Dom

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/6r7edAf.gif" width="200" height="200"> <center><h3>**Dom**</h3> A short interactive act by Vitaliy Zubkov [[Start]]</center> <audio src="https://www.dropbox.com/s/2ktfxiwvjle8kao/1.mp3?dl=1" autoplay>

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/5ZtzM3i.gif" width="200" height="200"> When you know that you're going to leave home for a long time, it gets hard. (click: "<img src='https://i.imgur.com/5ZtzM3i.gif'>")[Of course you know that, right? No need to ask.](click-replace: "ask")[ask why you left that day]

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/peRUqCM.gif" width="200" height="200"> <center>Chapter One <h2>**Fool**</h2> I [[looked over]] my things.</center>

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/peRUqCM.gif" width="200" height="200"> It was the day.(click-replace: "day.")[day. The day I haven't expect to come. ] (click: "The day")[Actually, if I remember right, it was late night. But that is not important.](click-replace: "not important")[important, as I couldn't just leave by the sunlight] (click: "leave")[Yes. I was leaving the home I had for my whole life, and I had to pack [[my stuff]].]

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/peRUqCM.gif" width="200" height="200"> So, I looked over my room. (mouseover: "over my room")[Walls covered in posters, barely visible light from the lamp on the table. A wardrobe full of cuts and a shelf near the bed.] (mouseover: "posters")[I came closer to the posters hanging on the wall. Eyes of noname local rock singers looked into my soul. They had small concerts in nearby pubs, and it had some special magic. Almost none of my friends listened to them, but I truly loved their vibes. The most of those I loved Deep Ones, which were presented to me by Chris. Although he hadn't listened to them for some years, I still got love for the Deep.] (mouseover: "table")[Table had a lamp and one book on it. Also the metal hand watches were shining.] (mouseover: "wardrobe")[Wardrobe was full of cuts and with a bit of dust over its handles and roof.] (mouseover: "shelf")[Shelf had old photo of my family on it. Also dusty swiss-army knife as a gift from Molot.] (mouseover: "bed")[My sack was lying over the bed. It was full of my notes and clothes, had some snacks and the money I've got from my dad for the first time. It had a bit more space. Could [[I take]] something else with me?] (mouseover-replace: "my friends")[my classmates](mouseover-replace: "vibes")[music](mouseover-replace: "Almost none")[Actually, no one](mouseover-replace: "one book on it.")[one book on it. It was Roger Carpenter's "Neurophisiology" with paintings of my younger brother Stotch all over the pages.](mouseover-replace: "hand watches were shining.")[hand watches were shining. A gift from my mom for my 19th birthday. Cold steel mechanism with no space for an error.](mouseover-replace: "older brothers.")[older brothers. Some day it will be worn by younger one.](mouseover-replace: "my family.")[my family on it: my father and mother, and the bunch of my brothers: Chris, and Molot, with me in between. Stotch wasn't born yet.](mouseover-replace: "a gift from Molot.")[a gift from Molot. A broken gift I had to fix, to be true.](mouseover-replace: "I've got from my dad")[I've stolen from my dad.] (click-replace: "handles and roof.")[handles and roof. As I opened it, more dust got into my face. It was full of clothes I haven't wear for years, all got to my hands from my older brothers.]

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/zN5poGP.gif" width="200" height="200"> <center>A tough choice, huh? I had to take only one.</center> [[Deep Ones poster]], of course. The band is dope and will remind me of my oldest brother. [[Steel watches]], a gift from my mother. It will help me remember the good times living here. [[Neurophysiology]], Roger Carpenter's book, with paintings of the youngest of us. Child's happiness is one of the most important resources in this grim world. [[Old family photo]], a way to remember my family. We look so happy here. [[Swiss Army Knife]], broken and then repaired. Just like my older brother.

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/RAKcCvw.gif" width="200" height="200"> I've took the book and put it on the top of the sack. Our home was empty - all the family was on a birthday of my father's boss, celebrating his birthday, while I got home earlier, as I've told them I felt sick. The road was ahead, waiting for nothing but my first step [[out of the door.]] (set: $trouble to "father")

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/5VJ6kOK.gif" width="200" height="200"> I've took the book and put it on the bottom of the sack, covering it with my other things. Our home was empty - all the family was on Stotch's birthday party, while I got home earlier, as I've told them I felt sick. I wish I could be there, but my current place was the only one I could have. Or, at least, I wished to. The road was ahead, waiting for nothing but my first step [[out of the door.]] (set: $trouble to "younger")

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/NzwpSMT.gif" width="200" height="200"> I've took the photo with a frame and put it on the bottom of the sack, covering it with my other things. Our home was empty - all the family was on the vacation in the middle of Europe, while I stayed home to pass my exams. The road was ahead, waiting for nothing but my first step [[out of the door.]] (set: $trouble to "family")

