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The following game includes potentially disturbing depictions of violence, deceit, and death.
[[Continue]]The flight to the space station takes 24 hours. You finally arrive to the ISS. You, Jade, and Bart will be living on the space station for six months together. However, there some tensions between the three of you.
[[The Love Triangle]]
Even though it is risky, nothing can stop your commitment to science.You take a bite, and it has the same juicy feel of a regular strawberry, but it is much sweeter.
The strawberries taste so sweet, so you continue to eat until you have finished them all. After some time, you feel a bit dizzy and pass out.
[[A Few Hours Later]]You wake up slowly, and you see Jade standing over you.
(if: $TalkToJade is 1)[(display:"Conversation A")]
(if: $TalkToJade is 0)[(display:"Conversation B")]
[[Bart arrives.]]Bart discovers that the strawberry has mutated from the radiation of outer space. It is destroying your cells.
Bart tells you that he can inject an experimental drug to clear the strawberry out of your system, but it has only been tested on rats who ate rancid oranges.
He could perform a surgery to remove the strawberry, but he may harm other organs in the process.
What will you do?
[[Take the drug.]]
[[Undergo surgery.]]The drug ends up clearing the the strawberry particles out of your system.
However, the drug ends up damaging the blood clotting mechanisms in your body, and you die from internal breeding.
(if: $TalkToJade is 1)[Jade spends time by your bed, crying.]
(if: $TalkToJade is 0)[Jade and Bart place your body in the morgue.]
(display:"The End")Bart successfully removes the strawberry through surgery, but he unfortunately damages your spine.
You are alive, but you end up with a chronic back problem that makes it difficult to walk.
[[//The Aftermath//|Aftermath1]]Jade and Bart continue to perform their research aboard the ISS.
Because of your back problem, you are unable to perform the tasks at hand.
You focus your energy on physical therapy exercises during the rest of your time aboard the ISS.
[[//Back to Earth//|Earth1]]You arrive back to Earth. You are sent to talk with the administrator of NASA. You are asked to explain why you fell ill.
Your career is at stake because your reckless decision to eat the strawberries ruined your capacity to perform your research. If they find out, they can terminate your astronaut position.
What do you say?
[[Tell the truth.]]
[[Make something up.]]You relunctantly tell the administrator all the details regarding the event. You are dismissed from NASA.
(if: $TalkToJade is 1)[
Jade ends up approaching you, hoping to grow closer.
"Sam, I don't care that you can't walk well. I still care about you and appreciate you just the way you are."
[[True Love]]
]
(if: $TalkToJade is 0) [
Threatening Bart hasn't helped you win Jade's heart. You are hired as a biology professor at a local public university. You find your work enjoyable and you do not think about Jade anymore.
(display:"The End")
]You claim you slipped and fell on your back. As a result, NASA lets you keep your job.
Jade finds your actions despicable and refuses to even be your friend.
(display:"The End")"Jade, I love you. I am sorry I never made that clear to you before. I want to make this work."
"Sam, we will get through this, together."
You end finding work as a biology professor at a local public university. Jade continues to work as a astronaut at Johnson Space Center. The two of you start dating, hoping for good years to come.
(display:"The End")Bart passes out after drinking the smoothie.
Jade finds Bart on the floor, and she is horrified.
[[Act like your clueless.]]You tell Jade you have no idea what has happened but you will do anything to save him.
Bart slowly wakes up. You perform an MRI of Bart, which detects that the strawberry is killing off his cells.
You tell Bart that he is having a reaction to the smoothie. Bart advises you to use an experimental drug that is designed to clear out any exogenous chemicals from the bloodsteam.
[[Give Bart the drug.]]You notice that there are signs of radiation exposure. The chemical make up of the strawberry has significantly changed in outer space.
However, you are still unsure how these new strawberries will affect the body.
You could take a blood sample to gain further information.
(if: $TalkToJade is 1)[
[[Take a blood sample.]]
]
(if: $TalkToJade is 0)[
However, Bart is competing with your affection for Jade, so you don't really care if he gets sick from the strawberries.
[[Trick Bart into eating a strawberry.]]
[[Take a blood sample.]]
]You blend one of the large green strawberries and give it to Bart. You tell him that it is a defrosted smoothie that was packed along with the rest of the food.
[[Sometime Later]]You decide to take a blood sample from Bart, and you observe a chemical reaction between the strawberry and the blood.
Your observations have led you to conclude that the strawberry kills human bloods cells, which can eventually become fatal.
Your findings are going to be of utmost value to NASA.
(if: $TalkToJade is 1)[
You wish to share the news with Jade.
[[Approach Jade again.]]
]
(if: $TalkToJade is 0)[
You feel relunctant approaching Jade. You want her, but do not know if she will want you back.
[[Tell her how you feel.]]
[[Avoid bringing up the subject.]]
]"Jade, I appreciate your support during my research efforts."
"No problem, Sam."
"Jade, I really care about you. I never told you before, but I want you to know."
"Sam, I am flattered."
"Jade, I am in love with you. Do you love me?"
"Oh, Sam! Yes!"
[[//Back to Earth//|Earth2]]You, Jade, and Bart continue to perform research in your areas of expertis for the remainder of your stay.
You watch Jade and Bart grow closer together. They talk and laugh.
Bart didn't heed your warning, and you would like to teach him a lesson.
[[Let it go and move on.]]
[[Confront Bart once again.]]
The drug ends up clearing the the strawberry particles out of Bart's system.
However, the drug ends up damaging the blood clotting mechanisms in his body, and he dies from internal breeding.
Jade is visibly shaken and sobbing. How do you respond?
[[Console her.]]
