You are at a workshop where your peers are teaching everyone safety tactics on-campus. There is a five minute break, and people are talking.\n\nSomeone in the corner says something, and suddenly the room is whispering like wildfire. You keep asking for people to tell you, but no one hears you. The workshop leader is told before you are and she steps out of the room. Finally you're told that someone was drugged at a party last week. Your second thought is, [["That's monstrous."|Student-Counselor-One-AB]]\n\nThe leader hasn't come back. You're all restless. You look around, and you realize everyone is wondering the same thing. What do you do? This is what you're being trained for.\n\n[[You don't know what to do.|Party-One]]
You call an emergency meeting.\n\nYou and your fellow student leaders gather last minute, late in the night. Earlier today the entire campus-- including your council-- heard the news. You know you'll have to take a stance and make a statement, but you can't make that decision without support from everyone.\n\n"We're here to serve the needs of the students," your sophomore representative says. "We can't stay silent about [[rape|ASG-One-BA]]."\n\nIt isn't your council's jurisdiction to pass judgment on students. That being said, making broad claims about values or issues isn't unheard of.\n\nYou propose releasing a statement that reiterates the university's stance on sexual assault and how your council will be working with them in pursuit of the truth. There are a couple nods and murmurs of agreement, but the sophomore seems livid.\n\n"The 'pursuit of truth' is already taking the assaulter's side!" She says. "We shouldn't work to know what happened, we need to focus on bringing justice. The university won't take action unless we pressure them, so we have to be firm about this."\n\n"And what if @@color:gray;she's lying?@@" Someone says.\n\n"Then it's the best case scenario! No one was assaulted, and we've made it clear that it won't be accepted if someone else ever is." Your sophomore representative turns to you in a way that reminds you of young child tasked with tying their shoes on their own for the first time. "Please," she says, "We have to denounce this."\n\n[[You don't.|Guymate-One]]
You call an emergency meeting.\n\nYou and your fellow student leaders gather last minute, late in the night. Earlier today the entire campus-- including your council-- heard the news. You know you'll have to take a stance and make a statement, but you can't make that decision without support from everyone.\n\n"We're here to serve the needs of the students," your sophomore representative says. "We can't stay silent about rape."\n\n@@color:gray;"Alleged rape," the freshman representative adds. Glares are sent her way, and she reluctantly shrugs. "Innocent until proven guilty is a thing, guys."@@\n\nIt isn't your council's jurisdiction to pass judgment on students. That being said, making broad claims about values or issues isn't unheard of.\n\nYou propose releasing a statement that reiterates the university's stance on sexual assault and how your council will be working with them in pursuit of the truth. There are a couple nods and murmurs of agreement, but the sophomore seems livid.\n\n"The 'pursuit of truth' is already taking the assaulter's side!" She says. "We shouldn't work to know what happened, we need to focus on bringing justice. The university won't take action unless we pressure them, so we have to be firm about this."\n\n"And what if they [[can't prove it?|ASG-One-AB]]" Someone says.\n\n"Then it's the best case scenario! No one was assaulted, and we've made it clear that it won't be accepted if someone else ever is." Your sophomore representative turns to you in a way that reminds you of young child tasked with tying their shoes on their own for the first time. "Please," she says, "We have to denounce this."\n\n[[You don't.|Guymate-One]]
This game contains references to rape culture, sexual harassment, and sexual assault. There is no right way to play.\n\nIt is a work of fiction. Any similarities between this game and real life events are coincidental.\n\n[[Start|Student-Counselor-One]]
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You're at the office two days after the protest. It's almost lunch, so most people are gathered around and talking.\n\n"I saw it on ABC last night," your friend says. "Justin's coworkers have been pestering him nonstop. As if he even knows anything to share!"\n\n"My kids have been doing the same. I don't know what to say."\n\n"Oh, and that's the worse part! @@color:gray;How do you talk to your children about rape?@@ It's just such an unfortunate situation."\n\n"They've been in the meeting room all day," you chirp in. Everyone turns to you and you feel your anxiety spike a bit. "I mean, I can only assume that means we'll be saying something soon."\n\nThe university's president sends out an e-mail to the entire student body and faculty two hours later. Most notable is the ending line: "Further investigations are underway. We will continue to work to keep our campus safe."\n\nYou've worked here three years now.\n\n[[You know that e-mail means nothing.|Party-Two]]
