You tap the Akimbo symbol and the application flows onto your screen.\n\nAkimbo was originally created as an aggregator of all content a given user made on Twitter + a few blogging websites, before its creators were sued. Or so you have read, you only just started using it recently. Now, it's just an all purpose miniblog/messenger type thing.\n\n[[You see that you have messages in your inbox.|Inbox]]\n\n[[Your stream is also ready to go.|Stream]]\n\n[[You can return to your tablet's home.|Tablet]]
You flip open the lid and find that this dumpster is mostly empty. Further investigation reveals that there are a few pieces of broken marble counter top! Score! If you can't do anything with it, you're pretty sure you could find someone who could. Maybe Sam.\n\nYou lift the marble out of there and make sure not to break it further as you put it into your cart.\n\n[[You think you've found everything good in this one.|Quarry Dumpsters]]\n<<set $quar_trash = $quar_trash + 1>>\n<<set $quar_dumpster_2 = "yes">>
You marvel momentarily at your possessions. Next to the Microfiche machine is a [[70 year old record player|Record]]\n\n[[a chair made of tires|Chair]] \n\n[[two marionette puppets made from recycled parts|Puppets]]\n\n[[a poster of St. George and the Dragon done in the style of Lisa Frank|Lisa]] \n\n[[the only (physical) fanletter you ever received, framed|Fanmail]]\n\n[[and a stuffed animal mascot of interminable origin|Mascot]]\n\n[[amongst other less interesting errata|Errata]].\n\nYou swing your legs over the bed and walk over to the coffee machine, head buzzing with memories of toying with this junk with [[friends|postfriends]].
You awake your tablet with a fingerprint scan and an (unflattering) picture of your face. Your main screen is filled with notifications trying to get your attention. You try to focus on the more important ones.\n\nA few messages on [[Akimbo|Akimbo]]\n\nA couple of [[emails|Email]]\n\nYour daily [[Scavenge Route|Route]]\n\n<<if $things_done gte 3>>You should probably stop fooling around get started on your [[day|Door]].<<endif>>
This spambot is pretty smart. Its page is filled with the\nprototypical links to low-grade internet drugs, but instead of\nthe bland Web 1.0 blue hyperlink on white background style one\nwould expect, the links and ads are all done in fancy Swiss\nfonts with random generated flourishes all around them. You're\npretty sure one of those fonts is the one publishers use for\ncovers of books about young heroines in the Middle East\nghostwritten in English by white dudes.\n\nYou nod sagely at the spambot and return to your [[inbox|Inbox]].
You're pretty sure you only once bought a case of coconut milk or veggie crisps or something years ago, but you still haven't unsubscribed from the Manny's Bulk Organic newsletter. Not that you haven't thought about it. The images don't even load half the time!\n\nYou glance at this week's issue... why would anyone buy a crate of individually wrapped hard-boiled eggs? At least they're pre-shelled. And it's been awhile since you had eggs in general. Maybe you could do something with the box?\n\nNo no no. You [[close|Email]] the email and shake your head at Manny's insidious ways of getting in your head.
You wonder what Haley is up to. You've only seen her in person a couple times since she moved across town to live with her\ngirlfriend. You swing your legs over the bed. Wasn't she on vacation last week? It was some cabin upstate, right? She likes outdoorsy stuff.\n\nYou pick up your cup of coffee, made a couple hours earlier, thanks to some automatic programming. It's still somehow warmer than room temperature. You've got to get to sleep sooner.\n\nYou pick up your [[tablet|Tablet]] from counter. You sigh in relief that the charger pad seems to be working consistently for once.