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/txUMtHr.gif" width="200" height="200"> I've took the poster, scrolled it for good and put it near my other things. Our home was empty - all the family was on Chris' birthday party, while I got home earlier, as I've told them I felt sick. The road was ahead, waiting for nothing but my first step [[out of the door.]] (set: $trouble to "oldest")

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/0Xw9ANQ.gif" width="200" height="200"> I've took the swiss knife and put it on the bottom of the sack, covering it with my other things. Our home was empty - all the family was on Molot's graduation celebration party, while I got home earlier, as I've told them I felt sick. The road was ahead, waiting for nothing but my first step [[out of the door.]] (set: $trouble to "older")

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/QisbfNr.gif" width="200" height="200"> I've eaten some dust on the good old England roads. I crossed the sea aboard cargo ship, in the dark corners of the hold. I went through many Europe borders. I've seen many places, good and bad, and I've let them help me forget about the home I left behind. (click: "about the home")[My family thought I was hiding somewhere in the town. They had started worrying after a week.](click: "a week")[I wrote them first letter after three years.] (click: "My family")[We haven't met each other ever since after. We had some mails, but they seemed not to be interested in contacting me.] (click: "contacting")[Mother wrote me that everyone is okay.](click-replace: "everyone is okay.")[my father thinks I've betrayed him.] (click: "betrayed")[Maybe I did.](click-replace: " I did")[, I did not](click-replace: "Maybe, I did not.")[Maybe my father should go fuck himself. (click: "Mother wrote me")[It's been almost a year since last message I've got.]] (click: "since last message")[An hour ago a notification appeared in the corner of my phone.] (click: "notification")[<center><h3>You got 1 unread email from: Mother</h3></center>] (click-replace: "You got 1 unread email from: Mother")["I need you [[Home]]"]

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/WAgPljS.gif" width="200" height="200"> <center>Chapter Two <h2>**Home**</h2> I stood on the threshold of [[my family house]].</center>

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/WAgPljS.gif" width="200" height="200"> A place I was running from for my last ten years. (click: "years")[Years passed, and my family humbled my runaway. Or, at least, that what I was thinking.] (click: "what")[What could happen here?] (click: "what")[What do they want from me?] (click: "what")[What if it is a trap?] (click: "?")[Too many questions to hold with.](click-replace: "to hold with")[that require answers.] (click: "answers")[I ringed a doorbell, and no one answered. I waited for some time, and then I heard my fathers voice.] (click: "my fathers voice")["Is that you? Hurry, [[come in]]!"]

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/T2XhMcv.gif" width="200" height="200"> When you know that you're going to leave home for a long time, it gets hard. (click: "you know")[Of course you know that, right? No need to ask.](click-replace: "ask")[ask why you left that day] (click: "that day")[That day was full of shit, I know.] (click: "I know")[I know I was a fool. (click: "hard")[It's hard for me.(click-replace: "It's hard for me.")[I'm sorry.]]] (click: "sorry")[I'm so sorry.](click-replace: "so sorry")[in desperate need of your help.] (click: "help")[**It wasn't you who called for my help.**].(click-replace: "wasn't you who called for my help.")[**was my mother, who invited me to come home.**] (click: "my mother")[I know, son. I've asked her to do it, as I knew you wouldn't answer me. You probably didn't knew, but we got divorced.] (click: "didn't knew")[**She told me. But I didn't know it is you who lives here.**] (click: "She")[She now lives in a beautiful house with a seaview. I'm glad for her and for her new life. I'm also glad about yours.] (click: "about yours")[**Yet you know nothing about my life.**](click-replace: "know nothing about my life")[**had no interest in me or my life before**](click-replace: "had no interest in me or my life before")[**decided to talk me for the first time when it's you who needs help**] (click: "needs help")[**Do you really expect me to help you?**](click-replace: "really expect me to help you")[] (click: "Do you")[I know I've been not the best father for you. I had my own expectations and, as I told already, I'm sorry for that. I've done mistakes. But I always remembered you.] (click: "always remembered you")[**Can you already skip the bullshit and tell me what you need?**] (click: "you need")[I'm going to jail. I did a huge mistake on my job and I've lost it. Now they try to make it look like I've stolen millions from the company - but I didn't do that.] (click: "look")[Look around! Does it look like a house of a man with millions in my pocket?] (mouseover: "Look around")[//You look around. The house looks old, dirty and full of mess.//] (click-replace: "looks old")[//Just like your father//] (click: "your father")[I was on vacation when it all happened. I know exact date. And I need you to tell that I was with you and didn't do anything like that.] (click: "I need you")[Please, son. I was a fool. I am a fool. But I'm not a thief. <center><h2>[[Agree]] | [[Disagree]]</h2></center>]

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/Crp1FEX.gif" width="200" height="200"> [**I agree to help you. But with one condition.**] (click: "condition")[**If you win the court, I my word will help you - you will leave this house.**] (click-replace: "house.")[**home. As you don't deserve it.**](click-replace: "don't deserve it")[**have ruined it. Do you agree?**] (mouseover: "Do you agree?")[Yes. [[I do.]]]

