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<div class="title"><h2><i>directions</i></h2></div><span style="font-size:12px;">a chatbot by cecile richard</span> <hr>

<<include "WindowLabel" "div">><<include "Menu" "div">><<include "ChatBox" "div">><<include "TypingBox" "div">><<include "MessageBox" "div">>

<<include "YouSaid">> hi!<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> hello! i am c_cile. <<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 3s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>i am here to offer advice and suggestions for writing about themes such as memory, growth and identity.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>how can i help you today?<<include "AutoScroll">><<next 2s>><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Message-Ready">><</replace>><</timed>>

Cecile - Conversation

<<include "YouSaid">> i’ve been asked to write a letter to my past self, but i’m not sure how to start.<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 1s>><<include "AutoScroll">><<next>><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Message-IntroChoice">><</replace>><</timed>>

<<include "YouSaid">> sure!<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">> <<next>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> right. let's begin.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 4s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>the first thing we have to do is to pinpoint who you’re addressing in your letter.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>think of the version of you that you want to talk to most.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>think of a pivotal moment in your life.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 5s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>it can be big or small, a happy or sad memory that you’re holding on to.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 5s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>think of something you wish you were told at an earlier point in your life.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>do you have an idea of what you'd want to say to that person?<<include "AutoScroll">><<next>><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Message-TalkingChoice">><</replace>><</timed>>

<<timed 200ms>><<include "YouSaid">> i know what i want to talk about.<<include "AutoScroll">><<next>><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Message-TalkingChoice1">><</replace>><</timed>>

<<button "<<type 20ms>>To Choice3<</type>>">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "TextAdd">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Choice3">><</replace>><</button>> <<button " + ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "TextAdd2">><</append>> <</button>> Second Option. <<button " + ">><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>> <<include "Choice2">><</replace>><</button>> (See more options)

<<button " + ">><<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "TextAdd3">><</append>><</button>> Third Option. <<button " + ">><<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "TextAdd4">><</append>><</button>> Fourth Option. <<button " + ">><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Choice1">><</replace>><</button>> (See previous options)

<ul> <li><<button "<img src='https://haraiva.neocities.org/icon1.png' width='36'><br> Restart" "Window">><</button>></li> <li><<button "<img src='https://haraiva.neocities.org/icon2.png' width='36'><br> Credits">><<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "CreditsBox">><</append>><</button>></li> <li><a href="https://emergingwritersfestival.org.au/" target="_blank"><<button "<img src='https://haraiva.neocities.org/icon3.png' width='36'><br> EWF 2021">><</button>></a></li> <li><a href="https://nextwave.org.au/" target="_blank"><<button "<img src='https://haraiva.neocities.org/icon4.png' width='36'><br> Next Wave">><</button>></a></li> </ul>

<<button " (See previous options) ">> <<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Choice1">><</replace>> <</button>>

<<include "YouSaid">> so... what's this thing?<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> oh, this is a little chatbot/interactive experience made by me, <b>cecile richard</b> with help from <b>andrew gleeson</b>.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>it was made for for the <a href="https://emergingwritersfestival.org.au/" target="_blank">Emerging Writer's Festival</a>'s closing event <b><i>Be Kind, Rewind</i></b>, which is presented in partnership with <a href="https://nextwave.org.au/" target="_blank">Next Wave</a>. <<include "AutoScroll">> <<next>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>you can find me on twitter, and here are <a href="https://cecile-richard.com/" target="_blank">my website</a> and my <a href="https://haraiva.itch.io/" target="_blank">games</a>.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next>><<include "CecileTyping">><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>anyway, where were we?<<include "AutoScroll">><</timed>>

<<button "Start">><<replace ".passage-messagebox">><<button "<<type 20ms>>hi!<</type>>">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-Start">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>> <</button>><</replace>><</button>>

<<include "YouSaid">> Hey there! <div id="ellipsis"> <<link "Cecile is typing<<timed 500ms>>.<<next>>.<<next>>.<</timed>>">> <<replace "#ellipsis">><<timed 1s>><<include "CecileSaid">> Hey! <<next>>How's it going? <<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Introduction">><</replace>><</timed>><</replace>> <</link>> </div>

