Searching For

Oh, you're back [[again?->1]]

Did you [[find->2]] what you were looking for?

You know, since we saw you last? [[Yes.->3]] [[No.->3.1]]

[[Oh.->3.2]]

[[I see.->3.3]]

That's [[troubling.->SR]]

Oh, [[you did?->4]]

That's [[wonderful.->5]]

Then might I ask what you're doing here again? [[Searching.->6.1]] [[It's an outlet.->6]]

An outlet? Is there something you're not telling me? [[Yeah, I'm testing some dickhead's game and you're his creation.->7]] [[No.->7.1.1]]

I'm sorry to hear you're [[struggling.->SR1]]

Oh? What are you searching for? [[A purpose.->6.2]] [[Bill.->6.2.1]]

[[FOURTH WALL, SHATTERED. EXPERIENCE, RUINED.->7-2]]

Ah yes, the elusive 'purpose'. I [[understand.->6.3]]

[[Bill?->6.2.2]]

[[''BILL?''->6.2.3]]

That's entirely [[preposterous.->6.2.4]]

There's no [[//Bill//->6.2.5]] here.

I'm offended that you could even [[insinuate->6.2.6]] such a thing.

[[...->6.2.7]]

[[...->6.2.8]]

I'm not talking to you [[anymore.->6.2.9]]

[[...->6.3.1]]

[[Hello?->6.3.2]]

[[Are you there?->6.3.3]]

[[...->6.3.4]]

[[Fine. I'll leave you to sulk.->6.3.5]]

[[...->6.3.6]]

I am not //sulking.// I do not //sulk//[[...->6.3.7]]

[[...->6.3.8]]

I resent [[that.->6.3.9]]

//Sulking// is for [[children.->6.4.1]]

//I// am not a [[child.->6.4.2]]

I'll have you know I am the respectable overseer of this [[experience.->6.4.3]]

I am [[respectable!->6.4.4]]

I won't have //Bill// thrown in my [[face!!->6.4.5]]

[[...anyway.->6.4.6]]

There is no //Bill// [[here.->6.4.7]]

There never was a //Bill// [[here.->6.4.8]]

So, is there something else I can help you with? [[Not really.->6.4.9]]

Then can I ask that you [[respect->6.5.1]] the rules from now on?

Reason to be can be difficult to procure, yes? [[It seems that way.->6.4]] [[Sometimes.->6.4]]

You will find that in life, there is much [[soul-searching->6.5]] to be done.

Then we are of no use to you, and you should be doing something [[productive!->7.1.2]]

But just because the journey can be [[arduous,->6.6]] that is no reason to turn back.

Turning back would erase the [[progress->6.7]] you've made. You can't deprive the world of that.

The day you give up, when that time comes to pass, it will be a sad day, [[indeed.->6.8]]

[[Click to restart.->Start]]

Rules are important and must be [[followed.->6.5.2]]

If you want to [[survive->6.5.3]] in here, that is.

Do you understand? [[Do you understand?->6.5.4]]

... I asked if you understand. [[I asked if you understand.->6.5.5]]

Stop that. [[Stop that.->6.5.6]]

What are you //doing?// [[What are you //doing?//->6.5.7]]

Oh, you are infuriating! [[Oh, you are infuriating!->6.5.8]]

...fine. [[...fine->6.5.9]]

[[...->6.6.1]]

[[...->6.6.2]]

[[...->6.6.3]]

Oh, hello there! And who might you [[be?->6.6.4]]

Are you [[new->6.6.5]] here?

[[...->6.6.6]]

[[...->6.6.7]]

[[...->6.6.8]]

Drat! I thought for certain that my cunning plan of pretending to not recognise you would [[confuse you.->6.6.9]]

And that your lack of attention span would have you wander off into the [[unknown.->6.7.1]]

Never to be [[seen again.->6.7.2]]

Then again, how could I not [[recognise->6.7.3]] somebody so infuriating?

Oh, how [[things->6.7.4]] work out.

[[...->6.7.5]]

No, I'm [[not->6.7.6]] //bitter.//

But I think you should [[leave now.->Edit]]

From this point on, I shan't be [[responding->6.7.8]] to your nonsense. Goodbye.

[[...->6.7.9]]

[[...->6.8.1]]

[[...->6.8.2]]

[[...->6.8.3]]

[[...->6.8.4]]

[[...->6.8.5]]

[[Click to restart.->Start]]

Go! Complete the homework that's been [[sitting->7.1.3]] on your desk for three days already!

You've spent far too long in this [[dark place.->6.7.7]]

I know how hard [[circumstances->SR2]] can be.

And how difficult it is to [[recover.->SR3]]

You're probably [[wondering->SR4]] how I know, yes?

Well, I had this 'friend'[[...->SR5]]

We did everything together in our [[shared office.->SR6]]

He photocopied, I photocopied[[...->SR7]]

He sent out faxes, I sent out faxes[[...->SR8]]

He put rat poison in our boss' coffee mug, I- ... you know, what, I think you [[get it.->SR9]]

There was only //one// thing [[we->SR10]] didn't share...

What was it, I hear you frantically asking [[yourself?->SR11]]

The one thing I never let anybody touch was my [[stapler.->SR12]]

No, not [[even->SR13]] him.

God, I loved that [[stapler.->SR14]]

It was silver, sleek and held up to [[300 staples->SR15]] at a time.

On one particular rainy afternoon, he asked to borrow my [[stapler.->SR16]]

I was feeling happy go lucky; far too trusting on that particular [[unimportant->SR17]] day.

What could //possibly// [[go wrong?->SR18]]

[[...->SR19]]

[[*Deep inhale*->SR20]]

[[*Hard swallow*->SR21]]

[[*Catch in throat*->SR22]] I never saw my stapler again!

How could I have [[been->SR23]] so //stupid?!//

... I miss my [[stapler->SR24]] so much.

I'll never get back what I [[had.->SR25]]

And I certainly never [[spoke->SR26]] to //him// again.

Let this be a lesson to you[[...->SR27]]

If you have a stapler that you really [[love,->SR28]] keep it close to your heart.

Otherwise it could be //''ripped''// away from you in an [[instant!->SR29]]

[[...->SR30]]

I'm so [[sorry.->SR31]]

At this point, I feel I'm too distressed to [[continue->SR32]] our conversation.

I would like to be left [[alone->SR33]] now.

[[...->SR34]]

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[[...->SR38]]

[[Click to restart.->Start]]

Call the friend you left [[hanging->7.1.4]] so you could play this game!

And remember, don't do [[drugs.->7.1.5]]

Wash your hands before you [[eat.->7.1.6]]

And look both ways before you [[cross->7.1.7]] the street.

[[Click to restart.->Start]]