[[Confess Your Wrongdoing.]]You claim that Bart had an allergic reaction to the smoothie.
You remind Jade you did everything you could to save Bart.
[[Love at last?]]It has been a few months. You are back on Earth.
You finally took Bart out of the equation, and you thought Jade would be bound to love you.
Although Jade admires your efforts to safe Bart, she has been very affected by Bart's death. Unfortunately for you, she refuses to date anyone.
(display:"The End")You present your findings to NASA, and they are impressed. They offer a raise to you and your team members.
Bart and Jade start dating, and you are forced to move on.
(if: $Violence is 1)[
Bart reports your actions to NASA. In order to continue working for NASA, you are required to take anger management classes.
]
[[Leave NASA]]Deciding that you cannot bear to be around Jade and Bart any longer, you decide to leave your astronaut position and seek employment as a professor of biology at a local public university.
You find your work enjoyable and you do not think about Jade anymore.
(display:"The End")//**An Astronaut's Journey By Dev Dhruv**//You approach Jade cautiously.
"Jade, I really care about you."
"Sam, that is so sweet of you. You are such a wonderful friend."
"Jade, I love you. I don't want to be just friends with you. I want more."
"Sam, why didn't you tell me this sooner? I have waited for you, but you never made your move."
"Jade, I don't know. I guess I thought you wouldn't love me back."
"Sam, I do love you back. Don't worry about Bart. I don't care what my parents think."
You and Jade embrace.
(set: $TalkToJade to 1)
[[Perform your research.]] You grab Bart by his collar and stare him down.
"Listen to me, Bart. Jade is my woman, and you need to back off."
"Get your hands off me, Sam."
"I am warning you, Bart."
"All right, Sam."
(set: $TalkToJade to 0)
[[Perform your research.]] For this mission, you are tasked with growing strawberries in space.
You water the plants for a few days, and then you notice something quite strange. The strawberries are green and large.
Nevertheless, you are excited that you successfully grew a fruit in space. You are eager to know how it affects the human body.
[[Eat a strawberry]]
[[Place a portion of a strawberry under a microscope.]]"Sam, we don't know what happened to those strawberries when exposed to outer space. You're health may be failing."
"Jade, I don't know what came over me. Those strawberries tasted so good."
"Sam, you might die. I do not know what to do. I don't want to lose you."
"Jade, if I don't make it out of here alive, I want you to know that there is no one else I would rather have by my side.""Sam, what is the matter with you? We don't know what happened to those strawberries when exposed to outer space."
"Jade, I don't know what came over me. Those strawberries tasted so good."
"Sam, you know better than this. You shouldn't be so reckless."
"Jade, let's have Bart can examine me."You have known Jade since you were an undergraduate student. You both went to the same college and were in the same graduating class. You were in the biological sciences department, and she was in the engineering department, so you two were in separate programs of study.You two met in the library and eventually grew quite fond of each other. Despite the differences in academic interests, you both had a passion for space exploration and would dicuss current events in the field for hours on end.
You and Jade just met Bart when you began the astronaut program. However, Jade's parents really like Bart, and they have been pressuring Jade to be with him.
You are in love with Jade, but you never have had the courage to tell her. You might lose your chance if you wait too long. With that being said, you are afraid Bart will get in your way. Since Bart is your competition, you don't like him very much.
What will you do?
[[Talk to Jade]]
[[Threaten Bart.]]"Jade, I discovered the strawberries are deadly."
"That is amazing Sam! No one got hurt, and NASA will now know we need to hold off on feeding space grown food to astronauts until more research in conducted!"
"Yes Jade, I am so happy. Um, Jade?"
"What is it, Sam?"
"Listen, I am sorry I never confessed my feelings for you earlier. I am ready to start a relationship, if that is what you want."
"Sam, there is no one else I would rather be with."
The two of you embrace.
[[//Back to Earth//|Earth4]]You decide that being hostile to Bart is not a wise idea. You believe it is best if you find someone else. You wish Jade and Bart well.
(set: $Violence to 0)
[[//Back to Earth//|Earth3]]Full of rage, you sucker punch Bart in the face.
"I told you to stay away from Jade! You are no good for her, Bart!"
"That hurt, Sam! You can't tell me what to do!"
(set: $Violence to 1)
[[//Back to Earth//|Earth3]]You are astronaut named Sam. You are aboard a spaceship with a crew of two other people, Jade and Bart.
You all are headed toward the International Space Station for a six months to conduct important research that will set the stage for space colonization missions.
You are a biologist, and you are growing plants in a microgravity environment. Jade is an engineer working on extravehicular operations. Bart is a medical doctor, and he is studying the effects of prolonged living in space to the human immune system.
[[The Space Station]]You present your findings to NASA, and they are impressed. They offer a raise to you and your team members.
You and Jade start dating, hoping for good years to come.
(display:"The End")You present your findings to NASA, and they are impressed. They offer a raise to you and your team members.
You and Jade start dating, hoping for good years to come.
(display:"The End")You wanted to harm Bart, but you now regret causing Bart's death. Seeing Jade in so much pain has affect you. You believe she deserves to know the truth.
"Jade, I need to tell you something. Bart didn't die of an allergic reaction."
"Sam, what do you mean?"
"I was jealous of Bart. We grew pretty close in college, and I didn't want him to take you away from me."
"Sam, I am horrified. How could you do such a thing! I can't believe you killed Bart!"
"I don't expect you to forgive me, Jade. I just thought you should know."
[[//The Aftermath//|Aftermath2]]After you come back to Earth, you and Jade grow apart. She does not speak with you much anymore, and she keeps a photo of Bart with her at all times.
(display:"The End")