<<button " <<type 20ms>>i’ve been asked to write a letter to my past self,<br>but i’m not sure how to start.<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-Ready">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>>

<<timed 40ms>><<script>> var elem = document.getElementsByClassName('passage-chatbox'); Array.from(elem).forEach((el) => {el.scrollTop = el.scrollHeight;}); <</script>><</timed>>

<<timed 400ms>><<script>> var elem = document.getElementsByClassName('passage-chatbox'); Array.from(elem).forEach((el) => {el.scrollTop = el.scrollHeight;}); <</script>><</timed>>

<<replace ".passage-typingbox">><span style="font-size:14px;"><i>c_cile is typing</i></span><<timed 500ms>>.<<next>>.<<next>>.<<next>><</timed>><</replace>>

<<replace ".passage-typingbox">><</replace>>

<<button " <<type 20ms>>sure!<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-Sure1">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>> <<button " <<type 20ms>>yep, let's do this!<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-Sure2">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>>

<<button " <<type 20ms>>Sure!<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "TextAdd3">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>> <<button " <<type 20ms>>Not yet<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "TextAdd4">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>>

<<button " <<type 20ms>>i know what i want to talk about.<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-TalkingChoice">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>> <<button " <<type 20ms>>i don’t really know what to say.<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-TalkingChoice2">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>>

<<include "YouSaid">> i don’t really know what to say.<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 1s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> that’s okay! you can take your time with this.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 1s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>you could check out the other options for inspiration?<<include "AutoScroll">><<next>><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Message-TalkingChoice1">><</replace>><</timed>>

<<include "YouSaid">> Wait, really? I thought your whole deal was getting us to write a letter and all that.<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> hmmm well yeah. but also nahhhhh, im just here to chat.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>you could check out the other options for inspiration?<<include "AutoScroll">><<next>><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Message-TalkingChoice1">><</replace>><</timed>>

<<button " <<type 20ms>>Wait, really?<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-TalkingChoice2a">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>>

<<button " <<type 20ms>>i want to talk about what i did in the past.<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-TalkingChoice1a">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>> <<button " <<type 20ms>>i want to talk about what i wish i did.<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-TalkingChoice1b">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>> <<button " <<type 20ms>>i want to talk about what i wish someone told me.<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-TalkingChoice1c">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>>

<<include "YouSaid">> i want to talk about what i did in the past.<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> right, your past actions.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>most people focus on their failures when they write about their past actions.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>you could tell your past self not to make your mistakes, or warn them of something that’s coming their way.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 3s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 1s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>i understand the urge to protect your younger self…<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>you could argue that your mistakes make you, but also sometimes a failure is just a failure.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 4s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>you could focus on the importance of owning those failures.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>you could also talk about the exciting things.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>the good stuff that you did, or happened to you.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>i’d suggest not revealing too much though!<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>there’s rare magic in surprises and discoveries.<<include "AutoScroll">><<next 5s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> feel free to explore the other options, or we can move on to the next step.<<include "AutoScroll">><<next>><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Message-TalkingChoice1a">><</replace>><</timed>>

<<include "YouSaid">> i want to talk about what i wish i did.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<timed 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> hmmm, interesting.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>your entire letter really could be a list from this category.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>think of things you can no longer do.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>think of why those things are inaccessible now.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 3s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>how much time does your past self have?<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>do you think they’d listen to you?<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 3s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>think of things you can still do.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 3s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>write them down, for later.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>you have time.<<include "AutoScroll">><<next 5s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> feel free to explore the other options, or we can move on to the next step.<<include "AutoScroll">><<next>><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Message-TalkingChoice1b">><</replace>><</timed>>

<<include "YouSaid">> i want to talk about what i wish someone told me.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<timed 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> i like this one.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>for some people this drives their entire artistic body of work...<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>but i digress.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 3s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>think of something you wish you had been told.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>think of the reasons why you wish that.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>would being told that thing have changed you?<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>would it have changed your life?<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>would it have made you feel less alone?<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 3s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 4s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>if you met your past self and told them that something in person<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 3s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>would they be proud of you?<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>are you proud of them?<<include "AutoScroll">><<next 5s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> feel free to explore the other options, or we can move on to the next step.<<include "AutoScroll">><<next>><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Message-TalkingChoice1a">><</replace>><</timed>>

