::papa-startDescription
You open your eyes to see shadows dancing on the wall of a [[cave|papa-start]].
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::papa-start [inv] [stats] [skills] [playerProfile]
<<papa-amber-style>>
The Cave

Behold! human beings living in a underground den; here you have been
from your childhood, and have your legs and necks chained so that
you cannot move, and can only see before you.

Behind you a fire is blazing at a distance, and between the fire and
you prisoners there is a low wall, men passing along the wall
carrying all sorts of vessels, and statues and figures of animals
made of wood and stone and various materials, which appear over the
wall.

And of the objects which are being carried above the wall you only
see the shadows. To you, the truth is literally nothing but the
shadows of the images.

At the back of the cave, a tunnel leads up into the light.

You can:

* [[Look at the shadows.|papa-shadows]]
* Unchain yourself and [[leave the cave.|papa-exit]]


::papa-exit
<<papa-amber-style>>
You leave the cave of shadows and emerge blinking painfully into the
light.

Leave your computer. 

Go outside. 

Live your adventure.

Seek the light.

{{{*** CONNECTION LOST ***}}}

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If you are still here, you can:

* [[Return to the cave.|papa-start]]
* [[Visit the Tilde Town Twine Team hub|Start]]

 
::papa-shadows
You are chained immobile in the cave. Shadows move across the cave
wall in front of you.

You can look at:

* [[Shadow of an ASCII art cow.|papa-tildeverse]]

* [[Shadow od a spindle-shaped space vessel.|papa-spaceship]]

* ...

Or you can:

* [[...|papa-exit]]