you, welcome.
(after:2s)[you, take a too-sweet sniff of the citrus surrounding you.]
(after:4s)[blink open your eyes.]
(after:6s)[where are you?]
(after:9s)[(text-colour:#862e9c)[[look around->take it in]]]
(enchant:?page,(text-colour:#087f5b)+(bg:(gradient: 0, 0,#ffdeeb,0.3218,#ffdeeb,0.4916,#f3d9fa,0.6465,#ffdeeb,1,#fcc2d7)))(enchant:?page,(text-colour:#a61e4d)+(bg:(gradient: 0, 0,#d3f9d8,0.3218,#d3f9d8,0.4916,#b2f2bb,0.6465,#d8f5a2,1,#d3f9d8)))(text-style:"blink")[pink]
(after:3s)[you are in a room, full of pink tulle curtains and canopies.]
(after:6s)[it might have been your bedroom, once. maybe it could be again.]
(after:8s)[(text-colour:#087f5b)[[get up, look harder.->searching]]]
(after:8s)[(text-colour:#087f5b)[[lay down again, and rest in what you might remember.->memory]]](enchant:?page,(text-colour:#6741d9)+(bg:(hsl:82,0.7468,0.6902,0.85)))
your eyes land on three things:
(after:2s)[a child's stuffed toy, handsewn and misshappen. [[look.->stuffed toy]]]
(after:2s)[three beer bottle caps. [[inspect.->bottle caps]]]
(after:2s)[and a handdrawn vampire picture. [[examine.->vampire]]]
(text-colour:#f1f3f5)[red buds]
(enchant:?page,(text-colour:#f1f3f5)+(bg:(hsl:255,0.9439,0.7902,0.85)))
(after:5s)[faint floral honey sweetness. citrus. always citrus.]
(after:9s)[(text-colour:#be4bdb)[[ wake up, wake up, wake up->take it in]]](enchant:?page,(text-colour:#c2255c)+(bg:(hsl:289,0.8545,0.7843,0.85))) the eyes are made of buttons, both different in size.
(after:4s)[the limbs limp and full of loose cotton]
(after:6s)[suddenly, it explodes.]
(after:9s)[pink tulle stitched in simple lines and stuffed with pink tulle. pink tulle exploding after dream-deer/dragon impact]
(after:12s)[tulle sparkle body guts pink why guts pink tulle sparkle body tulle sparkle body]
(after:14s)[(text-colour:#6741d9)[[look again->searching]]](enchant:?page,(text-colour:#ffc9c9)+(bg:(hsl:21,0.9016,0.4784,0.85))) you sniff and smell beer, and its ubiqutious scent on your mother's breath.
(after:2s)[she holds your head in your twin bed, giving you apple slices and says:]
(after:6s)["an apple a day keeps the dentist away."]
(after:8s)[you chew, and wonder if beer tastes as bad as it smells]
(after:10s)[(text-colour:#d9480f)[[put the bottle caps down->searching]]](enchant:?page,(text-colour:#e03131)+(bg:(hsl:210,0.1034,0.2275,0.85)))goodnight,
(after:2s)[veins pump,]
(after:6s)[bleed]
(after:8s)[bleed]
(after:10s)[you see the blood and think: huh. where did that come from.]
(after:12s)[forget, baby. forget.]
(after:14s)[(text-colour:#6741d9)[[forget->searching]]]