You drift off into your thoughts, letting your feelings wash away down the drain. \n\n\nThe water turns cold. How long have you been standing there?

Pants First Then Shoes

You did it! Finally, peaceful silence surrounds you once again.\n\n\nYour eyelids feel heavy. So very heavy. They want to shut, close off the pain, the hurt, the feelings of despair and uselessness that fill your entire being. Despair calls out to you, urging you to [[surrender|Surrender]] to the feeling of peace that fills you as you drift off back to sleep.\n\n\nYou [[fight the urge|Wakeup]] and crawl hesitantly out from the safe security of your bed.

You stand there, naked and cold, paralysed with indecision.\n\n\nIt all seems too much. You feel silly for being so anxious over what to wear but can't stop yourself from sliding back into a pit of despair.\n\n\n"That's it!" You tell yourself. "I'm calling in sick. I just can't face the world today. [[Maybe tomorrow will be better|Start]]?"

The hot water runs down your back, soothing your muscles, washing away your despair. If only you could [[stay in the shower|Keep Showering]] forever. Maybe then the world wouldn't seem so bad, so helpless and futile.\n\n\nYou know you can't stay there forever. There's a water shortage somewhere and your head starts to fill with thoughts of guilt.\n\n\nReluctantly, you turn off the tap, step out of the shower and quickly dry yourself. \n\n\nYou feel more relaxed. It makes you want to [[curl up in your bed|Surrender]] again instead of getting dressed.\n\n\nYou [[fight the urge|Dress]] to crawl back into bed. It's not easy to do but it makes you feel a bit stronger again, like you're in control once more.\n\n\n

The harsh sound of your alarm going off suddenly jolts you awake. You think to yourself, "how can it be morning already?"\n \n\nAfter tossing and turning all night, trying to get to sleep, it feels like you only just succeeded. How can the peace you finally feel be over so soon?\n\n\nYou consider hitting the [[snooze button|Snooze 1]], after all, another 10 minutes can't hurt.\n\n\nYou know you should get up but facing the day feels so hard and your bed feels so warm and comfortable.\n\n\nA voice inside your head screams, "Nooooooo!" but you summon up all the strength that you have and [[turn off your alarm|Alarm Off 1]].

You sling one leg at a time off the side of the bed, telling yourself that a nice hot [[shower|Shower]] will help.

You jolt up in bed, startled. You reach for the [[snooze|Surrender]] button without thinking and fall fast asleep again. \n\nWhy is it so easy to sleep when you have to get up but so hard when you first go to bed? Oh, the irony of it all!

created by Pranee McKinlay\nfrom FutureStateMachine\nfor Global Game Jam 2016

You wake up with a start. What time is it?\n\n\nYour alarm clock says 2pm. You curse yourself for sleeping in. Despair overcomes you. You feel like such a failure. Why does everything always go so wrong for you? It's just not fair!\n\n\n"Oh bugger!" You curse out loud. "I missed that important meeting I was supposed to go to. It could have helped put my career back on track! Why am I so stupid!?!" \n\n\n"That's it!" you say, "I'm calling in sick. I'll tell them I have a fever and that's why I slept in. I just can't face the world today. [[Maybe tomorrow will be better|Start]]?"

You gaze despairingly at your wardrobe. Having to put on pants in order to leave the house is hard enough, let alone having to decide which ones to wear as well! [[The need for a decision begins to overwhelm you|Take 2]].