The Magellan and the Stowaay

Welcome! I'm Felicity, your assignment director. You've just entered the Magellan Intergalactic Space Station. Here you can partake in various activies such as bartering currency for novelty goods, eat in any one of our varius cafeterias or gastro pubs, enjoy some fun-filled leisure-time at any of the available recreation spots, as well as participate in your own intergallactic stories. Enjoy! [[Begin your intergallactic story]] <img src="magellan.jpg">

Ah, I see you would like to begin your own story! Choose which ever of the assignments below appeal to your journey most. {(set: $cargobay to false) (set: $engineering to false)} [[Cargo Bay Coordinator]] -or- [[Engineering Assistant]]

{(set: $cargobay to true)} Wonderful choice! You are the cargo bay coordinator for Sector 6, and the workers have just put in a cargo check request due to a couple shipping containers being misplaced, and some other odd occurances. [[Report to your station and figure out the situation. ->Head to the...]] You must coordinate with your team to solve these problems, so be sure to communicate with them at all times! Here is a notepad, pen and a key card for taking notes, as well as entry into the necessary rooms. Good luck! <img src="cargobay.jpg">

{(set: $engineering to true)} Wonderful choice! You are the engineering assistant for Sector 6, and the workers have just put in a equipment check request due to a couple mechanical parts being misplaced, and some other odd occurances. [[Report to your station and figure out the situation. ->Head to the...]] You must coordinate with your team to solve these problems, so be sure to communicate with them at all times! Here is a notepad, pen and a key card for taking notes, as well as entry into the necessary rooms. Good luck! <img src="engineering.jpg">

{(set: $cb to false), (set: $eb to false), (set: $w1 to false), (set: $w2 to false), (set: $w3 to false), (set: $w4 to false)} {(if: $engineering is true) [As you continue searching, you and your team discovers odd shapped, sticky (what you believe to be) footprints leading out of a nearby door - you inform the group that you believe they are old, but they could hold the answer to the mystery - but there could also be more evidence here.] (else:) [As you continue searching, you and your team discovers odd shapped, sticky (what you believe to be) footprints leading out of a nearby door - you inform the group that you believe they are old, but they could hold the answer to the mystery - but there could also be more evidence here.]} [[Search the Cargo Bay for More Evidence -> Search Deeper]] -or- [[Search the Engineering Bay for More Evidence ->Search More]] <img src="footprints.jpg">

Welcome to Sector 6! You, along with your team (other park goers) need look into this investigation request. {(if: $engineering is true) [Engineering is reporting strange occurances happening in the egineering room area. Someone or something has been messing with several engineers things. You, along with your team (other park-goers) need to investigate this further.] (else:) [Cargo bay is reporting strange occurances happening in the cargo bay area. Someone or something has been messing with several shipping containers, supplies and other necessary things. You, along with your team need to investigate this further.]} [[Search the Boxes]] -or- [[Search Nearby]]

{(set: $cb to true)} You continue your search in the cargo bay with your team and discover the witnesses who reported these strange occurances in the first place. You must choose one witness to speak with while your team investigates the other. [[Speak with Jerry ->Witness]] -or- [[Speak with Latisha ->Witness 2]]

{(set: $eb to true)} You continue your search in the engineering bay with your team and discover the witnesses who reported these strange occurances in the first place. You must choose one witness to speak with while your team investigates the other. [[Speak with Jane ->Witness 3]] -or- [[Speak with Frank ->Witness More]]

{(set: $w2 to true)} Latisha is an young, spunky woman, with a lot of attitude and a lot of brains. She was born aboard the space station and has been working in the cargo bay since she was a little girl, helping her father. Latisha informs you that she first started noticing strange events in the cargo bay a few days ago - she began finding things missing, boxes moved, candy wrappers every where. She's never caught whoever it is in the act, but she knows somethings off about this. As you move to meet up with your group, Latisha remembers one more detail - she found blue fur during her last cargo check. [[Check in with Felicity]]

{(set: $w3 to true)} Jane is a young aspiring planet engineer, hoping to discover the key to planetary living within the next twenty years. Unfortunately without her glasses, she's nearly blind, and they've been missing for days and earth has yet to send her a new pair. Dang Intergalactic Amazon. She informs you that she saw something strange creeping around the cargo bay a few days ago, and could hear whatever it was eating very sloppily and loudly. She tried to find out what it was, but once Jane got closer for a better look, it made a low growl noise and scurried away. Jane tried to recall what it was that she saw, but all he could remember was blue. [[Check in with Felicity]]

