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People can be so terribly cruel. They forgot love easily, especially when it's virtually unconditional. It's not how you would have chosen to have it end, but, you suppose, you made it this far. First, there is loud laughter. Then, a deafening silence. Finally a sharp light.
[[If you are the JAPANESE release...|8A]]
[[If you are the US release...|8B]]
You begin to wriggle in your bright, dark spotted egg.
[[Hatch!|2A]]
*BEFORE YOU BEGIN... This story requires a six-sided die to play When indicated, roll the die to determine the course taken by your owner. The value range will be indicated on the choices.*
The year is 1997. You are a pet Tamagotchi, and you are inside digital EGG, inside a plastic egg, like some Matryoshka perversion.
[[You are a JAPANESE release.|1A]]
[[You are a USA release.|1B]]
You begin to wriggle in your dark, bright spotted egg.
[[Hatch!|2A]]
You hear laughter, and it delights you.
*ROLL 1d6*
[[(1-2) You are fed.|4A]]
[[(3-4) You play a game.|4D]]
[[(5-6) You are ignored.|4C]]
Oh what fun, it's wonderful to play! You are so pleased, and so is your owner. Before you know it, some food falls into your pen!
[[Eat your food!|6A]]Time passes, though you don't know how much. Your owner returns and you wait quietly, hoping they are in a good mood. You are so tired. So bright...
[[(1-3) You are given medicine.|6B]]
[[(4-6) They won't turn out the light.|6C]]You begin to shed tears, flying in small parabolas. You aren't sure if it's fear, hunger, or the unbearable lightness of new being.
*ROLL 1d6*
[[(1-2) You are fed.|4A]]
[[(3-4) You are punished.|4B]]
[[(5-6) You are ignored.|4C]]
Some time later your owner returns!!!
*ROLL 1d6*
[[(1-3) But only briefly...|5D]]
[[(4-6) They want to play!|5E]]
You have a nice rest after eating, but before you can decide what to do you make a quaint little poo!
*ROLL 1d6*
[[(1-3) Your owner gently cleans you.|5D]]
[[(4-6) They medicate you for fun.|6D]]
Your blobby tummy doesn't feel so good, but your owner loves you, and will take care of you, right? You squeak pathetically when your owner arrives.
*ROLL 1d6*
[[(1-3) Your plea is heard!|5D]]
[[(4-6) They want to play!|4D]]
Your owner tries to turn out the lights for bed, but you are having none of it! You manage to hop high enough to click it back on every time.
*ROLL 1d6*
[[(1-3) You are gently disciplined!|8E]]
[[(4-6) You are medicated.|8F]]
It's been a great day, but you can't wait to curl up and nap! You yawn loudly, looking up at your owner.
*ROLL 1d6*
[[(1-3) The lights click right off.|8C]]
[[(4-6) They want to play!|8D]]
Without any light, time is impossible to keep track of. You only get hungrier. You hear something drop into the pen much later... Food? A toy? A trick? So young, and so confused, it's too much to bear. It's too late, and it's easier to just not eat at all.
[[If you are the JAPANESE release...|8A]]
[[If you are the US release...|8B]]
After a few more weeks of time with each other off and on, your owner smiles and says quietly, "It's almost time." At first you are confused, but then you feel it too. You've had your time, and there is one more step before there can be a new owner.
[[You rest in your owner's hand.|10A]]
Like a shadow disappearing from a passing cloud, you feel the world slip from you. But it's ok. As you pass, an egg you weren't even aware was growing inside you releases; where most of your energy must have been going these last few days. As darkness covers you like a warm blanket, you look at the egg and smile. "I love you, and may you be loved", you think, and then you think nothing at all.A Tamagotchi LifeYou wriggle and writhe some more, taking almost five whole minutes until you feel a satisfying *crack* in the shell, bursting forth, a bouncing BABY into a 32 x 16 pixel pen! You are alive, and you are beautiful. You are also not alone.
[[Cry.|3A]]
[[Squish around your pen.|3B]]Oh... You thought your owner might understand you better, but I guess you can lose games too. A single tear animates down your cheek.
