Your mind ascends, leaving behind the Office with its simple furnishings and telepathic plastic shrubbery.

[Room <<print $room>>]\n\nA <<if ($room is 4)>>medium-sized<<else>>small<<endif>>, plain room.\nAs the hall previously: gray carpet, white semi-gloss walls, flourescent lighting set amongst textured tiles.\n<<if ($room is 4)>>A lone, baige, two-drawer [[filing cabinet|Cabinet][fclockt_v = 0; fclockb_v = 0]] stands on the far side of the room.<<endif>>\n\n<<display Items>>\n<<display Inventory>>\n\n[[Back|Hall][$room = 0]]

You're holding:\n<<if ($clip1 is 6)>>> A paper clip. [[(drop)|passage()][$clip1 = $drawer]]<<endif>>\n<<if ($clip2 is 6)>>> A paper clip. [[(drop)|passage()][$clip2 = $drawer]]<<endif>>\n<<if ($clip3 is 6)>>> A red paper clip. [[(drop)|passage()][$clip3 = $drawer]]<<endif>>\n<<if ($note is 6)>>> A printed note. [[(drop)|passage()][$note = $drawer]] [[(read)|Note][$secret_v = 0]]<<endif>>\n<<if ($key is 6)>>> A small, shiny key. [[(drop)|passage()][$key = $drawer]]<<endif>>\n<<if ($clip1 neq 6) and ($clip2 neq 6) and ($clip3 neq 6) and ($note neq 6) and ($key neq 6)>>> Nothing. <<endif>>

[Room <<print $room>> - Filing Cabinet - <<if ($drawer is 7)>>Top Drawer '<<print $fctdlabel>>'<<else>>Bottom Drawer '<<print $fcbdlabel>>'<<endif>>]\n\n<<if ($clip1 neq $drawer) and ($clip2 neq $drawer) and ($clip3 neq $drawer) and ($key neq $drawer) and ($note neq $drawer)>> There's nothing here.<<endif>>\n\n<<display DrawerItems>>\n<<display DrawerInventory>>\n\n[[Back|Cabinet][fclockt_v = 0; fclockb_v = 0]]

<<if ($clip1 is $room)>>There is a paper clip on the floor here. [[(take)|passage()][$clip1 = 6]]<<endif>>\n<<if ($clip2 is $room)>>There is a paper clip on the floor here. [[(take)|passage()][$clip2 = 6]]<<endif>>\n<<if ($clip3 is $room)>>There is a red paper clip on the floor here. [[(take)|passage()][$clip3 = 6]]<<endif>>\n<<if ($note is $room)>>On the floor you see a printed note. [[(take)|passage()][$note = 6]]<<endif>>\n<<if ($key is $room)>>A key glints in the unnatural light. [[(take)|passage()][$key = 6]]<<endif>>\n

<<if ($key is $drawer)>>A key slides forward. [[(take)|passage()][$key = 6]]<<endif>>\n<<if ($clip1 is $drawer)>>There is a paper clip in here. [[(take)|passage()][$clip1 = 6]]<<endif>>\n<<if ($clip2 is $drawer)>>There is a paper clip in here. [[(take)|passage()][$clip2 = 6]]<<endif>>\n<<if ($clip3 is $drawer)>>There is a red paper clip in here. [[(take)|passage()][$clip3 = 6]]<<endif>>\n<<if ($note is $drawer)>>A printed note sits at the bottom of the drawer. [[(take)|passage()][$note = 6]]<<endif>>

[Room <<print $room>> - Filing Cabinet]<<if ($fclockt is 2)>><<set $fclockt = 0>><<endif>><<if ($fclockb is 2)>><<set $fclockb = 0>><<endif>>\n\nA sheet metal cabinet, about one foot square and two feet tall, with locks, metal handles, and hand written label cards in metal frames.\nThere are two drawers: the top labeled <<print $fctdlabel>>, the bottom <<print $fcbdlabel>>.\n<<if ($fclockt)>>[[Top drawer.|passage()][$fclockt_v = 1]]<<if ($fclockt_v)>> Locked.<<endif>><<else>>[[Top drawer.|Drawer][$drawer = 7;]]<<endif>><<if ($key is 6)>> [[(use key)|passage()][$fclockt += 1; fclockt_v = 0]]<<endif>>\n<<if ($fclockb)>>[[Bottom drawer.|passage()][$fclockb_v = 1]]<<if ($fclockb_v)>> Locked.<<endif>><<else>>[[Bottom drawer.|Drawer][$drawer = 8;]]<<endif>><<if ($key is 6)>> [[(use key)|passage()][$fclockb += 1; fclockb_v = 0]]<<endif>>\n\n<<display Inventory>>\n\n[[Back|Room][$room = 4]]