{(if: $cb is true)[{(if:$w1 is true) [So, lets discuss your witnesses, you've discovered from Jerry that something blue has been seen in our midst. Your team has discovered from Latisha that blue fur has been found in the Cargo Bay. So, where should you search next?]} {(if:$w2 is true)[So, lets discuss your witnesses, your team has discovered from Jerry something blue has been seen in our midst. You've discovered from Latisha that blue fur has been found in the Cargo Bay. So, where should you search next?]}] (else:)[{(if:$w3 is true) [So, lets discuss your witnesses, you've discovered from Jane that something blue has been seen in our midst. Your team has discovered from Frank that blue fur has been found in the Cargo Bay. So, where should you search next?]} {(if:$w2 is true)[So, lets discuss your witnesses, your team has discovered from Jane something blue has been seen in our midst. You've discovered from Frank that blue fur has been found in the Cargo Bay. So, where should you search next?]}]} [[Search the Laundry Quarters->Group Act 1]] -or- [[Search the Kitchens ->Group Act 2]]

Using your key card, you enter the Laundry Quarters, full of clean uniforms being folded or put on small hangers by small robots. On your left, laundry workers load dirty uniforms into steamers for cleaning. [[Search the Area]]

Using your key card, you enter the kitchen and it's alive with the hustle and bustle of cooks preparing the next meal for the space station and small robots moving food and plates around each station. [[Search the Area]]

As you and your team look around, you discover a trail of candy wrappers leading into a small cabinet, with a little sticky, chocolate-covered footprint on the door. [[Open the cabinet -> Find Stowaway]]

As you open the door, you discover a tiny blue creature snoring peacefully, covered in chocolate candy wrappers. As he groggily awakes from his nap, you and your team are faced with a dilemma. Do you [[Turn in the Stowaway]] or [[Allow the Stowaway to go Free]] <img src="stowaway.jpg">

Your group decides the stowaway must be turned in to prevent any further trouble, but as you reach for the small creature, he suddenly jets out from the cabinet and disappears into a ceiling vent. Your group, unequiped for this, decides to tell Felicity you've discovered the problem, but can't catch the creature. [[Go tell Felicity what's happened ->Tell Felicity the Tale]]

Your group decides the stowaway isn't doing any real harm for the moment, so you leave him be. As you smile down at the small creature, he suddenly jets out from the cabinet and disappears into a ceiling vent. Your group, unequiped for this, decides to tell Felicity you've discovered the problem, but can't catch the creature - which might be for the best. [[Go tell Felicity what's happened ->Tell Felicity the Tale]]

As you're making your way back to Felicity to tell her of your adventures, you see a flash of blue from the corner of your eye as you enter back into the main bay area of the Magellan. What an interesting day - could tomorrow bring another adventure? --Fin--

{(set: $w1 to true)} Jerry is an 80 year old man, with poor eyesight and an even poorer attitude. Jerry has been working in the cargo bay since first coming aboard 32 years ago, and has no desire to do anything else with his life. Jerry informs you that he saw something strange creeping around the cargo bay a few days ago, and could hear whatever it was eating very sloppily and loudly. He tried to find out what it was, but once he got closer, it scurried away. Jerry tried to recall what it was that he saw, but all he could remember was blue. [[Check in with Felicity]]

Frank is a seasoned engineer who helped launch the Magellan all those years ago. He informs you that he first started noticing strange events in the cargo bay a few days ago - he began finding things missing, boxes moved, candy wrappers every where. He's never caught whoever it is in the act, but Frank knows somethings off about this. As you move to meet up with your group, Frank remembers one more detail - he found blue fur during his last equipment check. [[Check in with Felicity]] {(set: $w4 to true)}

You and your team search a large stack of nearby boxes - you discover evidence that someone's been using these boxes to sleep in. Everyone on board has their own sleeping quarters, so who would be sleeping in a bunch of boxes? [[Investigate Further]]

You and your team search around the area and you spy some strange footprints around a large stack of boxes in the corner of the room, as well as some sticky wrappers from Earth candy that came in a recent shipment. Everyone on board knows not to break into the cargo bay's supplies until they're distributed, so who could have done this? [[Investigate Further]]