A year ago, the company where you worked for 15 years suddenly went bankrupt. So you lost the source of income.
A month later, your wife filed for a divorce with you and took your kids away.
Now, you have [[nothing->job choices]] but a mortgage and a seven-year-old dog.
Your goal for this story is to find job, or a source of income. You tried to find a new job, but most company did not want to hire a middle-aged.
Today, you got two offers and you'll choose one from them.
1. An ordinary staff in the publicity department of a famouse advertising company, called [["Woo-Hoo"->Woo-Hoo]], with $2,000 monthly salary.
2. The Deputy director of a real estate agency that has ten employees and was established one month ago, called [["Find Your House"->Find Your House]], with $1,500 monthly salary. (text-colour:yellow)["An ordinary staff, but more money than the deputy director..."
"Should I choose a higher position with lower salary or a lower position with higher salary?"]
Higher position with lower salary == [[Find Your House->New company: Find Your House]]
Lower position with higher salary == [[Woo-Hoo->New company: Woo-Hoo]](text-colour:yellow)["Hmmm, a deputy director, sounds cool."
"But only $1,500 per month??? Seriously? A deputy director with only $1,500 a month!"
"Is this salary enough for me to repay the loan and enjoy my life? Is this the job that I want?"]
[[I guess so->New company: Find Your House]]
[[Nah, far away->New company: Woo-Hoo]](text-colour:yellow)["Well, a deputy director is much better than a ordinary staff. With my ability, I believe I will get more salary after monthes."
"Okay, new job, new life. Find Your House, I'm on my way!"]
Send an [[E-mail->Email to FYH]] to Find Your House and state that you accept the offer and ready for work. (text-colour:yellow)["You know what, I decide to go for more money."
"No deputy director, just the ordinary staff with 500 bucks more."
]
Send E-mail to [[Woo-Hoo->E-mail to WH]] and state that you accept the offer and ready for work."Dear,"
"Thank you for your offer of a deputy director at Find Your House."
"I am delighted to formally accept the offer, and I am very much looking forward to joining the team."
"Please let me know my entru time and I am ready for work anytime."
"Sincerely"
[[SEND->email back]]
(set: $jobchoice to "Find Your House")"Dear,"
"Thank you for your offer of a staff at Woo-Hoo."
"I am delighted to formally accept the offer, and I am very much looking forward to joining the team."
"Please let me know my entry time and I am ready for work anytime."
"Sincerely"
[[SEND->email back]]
(set: $jobchoice to "Woo-Hoo")Two Days Later
"~You got a new E-mail~"
(text-colour:yellow)["Let me see..."
"...noting special...nothing special..."
"...Your entry time will be tomorrow moning, Friday, Feburary 22nd, 2222, at 8AM. We will hold a induction ceremony for you and then we can start working."
"Tomorrow? I need to find my tie and suit, now. And maybe make some cookies for my new collegues."
]
[[Open your closet.->outfit]](text-colour:yellow)["What should I were tomorrow?"
]
A. A [[dark blue suit->suit]] with red tie, perfume Tom Ford "Tabacco Oud"
B. A [[silver gray suit->suit]] with black shirt, perfume Hemers "Terre D'Hemers"
C. Black [[tuxedo->no tuxedo during work]] with white gloves, no perfume(text-colour:yellow)["Ooh la la, look that handsome guy in the mirror."
"Every girl will keep her eyes on me, tomorrow. "
"Let me set up a alarm at 6:30AM so that I will have plenty of time to prepare and will not be late."
"Now, it's time to make some cookies and go to bed."
]
[["Zzzzz..."->get up]](text-colour:yellow)["A black tuxedo with white gloves?"
"What are you thinking?"
"I am going to work! Not to be a waiter in the MET"
]
A. A [[dark blue suit->suit]] with red tie, perfume Tom Ford "Tabacco Oud"
B. A [[silver gray suit->suit]] with black shirt, perfume Hemers "Terre D'Hemers"(text-colour:yellow)[“I dreamed that I was late for the induction ceremony...what the hell?”
"I will never be that stupid, never, ever."
"How come that I could be late?? I've graduated from kindergarter more than 30 year."
]
Stretch a little bit, But you don't think that you hear the alarm.
