(put: (prompt: "What's your name?") into $name)
(set: $money to 0)
(set: $time to 0)
(set: $education to 0)
(set: $food_service_workday to 0)
Hi $name.
Welcome to your life.
It is the year 2077. Your name is $name, a 40 year old janitor working in a local middle school. As refugees from a terrible Civil War, your parents have never been rich. You’ve known poverty your entire life, and not having access to education means you’ve only done blue-collar work.
The job as a janitor has been the most stable position. You hate the work, but considering the circumstances, it beats living on the streets. With the advent of mass cyborg technology, the rest of the world has been becoming augmented. You are now in the minority of people that remain unaugmented.
You walk into work one day, dreading another day on the job. You walk into the janitor closet and notice [[a pink slip taped to the wall.|Intro 2]]
(set: $time +=1)
(if: $education < 5)[(set: $text to "You begin the interview process, which starts with a 100 question online quiz. Unfortunately, you fail the quiz horribly. You don't have the necessary qualifications. [[back.|Jobs]]")]
(elseif: $education < 12)[(set: $text to "You begin the interview process, which starts with a 100 question online quiz. You pass the quiz and move onto the interview! However, you never get a call back from the company. You don't have the necessary qualifications. [[back.|Jobs]]")]
(else:)[(set: $text to "After a rigorous process involving a 100 question test and interview, you finally made it. [[Schmoogle is glad to have you.|CompSciPortal]]")]
$text
Some cyborgs often choose to take nutrition pills and charge up instead of eating food. Nevertheless, many still enjoy eating food, so there is a considerable amount of available jobs in food services.
With some luck, you [[manage to land a job as a waiter|Time to Go to Work!]]. (set: $food_service_workday to 0)
(set: $time +=1)
“$name, we would like to thank you for the 10 years of service. However, we have found augmented candidates that are a better fit for your position. We will no longer be needing your help.”
You feel your heart skip a beat. This was the only job you knew how to do. Without an education, resources, or cyborg augmentations, how will you may it in this world?
You decide to embark on a quest to join the cyborg ranks. This will be a difficult journey, since augmentations are incredibly expensive. $name is already 40 years old, and time is quickly running out.
[[You go back to your apartment to make some plans.|Portal]]
(if: $time<20)[
You log on to your computer:
Hi $name.
Welcome to your life...
This is your current bank statement $money.
Your level of education $education.
Amount of days past $time.
Number of friends: 1.
[[Messages.| Message]]
Afterwards you look at the classified section of your local [[newspaper.|Jobs]]]
(else:)[[[Your time is up|Die]]]
(set: $time += 1)
(if: $time<20)[
You have decided to forsake the working world and become a street beggar. You must beg to gain money and cannot learn anything pertinent to work, but you do not have any expenses and can eat at the soup kitchen. Life as a beggar is tough, and you are likely to be mugged.
What do you do?
[[Beg|BEG]]
[[Look for a job|Portal]]
money = $money]
(else:)[[[Why am I coughing up blood?|Die]]]
You go to a clinic to get cybernetic enhancements. The clerk tells you cheapest augmentations cost $50.
(if: $money<50)[[[You are too poor.|Portal]]]
(else:)[[[Purchase cyborg enhancements.|Cyborg Win]]]
[[I am a luddite who is afraid of technology.|Portal]]
$name tries to obtain an education. Good decision! Unfortunately, you have few funds to obtain a formal education, such as one from the famed Commonwealth Institute of Technology. With $money money and $education education, $name tries obtain a better education to get a job that can pay for those expensive augmentations.
(If: $money < 2)[(set:$text to "Unfortunately, $name does not have enough funds to attend the local community college.")]
(else:)[(set:$text to "$name can also spend some money to attend the local community [[college.|Education3]]")]
[[Study at the local college library for free|Education2]]
$text
[[Give up on studying and go back.|Portal]]
"Without an education or money there are not many options. You could always
attempt to [[find a better education.|education]]" - Mom
[[Ignore message...|Portal]]
Looking at the classfied section you discover there isn't much.
NEW JOB POSTINGS:
Schmoogle
Apply now!
[[Computer Engineer|Computer Science Job]]
(set: $restaurant to (either: "Kursty Kurb", "Kentucky Baked Turkey", "WcDonalds", "Redd Rock-It", "Sanic"))
$restaurant
[[Waiter needed!|Food Service Job]]
Alternatively, you can strike out and become a [[vagrant.|HOBO]]
On the side you also see some ads:
Easy [[cybernetic augmentations| Cyborg]]!
Get smarter, faster, and stronger today!
Come to Bunker Hill Community [[College!|education]]
Our students can change the world.
[[Back to computer.|Portal]]
$name spends the next months poring over books at the local public library. You continue to study computer science in the effort to obtain the dream job at Schmoogle. Unfortunately, the cyborgs at the library have advanced text-to-memory technologies that make it extremely easy to learn. $name has to learn the hard way, which is a comparatively arduous task. In order to make enough money for food, you perform odd jobs on the side.
Congratulations! You've gained a little bit of education.
(set: $education to $education + 1)
(set: $time to $time + 1)
[[Go back|education]]
$name has a bit of money saved up, so you spend some on a semester of classes at the local community college. You barely manage to pass your courses, since there is tough competition from cyborgs with neuronal implants. Still, you learn valuable lessons about computer science. Hopefully, that job at Schmoogle isn't too far away!
Congratulations! You've gained some education. Access to education is one of the most effective ways to break class barriers.
