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Ordering Room Service
Order food or amenities to your room
Your Role
Guest
Partner
Room Service Staff
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Crypto Hostage Crisis
Your $250,000 crypto portfolio is suddenly inaccessible, locked by a sophisticated hacker who's demanding payment in Monero. With only 60 minutes until they threaten to permanently encrypt your wallet, you must negotiate while secretly tracing their digital footprint. Every minute counts, and one wrong move could cost you everything.
Your Role
High-net-worth crypto trader who recently made headlines for a successful NFT flip
Partner
ShadowNode
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Trial of Last Hope
Your rare neurodegenerative condition is progressing rapidly, and conventional treatments have failed. Your last hope lies in an experimental gene therapy trial, but you've been rejected due to 'administrative concerns.' With only months left, you must convince the stern Clinical Trial Director to overturn their decision while your symptoms visibly worsen during the meeting.
Your Role
Terminal Patient #274
Partner
Dr. Eleanor Blackwood
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Dangerous Sleep Study
You've discovered alarming safety violations at Nightwatch Sleep Research Center where unlicensed staff are conducting dangerous experiments. As a newly hired overnight technician, you must report these violations to the Medical Board Director while navigating threats from your supervisor who wants to keep everything quiet. Time is critical - another group of test subjects arrives in 30 minutes.
Your Role
Junior Sleep Study Technician (First week on job)
Partner
Dr. Miranda Chen, Research Director
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Breaking Trial Protocol
You're the lead researcher in a critical Phase III cancer drug trial. Subject #274, showing signs of severe psychological distress, has cornered you in your office after hours. They're demanding to know if they're receiving the actual treatment or placebo, threatening self-harm if you don't disclose. Your career, the trial's integrity, and a patient's life hang in the balance.
Your Role
Principal Investigator, Oncology Drug Trial
Partner
Dr. Sarah Chen, Trial Subject #274
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Platform Worker Uprising
As Operations Director at QuickServe, you face an unprecedented crisis: 80% of your gig workers have coordinated to go offline simultaneously, demanding employee classification. With $50M in VC funding contingent on maintaining contractor status and aggressive automation targets, you have 30 minutes to contain this PR nightmare and prevent total platform collapse.
Your Role
Sarah Martinez, Operations Director at QuickServe
Partner
Marcus Chen, Lead Investor
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Buying a Bus Ticket
Purchase public bus tickets
Your Role
Passenger
Partner
Bus Driver
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Lost Surgical Tool
As lead surgeon on a critical spinal procedure, you've just closed the patient when a nurse reports a missing surgical retractor. Time is critical - reopening means additional trauma and infection risk, but leaving it could be catastrophic. The patient's vitals are stable, but the hospital's risk management team is already involved.
Your Role
Lead Surgeon - Neurosurgery Department
Partner
Dr. Victoria Shaw - Chief of Surgery
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Freedom at Midnight
With only 15 minutes until the night shift change, you must convince Dr. Thaddeus that you're stable enough for voluntary discharge. Your 72-hour hold is technically complete, but the attending psychiatrist seems determined to extend your stay. Every word choice matters as you navigate this psychological chess match.
Your Role
Voluntary Admission Patient (72-hour hold completed)
Partner
Dr. Marcus Thaddeus
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Asking Someone to Take Your Photo
Request a stranger to take your picture
Your Role
Tourist
Partner
Tourist
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Mind Upload Mishap
During a routine consciousness backup for remote work, you've accidentally gained access to highly classified executive memory files. The company's Neural Security Director has detected the breach and initiated emergency protocols. You have 15 minutes before a forced memory wipe erases both the stolen data and your own core memories.
Your Role
Junior Data Architect (Remote Division)
Partner
Director Chen - Neural Security Division
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Twisted Sister's Secret
Your sister Maya, a rising star yoga instructor, desperately needs your help covering up a serious injury that occurred during her advanced class. The student signed a waiver, but your sister modified the pose unsafely. With the studio's insurance audit tomorrow morning, you must navigate a tense interview with the owner while protecting your sister's career and wrestling with your conscience.
Your Role
Administrative Assistant & Sister of Maya (the instructor)
Partner
Ms. Alexandra Chen, Studio Owner & Insurance Compliance Officer
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