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Bonus Pool Betrayal
As Senior Financial Analyst at TechVault Inc, you've uncovered disturbing evidence that the compensation committee is secretly funneling the employee bonus pool into offshore accounts. With the IPO roadshow starting next week, this revelation could tank the company's $4B valuation. Your career, colleagues' bonuses, and thousands of jobs hang in the balance.
Your Role
Senior Financial Analyst, TechVault Inc
Partner
Marcus Sterling, Head of Compensation Committee
Challenged
Survived
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Everyone Looks Like Ex
You've finally started dating again after a messy breakup, but something terrifying is happening. Every person you meet through dating apps morphs into the exact image of your ex-partner mid-date. As your reality unravels, you must determine if you're experiencing a psychological break, supernatural curse, or something more sinister.
Your Role
Recent Break-up Survivor
Partner
The Dating App Matchmaker
Challenged
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Diplomatic Safe Room
As Senior Diplomatic Officer at the US Embassy in [REDACTED], you're managing an emergency evacuation during violent civil unrest. Local military forces have withdrawn support, communications are jammed, and protesters have breached the outer compound. You must coordinate the safe extraction of 47 personnel while negotiating with an increasingly hostile security chief who may have ulterior motives.
Your Role
Senior Diplomatic Officer
Partner
Chief of Security Nikolai Reznikov
Challenged
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Soap Making Meltdown
Your artisanal soap business of five years faces catastrophic liability after discovering your trusted supplier provided mislabeled essential oils. Multiple customers have reported severe chemical burns, and the FDA is launching an investigation. With your savings depleted and reputation in tatters, you must face an aggressive insurance claims adjuster who seems determined to deny coverage.
Your Role
Owner of 'Pure & Simple Soaps' small business
Partner
Marcus Thorne, Senior Claims Investigator
Challenged
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Rising Waters School Bus
You're trapped on Route 23 with twelve elementary students as flash flood waters rapidly rise around your stranded school bus. Emergency services are overwhelmed by citywide flooding, and your radio contact keeps cutting out. Time is running out as the water level inches toward the windows.
Your Role
School Bus Driver (Route 23 Elementary)
Partner
Dispatch Officer Martinez
Challenged
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Steel Mill Meltdown
The primary cooling system of Blast Furnace #3 is showing critical failure signs. As the night shift supervisor, you have 30 minutes before the 2000°C molten steel breaches containment. Multiple safety systems are malfunctioning, and your hostile plant manager is more concerned about production quotas than safety protocols.
Your Role
Night Shift Supervisor - Safety Systems Specialist
Partner
Viktor Kovac - Plant Operations Director
Challenged
Survived
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Harbor Night Rescue
During your graveyard shift at the industrial harbor, you witness someone slip between two massive cargo ships. The water temperature is near freezing, and the gap is barely visible in the darkness. Every second counts as hypothermia sets in, but your supervisor seems more concerned about liability than saving a life.
Your Role
Night Shift Dock Worker
Partner
Operations Supervisor Marcus Chen
Challenged
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Stars Crossed Lovers
Your trusted astrologer reveals a devastating error: the compatibility chart that led to your best friend's engagement was critically miscalculated. Your actual celestial match is about to marry the wrong person in 3 hours. With the wedding preparations in full swing at the Grand Plaza Hotel, you must navigate this ethical crisis before they say 'I do.'
Your Role
Former Client & Friend of the Bride
Partner
Madame Vega - Celebrity Astrologer
Challenged
Survived
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Crane Operator's Choice
You're 47 stories up, manning the controls of a tower crane during the morning shift when a 6.7 magnitude earthquake strikes downtown. With communications down and structural failures imminent, you must make split-second decisions about which of your trapped coworkers to rescue first. Every moment of hesitation could mean another life lost.
Your Role
Lead Crane Operator
Partner
Site Foreman Marcus Chen
Challenged
Survived
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Prison Letters Go Live
For three years, you've maintained a secret correspondence with Marcus, an inmate convicted of white-collar fraud. Tomorrow he's being released, and you're engaged - but your conservative family thinks you're dating a successful business consultant in another city. Now your mother has arrived for an unexpected visit, holding a newspaper with Marcus's release story on the front page.
Your Role
Sarah Chen, 32, Marketing Director
Partner
Margaret Chen (Your Mother)
Challenged
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Print or Perish
With 30 minutes until a critical court filing deadline, your law firm's specialized legal printer malfunctions. The only available repair technician seems oddly focused on the contents of your sensitive documents. Time is running out, and the tech's probing questions suggest darker motives behind this 'coincidental' breakdown.
Your Role
Junior Associate at Blackwood & Mills Law
Partner
Marcus Chen, Independent IT Contractor
Challenged
Survived
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Auction Day Flood Crisis
With just 3 hours until your career-defining art auction, your basement gallery is taking on water fast. Your reputation and $2.4M in consigned artwork are at risk. Emergency plumber Frank Deluca arrives but demands $2,800 cash upfront - money you don't have until after the auction closes.
Your Role
Gallery Owner & Auction Host
Partner
Frank DeLuca (Emergency Plumber)
Challenged
Survived
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