apologysimulator

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<a class="line"><<cyclinglink $I_1 "So. Um." "Yeah." "Well.">></a>\n<<continue "⟶">>\n<a class="line"><<cyclinglink $I_2 "About what happened at the party." "Regarding the incident on the elevator yesterday." "The things I said during our one-on-one earlier..." "I’m not sure how to begin this, haha. :)">></a>\n<<continue "⟶">>\n<a class="line"><<cyclinglink $I_3 "What I did was unprofessional of me." "I think I might have done something really bad." "I am really truly sorry. I want you to know that" "I am TREMENDOUSLY, MONUMENTALLY sorry." "I’m not exactly sure what happened? Whatever it was,">></a>\n<<continue "⟶">>\n<a class="line"><<cyclinglink $I_4 "I have no good explanation for myself." "I just went too far." "I have no idea how things got to where they did." "I’m not usually like that. Seriously." "I’ve been having trouble at home, and..." "I am sure that my behavior upset you." "I was only trying to make a joke.">></a>\n<<continue "⟶">>\n<a class="line"><<cyclinglink $I_5 "That was the only time I’ve ever done something like that." "I hope you can realize that my intentions were benign." "I won’t easily forgive myself for it." "Obviously, I have work to do.">></a>\n<<continue "⟶">>\n<a class="line"><<cyclinglink $I_6 "And I hope you can understand that I am really ashamed." "I’m sure you feel awful. I feel awful, too." "You probably won’t believe me, but I am actually a good person.">></a>\n<<continue "⟶">>\n<a class="line"><<cyclinglink $I_7 "I know that I have no right to ask this, but" "This might be a little forward of me, but" "A favor to ask:">></a>\n<<continue "⟶">>\n<a class="line"><<cyclinglink $I_8 "I’m hoping we can find a way to move past this and work together like nothing happened." "please keep what happened between just us." "I’d really like it if we didn’t need to escalate things from here.">></a>\n<<continue "⟶">>\n<a class="line"><<cyclinglink $I_9 "I’d appreciate that." "I need to live up to my standards." "My shame is already a lot to bear." "I place myself at your mercy.">></a>\n<<continue "⟶">>\n<a class="line"><<cyclinglink $I_10 "Oof. That was really difficult to write." "I guess things are going to be awkward now, huh?" "I’ll definitely be cringing when I see you at the office tomorrow. Haha." "I should probably tell my therapist about this, too. Sigh.">></a>\n<<continue "⟶">>\n\n\n[[Send.|UTransition]]

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Subject: Apology\n<hr class="style1">\n<<print $VI_1>>\n\n<<print $VI_2>> <<print $VI_3>>\n\n<<print $VI_4>> <<print $VI_5>> <<print $VI_6>>\n\n<<print $VI_7>> <<print $VI_8>> <<print $VI_9>>\n\n<<print $VI_10>>\n\n<hr class="style1">\n<<timedcontinue 8s>>\n<center>\n[[I accept the apology.|UAccepted]]\n\n[[I reject the apology.|URejected]]</center>

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Subject: Apology\n<hr class="style1">\n<<print $IV_1>> <<print $IV_2>>\n\n<<print $IV_3>> <<print $IV_4>> <<print $IV_5>> <<print $IV_6>>\n\n<<print $IV_7>>\n\n<hr class="style1">\n<<timedcontinue 8s>>\n<center>\n[[I accept the apology.|UAccepted]]\n\n[[I reject the apology.|URejected]]</center>