[[Why?->be late]](text-colour:yellow)["Hmm...Definitely because I'm a super self-disciplined person and don't need an alarm to wake me up."
"I guess it's not 6 yet. But let me check."]
You try to get the phone and check the time.
(text-colour:yellow)["Damn...where did I put my phone yesterday?"]
[[In the kitchen->phone: kitchen]]
[[On your desk->phone: desk]]
[[In the toilet->phone: toilet]](text-colour:yellow)[Did I left my phone in the kitchen? Well I hope I didn't left it on the stove..."]
Walk to the kitchen but did not find your phone.
(text-colour:yellow)["Not in the kitchen. If I left on the stove I would be in the hospital now instead of standing here and looking for my stupid phone."
]
So where is your phone?
[[On your desk->phone: desk]]
[[In the toilet->phone: toilet]](text-colour:yellow)["It should be on the desk and holding its charger. That's where a phone should stay."]
Walk to the desk and see your phone.
(text-colour:yellow)["Let me check the time. Did I wake up half an hour earlier or an hour earlier?"]
[[Turn on the phone and check the time->check time]](text-colour:yellow)["Toilet? I don't think so..."
"But you know what, let me check."
]
Walk to the toilet and do not find the phone
(text-colour:yellow)["I will never put my phone in the toilet...well...unless I was drunk."
]
Where is your phone?
[[In the kitchen->phone: kitchen]]
[[On your desk->phone: desk]](text-colour:yellow)["?? Why does it show 'out of power'?? It has been charged since last night!"]
[[Check the charger->check the charger]](text-colour:yellow)["I was five hours late for the induction ceremony!?? I gotta call them right now."]
Grab your phone.
(text-colour:yellow)["...My phone is out of power now..."
"Is my new job ending before it starts?"
"Anyway, I have to go catch the metro now and bring my power bank to charge my phone"]
[[Wear your suit and tie->changing clothes]](text-colour:yellow)["Why did I choose a tie last night? I've failed three times tying it!"
"Oh god, I tie it, finally."
]
Bring your laptop and go catch the metro
[[Run run run! ->catch the metro 1st]]On the way to the metro station
(text-colour:yellow)[
"Hope I didn't miss anything. Cannot imagine emotions of my new collegues..."
"Wait, did I bring those cookies for my collegues? Oh no!"
]
What should you do?
"I have to [[go back to take cookies->metro 1: take cookies]] so that my collegues will not be that mad on me"
"Why do I have time to think about thoes cookies?? [[Get to the work->metro 1: go to work]] right now!"(text-colour:yellow)["Oh I should back to home and bring my cookies."
"I'm late already, so it doesn't matter if I were 5 hours late or 6 hours late...I believe so..."
"I need to back home and take my cookies right now."]
[[Back to home and take cookies->take cookies]](text-colour:yellow)["Sorry my cookies, I'm not mean to do leave you at home...you know...I had a really messy morning...well...I should say a messy afternoon."
"I believe that my new collegues would like to see me first rather than my homemade cookies...right?..."]
You decide to keep going to the work rather than going back and taking cookies.
[[Keep running to the metro!->catch metro 2nd]](text-colour:yellow)["Alright, finally, I'm in the metro now!!"
"I gonna be really late to work...don't know when I can finish my work today...hope my buddy will not miss me..."
"Wait, my buddy, my dog! Did I feed him this morning?"]
[[NO, I DIDN'T!!->feed dog]]
[[Hmmm...I don't remember.->not feed dog]](...10 minutes later...)
(text-colour:yellow)["Now I have my cookies with me and my new collegues will not be mad on me."
]
(text-colour:cyan)[ (You got cookies)
]
[[Keep running to the metro!->catch metro 2nd]](text-colour:yellow)["I have to back home and feed my buddy, now. I don't know when I will back home today, should be very late. Can't imagine my buddy waiting for me without eating anything."]
Should you back home again and feed your dog?
[[Of course! He's my buddy!->catch the metro 3rd]]
[[I don't have time to back home and feed you, buddy.->not feed dog]](text-colour:yellow)["Sorry my buddy. I don't have time to back home, check you, and feed you."
"But I will buy your favorite bone on my way home tonight. Hope you can forgive me."]
