeze, and when you can see again, you see smaller shards on the floor, and a small hole in the cage. Picking up the shards, you squeeze out of the hole. You flop to the floor, only to face teh new world of the humans. ''To Be Continued...''

You pound on the bars with your little orange paws, but they simply bounce off like they are made of paper. You try to find a weak spot, but the joints are sealed with some sort of glue, and the sticks are robust. What should you try next? (if:$box is true)[ [[Smash the bars with the box]]] (if:$knife is true)[ [[Try to use the knife on the lock somehow]]] (if:$stone is true)[ [[try to smash the cage with the purple stone you "picked up" earlier.]] (if:$done is false)[ [[try to dislodge the lock]]] [[try to reach the hammer]] [[try to smash the cage with your hands]]

You strain to grab the hammer, pressing yourself against the bars. They dig into your side, but it is worth it, as finally you manage to grab it. You pull it towards yourself, but it lodges against the bars and can't come into the cage. You give a few good tugs, and finally the bars snap with a splintering of wood. You pull yourself through and drop straight into the strange world of the humans. ''To Be Continued...''

(set:$done to true)You reach up to try and dislodge the lock, but it is fastened around the bars in a manner that you can't figure out. You fiddle with it for a bit, but the little spinny wheels aren't cooperating. You figure you have (if:$box or $stone or $knife is true)[4 options.](else:)[3 options.] (if:$box is true)[ [[Smash the bars with the box]]] (if:$knife is true)[ [[Try to use the knife on the lock somehow]]] (if:$stone is true)[ [[try to smash the cage with the purple stone you "picked up" earlier.]] [[try to reach the hammer]] [[try to smash the cage with your hands]] [[keep fiddling with the lock]]

The lock simply is not cooperating. the spinny wheels infuriate you but seem to do nothing else. Moving on, you assess your other options. (if:$box is true)[ [[Smash the bars with the box]]] (if:$knife is true)[ [[Try to use the knife on the lock somehow]]] (if:$stone is true)[ [[try to smash the cage with the purple stone you "picked up" earlier.]] [[try to reach the hammer]] [[try to smash the cage with your hands]]