<<include "YouSaid">> i’m ready to move on.<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> okay! let me see, the next step is…<<include "AutoScroll">><<next>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next>><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Message-Interruption">><</replace>><</timed>>

<<button " <<type 20ms>>i want to talk about what i did in the past.<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-TalkingChoice1a">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>> <<button " <<type 20ms>>i want to talk about what i wish i did.<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-TalkingChoice1b">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>> <<button " <<type 20ms>>i'm ready to move on.<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-MovingOn">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>>

<<button " <<type 20ms>>i want to talk about what i wish i did.<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-TalkingChoice1b">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>> <<button " <<type 20ms>>i want to talk about what i wish someone told me.<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-TalkingChoice1c">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>> <<button " <<type 20ms>>i'm ready to move on.<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-MovingOn">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>>

<<button " <<type 20ms>>i want to talk about what i did in the past.<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-TalkingChoice1a">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>> <<button " <<type 20ms>>i want to talk about what i wish someone told me.<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-TalkingChoice1c">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>> <<button " <<type 20ms>>i'm ready to move on.<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-MovingOn">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>>

<<button " <<type 20ms>>I guess?<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-TalkingChoice1a2">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>>

<<include "YouSaid">> Yeah?<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> well this isn’t really like that, but it’s close<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>it’s about surprise. or uncertainty. but surprise sounds a bit nicer i guess.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>there's only so many times in life where you can be truly surprised by something. the sense of discovery and wonder? the excitement?<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>i understand why you'd want to be like, "oh let me tell you about all the things coming your way" but isn't the reason you cherish those memories in the first place because of the surprise? the discovery? why take that away from anyone?<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 1s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>i think it's important to preserve the mystery! let yourself embrace the unexpected! <<include "AutoScroll">> <<next>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>...alright. you can ask me more about what to talk about in your letter, or we can move on to more... meta questions.<<include "AutoScroll">><<next>><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Message-TalkingChoice1a">><</replace>><</timed>>

<<include "YouSaid">> what would <i>you</i> write in your letter?<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 1s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> i don’t know if i can answer that.<<include "AutoScroll">><<next>><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Message-CarryOn">><</replace>><</timed>>

<<button " <<type 20ms>>what would <i>you</i> write in your letter?<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-Lying1">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>> <<button " <<type 20ms>>what would you write in <i>your</i> letter?<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-Lying2">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>>

<<include "YouSaid">> i think so!<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 1s>><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Message-RealOpinion">><</replace>><</timed>>

<<include "YouSaid">> what do you really think about the idea of writing a letter to your past self?<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> oh, you mean my opinion on it?<<include "AutoScroll">><<next>><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Message-BotPerson">><</replace>><</timed>>

<<button " <<type 20ms>>please?<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-PersonalQuestion1">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>> <<button " <<type 20ms>>i'd love to know.<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-PersonalQuestion2">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>>

<<button " <<type 20ms>>what do you really think about the idea<br>of writing a letter to your past self?<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-RealOpinion">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>>

<<button " <<type 20ms>>i think so!<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-MakesSense1">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>> <<button " <<type 20ms>>maybe?<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-MakesSense2">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>>

<<button " <<type 20ms>>i guess?<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-BotPerson1">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>> <<button " <<type 20ms>>yeah!<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-BotPerson2">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>>

<<include "YouSaid">> i guess?<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> hmmm. give me a moment to think about it.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 3s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>okay.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 4s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>objectively speaking, the hardest part about writing a letter to your past self is…<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 1s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>well<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>due to the way time works in our reality, you can’t change that person.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>we’re always tempted to try and tell ourselves<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>if we were given the perfect instructions, what to do, what to say, all the answers laid in front of us<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>a perfect walk-through guide of our own life <<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 4s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>then maybe we wouldn’t have made that mistake, hurt that person, missed that moment.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>maybe we’d have been more successful or understanding, or caring.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>maybe we’d be happier now.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 3s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>the letter can’t be that. it can’t do that.<<include "AutoScroll">><<next>><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Message-ThePoint">><</replace>><</timed>>

