<<silently>><<set $metwinegal to true>>\n<<endsilently>>You approach the girl in the sparkly jumpsuit. Her wine glass is the size of a space helmet. Eventually she notices you. \n\nYou ask "is that nice?", pointing at the glass. \n\nShe looks hesitant, then says "yeah, do you want some?" You remember it's a BYO party and make a half arsed excuse to go somewhere else, your cheeks afire. \n\n[[shit fuck shit|next]]

<<silently>><<set $metscifigal to true>>\n<<endsilently>>You hover around the girl in the floral dress, hoping you're not too creepy. Thankfully, there is a brief break in the conversation and she raises her eyebrows at you to give you a chance. \n\n"Have you read The Female Man?" you blurt. \n\nShe has, and you get a bit of an interesting chat about feminist sci fi until your heart gives out and you need to wee. \n\n[[Still, good effort.|next]]

<<silently>><<set $metportaldude to true>>\n<<endsilently>>You catch Portal dude's eye and carefully intone "I'm a potato". \n\nHe gives you the nerd approval signal and heads out to the bbq. \n\n[[That wasn't so hard, was it?|next]]

<<silently>><<set $metlampman to true>>\n<<endsilently>>\n"John, I'm only daaaaancing, she turns me on, but I'm only daaaancing...."\n\nYou hover around lamp guy. After a couple of awkward seconds, you start kind of jigging in a polite way. \n\nLamp guy pulls the lamp off his head. He's ginger and freckled and has a kinda crappy beard. \n\n"Shepaaaaaaaard!" he yells. [[You don't understand what he's talking about.|next]] \n\n

Well, that was invigorating. Let's try again. \n\nWho do you want to talk to? \n\n<<if $metwinegal is false>>\n[[The Indian girl in a sparkly jumpsuit with a glass of red wine in her hand|winegal]] <<endif>>\n<<if $metscifigal is false>>\n[[The black girl in a floral print dress who just mentioned Ursula le Guin|scifigal]] <<endif>>\n<<if $metlampman is false>>\n[[The white guy with a lamp on his head dancing to Bowie|lampman]] <<endif>>\n<<if $metportaldude is false>>\n[[The Asian dude in a leather jacket and a Portal t-shirt|portaldude]] <<endif>>\n\n<<if $metlampman is true and $metscifigal is true and $metportaldude is true and $metwinegal is true>>\nYou spoke to everyone and you didn't die of embarrassment! Go you! \n[[Have another go!|Start]]\n<<endif>>

You are at a party. It's loud, and you're surrounded by people in clusters who are drinking, dancing, flirting or all three. \n\nWho do you want to talk to? \n\n<<silently>>\n<<set $metlampman to false>>\n<<set $metscifigal to false>>\n<<set $metportaldude to false>>\n<<set $metwinegal to false>>\n<<endsilently>>\n\n\n[[The Indian girl in a sparkly jumpsuit with a glass of red wine in her hand|winegal]]\n[[The black girl in a floral print dress who just mentioned Ursula le Guin|scifigal]]\n[[The white guy with a lamp on his head dancing to Bowie|lampman]]\n[[The Asian dude in a leather jacket and a Portal t-shirt|portaldude]]\n\n

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