Congee - Updated

{<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">(live: 1s)[(transition: "dissolve")[<b>Congee</b> /ˈkɒndʒiː <i>noun</i>](stop:)] <p style="font-size:15px;">(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(in Chinese cooking) broth or porridge made from rice. Meat, fish, and flavourings are added while preparing the congee, and it is most often served as a meal on its own, especially for those who are feeling unwell.](stop:)]</p></td> <td>(live:3s)[(transition:"dissolve")[<img style="margin-left:25px" src="https://i.imgur.com/8xsVCZi.gif" width="300">](stop:)]</td></tr> <td><text style="font-size:17px;">(live: 4s)[(transition:"dissolve")[[[Start|Start]]](stop:)]<br> <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"> } { (track: 'song', 'loop', true) (track: 'song', 'playwhenpossible') }

{(set: $deliveroo to false)(set: $takeaway to false) <table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="400"><p style="text-align: left;"><br>It’s the middle of the night. The streetlight pouring through the window is unbearable; it burns your eyeballs. Your body is sweating underneath the covers, but somehow you still feel frozen to the bone. Raindrops patter against the glass.<p><br> [[Kick your blanket off.]]<br> [[Curl up into a ball.]]</td> <td> <img src="https://i.imgur.com/rwZUriJ.gif" width="300" align="right" style="margin-top:0px;margin-left:50px"></td> <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"> }

You shove the blanket off your body and a chill rushes through you. Is the window open? You’re pretty sure you closed it before you [[collapsed into bed]]. <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

You bring your knees to your chest. Even your chest is moist with sweat. Maybe you left the heating on or something? You’re pretty sure you didn’t turn on the heating before you [[collapsed into bed]]. <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

In fact, you don’t remember much of the day. You got home with a splitting headache and you fell into bed with your work clothes still on. At least you took off your shoes. [[What time is it, anyway?]] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

You turn to look at your clock on your bedside table. 8:30pm. [[You’ve really messed up your sleeping pattern now.|SleepingPattern]] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

But it isn't your fault. You felt really bad and you still feel awful. You’re pretty sure you’ve come down with a (set: $sleepingpattern to "fever")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["fever", "food poisoning thing", "general sense of lurgy", "rare illness from swimming in that river in the jungle last month. Bad idea"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$sleepingpattern");'>$sleepingpattern</tw-link>. [[Maybe you should tell someone.]] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

[You fumble for your phone and call mum. It rings endlessly but she doesn’t pick up.] (live: 1.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Hmm.](stop:)] (live: 2.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Oh yeah, it's early morning in Hong Kong. She’ll be watching one of those Cantonese soaps. Mum always turns her phone on silent when she’s watching TV, like she’s in the cinema.](stop:)] (live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Text Allison, your best friend.|TextAllison]]](stop:)] (live: 4.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Look up your symptoms on the internet.|internet]]](stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

(live: 1s)[(transition: "dissolve")[You flick on WhatsApp. You feel so bad, you can barely focus on the screen. You can do this.](stop:)] (live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[You type:](stop:)] { (live: 3s)[ <div class= "talk-bubble-you tri-left right-top round" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" > [[[I'm not being melodramatic but I think death is nearr dfdsfdf|WA-Response3]]] </p> </div> </div>(stop:)] (live: 4s)[ <div class= "talk-bubble-you tri-left right-top round" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" > [[[The body is but a weak vessel :(|WA-Response1]]] </p> </div> </div>(stop:)] (live: 5s)[ <div class= "talk-bubble-you tri-left right-top round" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" > [[[I need a very distracting Netflix recommendation|WA-Response2]]] </p> </div> </div>(stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">}

(live: 1s)[(transition: "dissolve")[You open up your browser, ready to type in your symptoms. You hesitate. You do have some self-preservation, after all.](stop:)] (live: 3s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Finally, a stronger voice within you says: //you’re not doing that and you know it.//](stop:)] (live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Text Allison, your best friend.|TextAllison]](stop:)]] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