<<if $things_north lte 4>>You arrive in the middle of the east side. The sky is still grey but no rain looks to be coming. The trees' new leaves rustle above the sidewalks. People walk back and forth between the university and apartment buildings and restaurants and stores.\n\nThe east side could be described as the "hip" part of town, but any neighborhood with a college in it is considered "hip". At the very least it's accomodating to foot/bike traffic. <<else>>The sky has been dark for what you guess has been an hour now. You should [[get back home|Ride Home East]] soon before it gets too dark.<<endif>>\n\nThe east side if full of hustle and bustle and plenty of places to stop, but thanks to your intuition and the Scavenger Route, you know the best places for your time and effort today.\n\n<<if $visit_east_1 eq "no">><<else>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $visit_east_2 eq "no">><<else>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $visit_east_3 eq "no">><<else>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $visit_east_4 eq "no">><<else>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $things_east gte 2>> <<if $visit_east_1 eq "no">> <<else>> <<endif>> <<endif>>
<<silently>>\n<<set $visit_north_1 = "yes">>\n<<set $things_north = $things_north + 1>>\n<<endsilently>>\nAs you approach the textile factory, you are greeted with its familiar smell. It never bothered you quite like it seem to bother other people. Hell, you think it could be enjoyable if it wasn't so thick. \n\nYou spot [[three different dumpsters|Textile Dumpsters]] you could get to without too much bodily harm.\n\n<<set $textile_trash = 0>>\n<<set $tex_dumpster_1 = "no">>\n<<set $tex_dumpster_2 = "no">>\n<<set $tex_dumpster_3 = "no">>
You overslept. You jolt awake with an unneeded urgency, you didn't really need to wake up early this morning. \n\nStill, it's the principle of the thing. \n\nDid you forget to set the [[alarm|Alarm]] last night?\n\n\n<<set $things_done = 0>>
It doesn't take long for your eyes to adjust. It's an overcast early spring day. Long sleeved shirt type of weather. You hope that the rain holds out.\n\nYou walk over to the side of the building and unlock your bike and cart. You think about spraying them down with a new coat of rust protectant but that would require a trip to the workshop. Not that it's a feat to get there.\n\nYour [[storage unit/workshop|Workshop]] is across the street.\n\n[[If you want to go dig on the industrial north side, you should take a left on 28th.|Start North]]\n\n<<silently>>[[If you want to go dig on the downtown east side, you should continue along Division.|Start East]]\n\n[[If you want to go dig on the suburban south side, you should take a right on 30th.|Start South]]<<endsilently>>\n\nYou figure that you can only go to one district today.\n\n<<set $visited_north = "no">>\n<<set $visited_east = "no">>\n<<set $visited_south = "no">>
You walk across the street and find your unit, #23. You slide your key into the lock and pull the faded orange door up. You walk into the dark room, stumbling around, eventually finding the overhead light.\n\nThe light reveals that your workshop has been untouched for awhile. Strips of leather cut from a jacket sit a neat pile on top of the workbench, a vice grip sits ajar, paint and wood glue smells still lingering, a thin layer of sawdust on everything.\n\nThe light from [[outside|Outside]] shines from behind you.\n\n<<if $rust eq "no">> You see the [[rust protectant can|Rust]] on a shelf above the bench. <<endif>>
Nothing quite like quality pancakes. They're bigger than you would've assumed. They even gave you the rack with the various fruit and maple syrups. This is the life.\n\nSomehow you manage to fill your body with all the pancakes. You drink down a few glasses of complementary water and stretch out a bit. You're gonna need some time before you can hop back out the bike.\n\nYou idly glance out at the dumpster in back. Too bad about all the food waste regulations. You saw too many people get absolutely fucked over after eating what should've been okay food.\n\n[[You get back on your bike.|North Side]]
You hop inside the first dumpster and land on top of barlap sack. You stand up quickly and open up the sack. Inside you find a ton of rags absolutely covered in red dye! A few of them have swear words written in black dye on them. Fun times at the mill.\n\nAcross from you is several feet of unfinished curtains, probably sewn incorrectly! You could make sheets or kites or toy sails or even curtains out of these!\n\n[[You think you've found everything good in this one.|Textile Dumpsters]]\n<<set $textile_trash = $textile_trash + 1>>\n<<set $tex_dumpster_1 = "yes">>
