:: Start
(set: $signal to 0)
(set: $static to 0)
(set: $presence to 0)
(set: $performerPresent to false)
(set: $observedCarefully to false)

The market changes before anyone announces it.

A cloaked figure may be near the table. Indigo cloth. Veiled face. A small orb. A staff held like an instrument.

The guide says:

"The Ondani measures static."

[[I can see the Ondani->Ondani Present]]
[[I cannot see the Ondani->Ondani Fallback]]
[[Ask what static means->Static Meaning]]

:: Ondani Present
(set: $performerPresent to true)
(set: $presence to $presence + 1)

The Ondani does not speak.

He turns toward the figurine boxes and raises one hand. The gesture is slow enough to be a question.

[[Watch the hand->Silent Gesture]]
[[Look at the orb->Orb Receiver]]
[[Step too close->Crowd Noise]]

:: Ondani Fallback
The performer is not here now.

But the QR card remains.

A note says:

"Even when the Ondani is absent, the static remains in the objects."

[[Listen to the table instead->Figurine Static]]
[[Read about the Ondani->Static Meaning]]

:: Static Meaning
Static is not only noise.

It is what gathers around forgotten stories, interrupted names, crowded markets and objects that have been looked at but not heard.

[[Return->Start]]

:: Silent Gesture
(set: $signal to $signal + 1)
(set: $observedCarefully to true)

The hand does not point at a person.

It points between people.

For a moment, the space between the table and the crowd feels full.

[[Keep watching->Orb Receiver]]
[[Name the signal too quickly->Crowd Noise]]

:: Orb Receiver
(set: $signal to $signal + 1)
(set: $presence to $presence + 1)

The orb does not glow. It does not beep.

Still, people move around it as if it has weight.

[[Follow the direction of the orb->Figurine Static]]
[[Ask the guide what it detects->Static Meaning]]

:: Figurine Static
(set: $signal to $signal + 1)

The figurine boxes are still.

But the stillness is not empty. Ribbon. Twine. Raw matter. Each holds a different kind of unsaid thing.

[[Continue->Signal Check]]

:: Crowd Noise
(set: $static to $static + 1)

You move too quickly.

The market becomes louder. The signal folds back into the noise.

[[Try again from a distance->Start]]
[[Continue anyway->Signal Check]]

:: Signal Check
(if: $signal >= 3 and $static < 2)[
[[Continue to Signal Found->Ending - Signal Found]]
]
(else-if: $static >= 2)[
[[Continue to Static Flood->Ending - Static Flood]]
]
(else:)[
[[Continue to Silent Witness->Ending - Silent Witness]]
]

:: Ending - Signal Found
The static thins.

You hear no full sentence, but you understand the instruction:

Do not rush the forgotten.

The Ondani lowers the staff. The market returns. The signal remains.

[[Credits->Credits and Rights]]
[[Replay->Start]]

:: Ending - Static Flood
Too many sounds arrive at once.

The jingle. The bargaining. The shoes. The plastic bags. The unsaid stories.

The Ondani turns away. Not angrily. Only accurately.

[[Credits->Credits and Rights]]
[[Replay->Start]]

:: Ending - Silent Witness
You do not solve the static.

You stand near it.

For today, that is enough.

[[Credits->Credits and Rights]]
[[Replay->Start]]

:: Credits and Rights
Title: The Ondani Measures Static  
Story number: 003  
Version: v0.1  
Author: [Name]  
Contributors: [Names]  
Performer: [Name]  
Copyright owner: [Name / Entity]  
Market visibility: Public Display  
Commercial adaptation: Permission required  
Audio/image permissions: [Describe status]  
Performance rights: Permission required  
Date: [Date]

[[Replay->Start]]