{ (live: 1s)[ <div class= "talk-bubble-you tri-left round right-top" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" > The body is but a weak vessel :( </p> </div> </div>(stop:)] |text>[(live: 2s)[|ellipsis>[Allison is typing](stop:)]] (live: 3.5s)[ (replace: ?text)[] (stop:) ] (live: 3.5s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other tri-right round left-top" style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >nah that's not true</p> </div> </span> </div>(stop:)] (live: 5.5s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other round" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >it lets me eat dim sum and burgers for dinner so it's all good</p> </div> </div> (stop:)] (live: 7.5s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other round" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >wait. are you having some kind of crisis?</p> </div> </div> (stop:)] (live: 9s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other round" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >this seems to be the thing nowadays</p> </div> </div> (stop:)] (live: 11s)[ <div class= "talk-bubble-you tri-left round right-top" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" > [[[...maybe. I feel GROSS.|WA-Response1(2)]]] </p> </div> </div>(stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">}

{ (live: 1s)[ <div class= "talk-bubble-you tri-left right-top round" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" > I need a very distracting Netflix recommendation </p> </div> </div>(stop:)] |text>[(live: 2s)[|ellipsis>[Allison is typing](stop:)]] (live: 3.5s)[ (replace: ?text)[] (stop:) ] (live: 3.5s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other tri-right round left-top" style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >ehhhh ... new bojack horseman season is pretty good</p> </div> </span> </div>(stop:)] (live: 5.5s)[ <div class= "talk-bubble-you tri-left right-top round" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" > I've heard the latest season is a bit dark </p> </div> </div> (stop:)] |text2>[(live: 6.5s)[|ellipsis>[Allison is typing](stop:)]] (live: 7.5s)[ (replace: ?text2)[] (stop:) ] (live: 7.5s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other tri-right round left-top" style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >it’s the kind of thing you need to be in the mood for. you asked for DISTRACTING.</p> </div> </div> (stop:)] (live: 9s)[ <div class= "talk-bubble-you tri-left round right-top" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" > Something to distract me from disease, not make me feel worse...</p> </div> </div>(stop:)] <br>(live: 10.5s)[(transition:"dissolve")[[[Continue|WA-Response2(2)]]](stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">}

{(live: 1s)[ <div class= "talk-bubble-you tri-left right-top round" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" > I'm not being melodramatic but I think death is nearr dfdsfdf </p> </div> </div> (stop:)] |text>[(live: 2s)[|ellipsis>[Allison is typing](stop:)]] (live: 3.5s)[ (replace: ?text)[] (stop:) ] (live: 4s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other tri-right round left-top" style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >if you die can I have your games?</p> </div> </span> </div>(stop:)] (live: 5.5s)[ <div class= "talk-bubble-you tri-left right-top round" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" > You hate all my games. </p> </div> </div> (stop:)] |text2>[(live: 7s)[|ellipsis>[Allison is typing](stop:)]] (live: 8.5s)[ (replace: ?text2)[] (stop:) ] (live: 9.5s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other tri-right round left-top" style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >true</p> </div> </div> (stop:)] (live: 10.5s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other round" style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >i could sell them though!</p> </div> </div> (stop:)] (live: 13s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other round" style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >hopefully you aren't actually dying or this will age badly</p> </div> </div> (stop:)]<br> (live: 14.5s)[(transition:"dissolve")[[[Continue|WA-Response3(2)]]](stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">}

{<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"> <img align="middle" src="https://i.imgur.com/djFIUi4.gif" width="400" style="margin-left:-55px"><p><br> You know congee. It’s delicious mushy rice in a soup form, the equivalent of chicken soup. The best part of feeling ill as a kid was getting a hot bowl of congee to slurp on. It made you feel warm inside out – like glowing embers gently simmering in your stomach. If only it was [[easier to get|Hardtogetmahcongee]]. }

{You type: <br> (live: 1s)[<div class= "talk-bubble-you tri-left right-top round" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" > Is that the best prescription you have, doctor? Not like ... good ol' paracetamol or something? </p> </div> </div>(stop:)] [|text>[(live: 2s)[|ellipsis>[Allison is typing](stop:)]] (live: 3s)[ (replace: ?text)[] (stop:)]] (live: 3.5s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other tri-right round left-top" style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >you and i both know that congee is the GREATEST thing when you’re under the weather</p> </div> </span> </div>(stop:)] <br> (live: 5s)[(transition:"dissolve")[[[Congee. Mmm.|Congee]](stop:)]]} <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

