<<set $energy = 6>>
<<set $anxiety = 2>>
<<set $focus = 3>>
<<set $confidence = 3>>
<<set $dayType = "">>
<<set $soundOn = false>>
<img src="images/start_morning.jpg" class="hero-image" alt="Morning beginning">
This is a story about a day.
Nothing unusual happens.
A child goes to school.
At the end of the day, they give a short speech.
You won’t be asked to win.
You won’t be asked to fail.
Only to notice how the day feels.
[[Begin the day|DaySelect]]<<set $dayType = "ND">>
<<goto "Morning">><<set $dayType = "ADHD">>
<<goto "Morning">>
<img src="images/day_select.jpg" class="hero-image" alt="Morning beginning">
You can experience this day in more than one way.
Both are real.
Neither is a mistake.
[[Experience the day as it flows|InitND]]
[[Experience the day with more internal friction|InitADHD]]<<include "UI">>
<div class="<<WeatherClass>>">
<div class="scene-wrap">
<img src="images/scene1_morning.png" alt="Morning scene">
<div class="scene-text">
<<if $dayType == "ADHD">>
Today feels different.
The speech is later — not now — but it’s already there, sitting somewhere behind your eyes.
You try to eat. You try to think about something else.
It doesn’t really work.
<<else>>
Today feels important.
The speech is later — you know that — and it sits quietly in the back of your mind.
You think about what you’ll say, then let the thought go.
<</if>>
[[Go over the first line of your speech|Morning_Rehearse]]
[[Focus on getting out of the door|Morning_Door]]
[[Take a moment to breathe|Breathe]]
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="ui-footer">
<span class="ui-muted">
Energy:
<<if $energy >= 4>>full
<<elseif $energy >= 2>>fading
<<else>>low<</if>>
</span>
<span class="ui-muted">
Weather:
<<if $anxiety <= 1>>clear
<<elseif $anxiety <= 3>>cloudy
<<else>>stormy<</if>>
</span>
</div>
<<set $energy = Math.max(0, $energy)>>
<<set $anxiety = Math.max(0, $anxiety)>>
<<set $confidence = Math.max(0, $confidence)>>
<<set $focus = Math.max(0, $focus)>><<include "UI">>
<<set $anxiety -= 1>>
You slow your breathing.
The room doesn’t change — but something inside you does.
[[Continue|LateMorning]]<<include "UI">>
<div class="<<WeatherClass>>">
<div class="scene-wrap">
<img src="images/scene1_morning.png" alt="Morning scene">
<div class="scene-text">
<<if $dayType == "ADHD">>
<<set $anxiety -= 1>>
<<set $focus -= 1>>
<<set $confidence += 1>>
You rehearse the first line in your head.
It helps — for a moment.
Then the rest of the day tries to crowd in.
<<else>>
<<set $confidence += 1>>
You rehearse the first line once.
It feels steadier after that.
<</if>>
[[Continue|LateMorning]]
</div>
</div>
</div>
<<include "UI">>
<div class="<<WeatherClass>>">
<div class="scene-wrap">
<img src="images/scene1_morning.png" alt="Morning scene">
<div class="scene-text">
You focus on getting out of the door.
Shoes. Bag. Keys. Done.
It costs a little, but you’re moving.
[[Continue|LateMorning]]
</div>
</div>
</div>
<<set $energy -= 1>>
<<include "UI">>
<div class="<<WeatherClass>>">
<div class="scene-wrap">
<img src="images/scene2_classroom.png" alt="Classroom Scene">
<div class="scene-text">
<<if $dayType == "ADHD">>
The lesson keeps going.
You hear your name. Not your name — the word ''speech''.
Your body is here, but part of your brain is already later.
The teacher explains something.
You catch the start.
Then the middle slips past.
You come back just in time to realise everyone else has moved on.
<<set $focus -= 1>>
<<set $energy -= 1>>
<<set $anxiety += 1>>
<<else>>
Lessons move along at a steady pace.
You think about the speech sometimes — mostly when the room goes quiet —
then the lesson pulls you back in.
You miss a sentence here and there,
but it’s easy enough to catch back up.
<<set $energy -= 1>>
<</if>>
What do you do next?
