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<<set $AquainfernoDes to "Codename: Aquainferno. \nAbility: controls fire and water. \n Note: Avoid assigning to crises near national treausures. Cause significant damage to Hearst Castle, Lake Tahoe, Yosemite Valley, Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge II, see addendum for full list.">>
<<set $AzartheGreatDes to "Codename: Azar the Great. \n Ability: Illusion. \n Note: On Leave">>
<<set $D6Des to "Codename: D6. \n Ability: Randomly has access to a variety of abilities. \n Note: Adept at using whichever ability she has access to to solve the problem at hand.">>
<<set $DracoDes to "Codename: Draco. \n Ability: A dragon that came through the 2030 reality rift. Can shapeshift to human form. Can still breathe fire while in human form. \n Note: Prefers to be paid in gold.">>
<<set $EpochDes to "Codename: Epoch. \n Ability: Able to rewind time to a set point they prepared at the time. \n Note: Epoch must relive the day each time it resets. They may become irritated after too many rewinds. **Not used for missions**">>
<<set $LiskDes to "Codename: Lisk, short for Basilisk. \n Ability: paralyzes those who look into his eyes. \n Note: Disciplenary hearing resolved. Case redacted. No further action necessary.">>
<<set $MegamanDes to "Codename: Megaman. \n Ability: //Strength.// \n Note: Real ability is telekinesis which he uses to appear strong.">>
<<set $PsyStormDes to "Codename: PsyStorm. \n Ability: Strong psychic area attacks. \n Note: Avoid sending to high civilian count areas.">>
<<set $SpecterDes to "Codename: Specter. \n Ability: Can become incorporeal. \n Note: Cannot affect the physical world while incorporeal. E recently injured and has been avoiding taking corporeal form.">>
<<set $StarfallDes to "Codename: Starfall. \n Ability: can summon meteors of various sizes to fall on enemies. \n Notes: Has amazing aim, but enemies may move by the time the meteor lands. Has a great track record for minimal collateral damage, but it is still recommended to avoid sending to populated areas or national treasures.">>
<<set $TangleDes to "Codename: Tangle. \n Ability: Control plants and rapidly grow vines. \n Note: Asked company to do something about the increase in Tangle erotica online. Concern forwarded to PR.">>
<<set $TheVoidDes to "Codename: The Void. \n Ability: Can sense, track, and negate the abilities of other supers. \n Note: Despite her insistence she can handle herself, the company believes a person with a rare and much needed negation ability should not be sent on high risk missions.">>
<<set $Megaman to true>><<set $Aquainferno to true>><<set $Starfall to true>><<set $Specter to true>><<set $TheVoid to true>><<set $Niimi to true>><<set $PsyStorm to true>><<set $Lisk to true>><<set $Epoch to true>><<set $Tangle to true>><<set $Draco to true>><<set $D6 to true>>Good Morning!
It's time for your first day as the <span style="color:red">''Supervising Hero Response Manager''</span> at Superhero Incorporated, the largest collection of super heroes on the US West Coast. It's a big step up from your last job managing a team of five up-and-comers out of Chicago to supervising a nearly a hundred teams.
Your priority, of course, is choosing which of the 12 big league heroes to have <span style="color:red">''Shadow''</span> teleport to high crisis events.
<<if $count > 0>>
[[Drink coffee carefully|one]]<<else>>[[Drink coffee|coffee]]<</if>>
[[Eat a well-balanced breakfast|one]]
You have time to review a few files from the Big 12 team dossier before you head out. <<set $filecounter to 0>><<set $message to "You're out of time! Better get moving.">><<set $limit to either(3,4,5)>>
<<linkreplace "Open dossier">>
<span id = "dossier"><<linkreplace "Aquainferno">>$AquainfernoDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Azar the Great">>$AzartheGreatDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "D6">>$D6Des<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Draco">>$DracoDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Epoch">>$EpochDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Lisk">>$LiskDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Megaman">>$MegamanDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "PsyStorm">>$PsyStormDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Specter">>$SpecterDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Starfall">>$StarfallDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Tangle">>$TangleDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "The Void">>$TheVoidDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<</replace>><</if>> <</linkreplace>>
</span>
<</linkreplace>>
[[Go to work|Work]]<span style="color:red">''Tanaka Ken''</span. from the <span style="color:red">''Accountability and Billing Office''</span> is knocking a chipper rhythm on your open office door. He asks if you'd like to go get coffee in the lobby cafe. You met him at the <span style="color:red">''company's LGBT+ social''</span> last night.
