Ah, what a glorious day it is. You, Dorian, are currently en route to the local Nightmare Wendy's along with your sword and tome; they house two spirits, named Lunane and Ilriam. Do they have accents on their names? Yes, but I'm not pasting that in there.
Anyway, you walk into the Nightmare Wendy's. You haven't slept in a couple of days, but you figure a nice order of chicken nuggets will help things along. You walk up to the cash register, and wait in line patiently for the people in front of you to finish. Ilriam and Lunane are bickering about useless shit as always. It also doesn't help that there's some dumbass pop song playing in the background, and it makes you want to commit a mass homicide but you would really prefer to eat first.
You make it to the cash register. What do you order?
[[Large order of chicken nuggets->big boy meal]]
[[Kids' order->kids order]]
[[Exit Wendy's->exit wendys]] Actually? You... aren't really in the mood for Nightmare Wendy's. You don't like nightmares. So maybe you should go to regular Wendy's instead... You apologize to the cashier and hastily make your way out of the Nightmare Wendy's.
''Neutral End 1''
[[Start over->The Beginning]] You decide to order a //Kids Meal//. There's no particular reason why, but... you feel like you're in the mood for a smaller order. Ilriam promptly laughs his ass off over the order, but Lunane tries to make him shut up.
Unfortunately, the cashier informs you that your order will take a little bit to process because there's a large delay, and the person in front of you actually just took the last of the chicken nuggets. They now need to make more.
What do you do now?
[[Wait patiently->wait patiently]]
[[Start sobbing->start sobbing]]
[[Exit Nightmare Wendy's->exit wendys again]] You decide to order a //large order of chicken nuggets.// That's gotta be at least, like, ten? You're hungry. It might make you throw up later, but let it all be damned, you're hungry. Lunane cheerfully comments that the chicken nuggets at this particular Nightmare Wendy's are incredibly good.
Unfortunately, the cashier informs you that your order will take a little bit to process because there's a large delay, and the person in front of you actually just took the last of the chicken nuggets. They now need to make more.
What do you do now?
[[Wait patiently->wait patiently]]
[[Start sobbing->start sobbing]]
[[Exit Nightmare Wendy's->exit wendys again]] You immediately start sobbing. You- you don't //want// to wait for your chicken nuggets. You promptly exit the restaurant and sit down on the sidewalk, sob for a bit, and then go home. It doesn't feel very nice crying against a Nightmare Wendy's wall when you can just go home and relax there- plus, the voices in your head are telling you to leave before you make more of a scene. How did nobody question the sword and tome you were carrying, anyway...?
''Neutral End 2''
[[Start over->The Beginning]] You immediately start sobbing. You decide to at least go and sit down at a table so the people behind you can order- what a nice man! Ilriam is yelling at you, though. Something about how it's 'pussy behavior' to start sobbing because you would have to wait for your chicken nuggets. "That's how the world works!" he scoffs. Lunane tries to make him quit bullying you, to no avail- which only makes you sob harder. Everyone is staring at you and you'd be quite embarassed, but your face is down on the table right now. Hopefully it was cleaned recently!
This continues for some bit, and that //damn pop song// keeps playing in the background. You keep crying while the voices in your head bully you and each other. Eventually, you feel a tap on your shoulder. Someone in a Nightmare Wendy's outfit is staring at you, a crooked smile on his face. He also has horns and wings, so you're a little bit confused as to what the fuck kind of holiday it is. You're pretty sure it's February and not Halloween, but you also haven't left the house in seven months.
"Excuse me," he calls out, his voice incredibly smooth yet somewhat giggly. "Are you alright, child?" The word 'child' is pronounced weirdly, as if he has some kind of accent. More like... //shild.// His nametag reads Iridae.
[[Continue sobbing->continue sobbing]]
[[Say that you are->say yes]]
[[Complain about the order being late->complain about order]]You... wait patiently. You sit down at a table and wait for your order number to be called out. What else would you do? You're a functioning member of society- one that just happens to be carrying a glowing sword and a tome. You enjoy your meal and then go home. It tasted... good. It could be better.
