The slick, black surface reminds you of your appearance. The surface is deeper than it seems.

• a) movement nearby steals your attention
• b) the surface glows orange

High in the sky is a dark sun. Laughter gushes from the surface.

• a) it is laughing at you
• b) it is laughing at you

A terrible, never ending apartment complex reaches into the sky. A leasing agent stands outside with papers in hand.

• a) avoid eye contact with the agent
• b) tear up the papers

So many beautiful gems strewn about.
Before you are two baubles. Which will you choose?

• a) the glimmering black surface
• b) the red vegetable

You have walked a long way.
It's unclear how far this garden extends.
What will you do?

• a) gather the fruits that have fallen from the trees
• b) seek water to nourish your bones

The air is filled with friendship. You have never known a space like this before.

Take a moment to remember your pets.

• a) spend 5 minutes remembering
• b) remember your pets until the sun goes down

An empty pasture opens up before you. A lonely rancher rests against a post. The rancher ignores you and continues whistling.

• a) you are saddened by the rancher's song
• b) the rancher's song fills you with a sense of purpose

• keep moving...

You get the sense that this garden isn't like any garden you've been in before. The light seems off. The temperature is hard to place. You feel a shiver move through your body.

• a) follow the path north
• b) follow the path south

You find an odd tome resting on a pedestal in a patch of rose bushes.

• a) listen to the distant bird song
• b) touch the golden pages with your forefinger

There is a lively conversation but no one around. Some insults. Some encouragement. Nonsense and poetry.

• a) ignore the voices
• b) lift up some stones to see if anyone is hiding beneath them

• keep moving...

This is an expansive garden.

The Creed of the Garden is as follows:

• 1) resign yourself to disaster
• 2) empathize with all creatures
• 3) search relentlessly for the escape hatch
• 4) tread slowly

• keep moving...

Your body is weak. You feel as if you've been walking in this garden for your entire life. The labor seems fruitless and the path feels pointless.

• a) wander
• b) lie down and close your eyes

• keep moving...

Such good smells.

You enter a small apartment that has been converted into a kitchen and a karaoke room. The bed is a couch. The dining table is the range. The great big simmering hot pot is the source of the smells. Kiss From A Rose echoes through the room.

• a) pick up the microphone and sing along
• b) fill a bowl with the contents of the hot pot

You have stumbled far away from the cliff. Something wicked is in that flask. You have arrived at a large river.

• a) dig a hole and bury the flask
• b) throw the flask into the river

The garden suddenly ends in a precipitous cliff. Beyond is the great expanse of an unknown ocean.

• a) meditate on the edge of the cliff
• b) drink from a flask propped against a rock nearby

A field of wheat. It seems almost ready for harvest.

• a) gather a few stalks
• b) staring at the wheat fills you with agony

You decide to rest here. There is a stump off the side of the path. The garden is still except for something small scurrying about.

• a) perform some stretches, your body needs it
• b) a sudden wave of anxiety causes you to vomit

The smells of a kitchen in action linger nearby. Resting in a bed of flowers is a large cookbook. You are able to make out two of its recipes:

• a) BIG HOT BOWL
  
  ANYTHING YOU LIKE: MEATS, LETTUCE, MORE MEATS, MUSHROOM, SOUP, SHRIMP
  
  ONE EXCEPTION: NO BROCCOLI
• b) LONELY CASSEROLE
  
  PREHEAT OVEN TO 350 DEG. PLACE YOUR SOLITUDE INTO A GLASS CASSEROLE DISH AND PUT IT IN THE OVEN. WAIT 20 MINUTES.

Here is a sun setting where it shouldn't be. There should be no sun here in the garden. Unclear why it is here. Ignore its song.

• a) follow the sounds of laughter
• b) follow the sounds of whistling

My refuge, my savior.

• p) peace
• l) love
• u) unity
• r) respect