taylorMade adventure

import sys

print("Welcome to your story.  Choose wisely, or else you may die... \n")
print("""
    Your journey begins at Taylor's house.
    You and he were working on a project late into the night.
    """)

print("What type of project were you working on?")
project = input("> ")

print("""
    This was a bad idea, as the {} project was an utter failure.
    Taylor forgot to turn off the soldering gun and it melted
    through one of the key wires leading to the ventilation system...
    """.format(project))
print("Brandon wakes up with a start.  What does he say?")
print("""
    1: "Holy shit, my head."
    2: "What is that smell?"
    3: "Mommy!
    """)

say1 = input("> ")
choice = 0

if say1 == "1":
    print("\"Holy shit, my head hurts so bad.  What the hell happened?\"")
    print("There was no reply.  Brandon stumbled upstairs, his vision swimming.")
    print("\"Why does my head hurt so bad?  Taylor, where are you?")
    choice = 1
elif say1 == "2":
    print("\"Uhhg.... Why does it smell like the inside of a rotten fetus in here?\"")
    print("Brandon hears groaning nearby.  It's very dark in the shop where they were working...")
    choice = 2
elif say1 == "3":
    print("\"Waaaaaahhhh, I'm a big girl! MOMMYYYYYYYYYYY!\"")
    print("Brandon curls into a ball and sobs for the next 20 minutes")
    print("A pack of wolves hears Brandon crying and eat his face")
    print("Brandon dies!  Hundreds of children rejoice")
    sys.exit()
else:
    print("You didn't chose 1 - 3 and you die because you can't follow directions.  Please never play this game again.")
    sys.exit()

def choiceOne():
    print("Again, no reply. Do you: ")
    print("1: Go upstairs")
    print("2: Search the basement")
    say2 = input("> ")
    if say2 == "1":
        print("Brandon walks upstairs.  There's something fishy going on here.")
    elif say2 == "2":
        print("""
            Brandon searches around the basement.  There's what seems like mist everywhere.
            It's hard to see much anyway because of how dark it is.  He hears something behind him...\n
            |\___/|
            (,\  /,)\\
            /     /  \\
           (@_^_@)/   \\
            W//W_/     \\
          (//) |        \\
        (/ /) _|_ /   )  \\
      (// /) '/,_ _ _/  (~^-.
    (( // )) ,-{        _    `.
   (( /// ))  '/\      /      |
   (( ///))     `.   {       }
    ((/ ))    .----~-.\   \-'
             ///.----..>   \\
              ///-._ _  _ _}

              A dragon comes out of no where and eats Brandon!  Oh no!
            """)
        return say2
    else:
        print("You seriously can't do that.  Game over.")
        sys.exit()

if choice == 1:
    choiceOne()