(put: (prompt: "What's your name?") into $name)
(set: $money to 0)
(set: $time to 0)
(set: $education to 0)
(set: $food_service_workday to 0)
Hi $name.
Welcome to your life.
It is the year 2077. Your name is $name, a 40 year old janitor working in a local middle school. As refugees from a terrible Civil War, your parents have never been rich. You’ve known poverty your entire life, and not having access to education means you’ve only done blue-collar work.
The job as a janitor has been the most stable position. You hate the work, but considering the circumstances, it beats living on the streets.
The discovery of cyborg technology more than 20 years ago initiated wide social and economic changes. With the advent of mass cyborg technology, the rest of the world has been becoming augmented. With the majority of the world "super-able", the rest of the population is discriminiated against on a daily basis. You are now in the minority of people that remain unaugmented.
You walk into work one day, dreading another day on the job. You walk into the janitor closet and notice [[a pink slip taped to the wall.|Intro 2]]
(set: $time +=1)
(if: $education < 5)[(set: $text to "You begin the interview process, which starts with a 100 question online quiz. Unfortunately, you fail the quiz horribly. You don't have the necessary qualifications. [[back.|Jobs]]")]
(elseif: $education < 12)[(set: $text to "You begin the interview process, which starts with a 100 question online quiz. You pass the quiz and move onto the interview! However, you never get a call back from the company. You don't have the necessary qualifications. [[back.|Jobs]]")]
(else:)[(set: $text to "After a rigorous process involving a 100 question test and interview, you finally made it. [[Schmoogle is glad to have you.|CompSciPortal]]")]
$text
(set:$Steve = "hired")
Some cyborgs often choose to take nutrition pills and charge up instead of eating food. Nevertheless, many still enjoy eating food, so there is a considerable amount of available jobs in food services.
With some luck, you [[manage to land a job as a waiter|Time to Go to Work!]]. (set: $food_service_workday to 0)
(set: $time +=1)
“$name, we would like to thank you for the 10 years of service. However, we have found augmented candidates that are a better fit for your position. We will no longer be needing your help.”
You feel your heart skip a beat. This was the only job you knew how to do. It was difficult enough finding this job, while competing against the pool of cyborg applicants. Without an education, resources, or cybernetic augmentations, how will you may it in this world?
You decide to embark on a quest to join the cyborg ranks. This will be a difficult journey, since augmentations are incredibly expensive. $name is already 40 years old, and time is quickly running out.
[[You go back to your apartment to make some plans.|Portal]]
(if: $time<20)[
You log on to your computer:
Hi $name.
|output>[]
(set: $var to 0)
(live: 1s)[
(set: $var to it +1)
(if: $var is 1)[
(append: ?output)[Welcome to your life...
]
]
(elseif: $var is 2)[
(append:?output)[This is your current bank statement $money.
]
]
(elseif: $var is 3)[
(append:?output)[Your level of education $education.
]
]
(elseif: $var is 4)[
(append:?output)[Amount of days passed $time.
]
]
(elseif: $var is 5)[
(append:?output)[Number of friends: 3.
]
(append:?output)[[[Messages.| Message]]
Afterwards you look at the classified section of your local [[newspaper.|Jobs]]]
]
(else:)[(stop:)]
]]
(else:)[[[Your time is up|Die]]]
(set: $time += 1)
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(if: $time<20)[
You have decided to forsake the working world and become a street beggar. You must beg to gain money and cannot learn anything pertinent to work, but you do not have any expenses and can eat at the soup kitchen. Life as a beggar is tough, and you are likely to be mugged.
What do you do?
[[Beg|BEG]]
[[Look for a job|Portal]]
money = $money]
(else:)[[[Why am I coughing up blood?|Die]]]
You go to a clinic to get cybernetic enhancements. The clerk looks to you and smiles,
"Another person coming in for the augmentations? That is excellent news! You'll find that life becomes so much easier. Men, women, children, and anyone else can be on a similar level. Now which augmentations would you like?"