You slink around the piles of smoothed stones and sand to get to the dumpsters. Hopefully no one saw you and your weird pace when you try to get sneaky. You look creepy when you do that.\n\nYou do your initial inspection of the dumpsters and rule that they are safe to enter with no shit to cut you up. Now, you can check them out more thoroughly.\n\n<<if $quar_dumpster_1 eq "no">> [[Hop in the first.|Quar Dumpster 1]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $quar_dumpster_2 eq "no">>[[Hop in the second.|Quar Dumpster 2]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $quar_trash gte 2>> Looks like you've cleared this place out. [[Let's head back.|North Side]]<<endif>>
You use your phone to shine a light down into the dumpster. You confirm your suspicion, there's plastic drums of lacquer in there. You hop in to investigate further.\n\nEntire too long and too many missteps later, you've managed to consolidate most of the lacquer remain to a single drum which you carefully lift out of the dumpster.\n\n[[You think you've found everything good in this one.|Textile Dumpsters]]\n<<set $textile_trash = $textile_trash + 1>>\n<<set $tex_dumpster_3 = "yes">>
You hop over discolored puddles and under a fence to get to the three dumpsters. Your long shirt catches on the chain links but you disentangle it and right yourself on the other side.\n\nAs you get up close and personal with the dumpsters, you assure that they are safe to enter no sharp metal or glass to cut you up. Now, you just have to hop on in.\n\n<<if $tex_dumpster_1 eq "no">> [[Hop in the first.|Tex Dumpster 1]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $tex_dumpster_2 eq "no">>[[Hop in the second.|Tex Dumpster 2]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $tex_dumpster_3 eq "no">>[[Hop in the third.|Tex Dumpster 3]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $textile_trash gte 3>> Looks like you've cleared this place out. [[Let's head back.|North Side]]<<endif>>
You thouroughly inspect the dumpsters and judge that they are safe to enter, taking extra time to make sure you aren't going to land in some manure or something. You've go a feeling that you're gonna find something good today.\n\n<<if $coop_dumpster_1 eq "no">> [[Hop in the first.|Co-op Dumpster 1]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $coop_dumpster_2 eq "no">>[[Hop in the second.|Co-op Dumpster 2]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $coop_trash gte 2>> Looks like you've cleared this place out. [[Let's head back.|North Side]]<<endif>>
Reliable old email. You don't use it for much these days but there's still friends that you can only reach through it. Plus newsletters aren't so bad, right?\n\nThis morning you have two new messages.\n\n[[Read the first, from Scoot|Email 1]]\n\n[[Read the second, from Manny's Bulk Organic|Email 2]]\n\n[[You can return to your tablet's home.|Tablet]]
You bring up the route for today. The screen gives you a bunch of options, all nearly identical in time spent but widely different in what places you could hit up. Oh yeah, Thursday, garbage day is tomorrow. Plenty of pickings.\n\nYou download the route to your [[tablet|Tablet]] in case there's another data outage.\n\n<<set $things_done = $things_done + 1>>
You made these with some middle school kids in Albany on season 2 of your TV show. The puppets are made from an odd assortment of scrap wood, milk jugs and fishing line. The faces were painted by two of the kids, one garishily, as a child might paint and the other with a surprising amount of skill for a 12 year old.\n\nThose kids have got to be juniors or seniors by now.\n\nYou marvel momentarily at your possessions. Next to the Microfiche machine is a [[70 year old record player|Record]]\n\n[[a chair made of tires|Chair]] \n\n[[two marionette puppets made from recycled parts|Puppets]]\n\n[[a poster of St. George and the Dragon done in the style of Lisa Frank|Lisa]] \n\n[[the only (physical) fanletter you ever received, framed|Fanmail]]\n\n[[and a stuffed animal mascot of interminable origin|Mascot]]\n\n[[amongst other less interesting errata|Errata]].\n\nYou swing your legs over the bed and walk over to the coffee machine, head buzzing with memories of toying with this junk with [[friends|postfriends]].
You ride out towards the farmer's co-op. The co-op is usually the place with the smallest bit of loot when you visit the north side, but sometimes you find something undeniably excellent. \n\nYou pull around to the back of the supply building, big metal chutes connecting into the other buildings. Kicking up gravel and loose bits of feed, you make your way to the [[two dumpsters|Co-op Dumpsters]].\n<<set $visit_north_4 = "yes">>\n<<set $things_north = $things_north + 1>>\n<<set $coop_trash = 0>>\n<<set $coop_dumpster_1 = "no">>\n<<set $coop_dumpster_2 = "no">>
You guzzle down your lukewarm coffee and pull out some breakfast wafers. No one's watching so you shove the dry things down your throat and wash them down with the last bit of orange juice in the carton. You check your wallet and try to call to mind how much is left in your account.\n\nEnough to eat out today, you figure. You slide your wallet and phone into your pocket and your tablet into your backpack and your backpack onto your back. Fully equipped.\n\nYou walk out your apartment door into the [[hallway|Hallway]].
