:: Start
(set: $witness to 0)
(set: $silence to 0)
(set: $thread to 0)
(set: $listened to false)
(set: $pulled to false)

Wrapped in Struggle: Alison's Sunflower Field

This story begins beside a figurine. Alison is wrapped in ribbon, twine and questions.

[[Continue->Content Warning]]
[[Plain-language version->Plain Language Start]]

:: Content Warning
This story contains themes of silence, emotional struggle and memory. You do not have to continue. You may leave the story at any time.

[[Enter carefully->Alison Portrait]]
[[Leave for now->Credits and Rights]]

:: Plain Language Start
Alison's figurine is wrapped.

You can look, listen, ask, or leave. The story does not ask you to fix her.

[[Continue->Alison Portrait]]

:: Alison Portrait
The portrait is full of sunflowers.

They are not smiling. They are watching.

The figurine below the portrait is tied with ribbon and twine. A small piece of raw matter rests where an easy answer might have been.

[[Look at the ribbon->Ribbon]]
[[Follow the twine->Twine]]
[[Listen before touching->Voice Fragment]]
[[Pull the thread->Pull Thread]]

:: Ribbon
(set: $witness to $witness + 1)

The ribbon is not decoration.

It marks vulnerability without asking vulnerability to perform.

You leave it tied.

[[Return to Alison->Return to Alison]]

:: Twine
(set: $thread to $thread + 1)

The twine is rough.

It speaks of resistance, but also of pressure. It has held too much and explained too little.

[[Let the twine remain->Return to Alison]]
[[Pull harder->Pull Thread]]

:: Voice Fragment
(set: $witness to $witness + 1)
(set: $listened to true)

You do not hear the whole voice.

Only a fragment:

"Do not unwrap me to prove that you care."

The field becomes quieter.

[[Return to Alison->Return to Alison]]

:: Pull Thread
(set: $thread to $thread + 2)
(set: $pulled to true)

The thread moves too quickly.

Something opens, but not in the way you hoped. The silence becomes sharper.

[[Continue->Ending - Unravel]]

:: Return to Alison
(if: $witness >= 2 and $pulled is false)[
The guide notices that you have not forced the object.

"Some stories open by time," they say.

[[Continue to Witness Ending->Ending - Witness]]
]
(else-if: $pulled is true or $thread >= 2)[
[[Continue to Unravel Ending->Ending - Unravel]]
]
(else:)[
Alison remains before you.

[[Look at the ribbon->Ribbon]]
[[Listen before touching->Voice Fragment]]
[[Step away respectfully->Ending - Listening]]
]

:: Ending - Witness
You did not untie the figurine.

You witnessed the knot.

The story does not become yours. But your attention becomes more careful.

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

:: Ending - Unravel
The thread comes loose, but the story does not become clearer.

Some things cannot be understood by pulling.

The guide quietly returns the twine to the table.

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

:: Ending - Listening
You step back.

The Deep Listening Station is nearby. You may sit. You may not understand everything. You may still listen.

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

:: Credits and Rights
Title: Wrapped in Struggle: Alison's Sunflower Field  
Story number: 002  
Version: v0.1  
Author: [Name]  
Contributors: [Names]  
Copyright owner: [Name / Entity]  
Market visibility: [Public Display / Market Visibility]  
Commercial adaptation: Permission required  
Audio/image permissions: [Describe status]  
Sensitivity review: Required before public release  
Date: [Date]

[[Replay->Start]]