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/pcX8htW.gif" width="200" height="200"> **I don't believe you.** (click-replace: "believe you")[**think that home will be worse without you**] (click: "without you")[**You've destroyed both it and our family. You've made me forget my home.**] (click: "my home")[**You don't deserve to be here.**] (click: "here")[**And so do I.** <h3><center>You left your home.</center></h3>]

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/qQLDivw.gif" width="200" height="200"> The next evening he falls asleep, why you have access to his computer. You know the answer lies here. And you need to find [[the password]].

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/ZK6BNJx.gif" width="200" height="200"> Of course you can't simply pick it up. But it has options for restoring, while you need to [[answer questions]].

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/ipBiqkg.gif" width="200" height="200"> <center>"What is your oldest child name?" (link: "Sam")[(goto: "error")] (link: "Molot")[(goto: "error")] (link: "Stotch")[(goto: "error")] (link: "Chris")[(goto: "q2")]</center>

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/ZK6BNJx.gif" width="200" height="200"> [An error appears. Should I keep trying?] (link: "Try again")[(goto: "answer questions")] (link: "Screw the PC")[(goto: "court")]

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/0SpaxWL.gif" width="200" height="200"> <center>"What is your youngest child name?" (link: "Sam")[(goto: "error")] (link: "Molot")[(goto: "error")] (link: "Stotch")[(goto: "q3")] (link: "Chris")[(goto: "error")]</center>

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/6r7edAf.gif" width="200" height="200"> <center>"What is the meaning of Home for you?" (link: "Family")[(goto: "truth")] (link: "Loyalty")[(goto: "truth")] (link: "Responsibilities")[(goto: "truth")] (link: "Shelter")[(goto: "truth")] (link: "Oasis")[(goto: "truth")] (link: "Comfort")[(goto: "truth")] (link: "Peace")[(goto: "truth")] (link: "Laugh")[(goto: "truth")] (link: "Place")[(goto: "truth")] (link: "Privacy")[(goto: "truth")] (link: "Protection")[(goto: "truth")] (link: "Freedom")[(goto: "truth")] (link: "Motherland")[(goto: "truth")] (link: "Building")[(goto: "truth")] (link: "Haven")[(goto: "truth")] (link: "Legacy")[(goto: "truth")] (link: "Friendship")[(goto: "truth")] (link: "Breakfest")[(goto: "truth")] (link: "Memories")[(goto: "truth")] (link: "Triller")[(goto: "truth")] (link: "Danger")[(goto: "truth")] (link: "Safety")[(goto: "truth")] (link: "Ruin")[(goto: "truth")] (link: "War")[(goto: "truth")] (link: "Emptiness")[(goto: "truth")] (link: "Pain")[(goto: "truth")] </center>

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/6r7edAf.gif" width="200" height="200"> And then I've found the truth. Yet still we had an agreement. If he would win the court - I would get the house. I could get my home back. If he will get to the jail, my home would be sold. I hadn't notice as the (link: "sun rised.")[(goto: "court-truth")]

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/hCBHLFE.gif" width="200" height="200"> You worry a bit when the judge tells you to swear on the Bible, but you don't show it. (click: "swear on the Bible")[You look deeply into the eyes of your father.] (click: "your father")[He has a small, almost invisible smile. He seems to rely on you. He seems to trust you. Trust in you and your agreement with him.] (click: "trust")[Sometimes trust takes more than any truth.] (click: "any truth")[Whatever home is - an agreement between you and people who surround you to save something bigger, or simply and old house on the corner of the city you were born - you feel that <h3><center>you saved your home.</center></h3> Or, at least, you try to convince yourself in it.]

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/NzwpSMT.gif" width="200" height="200"> <center>Should I tell the truth? <h2>(link: "Yes")[(goto: "ctruth")] | (link: "No")[(goto: "clie")]</h2></center>

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/6r7edAf.gif" width="200" height="200"> You feel calm when the judge tells you to swear on the Bible. (click: "swear on the Bible")[You look into the eyes of your father.] (click: "your father")[He has a small, almost invisible smile. He seems to rely on you. He seems to trust you. Trust in you and your agreement with him.] (click: "agreement")[But truth is more important than any agreement or house.] (click: "house")[Because your home is far away from the old house you lived in years ago. <h3><center>You saved your home.</center></h3>]

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/00Hma5V.gif" width="200" height="200"> You worry a bit when the judge tells you to swear on the Bible, but you don't show it. (click: "swear on the Bible")[You look deeply into the eyes of your father.] (click: "your father")[He has a small, almost invisible smile. He seems to rely on you. He seems to trust you. Trust in you and your agreement with him.] (click: "agreement")[Sometimes trust takes more than any truth. Especially when you try to save something bigger.] (click: "bigger")[What if the true definition of home is an agreement between you and people who surround you to save something bigger? But if you try to be honest with yourself at least, you will understand that... <h3><center>You've lost your home years ago.</center></h3>]