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[> Say "Come on, guy! Don't be like that! We have to work together if we're going to get out of this mess."]

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> Say "Come on, guy! Don't be like that! We have to work together if we're going to get out of this mess."

The man responds with a hearty "Fuck you!"

You have a feeling he will not cooperate unless you grant him his request for a firearm.

Is anyone else but Ponch still playing?

[> Say "Trust is a two way street, friend. How do I know you don't have a gun? Either we can work together to get out of this mess, or you can stay down here by yourself and die alone, afraid, and wearing soggy socks. It's up to you. You want to come with me or not?"]

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> Say  "Trust is a two way street, friend. How do I know you don't have a gun? Either we can work together to get out of this mess, or you can stay down here by yourself and die alone, afraid, and wearing soggy socks. It's up to you. You want to come with me or not?"

You explain your motivations to the man and try to get the man to cooperate.

Man: "No way! I've already been shot at once today and that's plenty. I know how this goes, I turn my back to you and you shoot me for my access card or my code or something! NO! Gimme a gun or we aren't talking anymore!"

The man runs off to the direction of the break room and disappears from your sight.

Game status: Awaiting > input

[> Say "Sorry. Just sort of flipped out there. It's been a stressful night. How are you holding up, buddy? You okay?" (Look sincere and concerned while saying this)]

Sorry for the delay. I've been sick lately and couldn't bring myself to stay on the computer for long. Now I'm back and updates shall resume.

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> Say "Sorry. Just sort of flipped out there. It's been a stressful night. How are you holding up, buddy? You okay?" (Look sincere and concerned while saying this)

You explain your behavior as an acute onset of temporary insanity. The man does not seem very assuaged by you explanation, but does not flee either. He eyes you suspiciously and tells you:

Man: "Look, I... Wait... What?"

The man looks at the ID badge you are visibly wearing on your chest and suddenly he is clearly alarmed.

Man: "What did you do to Charles? You killed him, didn't you?"

Before you have a chance to even try explaining yourself the man makes a demand:

Man: "I don't know who you are or what you want. Maybe you're trapped, maybe youre one of them. Here's the deal. I don't trust you, and I won't trust you unless I'm the one with power here. You hand me your gun, I know you are hiding one, and we'll talk. Otherwise, back off!"

Complaining about ads is pointless: ads will continue to exist and prosper for as long as people want to be paid for their creations and other people are unwilling to pay, but still want the content. It's a price you pay if you want the content.

The new layout is fine by me, although it does trouble me that where the old one could be easily customized, the new cannot. Makes differentiating between channels and styles a bit harder.

I can't believe this discussion just took place... For multiple reasons...

Khris, who is Icy? Are you making fun 'o' me.

"Oh yes, there will be trolls"

A video game character's life is full of tough decisions:

[> Make universally readable "i am not a thread" gesture, then greet man]

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> Make universally readable "i am not a thread" gesture, then greet man

You take a moment to ponder what would be the best way to convey the fact that you are in fact not a piece of thread and are, in fact, a human being. You opt to emote a primate and screech like a bewildered orangutang. The man takes a few steps back, probably in awe at your skills at behaving like a primate.



You calm down just before the unknown man runs out the door and casually greet the man:

You: "Hi"

The man looks at you, clearly still confused by the awesomeness of your act.

Man: "H-hi..."

I will make sure to take note of that little typo, Ghost. And sorry, editing it now is waaaay too late! 

[> Resist urge to pee myself (just a little, out of fear). Go back to the hallway and try to contact the guy in the other room.]

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> Resist urge to pee myself (just a little, out of fear). Go back to the hallway and try to contact the guy in the other room.

You try to resist the urge...



The urge is quite strong as you ponder the infinite amounts of water that must be looming just above your head, ready to crush your worthless self. The urge grows ever stronger but you fight it and manage to eventually resist it.



You decide to exit the apartment of Mr. Newell and to investigate the noises you heard earlier. As you step through the door a man's voice shouts out:

"JESUS FUCKING CHRIST DONT KILL ME!"

You step into the corridor and face a pale, bald man who is visibly shaking as he eyes you with a frightened look. He takes a step back away from you and asks:
"Who are you? You from the main facility, one of the good guys? What's the passcode!? Take one step and I will kill you, okay? Okay? Jesus, okay? Don't kill me..."

The man is visibly shaking as he talks and looks like he might run off any second now.

[> Wave back, urgently]

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> Wave back, urgently

You wave your hand furiously, hoping to attract the attentio of the man with the flashlight. However the man does not seem to notice you and he continues on his way, quickly disappearing from direct sight. You can still see a faint glow of light in the other windows of the otherwise dark tunnel. The source of the light is moving away from you, towards the larger structure in the distance.

[> Look through the window]

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> Look through the window

Oh come on, this must be the third time the voices in your head have told you to look through the window. What could possibly be there that would be interesting enough to...

Look...

At....



Outside you see a lightless underwater landscape. You think the glass of the window is somehow enhancing the brightness of the view. There appears to be some sort of tube running from the part of the building you can see on the left, curving in the distance and entering the building you can see in the distance. You think you can see someone waving a flashlight through the window of the tube.