It was a minor debacle with <span style="color:red">''Fran Buileck''</span> heavily implying aros don't count as LGBT+ with <<linkreplace "anecdotes galore.">>anecdotes of a straight aro who got married, a popular artist who stopped calling themself aro, an aro heavily into shipping, and an aro who doesn't think of himself as LGBT+.<</linkreplace>>
How did you react again?
[[Kept quiet.|Silence]]
[[Set her straight.|Confront]]
The President of the United States is asking for a representative from The Big 12 to attend a ribbon cutting ceremony for the <span style="color:red">''Golden Gate Bridge III''</span>, starting in five minutes.
[[Send no one. Her office should have given more warning.|no one]]
[[Send a tier two hero.|tier two]]
[[Send a Big 12 hero.|president who]]
Who will you send to attend the ribbon cutting ceremony?
<span id = "select">
<<linkreplace "Aquainferno">><<if $Aquainferno is true>><<set $Aquainferno to false>><<replace "#select" t8n>>You choose Aquainferno.<</replace>><<replace "#next">>[[Next.|two]]<</replace>><<else>>Aquainferno is busy.<</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "D6">><<if $D6 is true>><<set $D6 to false>><<replace "#select" t8n>>You choose D6.<</replace>><<replace "#next">>[[Next.|two]]<</replace>><<else>>D6 is busy.<</if>><</linkreplace>>
</span>
<span id = "next"></span>It's not your responsibility to be THE ARO EDUCATOR. You're brand new in a giant company. Best to get the lay of the land before you ruffle any feathers.
Ken and a few others in ear shot began fidgeting and looked away in response to Fran's exclusionist-line-toeing behavior.
You probably won't go back to the social. There are other ways to make friends.
[[You bring yourself back to the present moment.|Flirting Noticed]]You tell her all those aros are valid and rattle off the <<linkreplace "some-do-some-don't spiel.">> Aros can individually identify or not identify as LGBT+ without invalidating eachother. Some enjoy romantic media, <<linkreplace "are romance-favorable">>enjoy romantic behaviors or want a romantic relationship<</linkreplace>>, or <<linkreplace "are gray/demi.">>experience romantic attraction rarely, lightly, or only under specific conditions.<</linkreplace>> Understanding and labeling yourself is complicated, so sometimes people change their labels <<linkreplace "for many reasons.">>if their self-perception shifts, if they find a label that fits better, if they have a new experience, if they just want to, etc.<</linkreplace>><</linkreplace>>
Ken and a few others in ear shot smiled and nodded along to your spiel. Fran, her frown deepening with term and explanation, was not moved. You'll probably go back to the social. It could be a good way to make friends.
[[You bring yourself back to the present moment.|Flirting Noticed]]
<<if $count is 0>>
He asks again about //coffee//. You realize he might be flirting with you.
<<else>>Tanaka Ken wants to get coffee.<</if>>
How do you respond?
[[Agree to Coffee|coffee two]]
[[Suggest Lunch Instead.|four][$lunch to true]]
[[Reject Coffee|four]]<<set $count to 0>>
Welcome to Superhero Inc.
Can you figure out who's killing super heros, or will you be trapped in a timeloop?
Version 1.0 is incomplete. I focused on the game mechanics, so the amount of story in this version is quite short.
