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Once upon right now, there's a girl named Evelyn. She lives with her mother just above a donut shop, and the air from the ovens wafts up so that her room always smells of sugar and cinnamon and flour.
This might be torture for another little girl, but Evelyn isn't as fond of sweets as most eight-year-olds. She prefers steak and hamburger and hot dogs, as well-done as she can get them.
That's because Evelyn is a dragon. Talons, scales, long slithery body, and - presumably someday - fire.
You are Evelyn's sister, but you're not a dragon. This makes your life complicated. And you wish your home wouldn't <i>always</i> smell like pastry.
[[Sunrise]]
<<set $alarmringing to false>>Light streams in the south-facing window, brightening the room until you can't avoid the morning.
<<if $alarmringing is false>>Across the room, the [[alarm clock]] goes off.<<set $alarmringing to true>><<endif>>
MEEP MEEP MEEP MEEP MEEP
Evelyn's still snoring in the top bunk. The [[spiny tip of her tail]] hangs over the edge like a pull-cord.
[[Shut off the alarm clock, then wake up Evelyn]]
[[Go brush your teeth, and let Evelyn wake up to the alarm clock]]
[[Wake up Evelyn and make her shut off the alarm clock]]It's an old clock radio with big red LED numbers. Mom won't let you use the radio alarm setting because you can sleep through the radio.
<<if $alarmringing == true>>MEEP MEEP MEEP MEEP MEEP<<endif>>
<<back>>Your sister is not good at keeping her body parts to herself. To be fair, she has more of them than you do, but who wants to be fair to a sister?
<<if $alarmringing == true>>MEEP MEEP MEEP MEEP MEEP<<endif>>
<<back>>You crawl out of the bed (dodging the spiky tail), stop the alarm clock, and then shake your sister awake.
Evelyn snorts a puffball of exasperated smoke - "I was having such a great dream!" - but then she eels off the top bunk and into the hallway, leaving you to get dressed.
It's not fair: you wake up faster than her every time, but she doesn't have to deal with hair and teeth and clothes, so she's first to breakfast every time.
[[Get dressed. Brush your teeth. Breakfast, finally.|Breakfast, finally.]]
You get out of bed,
MEEP MEEP MEEP MEEP MEEP
get dressed,
MEEP MEEP MEEP MEEP MEEP
and open the door to go brush your teeth - but Evelyn, who can sleep through the alarm for hours, wakes instantly at the sound of the latch. She eels off the top bunk and into the hallway, where she steals the bathroom before you can get there.
It's not fair: you wake up faster than her every time, but she doesn't have to deal with hair and teeth and clothes, so she's always first to breakfast.
MEEP MEEP MEE -
You shut off the alarm and wait for Evelyn to get out of the bathroom.
[[Which she does, finally. And then you can have breakfast, finally.|Breakfast, finally.]]
"Good morning!" you sing out, simultaneously grabbing for the oh-so-tempting tail. Evelyn's snoring cuts off in a whoop of surprise, and her tail snakes sharply out of your hand. The spikes slice your palm on the way past. "Ouch!"
"Serves you right," Evelyn hisses. Then she eels down from the top bunk and out the door, leaving you to turn off the MEEP MEEP MEEP MEEP MEEP, fish out the Band-Aids, and wait for Evelyn to finish with the bathroom.
[[Patch your hand. Get dressed. Breakfast, finally.|Breakfast, finally.]]
The kitchen smells like sugar, but your actual breakfast is scrambled eggs and sausage, with a layer of char on the sausage that you cut off and push to the side.
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