<<include "YouSaid">> wait, so what’s the point then?<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> i think the point is...<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>you will always project your current self into your past self.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>you’re writing a letter to yourself, right now.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>and while you catch up to your future self,<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>all you can do is to gently push yourself forward.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 3s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>you, your past selves, and everyone around you.<<include "AutoScroll">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 4s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> in the future you are looking through your memories<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>and thinking of you, sitting here, in 2021.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>and you are wondering if that person is proud of you.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 4s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>...anyway uh<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>does this help?<<include "AutoScroll">><<next>><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Message-HelpfulChoice">><</replace>><</timed>>

<<button " <<type 20ms>>wait, so what’s the point then?<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-ThePoint1">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>> <<button " <<type 20ms>>do you think there’s a point to all this?<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-ThePoint2">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>>

<<button " <<type 20ms>>i think so?<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-HelpfulYes">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>> <<button " <<type 20ms>>i'm not sure.<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-HelpfulNo">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>>

<<include "YouSaid">> i think so?<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> i’m glad to hear! thanks for indulging me.<<include "AutoScroll">><<next>><<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-Bye">><</append>><</timed>>

<<include "YouSaid">> i'm not sure.<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 1s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> that’s okay.<<include "AutoScroll">><<next>><<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-Bye">><</append>>><</timed>>

<<button " <<type 20ms>>thank you!<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-End1">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>> <<button " <<type 20ms>>bye!<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-End2">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>>

<<include "YouSaid">> bye!<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> :)<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><hr><<include "CecileOffline">><<next 2s>> <i>At the time, I searched desperately inside myself, </i><<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><i>for any memory of happiness. </i><<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><i>Now, fifty years later, I’ve learned I was part </i><<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><i>of someone else’s happiness. </i><<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 3s>><i>What a wonderful discovery.</i><<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 4s>>><b>After Life (1998)</b> dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 3s>><h2>END</h2><<include "AutoScroll">><</timed>>

<<replace ".passage-typingbox">><span style="font-size:14px;"><i>Cecile is offline.</i></span><</replace>>

<<timed 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">> okay, i think our time is up. i've got to go.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>feel free to scroll back and re-read our conversation if you need it!<<include "AutoScroll">><<next>><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Message-Bye">><</replace>><</timed>>

<<include "YouSaid">> yeah!<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> hmmm. give me a moment to think about it.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 3s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>okay.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 4s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>objectively speaking, the hardest part about writing a letter to your past self is…<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 1s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>well<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>due to the way time works in our reality, you can’t change that person.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>we’re always tempted to try and tell ourselves<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>if we were given the perfect instructions, what to do, what to say, all the answers laid in front of us<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>a perfect walk-through guide of our own life <<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 4s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>then maybe we wouldn’t have made that mistake, hurt that person, missed that moment.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>maybe we’d have been more successful or understanding, or caring.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>maybe we’d be happier now.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 3s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>the letter can’t be that. it can’t do that.<<include "AutoScroll">><<next>><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Message-ThePoint">><</replace>><</timed>>

<<include "YouSaid">> please?<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> let me try...<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>perhaps my letter takes form in the act of me helping you write yours?<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 3s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>after all, your questions and responses within this experience are modelled after what the author’s past self would say.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>and i am just another version of the author<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>although i couldn’t tell you if i am a past or future version.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>does that make sense?<<include "AutoScroll">><<next>><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Message-MakesSenseChoice">><</replace>><</timed>>

<<include "YouSaid">> i'd love to know.<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> let me try...<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>perhaps my letter takes form in the act of me helping you write yours?<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 3s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>after all, your questions and responses within this experience are modelled after what the author’s past self would say.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>and i am just another version of the author<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>although i couldn’t tell you if i am a past or future version.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>does that make sense?<<include "AutoScroll">><<next>><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Message-MakesSenseChoice">><</replace>><</timed>>

<<include "YouSaid">> Blah<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> Blah<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>Blah<<include "AutoScroll">><<next>><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Message-ThePoint">><</replace>><</timed>>

<<button " <<type 20ms>>i’m drawing a blank on my own memories and don’t know how to approach this exercise.<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-IntroChoice1">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>> <<button " <<type 20ms>>i don’t really feel like i have a lot of interesting things to say to my own past self.<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-IntroChoice2">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>>

