*title The Hero Unmasked!
*author Christopher Huang
*scene_list
  startup
  C01
  C02
  C03
  $ C04
  $ C05
  $ C06
  $ C07
  $ C08
  $ C09
  $ C10
  $ C11
  $ ending

*achievement superhero1 visible 50 The Tag-Team Buckler
  Become part of the Swashbuckler tag team!
*achievement superhero2 visible 50 Room for One More
  Become another superhero, in your own right!
*achievement mergedhero visible 50 Better than One
  Become twice what you once were.
*achievement civilian visible 50 Score One for Normality
  Return to normal civilian life.
*achievement lonehero visible 50 Hold High the Torch
  Take over the Swashbuckler's legacy.

*achievement fblover visible 30 Flames of Passion
  Become romantically involved with a pyromaniac.
*achievement bmlover visible 30 A Love Eternal
  Become romantically involved with a vampire.
*achievement rblover visible 30 Romance Writer
  Become romantically involved with a journalist.
*achievement crlover visible 30 Finally Tied the Knot
  Actually get married.
*achievement nolover visible 30 I Want to Be Alone
  End the story unattached to anyone.

*achievement dredd visible 100 Judge Dredd
  Deliver to justice every villain in the story, on a single playthrough.
*achievement bond visible 40 James Bondage
  Be captured by each of the three main villains, on a single playthrough.
*achievement daae visible 40 Christine Daaé
  Discover the secret identity of all the villains in the story, on a single playthrough.
*achievement valjean visible 40 Jean Valjean
  Unmask yourself to everyone you can, on a single playthrough.
*achievement ally3 visible 40 A Beautiful Friendship
  Cooperate four times with the same villain in one playthrough.

*achievement bombsquad visible 20 Where's the Kaboom?
  Successfully disarm a bomb.
*achievement civhero visible 20 Everyday Hero
  As a civilian, hold your own against a supervillain.
*achievement emmywinner visible 20 And the Emmy Goes To…
  Successfully document the Swashbuckler's exploits on film.
*achievement evacuee visible 20 Exit Stage Left
  Successfully evacuate a building.
*achievement houdini visible 20 Harry Houdini
  Escape a villain's clutches after being caught.
*achievement bleah visible 20 Too Much of a Good Thing
  Eat more of your least favorite food than you can handle.
*achievement spartacus visible 20 Spartacus
  Offer yourself to spare someone else.
*achievement openship visible 20 Poly Wants a Cracker
  Establish an open relationship with your significant other.
*achievement jem_jerrica_rio visible 20 Jerrica Benton
  Your significant other is cheating on you with…you.
*achievement kingkong visible 20 King Kong
  Scale one of the tallest structures in the city.
*achievement cookies visible 20 This Site Uses Cookies
  Eat more than one of something you really, really shouldn't.
*achievement contramundi visible 20 Contra Mundi
  Defeat a squad of trained mercenary soldiers without outside help.
*achievement nomurder visible 20 Sir Percy Blakeney
  Successfully prevent a murder.
*achievement accessoryto visible 20 Mrs. Lovett
  Be an accessory to murder.
*achievement mrclean visible 20 Mr. Clean
  Eradicate every magic sigil from the final confrontation scene.
*achievement inspiration visible 20 Svengali
  Inspire someone else to take up a crimefighter's mask.

*achievement vivalavida hidden 10 I Used to Rule the World
  hidden
  I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing….
*achievement khaaan hidden 10 KHAAAN!
  hidden
  KAAAHN!

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*create Investigation 50
*create Charisma 50
*create Tech 50
*create Resolve 50

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*create Attitude 50
*create Flair 50
*create Brash 50
*create Police 50
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*create Firebrand 0
*create Bloodmist 0

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*create BMend 1
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*create twm "them"
*create twyis "they're"
*create twyhas "they've"
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*create es ""
*create ies "y"
*create twin "sibling"
*create person "person"

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*create twinname ""
*create lastname "unknown"
*create checkname ""
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*create checklast ""
*create show "unknown"
*create ughfood ""

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*create Duplessis "Duplessis"
*create Qname "Quentin"
*create Qlast "Marsh"

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*create ClareKnows 0
*create BelloKnows 0
*create CopsKnow 0
*create RBhero "Swash"
*create CRhero "Swashbuckler"
*create STORYFLAG 0
*create IDFirebrand 0
*create IDBloodmist 0

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  What's this? Front and center on the main shelf of your local comic store sits the
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  of the [i]Hero Unmasked![/i] storyline from [i]The Swashbuckler![/i]
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  You know the gist of the storyline. As it begins, you have everything you've ever wanted. Your TV news show is the highest rated in the city, and you're engaged to the mayor, with two weeks until the wedding. But when superpowered criminals kidnap the Swashbuckler, you realize the awful truth: the person in the ransom video is your identical twin, and everyone thinks it's you!

  Now, you must draw the Swashbuckler's laser sword and wear the Swashbuckler's mask to bring down three of the city's most wanted super criminals before time runs out.

  How is this going to work? Can you keep up the charade? Do you want to? When you meet the Swashbuckler's sweetheart, will you remain faithful? To whom?!

  Who is really behind the mask?

  The Hero Unmasked is a 300,000 word interactive novel by Christopher Huang. It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.

  • Play as male or female, gay or straight[n/]
  • Infiltrate high society events and root out criminal hideouts[n/]
  • Uncover the true identities of Caledon City's superpowered criminals[n/]
  • Disarm a bomb and save the city's finest from destruction[n/]
  • Maintain the masquerade as you learn about the Swashbuckler's secret hero life[n/]
  • Find romance with a journalist, a pyromaniac, or a vampire[n/]
  • Become a powered hero in your own right

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*label Prologue
Caledon City.

You always take the long way around from the parking lot to the front entrance of the CBN television studios, just so you can spend a minute soaking up the atmosphere on Logan Boulevard. Cars and buses rumble past; above and across the street, advertisements for colas, clothing, and consumerism flash on video billboards. Music blares from the open doorway of a trendy boutique, just a little too loud if you can hear it above the impatient honking of rush hour traffic. From here, you can just see the tower of the Golden Eagle Casino over in the entertainment district—dark now, but a beacon of light after nightfall.

It's amazing how much the city has boomed over the past twenty years.

Your own face, ten feet high, appears on one of the video billboards: an ad for the show you've hosted daily for the past five years. You like to think you're a contributing factor to the city's prosperity. Maybe, maybe not. But either way, you're a part of the city's social fabric, and it's a part of you, in your bones and in your blood—in every breath you take.

If only your twin could feel the same way.

You can hear Old Jerusalem, the great bell of All Saints Cathedral, begin to toll the hour. Right on time. You pull open the doors of the CBN studios and step inside.

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