Final_Project

The walls are a beige purple color, there's a coffee table with a stack of magazines in the corner, a front desk, and the smell of expired lavender in the air. There is an elevator across the room. You are in the main lobby of The Liquid Works Department (link: "Check out the coffee table")[It's built out of synthetic wood, solid, and has a fair number of coffee stains on it (link: "And the magazines?")[Various 20 year old issues of Plumber's Monthly printed on broken ipads]] [[Go up to the front desk->Front Desk]] [[Call the elevator->Elevator]] [(live: 1800s)[You hear the main door open and close, and a woman wearing a red tie hurries in behind the reception desk. (set: $is_receptionist_back to 1)]]\ [(if: $can_go_home is 1)[[[leave, and go home->End Screen]]]]

A cold metal box with a standing lamp in the right corner The Main Elevator The Buttons: [[L->Main Lobby]] [[2: Accounting->Accounting]] [[3: Mail Room->Mail Room]] [[4: IT Services->IT]] [[5: Human Resources->HR]] (if: $cs_locked is 1)[(link: "6: Customer Service")[6: Customer Service A base heavy voice proclaims the word "NO" over the intercom]]\ (else:)[[[6: Customer Service->Customer Service]]] [[7: Petting Zoo->Petting Zoo]] [[8: Data Storage->Data Storage]] [[9: Head Management->Management]]

The room is a short hallway, with 6 cubicles lining the walls, 3 on each side. In front of the cubicles, there was a wide table with a mess of paperwork. (if: $have_form is 1)[You now have the water bill form. Reading it carefully while trying your best to decrypher accounting jargon, you determine that you only need two things: A declaration of what currency you will use to pay the bill, and an offical personal information record. Sounds easy]\ [[Go to the first cubicle on the left->cubL1]] [[Go to the second cubicle on the left->cubL2]] [[Go to the third cubicle on the left->cubL3]] [[Go to the first cubicle on the right->cubR1]] [[Go to the second cubicle on the right->cubR2]] [[Go to the third cubicle on the right->cubR3]] [[Check the paperwork->office paperwork]] [[Call the elevator->Elevator]]

A mountain of paper mail and cardboard packages dim the room. In the center, humped over a desk, is a decrepit android. [[Talk to the android->Android]] (link: "Search through the mail pile")[Its a large mess. You see logos from the last seven governments, and every date that readable is from before you were born] [[Call the elevator->Elevator]]

The room is dark, save for the electric blue orb casting dim light onto the floor. The ceiling isn't visible. Around the base of the orb is a scattering of keyboards and four shriveled up IT Professionals are lying in prayer to the orb. [[Talk to the IT Professionals->IT Professionals]] [[Call the elevator->Elevator]]

The room is plated in gold, pure gold, from floor to ceiling. The ground squishes underneath you. An impossibly large man sits on a bean bag while wearing a grease stained cape and crown. And nothing else. As he eats a bucket of fried chicken, he stares you down (link: "Talk to the HR Manager")[He continues to stare you down, for he has no reason to acknowledge your greeting] (link: "Check out the trash on the floor")[It is an assortment of take out containers. You see boxes for New New NY Bros, Martian Eclairs, Lunar Cakes (with real moon dust!), and Venusian Gas based Curry] [[Call the elevator->Elevator]]

The room consists of around twenty foldable tables and a single light blub, suspended from the ceiling, illuminating the only computer in the room. [(link: "Check out the computer")[It's open to a terminal, and on it is listed several files. (link: "What files?")[Bills... specifically bill records. And it seems like this terminal has editing permissions of those records (link: "SO WRITE DOWN THAT I HAVE ALREADY PAID")[You do that. And it seems to work. It says, right by your name, that your water bill has been paid. (set: $can_go_home to 1)]]]] [[Call the elevator->Elevator]]

The floor is covered in hay and th walls and ceiling are painted like an Earth meadow. In the center of anotherwise bare room is a goat tied to a pole and a bucket. [[Check out the goat->Goat]] [[Check out the bucket->Bucket]] [[Call the elevator->Elevator]]

You enter a mile long room which does not conform to the outer facade of this building. Rows and rows of hardrives are stored in cardboard boxes. A map and a golf cart has been left at the entrance for your convience. [[Search the warehouse on the golf cart->Golf Cart]] [[Call the elevator->Elevator]]

You're greeted with a warm "//Good evening//" by a clone of Lance Reddick (the only ancient Earth actor whose DNA survived the Great Explosion) standing behind a mohagany reception desk. Plant pots have been tastefully placed around the room, giving the impression of a modernist jungle growing naturally. Two large red doors loom over everything. [[Talk to Lance Reddick->Lance Reddick]] [[Open the door->Head Management]] (link: "Check out the plants")[The leaves are fresh and by standing close to them you can convince yourself that you're in the Amazon of old Earth. The ferns even have nanoprojectors that simulate butterfly holograms!] [[Call the elevator->Elevator]]

