Drink The Moon
((RULES: After each scene, take an action. No more than four actions queued at a time will be taken. Serious answers only, please.))
((Presented by Skullboy Entertainment & Pyramid Power Games))
It's late.
The Sun is long down, and you can hear the occasional passing of a car by your apartment on the streets down below, their headlights briefly shining through the window.
You cannot sleep.
What do you do?
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You live in an apartment, there is no "downstairs".
Even if there were, you're pretty certain you don't have any soda. You'd like some, certainly, but you haven't had the money for that kind of luxury in months.
((You don't have to post in first person. This is like an old adventure game, just type commands. Like the Zestpoole game but liek, srs.))
You rummage through the cabinet above your bathroom sink looking for your medicine, you find the bottle and pull it out, only to find it empty when you open it up.
You sigh and toss the bottle in the trash, returning to your bedroom/living room.
You decide to get dressed.
You pull open the top drawer of your dresser, it's the only one with anything in it, as far as you remember.
It's got about a dozen t-shirts, most of them are for bands, a couple you bought off the internet back when you still had a working wi-fi connection--your computer's a paperweight now. There are also a few pairs of jeans, panties, and pajamas, but none of those are particularly interesting.
Figuring there's little better to do, you slip a Black Flag shirt on, don a fresh pair of undergarments, and slip into some jeans. More or less as an afterthought, you pull out a pair of sandals from beneath the dresser and put those on too.
Now you're ready for a night on the town!
Or you would be, if there was much a town around here to have a night out on. You do suppose you could go for a walk, though. Summer nights tended to be cool, not cold.
With resignation to your state of reluctant awakeness, you head downstairs. While you're at it you dig in the pockets of this particular pair of jeans and pull out a couple quarters, which look to equal about $3. Not much, but maybe you could buy a drink with it or something.
As you step outside, you can't help but gaze up at the moon. It's full tonight, and its illuminating presence lights up the otherwise rather dark street.
You could walk North or South here, though as far as you remember, there isn't too much of a difference between either half of town.
You shuffle to the upper part of town at an easy pace. You can't help but again notice how bright the moon is.
You've always liked the moon, but the thing's intimidating too. Some things are best left cloaked in darkness, you imagine.
You stop. A bank of fog has gathered around you without you noticing, and now it's somewhat difficult to see.
You slowly take a few steps forward, and promptly trip on something, and faceplant.
You're not seriously hurt, but your nose is scraped up a bit. As you open your eyes, you notice what looks like a dark blue marble in front of you.
You decide to pocket the marble.
It's cold to the touch. Maybe it's not a marble after all? It looks like one, though.
You get back up and resume stumbling through the fog.
It's impossibly thick now, you can barely see even a foot in front of your face. However, off in the distance you see what looks like a dimly glowing light.
Re-pocketing the marble, you take a few steps closer toward the light.
You're now inches away from it, and it's about the size of your head, but you still can't make it out.
It's hard, smooth, and somewhat warm.
It almost feels like plastic.
As you grab the light, it glows ever brighter and disperses the fog.
You can now make out what you're holding clearly. A blank square neon sign. One with an eye.
You've been poking the thing's eye.
The sign appears to be hovering in midair.
The sign blinks at you.
The sign stares at the objects.
Its "eye" turns into a question mark.
You didn't notice it until now, but your surroundings seem to be gone. You're still on a sidewalk, but it appears to be near a highway in the middle of nowhere. Off in the distance you can see city lights.
The sign changes to read MOON CITY: CITY LIMITS: 5 MILES
You are positive you live nowhere near anywhere called "Moon City".