<<include "YouSaid">> i’m drawing a blank on my own memories and don’t know how to approach this exercise.<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> okay! i can help you with that.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>are you ready to start?<<include "AutoScroll">><<next 2s>><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Message-Sure">><</replace>><</timed>>

<<include "YouSaid">> i don’t really feel like i have a lot of interesting things to say to my own past self.<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> okay! i can help you with that.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>are you ready to start?<<include "AutoScroll">><<next 2s>><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Message-Sure">><</replace>><</timed>>

<<include "YouSaid">> yep, let’s do this!<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">> <<next>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> right. let's begin.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 4s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>the first thing we have to do is to pinpoint who you’re addressing in your letter.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>think of the version of you that you want to talk to most.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>think of a pivotal moment in your life.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 5s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>it can be big or small, a happy or sad memory that you’re holding on to.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 5s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>think of something you wish you were told at an earlier point in your life.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>do you have an idea of what you'd want to say to that person?<<include "AutoScroll">><<next>><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Message-TalkingChoice">><</replace>><</timed>>

<<button " <<type 20ms>>can i ask you more personal questions?<</type>> ">> <<append ".passage-chatbox">><<include "Chatbox-Interruption">><</append>> <<replace ".passage-messagebox">><</replace>><</button>>

<<include "YouSaid">> can i ask you more personal questions?<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 1s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<next 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> oh, uh… hmm.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>you can, but i can’t guarantee you my answers will be 100% helpful.<<include "AutoScroll">><<next>><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Message-MovingOnChoice">><</replace>><</timed>>

<<include "YouSaid">> what would you write in <i>your</i> letter?<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 1s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> i don’t know if i can answer that.<<include "AutoScroll">><<next>><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Message-CarryOn">><</replace>><</timed>>

<<include "YouSaid">> maybe?<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 1s>><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Message-RealOpinion">><</replace>><</timed>>

<<include "YouSaid">> do you think there’s a point to all this?<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> i think the point is...<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>you will always project your current self into your past self.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>you’re writing a letter to yourself, right now.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>and while you catch up to your future self,<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>all you can do is to gently push yourself forward.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 3s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>you, your past selves, and everyone around you.<<include "AutoScroll">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 4s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> in the future you are looking through your memories<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>and thinking of you, sitting here, in 2021.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 3s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>and you are wondering if that person is proud of you.<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 4s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>...anyway uh<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next 2s>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">>does this help?<<include "AutoScroll">><<next>><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>><<include "Message-HelpfulChoice">><</replace>><</timed>>

<<include "YouSaid">> thank you!<<include "AutoScroll">><<timed 1s>><<include "CecileTyping">><<next>><<include "CecileStoppedTyping">><<include "CecileSaid">> :)<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 2s>><hr><<include "CecileOffline">><<next 2s>><<type 20ms>><i>At the time, I searched desperately inside myself,</i><</type>><<include "AutoScrollTimed">><<next 2s>><<type 20ms>><i>for any memory of happiness. </i><</type>><<include "AutoScrollTimed">><<next 2s>><<type 20ms>><i>Now, fifty years later, I’ve learned I was part </i><</type>><<include "AutoScrollTimed">><<next 2s>><<type 20ms>><i>of someone else’s happiness. </i><</type>><<include "AutoScrollTimed">><<next 3s>><<type 20ms>><i>What a wonderful discovery.</i><</type>><<include "AutoScrollTimed">><<next 4s>>><b>After Life (1998)</b> dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda<<include "AutoScroll">> <<next 3s>><h2>END</h2><<include "AutoScroll">><</timed>>

<<button "we were just starting">><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>> <<include "Start">><</replace>><</button>> <<button "you asked about what i wanted to say to my past self">><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>> <<include "Message-TalkingChoice">><</replace>><</button>> <<button "we were further ahead">><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>> <<include "Chapters2">><</replace>><</button>>

<<button "i asked you a personal question">><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>> <<include "Message-MovingOnChoice">><</replace>><</button>> <<button "i asked you an even more personal question">><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>> <<include "Message-RealOpinion">><</replace>><</button>> <<button "wait, we weren't that far ahead">><<replace ".passage-messagebox" t8n>> <<include "Chapters1">><</replace>><</button>>