{ (live: 1s)[ <div class= "talk-bubble-you tri-left round right-top" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" > It's hard to get hold of congee though. Most places don’t sell it. :( </p> </div> </div>(stop:)] |text>[(live: 2s)[|ellipsis>[Allison is typing](stop:)]] (live: 3.5s)[ (replace: ?text)[] (stop:) ] (live: 4s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other tri-right round left-top" style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >lol you could just make it?</p> </div> </span> </div>(stop:)] (live: 5.5s)[ <div class= "talk-bubble-you tri-left round right-top" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" > You know me, I'm clumsy as hell. If I get out of bed to cook I’ll badly scald something or fall into the stove </p> </div> </div>(stop:)] (live: 7s)[ <div class= "talk-bubble-you tri-left round right-top" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >And every time I make it, it tastes bad </p> </div> </div>(stop:)] |text2>[(live: 7.5s)[|ellipsis>[Allison is typing](stop:)]] (live: 9s)[ (replace: ?text2)[] (stop:) ] (live: 9.2s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other tri-right round left-top" style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >ok ok, before you kick the bucket, you still have [[options]].</p> </div> </span> </div>(stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">}

(set: $deliveroo to false)(set: $takeaway to false)She’s right. You live in a town - you should be able to find congee. Right? (live: 1s)[(transition:"dissolve")[[[[Check Deliveroo|deliveroo]]]](stop:)] (live: 1.5s)[(transition:"dissolve")[[[Check your local Chinese takeaway, 'The Hong Kong'.|takeaway]]](stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">

(set: $deliveroo to true)You scroll through the Deliveroo app. Nandos (click-replace:"Nandos")[You don't really feel like that right now.] KFC (click-replace: "KFC")[Definitely not.] Five Guys (click-replace: "Five Guys")[Greasy burger? No thanks.] Mission Burrito (click-replace: "Mission Burrito")[Nah.] China Palace (click-replace: "China Palace")[Ooh. Looks [[promising]].] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">

(set: $takeaway to true)(transition:"dissolve")[You load up their website. It’s pretty clunky, and the menu is a .jpg on their website.](stop:) (live:1.5s)[(transition:"dissolve")[Sigh. You zoom into the menu.](stop:)] (live:3s)[(transition:"dissolve")[<img src="https://i.imgur.com/you2Ff2.png" width="400">](stop:)] (live:4.5s)[(transition:"dissolve")[[[…Nope.|NopeTakeaway]]](stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">

(transition:"dissolve")[Right, let’s see what we have here.](stop:) (live:1s)[(transition:"dissolve")[- Mixed Seafood Soup](stop:)] (live:1.5s)[(transition:"dissolve")[- Hot & Sour Soup](stop:)] (live:2s)[(transition:"dissolve")[- Wonton Soup](stop:)] (live:2.5s)[(transition:"dissolve")[- Chicken & Sweetcorn Soup](stop:)] (live:3s)[(transition:"dissolve")[- Chicken & Mushroom Soup](stop:)] (live:3.5s)[(transition:"dissolve")[- Mixed Vegetable Soup](stop:)] (live:5s)[(transition:"dissolve")[You’ve decided that “mixed” is not a good word to use as a description of food. Mixed with //what?//](stop:)] (live:6s)[(transition:"dissolve")[(if: $takeaway is false and $deliveroo is true)[[[Try the takeaway.|takeaway]]](if: $takeaway is true and $deliveroo is false)[[[Deliveroo time?|deliveroo]]](if: $takeaway is true and $deliveroo is true)[[[Let life’s mysteries lie. There’s no congee here.|FinishSearching]]]](stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">

(transition:"dissolve")[You start feeling like a detective of sorts. Or do you just feel silly?](stop:) (live:1.5s)[(transition:"dissolve")[(if: $deliveroo is true and $takeaway is true)[[[Let life’s mysteries lie. There’s no congee here.|FinishSearching]]] (if: $deliveroo is false)[[[Maybe try Deliveroo?|deliveroo]]]](stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">

(transition:"dissolve")[You pull the blanket over your head. You really wanted some congee.](stop:) (live:1s)[(transition:"dissolve")[[[It would’ve brought you a lot of comfort.|Comfort]]](stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">

