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Panic Attack Performance Review
After your panic attack during the Q4 sales presentation, Director Sarah Chen has called you in for an urgent performance review. With rumors of downsizing and your recent medical disclosure, you must defend your position while navigating subtle discrimination. The next 15 minutes will determine your future at Vertex Solutions.
Your Role
Senior Account Manager with 4 years at the company
Partner
Sarah Chen, Director of Operations
Challenged
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Critics Revenge Plot
Your dream restaurant 'Maison' is finally gaining traction after years of struggle. But Margaret Wells, the city's most feared food critic, has given you an ultimatum: fire your brilliant but controversial head chef who once publicly criticized her, or face a career-ending review that will destroy everything you've built.
Your Role
Restaurant Owner & General Manager
Partner
Margaret Wells, Elite Food Critic
Challenged
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Hostile Border Guard
Your connecting flight to Singapore departs in 45 minutes, but you're stuck at immigration control in Bangkok. Officer Thawat, known for his ruthless interrogations, has flagged inconsistencies in your travel history. As the minutes tick by, his questions become increasingly aggressive and personal.
Your Role
International Business Consultant with tight connection window
Partner
Immigration Officer Thawat Sunthorn
Challenged
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48 Hours to Leave
Your spouse of 28 years, battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer, must be relocated within 48 hours due to sudden state-mandated closure of Golden Sunset Hospice. With limited beds available citywide and your spouse requiring constant pain management, you must navigate a maze of bureaucracy, waiting lists, and hostile administrators to secure placement before time runs out.
Your Role
Desperate spouse seeking emergency hospice placement
Partner
Ms. Regina Walsh, Department of Health Compliance Officer
Challenged
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Influencer Extortion Evening
Your small but successful restaurant faces an unexpected crisis when @VitalVibes (2.3M followers) starts an Instagram Live outside your establishment. Their ultimatum is clear: provide unlimited complimentary service or face a devastating social media takedown that could destroy your business overnight. You have 15 minutes until they end the Live.
Your Role
Restaurant Owner & Head Chef
Partner
Keira 'VitalVibes' Martinez
Challenged
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Embassy Evacuation Coordinator
As Deputy Chief of Mission, you must coordinate the immediate evacuation of 47 embassy staff during escalating civil unrest in Meridia. With only two transport vehicles remaining and militant groups approaching the diplomatic quarter, you have 30 minutes to execute a successful extraction while managing conflicting priorities and personalities.
Your Role
Deputy Chief of Mission
Partner
Regional Security Officer James Kouri
Challenged
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Nursing Home Whistleblower
As a night shift nurse at Oakwood Care Center, you witness your supervisor roughly handling and verbally abusing an elderly dementia patient. The facility is already under financial strain, and a formal report could trigger an investigation leading to closure - leaving 60 elderly residents without care and 45 staff unemployed. You have 72 hours to decide and act before the evidence becomes irrelevant.
Your Role
Junior Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), 6 months into the job
Partner
Sandra Morton, Director of Human Resources
Challenged
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Choking Scene Aftermath
A traumatic choking incident at your restaurant has escalated into a legal nightmare. Karen Matthews, who nearly suffocated on an undercooked chicken bone, is threatening a seven-figure lawsuit claiming your staff's emergency response was criminally negligent. Her attorney's aggressive tone suggests they're looking for more than just compensation.
Your Role
Restaurant Owner/Manager
Partner
Marcus Sterling, Litigation Attorney
Challenged
Survived
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Reference Letter Roulette
Your former graduate student has launched a systematic campaign to destroy your academic reputation, methodically contacting every institution where you've provided reference letters. With fabricated allegations of research misconduct and inappropriate behavior, they're threatening to unravel decades of your career unless you publicly retract your negative assessment of their work.
Your Role
Distinguished Professor of Environmental Science
Partner
Dr. Marcus Chen, Department Chair
Challenged
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Trapped Birth Crisis
You're trapped in a malfunctioning service elevator between the 28th and 29th floors of Meridian Tower during a citywide power outage. Sarah Chen, a pregnant investment banker, is going into active labor. The building's emergency systems are failing, and you have only a basic first aid kit and your phone with 12% battery remaining.
Your Role
Dr. James Liu - Off-duty Emergency Room Resident
Partner
Marcus Reynolds - Building Security Operations Manager
Challenged
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Night Train Document Crisis
You jolt awake on the Budapest-Berlin sleeper train at 3AM to discover your laptop and briefcase containing critical merger documents are missing. In 6 hours, you're meant to present these confidential files to the board. Your career, and a €40M deal, hangs by a thread.
Your Role
Senior M&A Analyst at Deutsche Capital
Partner
Chief Operations Officer Marcus Voss
Challenged
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Shelter Before Sunset
You're the last-minute housing coordinator at Riverside Emergency Shelter, with 12 desperate families facing eviction at sunset. Your predecessor quit without warning, leaving a mess of incomplete paperwork and broken promises. Time is running out, and the shelter director is breathing down your neck.
Your Role
Emergency Housing Coordinator
Partner
Director Helena Blackwood
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