[[Break it into small steps (chunk it)|LateMorning_Chunk]]
[[Ask for a quick movement break|LateMorning_Move]]
[[Check in with the teacher quietly|LateMorning_Support]]
</div>
</div>
</div>
<<include "UI">>
<div class="<<WeatherClass>>">
<div class="scene-wrap">
<img src="images/scene2_classroom.png" alt="Classroom Scene">
<div class="scene-text">
<<if $dayType == "ADHD">>
<<set $focus += 1>>
<<set $anxiety -= 1>>
<<set $confidence += 1>>
<<set $energy -= 1>>
You tell yourself: ''Just this bit. Then the next bit.''
The task stops feeling endless.
It’s still hard — just smaller.
<<else>>
<<set $confidence += 1>>
You take it one step at a time.
That’s usually enough.
<</if>>
[[Continue|Midday]]
</div>
</div>
</div>
<<include "UI">>
<div class="<<WeatherClass>>">
<div class="scene-wrap">
<img src="images/scene2_classroom.png" alt="Classroom Scene">
<div class="scene-text">
<<set $focus += 1>>
<<set $anxiety -= 1>>
<<set $energy -= 1>>
You stretch your legs.
Your body settles a little.
Your mind follows—just a bit.
[[Continue|Midday]]
</div>
</div>
</div>
<<include "UI">>
<div class="<<WeatherClass>>">
<div class="scene-wrap">
<img src="images/scene2_classroom.png" alt="Classroom Scene">
<div class="scene-text">
<<set $anxiety -= 1>>
<<set $confidence += 1>>
<<set $energy -= 1>>
You lean in and ask quietly what you missed.
No fuss.
Just a small bridge back into the lesson.
[[Continue|Midday]]
</div>
</div>
</div>
<<include "UI">>
<div class="<<WeatherClass>>">
<div class="scene-wrap">
<img src="images/scene3_lunch.png" alt="Lunch">
<div class="scene-text">
<<if $dayType == "ADHD">>
Lunch is loud.
Chairs scrape. People talk over each other. Someone laughs too close.
The room feels bigger and smaller at the same time.
Inside, it feels like the air is moving too fast.
Thoughts bump into each other.
You can’t find a quiet place in your head.
<<set $energy -= 1>>
<<set $anxiety += 1>>
<<set $focus -= 1>>
<<else>>
Lunch is busy, but familiar.
It’s loud in the way school is always loud.
You notice it — then stop noticing it.
You feel a flicker of nerves when someone mentions the speeches.
It passes.
<<set $energy -= 1>>
<</if>>
What do you do?
[[Stay where you are|Midday_Stay]]
[[Step outside for a minute|Midday_StepAway]]
[[Find someone safe to sit with|Midday_SitSafe]]
</div>
</div>
</div>
<<include "UI">>
<div class="<<WeatherClass>>">
<div class="scene-wrap">
<img src="images/scene3_lunch.png" alt="Lunch">
<div class="scene-text">
<<if $dayType == "ADHD">>
<<set $energy -= 1>>
<<set $anxiety += 1>>
You stay.
You keep your face normal.
That costs more than people realise.
<<else>>
You stay where you are.
It’s fine.
<</if>>
[[Continue|Speech]]
</div>
</div>
</div>
<<include "UI">>
<div class="<<WeatherClass>>">
<div class="scene-wrap">
<img src="images/scene3_lunch.png" alt="Lunch">
<div class="scene-text">
<<set $anxiety -= 1>>
<<set $energy += 1>>
You step away from the noise.
The air feels different.
Not perfect. Just easier.
[[Continue|Speech]]
</div>
</div>
</div>
<<include "UI">>
<div class="<<WeatherClass>>">
<div class="scene-wrap">
<img src="images/scene3_lunch.png" alt="Lunch">
<div class="scene-text">
<<set $anxiety -= 2>>
<<set $confidence += 1>>
<<set $energy += 1>>
You sit with someone who doesn’t make you perform.
You don’t have to explain much.
That helps more than it should.
[[Continue|Speech]]
</div>
</div>
</div>
<<include "UI">>
<div class="<<WeatherClass>>">
<div class="scene-wrap">
<img src="images/scene4_speech.png" alt="Speech">
<div class="scene-text">
<<if $dayType == "ADHD">>
The room goes quiet in a strange way.
Your name is called.
This is it. There isn’t another version of today.
Your hands feel different than they did this morning.
<<set $anxiety += 1>>
<<else>>
Your heart beats faster when your name is called.
You stand up anyway.
<<set $anxiety += 0>>
<</if>>
Right before you start:
[[Take one grounding breath|Speech_Ground]]
[[Run the first line in your head|Speech_Rehearse]]
[[Just start|Speech_DoIt]]
</div>
</div>
</div>
<<include "UI">>
<div class="<<WeatherClass>>">
<div class="scene-wrap">
<img src="images/scene4_speech.png" alt="Speech">
<div class="scene-text">
<<set $anxiety -= 1>>
You take one slow breath.