A woman with short blonde hair is filling out a spread sheet (Link: "Talk to her")["Oh hello, I'm sorry I'm busy right now. If you need something talk to Jose in the third desk on the left"] [[Go back->Accounting]]

A woman is sitting in a video call, camera off, filling her nails (Link: "Talk to her")[She looks up at you with indifference "I don't know anything about water billing, ask Karen. She's one desk down"] [[Go back->Accounting]]

A stocky man is preparing a presentation. [(live: 10s)[He just keeps staring at the blank slides (stop:)]] (Link: "Talk to him")["..." (link: "Snap fingers")["Oh, yeah, uh, if you're looking for documents, talk to Adam. Second on the right"] [[Go back->Accounting]]

A human built like a bear is hunching over their computer with earbuds in. There's a note taped to their back. (Link: "Read the note")[//Redirect any inquiries to Xinru in second left cubicle//] [[Go back->Accounting]]

(if: $is_adam_gone is 1)[Adam is not here]\ (else:)[A scrawny man in thick glasses sits building a gundam figure (link: "Talk to him")[Without breaking concentration: "What form do you need?" (link: "'A water bill'")["Check with Ruby in R1"] (link: "'A pluming certificate'")["You don't one, we don't ask for them"] (link: "'A personal information request'")["Check in with IT, they'll help with that. All they need is your name."] (link: "'A lost memory'")["...ok Shakespeare. Barry in the mail room might help. He's the resident forgotten memory. He's really into dice, I think? (set: $know_barry_name to 1)] (if: $asked_to_fire_adam is 1)[(link: "Adam, I have some bad news.")["Oh really? What?" (link: "HR is firing you")[] (link: "HR is firing you, they claim its because you're four weeks behind your work")[] (link: "HR is firing you, they claim its because you're four weeks behind your work, but I think its the gundams")[] (set: $is_adam_gone to 1)  ]]]] [[Go back->Accounting]]

A dog wearing a yellow/teal stripped shirt is spinning around in their swivel chair (Link: "Talk to them")[The dog stops spinning, and looks up at you with eyes that shimmer with innocence, happiness, and dog (link: "Pet the dog")[You run your hand through their fur and scratch them behind the yeah. Pure glee radiates from both of you] ] [[Go back->Accounting]]

Before you is a pile of paperwork. They are all liquid related forms printed on Venus Ivory White#F5F7F7 paper. This is literally the first time in your life you have touched paper. (link: "Search the papers")[You find honey bill forms, wine bill forms, olive oil bill forms, cider bill forms, fruit juice bill forms, iced tea bill forms, custard bill forms, curd bill forms,... (link: "Keep searching")[... ginger beer bill forms, cola bill forms, lemonade bill forms, gin bill forms, protein shake bill forms, sprike bill forms, broth bill forms, cane juice bill forms, fruit nectar bill forms,... (link: "Keep searching")[... soy milk bill forms, almond milk bill forms, coconut milk bill forms, goat milk bill forms, human milk bill forms, cow milk bill forms, macadamia milk bill forms... (link: "Just a bit more")[... kombucha bill forms, mocktail bill forms, kerosene bill forms, coffee bill forms, water bill forms! (set: $have_form to 1)]]]] [[Go back->Accounting]]

The machine is toiling away, hunched over a school desk, meticulously opening mail and scanning the documents into a computer. It creaks, upsetting forgetten dust with each arm movement. [(link: "Talk to the robot")[You walk up to the Android, and it does not aknowledge your existence. (link: "'Hello?'")[...No response] (link: "'What's up with all the physical mail?")["Several year's worth of backlog" said the android, without looking up (link: "How many years?")[] (link: "Anything important?")["There's a letter for Management somewhere here" (link: "I could deliver it")[(if: $how_much_barry_likes_you >= 2)["Oh really, that'll be nice" The machine hands you the letter. (set: $management_letter to 1)]]\ (else:)["...you don't have permission to handle organization mail"] ] (link: "Anything cool?")[The machine looks up "There was a shipment of dice for an ex employee. I guess that makes them mine now" (link: "Sweet")["Yeah they're these beautiful green ivory dice. And an entire polyhedral set, including a d5! (set: $how_much_barry_likes_you to $how_much_barry_likes_you+1) (link: "Wow, hell of a find")["Well, not too rare"] (link: "I dont think green is quite your color")["You think so? I think green is a lucky color, it was the original paint job of my body"(set: $how_much_barry_likes_you to $how_much_barry_likes_you+1)] (link: "Ah, um, ok")["...ok"] ] (link: "Isn't that stealing?")[The robot expells some gas in a mimic of a sigh "I guess..."] ]] ]] [(if: $know_barry_name is 1)[(link: "Are you Barry?")[] [[leave->Mail Room]]