[> Read note sent at 14.06.12.]

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> Read note sent at 14.06.12.


The document reads as follows:

Code: ags

Sent to supervisor - 14.06.12

Worklist - Completed
Compiler: EUS-FAC-02 // HoS // Newell. G // ID: 668428
Supervisor: Emma Watkins (EUF-02//MFS-A)



09.06.12
Stephenson - Dome integrity check
Klugman - Quality control
Paterson - Elevator maintenance
Newell G. - Green Security
Brotherton - Tram security patrol, safety
Stuewe - Head-of-kitchen
Godwin - Kitchen assistance

10.06.12
Miller - Quality control
Farley - Weeding, spraying
Godwin - Dome Security, maintenance
Newell C. - Green Security, Tram security patrol
Stuewe - Head-of-kitchen

11.06.12
Stephenson - Dome ventilation check
Miller - Quality control
Newell G. - Dome Security
Godwin - Green Security, Tram security camera maintenance
Stuewe - Head-of-kitchen

12.06.12
Stephenson - Dome ventilation check, cont.
Klugman - Quality control
Brotherton - Green Security, Tram security patrol
Farley - Harvest T, A, P
Newell C. - Dome Security
Stuewe - Head-of-kitchen
Godwin - Kitchen assistance

13.06.12

Stephenson - Reporting, technical staff interviews
Klugman - Quality control
Brotherton - Dome Security, Tram security patrol
Newell G. - Reporting, Security staff interviews
Newell C. - Medical check-ups
Farley - Filtration system maintenance
Stuewe - Head-of-kitchen

Security observations of week
- - - 
The tram surveillance system lost power in late tuesday 12.06.12, was maintenanced on 13.06.12. 
Spare parts salvaged from unused dome surveillance backup system. 
Will forward separate requisition for spare parts to EUS-FAC-01-A.

> Read Noname.txt

You attempt to open the file "noname.txt". The file, however, appears to be empty and perhaps created by accident. The laptop runs out of power and will no longer start.

@Ghost: Nevermind, I misread your message, my bad. I'll be back to update tomorrow when I have my wits about me.

[> Try to read at least memo.txt and skim through the Work folder before the battery dies!]

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> Try to read at least memo.txt and skim through the Work folder before the battery dies!

You take a look at the file labelled "memo.txt". It appears to be a rough draft of some sort of generalized memo to be sent to an unnamed "supervisor of security". The memo appears to state a list of shortcomings in "Green facility" security setup, such as lack of trained personnel, lack of ammunition and weaponry available and the fact that Dome Security is nonexistent. The memo's goal appears to be to request more resources for the security forces of the "EUF-02 facility".

You also skim the folder labelled "work". It contains dozens of unlabelled text files, containing works schedules with names, dates, times and tasks such as "dome weeding", "dome cleaning", "kitchen assist" and "residential cleaning". Most have a note at the top of the file, stating "report sent" and a date. The last date you can find is "14.06.12"

The screen of the laptop dims, as if to save what little power it has left. You feel that the device might shutdown any minute now.

[> "YES! YES, I definitely can! Help would be appreciated though."]

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> "YES! YES, I definitely can! Help would be appreciated though."

"Okay, you know what to do! Get up into the dome and do your job! I'll see if I can get someone to try and join up with if we can get the tram running again, but our people have been forced back from the tram station below so..."

A series of gunshots ring out in the background and you think you can hear a male voice shouting commands in the background. Someone is screaming in pain in the background and things are sounding hectic.

"Shit! They're on my level, shooting up the place! Get to the dome, seal it, and whatever you do, make sure to cut our losses if things get bad. Flooding the main facility is not an opti..."

More gunshots, even closer this time. The lights in the room flicker and go out.

"I have to go! You know what's at stake, fail and we all die!"



The connection closes and the mysterious woman disappears. You wonder who she was and what the hell she was talking about.

[> "Officer Newell is dead. Somebody shot him. People are dead down here in Resident Green and the level is flooding! And what the hell was that explosion?"]

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> "Officer Newell is dead. Somebody shot him. People are dead down here in Resident Green and the level is flooding! And what the hell was that explosion?"

"Damn, I was afraid something like that was about to happen."
The woman looks troubled by your words and taps an unseen keyboard for a short moment before responding.
"What about the others, are there survivors? And what about the dome? Is there any hope of salvaging it? We haven't heard from you since you reported in at the tram station.  We've been worried ever since we saw the lights go out over there."
Something resembling a gunshot sounds in the background and the woman in the screen glances behind her, looking a little pale.
"Dammit! They've reached the main facility. Answers will have to wait, I need to get out of here. You don't have much time either, can you salvage green sector or not?"

What madness is this? Residential Green's continuation was ignored due to something as trivial and small as Skyrim?
I feel offended, good Sir's, deeply offended! 

Got 3880 points and 4/5 people made it. Got repetitive closer to the end, just like the origina.