Even clowns have bad days.

"For one day only!" you hear the announcer bellow from the Big Top, greeting the gathering crowd outside. But where are you?

His pronouncement startles you awake, and you realize it's already time for the Come In, which means the big show will be starting soon. In a stupor, you see that you're next to three monkeys, all sitting in a row, staring at you. Metal bars prevent your escape on all sides. A locked door is on the southern wall of the cage. It's clear by your environment and the awful smell that you're in the Monkey Tent.

Your head aches, and when you touch it, you can feel a sizable lump. How did you end up here? Was it something to do with the Aerialist, your love? Or the Bearded Woman? In any case, the Lion Tamer was involved. Of this, you are positive.

One Day Only

An Interactive Fiction by John Vanderhoef

To run the IF file, download one of these popular programs:

Zoom for Mac OS X, maintained by Andrew Hunter.

Zoom for Unix or Linux, maintained by Andrew Hunter.

Spatterlight for Mac OS X, maintained by Tor Andersson.

Windows Frotz, maintained by David Kinder.

Windows Glulxe or Git, maintained by David Kinder.

Gargoyle for Windows, maintained by Ben Cressey.

More from this developer: https://johnvanderhoef.itch.io