Your roommate is crying.\n\nIt's barely 5am. You didn't hear her come in, but her quiet sobs woke you up. You don't want to intrude, so you stay perfectly still with one eye squinted open. You're focused on distinguishing her body from the darkness of the room. Eventually you think you've found her outline sitting on the edge of the bed. You see her shoulders shaking.\n\nIf she wanted help, she would probably wake you up, but she isn't, so she probably doesn't want you to know that she's upset. You don't want to make her feel bad for feeling bad.\n\nShe doesn't stop crying but there's nothing you can do. You resolve to casually ask her about last night tomorrow morning and see what she says then.\n\n[[You close your eyes and tune her out until you fall asleep.|ASG-One]]
You are looking at the students' protest. There's a crowd of tightly packed people holding signs and livestreaming everyone around them. Ahead of them on the steps of the adminstration building stand a couple well known campus activists equipped with megaphones and a lot of frustration.\n\n@@color:gray;"HEY HEY! HO HO! THEY DRUGGED HER, THEY'VE GOT TO GO!\nHEY HEY! HO HO! THEY DRUGGED HER, THEY'VE GOT TO GO!"@@\n\nFrom the outside, the students have become an amorphous creature. Everyone perks up and chants as one, then shrinks back down and listens. The ebb and flow between the leaders and the crowd is seamless and honestly terrifying. @@color:gray;You weren't even at the party,@@ but you still feel guilty for something you aren't sure of just by watching them.\n\nThey go on to call out the student government for releasing an "ineffective and condoning" statement. You haven't read it yourself, but you've heard that they never outright passed a judgment on it all.\n\nYour friend suddenly detaches from the creature like a discarded limb. She sees you and beckons you over.\n\n[[You smile, but shake your head and walk away.|Professor-One]]
You're washing dishes when your roommate comes home. He walks into the kitchen and you make eye contact. You open your mouth to say something, but nothing comes out, so instead you just stand there, frozen in spot, scalding water pouring over the plate you're holding mid-air.\n\n"What?" He finally asks. He looks at you like he's ready to fight, but also ready to lose a fight. You want to ask. You have to ask.\n\n[["Forget it," you say, not sure what you're referring to.|Adminstration-One]]
You are at a workshop where your peers are teaching everyone safety tactics on-campus. There is a five minute break, and people are talking.\n\nSomeone in the corner says something, and suddenly the room is whispering like wildfire. You keep asking for people to tell you, but no one hears you. The workshop leader is told before you are and she steps out of the room. Finally you're told that someone was drugged at a party last week. Your third thought is, @@color:gray;"She must have put her drink down."@@\n\nThe leader hasn't come back. You're all restless. You look around, and you realize everyone is wondering the same thing. What do you do? This is what you're being trained for.\n\n[[You don't know what to do.|Party-One]]
You're at the party. It's decently crowded, and kind of fun.\n\n@@color:gray;The people who live here are one of the only people who can have on-campus parties.@@ You haven't gone to one in a while, but this last week was killer with work, and the next one won't be too bad, so this is as good a time as ever.\n\nYour friends bring you another drink. @@color:gray;You only let your friends get you drinks.@@ When they left a cute stranger started talking with you. But you're in a relationship now, so you cut that off.\n\n[[You dance all night.|Protest-One]]
You're at the party. It's decently crowded, and kind of fun.\n\nThe people who live here have parties [[all the time.|Party-One-A]] You haven't gone to one in a while, but this last week was killer with work, and the next one won't be too bad, so this is as good a time as ever.\n\n[[Your friends|Party-One-B]] bring you another drink. When they left a cute stranger started talking with you. But you're in a relationship now, so you cut that off.\n\n[[You dance all night.|Protest-One]]
You're at the office two days after the protest. It's almost lunch, so most people are gathered around and talking.\n\n"I saw it on ABC last night," your friend says. "Justin's coworkers have been pestering him nonstop. As if he even knows anything to share!"\n\n"My kids have been doing the same. I don't know what to say."\n\n"Oh, and that's the worse part! [[What do you say?|Adminstration-One-A]] It's just such an unfortunate situation."\n\n"They've been in the meeting room all day," you chirp in. Everyone turns to you and you feel your anxiety spike a bit. "I mean, I can only assume that means we'll be saying something soon."\n\nThe university's president sends out an e-mail to the entire student body and faculty two hours later. Most notable is the ending line: "Further investigations are underway. We will continue to work to keep our campus safe."\n\nYou've worked here three years now.\n\n[[You know that e-mail means nothing.|Party-Two]]