(if: $money<50)[[[You are too poor.|Portal]]]
(else:)[[[Purchase cyborg enhancements.|Cyborg Win]]]
[[I am a luddite who is afraid of technology.|Portal]]
<center><img src = "http://www.fscinteractive.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/themoreyouknow.gif"></center>
$name tries to obtain an education. Good decision! Unfortunately, you have few funds to obtain a formal education, such as one from the famed Commonwealth Institute of Technology. With $money money and $education education, $name tries obtain a better education to get a job that can pay for those expensive augmentations.
(If: $money < 2)[(set:$text to "Unfortunately, $name does not have enough funds to attend the local community college.")]
(else:)[(set:$text to "$name can also spend some money to attend the local community [[college.|Education3]]")]
[[Study at the local college library for free|Education2]]
$text
[[Give up on studying and go back.|Portal]]
"Without an education or money there are not many options. You could always
attempt to [[find a better education.|education]]" - Mom
"Yo, $name what up my glip glop! I haven't seen you since high school man. How has life been for you? My parents totally gave me some sweet 'ments. I'm able to run 100 meters in 3 seconds flat. I almost feel sorry for the non-'menters. Like, how are they gonna keep up with the rest of us? Anyways, I'll catch you later. I gotta fly out to Germany for the Olympics." - Thaddington III
"You know $name, both your grandfathers died of lung cancer. Since you have a family history of the disease you may [[want to get checked at a clinic|Clinic portal]]. I know most doctors these days aren't good at treating non-augmented people, but it should help." - Dad
[[Ignore messages...|Portal]]
Looking at the classfied section you discover there isn't much.
NEW JOB POSTINGS:
Schmoogle
Apply now!
[[Computer Engineer|Computer Science Job]]
(set: $restaurant to (either: "Kursty Kurb", "Kentucky Baked Turkey", "WcDonalds", "Redd Rock-It", "Sanic"))
$restaurant
[[Waiter needed!|Food Service Job]]
Alternatively, you can strike out and become a [[vagrant.|HOBO]]
On the side you also see some ads:
Easy [[cybernetic augmentations| Cyborg]]!
Get smarter, faster, and stronger today!
Come to Bunker Hill Community [[College!|education]]
Our students can change the world.
[[Back to computer.|Portal]]
$name spends the next months poring over books at the local public library. You continue to study computer science in the effort to obtain the dream job at Schmoogle.
The librarian speaks to you, "wow, I haven't seen someone try to actually read a book with their eyes in months. Why don't you have an automatic reader device? It uploads text directly to a hybrid drive in your brain. Instant access to words, chemical formulas, or whatever you want."
$name has to learn the hard way, which is a comparatively arduous task. Rote memorization and reading through retinas is a relic of the past. In order to make enough money for food, you perform odd jobs on the side.
Congratulations! You've gained a little bit of education.
(set: $education to $education + 1)
(set: $time to $time + 1)
[[Go back|education]]
$name has a bit of money saved up, so you spend some on a semester of classes at the local community college. You barely manage to pass your courses, since there is tough competition from cyborgs with neuronal implants. Still, you learn valuable lessons about computer science. Hopefully, that job at Schmoogle isn't too far away!
Congratulations! You've gained some education. Access to education is one of the most effective ways to break class barriers.
(set: $education to $education + 3)
(set: $time to $time + 1)
(set: $money to $money - 2)
[[Go back|education]]
(if: $time <20)[It’s a new day and it’s time for you to go to work. Since you aren’t a cyborg, you are restricted to many inconveniences of the natural human body. That includes being drowsy when waking up. But you need to go to work anyways. You consider [[sleeping in.|Sleep In]]; after all, you probably have a few minutes to spare. Then again, you could [[get up right now|Be There on Time]] and not risk being late. Or maybe this line of work isn’t really your thing, so you [[quit this job|Quit Job]].