(transition: "dissolve")[Sure, you're feeling extra sulky because your head is throbbing and you feel unwell.](stop:) (live: 1.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[But this is a craving that just won't quit. It's all you can think about. Right now, all you want is [[something familiar]].](stop:)]<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">

(transition: "dissolve")[You moved from Hong Kong to the UK a year ago.](stop:) (live: 1.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Coming off the plane was weird. The air smelled different. The shops and restaurants in the airport were unfamiliar (Fortnum & Mason? Carluccio’s?). You told yourself that these names would soon become so second nature in time, that they’d just roll off your tongue.](stop:)] (live: 2.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[There was also a distance when you spoke to people, an air of disinterest – you hadn't figured out whether it was a British thing or maybe it was [[something about you|streetimage]].](stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

(transition:"dissolve")[You once wrote a list of the top 10 things that made the UK a funny place:](stop:) (live:2s)[(transition:"dissolve")[<img src="https://i.imgur.com/13BTKOP.png" width="600">](stop:)] (live:3.5s)[(transition:"dissolve")[and finally](stop:)] (live:5s)[(transition:"dissolve")[<img src="https://i.imgur.com/rdixjIH.png" width="600">](stop:)] (live:6.5s)[(transition:"dissolve")[[[Hmm.|WhatsappwithAllison]]](stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

{ Allison is still online.<br> (live:1s)[<div class= "talk-bubble-you tri-left round right-top" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" > No joy on the congee front </p> </div> </div>(stop:)] |text>[(live: 3s)[|ellipsis>[Allison is typing](stop:)]] (live: 4.5s)[ (replace: ?text)[] (stop:) ] (live: 5s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other tri-right round left-top" style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >well that blows. you checked deliveroo etc.?</p> </div> </span> </div>(stop:)] (live: 7s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-you tri-left round right-top" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >Yep, everywhere :'(</p> </div> </div> (stop:)] |text2>[(live: 8s)[|ellipsis>[Allison is typing](stop:)]] (live: 9.5s)[ (replace: ?text2)[] (stop:) ] (live: 9.5s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other tri-right round left-top" style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >nothing worse than an unsatisfied congee craving!</p> </div> </span> </div>(stop:)] (live: 11s)[ <div class= "talk-bubble-you tri-left round right-top" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" > You brought it up and now I can’t stop thinking about it ... thaaanks pal </p> </div> </div>(stop:)] |text3>[(live: 12s)[|ellipsis>[Allison is typing](stop:)]] (live: 14s)[ (replace: ?text3)[] (stop:) ] (live: 14s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other tri-right round left-top" style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >I guess not being able to buy congee is just one of those things huh</p> </div> </span> </div>(stop:)] (live: 16s)[ <div class= "talk-bubble-you tri-left round right-top" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" > [[What thing?]] </p> </div> </div>(stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">}

(transition:"dissolve")[Oh yeah – you called mum a while back, didn’t you? You check your phone and you’ve missed a call from her.](stop:) (live:1s)[(transition: "dissolve")[You should [[dial back.]]](stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">

(transition: "Dissolve")[Whoa. Maybe that’s what it’s like to have a fever dream.](stop:) (live: 1.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Drifting in and out of consciousness, you fall into a weak sleep.](stop:)] (live: 3s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(set: $dream to "You dream")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["Dream about skyscrapers bursting from the ground that trap people in uncomfortable open-plan offices forever", "Dream about having to explain the existence of Kim Kardashian to aliens", "Dream about nothing at all"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$dream");'>$dream</tw-link>.](stop:)] (live: 5.5s)[(transition:"dissolve")[(text-style:"shudder")[*RIIIING.*]](stop:)] (live: 7s)[That’s the doorbell. You glance at your clock: 21:45. [[What?]]](stop:) <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">

(transition: "dissolve")[(text-style:"shudder")[RIIIIIING.](stop:)] (live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[You could really [[just ignore it]]. Or maybe [[answer it]]?](stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">