You are in the middle of the protest.\n\nYou can't believe you were there. You were at the party when it happened and you didn't even realize. You haven't been able to tell anyone about the deep pit in your stomach ever since @@color:gray;you realized that could have been you.@@\n\nThe protest is winding down and your voice hurts from yelling so much. You don't know if anything will come of this, but you've prayed every night and asked for guidance and justice each time. It's the only thing that helps with the panic attacks you've had all week.\n\nAfterwards you find your boyfriend. He hugs you and holds you close while he says, "This was such a weird environment. They were so aggressive against all the guys who lived there, you know? Even though it was just one of them. It made me feel unsafe, honestly."\n\nYou want to tell him his arms feel foreign on you. You want to tell him you've had four panic attacks in the last two days. You want to tell him you feel unsafe everywhere now.\n\n[[You tell him you're sorry and that they were being a little intense.|Roommate-Two]]
You call an emergency meeting.\n\nYou and your fellow student leaders gather last minute, late in the night. Earlier today the entire campus-- including your council-- heard the news. You know you'll have to take a stance and make a statement, but you can't make that decision without support from everyone.\n\n"We're here to serve the needs of the students," your sophomore representative says. "We can't stay silent about rape."\n\n@@color:gray;"Alleged rape," the freshman representative adds. Glares are sent her way, and she reluctantly shrugs. "Innocent until proven guilty is a thing, guys."@@\n\nIt isn't your council's jurisdiction to pass judgment on students. That being said, making broad claims about values or issues isn't unheard of.\n\nYou propose releasing a statement that reiterates the university's stance on sexual assault and how your council will be working with them in pursuit of the truth. There are a couple nods and murmurs of agreement, but the sophomore seems livid.\n\n"The 'pursuit of truth' is already taking the assaulter's side!" She says. "We shouldn't work to know what happened, we need to focus on bringing justice. The university won't take action unless we pressure them, so we have to be firm about this."\n\n"And what if @@color:gray;she's lying?@@" Someone says.\n\n"Then it's the best case scenario! No one was assaulted, and we've made it clear that it won't be accepted if someone else ever is." Your sophomore representative turns to you in a way that reminds you of young child tasked with tying their shoes on their own for the first time. "Please," she says, "We have to denounce this."\n\n[[You don't.|Guymate-One]]
You're reading the newest statement from the administration. Apparently, the evidence wasn't incriminating. They're letting him stay on campus and the house can still have parties.\n\nCampus is devestated. You're furious at the adminstration for doing [[nothing.|Protest-Two-A]]\n\n[[You forget about it two weeks later.|Survivor-One]]
You are in the middle of the protest.\n\nYou can't believe you were there. You were at the party when it happened and you didn't even realize. You haven't been able to tell anyone about the deep pit in your stomach ever since [[you've heard|Party-Two-A]].\n\nThe protest is winding down and your voice hurts from yelling so much. You don't know if anything will come of this, but you've prayed every night and asked for guidance and justice each time. It's the only thing that helps with the panic attacks you've had all week.\n\nAfterwards you find your boyfriend. He hugs you and holds you close while he says, "This was such a weird environment. They were so aggressive against all the guys who lived there, you know? Even though it was just one of them. It made me feel unsafe, honestly."\n\nYou want to tell him his arms feel foreign on you. You want to tell him you've had four panic attacks in the last two days. You want to tell him you feel unsafe everywhere now.\n\n[[You tell him you're sorry and that they were being a little intense.|Roommate-Two]]
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You are looking at the students' protest. There's a crowd of tightly packed people holding signs and livestreaming everyone around them. Ahead of them on the steps of the adminstration building stand a couple well known campus activists [[equipped with megaphones and a lot of frustration|Protest-One-A]].\n\nFrom the outside, the students have become an amorphous creature. Everyone perks up and chants as one, then shrinks back down and listens. The ebb and flow between the leaders and the crowd is seamless and honestly terrifying. [[You aren't even vaguely involved|Protest-One-B]], but you still feel guilty for something you aren't sure of just by watching them.\n\nThey go on to call out the student government for releasing an "ineffective and condoning" statement. You haven't read it yourself, but you've heard that they never outright passed a judgment on it all.\n\nYour friend suddenly detaches from the creature like a discarded limb. She sees you and beckons you over.\n\n[[You smile, but shake your head and walk away.|Professor-One]]