The world stays the same.
But you arrive inside your body.
[[Speak|Speech_DoIt]]
</div>
</div>
</div>
<<include "UI">>
<div class="<<WeatherClass>>">
<div class="scene-wrap">
<img src="images/scene4_speech.png" alt="Speech">
<div class="scene-text">
<<set $confidence += 1>>
<<if $dayType == "ADHD">>
<<set $focus -= 1>>
<</if>>
You hold the first line in your mind.
Just the first line.
[[Speak|Speech_DoIt]]
</div>
</div>
</div>
<<include "UI">>
<div class="<<WeatherClass>>">
<div class="scene-wrap">
<img src="images/scene4_speech.png" alt="Speech">
<div class="scene-text">
<<if $dayType == "ADHD">>
<<set $energy -= 1>>
<<set $anxiety -= 1>>
<<else>>
<<set $energy -= 1>>
<<set $anxiety -= 1>>
<</if>>
The words come out — not exactly how you practised them, but close enough.
You keep going.
You reach the end.
You sit back down.
<<if $confidence >= 4>>
Something loosens in your chest.
<<elseif $anxiety >= 4>>
Your heart is still racing, even though it’s finished.
<<else>>
It feels finished. Not perfect. Finished.
<</if>>
[[Continue|Evening]]
</div>
</div>
</div>
<<include "UI">>
<div class="<<WeatherClass>>">
<div class="scene-wrap">
<img src="images/scene5_evening.png" alt="Evening">
<div class="scene-text">
Home feels quieter than you expect.
The day doesn’t disappear — it settles.
<<if $energy >= 3>>
You feel tired, but steady.
The speech feels like something you did, not something that happened to you.
<<elseif $energy <= 1>>
Now that it’s over, everything feels heavy.
Even talking about it sounds like too much.
<<else>>
You’re tired.
Not injured. Not broken.
Just used up.
<</if>>
<<if $anxiety <= 1>>
The weather inside has slowed.
Not sunny — just calm enough.
<<elseif $anxiety >= 4>>
Your brain keeps replaying parts of the day.
You wish it would stop, but it hasn’t yet.
<</if>>
Tomorrow will come.
But not yet.
<<if $energy <= 1>>
<<goto "Ending_Drained">>
<<elseif $anxiety >= 4>>
<<goto "Ending_Unsettled">>
<<elseif $confidence >= 4>>
<<goto "Ending_QuietPride">>
<<else>>
<<goto "Ending_Held">>
<</if>>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<<include "UI">>
<div class="<<WeatherClass>>">
<div class="scene-wrap">
<img src="images/scene5_evening.png" alt="Evening">
<div class="scene-text">
You didn’t feel ready this morning.
You didn’t feel ready this afternoon either.
But you stood up, and you spoke.
Now you just want to rest.
[[Experience the day another way|DaySelect]]
[[Finish|Start]]
</div>
</div>
</div>
<<include "UI">>
<div class="<<WeatherClass>>">
<div class="scene-wrap">
<img src="images/scene5_evening.png" alt="Evening">
<div class="scene-text">
Everyone thinks it’s finished.
Your body doesn’t.
You don’t want to talk about it.
You just want the day to stop.
[[Experience the day another way|DaySelect]]
[[Finish|Start]]
</div>
</div>
</div>
<<include "UI">>
<div class="<<WeatherClass>>">
<div class="scene-wrap">
<img src="images/scene5_evening.png" alt="Evening">
<div class="scene-text">
You keep thinking about what you said.
About what you forgot.
You wish you could rewind it —
but you can’t.
[[Experience the day another way|DaySelect]]
[[Finish|Start]]
</div>
</div>
</div>
<<include "UI">>
<div class="<<WeatherClass>>">
<div class="scene-wrap">
<img src="images/scene5_evening.png" alt="Evening">
<div class="scene-text">
Someone noticed you were trying.
That mattered more than the speech.
Tomorrow can wait.
[[Experience the day another way|DaySelect]]
[[Finish|Start]]
</div>
</div>
</div>
<<widget "WeatherClass">>
<<set _wc = ($anxiety <= 1) ? "weather-clear" : (($anxiety <= 3) ? "weather-cloudy" : "weather-stormy")>>
<<print _wc>>
<</widget>>