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HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<div id="message"></div> <!-- "msgText" goes here -->
<div id="choices"></div> <!-- "choices" go here -->

<script>
//messages
var msg_000 = { //Starts with this one, I want to be able to go back to it
    msgName: "msg_000",
    msgText:"Sup! Choose an option!",
    choices:[
        ans_000 = {
            ansText:"Climb a hill!",
            ansGoto:"msg_001" //this works
        },
        ans_001 = {
            ansText:"Skin a cat!",
            ansGoto:"msg_002" //this works
        },
        ans_002 = {
            ansText:"Build a birdhouse!",
            ansGoto:"msg_003" //this works
        }
    ]
};
var msg_001 = {
    msgName: "msg_001",
    msgText:"You summit the great snowy peaks!",
    choices:[
        ans_000 = {
            ansText:"Talk to the Recursion Guru!",
            ansGoto:"msg_000" //this doesn't work
        }
    ]
};
var msg_002 = {
   msgName:"msg_002",
   msgText:"You suffer severe lacerations to the face!",
   choices:[
       ans_000 = {
           ansText:"Start Over",
           ansGoto:"msg_000" //this doesn't work
           }
       ]
};
var msg_003 = {
    msgText:"You build a pretty average looking birdhouse. Some grackles have moved in nonetheless, placing their various knicknacks, bedding materials, and chrono-gateways within their new abode.",
    choices:[
        ans_000 = {
            ansText:"Step through the chrono-gateway!",
            ansGoto:"msg_000" //this doesn't work
        },
        ans_001 = {
            ansText:"I think I wanna climb that mountain over there.",
            ansGoto:"msg_001" //this works
        }
    ]
}

var currentMsg = "msg_000"; //the first message is "msg_000"

printCurrentMsg = function() {
    document.getElementById("message").innerHTML = 
    window[currentMsg].msgText; 
    //sets the message (the div with the id of "message")
    //based on the "currentMsg" variable. "currentMsg.msgText" 
    //doesn't seem to work.
    var choices =...