(set: $education to $education + 3)
(set: $time to $time + 1)
(set: $money to $money - 2)
[[Go back|education]]
(if: $time <20)[It’s a new day and it’s time for you to go to work. Since you aren’t a cyborg, you are restricted to many inconveniences of the natural human body. That includes being drowsy when waking up. But you need to go to work anyways. You consider [[sleeping in.|Sleep In]]; after all, you probably have a few minutes to spare. Then again, you could [[get up right now|Be There on Time]] and not risk being late. Or maybe this line of work isn’t really your thing, so you [[quit this job|Quit Job]].
(set: $time+=1)]
(else:)[[[Your time is up.|Die]]]
Unfortunately, you are tardy. The manager says, “You’re late, you’re fired, and we are done here”. You feel bad because you need to figure out how to make ends meet. You [[go back home|Portal]]. (set: $time to ($time+1))
You arrive to work on time and the manager is pleased. For some reason, You like to decide how you’re going to work for the day. You could [[work diligently|Work Diligently]] in hopes of getting some good tips, or [[just enough|Just Enough]] so that you won’t feel too tired afterwards. Maybe you could even [[slack off|Slack Off]] and hope that the manager doesn’t notice.
You tell the manager that you will no longer to working at the restaurant. The manger says, “It’s fine. I found an amazing waiter and was figuring out how to break it to you myself”. You [[think about what you’re going to do|Portal]]. (set: $time to ($time+1))
The customers liked your services so you collected 2 dollars in tips. You [[go back home|After Work]] (set: $money to ($money+2))
The customers were satisfied you services so you collected a dollar in tips. You [[go back home|After Work]] (set: $money to ($money+1))
Hoping didn’t really work because the manager installed some monitors that detect laziness. The manager says, “You’re fired. You know why”. Now you need to [[go home|Portal]] and think over your life choices. (set: $time to ($time+1))
(set: $food_service_workday to ($food_service_workday+1))
(if:($food_service_workday > 3))[You have a hunch that something’s [[wrong.|Get Fired]]]
(else:)[[[You lived another day at work!|Time to Go to Work!]]]
The manager reveals, “$name, we recently found another waiter, who has augmentations and will probably do a much better job than you can. I’m going to have to lay you off”. You go home pretty sad, but you don’t give up on your dreams, right?
[[Yes, I want to be a cyborg|Portal]]
[[No, life’s too hard|Die]]
Unfortunately, you have died of cancer, seems like all that radiation from your janitor days have finally caught up to you. Those cyborg augmentations just seem to be out of reach. Your parents have always told you that hard work pays off. But time is unfortunately a limited resource.
Many of the youth in your time have had parents pay for augmentations. As someone born in unprivilaged conditions, you have to work twice as hard to get half as much as everyone else. With the advent of cyborg technology that is not widely available, the gap between the haves and have-nots is greater than ever before. Maybe in your next lifetime, you'll be able to garner enough money to purchase augmentation.
GAME OVER
[[Start Over?|Intro]]
(set: $time+=1)
(set: $money+=20)
You earn 10 dollars today, which is almost unheard of. So far, you love your job. Maybe a little bit too much.
[[Go back home|CompSciPortal]]
You try to beg for money.
(if: ($time is 3) or ($time is 6) or ($time is 9) or ($time is 12) or ($time is 15) or ($time is 18))[
You are about to be mugged!
What do you do?
[[Get Mugged|MUGGED]]
(if: ($education > 5) )[
[[Reason with your attackers| REASON]]
]
(if: ($education > 10) )[
[[Fend off your attackers| FIGHT]]]
]
(if: not (($time is 3) or ($time is 6) or ($time is 9) or ($time is 12) or ($time is 15) or ($time is 18)))[
[[Beg for money|getmoney]]]
A cyborg thug beats you up and takes all of your money. As an unaugmented individual, you have no chance of winning the fist fight.
(set: $money = 0)
[[Crawl back to your trashcan fire|HOBO]]
You try to reason with your attackers. Thankfully, your higher education allows you to speak with sesquipidalian loquaciousness and confuse them. Their neuronal cybernetic enhancements are overloaded by your vocabulary. You manage to get away while they are working out what you said to them.
[[You keep your money|HOBO]]
You decide to fight off your attackers. You use your advanced knowledge of pressure points, and where the off button is located on their cybernetic limbs. In their disabled state, they cannot harm you.
[[You take their money.|HOBO]](set: $money += 20)
(set: $beggee to (either: "man", "woman", "guy", "girl","gentleman","samaritan"))
(set: $descr to (either: "kind", "nice", "gentle", "kindhearted", "polite", "well-mannered"))
A $descr $beggee gives you some money.
(set: $money += 1)
[[Back to the trashcan fire|HOBO]]
(set: $timeToDeath = 20 - $time)
Congratulations! You are now a cyborg. $name has managed to join the privilaged class of the cybernetically enhanced.
While attaching the cyborg parts, the surgeons found a tumor that would have caused you to die in $timeToDeath days. That was close!
You win the game! [[Replay?|Intro]]
(if: $time <20)[It’s a new day and it’s time for you to go to work. Since you aren’t a cyborg, you are restricted to many inconveniences of the natural human body. That includes being drowsy when waking up. You better [[get up right now|CompSciJob]] so you don't risk being late!
Maybe this line of work isn’t really your thing, so you [[quit this job|Quit Job Comp]].
(set: $time+=1)]
(else:)[[[Your time is up.|Die]]]
You tell the HR manager that you will no longer to working at Schmoogle. The manger says, “It’s fine. I found another amazing coder who has these state of the art neural augmentations”. You [[think about what you’re going to do|Portal]]. (set: $time to ($time+1))