Your roommate hasn't said a word all week.\n\n[[You don't push her.|Guymate-Two]]
You are looking at the students' protest. There's a crowd of tightly packed people holding signs and livestreaming everyone around them. Ahead of them on the steps of the adminstration building stand a couple well known campus activists equipped with megaphones and a lot of frustration.\n\n@@color:gray;"HEY HEY! HO HO! THEY DRUGGED HER, THEY'VE GOT TO GO!\nHEY HEY! HO HO! THEY DRUGGED HER, THEY'VE GOT TO GO!"@@\n\nFrom the outside, the students have become an amorphous creature. Everyone perks up and chants as one, then shrinks back down and listens. The ebb and flow between the leaders and the crowd is seamless and honestly terrifying. @@color:gray;You weren't even at the party,@@ but you still feel guilty for something you aren't sure of just by watching them.\n\nThey go on to call out the student government for releasing an "ineffective and condoning" statement. You haven't read it yourself, but you've heard that they never outright passed a judgment on it all.\n\nYour friend suddenly detaches from the creature like a discarded limb. She sees you and beckons you over.\n\n[[You smile, but shake your head and walk away.|Professor-One]]
You're at the party. It's decently crowded, and kind of fun.\n\nThe people who live here have parties [[all the time.|Party-One-BA]] You haven't gone to one in a while, but this last week was killer with work, and the next one won't be too bad, so this is as good a time as ever.\n\nYour friends bring you another drink. @@color:gray;You only let your friends get you drinks.@@ When they left a cute stranger started talking with you. But you're in a relationship now, so you cut that off.\n\n[[You dance all night.|Protest-One]]
You're at the party. It's decently crowded, and kind of fun.\n\n@@color:gray;The people who live here are one of the only people who can have on-campus parties.@@ You haven't gone to one in a while, but this last week was killer with work, and the next one won't be too bad, so this is as good a time as ever.\n\n[[Your friends|Party-One-AB]] bring you another drink. When they left a cute stranger started talking with you. But you're in a relationship now, so you cut that off.\n\n[[You dance all night.|Protest-One]]
You're reading the newest statement from the administration. Apparently, the evidence wasn't incriminating. They're letting him stay on campus and the house can still have parties.\n\nCampus is devestated. You're furious at the adminstration for doing nothing. @@color:gray;But then, what did you do?@@\n\n[[You forget about it two weeks later.|Survivor-One]]
You were drugged and sexually assaulted within the past week. No one on campus knows aside from you.\n\n<strong>@@color:#3366BB;You go to the police station.\n\nYou file an anonymous report.@@</strong>\n\n[[You don't say anything.|End]]
You call an emergency meeting.\n\nYou and your fellow student leaders gather last minute, late in the night. Earlier today the entire campus-- including your council-- heard the news. You know you'll have to take a stance and make a statement, but you can't make that decision without support from everyone.\n\n"We're here to serve the needs of the students," your sophomore representative says. "We can't stay silent about rape."\n\n@@color:gray;"Alleged rape," the freshman representative adds. Glares are sent her way, and she reluctantly shrugs. "Innocent until proven guilty is a thing, guys."@@\n\nIt isn't your council's jurisdiction to pass judgment on students. That being said, making broad claims about values or issues isn't unheard of.\n\nYou propose releasing a statement that reiterates the university's stance on sexual assault and how your council will be working with them in pursuit of the truth. There are a couple nods and murmurs of agreement, but the sophomore seems livid.\n\n"The 'pursuit of truth' is already taking the assaulter's side!" She says. "We shouldn't work to know what happened, we need to focus on bringing justice. The university won't take action unless we pressure them, so we have to be firm about this."\n\n"And what if @@color:gray;she's lying?@@" Someone says.\n\n"Then it's the best case scenario! No one was assaulted, and we've made it clear that it won't be accepted if someone else ever is." Your sophomore representative turns to you in a way that reminds you of young child tasked with tying their shoes on their own for the first time. "Please," she says, "We have to denounce this."\n\n[[You don't.|Guymate-One]]
You are looking at the students' protest. There's a crowd of tightly packed people holding signs and livestreaming everyone around them. Ahead of them on the steps of the adminstration building stand a couple well known campus activists equipped with megaphones and a lot of frustration.\n\n@@color:gray;"HEY HEY! HO HO! THEY DRUGGED HER, THEY'VE GOT TO GO!\nHEY HEY! HO HO! THEY DRUGGED HER, THEY'VE GOT TO GO!"@@\n\nFrom the outside, the students have become an amorphous creature. Everyone perks up and chants as one, then shrinks back down and listens. The ebb and flow between the leaders and the crowd is seamless and honestly terrifying. [[You aren't even vaguely involved|Protest-One-AB]], but you still feel guilty for something you aren't sure of just by watching them.\n\nThey go on to call out the student government for releasing an "ineffective and condoning" statement. You haven't read it yourself, but you've heard that they never outright passed a judgment on it all.\n\nYour friend suddenly detaches from the creature like a discarded limb. She sees you and beckons you over.\n\n[[You smile, but shake your head and walk away.|Professor-One]]