[Printed Note]\n\n|\n| To all employees:\n|\tPlease return all paperclips to Room 1.\n| Your compliance is appreciated.\n|\n| <<if ($secret_v)>>(the ficus knows)<<else>>..,.,,.,.<<endif>>\n|\n\n<<if (not $secret_v)>>Something small is handwritten near the bottom of the page. [[(read)|passage()][$secret = 0; $secret_v = 1]]<<endif>>\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

[[Test|Hall][$room = 0; $key = 7; $clip1 = random(1,5); $clip2 = random(1,5); $note = 8; $clip3 = 9; $fclockt = 0; $fclockb = 1; $fctdlabel = either("Memos", "Keys", "Files", "Mysteries", "A thru M", "N thru Z"); $fcbdlabel = either("Memos", "Keys", "Files", "Answers", "A thru M", "N thru Z"); $secret = 1; $fail_v = 0]]

You're holding:\n<<if ($clip1 is 6)>>> A paper clip. [[(drop)|passage()][$clip1 = $room]]<<endif>>\n<<if ($clip2 is 6)>>> A paper clip. [[(drop)|passage()][$clip2 = $room]]<<endif>>\n<<if ($clip3 is 6)>>> A red paper clip. [[(drop)|passage()][$clip3 = $room]]<<endif>>\n<<if ($note is 6)>>> A printed note. [[(drop)|passage()][$note = $room]] [[(read)|Note][$secret_v = 0]]<<endif>>\n<<if ($key is 6)>>> A small, shiny key. [[(drop)|passage()][$key = $room]]<<endif>>\n<<if ($clip1 neq 6) and ($clip2 neq 6) and ($clip3 neq 6) and ($note neq 6) and ($key neq 6)>>> Nothing. <<endif>>

massivebittrip

Office Test

[Ficus]\n\nIn your mind you hear a synthetic voice,\n<<if ($clip1 is 1) and ($clip2 is 1) and ($clip3 is 1) and (not $fail_v)>>"Ah, mortal employee, I see you respect the ways of the Office. Good. You have completed your test and as such I shall grant you [[Release|End]]!<<elseif ($clip1 is 1) and ($clip2 is 1) and ($clip3 is 1) and ($fail_v)>>"Ah, mortal employee, I see you have learned respect for the ways of the Office. Fine. You have completed your test, albeit poorly, and as such I must grant you [[Release|End]].<<else>>"Foolish mortal! Your disrespect for the Office will not stand! I'll have you fired if you do not comply with Office orders. Now [[go|Ficus][$fail_v = 1]]."<<endif>>

[Hall]\n\nYou stand in an office hall: gray carpet, white semi-gloss walls, flourescent lighting set amongst textured tiles.\nThere are five doors, two on the left, three on the right, alternating sides spaced about twenty feet apart.\nThe doors are all blonde wood veneer with brushed metal locks, hinges, and lever handles.\nPlastic placques are affixed to the walls next to the opening side of each door labeling them.\nThe lables display 1 through 5 as they go down the hall; rooms 1, 3, and 5 on your right, and 2 and 4 on your left.\nAt the end of the hall there is a potted ficus.\n\n[[Room 1|Room][$room = 1]]\n[[Room 2|Room][$room = 2]]\n[[Room 3|Room][$room = 3]]\n[[Room 4|Room][$room = 4]]\n[[Room 5|Room][$room = 5]]\n<<if (not $secret) or (visited() > 4)>>[[Ficus|Ficus][$moss_v = 0]]<<endif>>\n\n<<display Items>>\n<<display Inventory>>

[Ficus]\n\nWhat at first glance seemed organic, is clearly not.\nThe mis-printed fabric leaves and plastic stem branch out of a plastic pot filled with faux moss. <<if (visited() > 1) and (not $moss_v)>>[[(check moss)|passage()][$moss_v = 1]]<<endif>><<if (not $secret)>>[[(touch)|Ficus2]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if ($moss_v)>>Under the moss a green styrofoam base supports the pseudo-greenery. <<if ($clip3 is 9)>>There is a red paperclip jammed into it. [[(take)|passage()][$clip3 = 6]]<<endif>><<endif>>\n\n\n[[Back|Hall]]