Toxic Waste

The owner used to play with it's water bottle. They used to flip and spin it around. The water bottle is now unused, left to rot in the shelves. The bottle is deep in depression, and when bottles become depressed they become more and more toxic. The water bottle is brewing more toxicity everyday. All the objects of the shelves are all bitter towards each other, in hopes that they will be the next to leave the shelf, but a little cup decides to make a change in the water bottle's world. [[The cup decides to talk to the water bottle->conversation]] [[The cup decides to recruit the other objects of the shelves to do something-> meeting]]

(set:$name to (prompt: "Choose your name:","Cup")) The cup goes up to the water bottle and asks for the water bottle's name. "Just call me Water Bottle kid. Who are you?" "I'm (print:$name). It sure is great to meet you!" "Come on kid. Let's go talk somewhere else." [[Heh sure! Let's go!->pipe]] [[Yeah, I'm not doing that. I'll take a little peek on him though.->spy]]

"Hey guys, what can we do about Water Bottle? He seems quite down recently." "You want to help him?" a bowl asked. "That guy? You're kidding?" a toothpick scoffed. "What's wrong with him?" The toothpick glared at (print:$name), "He's notorious for becoming more and more toxic everyday. Stay away from him kid." [[Umm... sounds scary. I'll stay away from this creep.-> encounter]] [[What does he look like though? I can take just a small little teensy weensy peek. ->spy]]

"Why are we in a nasty pipe? It smells," (print:$name) asked. "Well I'm turning toxic, son. I can't let you be seen with me, everyone hates me for it." "How can I help?" "Find me a purpose again. Anything to get me out of this endless hole." [["OKOK!"->adventure]] [["no."->episode]]

(print:$name) watches Water Bottle go into the pipe, then Water Bottle begin to sizzle and turn red. [[Oh no! I gotta do something...->outburst]] [[I'll just watch...->episode]]

[["Let's go back to the shelves." ->back to the shelves]]

Water Bottle couldn't take it anymore. He started to brew, bubble, and sizzle. He turned red and he finally burst. [[Sad ending :(( Start over :((->The Little Cup]]

(print:$name) sees Water Bottle out of the corner of his eyes. (print:$name) tries not to look his way, but can see that Water Bottle is staring. "Hey, you there! I just talked to you!" (print: $name) starts to run. "Hey get back here!" He begins to slow down and he stops hobbling after. [[How about I turn around and jumpscare him HAHAHA-> AHHH!]] [[AHHH I'M RUNNING! GET ME OUT OF HERE!-> solo adventures]]

You and Water Bottle received countless glares when you went back in the shelves together. "I'm not enjoying that very much. Kind of scared...umm," (print: $name) said. Everyone in the shelves hated each other, and for what? They all had an owner spaced gap between each other, and that wasn't right. "Then let's change something," Water Bottle said. [["Yeah!"->movement]] [["Umm... no thanks. I was just saying that to say that."->passive]]

"I CAN'T do this anymore. No one cares," Water Bottle said. [["I care."->relief]] [["I don't know what to say."->episode]]

"AHHH! YOU CAN'T DO THAT!" Water Bottle said. "Awwwwwww, I see a little smile there. So cute!" (print: $name) said. "No. Shut up." "Heh, there's something in there. I know you have a heart hidden in there." (print: $name) started to poke and tease him. That's how you guys started to get closer. You teased and teased until Water Bottle let his whole heart out. [[So cute! You unlocked a happy ending! You can play again :)->The Little Cup]]

"How can we start?" (print:$name) said. "We could either start a protest or we could bribe everyone to be nicer," said Water Bottle. [[YEAH, LET'S PROTEST->protest]] [[Bribe everyone...with what??->bribery]]

"So what, you just don't care?" Water Bottle asked. "No, it's just...too difficult." "That's fine, what am I for anyways?" Water Bottle stormed off and left him alone. [[Where's he going? It's not my problem->episode]] [[Where's he going? I'm running after him.->something]]

"Hey! Water Bottle! I didn't mean it like that!" Water Bottle kept running. "So let's change something. Let's give you something to work for. Or maybe not. Maybe you need to accept that there isn't a 'purpose' in life. You don't have to do something meaningful to get out." "Whatever you want, kid." [[Let's make a change->movement]] [[Let's keep talking->relief]]

(print: $name) gave Water Bottle a big fat hug. Water Bottle finally felt like he had a purpose, to accompany the little kid through his life. [[HUGS! You reached a happy ending! You can play again :)->The Little Cup]]

"I'm gassed," (print: $name) said, "I'm out the shelves, so I might as well take a gander!" (print:$name) saw his owner, and froze. His owner was approaching past and grabbed a jug of lemonade on the way. The next thing he felt was the sensation of the ice old lemonade. He was being used for the first time in years! (print:$name) spent the rest of his years outside with his owner, and the Water Bottle became a forgotten memory. [[HE'S FINALLY BEING USED! You reached a happy ending for the cup, but maybe not the Water Bottle. Highly encouraged to play again to change Water Bottle's fate :)->The Little Cup]]

Water Bottle and (print:$name) started chanting: "NO MORE OWNER-SIZED SPACE!" A chopstick looked at them, hesistant about whether or not to join in. The chopstick finally gave in and she began chanting as well. The other objects of the shelves began to join in one by one. While there were still some sour old shelf objects, most of the objects were honestly tired of the separation that their desires for ownership created. [[HOORAY! You reached a happy ending! Everyone is jolly and united! You can play again :)->The Little Cup]]

"What are we even gonna bribe everyone else with?" (print:$name) asked. "The idea that they can go back to their owner," Water Bottle replied. "That's a terrible idea." "That would work." [["Alright...let's give it a go. I'm not saying it's a great idea though...cause it's not."->idea]] [["WOW, that is a TERRIBLE idea. How about we stage a protest instead?"->protest]]

Water Bottle did most of the convincing. (print:$name) was just there for emotional support. Turns out he is quite the persuasive guy. Days went by and he convinced more people, but it turns out that people were starting to turn against him. The first few people he asked didn't believe him, and they thought he was telling them lies- but he was. Giving them the idea worked temporarily, but the plan would have never fully worked out with no real action towards getting all the objects back to their owning. People began to turn against the Water Bottle and his little apprentice, the cup. Water Bottle ran away with (print: $name) to the pipes to protect them and run away from the worsening prejudice amongst the shelf objects. [[They ended together...but at what cost? You can play again.->The Little Cup]]