<<linkreplace "Game Mechanics">> Open Dossier: Clicking on "Open Dossier" will reveal the names of the Big 12 heroes, which can be clicked to reveal more information about them. Pay attention, as the description of heroes may be different on future play throughs. <br> In-Text Links: Extra details / explanations can be revealed by clicking on the in text links. <br> Hero Assignments: Sending a hero on an assignment means they will not be available for the next several assignements. Not all heroes will succeed on a given assignment. Choose wisely.<</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Typos">>Please don't inform me of typos. I'm most likely aware and choosing to wait until the coding and story are complete. Correcting typos in interactive fiction is time consuming and the section with the typo may be cut anyway.<</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Mini Jam 73: Power">>This game was created for Mini Jam 73 from 2/5/21 to 2/7/21. The prompt is "power" and the limitation is five colors (or less)<</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Representation Notes">>Some LGBT+ (specifically aromantic) terms and concepts can be clicked to see an explanation. This is done to keep the story engaging to those who already know, and to keep the story accessible to those who don't know / wish to know more.
The 2/5/2021 demo has a latina intern, an Anishinaabe superhero, a borderline exclusionist LGBT+ coworker, and a japanese LGBT+ coworker, one superhero using spivak pronouns, one superhero using they/them pronouns.
Please send representation concerns and suggestions to charcharcharace@gmail.com<</linkreplace>>
[[Begin|Good Morning]] You spill coffee on your nice picked-out-the-night-before work outfit. You change into a new outfit and rush out the door.
It's too bad. You had hoped to review the Big 12 dossier before work, but there's no time now.
[[Go to work.|Work]]You enter the enormous entryway, feeling only slightly less intimidated than when you passed by the marble statues, reflective columns, and arching sky lights for the job interview.
A <span style="color:red">''security guard''</span> nods at you as you walk by. Your key card gives you access to the elevators. The top floor is bustling with activity. Panic and imposter syndrom join forces against your stomach. You keep your face calm.
"Oh thank goodness you're here," says a <span style="color:red">''young latina weaing an intern badge''</span>. "We have a request from <span style="color:red">''POTUS''</span>. Their office is saying they sent the request in advance, but we don't have a record of that, and normally we'd reject them, but ..."
[[Time to make your first decision.|President]]An alert pops up on the giant screen.
A super with a fire ability is wrecking havoc in a nation park. Fire fighters are containing the spread, but a superhero is required to stop the source of the fire.
Who will you send?
<span id = "select">
<<linkreplace "Aquainferno">><<if $Aquainferno is true>><<set $Aquainferno to false>><<replace "#select" t8n>>You choose Aquainferno.<</replace>><<replace "#next">>[[Next.|three]]<</replace>><<else>>Aquainferno is busy.<</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "D6">><<if $D6 is true>><<set $D6 to false>><<replace "#select" t8n>>You choose D6.<</replace>><<replace "#next">>[[Next.|three]]<</replace>><<else>>D6 is busy.<</if>><</linkreplace>>
</span>
<span id = "next"></span>There is a break in the chaos. You're introduced to the team manager coordinators whose names fly by you, and learn your intern's name is <span style="color:red">''Luna''</span>.
You have some time before a meeting with the boss, you assure yourself it's probably just ceremonial, it being your first day and all.
Take this time to review a few more files.
<<set $filecounter to 0>><<set $message to "You're interupted by a knock on the door.">><<set $limit to either(5,6,7,8)>>
<<linkreplace "Open dossier">>
<span id = "dossier"><<linkreplace "Aquainferno">>$AquainfernoDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<<if $count is 0>>
[[Look up to see who's there.|Flirtation Unnoticed]]
<<else>>[[Talk to Tanaka Ken.|Flirting Noticed]]<</if>><</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Azar the Great">>$AzartheGreatDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<<if $count is 0>>
[[Look up to see who's there.|Flirtation Unnoticed]]
<<else>>[[Talk to Tanaka Ken.|Flirting Noticed]]<</if>><</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "D6">>$D6Des<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<<if $count is 0>>
[[Look up to see who's there.|Flirtation Unnoticed]]
<<else>>[[Talk to Tanaka Ken.|Flirting Noticed]]<</if>><</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Draco">>$DracoDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<<if $count is 0>>
[[Look up to see who's there.|Flirtation Unnoticed]]
<<else>>[[Talk to Tanaka Ken.|Flirting Noticed]]<</if>><</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Epoch">>$EpochDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<<if $count is 0>>
[[Look up to see who's there.|Flirtation Unnoticed]]
<<else>>[[Talk to Tanaka Ken.|Flirting Noticed]]<</if>><</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Lisk">>$LiskDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<<if $count is 0>>