[[Keep running!->catch the metro 3rd]](text-colour:yellow)["I'm not gonna think anything about my house, otherwise I'll back home for a thousand times and never get the work."
"Let me enjoy my metro trip to the work."]
"~The next stop is West Madison Ave~"
(text-colour:yellow)["...The W Madison?...That is on the opposite side of my office!!!!!I AM ON THE WRONG METRO!!!"]
What a [[sad->catch the metro 4th]] story. (text-colour:yellow)["...I have nothing to say...Are these ridiculous things the punishment of being late???"
"It's not the time to complain...although I really want to..."
"I will try to find the right track on W Madison Ave. And hope I can get to the work before my collegues left."]
[[Get off at W Madison Ave stop and find the right metro.->catch the right metro]](~20 minutes later~)
(text-colour:yellow)[
"Thank God, I find the right metro in only 20 minutes!...I am not kidding."
"Changing metro is the last task before getting to the work...well...it'd better be."
]
[[Wait for the metro getting to your destination->arrive at the office]](text-colour:yellow)["Finally, I'm here, and ready for work"
"Alright, next, find the floor of my office."
"Both of Woo-Hoo and Find Your House is in this building??? Hope I will not go to the wrong one."
"Wait, what's my new job???"]
(if: $jobchoice is "Find Your House")
[[Woo-Hoo->WH wrong office]]
[[Find Your House->FYH office]]
(if: $jobchoice is "Woo-Hoo")
[[Woo-Hoo->WH office]]
[[Find Your House->FYH wrong office]]~17th Floor~
(text-colour:yellow)["Woo-Hoo, I'm almost there...Hope my boss will not be super mad on me."
"Hi, I'm a new employee who should attend the induction ceremony today, so sorry to be here so late, but may I explain a little bit?"
"The reason of being so late? Thanks so much for listening, well, I..."
]
Should you explain everything to your boss rather than lying?
[["Tell the truth and the boss will think I'm a honest person."->WH truth]]
[["Of couse lying to the boss, otherwise he will think I'm a fool."->WH lying]]~18th Floor~
(text-colour:yellow)["Find Your Home, I'm almost there...Hope my boss will not be super mad on me."
"Hi, I'm a new deputy director who should attend the induction ceremony today, so sorry to be here so late, but may I explain a little bit?"
"The reason of being so late? Thanks so much for listening, well, I..."
]
Should you explain everything to your boss rather than lying?
[["Tell the truth and the boss will think I'm a honest person."->FYH truth]]
[["Of couse lying to the boss, otherwise he will think I'm a fool."->WH lying]]
(text-colour:yellow)["Well...I got up at 1PM and realized that I didn't charge my phone last night. Then I run to the metro and noticed that I left the cookies at home and forgot to feed my dog. Then I realized that I was on the wrong metro so I gor off at W madison Ave and found the right metro...These sound ridiculous and fool but they are true...You will believe me, right?..."]
[[Look at the boss and try to convince him->WH cookies]](text-colour:yellow)["I got up at 6AM...but I got a call from Spiderman and asking me to save the world with him. I told him that I have to come to the induction ceremony on time but he said the world really needs me...So I went to save the world and came to the office right after finishing saving the world."
]
[[Sorry, Spiderman, please pretend that I went to save the world with you...hope my boss does not have your phone number->WH lying no job]](text-colour:yellow)["No no no, I am not kidding you. Those really happened and I know they are silly..."
"I'm sure that I'm very suitiable for this job, and what happened today were just mistakes and I promise it will not happen again."
"Please do not fire me, please. I really need this job..."
]
The boss is extremely mad on you and says that he will fire you right now.
What should you say?
[["Please do not do so. I bring cookies for you guys, please do not fire me"->WH cookies 2]](text-colour:yellow)["Yes I made some cookies last night and want to give to my new collegues as a gift."
"Do you want to try my cookies? They are so yummy that all my kids and my friends love it."
"No problem, I made a lot of cookies. Just give me one second to find them..."
]
Your boss is interested in your homemade cookies and want to take a bite. Do you remember where you put thoes lovely cookies?