You aren’t expecting anybody. It's probably some kids playing a prank. You roll over and close your eyes. (live: 1.5s)[(text-style:"shudder")[RING](stop:)] (live: 2s)[(text-style:"shudder")[RING](stop:)] (live: 2.5s)[(text-style:"shudder")[RING](stop:)] (live: 3s)[(text-style:"shudder")[RING](stop:)] (live: 3.5s)[(text-style:"shudder")[RING](stop:)] (live: 4s)[(text-style:"shudder")[RING](stop:)] (live: 4.5s)[(text-style:"shudder")[RING](stop:)] (live: 7s)[(text-style:"shudder")[RIIIIIIING](stop:)] (live: 10s)[(transition:"dissolve")[Oh god.](stop:)] (live: 11.5s)[(transition:"dissolve")[[[They really want you to answer the door.|Open it]](stop:)]] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">

(transition:"dissolve")[You hobble out of bed. The floorboards are incredibly cold. How did it get so chilly?](stop:) (live:2s)[(transition:"dissolve")[You are most definitely going to yell at this person.](stop:)] (live:3.5s)[(transition:"dissolve")[[[Open the door.|Open it]]](stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">

(transition:"dissolve")[“Uh… hi.” You stare.](stop:) (live:2s)[(transition:"dissolve")[[[It’s Allison.|AllisonImage]](stop:)]] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">

(transition:"dissolve")[At the kitchen table, Allison removes the lid to the container. A hot steam rises into the air, softly curling into itself. You smell chicken, rice, salad onions, ginger, garlic. Congee.](stop:) (live:2s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//“How did you – where did you buy this?”//](stop:)] (live:4s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//“I made it. I was feeling a little homesick myself and since you were ill too, well, I figured two birds one stone...”//](stop:)] (live:6s)[(transition:"dissolve")[You feel something welling up inside of you.](stop:)] (live:8s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//“I really needed this tonight. I can’t really explain-”//](stop:)] (live:10s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//“Yeah. I know. Maybe this is how British people feel about Sunday roasts when they visit Hong Kong.”//](stop:)] (live:12s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//"Hmmm. You think?”//](stop:)] (live:14s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//"No idea. [[Let’s get some bowls.”|bowls]]//](stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">

(transition:"dissolve")[You both sit in the kitchen, slurping at the congee. The rice is a bit chunkier than usual but it is unmistakeably familiar. The warmth of the congee makes you glow inside out.](stop:) (live:2s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//“Hey, Ally.”//](stop:)] (live:4s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//“Hmm?”//](stop:)] (live:6s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//“Could we maybe cook congee together once a month ... or something?”//](stop:)] (live:8s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//“That sounds good. We'll need to think of a name for it, though."//](stop:)] (live:10s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//“Ha! How about … [[Congee Club?|end1]] [[Asian Celebration?|end2]] [[Not Sunday Roast Evening?|end3]]//(stop:)]] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">

(transition:"dissolve")[//“Congee Club? Zero points for originality, but at least it's direct.”//](stop:) (live:2s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//“...You really don’t want to know my rejects.”//](stop:)] (live:4s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//“Please keep them to yourself.”//](stop:)] (live:6s)[(transition:"dissolve")[You both smile.](stop:)] (live:8s)[(transition:"dissolve")[Deep into the night, the wind still howls against the windows and the cold floorboards nip at your heels.](stop:)] (live:10s)[(transition:"dissolve")[But the congee sits warm in your stomach. You feel better.](stop:)] (live:12s)[(transition:"dissolve")[And you have a fleeting thought that - just for a beautiful moment - [[you’ve found a small part of home in this kitchen.|EndImage]]](stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">

{[|text>[(live: 0.5s)[|ellipsis>[Allison is typing](stop:)]] (live: 2s)[ (replace: ?text)[] (stop:)] ]<br> [|text1>[(live: 4s)[|ellipsis>[Allison is typing](stop:)]] (live: 5s)[ (replace: ?text1)[] (stop:)] ]} SET WITHOUT LINKS/CHOICE REMEMBERING (cycle through options): { (set: $sleepingpattern to (a: "fever", "food poisoning", "fatal disease", "rare illness from swimming in that river in the Philippines last month. Probably shouldn’t have done that")) (link-repeat: "[(print: $sleepingpattern's 1st)]<fever|")[(replace: ?fever)[(set: $sleepingpattern to (rotated: -1, ...$sleepingpattern))(print: $sleepingpattern's 1st)]]. } SET CHOICE (no cycle): Which gift for your wife do you want to buy David? (link: "a bag")[ (set: $gift to "bag") (go-to: "Second") ] (link: "a pair of shoes")[ (set: $gift to "shoes") (go-to: "Second") ] In passage: David rushes home and gives his wife the $gift, she is so happy she gives him (if: $gift is "bag")[some sweet kisses](else:)[a hug]. AMENDING CSS https://twinery.org/forum/discussion/5387/premade-css-themes-for-harlowe http://www.adamhammond.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/hammond_twineguide_3_css.pdf Typewriting effect {(live:250ms)[<p class="css-typing"><span style='font-family: san-serif'>[text]</span></p>(stop:)]} https://twinery.org/forum/discussion/7475/remembering-choice https://furkleindustries.com/fictions/twine/twine2_resources/twine2_macros/