''Neutral End 3''
[[Start over->The Beginning]] You're just... a bit too busy crying. The absolute emotional shock of having to //wait// for your //order// at a //restaurant// is... taxing. It's called fast food! Why isn't it fast?! Ilriam tries to go off about how fucking stupid you are, but you ignore him and keep crying because you're so used to that you're able to effortlessly block it out.
Upon not getting a response, the Iridae's smile turns colder //juuust// a little bit. "Child, what's the issue? Are you alright? You can't keep crying in the middle of a public place like this."
[[Keep crying and don't answer->still sobbing]]
[[Tell him about your troubles->troubles]]
[[Complain about the state of the food->complain about order]] You slowly lift your head and look Iridae in his... weirdly blue eye. His shiny hair covers the other one. That probably violates some kind of dress code, but you're not a Nightmare Wendy's worker. Or a manager. Anyway, you sniffle a bit and whimper that you're alright.
"You're clearly not alright, child," he laughs softly, still grinning. "If you were alright, you wouldn't be crying at a Nightmare Wendy's table right now. What's wrong?"
[[Begin sobbing again->still sobbing]]
[[Explain your troubles->troubles]]
[[Complain about the order->complain about order]] With another sob, you begin to complain about why you need to wait for food at a fast food restaurant, and why they can't hurry it up and live up to the name.
Iridae laughs. "Nightmare Wendy's isn't a fast food restaurant- you're thinking of //Daydream// Wendy's, child. This is a //slow// food restaurant." With that, you start crying even harder.
[[Demand to know what the difference between the two is, anyway->demand]]
[[Explain your troubles in more detail->troubles]]
[[Continue sobbing- again->still sobbing]] The stress of all of it is too much, and you devolve into further sobbing. The Nightmare Wendy's table is now... quite wet. If it wasn't cleaned before, it sure as hell is now.
The Nightmare Wendy's worker dampens his bright smile just a little. "Child, I regret to inform you that you can't keep crying here. You're scaring the other customers away... and generally we don't allow customers carrying weapons in."
Oh, shit. Right. You //do// have a sword and a tome. That's... kind of an issue, most likely. What are you meant to do now?
[[Realize that your weapons may be frightening the other customers and exit the Nightmare Wendy's, as you are an upstanding member of society->exit the wendys]]
[[Have Ilriam attempt to murder Iridae just for existing->murder]]
[[Go off about your struggles->troubles]] Before you can go off about your troubles, Iridae asks you to please leave the table again, as you're being quite a nuisance and people are staring. He asks you to at least return to the bathroom- or, hell, complete your order, since you ran away from the counter before you could even finish it, and it would be a shame if you ran off without some delicious Nightmare Wendy's signature chicken nuggets.
You...
[[...apologize and leave the Nightmare Wendy's.->exit the wendys]]
[[...apologize and go into the bathroom.->bathroom]]
[[...apologize and go complete your order.->complete order]]
[[...decide to murder Iridae for not delivering you your chicken nuggets.->murder]] Iridae cackles. "I don't know, child. It's a regional thing. They call McDonald's 'Macca's' in Australia, for example. Did you know that?"
This information reveals why the British deported all of their criminals to Australia.
[[You continue to sob, only harder now that you're aware of this atrocity.->still sobbing]] You apologize to Iridae for the inconvenience, sniffle, take a napkin and wipe your tears from the table, and leave the restaurant- or rather, //Lunane// leaves the restaurant, since you start sobbing again in the middle of the interaction and he needs to take control to remove your pathetic ass from the establishment. You return home, get into bed, and promptly go to bed and sob.
You're seventeen, by the way. Seventeen and you can't even talk to someone in a Nightmare Wendy's without breaking into tears. Maybe Ilriam has a point, for once. Maybe you //are// a pussy. A pussy without his chicken nuggets.
''Neutral End 4''
[[Start over->The Beginning]] You've had enough. You've had enough of all of this shit. The pop song, the smug ass fucking grin on Iridae's face, the lack of chicken nuggets... That mass homicide you were thinking about earlier sounds real fucking good- better than the chicken nuggets- so you go silent for a brief moment, internally begging Ilriam to take control and fucking murder this sly bitch.
