the things you carry on a daily basis

If you'd known you weren't going home tonight, you would have packed more thoroughly. You could talk to Rain, where she sits down [[below the bridge]]. Or you could hit the [[convenience store]]

(if: $purse's length is 0)[Not a damn thing.](else:)[You have $purse](if: $purse's length is 10)[ Your purse is full.] (link-goto: "Hopefully that's enough", (history:)'s last)

(set: $purse to (array: " a pocket knife", " your wallet", " a small tape measure", " your cell phone", " a small notebook", " a pen", " pain meds"))

She's looking out over the water. When she notices you, she smiles, unlit cigarette in her hand, and beckons you over. "Got a light?" (if: $purse contains " a lighter")[You do. You light the cigarette for her, and she takes a long drag before offering you one. You don't usually smoke. Today's an exception. While you do so, she leans on the railing and sighs. "What's the story, Morning Glory?" [["God, don't make me tell it tonight."->Raining]]](else:)[You don't. "Damn. Mind grabbing one for me?" Could get one at the [[convenience store]].]

Bored-looking employee. Shelves of shit. (if: $purse does not contain " a lighter")[(link: "Buy a lighter")[You buy a lighter.(set: $purse to it + (a: " a lighter"))] ]\ (if: $purse does not contain " gummi bears")[(link: "Buy some gummi bears")[You buy some gummi bears.(set: $purse to it + (a: " gummi bears"))] ]\ (if: $purse does not contain " condoms")[(link: "Buy condoms")[You buy some condoms.(set: $purse to it + (a: " condoms"))] ]\ (if: $purse contains " a lighter" and it contains " gummi bears" and it contains " condoms")[Nothing you want, though. ]\ [[Leave->Begin]]

She cocks an eyebrow. "That bad, huh." "I just need somewhere to crash for the night." "Alright. [[Come with me->Rain's apartment]]."

(if: (passage:)'s name is not "Check your purse" and (passage:)'s name is not "Enter the building")[ [[Check your purse]]]

Rain's apartment is in a building that doesn't legally exist, accessible only by crawling through a hole in a fence behind a church cemetery and wandering through a tunnel of overgrowth, lit occasionally by gaps that let in sunlight. The building itself is too wonderful to have been forgotten so easily, an art deco facade choked with climbing vines. You see something on the ground. It's a plush pigeon, abandoned among the weeds. When you hold it up for Rain's examination, she smiles. "Cute! You should keep it." (if: $purse's length is 10)[Unfortunately your purse is full. (if: $purse contains " gummi bears")[(link: "ditch the gummi bears")[You give Rain the gummi bears and stash the pigeon.(set: $purse to it + (array: " a stuffed pigeon"))]]](else:)[You put it in your purse.(set: $purse to it + (array: " a stuffed pigeon"))] [[Enter the building]]

Rain's apartment, the only occupied one in the building, is on the fourth floor. It's cozy. She stores most of her stuff in the surrounding apartments, so there's plenty of room. She points to the couch. "Will this do?" It'll do. (if: $purse contains " condoms")[But as things go, you end up, once again, in Rain's bed. She pulls you closer as morning starts to shine through the curtains. "She works all day, right? I could help you get your stuff out." Maybe you'll take Rain up on that.](elseif: $purse contains " a stuffed pigeon")[The plush pigeon keeps you company through the night.](else:)[The couch is fine, but you sleep poorly.]