#Hiding Out
The year is 2048. Most of the world's problems has been solved for the past 30 years. War has been eradicated, life expectancy have improved for the better, and the world is at peace.
Trading among countries has increased, technologies advanced the world where exploration is the thing of the past for most people. Anyone can go to whatever they want from the comfort of their homes. No sense of danger, no need to travel, and no worries about one's own life. The world may be at peace, but they're always problems that will appear when we least expect it.
[[To the slums|Slums]]
(set: $Hidden to "false")
(set: $Lost to "false")
(set: $Limits to "false")You want up from a dream on a worn out bed in a run down apartment. The sunlight hit your eyes through the small window next to your bed. You block the sunlight with your right hand as you look around your room, noticing how empty it looks.
(color: red)[//Now where am I?//] You ask yourself as you get up, streching your legs.
All of the sudden, you hear footsteps coming from outside your room. On instinct, you crouch down leading against one of the walls of the room, listening. The footsteps are faint, coming from the floor.
(color: red)[//Sounds like they found out where I am. I need to get out of here!//] You quietly got up and look for an exit. You see a small window on your left. (color: red)[//Too small for me to fit through; I can't use that window.//] You look to your right and see a door. You walk towards the door and turn the handle.
(color: green)[How do you want to proceed?]
[[Hidden]]
(t8n: "pulse")[ [[Lost]] ](set: $Hidden to "true")
You walk out of the room, slowly closing the door behind you. Staying low to the ground, you found yourself in a hallway with floor boards sticking out of the floor with stains on the wall. (color: red)[//This place has seen better days.//]
You hear footsteps coming from your right, so you went to your left still crouching as you move through the hallway.
[[Outside]](set: $Lost to "true")
You rush through the door into a hallway. You found yourself in a hallway that looked as old as the room you were in just now.
(color: red)[//Now where do I go?//] You asked yourself looking from left to right. You heard footsteps coming from your right getting louder by the second. You ran down the hallway to your left, closing the door along the way.
[[Outside]]After some time, you found yourself outside among the ruins of a old city. You see rundown buildings all around you in the middle of the city, abandoned by the world.
You needed to get out that area as it's not safe for you to be out in the open.
You look around and see an alley way on your left {
(if: $Hidden is 'true')[
[[ Hide ]].
](else-if: $Lost is 'true')[
[[ Run ]].
]}You here a door being forced open as you see a group of men storming out of the building you were just at.
(text-colour:yellow)[Do you see anything?]
(text-colour: green)[Nothing sir!]
(text-colour:yellow)[Alright. Everyone, search the area! I want that person found!]
(text-colour: orange)[Yes sir!]
(color: red)[//Well, this is just great. I need to get out of here!//]
You see the group of men going in mulitple directions, some of which are heading to your direction. You remain quiet as some of them walked past you. Once you see no sign of life around, you quietly made you way down the alley, paying attention to your surroundings all the while.You turn to the alley and started running. Moments later, you can hear a door opening behind you. You can make out voices, but you can't hear what is being said as you're more focused on getting as far away in that area as fast as possible.
You ran pass lock doors and dead ends, looking for anything to make your escape.