Ilriam, being Ilriam, is more than willing, and promptly takes control and attempts to shank Iridae with your sword. Unfortunately, you've underestimated the strength of this 4'6" bag of Skittles, and before you- or Ilriam, rather- can even get a single slice out, your vision goes dark and you collapse on the tear-soaked Nightmare Wendy's table.
[[Oh fuck->oh fuck]] You hastily apologize to Iridae and make your way into the Nightmare Wendy's bathroom. You're the only person in the bathroom. It's small, but surprisingly tidy. The annoying pop song plays through the tinny speakers and gives the entire room a type of ominous vibe. You're not here to piss, shit, OR cum. You're here to stand in front of the mirror and fucking sob.
Your face is red, and your pale orange hair is much messier than it normally is. You try to straighten it out using the water from the sink, since you don't very much feel like licking your hands- plus, Lunane forbids it.
You sniffle and cry for a little bit, wiping your nose on your sleeve, despite the fact that there's paper towels to the left of you, because you're a fucking child. You're also muttering to yourself and probably look like a fucking lunatic- assuming the fact that you hear the voices of talking weapons didn't make that clear- but it doesn't matter because there's nobody in the bathroom.
Oh, wait. There is. Iridae is standing behind you, all of a sudden. You see his reflection in the mirror, smug ass :} looking grin widening as you turn around to look at him. Before you can even draw your sword to attempt to fight him, you fucking pass out. As far as you're aware, nothing even bonked you on the head- you just... sleep. The last thing you see before your vision goes dark as you fall is his god damn smirk.
[[Oh fuck->oh fuck]]You realize you were being a little bit... irrational. It's a restaurant. Of course you're going to need to wait for your food. You apologize to Iridae, wipe your tears off the table, make your way to the cash register, and complete your order.
Once it's finished- which only took a couple of minutes, anyway- you sit down at the same table you had been sobbing at and eat your chicken nuggets. Afterwards, you leave the restaurant, go home, get in bed, and sob at the insanity of it all. Lunane tries to calm you down, but you're traumatized by the horrors you experienced at that Nightmare Wendy's; the real nightmare was having to wait for your food.
But it doesn't matter, because you got the food anyway. Good job! It might not have been worth leaving the house for the first time in seven months just for that.
(text-colour:green)[''Good End 1'']
[[Start over->The Beginning]] You wake up. You can barely remember what happened, but as you come to consciousness, you're tied up in some dark room somewhere. You quickly realize this is the freezer of the Nightmare Wendy's. It's dark, and cold, since it's a freezer and it would be rather inconvenient if it was warm. Inconvenient for the Nightmare Wendy's people, though- not you. It would be nice if it was warm.
Anyway.
You groan a little bit and try to free the bindings on your arms. You can't see anything. Oh, wait- you see something now. Iridae is standing in front of you, a ball of light floating above his hand to illuminate the frigid space. It's clear nobody is around here, though. That goes along with the saying of Nightmare Wendy's- //Never fresh, never frozen.// Why would anything be in the freezer?
"You've walked right into my trap," Iridae coos, taking a step towards you. You realize why it's weirdly quiet. You can't hear the dumbass spirits that are tied to you via the weapons- probably because those weapons are in the other corner of the room. Not far enough to incapacitate you, but far enough for you to be unable to hear them. How inconvenient. You, of course, continue to try to move, but to no avail. "Any last words?"
[["What the hell are you doing?"->what are you doing]]
[["If Nightmare Wendy's advertises its products as being never frozen, then why is there a freezer?"->freezer]]
[["Why do you look like a rejected 90s Nickelodeon cartoon character?"->cartoon]]
[[Remain silent->silence]]"Isn't it obvious? I'm going to use you to feed myself!"
Iridae takes another step forward. "Human fear tastes quite delicious- far more delicious than whatever slob this establishment could produce. Like sugar... Sugar is good, though I'm not sure if the filth here has enough in it. The food here is the real nightmare... But you'll be experiencing one soon enough!"
His threats seem rather... corny, but you don't know if it's worth writing them off, given he managed to get you here to begin with.