<a class="line"><<cyclinglink $IV_1 "I got your letter earlier; it took a while to read." "I listened to your message... all of it." "Well, that was quite a screed.">></a>\n<<continue "⟶">>\n<a class="line"><<cyclinglink $IV_2 "Seems like you had quite a lot to get off your chest." "Have you always felt this way?" "Those are quite some accusations to level at me." "Some of it was familiar territory, and some of it was new.">></a>\n<<continue "⟶">>\n<a class="line"><<cyclinglink $IV_3 "You know, maybe I didn’t always do the right thing," "I’m willing to admit there were some mistakes made here and there," "Was the past all sunshine and rainbows? No,">></a>\n<<continue "⟶">>\n<a class="line"><<cyclinglink $IV_4 "but nobody is perfect." "but I did the best I could, okay?" "and for that I guess I’m supposed to take 100% of the blame.">></a>\n<<continue "⟶">>\n<a class="line"><<cyclinglink $IV_5 "And you know what?" "Look:" "Give me a break.">></a>\n<<continue "⟶">>\n<a class="line"><<cyclinglink $IV_6 "I only wanted the best for you." "You have not struggled like I have." "My behavior was not unusual for our circumstances." "Maybe consider how your own choices have affected your life, too.">></a>\n<<continue "⟶">>\n<a class="line"><<cyclinglink $IV_7 "What right do you have to lecture me?" "I’m sorry my efforts weren’t good enough for you." "Arguing about this isn’t going to change the past.">></a>\n<<continue "⟶">>\n\n\n[[Send.|UTransition]]

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Apology Simulator

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<a class="line"><<cyclinglink $III_1 "Can we talk?" "Hey, I just wanted a chance to explain myself." "Hope it’s okay for me to email you…">></a>\n<<continue "⟶">>\n<a class="line"><<cyclinglink $III_2 "I know: I came on too strong." "I think I may have angered you." "I think things got off to a really bad start and it’s totally my fault.">></a>\n<<continue "⟶">>\n<a class="line"><<cyclinglink $III_3 "The thing is," "I’ll level with you:" "It’s hard for me to admit this, but">></a>\n<<continue "⟶">>\n<a class="line"><<cyclinglink $III_4 "I was very nervous... I’d already had a couple drinks before you even showed up." "I was really distracted by the server there." "I just got promoted at work, so I’ve been experiencing a lot of pressure lately.">></a>\n<<continue "⟶">>\n<a class="line"><<cyclinglink $III_5 "Even so, I couldn’t have predicted that just casually mentioning" "Still, I did not think my innocent comments on" "At the same time, I didn’t expect talking about">></a>\n<<continue "⟶">>\n<a class="line"><<cyclinglink $III_6 "the hypocrisies of our society" "the aspects I found attractive about you" "the devil’s advocate position" "video games">></a>\n<<continue "⟶">>\n<a class="line"><<cyclinglink $III_7 "would be so controversial." "would offend you like that." "would result in that ridiculous argument.">></a>\n<<continue "⟶">>\n<a class="line"><<cyclinglink $III_8 "I didn’t mean for that to happen, obviously." "I think this was all a big misunderstanding." "I still believe that what I said was factually correct. But perhaps I said it in an insensitive way." "I’m not an idiot. I’m really not.">></a>\n<<continue "⟶">>\n<a class="line"><<cyclinglink $III_9 "Maybe you would be open to discuss this further." "Are you open to trying one more time? I promise we can do it right next time." "Will you email me back, please? Even just to say you saw the message?" "Anyway, I don’t expect we’ll see each other again, so goodbye.">></a>\n<<continue "⟶">>\n\n\n[[Send.|UTransition]]

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<center><<playsound "assets/title.mp3">>@@font-size: 75px;\n\nAPOLOGY SIMULATOR\n@@\n\n@@font-size: 24px;\n\nby Matthew S. Burns\n@@\n\n<<set $fadeinpage to "ChapterSelect">>\n<<timedgoto "PlainBackground" 5s >></center>

Subject: Apology\n<hr class="style1">\n<<print $III_1>>\n\n<<print $III_2>> <<print $III_3>> <<print $III_4>>\n\n<<print $III_5>> <<print $III_6>> <<print $III_7>> <<print $III_8>> \n\n<<print $III_9>>\n\n<hr class="style1">\n<<timedcontinue 8s>>\n<center>\n[[I accept the apology.|UAccepted]]\n\n[[I reject the apology.|URejected]]</center>

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<<playsound "assets/accepted.mp3">>\n\n\n\n<center>I accepted the apology.</center>\n<<timedgoto $currentchapter+"-6" 9s >>

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\n<center>\nYou have (1) new message.\n</center>\n\n<<timedgoto $currentchapter+"-2" 5s >>

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Matthew S. Burns

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