You pop open the lid hoping to find more bounty but inside the third dumpster is nothing but a stale beer smell. Disappointment washes over you. Such is life.\n\n[[You think you've found everything good in this one.|Brew Dumpsters]]\n<<set $brew_trash = $brew_trash + 1>>\n<<set $brew_dumpster_3 = "yes">>
You ride over to the Quarry supply station. Large hills of sand and rocks poke up behind the gate. You can see some rocks that could be used for a retaining wall neatly stacked up. You wonder if you could sled down the sand pile.\n\n[[Two dumpsters|Quarry Dumpsters]] are thankfully not behind the barbed wire of some of the complex.\n\n<<set $visit_north_2 = "yes">>\n<<set $things_north = $things_north + 1>>\n\n<<set $quar_trash = 0>>\n<<set $quar_dumpster_1 = "no">>\n<<set $quar_dumpster_2 = "no">>
You hop into the dumpster and find several plastic bags full of heavy metal objects. Inside you find a mind-boggling amount of New Years Eve promotional bottle openers. You pocket a few of them.\n\nTrying to find anything that isn't bottle openers takes a few minutes, but eventually you find a couple of undamaged stein-style mugs, branded with last season's temporary brew: Cranberry Something-Or-Other. That's actually what it's called. This brewery is weird.\n\n[[You think you've found everything good in this one.|Brew Dumpsters]]\n<<set $brew_trash = $brew_trash + 1>>\n<<set $brew_dumpster_2 = "yes">>
This was delivered to you early in 2019 and has remained dear to you since. The young man who sent it to you (Deepesh is his name) gushes about your ability to create from the left behind and conventionally worthless. He then remarks on his own work, mentioning greenhouses made from waste plastic.\n\nYou wonder what his life is like now.\n\nYou marvel momentarily at your possessions. Next to the Microfiche machine is a [[70 year old record player|Record]]\n\n[[a chair made of tires|Chair]] \n\n[[two marionette puppets made from recycled parts|Puppets]]\n\n[[a poster of St. George and the Dragon done in the style of Lisa Frank|Lisa]] \n\n[[the only (physical) fanletter you ever received, framed|Fanmail]]\n\n[[and a stuffed animal mascot of interminable origin|Mascot]]\n\n[[amongst other less interesting errata|Errata]].\n\nYou swing your legs over the bed and walk over to the coffee\nmachine, head buzzing with memories of toying with this junk\nwith [[friends|postfriends]].
Going to the brewery is probably your favorite part of picking in the north side. There's something about the smell and the guarantee of getting some good stuff that just brightens your day. The dumpsters are never hard to get into either.\n\nEverything is coming up you as you approach the brewery entrance. You slip behind the building and voila, [[three dumpsters|Brew Dumpsters]].\n\n<<set $visit_north_3 = "yes">>\n<<set $things_north = $things_north + 1>>\n<<set $brew_trash = 0>>\n<<set $brew_dumpster_1 = "no">>\n<<set $brew_dumpster_2 = "no">>\n<<set $brew_dumpster_3 = "no">>
Scavenge Route is a program Scoot and some of his nerd friends made back in 2016 or so. It compiles data on who throws out what and when and uses map data to create potential routes through the city. You've got it set to create these routes automatically, but you haven't gone out much lately, leading to a large backlog. Not that you could use them again. Might as well [[check out|Map]] the fresh one. \n\n[[You can return to your tablet's home.|Tablet]]\n
You spend several minutes hauling your bounty behind the door. Your finds today were surprisingly useful! You figure that you could craft things for a week with this haul. You're tired and don't want to spend too much more time working, but you've got a [[brilliant idea|Brilliant]] that demands attention.
You chuckle a little to yourself as you see it. The giant Microfiche machine you pulled out of the back of the Hoboken Public Library sits proudly next to the other [[crap|Crap]]. You've sworn to nearly everyone who has asked about it that you have an excellent plan to retrofit it into something that has more use than reading ancient newspaper clippings.\n\nTruly, as your closest friends know, you keep it around for the absurd novelty.
She got you good this time, so you should probably not reveal what you have up your sleeve yet. You open up her Mailto and reply.\n\n"you've done well, young grasshopper. but know that i always get revenge. i will have the last laugh, and you know it!"\n\nThat's probably enough awkward faux-threats for one day. You send the message and are redirected to your [[inbox|Inbox]].\n\n<<set $things_done = $things_done + 1>>
There it is. You open the first dumpster and inside is just as you expect, tons and tons of unlabeled, relatively clean beer bottles. You begin taking them eight or so at a time over the rim of the dumpster.\n\nSuddenly a terrifying thought overcomes you. What if all these great bottles weren't being thrown away. What if this was just a giant recycling bin. Shit.\n\nYou end up just taking fewer bottles this time.\n\n[[You think you've found everything good in this one.|Brew Dumpsters]]\n<<set $brew_trash = $brew_trash + 1>>\n<<set $brew_dumpster_1 = "yes">>
One Man's Shit: An Interactive Trash Adventure
You stare at your workbench and pile of crap for a few moments, working out the logistics of it. You start mapping it out in your mind, moving the various bits of salvage to sensical place. You begin pulling out the necessary tools to assemble this masterpiece.\n\nHours slip by, it's nearing midnight when you finally complete your [[great work|Great Work]].