(set: $time+=1)]
(else:)[[[Your time is up.|Die]]]
Unfortunately, you are tardy. The manager says, “You’re late, you’re fired, and we are done here”. You feel bad because you need to figure out how to make ends meet. You [[go back home|Portal]]. (set: $time to ($time+1))
<center>
<img src="http://www.bphope.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Valuable-Sleep.jpg" style="width:304px;height:228px;">
</center>
You arrive to work on time and the manager is pleased. For some reason, You like to decide how you’re going to work for the day. You could [[work diligently|Work Diligently]] in hopes of getting some good tips, or [[just enough|Just Enough]] so that you won’t feel too tired afterwards. Maybe you could even [[slack off|Slack Off]] and hope that the manager doesn’t notice.
You tell the manager that you will no longer to working at the restaurant. The manger says, “It’s fine. I found an amazing waiter and was figuring out how to break it to you myself”. You [[think about what you’re going to do|Portal]]. (set: $time to ($time+1))
The customers liked your services so you collected 3 dollars in tips. You [[go back home|After Work]] (set: $money to ($money+3))
The customers were satisfied you services so you collected a dollar in tips. You [[go back home|After Work]] (set: $money to ($money+1))
Hoping didn’t really work because the manager installed some monitors that detect laziness. The manager says, “You’re fired. You know why”.
As you dejectedly walk to the door, a co-worker walks up to you and says,
"Hey man, I know its BS that you got fired. Life can be hard for someone without augmentations, you know? But fuck the cyborgs. I'm sure you can find success without getting those damn implants. Why not try to get an education or something?"
Now you need to [[go home|Portal]] and think over your life choices. (set: $time to ($time+1))
(set: $food_service_workday to ($food_service_workday+1))
(if:($food_service_workday > 3))[You have a hunch that something’s [[wrong.|Get Fired]]]
(else:)[[[You lived another day at work!|Time to Go to Work!]]]
The manager reveals, “$name, we recently found another waiter, who has augmentations and will probably do a much better job than you can. I’m going to have to lay you off”.
As you dejectedly walk to the door, a co-worker walks up to you and says,
"Hey man, I know its BS that you got fired. Life can be hard for someone without augmentations, you know? But fuck the cyborgs. I'm sure you can find success without getting those damn implants. Why not try to get an education or something?"
You go home pretty sad, but you don’t give up on your dreams, right?
[[Yes, I want to find happiness|Portal]]
[[No, life’s too hard|Die]]
Unfortunately, you have died of lung cancer, seems like all that radiation from your janitor days have finally caught up to you. Those cyborg augmentations just seem to be out of reach. Your parents have always told you that hard work pays off. But time is unfortunately a limited resource.
Many of the youth in your time have had parents pay for augmentations. As someone born in unprivilaged conditions, you have to work twice as hard to get half as much as everyone else. With the advent of cyborg technology that is not widely available, the gap between the haves and have-nots is greater than ever before. Maybe in your next lifetime, you'll be able to garner enough money to purchase augmentation.
GAME OVER
[[Start Over?|Title]]
(set: $time+=1)
(set: $money+=10)
You earn 10 dollars today, which is almost unheard of. So far, you love your job. Maybe a little bit too much.
[[Go back home|CompSciPortal]]
You try to beg for money.
(if: ($time is 3) or ($time is 6) or ($time is 9) or ($time is 12) or ($time is 15) or ($time is 18))[
Some cyborg thug comes at you with a knife in their cyber-hand.
You are about to be mugged!
"Alright meatbag, are you gonna give us your money, or am I gonna have to introduce you to Mr. Stabby?"
What do you do?
[[Get Mugged|MUGGED]]
(if: ($education > 5) )[
[[Reason with your attackers| REASON]]
]
(if: ($education > 10) )[
[[Fend off your attackers| FIGHT]]]
]
(if: not (($time is 3) or ($time is 6) or ($time is 9) or ($time is 12) or ($time is 15) or ($time is 18)))[
[[Beg for money|getmoney]]]
A cyborg thug beats you up and takes all of your money. As an unaugmented individual, you have no chance of winning the fist fight.
