You're nearly home when you hear a phone ringing. Will you answer it?

This is my first publicly published piece of IF. It was written for the Shuffle Comp 2023 but missed the deadline.

The songs were:
Cornflower Blue - Flower Face
Look A Ghost - Unwound
That’s All - Genesis
Jigsaw Falling Into Place - Radiohead
Nancy Drew - Slotface

The bulk of the piece is one stretch-text passage, so no saves or functional back button. Sorry. No “bad” endings, though, and it’s short. There is a restart button if you need it, and settings can change the font size.

Content warnings
Consider it NSFW to be on the safe side. Like the songs, it’s intended to be unsettling rather than graphic.  Sexual references; sexual act without consent (kissing); alcohol use; ambiguously potential / implied drugging; ghosting (figurative and potentially literal).

Feedback and comments
All gratefully received.

Credits
Thanks and apologies to the providers of the Shuffle Comp tracks I used (and then didn't finish the piece in time): Sara S. Messenger, passerine, Robert Patten, Beny, Encorm.

Built in Twine Sugarcube on the foundations of Manonamora’s Ready-to-Use Sugarcube Tweego Folder
I’ve used A W Morgan’s Twine/Sugarcube 2 Template with most of the cleverer bits hacked off.

It would not have been possible without consulting Manonamora’s 100% Good Twine Sugarcube Guide which is, as advertised, pretty good;
the Twine Sugarcube documentation;
and the brilliant Twine Games discord channel.

StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
AuthorTaciturnFriend
GenreInteractive Fiction
TagsTwine

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