Who the hell is TrashHumper? You open the message with suspicion, not sure what to expect.\n\n"haha betcha can't guess who I am! :'D might want to check out [[my page|TrashHumper]] for a hint!"\n\nVery suspicious indeed. You have a feeling you know who this is.
You don't recognize the name Celia Martinez, but given that her\nusername is her own name (probably), she probably wants a\nserious conversation. You tap the message.\n\n"Hello,\nI run a green contracting company in the Midwest and the\nmanufacturer of my recycled fiberglass insulate just went out of\nbusiness. What are your recommendations for insulate brands?\n-Celia"\n\nBeen awhile since you've worked on insulation, but you know for\nsure that Knauf's EcoBatt is still the best green fibrous \ninsulate around.\n\nYou respond with your recommendation in kind and return to your [[inbox|Inbox]].
You and your friends have been debating with each other about what media or social context this stuffed dog-like animal is from for months now. Every bit of research turns up dry. The best guesses are either it's a long forgotten cartoon or video game character from the 90-00s or something made for a fraternity.\n\nIt probably had a shirt with a logo on it long ago that would make it easier to dig up info, but alas.\n\nYou marvel momentarily at your possessions. Next to the Microfiche machine is a [[70 year old record player|Record]]\n\n[[a chair made of tires|Chair]] \n\n[[two marionette puppets made from recycled parts|Puppets]]\n\n[[a poster of St. George and the Dragon done in the style of Lisa Frank|Lisa]] \n\n[[the only (physical) fanletter you ever received, framed|Fanmail]]\n\n[[and a stuffed animal mascot of interminable origin|Mascot]]\n\n[[amongst other less interesting errata|Errata]].\n\nYou swing your legs over the bed and walk over to the coffee machine, head buzzing with memories of toying with this junk with [[friends|postfriends]].
As you ride up to the diner you feel yourself getting hungrier. You haven't been eating much lately. Maybe it's time to make up for lost meals.\n\nBut you only have so much money, so you decide to settle. You walk up to the counter and ask the waitress for a giant stack of strawberry pancakes. She writes your order down and puts onto that clip-wheel thing and sends it to the back.\n\nYou inspect the diner's decor idly, trying to figure out if it really is decades old or was built during the diner craze a few years back. It's kitschy, but it's almost too kitschy to be genuinely kitschy. Or maybe it was an old diner that got refurbished and new management during the fad.\n\nThe waitress delivers your pancakes. [[Eat em up.|Diner 2]]\n\n<<set $visit_north_5 = "yes">>\n<<set $things_north = $things_north + 1>>
The hallway smells like tobacco but you don't know anyone on this floor that smokes, indoors much less. You walk down the staircase, narrowly avoiding the sharp tack sticking up through the floor through muscle memory. Your eyes adjust as you walk through the door [[outside|Outside]].\n\n<<set $rust = "no">>
Despite a promising initial inspection, on opening the first dumpster you realize that it is full of sand. Can sand expire? Why would you throw away sand???\n\nYou spend some time digging through the sand but you don't find anything but more sand. You don't really have anything to carry sand if you wanted some anyway. Except for your shoes, they're full now.\n\n[[You think you've found everything good in this one.|Quarry Dumpsters]]\n<<set $quar_trash = $quar_trash + 1>>\n<<set $quar_dumpster_1 = "yes">>
You now begin your precarious ride home. You're glad that not many people are on the streets, all this shit is bulky. Clocking some random dude with a giant cardboard tube sounds funny though.\n\nThe sidewalk slabs slowly get less bumpy. You hope you didn't lose any feed or anything. The street lights still seem dimmer than they should be. Was it power draw day already? You could've sworn that was last week. Brownouts really aren't remarkable enough to make an annoyed mental note of.\n\nYou arrive outside your building. You should probably [[drop your stuff off at the workshop|Workshop North]].
You wake your phone up, sliding your finger over the concave surface. You mouth the word "clock" and make an odd sound with your mouth. Your phone somehow parses this correctly.\n\nOf course you didn't set your alarm, that would mean you're a responsible person. Responsible people get things done. You haven't done what could be described as a "Thing" since you spoke at that school in [[Hoboken|Hoboken]]. \n\nEnough self-loathing, let's get going.