(set: $money = 0)
[[Crawl back to your trashcan fire|HOBO]]
You try to reason with your attackers. Thankfully, your higher education allows you to speak with sesquipidalian loquaciousness and confuse them.
"Before you continue on your ebullient course of action, I suggest that you excogiate on your current accoutrements. I don't mean to be discourteous to a person as saxicolous as you, but I must advise you that this is not a proficuous course of action, as my circumlocution will allow for my eventual vacation of the premises during your befuddlement."
Their neuronal cybernetic enhancements are overloaded by your vocabulary. You manage to get away while they are working out what you said to them.
[[You keep your money|HOBO]]
You decide to fight off your attackers. You use your advanced knowledge of pressure points, and where the off button is located on their cybernetic limbs. In their disabled state, they cannot harm you.
[[You take their money.|HOBO]](set: $money += 20)
(set: $beggee to (either: "man", "woman", "guy", "girl","gentleman","samaritan"))
(set: $descr to (either: "kind", "nice", "gentle", "kindhearted", "polite", "well-mannered"))
A $descr $beggee gives you some money.
(set: $money += 1)
[[Back to the trashcan fire|HOBO]]
(set: $timeToDeath = 20 - $time)
Congratulations! You are now a cyborg. $name has managed to join the privilaged class of the cybernetically enhanced.
While attaching the cyborg parts, the surgeons found a tumor in your lung that would have caused you to die in $timeToDeath days. Good thing they replaced the entire organ with a 4-chamber lung instead. That was close!
You win the game! [[Replay?|Title]]
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(if: $time <20)[
You've finally achieved it. You've gotten that CS job that you've always wanted.
As a non-cyborg, the work is a little harder, but through dilligent work you manage to keep up with your cybernetic co-workers. Your boss is quite happy with your work, so you've even built up a few days vacation time.
Money = $money
[[Work|CompSciJob]]
[[Talk to coworkers|CSCoworkers]]
[[Take a break|break]]
(set:$time += 1)
]
(else:)[[[Your time is up.|Die]]]
<center><h1>A Cyborg Journey</h1></center>
<center>[[Start|Intro]]</center>
(set: $CScoworker = (either: "Bill", "Steve", "Susan"))
(if: $CScoworker is "Bill")[
You talk to your coworker Bill. He seems nice enough, but you cannot help but feel that something seems to be off about him.
Maybe its his personality, maybe its that he hasn't showered in the past week and a half, or maybe its his conspiracy theories about the Canandians:
"Them Canadians! I know they're up to something! That's why I always keep my tinfoil hat on."]
(if: $CScoworker is "Steve")[
(if: $Steve is "hired")[
You talk to your coworker Steve. He will barely talk to you. He seems to find your lack of enhancements disturbing. You can see his disgust in his bionic eyes. He mumbles something that sounds like "meatbags" and walks away.
[[Talk to PR|PR]]]
(if: $Steve is "fired")[
You don't see anyone around.
]
]
(if: $CScoworker is "Susan")[
You talk to your coworker Susan, or you try to anyway. She's too caught up in her coding to notice anyone or anything.
]
[[Back to work|CompSciPortal]]
Schmoogle offers a variety of on-site opportunities for taking breaks:
[[Fitness Room|fitness]]
[[Food Court|food]]
[[Enhancements|enhancement]]
Auto-Defragger (Cyborgs only)
The PR people are horrified to hear that something like this is going on in their company.
"That's terrible. How could we hire someone like that?!"
After an internal investigation, Steve is promptly fired.
(set: $Steve = "fired")
[[Next|CompSciPortal]]
"Welcome to the Fitness Room!" a voice greets you.
"Before you begin, please allow us to scan your body to determine the appropriate regimine."
Scanning...
