Your confused expression seems to unsettle this creature.
It shuffles closer to you, until you see it.
It is a man, or at least appears to be one.
Its stance is uneven, almost hunched, and it dons a strikingly pink clothing that adheres to all its body, covering it with the exception of its human hands and face.
Its expression is unsettling, but somehow friendly and affectionate.
[[Continue|The beginning 3]]//"What?"// you say, questioning the being.
//"De pusi man! Can I habe? AaaAAAAaaA"//
[[Continue|The beginning 3]]The being hunches further, smiling eagerly while laying its slightly slanted eyes on you.
//"AaaAAahn"// it utters, //"Furankuuuu! Watashi wa pinku gai desuuu!"//
[[Continue|The beginning 3]]The creature starts shaking its head, drooling and mumbling with an empty stare, while throwing white sand in the air.
[[Continue|The beginning 3]]The creature smiles and nods happily, showing its pearly white teeth and rubbing its hands together.
It soon returns to its state of slight dementia.
It turns, and starts walking to where it came from. It pauses and gestures you to follow.
[[Follow]]
[[Remain where you are]]The creature goes on all four and angrily stomps the sand with its clenched fists, grumbling in disappointment.
Thankfully, the fit ends quickly and the creature looks at you once more.
It turns, and starts walking to where it came from. It pauses and gestures you to follow.
[[Follow]]
[[Remain where you are]]Under your feet, white sand.
Above you, a blinding sun.
Around you, a white vape mist. It smells of cinnamon.
You hear footsteps and turn towards their direction.
They grow closer and closer, a figure starts to show in the mist.
It utters these words: //"Hei b0ss, can I habe de pusi plis?"//
[[Continue|The beginning 2]]With a sideway glance, it repeats once more: //"Can I habe de pusi plis?"//
[[What?]]
[[Who are you?]]
[[Where are we?]]
[[Yes]]
[[No]]You follow the pink man towards its destination.
After a while, you see a tower-like structure in the distance.
The pink creature turns its head towards you, pointing at the distant silhouette while making excited, primal noises.
[[Go on|Tower 1]]
[[Go explore somewhere else|Lake 1]]You decide to stay, not trusting the stange pink man.
There are no points of reference to move around, so you start exploring somewhat erratically.
After a while, you see a large, tower-like structure in the distance.
[[Go towards the tower|Tower 1]]
[[Explore more|Lake 1]]Once under the tower, you realise how truly massive it is.
Tall as a skyscraper and larger than one, its shape is most peculiar, with a rectangular lower side and a cylindircal, smaller part on its topmost edge, from which comes the white mist.
Its stark blackness makes it stand out from the surrounding landscape, its surface shiny and smooth like obsidian.
On it you see numerous incisions depicting human-shaped beings entertaining themselves in various leisure activities.
You notice the massive main doors, many meters tall and wide, and the pink man facing it.
It puts its open hand where the doors meet, causing them to tremble and then open.
Out of the entryway pours thick, billowing white vape smoke. It engulfs both you and the pink man.
[[Everything is cinnamon|inside1]]Whilst exploring, you notice a glimpse in the distance.
Following it, you arrive on the shores of a lake.
Its shores extend to your right and left, who knows for how long: the mist blocks your view.
The water is crystalline, and completely still. The white sand that you trudged on becomes the bottom of this body of water, uncorrupted and pristine.
There is nothing else here, and it feels like there never was.
[[Explore more|Tower 1]]Ah yes, now you (link-reveal: "understand")[(show: ?sit)].
[Atop of a throne (link-reveal: "he")[(show: ?chin)] sits.](sit|
[(link-reveal: "Chin-chin")[(show: ?bow)].](chin|
[You bow.](bow|