Suburban, middle class\n\n<<set $visit_south_1 = "no">>\n<<set $visit_south_2 = "no">>\n<<set $visit_south_3 = "no">>\n<<set $visit_south_4 = "no">>
You hop inside the second dumpster to find a jumble of large empty cardboard tubes. They resisted your weight initially, which gives a good indication of their strength. If they could support your weight they could easily become furniture.\n\nYou pull one of the better looking ones out. These things are too big to take more than one.\n\n[[You think you've found everything good in this one.|Textile Dumpsters]]\n<<set $textile_trash = $textile_trash + 1>>\n<<set $tex_dumpster_2 = "yes">>
A record player next to the Microfiche machine may lead people to assume you are a weird Luddite, but your appreciation is very different between the two machines. You kind of enjoy the sound of old vinyl and there are plenty of odd things out there that only exist on vinyl. \n\nThe Microfiche is just a joke. (As far as you know.)\n\nYou marvel momentarily at your possessions. Next to the Microfiche machine is a [[70 year old record player|Record]]\n\n[[a chair made of tires|Chair]] \n\n[[two marionette puppets made from recycled parts|Puppets]]\n\n[[a poster of St. George and the Dragon done in the style of Lisa Frank|Lisa]] \n\n[[the only (physical) fanletter you ever received, framed|Fanmail]]\n\n[[and a stuffed animal mascot of interminable origin|Mascot]]\n\n[[amongst other less interesting errata|Errata]].\n\nYou swing your legs over the bed and walk over to the coffee machine, head buzzing with memories of toying with this junk with [[friends|postfriends]].
You wonder what Scoot is up to. He's gonna be out west in Sacramento for at least another few months. You miss having him around. You open the email.\n\n"eyyyy, what's up? how ya been? it fuckin rules over here. there are so many good spots and the weathers always real good. why did it take so long for me to leave home?\n\nanyway hope things are chill out there. say hi to sam and haley for me"\n\nYou should probably [[respond|Scoot]].
The speaking circuit was a nice gig. It certainly brought in\nmore money than anything else since NCL wen't bankrupt. Wasn't\ntoo much of a knock on the ol' ego either. As much ego as you\ncan have doing what you do.\n\nThoughts still groggily coalescing around Hoboken, you look\nover at your [[souvenirs|Microfish]], "organized" along the\nside of the room.
Sam got you this absolute masterpiece years ago, but she still refuses to name how or from whom she got it. You've since decided that she must have comissioned it from someone and doesn't want to tell to keep some sort of junk finder cred. It's too perfect.\n\nYou always thought Lisa Frank was underrated.\n\nYou marvel momentarily at your possessions. Next to the Microfiche machine is a [[70 year old record player|Record]]\n\n[[a chair made of tires|Chair]] \n\n[[two marionette puppets made from recycled parts|Puppets]]\n\n[[a poster of St. George and the Dragon done in the style of Lisa Frank|Lisa]] \n\n[[the only (physical) fanletter you ever received, framed|Fanmail]]\n\n[[and a stuffed animal mascot of interminable origin|Mascot]]\n\n[[amongst other less interesting errata|Errata]].\n\nYou swing your legs over the bed and walk over to the coffee machine, head buzzing with memories of toying with this junk with [[friends|postfriends]].
