<<set $bombsFell = false>>
<<set $stamina = 12>><<set $bossmad = false>><<set $money = 75000>> <<set $aura = 2>>Wakefulness comes to you.
It is a fresh spring morning. Today is the day you are leaving to vacation with your best friends Steve and Sally.
You look forward to getting out of the city and joining your friends in a quiet beach village for the next week.
[img[pics/scenes/apart1.jpg]]
Work has been hell and the news has been worrying. <<if $deaths > 0>>
> You have died <<print $deaths>> times.
<<else>><<set $deaths = 0>>
> At least you haven't died... yet...
<</if>>
War in Europe. War in the Middle East. Bursts of war in South Asia.<<nobr>>
<</nobr>>You count your lucky stars that you got out of old country and moved here to the Southern Cone before resurgent fascism grabbed ahold of ever institution in the place you used to call home.
You have <<print $money>> dollars in the bank and a decent wad of pesos in your wallet. Not enough to retire yet..
[[Get Out of Bed |Morning One]] Your phone begins buzzing like crazy, it's your boss.
{{{
So much for "your time is your time"
...
What a great company culture
}}}
Well, are you going to answer it or not?
You have free will after all...
[[ Answer |Phone 1]]
[[ Don't Answer |No Phone]]<<set $aura = $aura - 1>>You answer the phone. ''You feel your Aura diminishing.''
> Hey $name, we need you to come in today. We're having an impromptu Coworking day, and there is going to be a big announcement at the All Company Call today.
[[Comply |Work]]
[[Fuck 'em |Phone 2]]<<set $aura = $aura +5>>You silence your phone, and make an eggy breakfast.
[img[pics/scenes/eggybreakfast.jpg]]
''You feel your Aura increase slightly''
Then you check your emails.
{{{
Urgent: Impromptu Coworking and All Company Call
Hey <<print $name>>,
We're having an on-site day today, so please come in.
It's imporant for team building, and there will be a very important announcement.
I know you put in for vacation, but you need to come in TODAY!
We'll comp you the vacation days so you can have your time off later.
Kindly,
Barri
}}}
So impersonal, can't even use a macro to autofill my name much less use my name. She has to be the least tech person at this tech company.
Either her or that exec that keeps getting phished.
[[Comply |Work]]
[[Fuck 'em |Vacation 1]]<<set $aura = 0>>''You feel your Aura diminish to nothing.''
You go into work.
[img[pics/scenes/office.jpg]]
<<if $bossmad = true>>You boss chews you out.
''You lack sufficient Aura to say or do anything about it''
<</if>>
The day proceeds, boring as they tend to. Normally you'd work remote, but these occasional on-site days are usually a bad omen.
The All Company Call begins:
> Welcome everybody, today is a sad day as we will be saying goodbye to a number of colleagues
> I'm missing vacation for a layoff announcement. I guess they wanted us in the office to measure the mood.
The workday comes to an end. You light one up and go to sleep.
[[Continue |PostWork]]You meet Steve and Sally at the bus terminal, and take off for the town of La Tranquila.
The first thing you do is acend the lighthouse and survey the scenery.
[img["pics/scenes/townabove.jpg"]]
You and your friends spend the day wandering the town and taking in the scenery.
[img["pics/scenes/deadlobo.jpg"]]
Wow, that sea wolf's been dead for a bit.
Out of respect for the fallen, you and the homies light one up..
[img["pics/misc/cogollo.jpg"]]
''Everyone's Aura increases substantially'' <<set $aura = $aura + 37>>
Before the sun gets low, you all make a short hike down the beach to the campsite you reserved outside the sleepy hamlet of La Peligrosa named for the number of ships taken out by the rocks extending from Punta de Hundidos.
[img["pics/scenes/puntah.jpg"]]
On either side of the Punta, beaches extend as far as the eyes can see.
[img["pics/scenes/calmsandygrass.jpg"]]
Life is good. After making camp and enjoying a dinner with friends, sleep comes easily.
[[Continue |Vacation 2]]<<set $aura = $aura + 15>>You tell the boss exactly what you think about being interrupted city company policy by chapter and verse like the gospel. <<set $bossmad = true>>
''You feel your Aura building''
> You are not so imporant as to not be replaced by some young kid with AI skills. If you do not come in expect a termination notice in your inbox. You have already earned a write up for insubordination.
[[Fuck 'em, hang up and go on Vacation |Vacation 1]]
[[Comply |Work]]Pre-Alpha 0.0.1[img[pics/pc/pc1a.jpg]]
<<if $name neq null>><<print $name>><</if>>
<<print $money>><<if $bombsFell is false>><<print " Dollars">><<else>><<print "Silver">><</if>>
Aura: <<print $aura>>
Stamina: <<print $stamina>>
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<<set $bombsFell = false>>
<<set $aura = 2 >>
<<set $stamina = 12>><<set $deaths = $deaths +1>> You wake up, again. Not on vacation.
You hope your friends are having fun.
As you stumble out of bed to make coffee something feels off.
Everything is getting bright and warm.
> [img[pics/scenes/nukedeath.jpg]]
You have perished in a nuclear fire.
[[Try Again |Prologue]]
''Tip: Losing all of your Aura invites disaster''
You sleep in and wake up relaxed. As you begin making coffee for everybody you notice something odd, like a three warm camera flashes.
Your phone sounds and emergency alert, but by the time you unlock it, there is no service.
The ground quivers slighly and you hear a train like rumble.
You turn your head towards the water and notice three sharp waves cutting against the others headed out towards the open Atlantic.
You wake Steve and Sally.
[[Continue |Vacation 3]]
<<set $money = 0>>As you get the coffee poured, three mushroom clouds begin to grow on the far western horizon.
> Shit, I live over there.
The ground zero that matters most to you is 200 kilometers away.
> I... lived over there.
The ground zero where you made your home.
> I moved to this neutral country to avoid being victimized by nuclear fire...
Your poor plants. Your poor neighbors. The corner store you hit up every morning.
You have become a refugee. The poor kind.
''An Anger begins to burn within you further increasing your Aura''
> Come on, let's get into town and start coordinating. No one here's probably even though about surviving what comes next. We have to find somewhere indoors to stay for a while.
You and your friends break camp quickly and head to town then split up.
Steve and Sally to get groceries. You to grab a place with a solid roof.
> We just have hope the winds favor us and wait out the worst of the fallout's decay.
You spend half your pesos securing a small cabin for the next month, then meet Steve and Sally outside the grocer.
> Hey <<print $name>>, did you find a place? That's awesome!
You spend the next few minutes filling a wheelbarrow with groceries before buying them and the wheel barrow.
At checkout you share with the clerk/proprietrix what you know about what's happened, and confirm once again that your bank card is now worthless. At least you aren't alone in that.<<if $aura > 50>>
> The proprietrix takes in your confident Aura and weighs your words seriously.<</if>>
You bring back the grocery haul with Steve and Sally.
With the mushroom cloud still distant and stretching northward, you go to the local grow shop and invest in some seeds.
> Life must go on...
[[Continue |Chapter 1]]
To be continued, soon! <<set $bombsFell = false>>
<<set $name = "Vegeta (rSeriously?)">><<set $stamina = 12>><<set $bossmad = false>><<set $money = 75000>> <<set $aura = 2>>What is your name?
<<textbox "$name" "Vegeta, Seriously?">>
''Important:'' This game contains mature content, and newer builds will likely contain increasing amounts of mature content. By continuing you attest that you are of the age of majority to consume such content in your jurisdiction.
[[Continue |Prologue]]