There is a large heap of mail before you

Each technician is wearing a coarse white button down, and their eyes are glossy white. The orb's essense is every growing. (link: "Converse with a technician")[Before you even open your mouth, one of the technicians, the one to your right, screams out "THE ORB NEEDS TO BE BATHED". All the others start to chant "Bath, bath, bath...", their cries being absorbed by the carpeting. The right zealot turns to you, "If you provide the orb with non water for it to bathe in, we will give you what information you need." (set: $have_talked_to_it to 1)] (if: $have_talked_to_it is 1 + $have_goat_milk is 1)[(link: "Give goat milk")[You pass the IT professional the bucket of goat milk. "AH YES, THIS WILL BATHE THE ORB NICELY" They take the milk and pour it over the orb. "Now, we know all, and we know you need your personal info data. Here are the codes." The zealot gives you a floppy disk painted an ugly blue. (set: $have_personal_info to 1)]\ (if: $have_talked_to_it is 1 + $have_hand_lotion is 1)[(link: "Give the bucket of hand lotion")[You pass the IT professional the bucket of goat milk. "AH YES, THIS WILL BATHE THE ORB NICELY" They take the hand lotion and pour it over the orb. "Now, we know all, and we know you need your personal info data. Here are the codes." The zealot gives you a floppy disk painted an ugly blue. (set: $have_personal_info_location to 1)]\ [[Leave->IT]]

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It's a goat. It turns its head towards you, forcing eye contact with its square pupils. Why do goats have square pupils? Who signed off on this design? The animal stays calm, //watching//. (link: "Pet the goat")[Its an uncomfortable experience] (link: "Stare back")[You return the glare. Now both you and this goat are locked in a challenge of wills. The world around you fades, and all you can comprehend is the geometric windows into a beast's soul (live: 12s)[After a while the goat turns away, distracted by a speck of dust (stop:)]] [(if: $have_bucket is 1)[(link: "Milk the goat")[Its very weird, you have never milked a goat before. It's utters have the texture of rubber. You now have a bucket of goat milk (set: $have_goat_milk to 1)]]] [[Leave->Petting Zoo]]

The bucket is on the ground. It is made of metal. It smells faintly of blueberries, but it primarly smells of shit. (link: "Take the bucket")[You take the bucket (set: $have_bucket to 1)] [[Leave->Petting Zoo]]

The cart is brand new with a white finish, and a slot for a floppy disk (if: $have_personal_info_location is 1)[(link: "Sit in the golf cart and insert the floppy disk")[The cart wails to life, its engine reminding you of damned souls, and starts driving through the racks of harddrives. It makes a horrible beeping noise the whole way. (live: 5s)[You then arrive at a box with your name on it, and a hard drive listed as "PERSONAL INFO #37654". You take it and can now leave (set: $form_complete to 1)](stop:)]]\ (else:)[Lets be honest, even with the map and the golf cart, you don't know what you're looking for!] [[Leave->Data Storage]]

"If you have any business with department management, please state them. Else, I will inform you that you must leave." [(if: $management_letter is 1)[ (link: "'I have a delayed letter from the mail room'")["Ah wonderful, let me open the door for you."] ]\ (else:)[ (link: "'Uhh, I'm a paying customer'")["Ah, well, while we appreciate your trust in us to provide your household with any plumbingable liquids, I must redirect you to customer service, on the sixth floor."]]] [[leave->Management]]

The doors are a beautiful red marble, adorned with fine engravings. (link: "Try the door handles")[The door, dispite having no visible locking mechanism, is closed shut] [[Leave->Management]]

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(set: $cs_locked to 1)\ (set: $have_form to 0)\ (set: $can_pay to 2)\ (set: $have_personal_info to 0)\ (set: $have_personal_info_location to 0)\ (set: $asked_to_fire_adam to 0)\ (set: $is_adam_gone to 0)\ (set: $200_year_letter to 0)\ (set: $have_bucket to 0)\ (set: $have_goat_milk to 0)\ (set: $have_hand_lotion to 0)\ (set: $have_talked_to_it to 0)\ (set: $is_receptionist_back to 0)\ (set: $management_letter to 0)\ (set: $how_much_barry_likes_you to 0)\ (set: $know_barry_name to 0)\ (set: $form_complete to 0)\ (set: $can_go_home to 0)

[(if: $is_receptionist_back is 1)[The receptionist is shuffling some papers around, but looks up when you approach the desk. "Huh, why are you here? You know we have online services, right? ... If you just give me your email, I can send you the digital form." (link: "Give them your email")[The receptionist types something into the main computer. "Alright, well, you should have the link now. Trust me, it's easier to do this online." They turn their attention back to their papers (which you notice are just there to cover an iphone), and then realize that you can now go home.(set: $can_go_home to 1)]]\ (else:)[The front desk's surface polish has 50 year's worth of dents and scratches. Must be new. Infront of the computer with a concerningly loud fan is a desk sign stating "OUT FOR LUNCH"]] There is a small tray labeled "FILLED OUT FORMS" [(if: $form_complete is 1)[(link: "Put your water bill form into the small try")[You quickly write down that you're paying the bill with 4 cows, and drop off the form and your personal harddrive into the tray. You sigh, and a warm feeling comes over you as the realization that you can now go home dawns.(set: $can_go_home to 1)]]] [[Leave->Main Lobby]]

THANKS FOR PLAYING Game by Jorge Antonio Velasquez