How would I program a "choose your own adventure" game, specifically the choices>

Alright, I'm using the Blessed library to support keyboard input and colors. The game is menu-driven, meaning it's sort-of like a visual novel, but like not one. This is what a segment would look like:

def intro():
    state = "start"
    #===========
    clear()
    echo(indent("Aurora Police Department"), delay=ms(30), color="gold1")
    sleep(.7)
    echo(indent("COTTONWOOD, COLORADO"), delay=ms(30), color="gray30")
    wait()
    while True: #MAIN GAME LOOP

        if state == "start":
            ################ VERY BEGINNING #########################
            state = cmenu(
                title = "You are seated at your desk, sipping coffee. It is a monday.",
                choices = {
                    "start_check_computer":"Check computer",
                    "start_check_papers":"Check papers"
                }
            )
            #########################################################
        for i in [1]: #SEGMENT 1
            if state == "start_check_computer":
                clear()
                echo(indent("You check your e-mails."))
                wait()
                clear
                dialogue(
                    person = "Deputy M. Sherman, CO Police Dept.",
                    message = "To Chief {name},\n".format(name = player.name) + indent(
                        "We got a call earlier this morning. Emily Garcia, and her\n") + indent(
                            "husband Tom were found dead. I think you should take a\n") + indent(
                                "look at the footage yourself.")
                )
                clear()
                state = cmenu(
                    title = "There was a video file attached. Play it?",
                    choices = {
                        "start_play_footage_of_attack_garcia":"Yes",
                        "start":"No"
                        }
                )
                clear() #Chief checks PC, email
            if state == "start_check_papers":
                #start_check_papers
                clear()
                echo(indent(""))
            break    
        break

I'm using the for i in [1] to be able to collapse certain segments in my IDE. Anyway, I'm happy with this setup, since I can use my collapsed for-loop method to organize the if statements, but mccabe would be yelling at me because I would have too many if statements. My question is, is there an alternative, that would keep the "cyclomatic complexity" at a low?