<<if $things_north lte 4>>You arrive in the middle of the north side. The sky is still grey but no rain looks to be coming. The smokestacks and steam valves shoot their own clouds up, at least, the ones in operation do. The pavement is noticably older and more worn than back home, large weeds cover the cracks in between.<<else>>The sky has been dark for what you guess has been an hour now. You should [[get back home|Ride Home North]] soon before it gets too dark.<<endif>>\n\nWhile it isn't the most accomodating place in town, there is still plenty to be seen and do from your perspective. \n\n<<if $visit_north_1 eq "no">>The large [[textile mill|Textile]] is humming with life to the left.<<else>>The large textile mill is humming with life to the left. <<endif>>\n\n<<if $visit_north_2 eq "no">>Further down the street is the [[frontend to a quarry|Quarry]] just outside of town.<<else>>Further down the street is the frontend to a quarry just outside of town.<<endif>>\n\n<<if $visit_north_3 eq "no">>To your right is a [[brewery|Brewery]] that has seen better days.<<else>>To your right is a brewery that has seen better days.<<endif>>\n\n<<if $visit_north_4 eq "no">>Down a block or two to your right is the [[farmer's co-op|Co-op]].<<else>>Down a block or two to your right is the farmer's co-op.<<endif>>\n\n<<if $things_north gte 2>> <<if $visit_north_5 eq "no">>Now that you are starting to get hungry, a trip to the [[mom n pop diner|Diner]] doesn't sound like a bad idea.<<else>>The mom n pop diner bustles along with its evening clientele.<<endif>> <<endif>>
The rest of your belongings gathered here are less impressive. A set of bongos made from a leather jacket nearly make the hall of notability, but only just barely miss the mark on a count of being unfinished.\n\nYou lent your overcoat composed almost entirely of Starburst wrappers and fishing line to Haley as part of a favor. You know she's keeping good care of it.\n\nYou marvel momentarily at your possessions. Next to the Microfiche machine is a [[70 year old record player|Record]]\n\n[[a chair made of tires|Chair]] \n\n[[two marionette puppets made from recycled parts|Puppets]]\n\n[[a poster of St. George and the Dragon done in the style of Lisa Frank|Lisa]] \n\n[[the only (physical) fanletter you ever received, framed|Fanmail]]\n\n[[and a stuffed animal mascot of interminable origin|Mascot]]\n\n[[amongst other less interesting errata|Errata]].\n\nYou swing your legs over the bed and walk over to the coffee machine, head buzzing with memories of toying with this junk with [[friends|postfriends]].
You spray your bike and cart down with the rust protectant. Should be good until summer now.\n\nYou put the can down back in the [[workshop|Workshop]]\n\n<<set $rust = "yes">>
You pop open the lid to the first dumpster and hop inside. Inside you find a open bag of poultry feed! It looks like not much was taken from it. You know some people in your building raise chickens on the roof, so maybe you should take it up with them. But you'll have to check to make sure it isn't rotten or poisoned. \n\nYou lift the bag up and out of the dumpster and put it in your cart.\n\n[[You think you've found everything good in this one.|Co-op Dumpsters]]\n<<set $coop_trash = $coop_trash + 1>>\n<<set $coop_dumpster_1 = "yes">>
You throw the lid open and take a look inside. There doesn't seem to be much in this one. You jump inside and use your phone's light to look around. Off to the opposite side you see some scrap chicken-wire. You walk over to it and pick up some of the pieces.\n\nAfter tossing some of the pieces up, you notice that there is something underneath all of this wire. You push the pile of wire aside and you find something absolutely perfect. A FULL SET OF BUSH/QUAYLE '92 YARD SIGNS!!!!! And most of them are in half decent condition!!!\n\nYou toss your incredible bounty into your cart.\n\n[[You think you've found everything good in this one.|Co-op Dumpsters]]\n<<set $coop_trash = $coop_trash + 1>>\n<<set $coop_dumpster_2 = "yes">>
You glance around at your precious treasure chests. You've done this so many times before but it's still exciting each time. You inspect the dumpster and thankfully there's no excess of broken glass. The dumpsters are safe to enter.\n\n<<if $brew_dumpster_1 eq "no">> [[Hop in the first.|Brew Dumpster 1]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $brew_dumpster_2 eq "no">>[[Hop in the second.|Brew Dumpster 2]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $brew_dumpster_3 eq "no">>[[Hop in the third.|Brew Dumpster 3]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $brew_trash gte 3>> Looks like you've cleared this place out. [[Let's head back.|North Side]]<<endif>>
You have succeeded today! You did a thing! You feel pride in your work! And yourself!\n\nGame over.\n\nThank you for playing!\n\nAuthor: [[Riftoff|http://riftoff.tumblr.com]]\n\nJam: [[Naked|http://pathofnowandforever.tumblr.com/post/72468667237/naked-twine-jam-lets-make-games-together]]\n\nThanks: [[Eva|http://ohnoproblems.tumblr.com]]\n\nAdd. Thanks: Friends, Internet
You open up your Akimbo stream. You aren't feeling particularly energetic today, so you decide to go with auto-aggregator rather than sift through yourself. After a few seconds, the aggregation completes and the video pops up. The video gives you the low down on what's happening in the world and your interests in about two minutes. \n\nCongress is fighting over how much money the fed should put\ninto perma-evac of New Orleans and the rest of the usual\nsuspects. Riots all over Poland. Some dude got killed by the\ncops at a club downtown. Google's emerging AI is indexing \nsatellite images of the entire world, but not progressing as\nquickly as once projected. Performance art of two men using\nspray foam sealant to create phallic symbols that look like\nfamous monuments (or vice versa) and eventually cover their\nown bodies. Twelve new reimaginings of pizza.\n\nYou figure that's [[enough|Akimbo]] for now. Can't spend another day just looking at stuff.
