Granny take your shoes off

There is a (colour: red)[woman] entering your house. She loves you but does not respect your carpet. There is a woman in your house and it is unclear why she always 'forgets' to take her shoes off. Your Dad feels disrespected when she does not take her shoes off. She is the sort of woman who plays invisible games. There is a woman approaching your stairs and it is unclear if she is playing a game. She is your (colour: red)[Grandmother] and you love her. Are (colour: green)[you] playing a game? [[START->Preflight Checks]] [[ABOUT]]

ARE YOU PLAYING A GAME? (set: $game to "off")(set: $reminders to 0) (colour: green)[Yes,] [[This is a battle for dominance over her respecting this is a shoe-off house]] (colour: green)[No,] [[She is just forgetting even though her house is shoes-off]]

I started writing 2 hours after this happened to me and it seemed like an excuse to learn how to add a variables, basic if/else functions and text input boxes. That was July 2019. This was revised verson a year later when I better understood variables and formatting. Christmas 2022 she brought slippers to wear in our house. Website: [[voidnotes.com/twine-games]] Twitter:[[@voidnotes]] Itchio: [[voidnotes.itch.io]] Back to the [[Game Start->START]] Back to the actual [[first page->Splash]]

(set: $game to "on")This is a game of her creation. The most important rule of these kind of games is to never acknowledge competition. Deniability is vital. [[She is approaching the stairs, shoes on]]

There is no invisible game [[She is approaching the stairs, shoes on]]

Your $nan is starting to climb the stairs, with her shoes on. Your Grandfather is taking his shoes off. [[Say nothing]] Remind her(click-replace: 'Remind her')[There are witnesses. She may not like other people hearing her be told she is wrong. [[Say nothing]] [[Gently remind her]]]

(if: $game is "on")[''Your Dad is not home yet so you have not lost. $nan is winning every moment she is not challenged.'' ]$nan goes up the stairs and heads to the kitchen to look through the windows. You follower her to put the kettle on. (colour:red)["Oh, $name, there's a cat on the fence"] [[Make small talk then pretend to notice her shoes]] [[Make small talk until your Dad get's home->But the game is not over]]

What do (colour: green)[you] call your (colour: red)[Grandmother]? [[Nan]] [[Granny]] [[Other]]

(set: $nan to "Nan") You want to get $nan to remove her shoes before your Dad gets home. [[Your name]]

(set: $nan to "Granny") You want to get $nan to remove her shoes before your Dad gets home. [[Your name]]

(set: $nan to (prompt: "Don't put something rude:", "HER")) You want to get $nan to remove her shoes before your Dad gets home. [[Your name]]

(set: $name to (prompt: "Don't put something rude:", "Dear")) Hello $name. I hope you are ready to play. [[START]]

You talk a little then act surprised. (colour: green)["Um, er, $nan, you know Dad doesn't like when people wear shoes in the house?"] She seemed surprised then began to take off her shoes. (colour:red)["I always forget, you need to remind me"](if: $game is "on")[ ''You protected her ego by doing this once you were alone. She took her shoes off with a grace. A win for you and not a loss for her.''] (set: $reminder to $reminder + 1)[[But the game is not over]]

(colour:green)["$nan, would you mind taking your shoes off"] She seems surpirised for a moment then says: (colour:red)["I was just putting my feet on the step to take them off"](if: $game is "on")[ ''This is not a full loss for her as she was able to retain some level of "being right" even though everyone there knows she was not going to take them off.''] (set: $reminders to $reminder + 1)(set: $trueend to 1)[[But the game is not over]]

(if: $game is "on")[''But the game is not over.''](else:)[But (if: $reminder is 1)[she](else:)[you] have another chance.] Dad comes home and $nan goes back downstairs again to look at something in the garage. (if: $reminder is 1)[She will have put her shoes back on to go outside.](else:)[She will enter the house with shoes on again.] You are in the Kitchen. Do you float around the stairs to remind her(if: $reminder is 1)[ again]? (if: $reminder is 1)[You have already done your part so [[just make tea]]](else:)[[[Just make tea->just make tea]]] [[Hover around]]

You make tea for the whole family then join them in the living room. $nan is wearing her shoes.(if: $reminder is 1)[ Again.](if: $game is "on")[ ''$nan has won. Though you lost nothing. The carpet already needed to be hoovered.''] (if: $trueend is 1)[[[END->TRUEEND]]](else:)[[[END->END]] ]

You hover around the front door, pretending to take an interest in the contents of your garage. Debating in your head if you should say 'um' or 'er' if you remind her. $nan walks back in the house [[Say nothing->SayNo2]] (if: $reminder is 1)[[[Smile weakly and remind her again->Remind her again]]](else:)[[[Remind her->Remind her]]]

Whether or not there is really a game going on the real looser in this game is the family who has to play. <img src="http://www.voidnotes.com/images/2021/twines/lose.png" alt="You all lose"> ''You lost'' Playing 5D chess over dinner is exhausing and also boring. See you next round. Back to the [[Game Start->START]] Back to the actual [[first page->Splash]] [[ABOUT]]

(colour:green)["um, You said to remind you..."] (colour:red)["Yes... I did"] (colour:red)["Thank you $name"] You don't know if your "um" was to sound defferential or was real uncertainty. (if: $game is "on")[''$nan has lost. But what have you gained?''] [[END]]

(colour:green)["$nan, would you mind leaving your shoes downstairs"] (colour:red)["Yes of course I was going to"] (colour:red)["I know your Dad prefers that"] You all know she was not going to take her shoes off but to say so would break the rules of a game you are certainly not all playing.(if: $game is "on")[ ''$nan has had to do something she did not want to do. You have won? What did you win?''] [[END]]

You walk upstairs with her and go make tea for the whole family. $nan is wearing her shoes. (if: $reminder is 1)[Again.] (if: $game is "on")[(if: $reminder is 1)[''$nan has won. You would have had to ask twice and that is just too much. You are defeated. ''](else:)[''$nan has won. You lost nothing. The carpet already needed to be hoovered.'']](else:)[The carpet already needed to be hoovered.] [[END]]

Whether or not there is really a game going on the real looser in this game is the family who has to play. <img src="http://www.voidnotes.com/images/2021/twines/lose.png" alt="You all lose"> ''You lost'' Playing 5D chess over dinner is exhausing and also boring. This was the path I chose. And I lost. See you next round. Back to the [[Game Start->START]] Back to the actual [[first page->Splash]] [[ABOUT]]

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