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Last Chance Intervention
Your childhood friend Marcus is spiraling into cocaine addiction, putting their medical career and family relationships at risk. Their parents have given you 15 minutes to convince them to enter rehab, or they'll cut off all support and contact. This is your only chance to save someone who once saved you.
Your Role
Childhood Best Friend & Emergency Contact
Partner
Marcus Chen (The Friend)
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Code Blue Next Door
You're recovering from appendix surgery when you notice suspicious behavior from the night staff attending to your elderly roommate. Through your morphine haze, you witness potential negligence moments before the dreaded Code Blue announcement. Now, the hospital's Risk Management Director wants your statement – but something feels very wrong about how they're handling this.
Your Role
Post-operative patient in Room 742-A
Partner
Dr. Victoria Sterling, Hospital Risk Management Director
Challenged
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Tainted Meat Cover-up
Your upscale steakhouse's main supplier, Marcus Thorne, has just admitted that his last three deliveries contained meat from uninspected sources, potentially contaminated with E. coli. He's threatening to destroy your reputation and fabricate health violations if you report him. With a full Saturday dinner service ahead and $50,000 of suspect inventory in your walk-in, time is running out.
Your Role
Executive Chef & Owner of 'The Copper Ox' steakhouse
Partner
Marcus Thorne, CEO of Thorne Premium Meats
Challenged
Survived
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Visa Denied: Final Appeal
Your work visa renewal has been rejected on dubious grounds, and you have exactly 17 minutes to appeal before permanent deportation proceedings begin. Officer Sarah Chen, known for her hardline stance on tech workers, seems to have a personal vendetta against your application. Your entire career and life in the country hang by a thread.
Your Role
Foreign Tech Worker (Software Engineer)
Partner
Senior Immigration Officer Sarah Chen
Challenged
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Crop Control Catastrophe
Your $2.8M hydroponic facility's automated systems have crashed during peak flowering phase. With 48 hours until irreversible crop damage, you must communicate with LinGrow's overseas tech support representative who speaks limited English. Every minute of miscommunication brings your business closer to bankruptcy.
Your Role
Owner-operator of Urban Harvest Hydroponics LLC
Partner
Ming Zhang - LinGrow Systems Senior Support Engineer
Challenged
Survived
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Erupting Emotions
You're stationed at Mount Merapi's research facility with Dr. Sarah Chen, your brilliant colleague of three years. As seismographs go haywire indicating an imminent eruption, she chooses this moment to confess deep feelings for you. Time is running out to secure vital research data, evacuate safely, and navigate this emotional bombshell.
Your Role
Senior Research Partner & Station Manager
Partner
Dr. Sarah Chen - Lead Volcanologist
Challenged
Survived
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Self-Driving Fleet Crisis
As CTO of Nexus Autonomous, you've discovered a critical flaw in your self-driving software that could cause vehicles to misinterpret red lights in specific weather conditions. With 50,000 vehicles on the road and your IPO just weeks away, you must convince the Transportation Safety Board to approve your rapid-deployment fix instead of demanding a full fleet recall that would bankrupt the company.
Your Role
Chief Technology Officer of Nexus Autonomous
Partner
Director Regina Marshall
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Green Energy Goes Dark
Your managing partner, James Chen, has vanished with $47M of investor funds mere hours before closing on the Mojave Sun Array acquisition. The SEC is circling, investors are threatening legal action, and evidence suggests you may have unknowingly signed off on fraudulent documents. You have 30 minutes to navigate a crisis meeting with the lead SEC investigator.
Your Role
Deputy Fund Manager at GreenFuture Capital
Partner
Special Agent Diana Reeves
Challenged
Survived
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Cross-Contaminated Catastrophe
You're the junior line cook at Le Petit Jardin, where a Michelin inspector's visit could make or break careers. You've just witnessed Chef de Partie Marcus using the same mixer for almond-based and nut-free batters, with only minutes until service. Your ethical duty conflicts with kitchen hierarchy and timing pressure.
Your Role
Junior Line Cook (First Year)
Partner
Executive Chef Jean-Pierre Dubois
Challenged
Survived
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Priceless Artifacts Delay
Your museum's grand opening is in 36 hours, but a priceless collection of Mesopotamian artifacts worth $47M is stuck in customs at Frankfurt International. Worse, the climate-controlled storage facility housing your other exhibits is showing critical temperature fluctuations. The board of trustees is breathing down your neck as both your reputation and irreplaceable history hang in the balance.
Your Role
Museum Director of Collections and Preservation
Partner
Dr. Helena Blackwood - Board of Trustees Chairwoman
Challenged
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Robbed Abroad: No Help
You wake up in Bangkok to find your hotel room ransacked, passport gone, and all valuables stolen. With a flight in 12 hours and no documentation, you're forced to navigate the labyrinthine Thai embassy system. The local embassy staff seems suspiciously disinterested in your emergency, hinting at deeper corruption.
Your Role
American tourist, victim of theft
Partner
Vice Consul Thaksin
Challenged
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Ancient Text Ultimatum
A ruthless private collector has seized what may be an authentic 13th-century Islamic manuscript. They're threatening to burn it unless you can verify its authenticity within the next 15 minutes. Your reputation as a manuscript authenticator - and a priceless piece of history - hang in the balance.
Your Role
Senior Manuscript Authenticator at the British Museum
Partner
Viktor Krane
Challenged
Survived
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