(transition: "dissolve")[Allison, who went to the same school as you, came to the UK the month after and you’ve kept in touch. She reminds you of how things were before. Sometimes that’s not a good thing.](stop:) (live: 1.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[For months you kept trying to find //home// in little things, like the Chinese shops that sold chocolate pandas and seaweed and mochi and sweet tofu. You even took solace in instant noodles, which you hated back in Hong Kong.](stop:)] (live: 3s)[(transition: "dissolve")[<img src="https://i.imgur.com/BZpy7r7.png" width="300">](stop:)] (live: 4.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[It was an adjustment period.](stop:)] (live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Only, you’re not sure if you’re past it yet.|Past]]](stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">

(transition:"dissolve")[She picks up on the third ring.](stop:) (live: 2s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//"Hi, honey. I just saw your call, are you OK?"//](stop:)] (live: 4s)[(transition:"dissolve")[Her voice is muffled and tired.](stop:)] (live: 6s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//"Oh hi mum. No worries. Just wanted to check how you’re doing but I realised it was far too early for you. I can hang up."//](stop:)] (live: 8s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//"No, no. I’m just glad you’re not on fire."//](stop:)] (live: 10s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//"Not today, but there’s always tomorrow."//](stop:)] (live: 12s)[(transition:"dissolve")[[[She laughs. //“Have you eaten yet?”//|Mumconvo2]]](stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">

(transition: "dissolve")[Hearing her voice makes you feel a little better, as if for a second there wasn’t ten thousand kilometres between you both.](stop:) (live: 2.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[But, for some reason, you can’t really picture the house anymore.](stop:)] (live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[You can’t see the bed she sleeps in or the hallway leading to the living room. What were the patterns on the wallpaper?](stop:)] (live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[When you try to picture all the details, it’s like they’re nothing but brief sketches. There are soft edges but the rest is nothing. Blank space.](stop:)] (live:8s)[(transition:"dissolve")[<img src="https://i.imgur.com/AJcnlfA.gif" width="500" align="middle">](stop:)] (live: 10s)[(transition: "dissolve")[It seems like this is the feeling of being there and then suddenly](stop:)] (live: 10.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[being so far](stop:)] (live: 11s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[away|away]].](stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">

(transition:"dissolve")[//“Hi. Uh. It’s me. I wanted to make sure you really weren’t dying. I have an interest in your continued existence.”// she says.](stop:) (live:3s)[(transition:"dissolve")[“//Um ... yep, still alive. Is everything okay? Come in-"//](stop:)] (live:5s)[(transition:"dissolve")[She smiles.](stop:)] (live:7s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//“I couldn’t just leave this outside, in the rain,”// she says.](stop:)] (live:9s)[(transition:"dissolve")[Allison raises a [[plastic bag]].](stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">

(transition:"dissolve")[//“Allison, is that-”//](stop:) (live:2s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//“Yep.”//](stop:)] (live:4s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//“I think ... you might be the best person alive.”//](stop:)] (live:6s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//“I agree.”//](stop:)] (live:8s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//"This is AWESOME.”//](stop:)] (live:10s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//[["Consider me your congeeroo.”]]//](stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">