[["I'm pretty sure there's sugar in the back room."->sugar]]
[["What the hell are you on about? Fear can't taste like anything, since it's an emotion. Are you fucking insane, you Halloween costume looking toddler ass motherfucker?"->angery]]
[["If this place is such a nightmare, then why do you work here?"->nightmare]]The being cackles lightly. "That's for you to find out! I'm not entirely sure myself, really... Though you have much more important things to be worrying about~!"
Iridae takes another step forward. "Human fear tastes quite delicious- far more delicious than whatever slob this establishment could produce. Like sugar... Sugar is good, though I'm not sure if the filth here has enough in it. The food here is the real nightmare... But you'll be experiencing one soon enough!"
His threats seem rather... corny, but you don't know if it's worth writing them off, given he managed to get you here to begin with.
[["I'm pretty sure there's sugar in the back room."->sugar]]
[["What the hell are you on about? Fear can't taste like anything, since it's an emotion. Are you fucking insane, you Halloween costume looking toddler ass motherfucker?"->angery]]
[["If this place is such a nightmare, then why do you work here?"->nightmare]]Iridae's :} quickly fades into :] then :) then :| then :[ then :( then :{. He really seems quite angered, in a blistering cold manner. You don't get graced with a response. You fucking die.
You didn't even get your chicken nuggets.
(text-colour:red)[''Bad End 1'']
[[Start over->The Beginning]] You remain silent.
Iridae takes another step forward. "You're too scared to speak, hm? Human fear tastes quite delicious- far more delicious than whatever slob this establishment could produce. Like sugar... Sugar is good, though I'm not sure if the filth here has enough in it. The food here is the real nightmare... But you'll be experiencing one soon enough!"
His threats seem rather... corny, but you don't know if it's worth writing them off, given he managed to get you here to begin with.
[["I'm pretty sure there's sugar in the back room."->sugar]]
[["What the hell are you on about? Fear can't taste like anything, since it's an emotion. Are you fucking insane, you Halloween costume looking toddler ass motherfucker?"->angery]]
[["If this place is such a nightmare, then why do you work here?"->nightmare]]Iridae's eyes- well, his one uncovered //eye//- lights up at your words. "Sugar? In this accursed place? In the back room? Ah, yes! I haven't been back there!"
You nod. It makes sense for there to be sugar in the back room of this place. It's a restaurant, after all... It should be in the...
(text-colour:#a5584a)+(background:black)[[[...''brown'' bag.->brown bag]]]
(text-colour:white)[[[...''white'' bag.->white bag]]]
Something... snaps within Iridae. Perhaps the stress of working this job was too much for his rainbow self to handle- that combined with your snarky remark did it.
"You think fear can't taste like anything?" he laughs, staring down at you with a deranged smile. "You'd be mistaken, child! It tastes wonderful... but not as wonderful as human blood!" And with that, Iridae just... drops the entire human thing and turns into a swirling mess of rainbow mist and tendrils. Before you have time to really comprehend what the hell you're looking at, an unimaginably sharp claw is plunged through your chest. You fucking die.
You didn't even get your chicken nuggets. Maybe there's a Daydream Wendy's in heaven- or maybe you'll get stuck with a Nightmare Wendy's in hell, assuming this isn't already there.
(text-colour:red)[''Bad End 3'']
[[Start over->The Beginning]] Iridae scoffs a bit. "I only work here because I get to deal with people like you- people who think you're so witty! And smart! But..." He sighed. "Quite honestly, you're a lot more boring than I thought. That single smart remark immediately removed any and all interest I might've had in lapping up your fear..." He looks down at you, sitting on the floor and freezing your ass off, with a small smirk.
"Would you like to take my job here instead? I'm tired of dealing with people like you and I want to go home."
[["I want to go home too."->home]]
[["Sure."->sure]]
[["Maybe. Want to talk about it over some chicken nuggets?"->nuggets]]Iridae promptly leaves the room, casting it into total darkness since he took the ball of light with him and didn't have the courtesy to turn on the light switch. It probably doesn't even work. This place is, literally, a nightmare. A Nightmare Wendy's. You make your way to the weapons, but before you can cut the bindings loose with Lunane, aka the sword, you hear the freezer door slam open with a bang. It hits the wall aggressively enough to cause several packages of nuggets to fall off of a nearby shelf.