*ROLL 1d6*
[[(1-3) Frustrated, your owner punishes you.|4B]]
[[(4-6) Your owner praises you for playing, and gives you a treat!|4A]]
Your owner wants to play! It feels so warm to have the attention. A funny thought pops into your fresh mind. What if you surprise your owner by jumping left or right, and they guess which way it will be? Delightful!
*ROLL 1d6*
[[(1-3) They guess the same direction you jump!|4E]]
[[(4-6) They guess the other way.|4F]]
Oh what fun, it's wonderful to play! You are so pleased, and so is your owner. Before you know it, some food falls into your pen!
[[Eat your treat!|4A]]Struck by your owner's hand you stop crying instantly, stunned. Emotions whirl, but there is one thing you know for sure... Crying is for the weak, or the stupid. You focus on keeping your tears in while eating the remnants of your shell absentmindedly. It isn't great food, but you grow into a CHILD.
[[Crawl into a corner.|5D]]Eventually you stop crying. Your owner doesn't seem to care, so maybe it's best to keep your feelings inside. Maybe crying is a stupid thing for babies to do. You get hungry but instead of whining you eat the remnants of your shell. It's awful, but allows you to grow into a CHILD.
[[Crawl into a corner.|5D]]*NOM NOM NOM* Ahhh! Delicious! Just what you needed to grow from a baby blob and enter playful youth! You are now a CHILD. You waddle around and stare at the tiny world, babbling to yourself occasionally. You start to feel...
[[Bored.|5A]]
[[Sick.|5B]]
[[Messy.|5C]]
*CRUNCH CRUNCH* Soooo good! You feel reenergized and strong! Before long you grow into a healthy TEEN. You are feeling...
[[Tired.|7B]]
[[Mischievous.|7C]]After many sleepless nights you finally rest well, feeling better and better as the minutes pass. You wake up quite hungry, and before you know it, your owner's face appears!
*ROLL 1d6*
[[(1-3) They drop some food into the pen.|6A]]
[[(4-6) They just laugh and leave off the lights.|7A]]You feel awful. Ignored, unloved, tortured even. You curl into a ball and weep silently.
[[If you are the JAPANESE release...|8A]]
[[If you are the US release...|8B]]
You didn't feel sick before, but you definitely do now. You vomit, making even more of a mess than there already was.
[[If you are the JAPANESE release...|8A]]
[[If you are the US release...|8B]]
Just as the world is about to go completely dark, you feel a strange tingling. Then the sensation of your entire body turning inside out and back again! Where... what? Before you black out, the forms of others that look much like you take shape, looking quite sad.You have a lovely sleep, dreaming of a group of dancing Sekitoritchi. When you awake, a breakfast is already waiting! After munching away you feel stronger, and notice you've grown more lately. You're an ADULT! But, you notice your owner has also gotten older.
*ROLL 1d6*
[[(1-3) They give you to their younger sibling.|9A]]
[[(4-6) They show off for their friends, and smash you with a hammer.|9B]]
You feel cold, and sad. Every moment that passes is a step closer to death, but it would be more welcome to the life you've had. You sigh a final sigh, like a quiet breath in cool air, somehow visible.In order to calm you down, your owner injects you with something. Medication? You aren't even sick! But the world starts to blur. A sedative? AHH! You are injected again, and AGAIN, but... you don't care as much anymore.
[[If you are the JAPANESE release...|8A]]
[[If you are the US release...|8B]]
You are so tired, and ache all over, but your owner just won't let you sleep. Every time you try to lay down they poke and prod, giggling as you complain, "Wake up! I want to PLAY!" they cry.
[[If you are the JAPANESE release...|8A]]
[[If you are the US release...|8B]]
Your owner chastises you for acting out, but somehow you love them more for it. You feel warm with affection. Lights are put out and you sleep soundly.
[[You dream...|8C]][[Jerry Belich|https://jerrytron.com]] ([[@j3rrytron|https://twitter.com/j3rrytron]])[[Written for the A MAZE Magazine No. 4|https://issuu.com/independenceamazing/docs/a_maze_magazin_nr_4_druck_01]]