(transition:"dissolve")[//“Not yet but that's because I'm pretty tired. But don’t worry about me, I think it was just overdue sleep and I’m coming down with something. You know. Work.”//](stop:) (live: 2s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//“Hmm, OK honey. You need to take care of yourself.”//](stop:)] (live: 4s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//“I will.”//](stop:)] (live: 6s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//“Make sure you eat right and sleep well. No screens before bed. And you know I always say-”//](stop:)] (live: 7s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//“No tea after ten. Yeah, I know.”//](stop:)] (live: 9s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//“Absolutely right.”//](stop:)] (live: 11s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//“OK. I’m going to let you get on with your day.”//](stop:)] (live: 13s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//“You can call me anytime, you know.”//](stop:)] (live: 15s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//“I know.”//](stop:)] (live: 17s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//“I miss you.”//](stop:)] (live:19s)[(transition:"dissolve")[(text-style:"blur")[I wish you were here, mum.](stop:)]] (live:21s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//“I miss you too. [[Bye]].”//](stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">

{ (live: 1s)[ <div class= "talk-bubble-you tri-left right-top round" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" > I think I’ve come down with (if: $sleepingpattern is "fever")[a fever](if: $sleepingpattern is "food poisoning thing")[food poisoning](if: $sleepingpattern is "general sense of lurgy")[the lurgy](if: $sleepingpattern is "rare illness from swimming in that river in the jungle last month. Bad idea")[a rare illness from swimming in that river in the Philippines last month] </p> </div> </div> (stop:)] |text>[(live: 3s)[|ellipsis>[Allison is typing](stop:)]] (live: 4s)[ (replace: ?text)[] (stop:) ] (live: 4s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other round tri-right left-top" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >(if: $sleepingpattern is "fever")[that really sucks](if: $sleepingpattern is "food poisoning thing")[ewwww.](if: $sleepingpattern is "general sense of lurgy" or $sleepingpattern is "rare illness from swimming in that river in the jungle last month. Bad idea")[RIP]</p> </div> </div> (stop:)] (live: 5.5s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other round" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >you know what you really need??</p> </div> </div> (stop:)] (live: 7s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other round" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >you know what we used to have when we were kids in Hong Kong</p> </div> </div> (stop:)] (live: 9s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other round" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >CONGEE</p> </div> </div> (stop:)] (live: 10s)[(transition:"dissolve")[[[[CONGEE!(?)|Congee]]](stop:)]]<br> (live: 10.5s)[(transition:"dissolve")[[[Is that your prescription, doctor?|doctor]]](stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">}

{(live: 1s)[ <div class= "talk-bubble-you tri-left round right-top" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" > Such an opportunist. Sadly I'm not truly dying but I do feel awful though</p> </div> </div>(stop:)] (live: 2.5s)[ <div class= "talk-bubble-you round" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" > I think I’ve come down with (if: $sleepingpattern is "fever")[a fever](if: $sleepingpattern is "food poisoning thing")[food poisoning](if: $sleepingpattern is "general sense of lurgy")[the lurgy](if: $sleepingpattern is "rare illness from swimming in that river in the jungle last month. Bad idea")[a rare illness from swimming in that river in the Philippines last month]</p></div> </div>(stop:)] |text3>[(live: 3.5s)[|ellipsis>[Allison is typing](stop:)]] (live: 5s)[ (replace: ?text3)[] (stop:) ] (live: 5.5s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other round tri-right left-top" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" > (if: $sleepingpattern is "fever")[that really sucks](if: $sleepingpattern is "food poisoning thing")[ewwww.](if: $sleepingpattern is "general sense of lurgy" or $sleepingpattern is "rare illness from swimming in that river in the jungle last month. Bad idea")[RIP]</p> </div> </div> (stop:)] (live: 7s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other round" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >you know what you really need??</p> </div> </div> (stop:)] (live: 8.5s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other round" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >you know what we used to have when we were kids in Hong Kong</p> </div> </div> (stop:)] (live: 10s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other round" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >CONGEE</p> </div> </div> (stop:)] (live: 11s)[(transition:"dissolve")[[[[CONGEE!(?)|Congee]]](stop:)]]<br> (live: 11.5s)[(transition:"dissolve")[[[Is that your prescription, doctor?|doctor]]](stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">}