[[Look up to see who's there.|Flirtation Unnoticed]]
<<else>>[[Talk to Tanaka Ken.|Flirting Noticed]]<</if>><</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Megaman">>$MegamanDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<<if $count is 0>>
[[Look up to see who's there.|Flirtation Unnoticed]]
<<else>>[[Talk to Tanaka Ken.|Flirting Noticed]]<</if>><</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "PsyStorm">>$PsyStormDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<<if $count is 0>>
[[Look up to see who's there.|Flirtation Unnoticed]]
<<else>>[[Talk to Tanaka Ken.|Flirting Noticed]]<</if>><</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Specter">>$SpecterDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<<if $count is 0>>
[[Look up to see who's there.|Flirtation Unnoticed]]
<<else>>[[Talk to Tanaka Ken.|Flirting Noticed]]<</if>><</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Starfall">>$StarfallDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<<if $count is 0>>
[[Look up to see who's there.|Flirtation Unnoticed]]
<<else>>[[Talk to Tanaka Ken.|Flirting Noticed]]<</if>><</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Tangle">>$TangleDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<<if $count is 0>>
[[Look up to see who's there.|Flirtation Unnoticed]]
<<else>>[[Talk to Tanaka Ken.|Flirting Noticed]]<</if>><</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "The Void">>$TheVoidDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<<if $count is 0>>
[[Look up to see who's there.|Flirtation Unnoticed]]
<<else>>[[Talk to Tanaka Ken.|Flirting Noticed]]<</if>><</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<if $count is 0>>[[Skip|Flirtation Unnoticed]]<<else>>[[Skip|Flirting Noticed]]<</if>></span><</linkreplace>>
President of the United States or not, you can't send a top tier hero to sit in a chair for hours when they're meant to be available for //crises//. You do hope you didn't just get yourself fired in the first five minutes on the job.
[[Next.|two]] You grab the nearest team manager and tell them to send whoever is in costume and unlikely to pick their nose on camera.
She says <span style="color:red">''Alabaster''</span>, a woman made of stone, can do it.
[[Next.|two]]A trip down to the lobby and back with a little socializing is exactly what you need to reset your focus for your first meeting with the boss.
Whether or not you correctly interpretted //coffee// and whether or not you're interested and in what kind of relationship is yet to be determined. Coffee isn't a commitment, it's indulging a curiousity.
On the way down, Ken tells you to call him <span style="color:red">''Ken''</span>. He jokes about call-outs and call-ins, though it's clear he's chaffing against being chronically disliked by the many superheroes he's had to explain microaggressions and unconscious bias to. You're curious, but think it would be impolite to ask in what way he's LGBT+, so you don't ask.
Ken orders a coffee and you don't. You explain you've got a meeting shortly. Conversation flows easily with Ken. You laugh. He laughs. You two brainstorm what the best superhero lineup would be in different apocalyptic scenarios. It's once in a blue moon that socializing comes this easily to you, without false starts and a strange crunch in the gears and worrying you've made a mess of the conversation every five small-talk-piercing minutes.
You glance at your watch and say you've got to go.
__You don't feel any romantic inklings toward Ken.__ Unlike when you were younger, this doesn't bother you. You don't feel guilty or hollow or broken. You had a nice time, and if the relationship starts going in a direction you don't want, you've figured out how to say no.
[[Go to the meeting|Boss]]
With your suitor diverted, you have more time to finish going through the files.
<<set $filecounter to 0>><<set $message to "You've read all the files.">><<set $limit to 14>>
<<linkreplace "Open dossier">>
<span id = "dossier"><<linkreplace "Aquainferno">>$AquainfernoDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Azar the Great">>$AzartheGreatDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "D6">>$D6Des<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Draco">>$DracoDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Epoch">>$EpochDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Lisk">>$LiskDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Megaman">>$MegamanDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "PsyStorm">>$PsyStormDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Specter">>$SpecterDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Starfall">>$StarfallDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "Tangle">>$TangleDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>>
<<linkreplace "The Void">>$TheVoidDes<<set $filecounter to $filecounter + 1>><<if $filecounter > $limit>><<replace "#dossier" t8n>>$message<</replace>><</if>><</linkreplace>></span><</linkreplace>>
[[Go to the meeting.|Boss]]The boss' office is easy to find. It's the double mahogony doors embedded at the back of the lobby. The deep solid red rages importance against the freeflowing natural light of the rest of the first floor.