"You lied to me."
His voice is incredibly angry- angrier than you ever thought you would see out of the 90s Halloween costume looking motherfucker.
"You lied to me. That wasn't sugar. That was //flour.// Flour! //''FLOUR!''// You lied to me!" Iridae's furious, deranged grin widens; it's honestly a bit terrifying. You attempt to grab onto the weapons, but before you can even do that, Iridae goes fucking sicko mode and casually just... drops the entire humanoid thing and goes full cuckoo crazy seizure mode. You know, the thing. The floating, tendril-y, misty, fluid and rainbow mess. Before you have time to even react, he just... plunges a ridiculously sharp claw into your chest and you fucking die.
All of this over some SNES Rainbow Road cunt ass's sugar addiction.
(text-colour:red)[''Bad End 2'']
[[Start over->The Beginning]] Iridae, without another word, leaves, presumably heading off to the back room. The room is now entirely dark, so you have to practically fucking electrocute yourself using your lightning abilities to see. After waiting a minute to ensure that he's really gone, you inch your way over to the weapons, cut the bindings loose on yourself, and- after listening to a bunch of yelling from the spirits- decide to get the fuck out of the Nightmare Wendy's.
As you slowly make your way over to the freezer- that Iridae left open, letting all of the cold out- you take a look outside. The sight before you is... interesting, to say the least. Iridae, in his sugar crazed frenzy, is yelling at people to get out of his way as he pushes both customer and employee aside with no regard. A tall man and what appears to be his daughter open the door. They take a look at the scene- she seems quite horrified at the sight and begins sobbing like you did previously- and leave immediately.
You decide that it's likely a good idea to follow them before Iridae changes his mind.
You have escaped. You didn't get any chicken nuggets, but you escaped with your life.
Good job!
(text-colour:green)[''Good End 2'']
[[Start over->The Beginning]] "Then go. You're boring."
He promptly disappars into thin air. Somehow. The bindings disappear too, so... You take the weapons and leave.
Good job! You escaped with your life and didn't die. You didn't get any chicken nuggets, though... :(
(text-colour:green)[''Good End 3'']
[[Start over->The Beginning]] Iridae throws his hat at you- how was he even wearing a hat with horns, anyway?- and then just vanishes- probably to go out and raid the kitchen. Well, now you're stuck working here. Here in Nightmare Wendy's purgatory. There is no escape. No salvation and no reprieve. You are trapped. For an eternity, you will slave away fulfilling the ridiculous orders of strangers. You pick up the weapons, don the hat, and stand at the cash register.
Within two minutes, you start sobbing again.
You go home.
It's all over now.
''True Neutral Ending''
[[Start over->The Beginning]] "Talk about it?" he cackled. "With you? Over chicken nuggets?"
"...Why not?"
He extends a thin hand to you, and helps you up from the floor. You go to the corner of the room and pick up the weapons after Iridae removes the bindings. Ilriam and Lunane are both yelling about useless shit, but it's not important right now. You walk out of the freezer. Iridae orders chicken nuggets for the both of you, with a side of honey mustard. You return to the table where you had first met him.
You sit down on one side and he sits on the other. An open container of honey mustard sits on the table between you. You try to dip a chicken nugget into it over idle small talk; your hand accidentally bumps into his. You glance up at him, blushing faintly. You decide to hold his hand with your free one, putting the chicken nugget into your mouth.
You realize this entire thing was a misunderstanding. Iridae was simply trying to feed himself off of your fear, because he doesn't like the way these Nightmare Wendy's chicken nuggets taste. With honey mustard, though, they taste wonderful.
And with another hidden additive... love.
(text-colour:magenta)[''You are now gay.'']
You have achieved the (text-colour:magenta)[''Truest Ending'']. Congratulations! Enjoy your nuggets and your new boyfriend.
[[Start over <3->The Beginning]]