Scanning...
Scanning...Ding!
"It seems that our scanners have detected a tumor."
"Beginning tumor removal process..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Tumor removed."
[[next|HumanWin]]
(set: $restaurantyoueatat = (either: "Sanic", "Kursty Kurb", "WcDonald's"))
(set: $fooddescriptor = (either: "Buffalo", "BBQ", "Southwestern", "Teriyaki", "Vegan"))
(set: $foodyoueat = (either: "Burger", "Nuggets", "Burrito"))
(set: $quality = (either: "moderately okay", "delicious", "bland, but filling", "the best thing you have ever eaten in your life"))
Even though cyborgs are able to subside by charging, the rest must still eat food. Not too bad though, since eating has been one of the few pleasures you've enjoyed in your life.
You get a $fooddescriptor $foodyoueat from $restaurantyoueatat. It is $quality.
[[Done|CompSciPortal]]
You visit the Enhancement Studio at Schmoogle. Here, you see all sorts of enhancements that you could get if you had the money.
The clerk looks to you and smiles,
"Another person coming in for the augmentations? That is excellent news! You'll find that life becomes so much easier. Men, women, children, and anyone else can be on a similar level. Now which augmentations would you like?"
(if: $money<50)[[[You are too poor.|CompSciPortal]]]
(else:)[[[Purchase cyborg enhancements.|Cyborg Win]]]
[[I am a luddite who is afraid of technology.|CompSciPortal]]
Congratulations. You didn't die. You continue to work until you die of natural causes at the age of 168.
With hard work you managed to become the new CEO of Schmoogle at the age of 75, despite your lack of cybernetic enhancements. Your reign as CEO was the most profitable in Schmoogle's history.
In fact, your resistance to accepting enhancements has led to a new movement for all-natural humans to become the norm again.
You lived a human, you died a human.
You win the game! [[Replay?|Title]]
<center></center>
You enter the local clinic to and walk up to the desk of the cyborg receptionist. She scans your X-Ray, IR, UV, and visible light spectrum in a matter of seconds and gives you a judgemental smirk.
"A meatbag in the clinic, huh? You'll want to go into the annex."
She gives you a piece of paper with the number "44" on it as you walk through the door. The annex is comprised of a small windowless room with a single LED light. You sit in the waiting area, but there are many other patients ahead of you.
A bored-looking physician walks into the annex and says,
"Number 17, come with me."
You sit down and glance at the magazine rack, which has not been updated for 4 years. While in the main clinic cyborgs are treated preferetially, the [[wait for a non-augmented physician takes 3 hours|Visit]]
You walk into the examination room. The physician asks for some basic medical information. Good thing healthcare has been universalized! Otherwise, who knows what might have happened?
After some quick procedures, the physician renders the diagnosis. You have terminal lung cancer! Your estimated time of death will be very soon. You ask the doctor if there are any interventions possible, which he replies,
"Well how much money do you have?"
(if: $money<50)[You are too poor to afford the current treatment. The physician gives you a grimace and says you have 20 days to live. Better start finding a job or education! <center><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lK0ld90jUow/maxresdefault.jpg" style="width:304px;height:228px;"></center>
[[Back to the apartment for you.|Portal]]]
(else:)[You have enough money to fund the invasive surgery!
<center><img src="http://www.hdrinc.com/sites/all/files/content/projects/images/5360-dortmund-mitte-clinic-5887.jpg" style="width:304px;height:228px;"></center>[[You gladly fork over the money to beat the cancer.|HumanWin2]]]
Congratulations! You didn't die of lung cancer.
With hard work you managed to garner the funds necessary for that expensive lung transplant, despite your lack of cybernetic enhancements. Although finding acceptable donors of lungs was not easy, the lab tech found a simple 3D printable lung online.
In fact, your resistance to accepting enhancements has led to a new movement for all-natural humans to become the norm again.
You lived a human, you died a human.
You win the game! [[Replay?|Title]]