You are looking at the students' protest. There's a crowd of tightly packed people holding signs and livestreaming everyone around them. Ahead of them on the steps of the adminstration building stand a couple well known campus activists [[equipped with megaphones and a lot of frustration|Protest-One-BA]].\n\nFrom the outside, the students have become an amorphous creature. Everyone perks up and chants as one, then shrinks back down and listens. The ebb and flow between the leaders and the crowd is seamless and honestly terrifying. @@color:gray;You weren't even at the party,@@ but you still feel guilty for something you aren't sure of just by watching them.\n\nThey go on to call out the student government for releasing an "ineffective and condoning" statement. You haven't read it yourself, but you've heard that they never outright passed a judgment on it all.\n\nYour friend suddenly detaches from the creature like a discarded limb. She sees you and beckons you over.\n\n[[You smile, but shake your head and walk away.|Professor-One]]
You call an emergency meeting.\n\nYou and your fellow student leaders gather last minute, late in the night. Earlier today the entire campus-- including your council-- heard the news. You know you'll have to take a stance and make a statement, but you can't make that decision without support from everyone.\n\n"We're here to serve the needs of the students," your sophomore representative says. "We can't stay silent about [[rape|ASG-One-A]]."\n\nIt isn't your council's jurisdiction to pass judgment on students. That being said, making broad claims about values or issues isn't unheard of.\n\nYou propose releasing a statement that reiterates the university's stance on sexual assault and how your council will be working with them in pursuit of the truth. There are a couple nods and murmurs of agreement, but the sophomore seems livid.\n\n"The 'pursuit of truth' is already taking the assaulter's side!" She says. "We shouldn't work to know what happened, we need to focus on bringing justice. The university won't take action unless we pressure them, so we have to be firm about this."\n\n"And what if they [[can't prove it?|ASG-One-B]]" Someone says.\n\n"Then it's the best case scenario! No one was assaulted, and we've made it clear that it won't be accepted if someone else ever is." Your sophomore representative turns to you in a way that reminds you of young child tasked with tying their shoes on their own for the first time. "Please," she says, "We have to denounce this."\n\n[[You don't.|Guymate-One]]
You're at the party. It's decently crowded, and kind of fun.\n\n@@color:gray;The people who live here are one of the only people who can have on-campus parties.@@ You haven't gone to one in a while, but this last week was killer with work, and the next one won't be too bad, so this is as good a time as ever.\n\nYour friends bring you another drink. @@color:gray;You only let your friends get you drinks.@@ When they left a cute stranger started talking with you. But you're in a relationship now, so you cut that off.\n\n[[You dance all night.|Protest-One]]
You are at a workshop where your peers are teaching everyone safety tactics on-campus. There is a five minute break, and people are talking.\n\nSomeone in the corner says something, and suddenly the room is whispering like wildfire. You keep asking for people to tell you, but no one hears you. The workshop leader is told before you are and she steps out of the room. Finally you're told that someone was drugged at a party last week. Your first thought is, [["This is why I don't go to those parties."|Student-Counselor-One-A]]\n\nThe leader hasn't come back. You're all restless. You look around, and you realize everyone is wondering the same thing. What do you do? This is what you're being trained for.\n\n[[You don't know what to do.|Party-One]]
Kinsey Erickson
You're ashamed to come back to your house ever since you defended everyone in public.\n\n[[You don't know if you should have.|Protest-Two]]
You are packing your bag after lecture. One of your students approaches you near the podium. She's holding her backpack in front of her with a tight grip. When she asks you for an extension on an assignment that was due at the start of class, her voice is quiet, but steady.\n\n"I'm sorry," you say, "But like it says on the syllabus, I don't allow extensions except in dire cases."\n\nShe seems to hover there for a moment, and you wait, unsure if she's going to say anything in response. But then she nods and hurries out the classroom.\n\n[[You wonder if anyone understands that there are rules for a reason.|Roommate-One]]