[["Yes, definatily! They are in my backpack."->WH yes cookies]]
[["Well, let me see...wait, I didn't back home to take cookies!"->WH no cookies]](text-colour:yellow)["They're in my bag. Here you are."
"They are delisious,right? I know, everyone loves my homemade cookies once they had the first bite."
"Have I ever think about selling my cookies? No, cuz I don't have money to buy big machines and advertising."
"Selling my cookies at our dinning hall rather than being a ordinary staff? Well, that's a way of making money but I've never thought it before..."]
The boss invites you to sell your homemade cookies at dinning hall. Do you want to do so?
[["Of course, I need money even though I need to make cookies everyday."->WH yes job]]
[["Nah, I make money just for fun and I don't want to be a cook."->WH no job]](text-colour:yellow)["I forgot to bring cookies and didn't back home to take them...I don't have cookies with me, now..."
]
You are late to the indection ceremony and do not have cookies. So the boss does not have a reason to keep you in his compony. Sadly, your new job ends before its starts.
You fail to reach the goal of this game. (text-colour:yellow)["I need money now so I will sell my homemade cookies at dining hall. Otherwise I have no job or any sourse of income."
"Deal! I will pay you 40% of my income of selling cookies as my rental."
]
Now, you have a job, selling cookies. Even though it is totally different from your thoughts, but anyway, YOU HAVE A SOURCE OF INCOME!!!!!
Cheers for the homemade cookies and YOU WIN!!You refuse of selling cookies at dining hall. And the boss does not want to hire you because of your carelessness. So, you lost an opportunity of making money and need to find a job again.
Sorry, you fail to reach the goal of this game.Unfortunately, the boss has Spiderman's phone number and calls him. Spiderman said that he is on his vacation at Maldive and didn't save the world this morning. So the boss knows that you are lying to him and is disappointed at you.
Sorry, you did not successeful convince the boss or fully employeed. Thus, you fail to reach the goal of this game. (text-colour:yellow)["Well...I got up at 1PM and realized that I didn't charge my phone last night. Then I run to the metro and found that I left the cookies at home and forgot to feed my dog. Then I realized that I was on the wrong metro so I gor off at W madison Ave and found the right metro...These sound ridiculous and fool but they are true...You will believe me, right?..."]
[[Look at the boss and try to convince him->FYH job]](text-colour:yellow)["I know my mistakes are silly, but I really expect to work at Find Your Home and have plenty of experiences. I believe I am super suitable for this job."
]
The boss trusts your ability but your punctuality is also important to the whole company. Since Find Your Home was established one month ago and they really need talents, the boss and the company decide to fully hire you with condition: 30% increase in achievement next month.
Are you confident to reach the conditino?
[["Definately yes."->FYH yes job]]
[["Hmmm...I am not sure..."->FYH no job]](text-colour:yellow)["That's a little challenge, but I am confident of meet the condition."
]
The boss admires your confidence and positive attitude. So he decides to hire you with condition he mentioned. Now, your boss believes in you and you have a new job.
Congratulate! You reach the goal of this game and YOU WIN!!!The boss believes that confidence is also a critical part of reaching any achievement, but does not see this feature on you. Therefore, the boss decides to fire you. Sadly, you new job ends before its starts.
Sorry, you do not reach the goal of this game.Hi, (set: $name to (prompt: "What's your name?", "Robert"))
[[Next->setting of the character]] (text-colour:yellow)["What the hell? The charger is between the phone case and phone.???"
"What did I do last night?? Anyway, I need to find out the time first"
]
[[Turn on the laptop.->turn on the laptop]]
(text-colour:yellow)["It's 1 o'clock now...how can there be such a bright sun in the sky at 1 o'clock??"
]
[[Check the clock again->check the clock again]]
(text-colour:yellow)["Oh is 1:01 now...wait... 1PM????"]
[[Oh No!->prepare and go out]](text-colour:yellow)["Hi, I'm a new employee who should attend the induction ceremony today... no induction ceremony today?""
"Wait, this is not Find Your House!"]
Sorry, you went to the wrong office and fail to reach the goal.(text-colour:yellow)["Hi, I'm a new employee who should attend the induction ceremony today... no induction ceremony today?""
"Wait, this is not Woo-Hoo!"
]
Sorry, you went to the wrong office and fail to reach the goal.