{ (live: 1s)[ <div class= "talk-bubble-you round" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" > I think I’ve come down with (if: $sleepingpattern is "fever")[a fever](if: $sleepingpattern is "food poisoning thing")[food poisoning](if: $sleepingpattern is "general sense of lurgy")[the lurgy](if: $sleepingpattern is "rare illness from swimming in that river in the jungle last month. Bad idea")[a rare illness from swimming in that river in the Philippines last month]</p></div> </div>(stop:)] |text3>[(live: 2.5s)[|ellipsis>[Allison is typing](stop:)]] (live: 4s)[ (replace: ?text3)[] (stop:) ] (live: 4s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other round tri-right left-top" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" > (if: $sleepingpattern is "fever")[that really sucks](if: $sleepingpattern is "food poisoning thing")[ewwww.](if: $sleepingpattern is "general sense of lurgy" or $sleepingpattern is "rare illness from swimming in that river in the jungle last month. Bad idea")[RIP] </div> </div> (stop:)] (live: 5.5s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other round" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >you know what you really need??</p> </div> </div> (stop:)] (live: 7s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other round" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >you know what we used to have when we were kids in Hong Kong</p> </div> </div> (stop:)] (live: 8.5s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other round" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >CONGEE</p> </div> </div> (stop:)] (live: 10.5s)[(transition:"dissolve")[[[[CONGEE!(?)|Congee]]](stop:)]]<br> (live: 11.5s)[(transition:"dissolve")[[[Is that your prescription, doctor?|doctor]]](stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">}

{ (live:1s)[<div class= "talk-bubble-you tri-left round right-top" style = "margin: 20px 0 20px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" > What thing? </p> </div> </div>(stop:)] |text>[(live: 2s)[|ellipsis>[Allison is typing](stop:)]] (live: 3.5s)[ (replace: ?text)[] (stop:) ] (live: 3.7s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other tri-right round left-top" style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >just one of those things we’ll have to get used to</p> </div> </span> </div>(stop:)] (live: 5.5s)[ <div class="talk-bubble-other round" style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;"> <div class="talktext"> <p style = "margin: 10px 0 10px 0; padding: 5px;" >gotta go, brb</p> </div> </span> </div>(stop:)] <br> (live: 8s)[(transition:"dissolve")[You turn off your phone - you should try to sleep. You pull the covers up to your chin, although your head is still throbbing.](stop:)]<p> (live: 10.5s)[(transition:"dissolve")[(text-style: "shudder")[*Bzzzzt*.]](stop:)]<p> (live: 12s)[(transition:"dissolve")[The phone is vibrating - someone's calling. Should you answer it? Probably not, as it’ll just keep you up. [[Or are you forgetting something?]]](stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">}

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/e8v6tgF.gif" width="600" style="margin-top:-150px"><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"> //[[Was it something about you?|something about you.]]//

<img width="700" src="https://i.imgur.com/y3a2Eck.gif"> [[[......|It’s Allison.]]] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%">

(transition:"dissolve")[//"Not Sunday Roast Evening? That's great. But it does imply that every other evening IS sunday roast evening."//](stop:) (live:2s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//“Don't make me lose my appetite.”// you say.](stop:)] (live:4s)[(transition:"dissolve")[You both smile.](stop:)] (live:6s)[(transition:"dissolve")[Deep into the night, the wind still howls against the windows and the cold floorboards nip at your heels.](stop:)] (live:8s)[(transition:"dissolve")[But the congee sits warm in your stomach. You feel better.](stop:)] (live:10s)[(transition:"dissolve")[And you have a fleeting thought that - just for a beautiful moment - [[you’ve found a small part of home in this kitchen.|EndImage]]](stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><table style="width:100%"><tr><td width="200"><p style="text-align: left;">

(transition:"dissolve")[//“Asian Celebration? Hmmm. That seems broad. Are we celebrating congee here, or generally us Asians?”//](stop:) (live:2s)[(transition:"dissolve")[//“Well, why not both?”//](stop:)] (live:4s)[(transition:"dissolve")[You both smile.](stop:)] (live:6s)[(transition:"dissolve")[Deep into the night, the wind still howls against the windows and the cold floorboards nip at your heels.](stop:)] (live:8s)[(transition:"dissolve")[But the congee sits warm in your stomach. You feel better.](stop:)] (live:10s)[(transition:"dissolve")[And you have a fleeting thought that - just for a beautiful moment - [[you’ve found a small part of home in this kitchen.|EndImage]]](stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/rsZ7ilx.png" width="700" align="middle"> (transition:"dissolve")[[[Restart|Start]](stop:)] <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Mulish&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

song: https://autio.tech/congee/song.mp3