Suddenly, your eyes are assaulted with flashing lights. After reeling momentarily and adjusting to the light, you realize with horror what you are looking at. TrashHumper's page is composed almost entirely of unfortunate gifs of you on your old TV show. Gifs of you jumping into a dumpster. Gifs of you kicking a trash can over. Gifs of you clumsily hitting a piece of wood with a hammer. You know who's responsible for this. She must have just gotten back from vacation.\n\n[["Haley."|ReturnToSender]]
You walk from outside your building to the sidewalks along Division Street. Once you pass a few houses you hop onto your bike and begin pedalling. It's a pretty straight shot to your destination so you take it easy pedalling.\n\nHowever as you get closer there are far more cars and people around. You're getting close to state campus. After having to get off your bike to pass some people without running your cart into them, you move into the streets. Traffic isn't terrible today, no one really wants to go out on a gloomy afternoon like this one.\n\nYou slow down as you pass the large apartment complex shaped like an octagon. You're getting close to the middle of the [[east side|East Side]].\n<<set $visit_east_1 = "no">>\n<<set $visit_east_2 = "no">>\n<<set $visit_east_3 = "no">>\n<<set $visit_east_4 = "no">>\n<<set $visit_east_5 = "no">>\n<<set $things_east = 0>>
You have three new messages in your inbox.\n\n[[Read the first, from TrashHumper|Message 1]]\n\n[[Read the second, from CeliaMartinez|Message 2]]\n\n[[Read the third, from AmphoreticRG|Message 3]]\n\n[[Click to return to Akimbo|Akimbo]]
You walk from outside your building to the corner of Division on 28th, taking a left once you get the walking signal. You hop onto your bike seat and begin riding off to your destination, the North side.\n\nThe north side is the depressed (comparatively) once-industrial part of town. Thankfully, some of the factories and complexes are still open and doing business and business means garbage. A lot of it.\n\nYou slow your pedalling as you come to the first brick smokestack, an improvised milestone. You don't have much [[farther|North Side]] to go.\n\n<<set $visit_north_1 = "no">>\n<<set $visit_north_2 = "no">>\n<<set $visit_north_3 = "no">>\n<<set $visit_north_4 = "no">>\n<<set $visit_north_5 = "no">>\n<<set $things_north = 0>>
You have crafted 1 x [COMFORTABLE BUSH/QUAYLE 92 THRONE WITH MARBLE ACCENT]!\n\nYou have ascended to the level of [GENERATIVE ADULT]!\n\nYour responsibility skill has climbed to 33!\n\nYour crafting skill has climbed to 67!\n\n[[Congratulation!|Congratulation]]
Riftoff\nriftoff.tumblr.com
Though you've fabricated many bigger and better things in your life, the tire chair remains the project that has brought you the most personal satisfaction. You're not sure what it is about it that makes you feel so great, though it being disarmingly comfortable is a boon. You swear that you feel less hungover the nights that you end up sleeping in it.\n\nYou marvel momentarily at your possessions. Next to the Microfiche machine is a [[70 year old record player|Record]]\n\n[[a chair made of tires|Chair]] \n\n[[two marionette puppets made from recycled parts|Puppets]]\n\n[[a poster of St. George and the Dragon done in the style of Lisa Frank|Lisa]] \n\n[[the only (physical) fanletter you ever received, framed|Fanmail]]\n\n[[and a stuffed animal mascot of interminable origin|Mascot]]\n\n[[amongst other less interesting errata|Errata]].\n\n\nYou swing your legs over the bed and walk over to the coffee machine, head buzzing with memories of toying with this junk with [[friends|postfriends]].
You're not sure why you tapped this obvious spam message, but \nyou guess that sometimes they can be entertaining.\n\n"Enjoy beautiful new sights and text! Desfrute de belas vistas novas e texto!"\n\nYour eyes kinda glaze over as you idly tap the [[spammer's page|Spam]]
"hey scoot! things going well out there then? i haven't been doing a whole lot lately but i think today i'm getting back in the saddle. i need to dive, been letting these commitments pile up.\n\nit's weird, as much as i had mixed feelings about the show back then at least it got me up in the morning. three years of responsibility, woo\n\nanyway, i'm gonna get out there and take on the world. ltl."\n\nYou hit send and go back to your [[inbox|Email]].\n\n<<set $things_done = $things_done + 1>>