You knock and the doors swing open soundlessly. The absence of even the slightest creak unnerves you.
"Wonderful timing," booms a tall white man as he crosses from one room into another. You shake off your shock and follow him.
"Call me <span style="color:red">''Alastair''</span>. So glad to have you with us." He picks up two files and walks into another room.
[[Follow him|Niimi's Name]]
"I'd like you to meet the newest member of the Big 12."
A young woman across the boardroom table gives a ten degree bow. Her braids fall in front of her shoulders. She doesn't look a day over the twenty-five year age minimum to be a contracted superhero.
"I'm <span style="color:red">''Niimi''</span>," she says.
"Welcome," you say. "Is it Neemay?"
"The last sound is a short i like in sit."
"Thanks," you say. "What's your ability?"
"Body control," interjects Alastair. "Young N here can force another person's body to move as she moves."
"It's not so much forcing as -"
"She doesn't even need direct eye contact. We think she'll be brilliant in hostage situations." Alastairs phone buzzes. "I have to be going. I trust you to get her hero name sorted out. And send her out on a high profile mission today. I want her takeover for Azar the Great to have a positive angle on the news tonight."
Alastair carries the chaos out of the room with him as he leaves. You breathe a sigh of relief. Niimi doesn't relax.
"What do you want your hero name to be?" you ask.
"Well I //want// my hero name to be Niimi, but PR said that'd confuse people and I should be a team player and pick a more literal name like the rest of the Big 12." She scrunches up her face. "They suggested <span style="color:red">''Puppetteer''</span>."
You wince. Puppetteer feels like a terrible choice for a young woman. If she takes a tiny step off the normative dating path, the media will have a field day with how she pulls her partners' strings.
"Does Niimi have a meaning?" you ask.
"She dances," answers Niimi.
[[Choose "Niimi"|five][$niiminame to "Niimi"]]
[[Choose "Puppetteer"|five][$niiminame to "Puppetteer"]]
[[Choose "Dancer" as a compromise|five][$niiminame to "Dancer"]]
[Demo version skips over heroes dying or some other negative event worth going back in time to fix.]
You slump against your apartment door. What a terrible day. The guilt from not being better, not being good enough to stop that from happening, is going to hit you soon. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe in a few years.
The ominous looming of the emotion you know is there but haven't quite tasted yet, weighs you down. Your brain racks at someone else to be mad at - Ken for distracting you, Fran for undermining you, Alastair for being exhausting, your dumb ambition to do more, experience more challenges, play at being a hero by sending the heroes to save the day.
You wish you'd stayed in Chicago.
[[Go to bed|End day one]]Your alarm wakes you up. You could have sworn you didn't set an alarm. After all, you've been fired. You have no job to go to this morning.
[[Check the clock app on your phone.|app]]
[[Go back to sleep.|phone call]]You open the clock app to find yesterday's date. Your phone is only two months old, so you're surprised to find it breaking so throroughly. But it does match the disaster-theme your life is opting to take lately.
[[Eat breakfast|breakfast]]You fall back asleep - the biggest silver lining of losing your job.
Just as your having a lovely dream about a pillow mountain, you're awakened by a phone call.
"Hello?" you ask. Your voice faltering and unprepared.
"Hi, this is Luna. ... Your intern. I was just wondering if you'll be in soon, or - are you alright? I'm sorry to bother you. It's just we've got an issue with the President and I don't think I should be making this decision."
THIS IS THE END OF THE DEMOYou take your time preparing waffles and a smoothie. Just as you're about to dig in, your phone rings.
"Hello?" you ask, wishing you could be putting delicious syrupy waffle in your mouth right now instead of talking.
"Hi, this is Luna. ... Your intern. I was just wondering if you'll be in soon, or - are you alright? I'm sorry to bother you. It's just we've got an issue with the President and I don't think I should be making this decision."
THIS IS THE END OF THE DEMO