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Student Debt Nightmare
Your $87,000 student loan is about to default in 48 hours. Sarah Chen, a ruthless loan officer at Vertex Financial, holds the power to either accept your hardship repayment plan or trigger immediate collection proceedings. With mounting medical bills and a recent layoff, this is your last chance to negotiate before your cosigner - your elderly grandmother - becomes liable.
Your Role
Recent graduate with mounting debt and unemployment
Partner
Sarah Chen, Senior Default Prevention Specialist
Challenged
Survived
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Stable License Standoff
A severe equine influenza outbreak has put your boarding stable under scrutiny. With 12 horses depending on you, the County Health Inspector threatens to revoke your operating license over disputed vaccination records. You have 48 hours to resolve the situation before being forced to evacuate all animals.
Your Role
Stable Owner / Horse Boarding Facility Manager
Partner
Dr. Margaret Thorne - County Agricultural Health Inspector
Challenged
Survived
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Desperate Pawn Negotiation
With less than 24 hours until eviction, your grandmother's cherished platinum wedding ring is your last hope. Frank Morton, notorious for exploiting desperate clients, is your only option at Sunrise Pawn. The ring's true value is $2,800, but you need at least $1,200 for rent - every dollar above that could mean food for the month.
Your Role
Struggling graphic designer, three months behind on freelance payments
Partner
Frank Morton
Challenged
Survived
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Stolen Crypto Recovery
Your life savings in Bitcoin were just stolen and transferred to WealthTrade Exchange. You've tracked the wallet and have 30 minutes before the funds move to an overseas exchange. Your last hope is convincing Sarah Chen, a jaded compliance officer working the graveyard shift, to freeze the transaction. She's seen every sob story in the book.
Your Role
Desperate crypto fraud victim
Partner
Sarah Chen - Senior Compliance Officer
Challenged
Survived
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Festival Fire Setup
While working security at the bustling Riverside Street Festival, you overhear two vendors plotting to torch Kim's Korean BBQ truck after sundown. With only 30 minutes until their planned attack and thousands of festival-goers at risk, you must navigate a delicate balance between gathering evidence and preventing disaster. Your boss seems suspiciously dismissive of your concerns.
Your Role
Junior Security Officer (First week on job)
Partner
Chief Marcus Webb
Challenged
Survived
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Weather Futures Storm
Your hedge fund's star trader has secretly leveraged $2.8B in unauthorized weather derivatives betting against drought in the Midwest. With extreme weather patterns now threatening crop yields, you have 15 minutes to contain this crisis before Asian markets open. The board is demanding answers, and your career hangs by a thread.
Your Role
Chief Risk Officer
Partner
Katherine Chen, Board Chairwoman
Challenged
Survived
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High Roller's Last Stand
After a week-long winning streak at the Obsidian Palace Casino, you wake to find two casino enforcers in your luxury suite demanding $850,000 for markers you don't remember signing. The paperwork looks suspicious, but these men aren't here for a friendly chat. Your phone is dead, the door is blocked, and you have 20 minutes until their patience runs out.
Your Role
Former Wall Street trader turned professional gambler
Partner
Marcus 'The Handler' Reeves
Challenged
Survived
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Maritime Money Crisis
Your cargo vessel MV Horizon Dawn, carrying $50M in electronics, has been seized by pirates in the Gulf of Aden. As Fleet Operations Manager, you're caught between aggressive pirates demanding 300 BTC ransom and port authorities who've frozen your accounts on suspicion of sanctions violations. You have 30 minutes before the pirates start throwing cargo overboard.
Your Role
Fleet Operations Manager for Global Freight Solutions
Partner
Captain Hassan Karim
Challenged
Survived
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Launch Pad Leverage
With just 3 hours until your company's maiden space tourism flight, lead investor Victoria Chang demands an emergency meeting. She's threatening to pull $2.8B in funding unless you make immediate concessions. The test flight cannot be delayed - you have 400 pre-sold tickets and global media coverage scheduled.
Your Role
CEO of AstroVentures, a space tourism startup on the verge of its first commercial flight
Partner
Victoria Chang, Managing Partner at Horizon Ventures
Challenged
Survived
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Stadium Deal Showdown
You have 90 minutes to close a $2.8B deal to purchase the Chicago Wolves. Your exclusive negotiation window is closing, and rival consortium leader Marcus Sterling is in the building, ready to swoop in if you fail. The current owner, Elizabeth Chen, seems increasingly hesitant about your financing structure.
Your Role
Managing Partner of Apex Capital Ventures
Partner
Elizabeth Chen, Wolves Majority Owner
Challenged
Survived
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Triple Crown Conspiracy
As a junior partner in the Blue Valley Racing Syndicate, you've invested your life savings in tomorrow's Triple Crown favorite. Tonight, shadowy senior partners reveal systematic race-fixing and demand your complicity. You have until dawn to decide: join the conspiracy or face financial ruin and possible legal consequences.
Your Role
Junior Investment Partner, Blue Valley Racing Syndicate
Partner
Marcus Blackwood, Senior Syndicate Partner
Challenged
Survived
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Maritime Money Meltdown
You're the captain of a luxury charter yacht mid-voyage in the Mediterranean when your highest-paying guests demand an immediate full refund plus damages, claiming your listing was fraudulent. With €180,000 at stake and 48 hours of voyage remaining, you must defuse this situation before it reaches maritime authorities and destroys your reputation.
Your Role
Captain Sarah Chen, Veteran Yacht Commander
Partner
Marcus Blackwood, Lead Charter Guest
Challenged
Survived
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