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Cruise Ship Left Behind
Travel & Logistics

Cruise Ship Left Behind

Your Mediterranean cruise ship, the Celestial Voyager, departed Piraeus Port (Athens) 30 minutes ago with all your belongings, including passport and medication. You have €40 in cash, a dead phone, and the next port is Istanbul in 36 hours. The Greek port authority seems uninterested in your predicament.

Your Role

Stranded American Tourist

Partner

Port Authority Officer Stavros Dimitriou

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Roach War Escalation
Housing & Living

Roach War Escalation

Your apartment complex is facing a severe roach infestation that's spreading between units. The exterminator has issued an ultimatum: either all tenants provide access for a building-wide treatment, or they'll terminate their contract. Your paranoid neighbor in 4B, convinced the exterminator is part of a government surveillance program, refuses to comply - putting everyone's health at risk.

Your Role

Tenant in Unit 4A (Next door to the holdout)

Partner

Property Manager Diana Voss

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Department's Dark Secret
Academic & Education

Department's Dark Secret

As a graduate teaching assistant, you've uncovered a pattern of harassment complaints that were systematically buried by the department chair. With tenure decisions approaching and your academic future at stake, you must navigate a tense confrontation with the Associate Dean who seems more interested in institutional reputation than justice. Your recorded evidence could expose everything, but one wrong move could end your career.

Your Role

Graduate Teaching Assistant in final year, with evidence of harassment cover-ups

Partner

Dr. Victoria Sterling, Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs

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Security Finds Contraband
Travel & Logistics

Security Finds Contraband

Your partner accidentally left their switchblade in your carry-on bag, and it's just been discovered during the security screening. The TSA officer is treating you as a potential threat, and your flight departs in 45 minutes. Your partner is unreachable, and you have no proof the knife isn't yours.

Your Role

Nervous Traveler with Wrongly Accused Status

Partner

TSA Supervising Officer Marcus Chen

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Secret Shelter Scandal
Housing & Living

Secret Shelter Scandal

You've discovered your landlord has been operating an illegal survival shelter beneath your apartment complex, renting spaces to doomsday preppers at exorbitant rates. When confronted, they threaten to evict you unless you become complicit in their scheme. Your moral compass and housing security now hang in the balance.

Your Role

Concerned Tenant in Apartment 2B

Partner

Marcus Sterling (Building Owner)

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Data Hostage Crisis
Academic & Education

Data Hostage Crisis

Your entire research database has been encrypted by sophisticated ransomware hours before your career-defining grant review. The anonymous hacker demands 15 BTC within 3 hours, or your decade of work will be permanently corrupted. Your institution's IT security team is unreachable, and the grant committee arrives at 9 AM sharp.

Your Role

Dr. Sarah Chen, Lead Researcher at Quantum Computing Lab

Partner

Shadow_Node

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Host Demands Extra Cash
Travel & Logistics

Host Demands Extra Cash

After a 14-hour flight, you arrive at your Airbnb in Tokyo during peak cherry blossom season. The host, who seemed professional online, is now demanding an additional ¥20,000 ($140) in cash, claiming 'seasonal adjustments.' With all hotels fully booked and jet lag setting in, you must navigate this tense confrontation.

Your Role

Exhausted international tourist

Partner

Kenji Yamamoto

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Surveillance State Standoff
Housing & Living

Surveillance State Standoff

Your landlord has installed high-definition security cameras directly facing your apartment door without any prior notice or consent. When confronted, they've become increasingly hostile about your concerns, hinting at 'recent criminal activity' in the building. The cameras record audio and have night vision capabilities, creating an unsettling atmosphere of constant surveillance.

Your Role

Concerned Tenant in Apartment 4B

Partner

Marcus Thorne, Property Manager

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Shadow in the Stacks
Academic & Education

Shadow in the Stacks

A late-night encounter with Campus Security Chief Harrison forces you to defend your credibility after reporting impossible movements in the library's restricted section. With your academic future at stake and mounting evidence against your claims, you must convince the skeptical chief that the supernatural stalking incidents are real - before your witness statement is officially labeled as a malicious false report.

Your Role

Graduate Research Assistant

Partner

Chief Margaret Harrison

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Stranded Patient Needs Evacuation
Travel & Logistics

Stranded Patient Needs Evacuation

You're trapped on a malfunctioning ferry between Greek islands with a critically ill Turkish passenger experiencing severe cardiac symptoms. As the only person who can translate between Turkish, Greek, and English, you must convince an extremely cautious Coast Guard captain to attempt a dangerous helicopter evacuation during a growing storm. Time is running out, and the patient's condition is deteriorating.

Your Role

Medical Translator / Cultural Mediator

Partner

Captain Nikolaos Stavros

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Grease Fire Fallout
Housing & Living

Grease Fire Fallout

Your upstairs neighbor's late-night cooking disaster has left your apartment in ruins. Water damage from their fire sprinklers has destroyed your furniture and electronics. Now you're facing off against Stone Ridge Property Management, who's trying to dodge responsibility and stick you with the bill.

Your Role

Frustrated tenant with water-damaged apartment

Partner

Ms. Diana Blackwood

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Campus Reporter Ambush
Academic & Education

Campus Reporter Ambush

During a pivotal faculty meeting livestream, you're blindsided when a student journalist presents damning evidence of admissions manipulation. With 200+ viewers watching live and the story minutes from going viral, you must navigate this PR nightmare while protecting both the university's reputation and your career. The next few minutes will determine everything.

Your Role

Associate Director of Graduate Admissions

Partner

Dean Victoria Blackwood

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